Mine too, it always stood out.

TIE Therapist.

TIE Proctologist

TIE Dye Job

TIE Twirly thing

TIE Skateboard...

:lol:

Every ship is someone's favorite.

Right, but any ship selected for development and release can't just be SOMEONE's favourite, it needs to have popular appeal AND fit the Star Wars brand.

Im sure plenty of people come for the StarWars but I'm **** sure most stay for the well built, well balanced fun casual miniatures table top war game.

Really, this game is an easy sell to anyone interested in this hobby.

It has the easy to learn, hard to master thing down.

It's far FAR more affordable than most other games.

The game is a mess of misfired design ideas, and bandaids on top of bandaids. If it didn't have the Star Wars tag, I wouldn't touch it with a ten foot pole. Anyone who came for the Star Wars but stayed for the "well built, well balanced fun casual miniatures table top war game" doesn't have very high standards.

And cheaper?

It's cheaper than 40K, but most other games are either cheaper again or comparable in price. I just recently got two large warbands, plus the rule book for SAGA for like, $100. For comparison, that's like buying five of everything for two factions, and then buying at least one of everything else just to get access to the upgrades because in that one book, I have access to every rule and upgrade I could ever want, and my two warbands allow me to run nearly every combination of models I could want.

And that's just as an example.

Well, I was never a huge fan of X-Wings or TIE Fighters, so when I saw the game a while back I was thinking "Meh... another Star Wars franchised game. Minis look cute tho..."

Last year, one of my friends tired to get me into the game. I went to the store again and saw IG-2000 and I was thinking "Cool - they are bringing back some old stuff!"

What sealed the deal for me was when the announced Mist Hunter and Punishing One. Had they not announced the big five bounty hunter ship, I WOULD NOT be playing X-Wing today. I had first seen them in the old Decipher CCG and still had a fondness for them.

The same apply to a SW EU reader (E-Wing, K-Wing) SW Galaxies player (Kihraxz, Decimator, Scyk), a SW Galactic Battlegrounds player (TIE Punisher), SW X-Wing player (TIE Defender). What is attractive to you may not be so much to others, what attracts them may be unattractive to you.

Every SW souce, no matter how weak the highly vocal portion of fans decry it, has their own fans. In fact, in most industries and hobbies, the most loudly vocal fans usually contribute to an extremely small portion of revenue (making business decisions based on what fans SAY is a sure way to break your bank). This is mainly due to the fact that most consumers are not that vocal - and when the product becomes shaped by the vocal minority, the silent majority if they don't like it, simply stop buying - effectively killing the product.

This is why big companies continue supporting personal reviews - even those that trash their products, but pay search engines for infographics and trends. Both serve different purposes.

The Rebels TV series while popular can hardly be considered mainstream as most fans consider it kiddy.

>Speaking for fans

>Projecting own opinion as fact

>Rebels

>Kiddy

>Not likely to be source of iconic ships

>Gozanti, Ghost, TIE/v1

>Rebels acting as gateway for young fans into Star Wars

>Actually thinking Rebels is to ever be disregarded

>Has been officially marketed by FFG and thus is a valid source of ships

Doesn't make it less true. Each age group if sw fans usually became fans as kids, and they grew older and new material was created for the age group they were in.

Late 70s to mid 80s: the ot. This is where the "iconic" stuff to fans is.

Mid 80s to mid 90s: special ed movies, spin off galore - games, comic and book EU begins gaining popularity.

1999 - early 2010s: pt and deravitive material like clone wars.

Post Disney: St and rebels.

Mine too, it always stood out.

TIE Therapist.

TIE Proctologist

TIE Dye Job

TIE Twirly thing

TIE Skateboard...

TIE Proctologist [At start of turn, range 1-3 examine maneuvering dial of an enemy ship]

TIE Dye Job [Range 1-3,Remove target lock from friendly ship and add it to your ship]

TIE Twirly thing [First enemy to attack you this turn receives a stress token]

TIE Skateboard... [At start of each turn highest enemy PS must only target your ship]

Well there are plenty of ships to choose from.

But if they want to do major changes, they can have another faction. LIke Alien faction where they can group the Chiss, Trade federation, Yuuzhan Vong, etc. Or the Sith Empire or Old Republic.

TIE Proctologist

TIE Dye Job

TIE Twirly thing

It's called Tie Interceptor

Ace pack TIE

Defender

Doesn't make it less true. Each age group if sw fans usually became fans as kids, and they grew older and new material was created for the age group they were in.

Late 70s to mid 80s: the ot. This is where the "iconic" stuff to fans is.

Mid 80s to mid 90s: special ed movies, spin off galore - games, comic and book EU begins gaining popularity.

1999 - early 2010s: pt and deravitive material like clone wars.

Post Disney: St and rebels.

Mid 80s to early 90s: the dark times before the explosion of nostalgia fueled EU stuff. I remember when Star Wars was dead. Dead. And a mediocre trilogy of books with an interesting villian brought it back from the void. SOTE and Special editions led directly to the prequels so I can't praise them all that much, but at least SW is now a perpetual presence in not just the toy aisle but everywhere. I still remember the Dark Times and I don't want to ever go back there.

Before the dark times.. Before the Disney Empire.

I like F-Zero and all, but please no.

Cool ship, Correction:Really cool ship. But that looks WAY to nice to be a star wars ship.

On second thought, this looks like somthing from Oblivion. (that Tom Cruise movie.)

Ew...

I mean.

It's friggin' beautiful...

But get that away from Star Wars!

First, apologies for taking so long to respond to these; it's been a hectic week(end). I appreciate the feedback!

Now, I don't want to be perceived as hostile or whiny;I'm more curious about these statements than upset.

I'm not really getting this idea that this wouldn't fit into SW - especially considering this is art commissioned by FFG, and iterated upon some decades old lore and art for the ships:

I understand the ship looks much more sleek and maybe overly stylish than most, but I'd chalk that up more to it being concept art more than an accurate used depiction of it (particularly the first image, that looks almost like an advertisment). Even so, something really sharp and

The shape and silhouette are very familiar to ships like the X-Wing, the Headhunter, the Preybird, and yes, the Kihraxz assault fighter.

The color palette might be a bit of a shock when compared to the generally gray or muted tones the majority of ships have - but is that so much of a dealbreaker?

But it looks strikingly familiar to Kihraxz Ryhkzyrk (**** my tongue hurts) and their medium brother

More like the Kihraxz assault fighter, imo, but I can see shared design elements with the Rihkxyrk.

The main problem with these are they are primarily owned and operated by CorSec - how does that work? sub-faction of Empire like First Order?

The Nubians are a stat only ship (no pics so far). And isn't known who operates them.

It really depends on how FFG/Disney would want to spin it. Corran Horn was CorSec, but I suppose it's all up to what of Legends they'd want to pick and choose. I'm unfamiliar with their first appearance (the Corellia Trilogy is on my reading list), but I would think they'd be appropriate as Rebel ships. If the Scum and Villainy faction were more neutral and vaguely defined, that could've worked...a fourth faction covering general ships would likely be out of the question, and I don't see how that would work, anyway.

Regardless of the HLAF-500, my central point is that it may be wise for FFG to establish some crossover between their products. As a long-time tabletop gamer, being able to buy and use models depicting things like ships in the sourcebooks is something I've always wanted.

Doesn't make it less true. Each age group if sw fans usually became fans as kids, and they grew older and new material was created for the age group they were in.

Late 70s to mid 80s: the ot. This is where the "iconic" stuff to fans is.

Mid 80s to mid 90s: special ed movies, spin off galore - games, comic and book EU begins gaining popularity.

1999 - early 2010s: pt and deravitive material like clone wars.

Post Disney: St and rebels.

Mid 80s to early 90s: the dark times before the explosion of nostalgia fueled EU stuff. I remember when Star Wars was dead. Dead. And a mediocre trilogy of books with an interesting villian brought it back from the void. SOTE and Special editions led directly to the prequels so I can't praise them all that much, but at least SW is now a perpetual presence in not just the toy aisle but everywhere. I still remember the Dark Times and I don't want to ever go back there.

T-16 Skyhopper.

And the H-Wing

Don't forget the H-Wing

Uglies for Scum and Villainy?

Does anyone really want the bloat that Star Trek attack wing has?

I saw it by the xwing section in a hobby store, and they are finding the most obscure things to pull out. And the preview for the new bajoran sail,ship..?

I'd rather have bloat than the end of the game

Games like 40K seem to have done okay selling more or less the same stuff for 20 years. They only started having to start getting desperate making new stuff up in the last 4-5 years or so. And 40K is a way less recognized brand and less accessible game than X-Wing.

Games succeed by being good, and being able to attract new customers. Not by continually figuring out ways to squeeze another fifteen bucks or so out of existing customers.

Special ops tie....180 side arc....Now that would be awesome!!!

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