Will the new 2.0 U-Wing get a K-2SO pilot and/or crew upgrade?

When the 1.0 U-Wing was released, I was surprised that K-2SO wasn't represented.

K2 has been mentioned by the developers. Nothing on the line of “He has this ability and this initiative”, but we’ll get that later.

Even if he wasn’t mentioned, i’d still be very confident of his inclusion in the game. He was a fan favorite from the film and the original U-Wing expansion was made before the movie was released and even some of the art for it doesn’t match up with it in the movie. This is a perfect time to go in, make some adjustments, and slot in characters like K2 that they missed.

4 minutes ago, RayGuns said:

Will the new 2.0 U-Wing get a K-2SO pilot and/or crew upgrade?

When the 1.0 U-Wing was released, I was surprised that K-2SO wasn't represented.

There have been rumours of Kaytoo being a pilot.

Keep in mind that with many of the movie tie-ins are done without knowing any major plot points, just given the basic ship visual design, with many other details ending up wrong.

Speaking of U-wings, you know what would be possible with side arcs printed on all bases?

ffg art btw

(although we have seen U-wing 2.0 in action, and it couldn't do that )

6 minutes ago, eMeM said:

Speaking of U-wings, you know what would be possible with side arcs printed on all bases?

ffg art btw

(although we have seen U-wing 2.0 in action, and it couldn't do that )

Could be a crew upgrade, you need someone using a big gun there, though what could be mounted there to take out other fighters? Something Shredded an AT-ACT's knees, sure, but how do they compare to shields?

5 minutes ago, eMeM said:

Speaking of U-wings, you know what would be possible with side arcs printed on all bases?

ffg art btw

(although we have seen U-wing 2.0 in action, and it couldn't do that )

Having a guy hanging out the open door in space seems kind dumb?

7 minutes ago, eMeM said:

Speaking of U-wings, you know what would be possible with side arcs printed on all bases?

ffg art btw

(although we have seen U-wing 2.0 in action, and it couldn't do that )

Nah, they’ll save the side arcs for legion.

2 minutes ago, Icelom said:

Having a guy hanging out the open door in space seems kind dumb?

Airtight shields are pretty common in Star Wars.

I would say no to the side arcs in X-wing; doesn't mean that in 2.0 we can't get a good rebel support ship.

3 minutes ago, eMeM said:

Airtight shields are pretty common in Star Wars.

I am fairly sure it drops briefly to let your own fire through...m firing a chain guy from a guy hanging out the window still seems real dumb. I mean everyone in the cabin would have to be in full Eva.

It's a ground support weapon, why does it have to be used in space. The thing was not designed as a space fighter.

10 minutes ago, eMeM said:

Speaking of U-wings, you know what would be possible with side arcs printed on all bases?

ffg art btw

(although we have seen U-wing 2.0 in action, and it couldn't do that )

Action: Open the side doors of this ship. The crew are immediately sucked into the vacuum of space. Remove this ship as a casualty.

Do we get a 1.0 K2SO pilot card? If so I might buy Saw's. If not... meh.

3 minutes ago, FrightfulCommand said:

Do we get a 1.0 K2SO pilot card? If so I might buy Saw's. If not... meh.

Unsure. There is still a pilot card unspoiled and possibly an extra card.

19 minutes ago, Chucknuckle said:

Action: Open the side doors of this ship. The crew are immediately sucked into the vacuum of space. Remove this ship as a casualty.

Yup. You can't open doors in space in Star Wars. This is a logistical challenge that the engineers in the galaxy far far away have not figured out to this day.

Even Rebel flight suits can generate a shield bubble keeping the air in, or at least they could in Legends.

51 minutes ago, Hylian100 said:

Could be a crew upgrade, you need someone using a big gun there, though what could be mounted there to take out other fighters? Something Shredded an AT-ACT's knees, sure, but how do they compare to shields?

It's an ion cannon, if its good for anything it's stripping shields.

Just now, eMeM said:

Yup. You can't open doors in space in Star Wars. This is a logistical challenge that the engineers in the galaxy far far away have not figured out to this day.

Oh yeah, it's pretty common. On capital ships.

You can see it here:

And here:

And also in the image you posted.

Now, notice how around each door there's huge bright white light frames? Those things are generating the shields keeping the atmosphere inside the ship.

Did you notice anything of that sort inside the door of the U Wing? Or used as any kind of human-sized airlock, anywhere in the Star Wars universe?

No, neither did I.

50 minutes ago, Chucknuckle said:

Action: Open the side doors of this ship. The crew are immediately sucked into the vacuum of space. Remove this ship as a casualty.

Gee, if only things like atmospheric energy shields existed in Star Wars... oh wait, they exist in every single docking bay we ever see...

Gee, if only things like self-contained spacesuits existed for individuals in Star Wars... oh wait, they exist ...

Gee, if only there were some sentient beings used in combat that didn't respire at all... oh wait, droids exist and can survive space and can be programmed as capable combatants...

Gee, if only side-mounted sponsons existed that could be fired from inside a vehicle without needing to have the door opened... oh wait, every single manned turret and tail gun works like that...


Yup, you're right, no way to ever use a side-mounted sponson in Star Wars without suiciding everyone on board.... ?

The way I handled this in some of my custom campaigns was to have a MODIFICATION + CREW slot secondary weapon that could be equipped to Auzitucks, U-Wings, G1-As, or YV-666 Freighters that allowed for a small additional attack each round against a ship not in your front firing arc. This is even easier now in 2.0 with additional arcs in each base.


Side-Mounted Sponsons
Modification + Crew slot
Secondary Weapon, R1-2, 1 Dice
After your normal attack opportunity, you may make this attack twice, once against 1 Ship in your Right Arc and once against 1 Ship in your Left Arc.

12 minutes ago, Chucknuckle said:

Oh yeah, it's pretty common. On capital ships.

You can see it here:

And here:

And also in the image you posted.

Now, notice how around each door there's huge bright white light frames? Those things are generating the shields keeping the atmosphere inside the ship.

Did you notice anything of that sort inside the door of the U Wing? Or used as any kind of human-sized airlock, anywhere in the Star Wars universe?

No, neither did I.

Now people talk about the imperials not having Astromechs (sure they appear in the books etc. but not so much in the films) and all the hype with BB9E...look an Imp Astromech finally, but wait as I never noticed before in the above picture on the right, Astromechs!

Just now, AllWingsStandyingBy said:

Gee, if only things like atmospheric energy shields existed in Star Wars... oh wait, they exist in every single docking bay we ever see...

Gee, if only things like self-contained spacesuits existed for individuals in Star Wars... oh wait, they exist ...

Gee, if only there were some sentient beings used in combat that didn't respire at all... oh wait, droids exist and can survive space and can be programmed as capable combatants...

Gee, if only side-mounted sponsons existed that could be fired from inside a vehicle without needing to have the door opened... oh wait, every single manned turret and tail gun works like that...


Yup, you're right, no way to ever use a side-mounted sponson in Star Wars without suiciding everyone on board.... ?

Yeah sure, I mean if you want to add a bunch of stuff to the U Wing that was never done, just to make it do a thing it never did...

Sure, add atmospheric shields it doesn't have. Give the rebels droid gunners they never used. Add an internal side sponson the ship never had. While we're at it lets add tail gunners to X Wings, and have droids carrying magnetised thermal detonators bolted onto the wings, so they can lob them at passing TIE fighters. Lets strap turrets onto A Wings. Because screw the lore, I just want cool stuff.

20 minutes ago, Chucknuckle said:

Did you notice anything of that sort inside the door of the U Wing? Or used as any kind of human-sized airlock, anywhere in the Star Wars universe? 

I've seen open hangar doors without shiny bits in Episode 1, and in fact I did notice this kind of force field used in things smaller than an U-wing. Off the top of my head : Rebel flight suits in legends, Umbaran starfighters, this capsule:

K2SO will make it into the game, after all, he was the only likable character in the whole **** movie.

1 hour ago, Chucknuckle said:

Oh yeah, it's pretty common. On capital ships.

You can see it here:

And here:

And also in the image you posted.

Now, notice how around each door there's huge bright white light frames? Those things are generating the shields keeping the atmosphere inside the ship.

Did you notice anything of that sort inside the door of the U Wing? Or used as any kind of human-sized airlock, anywhere in the Star Wars universe?

No, neither did I.

That is Lando's head peeking out one of the Falcon's hatches and its corresponding magnetic field to keep the atmosphere to go all phew when it's open.
It's from Empire Strikes Back, and you can see it both from inside and from outside for a couple of seconds.

2 hours ago, AllWingsStandyingBy said:

Gee, if only things like atmospheric energy shields existed in Star Wars... oh wait, they exist in every single docking bay we ever see...

Gee, if only things like self-contained spacesuits existed for individuals in Star Wars... oh wait, they exist ...

Gee, if only there were some sentient beings used in combat that didn't respire at all... oh wait, droids exist and can survive space and can be programmed as capable combatants...

Gee, if only side-mounted sponsons existed that could be fired from inside a vehicle without needing to have the door opened... oh wait, every single manned turret and tail gun works like that...


Yup, you're right, no way to ever use a side-mounted sponson in Star Wars without suiciding everyone on board.... ?

It's not included for the same reason why the Falcon's anti personal turret is not included. It's not for shooting down spaceships.

I don't understand why is that hard to grasp.

23 minutes ago, Commander Kaine said:

It's not included for the same reason why the Falcon's anti personal turret is not included. It's not for shooting down spaceships.

I don't understand why is that hard to grasp.

In Rebels they blow up capital ships with hand pistols, by repeatedly shooting at them.

They can do whatever.

We already have a scum Droid with a pistol able to damage attackers.

Edit:

That little turret on the falcon looks totally like the hot shot blaster.

2 hours ago, SwordOwaR said:

Now people talk about the imperials not having Astromechs (sure they appear in the books etc. but not so much in the films) and all the hype with BB9E...look an Imp Astromech finally, but wait as I never noticed before in the above picture on the right, Astromechs!

I thinks its always been more a case of them not being used in the fighters, they are still there as logistical pieces. Besides, some of the Imp ones have nice paint jobs, though it seems aside from the Death Star they mostly stick to black paintjobs.

I remember them making a big deal about C2-B5 in Rogue One as Krenic's personal astromech, but I don't even think it shows up in the final film and if it does probably only for a few seconds at most in one or two background scenes.