Topps Star Wars Illustrated ESB – Base Card #52 – Bronze Parallel

THAT Cardboard presents this listing for a Bronze Parallel of base card #52 from the Topps' Star Wars Illustrated The Empire Strikes Back set released in 2015.

The card is in Very Fine/Near Mint condition and comes from a non-smoking, climate-controlled environment.

The bronze parallel cards were found in boxes at 1 in 12 packs odds.

Card Details

• Card #: 52
• Parallel: Bronze
• Numbering: None

Release Description

• Company: Topps
• Released:  2015
• Release Type: Standard trading cards released in hobby markets only.

The Star Wars Illustrated: Empire Strikes Back set continues where Topps’ 2013 A New Hope Illustrated series left off. Based on the NPR radio play for the Empire Strikes Back, this set is a fully illustrated card set.

Topps commissioned two popular Star Wars artists, Randy Martinez and Matt Busch, to create original new art for this series. Each card depicts a scene from the radio drama and may include scenes not found in the live-action movie. The back of each card also had a brief but detailed summary of the scene.

The events covered in Star Wars Illustrated Empire Strikes Back are considered non-canon and the card release has the Legends imprint.

3 parallel foil levels of the base cards were available to collect: Purple (1  in 3 packs, no numbering), Bronze (1 in 12 packs, no numbering) and Gold (#/10). 3 insert sub-sets were available to chase.

Premium hits were to two per box. Panoramic sketch cards returned along with regular sketch cards. Sketchagraphs also returned with a total 10 signers. Artist autograph cards (by Randy Martinez and Matt Busch) were also a premium hit. These cards were a base card with a sticker autograph by one of the artists. Film cell relics return with a new 30-card set with movie scenes from The Empire Strikes Back. Printing plates of both base cards and inserts round off the premium hits.

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