How excited are you for Wave 9 and Heroes of the Resistance? Which ships and combos are you looking forward to trying out in PTL?

Aaron: I’m just jived for the Lancer, despite my aversion for big ships. On paper, it looks like an extremely well-balanced finesse ship made for fun, with excellent anti-ace options and decent jousting numbers. Ventress is the obvious go-to, but I’m going to spend some effort in trying to come up with a punchy Ketsu Onyo list too. But mainly the ARC. Initially, I was underwhelmed looking at the stats and abilities, but after playing around on squad builders late at night, I’ve got some builds that look like they may actually work out. Here’s one of the weirdest: I plan to try out build on one of them with an R5 astromech and R2D2 crew. I’m not sure that would be better than R2D2 (droid), but I’m excited to see!

Tim: SO EXCITED!!!! Again, being a lover of the VCX-100….I’m looking forward to my very first Adv Sensors Seismic Torpedo followed by a 5K turn where that rock used to be – lol. I think Vectored Thrusters, PS 9 Poe, new Han/Chewie, Rey, Finn, and Jyn will all help to create interesting dynamics in the game. However, one of the things I’m looking forward to the most is something that 3 lads and I realized during our 15-hour drive home from the Maritime Regionals to Toronto… You’ve heard of the “Stresshog” Y wing? Meet the “Stress Sprinkler” ARC-170; Braylen Stram with Alliance Overhaul + Tactician + R3-A2.

Devon: I’m really looking forward to flying the Shadowcaster, it seems intriguing and the new arc mechanics seem interesting. The TIE/sf and Fang seem like very niche fighters without a lot of design space but could be solid ships. The one I am most excited for is the ARC. I’m actually super surprised that it ended up being the ship I was looking forward to the most, but I can’t wait to put Sabine and BB8 on one as an addition to my bomb list in place of the K-wing. As for Heros, I’m more interested in the upgrades that it comes with as we aren’t really seeing new ships. Illicit slots on Rebels and the new pilots and crew seem like they will alter the meta in interesting ways.

Peter: Very very very excited! I’m extremely eager to get the Fang fighter and Lancer onto the table with the absolutely overwhelming amount of new upgrade cards that are going to be available. Asajj Ventress is most definitely going to be hitting the table first to dish out some scummy stress token pain! HotR will finally get me to dust off my Falcon for those times when my Scum lists just aren’t performing as planned.