Despite the hate directed towards these films, any chance we may see expansions based on these? Sure would like to have a grievous or clone trooper unit card :). My guess would be no but just wanted to see everyone's thoughts on this topic.

If they ever do the prequels it better be as separate game and not expansion. 

I am in the other camp; I would love to see them incorporate the prequels, as well as other elements of the extended SW universe into this game. 

divinityofnumber said:

They can put them in this same game engine, fine by me. But do not mix the timelines together. That is just sloppy which is not something that FFG is.

Toqtamish said:

I agree. As much as I loved the Decipher game this was one of the issues that I really felt contributed to its decline. From a business standpoint, it makes sense to keep each film trilogy seperate and create two games from one property. However, it does dilute your player base (a little) and can appear to customers as a money grab.

I agree to most of what is being said. The more I think about it, the more I tend to lean that if they incorporate the prequels it maybe a stand alone game..does not makes sense to mix the two trilogies in the same game. But yes, it does seem like a money grab if they do this. For now we can all enjoy this great game based on the original trilogy and cross that bridge when we get there =).  

I definitely want the prequels included.  There really isn't any reason why they shouldn't be other than fanboys crying "no!"

And FFG doesn't care about timelines.  Look at all the dead characters who appear in the A Game of Thrones LCG (I'm talking about dead before the first book starts…history).

There will be cards from Episodes I-III in this game and you'll be able to mix however the rules allow based on your Objective sets - mark my words. 

As far as "That's mixing timelines!" look at how a Rancor can damage an X-wing, etc. in this game already. It plays very fast and loose with the idea of the LCG "simulating" things happening in the Star Wars movies. And I am thoroughly convinced we'll see cards from Episodes VII - IX as well (which I'm all for!) in addition to more cards from the Expanded Universe novels/comics/The Clone Wars/Yoda spinoff movie, etc. Look, we have cards with pictures of Mara Jade in the core set already! Also, there's a card for "Dark Side Apprentice" (a heavy nod toward the "The Force Unleashed" video games, I think) and "Nightsisters" - whatever those are. 

So, yeah, just relax and enjoy the game - and prepare for Gungans and Ewoks to team up and defeat Emperor Palpatine and General Grievous. Or vice versa.

Since my favorite era in this universe happens to be the one George Lucas had the least part in creating, and I don't see it as any less true to his original vision than any other era, I too would enjoy seeing the game branch out into different places along the timeline. But because so many fans favor the Classic era, and because FFG made such a clever choice in having their product lineup cater to these fans in a time where all Star Wars merchandising seems to be focused on the Prequel era, I believe that objective sets not related to the Galactic Civil War (including those based on the upcoming sequel trilogy if they go that route) ought to bear a special marker, designating them as belonging to the larger Star Wars continuity. Then, at each big event held by FFG, there could be at least one tournament in which cards bearing this marker are not allowed, therefore preventing people who dislike the prequel and EU eras from having to chase after them for competitive purposes, while still allowing them to be played by those who want to see the game grow in this direction.

@Darik: I'd say that The Force Unleashed very much belongs in this loose timeline of the Galactic Civil War, since its events lead right into the formation of the Alliance. A better example might be the fact that the Emperor's card has an image of the attack on the Jedi Temple, which occurs in the prequels, many years prior to the Original Trilogy.

Force unleashed is part of this time line not the prequels and I am not some fan boy saying no. Having units from two vastly different time periods is sloppy. There is no reason to think that will even happen. So far everything FFG has been done is based on the Galactic civil war time period and I see no reason to think that will change anytime soon if ever. The prequels are not as popular as the classic ones and I suspect the upcoming sequel will also be more popular than the prequels were. Most of what you listed Darik is EU stuff not outside of this timeline as we already know they have access to the EU stuff, Mara Jade was around during the civil war period.

Toqtamish said:

Balerion. Mother-freaking Balerion. I love FFG and what they do. But suggesting they never do crazy things with their licenses because it's somehow "sloppy" is not a strong argument.

Balerion as I recall was added under special circumstances. Not that it matters as that is AGoT and this is Star Wars. Star Wars has much wider audience as well as material. AGoT is somewhat more limited in source material. 

However if FFG even has the license for prequel stuff I still contend it needs to be kept separate when/if it ever gets created as a card game. The prequels have a large group of detractors and to add them in to this great game would unnecessarily piss them off. Whereas keeping it separate can make those that don't want them added happy and those that do want them happy as well. 

If you look at the righthand side of the Edge of Darkness page, you can already see a Bail Organa card spoiled. Bail is alive at the beginning of the Original Trilogy, but from the small representation of the artwork shown, he doesn't look ~18 years older than he was at the end of Episode 3. So, it isn't much of a stretch to call it the first prequel card.  

DrNate said:

That's another thing we can write off as being drawn from The Force Unleashed. Clearly Organa ages better than Mon Mothma.

MarthWMaster said:

The uptight fanboys will say no regardless of how cool the cards could be.  That said, I don't see them fitting into the Jedi/Republic/S&S and Sith/Navy/S&V affiliations perfectly.