30th Anniversary Collection Unreleased Coins, 2007

Unreleased 30th Anniversary Collection Darth Vader Coin

In 2007, Hasbro released the "30th Anniversary Collection" and "Saga Legends" action figure. Many of the figures released in these lines included commemorative coins. Early prototypes of these coins reveal some significant design changes throughout the development process.

In this early example of #01 Darth Vader coin, you will notice that it includes additional label text on left and right of the coin. The glow-effect from Vader's lightsaber blade was modified and his overall character artwork is much larger, protruding into the title text.

Darth Vader 30th Anniversary Collection Coin

Production Coin

Unreleased Coin

The back of the coin was originally designed to read "A New Hope". This was later changed to "Revenge of the Sith and the trademark text was moved to the end of the Star Wars logo.

Unreleased Coin

Production Coin

Fun Fact:

These early design coins were also used in the package development process and can be found on a number of surviving Engineering Pilots. Here is a Engineering Pilot of Luke Skywalker that includes an unreleased Stormtrooper McQuarrie concept coin.