They should just suck it up already and add some ships from the prequels/clone wars. It's already been established that at least a few of them still were in use during the rebellion era by at least one of the three factions if not multiple.

Yea a few ships wouldn't work because they mostly died off during the clone wars (delta 7, possibly N-1, etc). But most would work.

Instead of adding more EU ships that will get more and more obscure they should add prequel MOVIE ships all of next year. Then the following year they can do ep7 ships if they want.

So maybe someone has already pointed this out and i missed it (i scaned all the posts but didn't read all of them), but the rulebook for the game clearly states that this game takes place during a specicific time period, the Galactic Civil War, which is roughly the time period covered by the OT. So the original intention to me was not to go beyond that time period. So I don't see FFG including ships that weren't in use around that time unless they ignore that statement in the rulebook. This would seem to be an easy thing to do since the same paragraph talks about there only being 2 factions in the game. However, I see adding a new faction to the game that existed in the same time period less of an offense then just completely changing the time period all together. FFG seems to be very focused on the thematic value of the game in both the design of play and the design of ships. For me, seeing prequel or sequel era ships in the game would somewhat reduce the appeal, as it would destroy that thematic element. Seeing Prequel era ships go up against sequel ships that are 70 years more advanced is a hard pill to swallow. That's why i think (or maybe "hope" is a better word) FFG sticks to ships in the general time period of the OT. A few years one way or the other is ok, but 30-40 years on each end of the trilogy is not cool with me.

Still there are plenty of ships still available in that time period, and that list is going to grow with Rebels on the horizon. I see the future waves going something like this

Wave 7: 2 more scum ships, 1 rebel, 1 imperial

Most wanted 2: Firespray

Wave 8: New Faction Smugglers and spies, 3 new Smuggler ships, Conversion kit (like most wanted) with repaints for 2 existing ships, and new cards for 2 others for this new faction

Aces pack or another most wanted like pack

Wave 9: 2 smuggler ships, 1 Scum, 1 Rebel

Wave 10: 1 Smuggler, 1 Scum, 1 Imperial

Wave11-? 1 ship per faction for each wave

Toss in some huge ships in between these releases, some more aces packs or some other addition out of left field and you got years of releases and content for this game

It dead. CLEARLY.