{
  "slug": "1978-general-mills-cereal-promotional-cards",
  "title": "General Mills Cereal Promotional Cards",
  "year": 1978,
  "groups": [
    {
      "name": "Base cards",
      "cards": [
        {
          "code": "1",
          "name": "Deep in the Rebel base, our heroes prepare to fight the dreaded Death Star."
        },
        {
          "code": "2",
          "name": "Artoo-Detoo (R2-D2) ... lost on Tatooine as he searched for Obi-Wan Kenobi."
        },
        {
          "code": "3",
          "name": "Obi-Wan Kenobi and Darth Vader ... their Light Sabres drawn, prepare to duel to the death."
        },
        {
          "code": "4",
          "name": "R2-D2 and C-3PO ... aboard the Rebel Starship listening to the Stormtroopers attack."
        },
        {
          "code": "5",
          "name": "Han Solo and Chewbacca ... shooting it out with their laser weapons against the Stormtroopers."
        },
        {
          "code": "6",
          "name": "See-Threepio (C-3PO) shows ... Luke where Artoo-Detoo (R2-D2) may have gone."
        },
        {
          "code": "7",
          "name": "One of the Sandpeople ... about to strike with his gaffi stick."
        },
        {
          "code": "8",
          "name": "Ben Kenobi and Luke ... gazing at Mos Eisley spaceport, where they hope to find a spaceship to take them to Alderaan."
        },
        {
          "code": "9",
          "name": "Luke's X-Wing Fighter ... under attack by one of Lord Vader's deadly TIE Fighters."
        },
        {
          "code": "10",
          "name": "Luke Skywalker ... is about to begin his search for the missing 'droid, R2-D2."
        },
        {
          "code": "11",
          "name": "Han Solo ... heroic spacepirate and pilot battling Imperial Stormtroopers.",
          "external_photo_leads": [
            {
              "url": "https://thecollectorconnection.com/bids/bidplace?itemid=54684",
              "printing": "Original 1978 General Mills #11 in historical photographed auction lot, showing numbered card reverse",
              "rights": "link_only_not_cleared",
              "note": "Permission to reproduce the original auction photography has not been obtained."
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "code": "12",
          "name": "Luke Skywalker ... hero of the revolt against the Empire."
        },
        {
          "code": "13",
          "name": "Princess Leia Organa ... leader of the Rebel Forces, captured by Darth Vader and imprisoned on Death Star."
        },
        {
          "code": "14",
          "name": "A Rebel squadron ... flashing by as they make their attach run on the Death Star."
        },
        {
          "code": "15",
          "name": "Lord Darth Vader ... Dark Lord of the Sith.",
          "external_photo_leads": [
            {
              "url": "https://thecollectorconnection.com/bids/bidplace?itemid=54684",
              "printing": "Original 1978 General Mills #15 in historical photographed auction lot, showing numbered card reverse",
              "rights": "link_only_not_cleared",
              "note": "Permission to reproduce the original auction photography has not been obtained."
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "code": "16",
          "name": "Imperial Stormtroopers ... nearly invunerable soldiers of the Empire, firing a laser weapon."
        },
        {
          "code": "17",
          "name": "The Jawas ... spruce up their robot collection for sale, ignoring R2-D2."
        },
        {
          "code": "18",
          "name": "Princess Leia and C-3PO ... watching progress of the Rebel's battle vs. Death Star."
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "name": "StarWarsCards.net checklist",
      "url": "https://starwarscards.net/checklists/1978-79-general-mills-us-cereal-promotional-cards"
    },
    {
      "name": "1978 General Mills 18-card checklist and cereal distribution (Beckett)",
      "url": "https://www.beckett.com/news/1978-general-mills-star-wars-trading-cards/"
    },
    {
      "name": "1978 General Mills original card photographs in closed auction lot #741",
      "url": "https://thecollectorconnection.com/bids/bidplace?itemid=54684"
    }
  ]
}