Do my Eyes miss me, or does the Ion-icon look like a Swastika?? 

I could imagine different versions of some of the already named pilots (like Luke and Wedge) as promo cards or prize support.  Not too important to the game, but some new flavor.  As for prequel ships, other than ethersprites and v-wings against droid fighters, what else is there really that anyone would care about?  Sure, there are lots of obscure separatist ships, but there are lots of better obscure EU ships that would be better done first.  Either way, I'd expect I'd have to buy it, but I really don't like mixing the two generations (It just doesn't look right!)

Ahab said:

Very slightly so, maybe. There's a clearer version on the reference card:

Even if it does remind slightly of a Svastika, it looks the other way than the one you're maybe thinking of, and in general you have to squint a lot and ignore a lot of the rest of the icon for seeing one

haslo said:

If it's rotating in the opposite direction from  a swastika, that's the symbol for temples on Japanese maps.

To me the symbol doesn't bother me. I think it's supposed to be 4 ion turrets in a circle, representing the 360 degree firing arc.

To add to the discussion about character cards, im hoping for cards with pictures of the pilots on rather than the ships. im slightly dissapointed that ffg have gone for computer style art for the cards rather than hand painted pictures, im hoping they release a pilot deck expansion with images taken straight from the rogue squadron graphic novels.

As far as ion cannons go, is it the tie advanced or tie defender that is also mounted with them?

ironman said:

The TIE Defender is armed with 4 laser cannons and 2 ion cannons (plus a missile or torpedo payload).

The inclusion of Imperial Ace Maarek Stele seems to suggest that we can see a future TIE Defender expansion, because both Maarek Stele and the TIE Defender were first introduced in the computer game "TIE Fighter", and the inclusion of the former suggest the future inclusion of the later. Also, the Lucasarts' Star Wars space sims seems the most logical source for the first additions to this game once the fighters that appear in the original trilogy of movies have been covered.

The inclusion of starfighters introduced in the Star Wars computer space sims would mean the coming of the Z-95, R-41 Starchaser and T-wing for the Rebel side, and the TIE Defender, Starwing gunboat and Missile Boat for the Imperial side. The late "Star Wars Galaxies" MMORPG had a few more candidates from the "Jump to Lightspeed expansion", as the Longprobe Y-wing and Rebel Gunboat for the Rebels, and more TIE variants for the Imperials.

BTW, the Ion Torrent icon looks to me like some stilized lightning motif surrounding a circular object, as a representation of the electrical disruption created by an ion cannon hit.

 The numbered tokens are indeed for IDing ships

Agrivar said:

Exactly what I barely dared to hope then, yay I must admit that personally, I'm not really familiar with most of the EU, but did play the old X-Wing and TIE Fighter video games - so getting ships from those is something I really hope and look forward to.