http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/edge_news.asp?eidn=3856

I'm just wondering when we'll get to see the first pack.  It's still sitting under "In Development".  I'm hoping this won't be like a repeat of the Lord of the Rings situation where the first Adventure Pack was delayed well beyond when it was expected to release.

FFG always posts up product announcements 3 months in advance to allow time for retailers and distributors to place orders for product. So most likely we will see 1st pack in February, placing this pack in April. It is common for FFG to take a break after a major release like a core set or deluxe expansion.

Anzati Elite, want that in my Sith deck for the two tactics icons. And glad to see a Smugglers and Spies objective set. For this pack Imperial, Sith, Smugglers all get sets with most likely Rebels as well. Not sure on the 5th one, possibly a LS neutral.

Really pumped for this pack!

Colonel Starck looks extremely impressive.

I'm not sure how I feel about Battle of Hoth yet. In or against a Hoth deck, it's almost a strictly superior Target of Opportunity.

I'm kinda shocked, in an extremely good way, we're seeing Anzati assassins and Gotal survivors - not to mention Colonel Starck as well - in such an early release. I know there were the odd characters etc in the core set, but to have such blatant EU stuff so soon has really impressed me!

spalanzani said:

Let's just hope General Veers makes it into the Hoth Cycle somewhere.

The Anzati seems slightly fragile to commit 4 resources to.

cleardave said:

I predict he'll be in pack 5 or 6, towards the end of the cycle. I think that would be fitting since his AT-AT destroyed the shield generator and that was toward the end of the battle. Then again, Vader didn't show up until the shield was down and we're already getting him in the first Force pack, so who knows. I'm confident we'll see him this cycle.

On the Veers subject, I'd like to see some kind of Dark Side Enhancement comparable to the Trench Run that allows the Dark Side to blow the power generators and either win the game, or cause some other kind of global problem for the Light Side.

D.Knight Sevus said:

Not if you're attacking a non-Hoth player…

MarthWMaster said:

Which is why I said almost. Even then, you still get to heal 1 damage from one of your Hoth objectives, and have both an extra Force icon and priority over Target of Opportunity.

Very excited for this and glad they have got some EU stuff in early. Gives me hopes that we will see an expansion set placed between the films, during the "shadows of the empire" EU material if I am not mistaken.

I'm confused…this desc. says "The Force Pack’s five new objective sets permit players to tighten the focus……" while the desc for the first Force Packs, while talking about the general distribution in Force Packs says " you’ll gain ten complete objective sets, including one copy of each “Limit 1” objective set and two copies of each other objective set."  Does that mean this set really only had 5 unique objective sets? I'm OK with that, I just want to understand what the sets will look like before I get too invested in this and "bait and switched".  I like the way they describe the distribution plan, just looking for clafification.

OlorinGrayhame said:

5 sets x 2 copies of each = 10 sets.