I hate saying never... but I would bet the mortgage that Disney NEVER makes Thrawn canon. That opens up a can of worms that they just went to lengths to seal.

Prepare to riot.

What can of worms would that be? BTW, there's a good chance he's already canon.

Besides the heavy handed hints that Dave Filoni has been dropping about Rebels season 3!

In all seriousness we can begin to theorize and narrow down the options for wave 10.First of all, do we think waves will just be 3 ships now? One of each Rebel, Imperial, Scum?(edit: I see others are thinking this too, how interesting)Most likely new ships are rogue squadron stuff.U-wingTie StrikerNeither design is very compelling. Hopefully seeing them do killer maneuvers in the movie will help. Possibly FFG can work their magic with a nice paint scheme.The most unknown ship is for Scum. My initial thought is a 4-attack primary ship. Scum don't have one. Perhaps they will still make the Scurgg, though I now think Shadow Caster has taken its place.What will Scums 4-attack wave 10 ship be??Before wave 10 happens, I dream about a triple scum aces pack with Syck, Kihraxz, and Starviper buffs.The only thing that will get me to fly rebels again would be a Rogue Squadron T-65 pack.I think we all want a viable 4 X-wing list. It would be so inspiring to see on the table.

Maybe there will be new tittle for Starviper that gives it +1 damage and that will be our attack 4 ship, this would change them pretty good.

Other than that, I got no clue what could be next scum, huge at one point, but nothing for wave X in my mind.

And maybe Starvipers get their buzz droids for that torp slot!

What I would like:

Small(!) based dedicated S&V bomber

Hondo crew

What we'll maybe get:

Rogue One stuff

TFA pimp-shuttle and scrapped-together transport

Volt cobra as another stupid pancake

As scum and rebel.

ARC-170

As a Imperial version.

YES please, scrap the freaking gunboat, lol.

Slave II. Tie Hunter. GX1 short hauler.

Scum: Dunelizard or Khirazx

Rebels/Imps: Rogue Shadow, the first multi-faction ship as well as the first large base ship capable of cloaking.

-Cal

You know, something just occurred to me. Since we've officially set a precedent for bringing prequel ships into the game (meaning true prequel ships, not stuff like the YT-1300 and Firespray that were in the OT first)...Vader's Nubian?

I hate saying never... but I would bet the mortgage that Disney NEVER makes Thrawn canon. That opens up a can of worms that they just went to lengths to seal.

Prepare to riot.

What can of worms would that be? BTW, there's a good chance he's already canon.

That would be the Timothy Zahn can...

While I don't like to say never.. I'm a betting man, and I would bet against Thrawn showing up in Disney's new canon book trilogy. The EU may provide inspiration, but it will not be duplicated. Nor will it be allowed to handcuff Disney's direction with the IP.

Rogue one themed X-wing(Alt paint scheme)? (not expecting it, but I can always dream)

What I expect:

T-65 from Rogue One

... and probably there will be a "Rebel Veterans" (or the equivalent) that includes a T-65 and pilots from Rogue One.

Surely has to be something for the T-65, because it will be 'Wave X'!...

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Action VI transports

Except one is in Ep. II

Dunno about the ships, but I've still been hoping for a Mara Jade pilot, not just crew. Funny thing is there could be one for Imperial, Scum, or even Resistance. I hesitate to say Rebel because she was never that during the Palpatine days.

I don't expect it to happen, but I'd love to see the R-41 Starchaser. I've always loved that ship.

Wave X?

I wonder what the world currency will be, or what language humans will speak when that gets to the store shelves, or whether there will be FLGS on this planet, for that matter.

So haven't we already learned that the releases from the movies aren't "waves" they are their own separate thing. Heroes of the Resistance isn't a "wave". I predict:

Scurgg- Rebel and Scum (small base)

Imps- Gunboat (fan pressure overwhelms FFG or they've been saving it for a special Wave X the whole time)

Wookie Slaver- Rebs

???

My guess:

Rebel: Wookiee Slaver

Imp: Kylo Ren's shuttle (large)

Scum: Skipray Blastboat.

2016 has 1 huge ship, 2 big box expansions, 6 ships in wave 8 and at least 4 ships in wave 9 (with a chance of more ships announced during Force Friday)

With all that, Wave 10 may not happen or even be announced until 2017.

How does one wave a year sound to everyone?

We will get 4 new expansions

1 assault gunboat

2 assault gunboat aces

3 assault gunboat veterans

4 assault gunboat legends

2016 has 1 huge ship, 2 big box expansions, 6 ships in wave 8 and at least 4 ships in wave 9 (with a chance of more ships announced during Force Friday)

With all that, Wave 10 may not happen or even be announced until 2017.

How does one wave a year sound to everyone?

We'll be speculating about Wave 10 for a long time, then.

I predict that the EU/Legends is dead. With the amount of new stuff brought to us by Rebels, and with Rogue One around the corner, we aren't going to see anything new from the EU for a long.... long.... time, if ever.

We MIGHT see a "Rebel Veterans" that does something for the E-Wing. Any "fixes" for the X or Y will be part of Rogue One-centered releases.

I think we can forget about Skiprays, Cloakshapes, Gunboats, Tie Oppressors, Tie Aggressors, Tie Avengers, Tie Raptors, Chiss Clawcraft, Baudo-Class yachts, CorSec livery T-65s, or Action VI transports, unless they are re-canonized in an upcoming video game or novel.

Tie Striker, U-Wing and Upsilon Shuttles are absolutely in the pipeline. Beyond that is only speculation. Rebels season 3 is coming. The Mirrorbright from Bloodline could be an interesting ship, but nobody has produced an image of it yet.

My best guess is that if Disney requires them to have a Force-Friday release, we will get a new core set based around the U-Wing and Tie Striker.

Cloakshapes are cannon, they were mentioned in one of the new books (along with pirate b-wings)

...well, somebody had to do it.

well, that didn't take long

Just for the record, the SoroSuub 3000 is still canon, and Hondo flew one back in Clone Wars. So they might very well kill two birds with one stone by doing Hondo and a scum version of Lando in the same expansion. And I wouldn't put it past Rebels to actually have Lando end up with Hondo's old ship and rename it "Lady Luck"

Oh, wow, I didn't know that. Just it being canon puts it back on my list. I can't say it would be Wave X specifically though, especially after the two ships out of left field in Wave 9, but it being a canon ship that was armed makes it a good choice again. Plus, even if they don't have Lando get it, the EU still allows them to put Lando and Mara Jade as pilots for it, which is a huge bonus.

The reality is that if a ship appears in a new Star Wars movie or if it appears on Rebels (or a SW TV show) we will have in the game. It's simple cross promotional marketing. Count on it. They may not all come at once but we will have them, all of them.

2016 has 1 huge ship, 2 big box expansions, 6 ships in wave 8 and at least 4 ships in wave 9 (with a chance of more ships announced during Force Friday)

With all that, Wave 10 may not happen or even be announced until 2017.

How does one wave a year sound to everyone?

We'll be speculating about Wave 10 for a long time, then.

I doubt it. Wave 9 will likely release in Autumn, and there's clearly going to be some FFG ships announced alongside Rogue One.

I'd expect Wave 10 announcement in September/October

Wave X?

I wonder what the world currency will be, or what language humans will speak when that gets to the store shelves, or whether there will be FLGS on this planet, for that matter.