Topps is launching a major update of Star Wars: Card Trader, the official Star Wars digital trading card app for iOS and Android, to coincide with the release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens.  Players in the Star Wars: Card Trader app have opened more than an astounding 175 million packs since hitting the app store with 860+ million cards in the system and over 8,000 designs.  Both casual and die-hard Star Wars fans will be psyched about the Star Wars: Card Trader Force Awakens update with the new collection of visually awesome cards featuring new favorites and iconic Star Wars characters, hand-painted scenes from the film and legendary weapons.

• Concept Art Cards – Early concept artwork created by official Lucasfilm artists:
  • Fans get an exclusive, inside look into the creation of the film with early drafts and designs of characters and scenes before they were even physically created in the development process
  • 15 digital trading cards will be available on Friday (12/18) at 12:01 a.m. EST

• Two award cards in Smuggler’s Den – Smuggler’s Den is a feature inside the app where fans can trade in several cards for one extremely rare card. Upon collecting all 15 Concept Art cards within 24 hours, they will get an ultra-rare card from the Smuggler’s Den in exchange for their 15 cards.  If they can do it by Sunday (within 48 hours), they will receive a different rare card in exchange for their 15 cards.

• Story Cards – Hand-painted cards of awe-inspiring frames of scenes in Act 1 of Star Wars: The Force Awakens:

• First card available on Friday (12/18), with a consistent release of the series of over 30 cards
• Each card will be released in the order of the story itself allowing the player to re-live the story of Force Awakens with real painted versions of scenes

• Armory Cards – Cards, 100% exclusive Topps designs, highlighting the massively iconic weapons in Star Wars: The Force Awakens:
  • The weapons in Star Wars are as vital to a character as their actions, outfits and quotes
  • This is the first armory series since Elegant Weapons, which was famous among the community for being one of the rarest and most sought after cards the app has ever seen
  • First card available on Friday (12/18), with a consistent release of over 10 cards in the series
• Game Assets – Spotlight the new key artwork and icon featuring Force Awakens characters and artwork.