Someone else on this thread mentioned this, not sure who did but this is a great point it might of been Lobostele, anyways someone said something simular to this, that by them dropping the game it could turn into a good thing, For one the game for the last few sets before i would say GaW were horrible. Ridiculous stats givin too really low costing figs which i thought was horrible. & sets before GaW had me almost out of the game & by them doing stuff like that made me think that they just didnt care about the game anymore.

Now IMO, i have no doubt what soever that this game will be picked right back up by another company, now by that happening we might get a new company that has more care for the game than this previous one. It just seems that the people making these sets stopped being fans of starwars & were basically just making whatever. So by someone picking up the game & again in my mind i have no doubt at all that someone will, but by someone else picking up we might get better love for the game, & more accurate stats & affinty's etc. from a new company that im sure by them picking it up means they have love for the game.

So basically it could be a better move for the game than everyone thinks so trust me someone is gonna pick this up.

Alot of people mentioned company's that have previous relationships with Lucasfilms. Theres mutimillion dollar toy/game company's out there that would do it im sure. I think when LOTF, KOTOR & CW's came out is when WOTC best promoted the game, i would see boosters in target & toys r us & in my opinion the game was soaring, those were some of the best sets to come out. & then all of a sudden its like WOTC just totally lost interest in the game. But theres just a ton of company's that Lucas has delbt with in the past & any # of those company's could gain interest in the game IMO.

I mean look at the fan base of this game, its ridiculous. I never played any of the other games that WOTC put out. Never played your D&D's or Magics etc. But the fan base for this game is just ridiculous. You have Vassal's, you have so many other sites other than this & WOTC that have SWM's sections. You have so many sites that sell boosters etc. for this game. I mean IMO seeing as the StarWars name period isnt fading, like the shows, games & even maybe newer movies, that the StarWar's name is gonna keep up. Basically theres probably millions of fans of starwars that this is just another branch of the name that people can interact with the name.

I mean the fan base behind just this game alone, not even the people who love starwars as the name meaning movies & whatnot, just this games fan base alone wont be un-noticed by a company, & again this could turn out to be better for the game meaning we might get a company with some fresh interest for the game & love for Starwars that it might get promoted better & more accurate stats & whatnot. I think if you have faith that the game wont die then it wont, & you'll feel better. The StarWars name is just too big for someone not to pick this up i just think.

Keep in mind, Wizkid's IP, along with both the Marvel and DC licenses were picked up by an unknown company (which then renamed itself apparently).

im kinda pumped. i think its going to encourage more customs, someone is going to really do "the lost 20" and put cards out for distro. its kinda nice to see the endless pit of minis is finally going to have an end. the fans will keep it going just like all other games.

Disappointing but there's a good chance another company would take over the line, I mean if DDM is still running, why can't our community do the same? I mean look at it, this is still STAR WARS and we have one of the best gaming communities right? I'm very hopeful for the future.

All will be well.

Annoying though, first heroclix (that came back) and now this. With any luck SWM will be back even stronger within a few months.

I dont think if someone picks the game up they will change the mechanics & whatnot to the game. I feel that the only changes that will occur IMO would be promotion & i think the game will be hit with booming voice lol to get it out more. Maybe more love for the game to get more accuracy & just feel the love in the game again from the company. I dont think too many dramatic changes would happen though

While I am shocked, and sad to see the game go, I am thankful the game was all one version. All the pieces I have can play together. The main thing I personally hope is that the game is picked up by another company is that the miniatures be the same size and look. Meaning circle bases and same scale. I could handle a different rules set. Simply because I know if the miniatures are produced, someone in our current community would convert that stats over to the current game we have. Sadly if we get a new company to take over the game, I bet we see a ton of Lukes, leias, Vaders, Yodas, Anakins, and Stromtroopers before we see a lot of the EU and movie characters that were never made. (if even then)

This is a sad day... But after thinking about it I am starting to see the bright side: lower prices, and end of the license "bang", and nice, balanced custom stats (I hope). The good or bad thing is now I might start playing magic. I wanted to a few months ago but didn't have enough $. By spending less on SWM I can finally play it!

I mean i had faith in it being picked up before, but then Sithborg mentioned other's that were picked up & it just made me even more faithful that the game is deff gonna be picked up. This game's fan base is a real high point of why it will be picked up again. Also like i said a million times already on here, the name StarWars period is a seller & a company will see that.