Star Wars Unlimited Icons 2027: release date, products and Starter Box

Star Wars: Unlimited Icons 2027 Edition, the game's first Icons mini-set, releases on 20 November 2026, according to the official product page, rechecked on 6 November 2026. Despite the "2027" in the name, it is out this year. The set has 194 cards and four products: single boosters, a 24-pack display, an English-only four-booster pack with an exclusive Cassian Andor, and a two-player Starter Box built around Darth Vader and Leia.

Release date and Premier legality

Fantasy Flight Games first showed Icons on 29 May 2026 with only "this fall" as a date. The starwarsunlimited.com product page now reads "Releasing November 20, 2026", and Asmodee's store listings for the Starter Box and the booster display give the same day. FFG Live has an Icons Twin Suns gameplay stream on 28 October, billed as a month before release.

The May announcement says Icons cards, reprints included, are Premier-legal from launch and rotate out in March 2028 together with A Lawless Time, Ashes of the Empire and Homeworlds. Until 20 November they cannot be played at sanctioned events.

Icons 2027 Edition products

Product	Official contents	Published price (US)
Booster pack	9 cards: about 5 Commons, 2 Uncommons, 1 Rare or Legendary and 1 Hyperspace foil.	None given; FFG says it costs less than a standard-set booster.
Booster Display (SWHA027EN)	24 boosters of 9 cards.	$95.99 at Asmodee's store
Booster 4-pack	Four boosters plus an exclusive Cassian Andor variant card. English only.	None given; the announcement says $1 less than four loose boosters.
Starter Box (SWHA018EN)	Two 30-card decks (Darth Vader and Leia), fixed deckbuilding packs and 2 boosters. The store lists 132 cards, 40 counters, a rules sheet and 2 playmats/deckbuilding guides.	$34.99 at Asmodee's store

The dollar prices come from Asmodee's US store, which showed both items as sold out for preorder on 18 October. We found no official euro pricing. The Spanish product page on starwarsunlimited.com, which is still in English, adds a single note: the 4-pack is only available in English. It does not say which languages the other products come in. The only news as of 6 November is that Asmodee's Canadian store also lists the Starter Box and the booster display in French. We found no Spanish listing.

What each booster contains

The May announcement breaks the nine slots down in more detail than the product page summary:

3 Commons.
1 slot with a 25% chance of a leader; otherwise a fourth Common.
1 Hyperspace Common.
2 Uncommons, either of which can upgrade to a Hyperspace Uncommon, Rare or Legendary (no rate published).
1 Rare or Legendary.
1 Hyperspace foil of any rarity.

FFG notes that packs are not guaranteed a leader or a base and are not designed for draft or sealed. If you want to sit down and play Icons from scratch with a friend, the Starter Box is the product built for that.

The Starter Box, step by step

FFG walked through the box on 14 October 2026. Each deck starts at 30 cards instead of the usual 50 and grows over four games: after games one, two and three you open a fixed, non-random pack for each deck.

Darth Vader (Icons 2027 Edition #1) starts on a Vigilance base; Leia (#8) on a Cunning base.
Pack 1: swaps the base (KCM Mining Facility for Vader, Echo Base for Leia), adds Resilient and Academy Training, and teaches the uniqueness rule with an extra copy of some unique units.
Pack 2: introduces Experience and Shield tokens and includes a full-art Hyperspace Han Solo (#161).
Pack 3: optional cards from Icons and A Lawless Time for customising both decks.
At the end, two Icons boosters as a reward.

The collector angle is that Hyperspace Han Solo: it sits in a fixed pack, so every Starter Box has one. Asmodee's listing mentions "two deckbuilding expansion packages", which does not literally match the article's three packs per deck. It is probably just a different way of counting, but worth checking against a real box.

Icons card list: what has been published

The list is now complete. As of 6 November 2026 the official database on starwarsunlimited.com holds set IC27 with all 194 cards numbered 1–194, plus the Experience and Shield tokens, in English, Spanish, French, German and Italian. The eight leaders are numbers 1–8: Darth Vader, Rey, Kylo Ren, Mace Windu, Darth Maul, Luke Skywalker, Asajj Ventress and Princess Leia. On 18 October it listed only 53 entries, almost all from the Starter Box.

The May first look had already shown cards such as the Legendary Anakin Skywalker (#78) and the event You're My Only Hope (#194). It confirms eight leaders, all new, and that every Common is a reprint from an earlier set, some with new art. Some Uncommons are reprints too, such as Grogu (#154) and Savage Opress (#108); the remaining Uncommons and all Rares and Legendaries are new cards.

What collectors should know

The 4-pack Cassian Andor. An alternate-art unit that FFG says is not available anywhere else, in a pack sold only in English. If you want it in another language, no official route had been announced as of 6 November.
Reprints with new art. Log them as separate printings with set code and number. They play exactly like the older version, but they are not the same card in a trade.
Confirmed finishes. Hyperspace and Hyperspace foil. No official Icons page mentions Showcase, Prestige or serialised cards, so do not assume they exist.
Completing the set. At 194 cards it is more manageable than a standard set of 250-plus, but packs repeat and Legendaries share a slot with Rares. For the last few cards, trading singles usually beats opening another display.

If you preorder, get the exact product, language and delivery date in writing. To plan trades, put your have and want lists on TradeMatches: you will see nearby collectors whose lists match yours and can arrange a meet-up in your province chat. Before agreeing a deal, read how to tell if a card trade is fair and our card language and edition guide.

FAQ

Why is it called 2027 if it comes out in 2026?

FFG's pages do not explain the name. What they do publish is the 20 November 2026 date and the plan for these cards to stay in Premier until the March 2028 rotation.

Is there a full Star Wars Unlimited Icons card list?

Yes. As of 6 November 2026 the official database lists all 194 cards in the set, plus two tokens.

Can I get the Cassian Andor 4-pack in Spanish or French?

No. FFG's announcement and the Spanish product page both state that the 4-pack with the exclusive Cassian Andor will only be sold in English.

Can Icons boosters be used for draft or sealed?

FFG says they are not designed for it. An Icons pack guarantees neither a leader nor a base, and you need both to build a deck in those formats.

Sources and checks

On 18 October 2026 we went through the starwarsunlimited.com pages and card database, Asmodee's store listings and the FFG Live schedule to confirm the date, contents, US prices and which cards are public. Updated on 6 November 2026: complete database, confirmed release date and Asmodee Canada's French listings.