Now that this has been announced, I am very curious what X-Wing does to counter this expansion on the Rebel side.

Most of the top named Rebel Pilots have cards already.

Anyone want to start speculating?

Rogue squadron

-Corran Horn.

-"that Bacta Queen" pilot. (can't remember name off top of head)

What the rebels really need is upgrades for the A-wing, but I don't doubt that Rogue Squadron is coming first.

Rogue Squadron / Red Squadron / Wraith Squadron pilots:

Wes Janson

Derek 'Hobbie' Klivian

Corran Horn

Jek 'Piggy' Porkins (Red Squadron)

Bror Jace

Gavin Darklighter (Cousin to Biggs)

Vroot 'Piggy' SaBinring (Wraith Squadron)

Also modifications for the Y-Wing, to add a crew member position, and some new Y-Wing Pilots

I wouldn't be suprised to see a two X-Wing set. Corran Horn as a pilot perhaps? Wasn't his X-Wing green?

Give me some better R2 units.

Fire control system is way better then anything the R2 units.

I think since they are reprinting (Updating?) the X and Y Wings, I would not be surprised to see an expansion with one of each beautiful ship, or they will be done as two ship sets just like the new TIe Ex. I know a lot of people want to see the Y-Wing improved upon in terms of the film-to-game transition , and FFG will probably fix that...

Pilots for Rogue and Wraith squadrons from the book series would be great.

Some other pilots:

Keyan Farlander with 2 cards, 1 as a Y-wing pilot of Gold Squadron and 1 as a B-wing pilot from RotJ.

Tycho Celchu as an X-wing pilot

I was also thinking some possibilities based on X-wing Alliance:

a repainted Firespray as the Andrasta with Emon Azzameen

a repainted YT-1300 as the Sabra and/or Selu with Aeron and Ace Azameen as pilots and MK-09 as a crew

X-wing pilots Olin Garn and Ace Azameen

YT-2000, the Otana with pilots Ace and Tomaas Azameen with MK and Galin Azameen as crew

I would love to see more A-Wing and Y-Wing colors and options, but I would be shocked if the first Aces pack wasn't a couple of alternate paint job X-Wings with some more Rogues. X-Wing Tycho would be pretty sweet. But yeah I'm sure if they do well we'll see at least one for each ship eventually.

Personnally I don't suppose we will see rebel counterpart for Imperial Aces so fast. Remember that we are going to get new X-wing with the Rebel Transport.

The improvement for the X-Wing is probably shipped with the rebel transport. All we know about the X-Wing in that box are the names of two unique pilots.

X's with corran and soontir fel

or most likely actual green A's and MKII title which gives us 360 arc

hey i can always dream

I want to see alt-Awings. But the game is called Xwing so I'm pretty shocked they didn't come first already.

Give me some better R2 units.

Fire control system is way better then anything the R2 units.

keep in mind droids are rebel only

I agree with the droids comment. I suspect we'll get some new Y-wings with 1) new droids 2) a modification to add a crew slot 3) a modification to add a bomb icon to the upgrade bar, and perhaps even 4) a new turret, since the Blaster Turret is just so lackluster.

Possibly Corran Horn. Maybe Rogue Squadron. Probably force powers...

I want to see alt-Awings. But the game is called Xwing so I'm pretty shocked they didn't come first already.

FFG knew that some of the empire players would be upset by the news of the two new huge rebel ships...Ha,Ha!

Gotta say, despite my desire to see new a-wings, Rogue Squadron in their custom colors would be awesome.

Give me some better R2 units.

Fire control system is way better then anything the R2 units.

Well i hope for a lot of Rogue squadron pilots because there have been a lot of them in the EU and not a lot have been released. Corran Horn would be an obvious choice like a few of their squadmates. I don't think they will put the custom paintjobs on them just because you could not play them as another pilot.

I would also be happy if they made one X-Wing and one Y-Wing for the pack.

Give me some better R2 units.

Fire control system is way better then anything the R2 units.

Well except R2 which is always awesome and R2D2 which is awesome in the right list.

Well i hope for a lot of Rogue squadron pilots because there have been a lot of them in the EU and not a lot have been released. Corran Horn would be an obvious choice like a few of their squadmates. I don't think they will put the custom paintjobs on them just because you could not play them as another pilot.

I would also be happy if they made one X-Wing and one Y-Wing for the pack.

Well I don't know about that - I mean you could play it with any pilot you wanted, regardless of the paint job. Thematically, yes, it would be a little weird, but I'm sure people are going to use the new Interceptors somewhat interchangeably too.

Give me some better R2 units.

Fire control system is way better then anything the R2 units.

Well except R2 which is always awesome and R2D2 which is awesome in the right list.

Well i hope for a lot of Rogue squadron pilots because there have been a lot of them in the EU and not a lot have been released. Corran Horn would be an obvious choice like a few of their squadmates. I don't think they will put the custom paintjobs on them just because you could not play them as another pilot.

I would also be happy if they made one X-Wing and one Y-Wing for the pack.

Well I don't know about that - I mean you could play it with any pilot you wanted, regardless of the paint job.

I agree. After all you can play Gray Squadron Pilot although the model has a Gold Squadron paintjob. There are two Royal Guard Tie title cards in the Imperial Aces although only one model in the expansion has Royal Guard colours.

Probably force powers...

Whaaaat?

I'm hoping for an x-wing pack (rouge squadron) and then an A-wing / Y-wing pack.

This would allow for some good x-wing stuff like the TIE INT and then the second pack would update both of the other ships.

I'm hoping for an x-wing pack (rouge squadron) and then an A-wing / Y-wing pack.

This would allow for some good x-wing stuff like the TIE INT and then the second pack would update both of the other ships.

A year from now I could totally see a pack with a couple of alt-paint, sideways-rotated B-Wings.

The problem with doing Corran is that his green x-wing is unique; it would be odd if another pilot was flying it. Not that would worry me too much, unless his ability is truely terrible AND hideously over priced I'll be taking him every game.

My take would be 27 points, ps7, elite pilot skill slot and unique skill along the lines of 'when attacking you may turn one (eyeball) into a (filled explosion)'. Kind of like a more attack oriented luke skywalker. You could make an argument for ps8 but he did struggle against tycho in I Jedi.

Maybe whistler could give the same ability as an intelligence agent crew member in the astromech slot.

The problem with doing Corran is that his green x-wing is unique

Not really. It's painted in CorSec colors. While unique in the Rebel Fleet, it's not the ONLY ship in the galaxy to be painted that way. Toss in a couple generic CorSec pilots and it's not a fluff problem.

I get where you guys are coming from, conceptually, but I don't think most people would sweat it. It's weird for R2-D2 to be on anyone else's ship, but eh, he's a game piece and is useful for a number of pilots. It's weird the Green Squadron A-Wings are red. I'm sure if we get Corran we'll get Whistler, and undoubtedly his ability will be useful for (and used with) pilots other than just Horn. I'm sure some people will just like the red interceptors and use them with guys like Fel and whoever, even if it doesn't make a lot of sense lore-wise.

I'm not saying I think they WILL do a CorSec paint job on it, necessarily, but I think if they do and you refuse to use it with anyone but Corran, that's purely your own hang-up.