As long as FFG does not touch prequels Episode I-III, I think I may live with Rebels even though I have not seen the series.

Rogue One looks like the best fit for this game so far.

That said, Palpatine seems above getting into skirmishes or facing heroes in a campaign at this point in his career.

Or is he?

Palpatine usually doesn't get into the fray, as Vader does it very well and it keeps up appearances. However, I don't think he is beyond it and we should see him represented in the game at some point. Also, being really powerful doesn't necessarily means that he needs a very high deployment cost (something like 12 should be fine, 15 could still be good if they wanted to give him two defense dice). He could do a lot for his cost, for example, without being as tanky and powerful as Vader. Regarding Vader, I am pretty sure we will eventually see a cheaper, little less powerful one printed. A 10-12 points Vader should be fine and he could do a lot for that cost without being so tanky.

As far as the Palpatine card goes, they could give him a GYY ranged attack. Low range potential, lots of surge and damage potential, it would feel like force lightning . And he should have probably have Lure of the Dark Side built in.

I would like to hold on to the idea of these battles being too low-end for Palpatine to enter the fray. On the other hand, I would prefer the Emperor's presence felt via cards, just forboding enough to be present and impact.

So without a plastic mini, a few command cards and skirmish upgrade cards - even an agenda deck - something that changes the whole battlefield: Jedi and Force Users on opposing sides immediately suffer a strain, that kind of thing. Plenty of ways to feel that 'Tremor in the Force'.

Considering that FFG likes making money I feel we will see most of the named Star Wars characters, especialy those from the original films as people know who they are and would, generally, be more willing to buy them than characters made just for the game.

I would like to hold on to the idea of these battles being too low-end for Palpatine to enter the fray. On the other hand, I would prefer the Emperor's presence felt via cards, just forboding enough to be present and impact.

So without a plastic mini, a few command cards and skirmish upgrade cards - even an agenda deck - something that changes the whole battlefield: Jedi and Force Users on opposing sides immediately suffer a strain, that kind of thing. Plenty of ways to feel that 'Tremor in the Force'.

See, if he's going to be on the front lines in something, I feel like it's be more likely to be a smaller mission that a large scale battle. I'd picture his Agenda mission would be the Rebel heroes trying to assassinate/capture him... only to fall right into the Emperor's trap!

What I mean is, the Emperor is not a soldier by any means, but he is certainly combat capable. He'd be much more likely to find himself in the middle of a kerfuffle somewhere than to be leading armies from the front line. After all, I'm sure he'd bound to attract attention.

The only argument I'd see against this is that once he's won by the Empire, he can be brought in at any time- but again, I see no reason to rob players of their agency to do what they please. After all, it at least makes more sense for the Empire to bring in the Emperor than it does to bring in Greedo, which is already possible.

I would like to hold on to the idea of these battles being too low-end for Palpatine to enter the fray. On the other hand, I would prefer the Emperor's presence felt via cards, just forboding enough to be present and impact.

So without a plastic mini, a few command cards and skirmish upgrade cards - even an agenda deck - something that changes the whole battlefield: Jedi and Force Users on opposing sides immediately suffer a strain, that kind of thing. Plenty of ways to feel that 'Tremor in the Force'.

See, if he's going to be on the front lines in something, I feel like it's be more likely to be a smaller mission that a large scale battle. I'd picture his Agenda mission would be the Rebel heroes trying to assassinate/capture him... only to fall right into the Emperor's trap!

What I mean is, the Emperor is not a soldier by any means, but he is certainly combat capable. He'd be much more likely to find himself in the middle of a kerfuffle somewhere than to be leading armies from the front line. After all, I'm sure he'd bound to attract attention.

The only argument I'd see against this is that once he's won by the Empire, he can be brought in at any time- but again, I see no reason to rob players of their agency to do what they please. After all, it at least makes more sense for the Empire to bring in the Emperor than it does to bring in Greedo, which is already possible.

My thoughts would be that you cannot win his card in his mission, but rather a reward card instead that aptly shows his influence in some way. That way you keep his actual appearances to a minimum, his mission and any campaign missions that use him, but you still feel his presence in terms of supporting the Imperial player with a powerful ability.

Subtrendy, I feel what you're saying there. I like it too. If they released a Campaign only, by all means bring it in for exacty the sort of mission/s you are referring to. we have a few Jedi and Force Sensitive Heroes that would certainly warrant the attention of the Empire's Force Community.

OK, now I'm liking the idea of a small box expansion for an Imperial Base (3 to 5 missions), almost for that style of encounter. The Empire luring some Force sensitives in with the promise of holocrons or Lightsabre crystals, or some widget of wonder... then POW! Cue the music and in walks the Emperor and a handful of Agents (read: Mara Jade). Sweet!

Subtrendy, I feel what you're saying there. I like it too. If they released a Campaign only, by all means bring it in for exacty the sort of mission/s you are referring to. we have a few Jedi and Force Sensitive Heroes that would certainly warrant the attention of the Empire's Force Community.

OK, now I'm liking the idea of a small box expansion for an Imperial Base (3 to 5 missions), almost for that style of encounter. The Empire luring some Force sensitives in with the promise of holocrons or Lightsabre crystals, or some widget of wonder... then POW! Cue the music and in walks the Emperor and a handful of Agents (read: Mara Jade). Sweet!

I'd love to get Mara Jade in the game even more than the emperor, but unless they recanonize her I doubt she will be added to the game any time soon or at all. I really hope that since Thrawn was added to the new canon recently we will see the other popular Zahn character added soon, be it in the comics, a spin off film, or in Rebels.

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On that note, I'd ask for Talon Karrde while we're at it. A nice Scum/Mercenary/Scoundrel character (and ship - Wild Karrde).

I made my own Emperor and Yoda based mostly off of the movies notably revenge of the Sith and battlefront EA I plan to make more on the Docs also

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1o6_Ma2SQpRciWYcvhb2B5TJokdYdexK30q0Kma8EOuI/edit?usp=sharing

I made my own Emperor and Yoda based mostly off of the movies notably revenge of the Sith and battlefront EA I plan to make more on the Docs also

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1o6_Ma2SQpRciWYcvhb2B5TJokdYdexK30q0Kma8EOuI/edit?usp=sharing

Wow, those are certainly expensive.

are they I mean especially emperor is really powerful with his ability in mind

are they I mean especially emperor is really powerful with his ability in mind

I mean, he's obviously good, but 22 points is a lot to spend all in one place. You could get almost 4 regular Stormie squads out with that many points, which would net you 24 actions per turn, rather than Palpatine's 2. They obviously wouldn't be as powerful, but it generally pays off to have larger, more adaptable forces than a single powerful unit. Sinking 22 pts into one figure is basically asking to lose.

Ok thanks for the advice I made it cheaper your right actually it might be a nice fix i was just kinda trying to make him more expensive then Vader but as already known Vader is to expensive

Ok thanks for the advice I made it cheaper your right actually it might be a nice fix i was just kinda trying to make him more expensive then Vader but as already known Vader is to expensive

Yeah, Vader is cool, but he suffers from exactly that. FFG is clearly trying to bring down the costs of their heroes. Here's to hoping for an adjusted Vader card sometime in the future.

I wouldn't think of cost as something like "rank" but rather of how useful their combat abilities are. While Palpatine is certainly incred\ibly powerful in the EU, what we see in the canon films of his power is also very much aligned with psychological manipulation. He'd be a hearty combative unit, to be sure, but I think would work best as a support unit, not unlike Jabba. Honestly, I'd not charge more than 12 threat for him.

Of course, in a sense, high costs can also be useful in campaign play since the problems associated with them would tend to discourage the use of many major characters except for the story missions where they are assigned. It'd be kind of silly IMO if the Emperor or Vader dropped in for all the missions in the back half of the campaign since they were always cost effective.

Of course, in a sense, high costs can also be useful in campaign play since the problems associated with them would tend to discourage the use of many major characters except for the story missions where they are assigned. It'd be kind of silly IMO if the Emperor or Vader dropped in for all the missions in the back half of the campaign since they were always cost effective.

I get what you're saying, but thematic things like this are best left to the players.

Otherwise, you're effectively just trying to prevent the character from ever being played- and if that's the case, what's the point of even having him?