1977 Topps Star Wars Series 4 Trading Cards

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It's the set that never ends. 1977 Topps Star Wars Series 4 is yet another release to come out surrounding the initial Star Wars phenomenon.

With collectors snatching up the first three sets, a fourth made sense.

See also: 1977 Topps Star Wars Series 3 Trading Cards

1977 Topps Star Wars Series 4 Set Details

As with all the releases in the complete set, 1977 Topps Star Wars Series 4 can be recognized by its borders. The 4th Series release uses a green frame. The checklist includes an additional 66 base cards and 11 stickers. As usual, Stickers fall one per pack.

Although most of the base cards showcase movie stills, several cards toward the end of the set use promotional shots. These add a little variety to an overall lineup that's now at more than 250 cards.

The base set checklist runs from #199 to #264, while the Stickers go from #34 to #44. The sticker insert keeps the film strip design introduced in the previous set. The only difference is the red borders instead of black.

Of course, 1977 Topps Star Wars Series 4 is home to one of the most notorious cards in hobby history. When it came out, card #207 left little to the imagination as to whether droid C-3P0 was male or female. Over the years, there has been a lot of speculation about the card. Was it a gag by the art department? Was it a visual trick created by the photo's angle? Very few people know for sure but the card has since transcended all the others in the set. It's similar to the 1989 Fleer Baseball Billy Ripken that had an obscene note written on the end of his bat knob.

A Disney-friendly corrected version of the C-3P0 card was produced and both seem to be available in equal quantities.

However, when buying singles, expect to pay a premium, particularly for the obscene version.