Hi all,

With the star wars rebels trailers showing numerous battle droids for the clone wars returning do you think that maybe we'll see some ships from the clone wars appear in Armada? Possibly the rebels will gain a separatist ship in the series so it would be interesting to see a potential providence class carrier/destroyer or other CIS ship released as well as an imperial venator to give the Imperials a form of carrier.

Hi all,

With the star wars rebels trailers showing numerous battle droids for the clone wars returning do you think that maybe we'll see some ships from the clone wars appear in Armada?

We already have a few clone wars era ships either out or slated to come out soon.

CR90 - appeared in TCW

Arquitens - appeared in TCW

Lancer-class pursuit craft - appeared in TCW episodes that weren't completed - the ones that were instead released as the Dark Disciple novel.

Slave One - appeared in TCW

YV-666 - appeared in TCW

Headhunter - appeared in TCW - albeit as a two-engined variant rather than the WEG-style four-engined one

Millennium Falcon - appeared in ROTS - which is set at the very end of the Clone Wars.

Hi all,

With the star wars rebels trailers showing numerous battle droids for the clone wars returning do you think that maybe we'll see some ships from the clone wars appear in Armada?

We already have a few clone wars era ships either out or slated to come out soon.

CR90 - appeared in TCW

Arquitens - appeared in TCW

Lancer-class pursuit craft - appeared in TCW episodes that weren't completed - the ones that were instead released as the Dark Disciple novel.

Slave One - appeared in TCW

YV-666 - appeared in TCW

Headhunter - appeared in TCW - albeit as a two-engined variant rather than the WEG-style four-engined one

Millennium Falcon - appeared in ROTS - which is set at the very end of the Clone Wars.

Ahh probably should have said any MORE clone wars era ships. Specifically the larger capital ships such as the providence, venator, acclamatory and the CIS frigates

The Rebels do have the Pelta-class upcoming - but that's Republic, not Separatist.

That said - i'd like to see an ex-Confederacy ship or two.

Regardless of the films being generally reviled, I do like the idea of CIS and Republic ships being available in Armada. I thought the scene in the beginning of RotS with the huge fleet engagement was bad ass, and I'd love to recreate something like that. Even if we remain limited to the two factions, CWE ships would be a welcome addition to the game.

Besides, we already have plenty of anachronisms in the game with ships and characters appearing in possible combinations that are non-canonical. Why not Empire vs CIS or Rebels vs Republic? For campaign play you stick with certain factions, but in casual and tourney play? Why not go nuts? It's not like faction balance appears terribly important to FFG anyway...

It's not like faction balance appears terribly important to FFG anyway...

You and I have completely different definitions on faction balance then... Or even on 'balance'...

I would hate to face republic or CIS factions as a Civil War Era player.

I love the idea of seeing Republic and CIS capital ships, but I don't see it likely anytime soon. There is a lot of fan created models/cards if you are interested in that. Mel's Miniatures makes some stuff and I think KuatDriveYards has some cards for the ships.

Also, check the painting section and type Venator. There is a post there that shows Mel's Venator.

Caveat: both of the following are customs sites, and bear no authority or imprimatur from FFG. Armada Shipyards has quite a bit, and most of it is playtested fairly thoroughly, and all of it is playtested at least some. Kuat Drive Yards has quite a bit more, but as a more free-form site dedicated to allowing anyone to place their ideas up in public, has much less playtest cred and is generally of a more hit and miss quality, if extensive.

It's not outside the realm of possibilities to see Clone Wars era ships in Armada in the context of it being only Galactic Civil War. In Legends the rebels made use of the Rescusant-class destroyer and even the Providence-class carrier at least once or twice. I would not be surprised to see one of them in the new Rebels season at some point.

Millennium Falcon - appeared in ROTS - which is set at the very end of the Clone Wars.

Well, a YT-1300... The shot is too far away to tell by markings wether it is the Falcon or not.

I mean, I know not a lot of people have seen the shot, so here's the best picture I could get of it....

Yes, its blurry because its magnified...

I beleive it was confirmed to be a camo of the millenium falcon (I remeber it being a question in start wars trivial pursuits at least )

I would like to see the factions released but knowing it's very unlikely I'll settle fo coone wars era ships appearing in the imperial and rebel roster. I know that Mels miniature do some great ships of the the kinds you could ever want but for someone like me where your budget doesn't allow for frosted ultra detail then I have to hope for an actual release. That and my painting skills are not the greatest.

Hi all,

With the star wars rebels trailers showing numerous battle droids for the clone wars returning do you think that maybe we'll see some ships from the clone wars appear in Armada?

We already have a few clone wars era ships either out or slated to come out soon.

CR90 - appeared in TCW

Arquitens - appeared in TCW

Lancer-class pursuit craft - appeared in TCW episodes that weren't completed - the ones that were instead released as the Dark Disciple novel.

Slave One - appeared in TCW

YV-666 - appeared in TCW

Headhunter - appeared in TCW - albeit as a two-engined variant rather than the WEG-style four-engined one

Millennium Falcon - appeared in ROTS - which is set at the very end of the Clone Wars.

Ahh probably should have said any MORE clone wars era ships. Specifically the larger capital ships such as the providence, venator, acclamatory and the CIS frigates

Millennium Falcon - appeared in ROTS - which is set at the very end of the Clone Wars.

Well, a YT-1300... The shot is too far away to tell by markings wether it is the Falcon or not.

I mean, I know not a lot of people have seen the shot, so here's the best picture I could get of it....

Yes, its blurry because its magnified...

Which scene is that?

I'm not especially keen to see specifically Clone War era factions released. I don't think they'd fit into the game as well as Scum and Villainy into X-wing, or even the First Order and Resistance. I think it would create what would either be two separate versions of the game, or see cross-era mix-ups that would feel like they didn't fit with the theme.

Clone War era ships, however, I'd love to see more of. As Iron Lord points out, we have plenty already, but I'd love to see things like the Consular-Class Cruiser and Venator-Class Destroyer brought into the game, either as antiquated Imperial technology, or as re-claimed and retro-fitted Rebel ships like the ARC-170s that have just been introduced in X-wing.

There were 3 YT-1300's in Episode 2 at the Naboo spaceport.

VSD was participating in the final year of the Clone Wars and ISD was introduced on almost the day followed the end of the war.

VSD was participating in the final year of the Clone Wars and ISD was introduced on almost the day followed the end of the war.

I was under the impression that (at least in Legends) ISDs and Tectors were both introduced shortly before the war ended - at least, that was how The Essential Guide To Warfare portrayed it.

Regardless of the films being generally reviled, I do like the idea of CIS and Republic ships being available in Armada. I thought the scene in the beginning of RotS with the huge fleet engagement was bad ass, and I'd love to recreate something like that. Even if we remain limited to the two factions, CWE ships would be a welcome addition to the game.

Besides, we already have plenty of anachronisms in the game with ships and characters appearing in possible combinations that are non-canonical. Why not Empire vs CIS or Rebels vs Republic? For campaign play you stick with certain factions, but in casual and tourney play? Why not go nuts? It's not like faction balance appears terribly important to FFG anyway...

Most of us have been waiting to recreate the Battle of Endor for even longer.

The Rebels do have the Pelta-class upcoming - but that's Republic, not Separatist.

That said - i'd like to see an ex-Confederacy ship or two.

Well it's established in canon that at least one early Rebel cell used salvaged Separatist ships . Which would be a perfect fit for Rebel use, really. Limited manpower requirements, especially if they could salvage ships that still had battle droids onboard.

If they give us a recuscant, it should not feature any crew slots.

I'd really rather not go back to that mess of Lucas-fevered non triangular ships. I guess I'd be ok with a venator, but never liked them as a star destroyer. Worst though, would be the trade federation donuts. Personally would rather just go straight to TFA ships.

VSD was participating in the final year of the Clone Wars and ISD was introduced on almost the day followed the end of the war.

I was under the impression that (at least in Legends) ISDs and Tectors were both introduced shortly before the war ended - at least, that was how The Essential Guide To Warfare portrayed it.

I may be mistaken here, I did not check up the chronology. But if I remember correctly the ISD class was named IMPERIAL to celebrate the foundation of the Empire. It is possible though that the prototypes were out earlier. The sources are slightly sketchy about it. Also let's not forget that between the "birth" of the ship and its release from drydock there is a ~1 year time. Maybe several of the ISDs were under construction and therefor counted as existing before the end of the war but they left drydock the first time only after the CIS capitulation.

VSD was participating in the final year of the Clone Wars and ISD was introduced on almost the day followed the end of the war.

I was under the impression that (at least in Legends) ISDs and Tectors were both introduced shortly before the war ended - at least, that was how The Essential Guide To Warfare portrayed it.

I may be mistaken here, I did not check up the chronology. But if I remember correctly the ISD class was named IMPERIAL to celebrate the foundation of the Empire. It is possible though that the prototypes were out earlier. The sources are slightly sketchy about it. Also let's not forget that between the "birth" of the ship and its release from drydock there is a ~1 year time. Maybe several of the ISDs were under construction and therefor counted as existing before the end of the war but they left drydock the first time only after the CIS capitulation.

ISD was originally the Imperator-class SD and was introduced as a flagship to a few fleets a couple of months before the end of the clone wars. The VSD was in out into service about 6 months into the clone wars I believe. The Imperator was renamed the Imperial class star destroyer immediately after the rise of the Empire.