I really don't want to see the Emperor in this game. He just doesn't make much sense in a skirmish level game. But I do think there are lots of options for more or less powerful force users. There's the 4 named Inquisitors from Rebels, as well as Ezra, Kanana and Ashoka. And as Themoaningwhale said, possibly even Obiwan or alt versions of Luke and Vadar.

11 minutes ago, Themoaningwhale said:

The only problem with this is they seem to be currently releasing expansions that mirror each other so that people don't have to buy cross faction to get the upgrades they want.

The rule only applies to neutral upgrades. If the upgrades are Imperial-only or Emperor-only then there doesn't have to be parity on the Rebel side. That said, I could definitely see old Obi Wan added as a Rebel force user.

9 minutes ago, Jake the Hutt said:

I really don't want to see the Emperor in this game. He just doesn't make much sense in a skirmish level game.

He was present in the throne room battle. But I see your point, and feel the same way about Yoda.

Two words:

Porg swarm.

I'll leave now.

1 minute ago, Contrapulator said:

He was present in the throne room battle. But I see your point, and feel the same way about Yoda.

I could see him as being part of a special scenario. Rebels board his personal ship. Or his shuttle crashes and Rebels race to capture him. or Luke faces him in the throne room. Any of those could be fun.

1 minute ago, Ken on Cape said:

Two words:

Porg swarm.

I'll leave now.

Sure. Rebels get Ewoks, Empire gets Ugnauts, Jawas are neutral units both can hire and all three come with attack Porgs.

I don't think they need Imperial naval troops. We have fleet trooper and scouts that both have range two. I expect to see other troopers that have range 3. It would be cool to see death troopers, but we could have royal guard (melee?) and wookies. I just don't see wookies just yet.

3 minutes ago, Bohemian73 said:

I don't think they need Imperial naval troops. We have fleet trooper and scouts that both have range two. I expect to see other troopers that have range 3. It would be cool to see death troopers, but we could have royal guard (melee?) and wookies. I just don't see wookies just yet.

I suspect it won't be so much "Need" as "They appear in the movies, so they'll get a release." I'm not sure what will differentiate them though (aside from different special weapons). Similarly, I'm sure we'll see Sandtroopers and Hoth rebel Troopers, but I'm not sure how they'll be different from regular Storm Troopers and Rebel Troopers.

5 minutes ago, Jake the Hutt said:

I suspect it won't be so much "Need" as "They appear in the movies, so they'll get a release." I'm not sure what will differentiate them though (aside from different special weapons). Similarly, I'm sure we'll see Sandtroopers and Hoth rebel Troopers, but I'm not sure how they'll be different from regular Storm Troopers and Rebel Troopers.

Naval Troopers will be the counter to the Fleet Troopers weilding a 2 white dice gun with black defence die and defenseive surges.

The Echo Base Troopers will be the counter to the Snowtroopers, stealing the 1 speed+steady combo, while using the regular 1 black rebel gun and gaining black defense die.

10 minutes ago, Indy_com said:

Naval Troopers will be the counter to the Fleet Troopers weilding a 2 white dice gun with black defence die and defenseive surges.

The Echo Base Troopers will be the counter to the Snowtroopers, stealing the 1 speed+steady combo, while using the regular 1 black rebel gun and gaining black defense die.

Maybe. I wouldn't be surprised at all if they're not as closely mirrored as that though.

1 hour ago, Themoaningwhale said:

The only problem with this is they seem to be currently releasing expansions that mirror each other so that people don't have to buy cross faction to get the upgrades they want.

So if they're gonna release the emperor with a bunch of cool new powers they either have to break this rule or release a new rebel force user at the same time. Which wouldn't be too hard. If we look at what they did with IA they could do a ROTJ version of Luke or even obi wan. And if they decided to leave the original trilogy they could also do ahsoka.

Ahsoka was my first thought. But they also have Kanan and Ezra. And of course they could go nuts and give us Yoda. But as it stands, they seem to want to stick with the movies for the early releases. Which is why I don't expect to see Kalus or any of the other Rebels characters until they have milked the original trilogy a little longer. They have already kind of broken the rule of mirroring the releases. By releasing an operative opposite a commander they have shown they don't need to perfectly match each other. I agree Chewie will be the next Operative, it is the only thing that makes sense. And there aren't a lot of notable Imperial commanders. Of the big names in the movies Tarkin and Palpatine are the only ones I can think of off hand.

Ok, I'll pile on. My predictions and the order of their release:

1) Chewbacca (Operative)

2) Krennic (3rd Imperial Commander) [will introduce counterintelligence abilities]

3) Shoretroopers

4) Echo Base Troopers

5) Imperial Assault Tank

6) Rebel Heavy Unit...a tank? This is the only option of which I'm uncertain.

7) R2-D2 / C-3PO (Support)

? BT-1 / 0-0-0 (Support) [Alternatively, Probe Droids]

9) E-Web (Imperial Support, stationary)

10) 1.4 FD P-Tower (Rebel Support, stationary) [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/1.4_FD_P-Tower/Legends]

11) Jyn Erso (Operative)

12) Bossk (Operative)

13) Royal Guard (Melee Corps Unit)

14) Wookie Warriors (Melee Corps Unit)

These are all guesses out of thin air but I guarantee the results! I'm going to have to cut some expenses cuz I'm going to need more cash...

37 minutes ago, xbeaker said:

Ahsoka was my first thought. But they also have Kanan and Ezra. And of course they could go nuts and give us Yoda. But as it stands, they seem to want to stick with the movies for the early releases. Which is why I don't expect to see Kalus or any of the other Rebels characters until they have milked the original trilogy a little longer. They have already kind of broken the rule of mirroring the releases. By releasing an operative opposite a commander they have shown they don't need to perfectly match each other. I agree Chewie will be the next Operative, it is the only thing that makes sense. And there aren't a lot of notable Imperial commanders. Of the big names in the movies Tarkin and Palpatine are the only ones I can think of off hand.

That's true about the mirroring. I'm kind of hoping though that Chewbacca will have boba's generic cards and the eventual 3rd imperial commander will have han's. I don't really care about 1:1 mirroring, I think if everyone has access to the same exact units that would be pretty boring. I just hate the idea of having to buy expansions you don't want for units you won't use just to optimise your army.

On 5/13/2018 at 10:13 AM, Hawkstrike said:

With the Boba & Scout announcements both factions now have three special characters, and each faction has at least one of each revealed unit type except for a Rebel Operative.

So what do we think comes next?

I predict we'll get Chewbacca as a Rebel Operative, and some character as a third Imperial Commander (FFG-canon Kayn Somos or Agent Blaise?). Then if I had to guess we'll get an additional support unit for each faction (maybe some droids, or turrets). Then cycle through additional corps, SF, heavies, etc.

I *want* to see dewback riders (maybe Captain Terro as commander), tauntaun riders, Rebel droids and probe droids, Jawas and Bantha riders ... anything we've seen on screen.

It's pretty clear they're mining Ep 4-6 for all they are worth at this point...if we see FFG-Canon nonsense in this game this early, I'm gonna flip the goddamn table.

Whenever they branch out from the Holy Trinity, I'm guessing it will be Rogue One/Rebels stuff, as that is thematically closest to those movies.

They'll hit prequel stuff for the factions expansions.

15 minutes ago, Shokupanman said:

It's pretty clear they're mining Ep 4-6 for all they are worth at this point...if we see FFG-Canon nonsense in this game this early, I'm gonna flip the goddamn table.

Uhhhhhh....

Who's going to tell @Shokupanman?

29 minutes ago, WAC47 said:

Uhhhhhh....

Who's going to tell @Shokupanman?

Besides Weiss...that I don't care about.

I'm talking about a modeled character as a commander or something

Where I thought some characters were going to be 'support' instead of commanders, it seems operatives will fill the role of single character that is not a commander. Chewbacca definitely, not sure about Kennic. I was leaning towards Moff Jerrold as the next release never thought it would be Fett. I think we could use core, support, heavy and vehicles, so no real prediction on what FFG will release next. I do expect more operatives after this next round. I see three commanders and three operatives per side to allow some options. That goes for the other unit types too, at least two of everything.

May the Force be with you?

Yoda

Chewbacca

Emperor Palpatine

r2-d2 C-3po

Ewok

Sergeant imperial

End please please pleeeese????? all clone war????

Personally what I'm hoping for is:

Dewback Riders and Sandtroopers

Tauntaun Riders and Hoth Rebels

Probe Droids

Imperial Inquisitors Fifth Brother and Seventh Sister

Jyn Erso and Rogue One

Director Krenic, Deathtroopers and Shore Troopers

Ewoks

Droids of an kind

Lando

Hera, Kanan and the Ghost crew

Bossk

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Max Rebos band, play away in your deployment zone giving you double movement and free dodge tokens.

Sound effects obligatory

9 hours ago, Indy_com said:

Naval Troopers ... with black defence die and defenseive surges.

The Echo Base Troopers ... gaining black defense die.

Will introduce a new die type, you think?

8 hours ago, WhatsArmadaWithYou said:

6) Rebel Heavy Unit...a tank? This is the only option of which I'm uncertain.

13) Royal Guard (Melee Corps Unit)

14) Wookie Warriors (Melee Corps Unit)

6 - perhaps a DF.9 could be a heavy choice (given a lack of combat vehicles).

13 & 14 - I'd expect these to be Special Forces.

I'd like to see a unit of Political Officers that you buy as a Support slot, that contains 3 minis - but when you deploy them you can put them individually into Core units and they provide a single re-roll to your Rally step (and an extra wound to the unit).

10 hours ago, xbeaker said:

Surprised no one seems to have mentioned what seems like the most obvious Imperial commander of all.. The Emperor.

It has been mentioned many times - perhaps not in this thread, but there's been previous for-and-against dialogue.

But speaking of something I don't believe has been suggested yet...

That One Rebel Guy

I haven't seen Gary and Jessica mentioned yet. That's always an option.

Seriously, I think to prove there's nothing against Bothans, a two-pack of Bothan Specialists.

10 hours ago, Shokupanman said:

Besides Weiss...that I don't care about.

I'm talking about a modeled character as a commander or something

Isn’t Weiss the AT-ST pilot that Leia shoots in Return of the Jedi on Endor?