37 minutes ago, ellhaynes said:

Love the concept @subtrendy ! but I fear that might be a bit too out-of-left-field at present.

At a guess I'd say the next boxed set would have been in design for the best part of 12 months, and that far out I can't see the design team doing anything other than following the films in sequence.

(Not that I'm desperate for Endor, I can't get excited really for more forest tiles or ewoks)

Sure, and like I said, I don't think it really has a chance of being true at all (though I do think it'd be cool)- I just really don't understand how they'd tackle Endor. The lore and the structure of this game just do not mesh at all. At least with Hoth, there was a reasonable case for them to return after the evacuation.

It's plausible that an Endor expansion could involve the Bothan Spies that found out about the second Death Star. Go Mak go!

Then, it would also make sense that Palpatine would be incorporated into the expansion as the big bad guy and include a throne room tile.

It probably wouldn't be too hard to have the heroes visit Endor to scout out the shield generator/bunker.

Not sure how Yoda could be incorporated into this though...

1 hour ago, Quigman said:

It's plausible that an Endor expansion could involve the Bothan Spies that found out about the second Death Star. Go Mak go!

Then, it would also make sense that Palpatine would be incorporated into the expansion as the big bad guy and include a throne room tile.

It probably wouldn't be too hard to have the heroes visit Endor to scout out the shield generator/bunker.

Not sure how Yoda could be incorporated into this though...

yoda will have to go as blister, same as Obi

8 minutes ago, AleksDj said:

yoda will have to go as blister, same as Obi

That would mean we'd have to wait for Yoda then correct?

The ally/villain expansions would be to replace the tokens from the small/big box, exactly like Jedi Luke, Rangers, Terro, Jabba...

Sad I am if true this is

3 minutes ago, Quigman said:

That would mean we'd have to wait for Yoda then correct?

The ally/villain expansions would be to replace the tokens from the small/big box, exactly like Jedi Luke, Rangers, Terro, Jabba...

Sad I am if true this is

I mean, we can't say for certain what'll be in the next boxed wave (at least not until we get a darned preview) but Yoda and Palpatine seem unlikely to be in a box. Blister seems to be the prevailing theory, because it would be awkward to fit them into a campaign- kind of like Obi Wan.

The Grand Inquisitor, Greedo, and Obi-Wan were part of a reinforcement wave.

17 minutes ago, AleksDj said:

yoda will have to go as blister, same as Obi

I could see this. Maybe a Force User release like the droid release coming next month.

Yoda for Rebels
Assuming Palpatine is the next small box release maybe another inquisitor for Imperials
Then possibly Darth Maul as a Mercenary

5 minutes ago, Vazzucious said:

I could see this. Maybe a Force User release like the droid release coming next month.

Yoda for Rebels
Assuming Palpatine is the next small box release maybe another inquisitor for Imperials
Then possibly Darth Maul as a Mercenary

Yeah, a lot of people are thinking either a Force User blister with Maul for Mercs, or a "Leader" blister with Xixior for Mercs.

It might be cool to see Palpatine in an "Area of Effect" blister, too though. Give him force lightning with an area of effect attack. Then maybe a character with strong aoe attacks like Sabine or Baze for the Rebels and Deathwatch troopers for Mercs. I think the game has a little more room for aoe attacks.

13 minutes ago, Vazzucious said:

I could see this. Maybe a Force User release like the droid release coming next month.

Yoda for Rebels
Assuming Palpatine is the next small box release maybe another inquisitor for Imperials
Then possibly Darth Maul as a Mercenary

let's try with Yoda, Darth Maul and Zuckuss as next blister wave (after the box)

5 hours ago, subtrendy said:

I mean, we can't say for certain what'll be in the next boxed wave (at least not until we get a darned preview) but Yoda and Palpatine seem unlikely to be in a box. Blister seems to be the prevailing theory, because it would be awkward to fit them into a campaign- kind of like Obi Wan.

Agreed. They seem like Skirmish characters.

I have doubts that Maul will make an appearance.

10 hours ago, EpicBubbleSA said:

I have doubts that Maul will make an appearance.

I'm one of the skeptical people here, but I have a feeling we'll see him just because of his inclusion in Rebels. I liked Darth Maul and I was saddened to see him killed off in TPM. I think he should have been a major threat at least for the next film. Still, his reanimation was stupid. His inclusion in Rebels was doubly stupid, however, he hasn't been a bad character if you consider he should be dead. Some of the better story arcs feature him. I think he's a big time fan favorite. I'm actually surprised they didn't use him instead of the Inquisitor.

A force user wave with Yoda for the Rebels, Palp for Empire and Maul for the Mercs actually works well and ties in thematically with him building that crime syndicate in TCW.

But we still need Zuckuss and 4-LOM in there, unless they are going to be the canon villains tied to the Endor box.

2 hours ago, FrogTrigger said:

A force user wave with Yoda for the Rebels, Palp for Empire and Maul for the Mercs actually works well and ties in thematically with him building that crime syndicate in TCW.

But we still need Zuckuss and 4-LOM in there, unless they are going to be the canon villains tied to the Endor box.

I do wonder if we we get 4 and Zuck if they'll be in the same wave, and if so, if they'll be in the same blister.

Well it is 04/13/2017 and we still have no small box expansion news. I would gladly throw my hopes into the ring for this expansion.

An Endor box would seem almost a given for this if they follow the Original Trilogy timeline.

Traversing the forests of Endor and infiltrating the interior of the shield generator compound would be a nice scenario to visit. As seen in the Star Wars Battlefront video game battles are still being waged in the aftermath of the Shield Generator being shut down on Endor. The Empire didn't just get into a shuttle craft and leave the moment the Shield generator was destroyed. There would be plenty of Outposts on Endor and someone had to be in charge. (Never actually introduced in Return of the Jedi)

Why not have a small band of rebels or heroes on a series of missions that entails them securing the Shield Generator location and squad information along with the shuttle craft with Imperial codes that get our Original Trilogy Heroes on Endor. Very much in a "Rogue One" style.

Of course the in box heroes would most likely have to have a Bothan and possibly another alien race hero. (Another Droid hero would be just as cool!)

The NEW box enemies could be Scout Troopers and Imperial Navy Troopers or Ewoks (they didn't help the Rebellion until the Main Trilogy heroes show up)

Nien Nunb and Wedge Antilles would make nice Ally Packs. (Even though they were all leading the attack against the Second Death Star.)

There could be an Admiral Ackbar Ally PAck with an "It's A Trap" Side Mission card.

General Veers as a Villain pack and an Ewok 3 pack if not included in the expansion box.

By now everyone knows we are getting 3 new Ally/Villain/Mercenary packs. Hera and C1-10P (Chopper) are coming so a "Rebels" Expansion seems likely but that would be going backwards in this timeline. BT-1 and 0-0-0 seem like a step back in time as well. The Jawa Scavenger should really be a 3 pack but oh-well.

We have known for a while from the product page that there is a gap of 4 product ID's. Reinforcement waves have been 3 packs, except wave 4 (which is 2). Only the Twin Shadows wave is 4 expansions, all the other non-reinforcement waves have 5 (discounting wave 1).

On 3/20/2017 at 0:13 PM, FrogTrigger said:

But we still need Zuckuss and 4-LOM in there, unless they are going to be the canon villains tied to the Endor box.

Can I ask why a lot of people on this forum seem...kind of obsessed with Zuckuss and 4-LOM? Is it just because everyone views them as an inevitability after Bossk, Dengar, and IG-88?

Don't get me wrong, I think those latter three set a good precedent, and I wouldn't be surprised if Z&4 did show up. They just seem to get a lot of heat from IA's fan base for being such minor (and forgettable) characters, especially when villains from, say, Rogue One strike me as a more obvious choice for a blister. People seem...really excited for 4-LOM, and I'm not quite sure why.

I don't know why there would be any interested in them when we have 3 prequel movies (hurray Nexu), 5 years of Clone Wars, 3 years of Rebels, Rogue One and the other "Story" movies coming. (Screw Force Awakens To The Realization It's A Load Of Dog Poop.)

I'd be perfectly happy for a bit of product flooding with some clone wars era droid troopers, young Kenobi, Windu, Grievous etc.

Zuckuss (and Gand in general) were pretty cool in the old EU/Legends stories, so that might be one reason that people want them. That, and the fact that, yeah, it kind of seems like the next logical step after guys like Dengar and IG-88.

Personally I don't have a real strong opinion one way or another on the prequels/clone wars (and I haven't seen Rebels at all) but I'd still be really excited to see some of those characters in the game. A Grievous or a Darth Maul figure would look super cool in a skirmish game (even if they might not make a lot of sense in the campaign timeline).

A lot of member mentioned Endor box.

I would love to play a story when we start with Mak Eska and 1-2 packs oBothan Ally and some rebel heroes to stole the intel about the second death star

Some forced death for the bothan allys shoud be also epic in the refference of this quote: "Many Bothans died to bring us this information. "

5 hours ago, a1bert said:

We have known for a while from the product page that there is a gap of 4 product ID's. Reinforcement waves have been 3 packs, except wave 4 (which is 2). Only the Twin Shadows wave is 4 expansions, all the other non-reinforcement waves have 5 (discounting wave 1).

It seems unlikely that any of the ID's are for the app, so it looks like an unusually big reinforcement wave or a boxed expansion.

Bespin would've been 3 blisters and a box too, if not for the strange non-unique Imperial ISB blister. I'd say those 4 products are likely a smallbox wave.

5 hours ago, C3POFETT said:

Traversing the forests of Endor and infiltrating the interior of the shield generator compound would be a nice scenario to visit. As seen in the Star Wars Battlefront video game battles are still being waged in the aftermath of the Shield Generator being shut down on Endor. The Empire didn't just get into a shuttle craft and leave the moment the Shield generator was destroyed. There would be plenty of Outposts on Endor and someone had to be in charge. (Never actually introduced in Return of the Jedi)

Why not have a small band of rebels or heroes on a series of missions that entails them securing the Shield Generator location and squad information along with the shuttle craft with Imperial codes that get our Original Trilogy Heroes on Endor. Very much in a "Rogue One" style.

1 hour ago, Ace_of_Spades said:

I would love to play a story when we start with Mak Eska and 1-2 packs oBothan Ally and some rebel heroes to stole the intel about the second death star

Some forced death for the bothan allys shoud be also epic in the refference of this quote: "Many Bothans died to bring us this information. "

Guys, I hate to be a buzzkill but I just do not find it likely that we'll ever see the campaign ever fulfill anything done in canon. The DSII plans heist was shown in Legends, and we may see a different iteration of it in new canon. I doubt that this tabletop game (as fantastic as it is) will get the honor of exclusively portraying that.

So far, the stories have all been completely unique to IA. Sure, we saw part of the battle of Hoth, some of the aftermath of Yavin, and some familiar locations in Jabba's Realm, but what we see is always pretty far removed from the scenes we see in the canon. It's not like we were in Echo Base during Hoth helping Han and Chewie reach the Falcon, flying the Trench Run at Yavin, or helping Leia choke Jabba at the sail barge. And honestly, I prefer to not get too involved with canon.

3 hours ago, Abak said:

Can I ask why a lot of people on this forum seem...kind of obsessed with Zuckuss and 4-LOM? Is it just because everyone views them as an inevitability after Bossk, Dengar, and IG-88?

Basically, they complete the TESB Bounty hunters set as seen on the Star Destroyer bridge.

And they'd make decent merc uniques.

Though, honestly, I'd rather see Cad Bane, Embo, or many others instead. Like Endor, they're a prediction that I totally understand, but have a hard time getting excited about.

The Death Star 2 was found by Bothan spies though...That's straight from Mon Mothma's mouth in ROTJ when she's giving the final battle briefing.

While IA might not follow the canon events of the movie heroes, it could easily follow the spies, unless Disney wants to make a Rogue Two film about Bothan spies finding the Death Star 2 plans

But seriously, simple line of text when you finish saying

Finale Success - Your successful battles allow the Bothan spies to escape

Finale Fail - Your mission created the necessary distraction allowing the Bothan spies to escape

They could even tie in the line "It was I who allowed the Alliance to know the location of the shield generator" that Palpatine makes into the finale success or fail.

That could be the whole theme of the small box and include the throne room and Endor easily.

Who knows. I'd really like the throne room tile though, and an Ewok village might be neat too.

I really hope Endor doesn't have scout troopers. We're drowning in hardshell humans. Let's have Imperial army or navy troops instead.

I just want them to avoid the prequels and TFA (and beyond) as they don't really fit within the time frame of this game. I'm hoping they generally keep it in the 4 BBY - 4 ABY range. That gives them plenty of material to work with without having to deal with going too far outside of canon. Something just feels absurd about having Jedi Knight Anakin facing off against Kylo Ren.

As for the Rebels box, I really hope they add Maul as a mercenary character.

I will be very happy with the original trilogy, Rogue One, and other events within the original trilogy.

Please don't make any prequels. Bluehh..

The Force Awakens is alright but I am not that excited about it. Rebels I have never seen.