X-Wing Predictions to 2020

By patox, in X-Wing

Sources are in parenthesis.

2015

  • Wave 7 (Extended Universe)
  • Wave 8 (Rebels, Extended Universe, Episode 7)

2016 Predictions

  • Wave 9 (Episode 7)
  • Wave 10 (Rogue One)

+Rebels/new video game canon

2017 Predictions

  • Wave 11 (Rogue One)
  • Wave 12 (Episode 8)

+live action TV Show/new video game canon

2018 Predictions

  • Wave 13 (Episode 8)
  • Wave 14 (Han Solo Anthology)

+live action TV Show/new video game canon

2019

  • Wave 15 (Han Solo Anthology)
  • Wave 16 (Episode 9)

+live action TV Show/new video game canon

2020 Predictions

  • Wave 17 (Episode 9)
  • Wave 18 (Boba Fett Anthology)

Whoa hey. Don't go crazy with the specificity of those predictions now.

2015
  • Wave 7 (Extended Universe)
  • Wave 8 (Rebels, Extended Universe, Episode 7)

You honestly think wave 8 will be out this year? Bump that to next year and offset everything accordingly, and then I think you'll be closer to reality. Although, I'm not sure every movie will warrant two full waves.

Not sure every movie gets a full wave. I would expect eu to live on there.

If expect ace releases at least for scum. Maybe a aces 2 for the others. At least one huge scum ship (Wilde karrde?)

The chances of more EU ships coming out are looking slim.

And who knows. Wave 8 might turn into all canon. Punishing One and Mist Hunter may get canonized by a video game, comic or anthology movie.

The EU was the dark times. You're now in the Fire Hose times.

What about the new Ewok faction wave??? Kettch must be at least native PS9 surely!

If you're playing Scum, the chances of EU ships being released is greatly increased over the other factions, especially the Rebels. Aside from say, the Pulsar Skate or the Lady Luck (which is really too big from all accounts), what were they gonna get? 101 X-wing variants? There's certainly plenty more cool pilots to put on existing ships, but the Rebs/NR didn't crank out variants like the Empire did or employ the sheer variety of ships that Scum did.

The films themselves are unlikely to sustain new ship releases for complete waves if what we've seen of VII is any indication. There's still probably gonna be one non-movie Scum ship in Wave 9, though there is a slim possibility that we'll get a Falcon reprint.

If anything it's Rebels that's going to potentially add the most new ships, but who knows? The game is a non-canon game and it's always been one, so FFG has a vast trove of weird and fun stuff to pull from for new goodies.

I think it is highly doubtful that Rogue One is going to provide two waves of material for X-Wing. In fact, based on what the writer and director have said and the time-frame (pre-ANH) it is doubtful to provide even one wave.

Everything being leaked about it is that it is a movie about Rebel ground forces/spec ops that steal the plans to the Death Star. It is pretty clearly not a Rogue Squadron movie.

Jim

Sources are in parenthesis.

2015

  • Wave 7 (Extended Universe)
  • Wave 8 (Rebels, Extended Universe, Episode 7)

2016 Predictions

  • Wave 9 (Episode 7)
  • Wave 10 (Rogue One)

+Rebels/new video game canon

2017 Predictions

  • Wave 11 (Rogue One)
  • Wave 12 (Episode 8)

+live action TV Show/new video game canon

2018 Predictions

  • Wave 13 (Episode 8)
  • Wave 14 (Han Solo Anthology)

+live action TV Show/new video game canon

2019

  • Wave 15 (Han Solo Anthology)
  • Wave 16 (Episode 9)

+live action TV Show/new video game canon

2020 Predictions

  • Wave 17 (Episode 9)
  • Wave 18 (Boba Fett Anthology)

Somebody been keeping up with movie talk show stuff, and Dat Mouse! You are prolly right on the $$$ too... get up witt the REAL Cannon coming at yah, my Star Brothers!

;)

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By 2020, this game will have grown into such a global phenomenon that Disney will have released the original X-Wing PC games, updated and redeveloped for modern gaming PCs and consoles.

Oh, and ficklegreendice will still be angry at his fickle green dice.

By 2020, this game will have grown into such a global phenomenon that Disney will have released the original X-Wing PC games, updated and redeveloped for modern gaming PCs and consoles.

Oh, and ficklegreendice will still be angry at his fickle green dice.

DAT,,,

:D

Depends on how much control the mouse has. Wouldn't shock me to never see EU stuff ever again.

Depends on how much control the mouse has. Wouldn't shock me to never see EU stuff ever again.

But...gunboat?

Gunboat?

GUNBOAT!!!!!

...gunboat?

*sniffle*

Didn't FFG design the raider in conjunction with the mouse? I'm assuming Disney will want input in the designing any new ship and will have veto on the use of EU stuff. However with X-Wing growing and making money I can't see them crippling the game by limiting the number of new (to X-Wing) ships too much.