Peek At New Rebels, Droids & Speeders For Star Wars: Legion
July 6, 2019 by brennon
Fantasy Flight Games this week previewed some new units coming to Star Wars: Legion for those looking to either expand their Original Trilogy force or dive into the Clone Wars on the side of the Republic of Separatists.
We start with the Veteran Rebels that you can see here sporting all manner of more high powered guns to use on the tabletop. As well as their standard blaster rifles they also have access to gun emplacements and a CM-O/93 trooper who is looking to get a pinpoint strike on his opponent.
These fellows are hard to shift, having spent much of their life fighting against the brutal forces of The Empire. It seems like a pretty good set to pick up if you're looking to create a force which is very much tailored towards combat on Hoth. You could tweak the colours on their uniforms to fit different climates but I think they'll still recognisably be from Hoth.
Droids & Speeders
As we look back to the Clone Wars we have some more options for both sides of the conflict. The first of these is the introduction of the Barc Speeder which I must admit, I had never heard of.
Acting as a swift response unit on the battlefield, the Barc Speeder comes with all of the speed of a regular speeder bike but with the additional blaster cannons strapped to the side of it. It looks like a good way for you to chase down errant Separatist forces on the tabletop and harry Droid Tanks from the rear (we're so getting those right?).
As well as the Republic getting some hefty reinforcements the Separatists also get their Droideka!
These 'roller droids' as my brother and I referred to them as for years were some of the coolest things to pop up in the prequels. I thought they were deadly as hell and very cool indeed. I used to absolutely love trying to fight them in the Star Wars: Phantom Menace video game and as them in Star Wars: Battlefront II.
This set comes with two of them but I'm sure many folks are going to be looking for ways to add more than that into their force. Alas, they don't come in roller configuration in the set. That would have been cool for the narrative effect!
Will you be looking to pick up these new Star Wars: Legion offerings?
"Alas, they don't come in roller configuration in the set. That would have been cool for the narrative effect!"
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For ground combat, prequel era is where it’s at.
Those look really good.
That’s strange- In the clone wars core set that is coming out, they have a droid and roller ball model as they can transform. The picture with the two droids might be a mistake in the art.
The Droideka expansion says it comes with four models so presumably you get two in wheel mode and two standing.
Just checked and its confirmed on FFG’s site. Two droid, two wheeled per box.
They had Starter Set exclusive poses with the AT-RT and Speeder Bikes as well. So if you have the Starter and the Add-On you have 3 different poses.
Really looking forward to the Clone Era Core Box dropping,so adding a Speeder or two will happen.The vets are a tougher choice,as i wasn’t looking to create a Hoth/frozen planet only force and as you mention,even with a paint job ( say like @johnlyons applied to the Core Box Reb force ),they will still be recognisable as padded Hoth armour/uniform.
great figures the speeders and the droidekas especially.
nope, these are not the droids I’m looking for …
I also find the lack of consistency in releases disturbing. One month is Hoth and the other it’s something completely different. How does a star wars noob collect their favourite characters of a specific movie with such a schedule ?
Because there not coming out at the same time. The clone wars stuff isn’t coming out till the end of the year. Its just a preview.
Clone Wars is not my Star Wars. No interest at all is released for anything outside of the Rebellion era.
Looking class i think put these on my birthday wish list..
Oh boy ….. Clone Wars 😮 stuff awesome!
Man, I want those droids!