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. 2004

 

12.01.04

 

- (WotC) WotC has posted the latest addition to the DCI banned list. They've also added a few things to the watch list.
    (Duel of the Fates)

11.08.04

 

- With the arrival of RotJ also comes the preview card Anakin's Starfighter (A), which not only has a cool image, but tells us that RotS will introduce a new card type -- Equipment.

11.06.04

 

Well, Return of the Jedi is here (minus Jabba the Hutt (B) due to a printing error). Unfortunately, Wizards always seems to release sets when I'm busy. I'm not going to have enough time to post the new material probably until the end of the coming week. Fear not, others are taking care of business.
- (RnJ) RedneckJedi has a full text spoiler for you.
- (WotC) Wizards has both its card list and errata and rulings up.

11.04.04

 

So here we have our final two Return of the Jedi previews, and they're both Ground units.
- (RB) Rebelbasers gives up their last preview, comments by Starkiller.
    (Death Star Battalion)
- (WotC) Joey "Krypt0s" Leake gives us Wizards' 7th with the unique Sarlacc.
    (Sarlacc (A))

10.29.04

 

- (RB) The sixth Rebelbasers' spoiler is up - remember your sun block when you're Sailing on the Dune Sea, comment by unduli.
    (Dune Sea)

10.28.04

 

- (TF.N) Hailing from The Force . Net, Len "RedneckJedi" Fowler drops a big batch of spoilage, partial spoilage, and name-dropping on us today with Review of the Jedi! Make sure to read the article (not just the pics), there's a lot of info in there.
    (Bib Fortuna (A), Captain Lennox (A), Chewbacca (?), Emperor Palpatine (E), Endor Regiment, Free Bespin, Home One (?), Imperial-class Star Destroyer, Jabba's Spies, Luke Skywalker (O), Mixed Battlegroup, Occupied Bespin, Sarlacc (?))

10.27.04

 

- (RB) Rebelbasers' #5 spoiler is a battle card - Preview time: Close Quarters, comment by Vin Zador.
    (Close Quarters)

10.26.04

 

Four new RotJ cards in one day! Rebelbasers brings us their fourth preview, and The Force . Net gives us a big helping of three.
Update: Make it five. Wizards' latest is online.
- (WotC) Joey "Krypt0s" Leake gives us Wizards' 6th preview article - Ephant Mon.
    (Ephant Mon (A))
- (RB) Rebelbasers #4 - Freeeeeedom!, comments by unduli.
    (Free Coruscant)
- (TF.N) From The Force . Net, Len "RedneckJedi" Fowler says Good, I Hate a Long Wait.
    (Boba Fett (H), Death Star II (B), Surprising Strength)

10.21.04

 

- (RB) Rebelbasers gives us their third RotJ preview - a notorious crime lord (first partially seen in magazine ads) - Jabba the Hutt (C) exclusive preview, with some words from unduli and Vin Zador.
    (Jabba the Hutt (C))
- (WotC) Ooh, cool! Joey "Krypt0s" Leake brings us two more cards on the Wizards site. Look out! Oh No...the Rancor!.
    (Oola (A), Rancor)

10.19.04

 

- (RB) The second of Rebelbasers' RotJ spoilers is up - RotJ Preview #2: Yoda's Spirit (A), with a word from Vin Zador.
    (Yoda's Spirit (A))

10.18.04

 

- (TB) Team Bus strikes again with RotJ Spoiler #2: Lando Calrissian (I).
    (Lando Calrissian (I))

10.15.04

 

- (RB) Rebelbasers gets its first official spoiler for RotJ, and it's a good'n! Check out Jabba's beastmaster with First RotJ Preview: Malakili (A).
    (Malakili (A))
- (TB) And another from Team Bus. They're coming fast and furious. Here we have Return of the Spoilers: Princess Leia (J).
    (Princess Leia (J))

10.14.04

 

- (WotC) In addition to confirming the Rancor and the Sarlacc as Ground units, this week's entry for Wizards' Card of the Week (Sando Aqua Monster) reveals another RotJ Ground unit card for us - the lowly Worrt.
    (Worrt)

10.13.04

 

- (WotC) At last, Hidden Cost is revealed to us in Return of the Jedi: Fourth Look by David "Darth" Cornford.
    (Endor Imperial Fleet) (NOTE: I don't have the reminder text on the card; as usual I have placed it in the ability reminder text sheet.)

10.08.04

 

- (WotC) David "Darth" Cornford brings us the third RotJ spoiler - Return of the Jedi: Third Look.
    (Force Lightning)

10.06.04

 

- (WotC) David "Darth" Cornford has the second RotJ spoiler for us, and it's a doozy - Return of the Jedi: Second Look.
    (Emperor Palpatine (D))

10.04.04

 

- (WotC) The first official RotJ card is spoiled in a Wizards preview article - Return of the Jedi: First Look  by David "Darth" Cornford.
    (Occupied Coruscant)
- (WotC) Wizards also has the RotJ expansion page up which tells us some other cards which will be in the set, sans spoiler info.
    (Bib Fortuna, Death Star II, Emperor Palpatine, Oola, the Rancor, Royal Guards, the Sarlacc)

09.04.04

 

- (Inquest) Our first glimpses of Return of the Jedi come from an ad spotted in Inquest magazine. Here's a scan - you can't make out much for card stats, but the imagery looks good. Even though there's not much yet, I've started a preview spoiler linked in Holonet Channels. Thanks go to DOC NASTY for the initial scan and heads up on this Rebelbasers thread.
    (Endor Imperial Fleet, Lando Calrissian(?), Jabba the Hutt(?), Luke Skywalker(?), Scout Trooper)

08.19.04

 

- (WotC) A new Guess the Card Contest for Revenge of the Sith on Wizards' site. See what Anakin's new starfighter looks like, and guess what it can do (in game terms) to win some cool swag. It also appears that Anakin's starfighter will be the next preview card, to be included in RotJ boosters.
- (TCL) Team Cliegg Lars, reporting from GenCon, quotes a WotC rep as saying the spring set, Revenge of the Sith , will have 115 cards and will be released April 2nd.

07.29.04

 

- (WotC) A new article - Great Battles in Star Wars History by Joe Brescol, with some alternate rules specifically for playing out the Battle of Hoth.

07.21.04

 

- (WotC) Henry Stern has answered an important question on Duel of the Fates from TPM in Ask Wizards. The week before, the question dealt with the Lucky ability.

07.02.04

 

- (RnJ) It'll probably be a bit before I can get my TPM material up (Done now ;P), so in the meantime RedneckJedi has a full TPM spoiler up. Woo-hoo! I don't even have my cards yet :)
- (WotC) It's here! Wizards has their TPM stuff up. Many cool-looking cards. Check out Henry Stern's The Phantom Menace: Design Notes, the official card list, as well as the official errata and rulings page.

06.30.04

 

- (TB) Final two TPM spoilers at Team Bus - Phantom Menace Spoilers! Part 3/3  by Krypt0s.
    (Blockade, Rune Haako (A))

06.29.04

 

- (TB) Take two at Team Bus -- two more TPM spoilers - Phantom Menace Spoilers! Part 2/3  by Krypt0s.
    (Dark Woman (A), Modified YV-330 (A))

06.27.04

 

- (TF.N) And again! Phantom Musings by Len "RedneckJedi" Fowler. A review of The Phantom Menace with three more spoiled cards.
    (C-9979, Captain Tarpals (A), Podracing Course)

06.25.04

 

- (WotC) Holy cow! Four more TPM cards spoiled - The Phantom Menace: Third Look  by Joey "Krypt0s" Leake.
    (Aurra Sing (C), Gungan Grand Army, Orn Free Taa (A), Vilmarh Grahrk (A))

06.24.04

 

- (TB) Two more TPM cards spoiled - Phantom Menace Spoilers! Part 1/3  by Krypt0s.
    (A'Sharad Hett (A), Sith Infiltrator (B))

06.18.04

 

- (WotC) Five more TPM cards spoiled - The Phantom Menace: Second Look  by Joe Brescol.
    (Corridors of Power, Darth Sidious (D), Inferno (A), Sebulba's Podracer, Yinchorri Fighter)
- (TF.N) Three more TPM cards spoiled - Foretelling Phantom Menaces  by Len "RedneckJedi" Fowler.
    (Delta Six Jedi Starfighter, Discuss it in Committee, Nute Gunray (C))

06.15.04

 

- (WotC) A look at deck building with the upcoming bans and restrictions - I Want My HPC...  by Joey "Krypt0s" Leake.

06.10.04

 

- (WotC) Five TPM cards spoiled in a preview article - The Phantom Menace: First Look  by Michael "Skymiles" Kelly.
    (Ann and Tann Gella (A), Darth Maul (F), Durge (A), Qui-Gon Jinn (C), Unconventional Maneuvers)

  


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