01 · Orientation
Release overview
Star Wars TCG: Battle of Yavin is a 2003 Star Wars card release from Wizards of the Coast. IDS classifies it as Gaming and connects it primarily with Star Wars Trading Card Game. This page treats the release as part of a continuous collecting history rather than as an isolated checklist. The goal is to show where the product sits in the changing relationship between Star Wars storytelling, card manufacturing, fan collecting, rarity systems, and licensed material culture.
02 · Product identity
What kind of set is this?
This release belongs to the gaming-card side of the hobby. Its cards were designed to function inside Star Wars Trading Card Game as well as to be collected, traded, graded, and preserved.
IDS keeps gaming releases in the same chronology because they are physical Star Wars collectibles with their own art, rarity, print histories, and collector communities. They remain clearly labeled so gameplay expansions are not confused with Topps-style entertainment-card products.
03 · Checklist structure
How the release is organized
A verified base-set count has not yet been entered in the IDS record for this product. The archive separates the product itself from its internal subsets so collectors can understand the release hierarchy before drilling into individual cards.
Where a product uses parallels, inserts, autographs, sketches, relics, buybacks, or promotional variations, those belong to the set's collecting structure. Future checklist expansion can add those components without changing the identity of the underlying release.
04 · Historical context
Where it fits in Star Wars card history
Star Wars TCG: Battle of Yavin belongs to the prequel and Clone Wars era, when new films, animation, character encyclopedic sets, and changing retail formats rebuilt the modern card line. Its position in 2003 is important because card sets document not only Star Wars stories but the collecting technologies and commercial priorities of their own moment.
Read chronologically, the archive shows repeated cycles of nostalgia and reinvention. Old border designs return on new stock, vintage checklists are reinterpreted through Chrome and Sapphire, and characters once absent from the hobby can become major modern chase subjects.
05 · Collector notes
How to identify and research it
For identification, collectors should match the exact product title, year, manufacturer, card number, and any parallel or variation wording before assigning value or rarity. Similar designs can reappear in later homage products, and modern products may use several finishes with the same character image.
IDS does not rank the set as a buy or sell recommendation. Condition, character demand, print run, autograph status, provenance, grading population, and current market liquidity can all matter more than the age or prestige of the product name by itself.
06 · Source record
Reference used for this release
IDS uses specialist checklist archives, manufacturer pages, and contemporary hobby references to establish product names, years, manufacturers, release status, and checklist details. Older promotional and international issues can have conflicting dates or naming conventions, so the archive preserves conservative labels when a more precise release record has not been verified.
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