{"slug":"1980-dixie-cup-the-empire-strikes-back-cards","title":"Dixie Cups The Empire Strikes Back Story Cards (1981)","year":1981,"groups":[{"name":"24 numbered cup-box Story Cards (original four-piece strips)","cards":[{"code":"1","name":"The Empire Strikes Back Story Card 1","name_status":"editorial_title_from_documented_printed_card_number; image-specific caption not yet transcribed","collectible_type":"numbered_story_card","distribution_year":1981,"original_format":"one of four connected thin-stock paper story cards in a refill-cup carton","original_strip_position_variation":"Numbered cards may occupy any of four physical positions on the original four-card strips; this is NOT an additional design or parallel","documented_photo_strip_numbers":"1, 23, 17, 15","notes":"Original printed story card #1 in the 1981 U.S. Dixie refill-cup promotion. This is a neutral editorial title, not a purported original caption; scene/character identity awaits reading the original scan. 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It is not a licensed extracted scan of this individual card and is not hosted by IDS."}]},{"code":"3","name":"The Empire Strikes Back Story Card 3","name_status":"editorial_title_from_documented_printed_card_number; image-specific caption not yet transcribed","collectible_type":"numbered_story_card","distribution_year":1981,"original_format":"one of four connected thin-stock paper story cards in a refill-cup carton","original_strip_position_variation":"Numbered cards may occupy any of four physical positions on the original four-card strips; this is NOT an additional design or parallel","documented_photo_strip_numbers":"3, 11, 19, 8","notes":"Original printed story card #3 in the 1981 U.S. Dixie refill-cup promotion. This is a neutral editorial title, not a purported original caption; scene/character identity awaits reading the original scan. 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It is not a licensed extracted scan of this individual card and is not hosted by IDS."}]},{"code":"4","name":"The Empire Strikes Back Story Card 4","name_status":"editorial_title_from_documented_printed_card_number; image-specific caption not yet transcribed","collectible_type":"numbered_story_card","distribution_year":1981,"original_format":"one of four connected thin-stock paper story cards in a refill-cup carton","original_strip_position_variation":"Numbered cards may occupy any of four physical positions on the original four-card strips; this is NOT an additional design or parallel","documented_photo_strip_numbers":"22, 7, 4, 16","notes":"Original printed story card #4 in the 1981 U.S. Dixie refill-cup promotion. This is a neutral editorial title, not a purported original caption; scene/character identity awaits reading the original scan. 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It is not a licensed extracted scan of this individual card and is not hosted by IDS."}]},{"code":"5","name":"The Empire Strikes Back Story Card 5","name_status":"editorial_title_from_documented_printed_card_number; image-specific caption not yet transcribed","collectible_type":"numbered_story_card","distribution_year":1981,"original_format":"one of four connected thin-stock paper story cards in a refill-cup carton","original_strip_position_variation":"Numbered cards may occupy any of four physical positions on the original four-card strips; this is NOT an additional design or parallel","documented_photo_strip_numbers":"15, 5, 12, 22","notes":"Original printed story card #5 in the 1981 U.S. Dixie refill-cup promotion. This is a neutral editorial title, not a purported original caption; scene/character identity awaits reading the original scan. 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It is not a licensed extracted scan of this individual card and is not hosted by IDS."}]},{"code":"6","name":"The Empire Strikes Back Story Card 6","name_status":"editorial_title_from_documented_printed_card_number; image-specific caption not yet transcribed","collectible_type":"numbered_story_card","distribution_year":1981,"original_format":"one of four connected thin-stock paper story cards in a refill-cup carton","original_strip_position_variation":"Numbered cards may occupy any of four physical positions on the original four-card strips; this is NOT an additional design or parallel","documented_photo_strip_numbers":"14, 2, 6, 24","notes":"Original printed story card #6 in the 1981 U.S. Dixie refill-cup promotion. This is a neutral editorial title, not a purported original caption; scene/character identity awaits reading the original scan. 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This two-card image is a source reference, not an individual card photograph."}]},{"code":"7","name":"The Empire Strikes Back Story Card 7","name_status":"editorial_title_from_documented_printed_card_number; image-specific caption not yet transcribed","collectible_type":"numbered_story_card","distribution_year":1981,"original_format":"one of four connected thin-stock paper story cards in a refill-cup carton","original_strip_position_variation":"Numbered cards may occupy any of four physical positions on the original four-card strips; this is NOT an additional design or parallel","documented_photo_strip_numbers":"22, 7, 4, 16","notes":"Original printed story card #7 in the 1981 U.S. Dixie refill-cup promotion. This is a neutral editorial title, not a purported original caption; scene/character identity awaits reading the original scan. 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It is not a licensed extracted scan of this individual card and is not hosted by IDS."}]},{"code":"8","name":"The Empire Strikes Back Story Card 8","name_status":"editorial_title_from_documented_printed_card_number; image-specific caption not yet transcribed","collectible_type":"numbered_story_card","distribution_year":1981,"original_format":"one of four connected thin-stock paper story cards in a refill-cup carton","original_strip_position_variation":"Numbered cards may occupy any of four physical positions on the original four-card strips; this is NOT an additional design or parallel","documented_photo_strip_numbers":"3, 11, 19, 8","notes":"Original printed story card #8 in the 1981 U.S. Dixie refill-cup promotion. This is a neutral editorial title, not a purported original caption; scene/character identity awaits reading the original scan. 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It is not a licensed extracted scan of this individual card and is not hosted by IDS."}]},{"code":"9","name":"The Empire Strikes Back Story Card 9","name_status":"editorial_title_from_documented_printed_card_number; image-specific caption not yet transcribed","collectible_type":"numbered_story_card","distribution_year":1981,"original_format":"one of four connected thin-stock paper story cards in a refill-cup carton","original_strip_position_variation":"Numbered cards may occupy any of four physical positions on the original four-card strips; this is NOT an additional design or parallel","documented_photo_strip_numbers":"21, 10, 18, 9","notes":"Original printed story card #9 in the 1981 U.S. Dixie refill-cup promotion. This is a neutral editorial title, not a purported original caption; scene/character identity awaits reading the original scan. 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It is not a licensed extracted scan of this individual card and is not hosted by IDS."}]},{"code":"10","name":"The Empire Strikes Back Story Card 10","name_status":"editorial_title_from_documented_printed_card_number; image-specific caption not yet transcribed","collectible_type":"numbered_story_card","distribution_year":1981,"original_format":"one of four connected thin-stock paper story cards in a refill-cup carton","original_strip_position_variation":"Numbered cards may occupy any of four physical positions on the original four-card strips; this is NOT an additional design or parallel","documented_photo_strip_numbers":"21, 10, 18, 9","notes":"Original printed story card #10 in the 1981 U.S. Dixie refill-cup promotion. This is a neutral editorial title, not a purported original caption; scene/character identity awaits reading the original scan. 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It is not a licensed extracted scan of this individual card and is not hosted by IDS."}]},{"code":"11","name":"The Empire Strikes Back Story Card 11","name_status":"editorial_title_from_documented_printed_card_number; image-specific caption not yet transcribed","collectible_type":"numbered_story_card","distribution_year":1981,"original_format":"one of four connected thin-stock paper story cards in a refill-cup carton","original_strip_position_variation":"Numbered cards may occupy any of four physical positions on the original four-card strips; this is NOT an additional design or parallel","documented_photo_strip_numbers":"3, 11, 19, 8","notes":"Original printed story card #11 in the 1981 U.S. Dixie refill-cup promotion. This is a neutral editorial title, not a purported original caption; scene/character identity awaits reading the original scan. 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It is not a licensed extracted scan of this individual card and is not hosted by IDS."}]},{"code":"12","name":"The Empire Strikes Back Story Card 12","name_status":"editorial_title_from_documented_printed_card_number; image-specific caption not yet transcribed","collectible_type":"numbered_story_card","distribution_year":1981,"original_format":"one of four connected thin-stock paper story cards in a refill-cup carton","original_strip_position_variation":"Numbered cards may occupy any of four physical positions on the original four-card strips; this is NOT an additional design or parallel","documented_photo_strip_numbers":"15, 5, 12, 22","notes":"Original printed story card #12 in the 1981 U.S. Dixie refill-cup promotion. This is a neutral editorial title, not a purported original caption; scene/character identity awaits reading the original scan. 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It is not a licensed extracted scan of this individual card and is not hosted by IDS."}]},{"code":"13","name":"The Empire Strikes Back Story Card 13","name_status":"editorial_title_from_documented_printed_card_number; image-specific caption not yet transcribed","collectible_type":"numbered_story_card","distribution_year":1981,"original_format":"one of four connected thin-stock paper story cards in a refill-cup carton","original_strip_position_variation":"Numbered cards may occupy any of four physical positions on the original four-card strips; this is NOT an additional design or parallel","documented_photo_strip_numbers":"20, 13, 1, 23","notes":"Original printed story card #13 in the 1981 U.S. Dixie refill-cup promotion. This is a neutral editorial title, not a purported original caption; scene/character identity awaits reading the original scan. 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It is not a licensed extracted scan of this individual card and is not hosted by IDS."}]},{"code":"14","name":"The Empire Strikes Back Story Card 14","name_status":"editorial_title_from_documented_printed_card_number; image-specific caption not yet transcribed","collectible_type":"numbered_story_card","distribution_year":1981,"original_format":"one of four connected thin-stock paper story cards in a refill-cup carton","original_strip_position_variation":"Numbered cards may occupy any of four physical positions on the original four-card strips; this is NOT an additional design or parallel","documented_photo_strip_numbers":"14, 2, 6, 24","notes":"Original printed story card #14 in the 1981 U.S. Dixie refill-cup promotion. This is a neutral editorial title, not a purported original caption; scene/character identity awaits reading the original scan. 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It is not a licensed extracted scan of this individual card and is not hosted by IDS."}]},{"code":"15","name":"The Empire Strikes Back Story Card 15","name_status":"editorial_title_from_documented_printed_card_number; image-specific caption not yet transcribed","collectible_type":"numbered_story_card","distribution_year":1981,"original_format":"one of four connected thin-stock paper story cards in a refill-cup carton","original_strip_position_variation":"Numbered cards may occupy any of four physical positions on the original four-card strips; this is NOT an additional design or parallel","documented_photo_strip_numbers":"15, 5, 12, 22","notes":"Original printed story card #15 in the 1981 U.S. Dixie refill-cup promotion. This is a neutral editorial title, not a purported original caption; scene/character identity awaits reading the original scan. 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It is not a licensed extracted scan of this individual card and is not hosted by IDS."}]},{"code":"16","name":"The Empire Strikes Back Story Card 16","name_status":"editorial_title_from_documented_printed_card_number; image-specific caption not yet transcribed","collectible_type":"numbered_story_card","distribution_year":1981,"original_format":"one of four connected thin-stock paper story cards in a refill-cup carton","original_strip_position_variation":"Numbered cards may occupy any of four physical positions on the original four-card strips; this is NOT an additional design or parallel","documented_photo_strip_numbers":"22, 7, 4, 16","notes":"Original printed story card #16 in the 1981 U.S. Dixie refill-cup promotion. This is a neutral editorial title, not a purported original caption; scene/character identity awaits reading the original scan. 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It is not a licensed extracted scan of this individual card and is not hosted by IDS."}]},{"code":"17","name":"The Empire Strikes Back Story Card 17","name_status":"editorial_title_from_documented_printed_card_number; image-specific caption not yet transcribed","collectible_type":"numbered_story_card","distribution_year":1981,"original_format":"one of four connected thin-stock paper story cards in a refill-cup carton","original_strip_position_variation":"Numbered cards may occupy any of four physical positions on the original four-card strips; this is NOT an additional design or parallel","documented_photo_strip_numbers":"1, 23, 17, 15","notes":"Original printed story card #17 in the 1981 U.S. Dixie refill-cup promotion. This is a neutral editorial title, not a purported original caption; scene/character identity awaits reading the original scan. Original uncut four-piece strips and cut singles are the same 24-image set.","external_photo_leads":[{"url":"https://snakeandboris.blogspot.com/2016/12/","printing":"Original uncut four-card strip (1, 23, 17, 15) includes physical Story Card #17 and its numbered reverse","rights":"link_only_not_cleared","note":"The source article includes a photo of the complete four-card strip with this printed number. It is not a licensed extracted scan of this individual card and is not hosted by IDS."}]},{"code":"18","name":"The Empire Strikes Back Story Card 18","name_status":"editorial_title_from_documented_printed_card_number; image-specific caption not yet transcribed","collectible_type":"numbered_story_card","distribution_year":1981,"original_format":"one of four connected thin-stock paper story cards in a refill-cup carton","original_strip_position_variation":"Numbered cards may occupy any of four physical positions on the original four-card strips; this is NOT an additional design or parallel","documented_photo_strip_numbers":"21, 10, 18, 9","notes":"Original printed story card #18 in the 1981 U.S. Dixie refill-cup promotion. This is a neutral editorial title, not a purported original caption; scene/character identity awaits reading the original scan. 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It is not a licensed extracted scan of this individual card and is not hosted by IDS."}]},{"code":"19","name":"The Empire Strikes Back Story Card 19","name_status":"editorial_title_from_documented_printed_card_number; image-specific caption not yet transcribed","collectible_type":"numbered_story_card","distribution_year":1981,"original_format":"one of four connected thin-stock paper story cards in a refill-cup carton","original_strip_position_variation":"Numbered cards may occupy any of four physical positions on the original four-card strips; this is NOT an additional design or parallel","documented_photo_strip_numbers":"3, 11, 19, 8","notes":"Original printed story card #19 in the 1981 U.S. Dixie refill-cup promotion. This is a neutral editorial title, not a purported original caption; scene/character identity awaits reading the original scan. Original uncut four-piece strips and cut singles are the same 24-image set.","external_photo_leads":[{"url":"https://snakeandboris.blogspot.com/2016/12/","printing":"Original uncut four-card strip (3, 11, 19, 8) includes physical Story Card #19 and its numbered reverse","rights":"link_only_not_cleared","note":"The source article includes a photo of the complete four-card strip with this printed number. It is not a licensed extracted scan of this individual card and is not hosted by IDS."}]},{"code":"20","name":"The Empire Strikes Back Story Card 20","name_status":"editorial_title_from_documented_printed_card_number; image-specific caption not yet transcribed","collectible_type":"numbered_story_card","distribution_year":1981,"original_format":"one of four connected thin-stock paper story cards in a refill-cup carton","original_strip_position_variation":"Numbered cards may occupy any of four physical positions on the original four-card strips; this is NOT an additional design or parallel","documented_photo_strip_numbers":"20, 13, 1, 23","notes":"Original printed story card #20 in the 1981 U.S. Dixie refill-cup promotion. This is a neutral editorial title, not a purported original caption; scene/character identity awaits reading the original scan. Original uncut four-piece strips and cut singles are the same 24-image set.","external_photo_leads":[{"url":"https://snakeandboris.blogspot.com/2016/12/","printing":"Original uncut four-card strip (20, 13, 1, 23) includes physical Story Card #20 and its numbered reverse","rights":"link_only_not_cleared","note":"The source article includes a photo of the complete four-card strip with this printed number. It is not a licensed extracted scan of this individual card and is not hosted by IDS."}]},{"code":"21","name":"The Empire Strikes Back Story Card 21","name_status":"editorial_title_from_documented_printed_card_number; image-specific caption not yet transcribed","collectible_type":"numbered_story_card","distribution_year":1981,"original_format":"one of four connected thin-stock paper story cards in a refill-cup carton","original_strip_position_variation":"Numbered cards may occupy any of four physical positions on the original four-card strips; this is NOT an additional design or parallel","documented_photo_strip_numbers":"21, 10, 18, 9","notes":"Original printed story card #21 in the 1981 U.S. Dixie refill-cup promotion. This is a neutral editorial title, not a purported original caption; scene/character identity awaits reading the original scan. Original uncut four-piece strips and cut singles are the same 24-image set.","external_photo_leads":[{"url":"https://snakeandboris.blogspot.com/2016/12/","printing":"Original uncut four-card strip (21, 10, 18, 9) includes physical Story Card #21 and its numbered reverse","rights":"link_only_not_cleared","note":"The source article includes a photo of the complete four-card strip with this printed number. It is not a licensed extracted scan of this individual card and is not hosted by IDS."}]},{"code":"22","name":"The Empire Strikes Back Story Card 22","name_status":"editorial_title_from_documented_printed_card_number; image-specific caption not yet transcribed","collectible_type":"numbered_story_card","distribution_year":1981,"original_format":"one of four connected thin-stock paper story cards in a refill-cup carton","original_strip_position_variation":"Numbered cards may occupy any of four physical positions on the original four-card strips; this is NOT an additional design or parallel","documented_photo_strip_numbers":"15, 5, 12, 22","notes":"Original printed story card #22 in the 1981 U.S. Dixie refill-cup promotion. This is a neutral editorial title, not a purported original caption; scene/character identity awaits reading the original scan. 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It is not a licensed extracted scan of this individual card and is not hosted by IDS."}]},{"code":"23","name":"The Empire Strikes Back Story Card 23","name_status":"editorial_title_from_documented_printed_card_number; image-specific caption not yet transcribed","collectible_type":"numbered_story_card","distribution_year":1981,"original_format":"one of four connected thin-stock paper story cards in a refill-cup carton","original_strip_position_variation":"Numbered cards may occupy any of four physical positions on the original four-card strips; this is NOT an additional design or parallel","documented_photo_strip_numbers":"1, 23, 17, 15","notes":"Original printed story card #23 in the 1981 U.S. Dixie refill-cup promotion. This is a neutral editorial title, not a purported original caption; scene/character identity awaits reading the original scan. 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This two-card image is a source reference, not an individual card photograph."}]},{"code":"24","name":"The Empire Strikes Back Story Card 24","name_status":"editorial_title_from_documented_printed_card_number; image-specific caption not yet transcribed","collectible_type":"numbered_story_card","distribution_year":1981,"original_format":"one of four connected thin-stock paper story cards in a refill-cup carton","original_strip_position_variation":"Numbered cards may occupy any of four physical positions on the original four-card strips; this is NOT an additional design or parallel","documented_photo_strip_numbers":"14, 2, 6, 24","notes":"Original printed story card #24 in the 1981 U.S. Dixie refill-cup promotion. This is a neutral editorial title, not a purported original caption; scene/character identity awaits reading the original scan. Original uncut four-piece strips and cut singles are the same 24-image set.","external_photo_leads":[{"url":"https://snakeandboris.blogspot.com/2016/12/","printing":"Original uncut four-card strip (14, 2, 6, 24) includes physical Story Card #24 and its numbered reverse","rights":"link_only_not_cleared","note":"The source article includes a photo of the complete four-card strip with this printed number. It is not a licensed extracted scan of this individual card and is not hosted by IDS."}]}]}],"sources":[{"name":"Star Wars Collectors Archive: original 1981 Story Card promotion, distribution, six four-card strips and 24-strip positions","url":"https://blog.theswca.com/2019/02/star-wars-dixie-cups-story-cards.html"},{"name":"Original owner photographs of all 24 numbered cards, arranged as uncut strips","url":"https://snakeandboris.blogspot.com/2016/12/"},{"name":"PSA documented 24 numbered paper Story Cards, one of two distinct Dixie formats","url":"https://www.psacard.com/articles/articleview/4576/psa-set-registry-1977-1984-u-s-star-wars-cards"},{"name":"2026 Heritage auction: partial original 1981 Dixie story cards with physical card numbers","url":"https://entertainment.ha.com/itm/memorabilia/trading-cards/1977-wonder-bread-star-wars-near-complete-set-14-16-1981-dixie-cup-star-wars-the-empire-strikes-back-group-of-20-cards/a/43236-74036.s"},{"name":"Original StarWarsCards.net earlier combined Dixie release entry","url":"https://starwarscards.net/checklists/1980-dixie-cup-us-esb-trading-cards/"}],"notes":"Originally distributed April–May 1981 in non-Star Wars-illustrated refill-cup cartons. There are 24 numbered scene cards; each four-card strip contains four different numbers. Printed order is fixed within each strip and numbers can appear in different strip positions, creating strip combinations, not new picture identities. Every site row uses the actual printed card number but does not invent the picture caption."}