For all you guys that keep spamming in every thread your silly "wish list" of having the Arc-170 in your game. Please get over it.

They will never release this fighter.

You can stop asking. Thanks.

I'm pretty sure they just said they are going to release it: https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2016/6/2/stay-in-attack-formation/

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obvious troll is obvious.....

I'm surprised that they didn't make this an Imperial ship, with a sick repaint featuring the Navy's signature black-on-grey. I'd imagine they went this route to please the fans of the prequel ship, but then rather than actually expand the timeline into the Clone Wars, they invented the idea that the Alliance got hold of a few of the ARC-170 models and retrofitted them.

I'm surprised that they didn't make this an Imperial ship, with a sick repaint featuring the Navy's signature black-on-grey. I'd imagine they went this route to please the fans of the prequel ship, but then rather than actually expand the timeline into the Clone Wars, they invented the idea that the Alliance got hold of a few of the ARC-170 models and retrofitted them.

They used it because:

- It fits the Rebel faction identity (it's a heavy X-wing essentially).

- They're a bit short on decent Rebel material.

I guess my issue is more that it seems like they're seeing how far they can go without dipping into the past, and if they eventually must do so (which is arguable either way), I'd prefer it to happen before they've stretched belief too thin by introducing these ships as Rebel acquisitions.

I guess my issue is more that it seems like they're seeing how far they can go without dipping into the past, and if they eventually must do so (which is arguable either way), I'd prefer it to happen before they've stretched belief too thin by introducing these ships as Rebel acquisitions.

So it seems like a stretch to you that the Rebellion would acquire some Clone-Wars-era fighters, retrofit them as much as possible, and press them back into service?

(That's not snark--I'm genuinely curious about what part of the narrative feels implausible to you.)

By "these ships" I'm referring to future ships they might introduce with this same explanation. At the very least I'm glad to see the ARC-170 finally in the game, and I think they made the right decision by not giving it any generic pilots if the story is that the Alliance doesn't have access to a whole fleet of the ships.

EDIT: To add onto this, I also think of all the prequel-era ships they might have explained this way, the ARC-170 makes the most sense. I could hardly see the Naboo Starfighter being retrofitted, as it's more designed for looks and escort duty than tactical superiority in a galaxywide conflict. I'm just surprised they didn't pair it with the V-Wing, which is canonically still a part of the Navy arsenal in the early days of the Galactic Civil War.

To add onto this, I also think of all the prequel-era ships they might have explained this way, the ARC-170 makes the most sense.

Yeah. That was part of my surprise at your post, actually: retrofitting droid fighters is probably more trouble than it's worth. Anything favored specifically by the Jedi probably won't work that well when flown by pilots without literally supernatural reflexes. If you subtract those out and ignore the uncommon/one-off designs like the N-1 and the Geonosians' Nantex -class fighter, that pretty much leaves the V-wing, Y-wing, and ARC-170.

And of those, if you're looking to introduce a new Rebel ship, the ARC-170 seems like the straightforward choice. (They could have paired it with a V-wing, but the Empire has the purchasing power and manufacturing capacity to make changes throughout their military quite quickly, so CW-era refits would pass out of active duty pretty quickly. And FFG doesn't have any shortage of possible TIE designs on their hand, but they're close to the bottom of the barrel on small Rebel ships.

By "these ships" I'm referring to future ships they might introduce with this same explanation. At the very least I'm glad to see the ARC-170 finally in the game, and I think they made the right decision by not giving it any generic pilots if the story is that the Alliance doesn't have access to a whole fleet of the ships.

EDIT: To add onto this, I also think of all the prequel-era ships they might have explained this way, the ARC-170 makes the most sense. I could hardly see the Naboo Starfighter being retrofitted, as it's more designed for looks and escort duty than tactical superiority in a galaxywide conflict. I'm just surprised they didn't pair it with the V-Wing, which is canonically still a part of the Navy arsenal in the early days of the Galactic Civil War.

We have seen Shara and Leia fly the Naboo fighters against TIE fighters so I would say it's got a good chance of showing up eventually.