Archive scope
Products, not inflated subset counts
Distinct licensed physical Star Wars trading-card products, major physical promotional card releases, and major collectible gaming-card expansions from 1977 through September 30, 2026. The archive counts products rather than every parallel, insert family, box configuration, wrapper, individual convention promo, sticker-only issue, pog-only issue, bootleg, or digital-only release. Regional and promotional records are expanded when a distinct physical set can be documented.
Insert families, autograph programs, parallels, sketch-card groups, printing plates, and different box configurations stay inside the product that issued them. This makes the timeline useful for identifying distinct releases without turning one modern Chrome product into dozens of artificial entries.
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