So one week from now will be Force Friday. The question is- will we see anything for X-wing? Some rumors are Heroes of the Resistance will be out at that time (doubtful). We also have the missing sku, which I am starting to think isn't going to be anything noteworthy and is just like a mat they are still unsure about producing. Or, at least I'm saying I'm starting to think that to not get my hopes up.
What's the consensus?
New movie announcement for Episode 8.
A Rebel Rogue One Aces or Scum huge or Scum Aces expansion.
I don't think there will be anything new for X-Wing, now don't get me wrong cause I wish it was true but considering we already know we are getting the U-Wing and Tie Striker sometime in December or January I doubt we will get anything else.
But who knows, maybe they will either release something or tease an article or two, but I know from now til next Friday people are going to be wondering.
...oh yeah, since Rebels Season 3 premier is this weekend they might have a new ship from that. We could always use some more Sabine ships. 
I expect heros of the resistance. Or a surprise rogue one mini pack.
Strikers vs Partisan X-Wings starter would be nice. 
I'd be happy with Heroes of the Resistance, though.
Surely it will be the "mysterious" SWX58 which is yet to be revealed.
Likely to be Rogue One related, but could be a scum epic with a bonus small ship fix ( Syck, Kfhyihdx or Viper)
May 4th this year was nothing happening.
Striker and U already spoiled (still wondering if that was intentional or a leak). Wondering what 's left to spoil, not only for FFG.
Originally in august I thought for 58 [hoped ]:
"a Rogue One campaign box would be nice. But big retailers probably won't take it in, x-wing is not that big yet, that a retailer would say there is enough critical mass of people already having a core at home and willing to buy an expansion at a big retailer.
What if it is a big box, x+u+striker+1-2 Tie/ln? Plus the core stuff with the NEW damage deck, and the uniques from the old core, discontinuing the old core?"
Now, that U and Striker were spoiled some weeks ago, there is the from Rogue 1 Partisan-X left, maybe an Y. The new A-wing is probably first VIII. Rebels season 3 - but how big is that one outside of the US, doubtful it is enough for a worldwide Force Friday. Nevertheless FFG's 58 could be Rebels.
Rebels season 3 - but how big is that one outside of the US, doubtful it is enough for a worldwide Force Friday. Nevertheless FFG's 58 could be Rebels.
Its Star Wars so its big for Star Wars fans just like it is in States
A Rebel Rogue One Aces or Scum huge or Scum Aces expansion.
We can all hope.
May 4th this year was nothing happening.
HotR announcement.May 4th this year was nothing happening.
Yes, OK. That actually was 4th of may. Somehow I forgot that one, probably cause it was not really revealing that much.
I was writing sloppy, there was not much heard from non-FFG sources, at least in Europe. Neither any film spoilers, but maybe I am wrong there as well. Getting old probably 
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I did hear a vicious rumour about HotR hitting retail for end of September, so maybe that's your Force Friday drop? Single source, though, so take that with a fistful of salt.
new core set with a tie fighter, tie striker and Partisan x-wing
I did hear a vicious rumour about HotR hitting retail for end of September, so maybe that's your Force Friday drop? Single source, though, so take that with a fistful of salt.
T65 aces with partisan x wing and mabeya y wing. How could they not use rouge one as an excuse to fix the t65, which has needed it for like 2 years.
Please announce X-Wing 2nd Edition... 
I expect everyone to make massive amounts of predictions expecting some unannounced release because it happened last year.
HoTR is the only thing I have remotely heard as happening. New Rogue One coreset where we get a pilot who is reasonable for rebels, only to find out he is the baddest man to fly a starship and we re-buy him a year later with a marginal upgrade? Just kidding on that part I would take HoTR though!
Rebel vets X/Y expansion. S-foil based dual title for X wing.
I expect it'll be a fairly balanced addition to put X wings back in the meta.
If the forum is a little calm about it then it's not over the top.
What I want for Force Friday is Scum.
What I think makes sense is Rogue One stuff.
Either way, it'll be pure pandemonium or 2 doses Imodium (AD).
Edited by dewbie420I'm starting to think SWX58 is not Rogue One-related, though, given where it falls in the lineup. Last few SKUs were:
SWX53 - ARC-170 (Prequels)
SWX54 - TIE/sf (Episode 7)
SWX55 - Protectorate Fighter (Rebels)
SWX56 - Shadow Caster (Rebels)
SWX57 - Heroes of the Resistance (Episode 7)
SWX58 - ???
SWX59 - Sabine's TIE (Rebels)
SWX60 - Upsilon (Episode 7)
SWX61 - Quadjumper (Episode 7)
SWX62 - U-Wing (Rogue One)
SWX63 - TIE Striker (Rogue One)
...so SWX58 is in the middle of a batch of 'Rebels' and 'Episode 7' stuff. More Episode 7 feels unlikely given that we've, at this point, had released just about everything possible to release from Episode 7 (save maybe a Scum Epic-scale ship that the Kanjiklub or Guavian Death Gang arrived on - but we both barely saw that ship, and Guavian Death Gang appears to be coming as an upgrade in the Quadjumper, anyway). And, of course, there is no risk of any spoilers from Episode 7, so...why hold off on releasing news of it with the last of the Episode 7 stuff?
Nah, seems more likely it is 'Rebels', then. Especially given that excluding the 'oversized' HotR, that would put SWX58 in a block of 4 total ships from the 'Rebels' series. So what would be 'Rebels' that would require a delay in announcing it?
Having seen the season 3 premiere, a safe guess would be...
Either the Phantom Mark II - that the Phantom gets destroyed in the first episode is as good a spoiler as any that could explain the enforced delay, and it's probably something Disney clued FFG in on far enough back to have been working on it, given word about how much closer they are working, now. Upside to this guess: well, it's an obvious one - we'll PLAINLY be getting the Phantom Mk II at some point. Just a question of when. Downside to this guess: the Rebels really, really don't need more ships, yet - they already have the most.
Or the new Scum ship we just saw - as well as being the second time we've seen the Mining Guild appear. Once a 3d model is made, given the low budget for this show, they definitely seem to like re-using them. So...expect to see more of the Mining Guild, too. Upside to this guess: checks the boxes of being a 'Rebels'-series ship as well as helping the Scum faction catch up after wave 10. Downside to this guess: heck of a minor spoiler, can't imagine they'd have to hold off on THAT...but maybe there is more we haven't yet seen of it?
While we might see a preview, merchandise seems unlikely- Force Friday is mostly a big box thing, and frankly, X-wing doesn't sell well at big box stores- It just doesn't make enough money in their toy section to merit the space it needs. And the lack of space for demo events hurts as well.