- (IDC) Brian "Skywlkr" Weeks surprises us today with a preview for the next (as yet unnamed) set from the IDC. Read A Gift for the Holidays.
    (Stormtrooper EN-502-07)

- (WotC forum) "AJ Wolf" got his mitts on a WotC minis catalog, and it has some goods on Alliance and Empire. Check this thread. Further down the page (post no.28) "CoTF" posted a scan of the relevant page. Cool.
    (Text: Biggs Darklighter, Ephant Mon, Wicket; Pictured: Obi-Wan Kenobi Force Spirit; Boosters: Darth Vader, Luke Skywalker (medal ceremony jacket), Han Solo (stormtrooper armor))

- (WotC forum) Rob "WotC_Rob" Watkins has granted us another Christmas present this year. He's posted a picture and status for Luke Skywalker, Champion of the Force from the upcoming Alliance and Empire set.
    (Luke Skywalker Champion of the Force)

- (WotC) Starship Battles releases today, and the official gallery is up. It'll be a bit before I get the updates done, so check back!

- (WotC) WotC has posted Starship Battles Preview 6 (the last one) by Sterling Hershey and Gary M. Sarli, and it's an odd pair of off-screen fighters.
    (Techno Union Starfighter, Utapaun Starfighter)

- (WotC) WotC has posted Starship Battles Preview 5 by Gary M. Sarli. A mixed pair of bad guys it is.
    (Imperial Shuttle, Invisible Hand)

- (WotC) WotC has posted Starship Battles Preview 4 by Sterling Hershey. It's Separatists large and small.
    (Droid Tri-Fighter, Trade Federation Battleship)

- (WotC) WotC has posted Starship Battles Preview 3 by Sterling Hershey and Gary M. Sarli. A mixed pair of good guys this time.
    (A-wing Starfighter, Millennium Falcon)

- (WotC) WotC has posted Starship Battles ;Preview 2 by Sterling Hershey and Gary M. Sarli. This time out it's two starfighters. Cool, we get unique fighters.
    (Luke Skywalker's X-wing, Naboo Starfighter)

- (WotC) WotC has posted Starship Battles Preview 1 by Gary M. Sarli and Sterling Hershey. They give us the two monsters visible from the front of the starter box.
    (Mon Calamari Star Defender Viscount, Super Star Destroyer Executor)

- (IDC) The IDC has updated their rules page with the new Scum and Villainy edition rulebook and a new SARD. Among other things, a new ruling declares the unprinted Jabba the Hutt (B) from RotJ as playable in online IDC tourneys.
    (Jabba the Hutt (B))

- (WotC) It is a great day for the Empire... I mean, uh, WotC has put up the home page for Starship Battles. They have also given us an online rulebook with a lot of goodness.

- (IDC) It's Scum and Villainy Release day! Let's have a Rebel yell!

- (IDC) The IDC reveals the final result of their first You Make The Card contest -- Thermal Detonator Revealed.
    (Thermal Detonator)

- (IDC) In the IDC's final SaV preview, Cody "Grand Moff Nicodemus Fett" Barnett gives a new bounty hunter - in space. Read Silence of the Hunter.
    (Slave I (G))

- (IDC) In the third SaV preview article, T.B. "IVIace Windu" McCrow shows us a new version of a familiar smuggler. Read Another arm would be nice....
    (Dash Rendar (B))

- (WotC) Bounty Hunters releases today, and the official gallery is up. It'll be a bit before I get the updates done, so check back!
- (IDC) In the second Scum and Villainy preview article, C.J. "Corjay" Williams gives us a battle card and the first card with the new Stealth ability. Read Can't Touch This.
    (Lando Calrissian (J), Mind Trick)

- (WotC) WotC has posted Bounty Hunters Preview 7 by Gary M. Sarli and Sterling Hershey. The last before tomorrow's release, this one is both heroic and villainous.
    (Bith Black Sun Vigo, Han Solo Scoundrel)
- (Pojo) Pojo has yet another BH preview up in their Mini of the Day. Sure, it's Zuckuss who we've already seen, but we do get flavor text out of it this time.
    (Zuckuss (redux))

- (KW) KidzWorld has posted their final two preview minis prior to BH release on Friday.
    (Garindan, Weequay Thug)
- (Pojo) Pojo has yet another BH preview up in their Mini of the Day, and it's another member of Jabba's retinue.
    (Weequay Leader)

- (Pojo) Pojo has another BH preview up in their Mini of the Day, and it's another Huge.
    (Mustafarian Flea Rider)

- (Pojo) Pojo has their fourth BH preview in their Mini of the Day, with more grunts for Jabba.
    (Gamorrean Thug)
Alrighty! The IDC has revealed the first Scum and Villainy goodness. Here you go:
- (IDC) In the first SaV preview article, T.B. "IVIaceWindu" McCrow gives us a little call-back to Rogues and Scoundrels. Read Big Pocketbook.
    (Bespin Engineers, Bounty Offer)
- (IDC) Brian "Skywlkr" Weeks has also posted the first SaV promo poster -- Scum For Hire which reveals some more pieces of cards to come.
    (Lando Calrissian, Slave I, TIE Fighter Escort, Tusken Bantha)

- (WotC) WotC has posted Bounty Hunters Preview 6 by Gary M. Sarli and Sterling Hershey. This one expands Jabba's retinue.
    (Bib Fortuna, Defel Spy)

- (Pojo) Pojo has their third BH preview in their Mini of the Day, and this time it's Huge.
    (Corporate Alliance Tank Droid)

- (Pojo) Pojo has the privilege of providing us with one of the most anticipated Bounty Hunter previews in their Mini of the Day.
    (Jango Fett Bounty Hunter)

- (Pojo) Pojo has joined the preview fray with the sweet looking Mini of the Day.
    (Mandalorian Commander)
- (WotC) As per usual Thursday schedule, the fifth WotC preview is up -- Bounty Hunters Preview 5 by Sterling Hershey and Gary M. Sarli. Our lone Republic figure and a Fringe commander.
    (ISP Speeder, Nym)
- (DB/WotC forum) Zoro1312 was nice enough to send along some quality, large pics of the entire Bounty Hunters set (minus IG-88 which we've seen anyway so no biggie). Discuss them in this thread.
    1  (Zuckuss, Weequay Thug, Weequay Leader, Tusken Raider Sniper, Mustafarian Soldier, Nym, Rodian Hunt Master, Quarren Bounty Hunter)
    2  (Droid Starfighter in Walking Mode)
    3  (Corporate Alliance Tank Droid)
    4  (Commerce Guild Homing Spider Droid)
    5  (Huge Crab Droid)
    6  (Dark Hellion Marauder on Swoop Bike)
    7  (Tamtel Skreej [Lando Calrissian], Mistryl Shadow Guard, Klatooinian Hunter, Komari Vosa, Jango Fett Bounty Hunter)
    8  (Dark Hellion Swoop Gang Member, Bouush, Calo Nord, Corellian Pirate, Human Blaster-For-Hire, Garindan, Dark Hellion Swoop Gang Member (redux, doh!), Dannik Jerriko)
    9  (Defel Spy, Dengar Bounty Hunter, Djas Puhr, E522 Assassin Droid, Aqualish Assassin, Gamorrean Thug, 4-LOM Bounty Hunter)
    10  (Talon Karrde, Lord Vader, Bossk Bounty Hunter, BoShek, Boba Fett Bounty Hunter)
    11  (Bith Black Sun Vigo, Bib Fortuna, Ayy Vida, Princess Leia Hoth Commander, Chewbacca with C-3PO, Luke Skywalker of Dagobah)
    12  (Han Solo Scoundrel, Rebel Captain, Rebel Heavy Trooper)
    13  (Rebel Snowspeeder, Young Krayt Dragon, Basilisk War Droid)
    14  (Utapaun on Dactillion, Mustafarian Flea Rider)
    15  (ISP Speeder, Nikto Gunner on Desert Skiff)
    16  (Mandalore the Indomitable, Mandalorian Blademaster, Mandalorian Commander, Mandalorian Supercommando, Mandalorian Warrior, Mandalorian Soldier)

- (KW) KidzWorld has posted their seventh and eighth BH minis, including the previously mentioned Zuckuss.
    (Dannik Jerriko, Zuckuss)
- (WotC forum) Mikl has posted links to scans of the BH checklist and rules summary. Check this thread.

- (WotC forum) Bishop084 has gotten hold of the BH poster and posted a full set list and pics in this thread. The list is on page 2, post 44; the pics are on page 10, post 275.

- (WotC) The fourth WotC preview is up -- Bounty Hunters Preview 4 by Sterling Hershey and Gary M. Sarli. Mandalorian goodness abounds!
    (Mandalore the Indomitable, Mandalorian Warrior)
- (KW) KidzWorld got their red tape cleared up and has posted their backlog of previews, including the two from the 29th. Read their preview article. While the set overall looks to be cool, these are kinda boring previews.
    (Aqualish Assassin, Klatooinian Hunter, Rodian Hunt Master (redux), Tusken Raider Sniper)

- (KW) KidzWorld has posted their first two completely statted figures for BH. In addition to the previewed figs, the article mentions that Zuckuss is in the set.
    (Mustafarian Soldier, Tamteel Skreej)
  UPDATE 8.31 - Link updated to 31 Aug preview page, now that it's up.

- (WotC) WotC has posted Bounty Hunters Preview 3 by Gary M. Sarli and Sterling Hershey.
    (Dark Hellion Swoop Gang Member, IG-88 Bounty Hunter)
- (WotC) Also at house of WotC, they put up a summation of their GenCon seminar. Included is a nice pic (no stats) of the new Jango Fett.
    (Jango Fett)

- (WotC) WotC has posted Bounty Hunters Preview 2 by Gary M. Sarli and Sterling Hershey. Some Mandalorian action this time around. This preview confirms once and for all that there will be a new Mandalorian faction introduced in BH.
    (Basilisk War Droid, Quarren Bounty Hunter)

- (SW.c) Star Wars . com has a blurb on Bounty Hunters. There are no new pics, but it mentions 4 minis by name.
    (4-LOM, Dengar, Jango Fett, Tamtel Skreej)

GenCon Indy! Here's a collection of GenCon links (mostly pictures):
- (BC) Base Contact has put together a BH preview page with GenCon goodness in addition to other stuff.
- (Holo) Nickname brings us a collection of pics at WotC's official Minis display case. The Holocron also has several stills from the WotC seminar.
- (GR) Gaming Report gives us a large (76Mb) video of WotC's SW Minis & RPG seminar, hosted by Chris Perkins (head of RPG and Minis development), Gary M. Sarli (Jedi Counselor), and Rob Watkins (chief SW Minis designer). Lot's of goodness to be had.

So what did we get from GenCon? Many Bounty Hunters previews, Starship Battles preview art, and the next set, Alliance and Empire, won't hit until May '07.
    (Bounty Hunters: Boba Fett, Chewbacca carrying C-3PO, Darth Vader, Desert Skiff w/driver, Han Solo (running) Homing Spider Droid, IG-88, Jango Fett (flamethrower), Huge Crab Droid, Leia (disguised as Boussh), Luke Skywalker (in khakis), Mustafarian Lava Flea, Swamp Speeder, Swoop Rider, Tank Droid, Utapaun Warrior on Dactillion, Walking Vulture Droid, Young Krayt Dragon)
    (Starship Battles: Acclamator-class assault ship, Actis (Jedi) fighter, ARC-170 fighter, B-wing fighter, Droid Tri-fighter, Executor Super-Star Destroyer, Lambda-class shuttlecraft, Millennium Falcon, Nebulon-B frigate, Outrider, Slave I, TIE fighter, TIE Interceptor, Vader's TIE fighter, Viscount-class supercruiser, Vulture Droid fighter, X-wing fighter, Y-wing fighter)

- (WotC) WotC has posted Bounty Hunters Preview 1 by Sterling Hershey and Gary M. Sarli. Got some EU action and a hella-cool sculpt on Bossk.
    (Bossk Bounty Hunter, Mistryl Shadow Guard)
- (WotC) Also check the minis and RPG front page for a shot of Nym, as well as a link to the BH set page with pictures of the boosters.
    (Nym)

- (WotC) Wizards of the Coast is taking an online survey about how everyone use the SW Minis. Go here to put in your two cents.
- (WotC forum) Rob "WotC_Rob" Watkins (SW Minis designer) has posted a killer BH preview on the WotC forums. Read Imperial Walkers on the North Ridge.
    (Rebel Snowspeeder)

- (IDC) Brian "Skywlkr" Weeks has posted the announcement of the second set from the IDC -- see the Scum and Villainy announcement.
- (WotC forum) DarthKimbote has added the Bounty Hunters preview/promo of the Rodian Hunt Master to his ongoing minis promo thread.
    (Rodian Hunt Master)

- (WotC) Champions of the Force releases today.
  UPDATE 8.16 - All updates incorporated in the revamp.

- (IDC) Fall of the Republic releases today.
  UPDATE 8.16 - All updates incorporated in the revamp.

- (KW) KidzWorld has posted their final two completely statted figures in its CotF preview article. A more fully statted Qui-Gon, Poncho-man :-) and the amazingly sculpted Darth Maul, both first seen in Inquest a couple months ago.
    (Darth Maul Champion of the Sith (redux), Qui-Gon Jinn Jedi Master (redux))

- (IDC) The tenth and final IDC preview/promo card for FotR is the Separatist leader General Grievous. Cody "Grand Moff Nicodemus Fett" Barnett gives us The Jedi Killer.
    (General Grievous (C))
- (IDC) Also take a look at the FotR expansion page for a second full-page advertisement, Battle of the Heroes, which partially reveals three more new cards (with some nice surprises) as well as the 'regular' versions of two preview cards.
    (Chancellor Palpatine (?), Clone Starfighter Squadron, Crab Droid, Darth Vader (?), Obi-Wan Kenobi (?))

- (WotC) WotC has posted Champions of the Force Preview 5 by G.M. Sarli and Sterling Hershey.
    (Darth Malak, Republic Commando Sev)

- (Previews) On the WotC forums Dark Jedi SC has posted the first booster image for Bounty Hunters. It comes from Previews magazine; read this thread.
    (Basilisk War Droid)

- (IDC) And here we have the ninth IDC preview/promo card for FotR . The poster-boy for Sith-dom - Anakin. Clay "unduli" O'Dell gives us The Chosen One.
    (Anakin Skywalker (O))
- (KW) A-ha! The fourth KidzWorld CotF preview article finally gives us our first Old Republic figure, and stats out the previously seen Republic Commando Boss.
    (Jedi Consular, Republic Commando Boss (redux))

- (IDC) In the fourth IDC preview article, Trent "IVIace Windu" McCrow reveals a Mission card and a Battle card. Read Decisive Stratagem.
    (Exile, Wookiee Tactics)

- (WotC) WotC has posted Champions of the Force Preview 4 by G.M. Sarli and Sterling Hershey, including the final Dark Trooper.
    (Dark Trooper Phase I, Sith Trooper Commander)

- (KW) KidzWorld has posted two more completely statted figures in its CotF preview article.
    (Hoth Trooper with Atgar Cannon (redux), Ulic Qel-Droma)

- (IDC) In the third IDC preview article, Trent "IVIace Windu" McCrow gives us an equipment card and a space unit. Read Precision Engineering.
    (Clone Blaster, Clone Starfighter Squadron)
- (IDC) Also take a look at the FotR expansion page for a full-page advertisement which partially reveals three new cards as well as the 'regular' versions of two preview cards.
    (Commander Bly (?), Darth Sidious (?), Droid Tri-Fighter Squadron, General Grievous (?), Swamp Speeder)

- (WotC) WotC has posted Champions of the Force Preview 3 by G.M. Sarli and Sterling Hershey. Yet more Republic minis, with possibly the coolest looking trooper yet (well, except for the ARC).
    (Jedi Weapon Master, Kashyyyk Trooper)

- (KW) KidzWorld has posted two more completely statted figures in its CotF preview article.
    (Corusant Guard, Yoda of Dagobah)

- (IDC) In a new article, C.J. "Corjay" Williams gives us the next two promo cards for Fall of the Republic. Read Above Water.
    (Swamp Speeder, Utapau Landing Platform)

- (WotC) WotC has put up Champions of the Force Preview 2 by G.M. Sarli and Sterling Hershey. By the way, the WotC previews also sport SW RPG stats for the featured minis. Cool.
    (Bariss Offee, Republic Commando Scorch)
- (Inquest) This month's Inquest as four more new minis, plus one we've already seen.
    (Darth Nihilus, Hoth Trooper with Atgar Cannon, Qui-Gon Jinn Jedi Master, Republic Commando Boss, Sith Trooper (redux))

- (KW) Minis are rolling in now, KidzWorld has two more completely statted figures for us, with nice pics, in what they say is just their first CotF preview article.
    (Dark Trooper Phase II, Varactyl Wrangler)

Big news today! the Independent Development Committee has given us the first glimpse of what's to come for the TCG. I'll have a proper update for the IDC here on DB in a couple days, but in the meantime enjoy the links. There's also a new minis article on SW.com.
- (IDC) Here's the official SW TCG IDC site.
- (IDC) C.J. "Corjay" Williams shows us the first two promo cards for Fall of the Republic in Separatist Machinations.
    (Crab Droid, Droid Tri-Fighter Squadron)
- (SW.com) The official Star Wars site has an article on the CotF minis set, Champions of the Force Explores EU Characters. There are no new stats, but there are several new pics as well as named figures not pictured.
    (Clone Commander Bacara, Clone Commander Cody, Dark Jedi Master (redux), Darth Bane, General Windu, Hem Dozan(?), Mas Amedda, Ugnaught; not pictured: Darth Malak, Jaina Solo)

- (WotC) At last, we get to see WotC's first CotF previews. They have also put up the CotF product page. In addition to the two preview minis, we also got pics of a new Yoda and a new Darth Maul featured on the main minis page.
    (HK-47, Clone Commander Gree; Yoda, Darth Maul)

Welcome to the new Dantooine Base. I decided to keep going with support for SW Minis as well as the efforts of the Independent Development Committee (IDC) in continuing the SW TCG. We've gotten the first previews for the next minis set, Champions of the Force, so check 'em out.
- (WotC) Back X-mas time, WotC_Rob gave us a very early CotF preview. Check out this thread on the WotC forums.
    (Exar Kun)
- Our second peek came from Darth Kimbote's promo thread also on the WotC forums.
    (Dark Jedi Master)
- Next up, Darkfang and Matt the Hutt brought us even more Sith goodness. Check out this thread (still the WotC forums :-) )
    (Sith Trooper)
- (Inquest) Finally, Inquest Gamer magazine, brought us two (one of which we already knew about). Click the thumbnail to the right to see a larger pic (though still a crappy mag scan).
    (Exar Kun, Massassi Sith Mutant)

- (RB/IDC) Over on Rebelbasers, Darth Waffle has announced the title of the first set from the IDC -- Fall of the Republic. See this thread for more.

Obi-wan: That boy was our last hope.
Yoda: No. There is another.

So WotC's dropped our beloved game, but others are stepping in to carry on. Over on Rebelbasers, the Independent Development Committee (IDC) has been chartered; the IDC plans to continue producing [virtual] expansions which can be used online in programs like Lackey and Apprentice. So, my plan for now is to carry on, though obviously it'll be a while before anything new is available.