Hmm... the OCD part of me was concerned that, when the RPG eventually does come out, the info on the bases of these ships might not have anything to do with that game, and 'ruin the immersion' (I know, I worry about pointless things ).

But looking closer at these photos, I can see now that those graphics aren't attached to the bases at all - you pick your pilot, grab his corresponding 'info chit', drop into onto the plastic base, stick the peg through the hole in the center, and mount the fighter on top.

Cool. 

ak-73 said:

Nothing cures a fever like the Deathstar.  

Wonder how the scale of these fighters match up to the WotC figures.  If the scales are good, I can see some homebrew's being done from Starship Battles figures.  The Falcon vs Slave 1.   

I. J. Thompson said:

Dude, how long until you've deduced the entire ruleset to the game?  

One thing I noticed--I was able to edit a post earlier today.  I now no longer have the edit option available to me. 

EDIT:  I guess you can edit your post until someone else has posted after you.

No more edits for you!!

Anyway thanks for sharing those pictues, I must say I am significantly more excited about this game after being able to see it now.

Dog Solitude said:

Actually it's a time limit of about 5 minutes.

You can circumvent it, though, if you know the correct link:

Start with the 'Report to moderator' link and replace the name of the active server page with the one for editing: "edge_foros_editar.asp".

I love it.  My Death Star that I've been building for the WOTC Starships will fit perfectly!  No need for the grid either!  SWEEEEEET!!!!!!

Thanks for the pics!

The sculpts are definitely new ones and more true to the actual ships in some of the details.  I'm sure price point has a lot to do with that.  I'm glad it appears to be the harder plastic for less warping.  If the starfield does not come with it, you could still use the SSB gridded map and ignore the gridlines.  I like how the pieces looks easy to customize for game play so even though it is only a few pieces, there is replay value and variety.  Still curious about exact dimensions on the vehicles - they look a bit larger than the SSB counterparts, but it's hard to tell on the battlefield.

Look forward to more updates.

 Ask, and ye shall receive. 

Here's some tasty video footage of both games; the scale comes across a little better in the clip.

So it looks to be almost the same size as SSB which is good for throwing other ships out there since I don't use them for anything else.  I like the movement arcs to keep things going without actually measuring inches which seems like there could be options on play surface size and more custom options.  The photos on the cards for both games look solid and not just rehashed images we've seen hundreds of times.

 If this "Wings of Star Wars" is successful, I wonder what are the chances of FFG eventually making a third fighter combat game ("Wings of War" being the first) based on the Battlestar Galactica universe, with Colonial Vipers vs Cylon Raiders instead of Rebel X-Wings vs Imperial TIEs.

I paused the vid in a couple good places and compared the length of an X-Wing to the players' first two finger joints, and then compared the SSB version to my own; FFG's are definitely bigger, by as much as a third. Bad news for people wanting to create mods of SSB ships, but good news for model detail.

Oh yeah - do watch the whole vid IJT linked. It really shows the game mechanics in operation.

The vid was awesome.  I already have 4 people in my meta waiting for the release of this.  I'm hoping they will also release more models, and even larger cruiser class ships as well.

Here's another view.

 Also, it sounds like there isn't any certainty as to how many ships are in the starter.  The rep at Gencon apparently wasn't sure what exactly comes in the starter, according to one person who demo'd the game there.  Also, Thoughthammer.com is listing the pre-order price at $26.77, which lends support to my hunch that $39.95 is the MSRP, and some places may sell it cheaper.