So, I wanted to start a thread to discuss how we think the new movies will change the game of Star Wars Miniatures (especially future v-set pieces).

Since it's already been stated that a lot of what is considered 'canon' will be thrown out the window of the starship, will old pieces that are no longer 'canon' be the same? I would assume nothing would change there.

But, depending on how drastic the changes to what is considered post-Battle-of-Endor are, will we not get some of the NR characters or remakes that otherwise were planned to be made in a future v-set? I mean, if a character ceases to exist in 'canon', would they still be a possibility for v-set design?

Another thing: If there is a major new 'Order(s)' or 'faction' introduced through the movies, would it just be lumped in with an existing faction (Fringe, Nr, Sith.... I could see a neutral, lightside, darkside order getting blended there, depending on what it's like), or would it be a possibility (dare I say it) to create a NEW faction? I mean, the v-sets basically have built the Vong... They had less than 15 different stat-blocks I think when WotC was all said and done with the game, and many of those near-useless. Dedicating an entire future mini-set maybe would jump start a faction if need be.

There's no way to know just how much effect these movies will have on SWM until we've seen them, of course, and I know it's a bit early to know where this will go, but I wanted to open this thread for speculation, so that if the situations arise, we may have an idea of where we are as a community here. Also, if some v-set designers could chime in here (particularly on the possibility of a new faction, if need be...), that'd be great .

Discuss

I would have no objections to a new faction, but I think the new enemy is likely to be either the Imperial remnant or Sith or both, so it probably won't be needed. Or maybe even the Mandalorians going on the warpath. It's a little bit weird that the 'good guy' factions are all temporally constrained while Sith, Imperial, and Mandalorians all cover hundreds or thousands of years. But that's the way it has been all along.

On Starship Battles, it's just Light Side/Dark Side lol.

I too agree with what's been said above.
The new films really wont affect the game at all except in new characters. New factions only if absolutely necessary, but somehow don't see that happening.

A new faction cannot happen. With the smaller set sizes, combined with the effort needed between ALL designers to make a new and cohesive faction, a new faction cannot be made to anyone's expectations without something getting shafted. I mean, they would all need to be power 11 pieces in their first appearance to even have a chance of seeing play.

Wouldn't a miniset that contained only characters of a new faction (in addition to a number of the the faction showing up in the accompanying regular set) be an option to make a new faction playable?

NR encompasses everything from the second RoTJ ends all the way through admiral gar stazi's rebelion. Imperials have everything from Palpatine's empire to the imperial remnant to Roan Fel's True empire and imperial knights. The Sith span the entire history of the star wars universe. I don't see any problem adding the new movie's pieces into the existing factions. Anything that doesn't fit into the existing factions should be fringe with a sub-faction special ability (i.e., black sun, ewok, Zann Consortium, etc)

To warrant a new faction it would have to be something as radically different as the Vong - something that doesn't fit as Sith, Imperial, or Subfaction Fringe. Seems very unlikely.

I would like to see the new trilogy movies fall under the same faction if possible, but have a slightly different color. For example, the new republic has jacen solo. If the new trilogy has a "Beck" Solo and it's the son of Han and Leia, a new mini should be made to represent that character in the movie. However, it should count as Jacen Solo for game play purposes and have the same card faction/symbol but the color should be, "oh lets say" a lighter green than the new republics darker green to clearly show the difference between new trilogy and eu or something like that.