A New Hope Limited Expansion Set: Star Wars Customizable Card Game

The A New Hope Limited set was the first full expansion set of the Star Wars Customizable Card Game. It consisted of 162 cards dividing into 81 Dark Side and 81 Light Side, and was introduced in July of 1996. This set consisted of 54 rare, 54 uncommon, and 54 common cards. This set introduced many of the classic characters from Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, that were not included in the original base set, Premiere Limited. This set also introduced the first epic event cards, such as Commence Primary Ignition and Attack Run, to the game.

Important debuts in this set included Chewbacca and R2-D2. Also of note were the introduction of the Death Star as a system card, the introduction of creatures, and a new mechanic that allowed for the destruction of entire planets.