Snag Limited Edition Luke Skywalker For Star Wars: Legion
October 27, 2020 by brennon
Fantasy Flight Games has dropped more details about the upcoming release of the Luke Skywalker Limited Edition Commander Expansion which is going to be available from Friendly Local Game Stores (FLGS) later this year for Star Wars: Legion.
Luke Skywalker Commander // Star Wars: Legion
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This take on Luke Skywalker is based on his look from The Empire Strikes Back and allows you to mix and match a few different options for this plucky hero. You can choose to arm him with his lightsaber or blaster and then give him one of three different helmets.
If you're looking to include Luke Skywalker alongside your Hoth-based Rebel troops then this seems like it a good fit! I like that they've gone with a look which shows him off in his full flight suit and I think the posing is very fittingly heroic.
When it comes to the rules, this version of Skywalker is exactly the same as the one from the Star Wars: Legion Core Box. There are no changes to his rules on the included cards but they do feature new artwork as you can see.
Luke Skywalker Commander Cards // Star Wars: Legion
You will find updated artwork on all of his Command Cards plus a set of Upgrade Cards for him too. The only thing that stands in your way is just how you get this fellow in your hands! Currently, stores in the US will get a limited supply with their orders which can then be sold to anyone who wants one.
If you're not in the US the full guidelines haven't been discussed but one would imagine that FLGS are going to get them in small numbers and it will be first come first served! I can already see the forms that will need to be filled in if you want a chance of snagging this version of Luke Skywalker.
Do you like the new miniature and will you be crossing your fingers?
"...one would imagine that FLGS are going to get them in small numbers and it will be first come first served!"
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I don’t know for the rest of Europe but I got in touch with Asmodee Germany asking if it will be available in Germany and I quote:
“Yes it will. I know that our team is planning an action there. And this will be available at all participating shops. We will let you know soon enough.”
That seems to be the same for us. We shall see just how many pop up as part of orders!
EBay scalpers? Come in for the kill.
That’s a cracking looking mini ?
Do i like it ? As a huge SW nerd,the answer is emphatically yes.I am crossing my fingers ? That you guys end up with just a few,yes i am.Whether or not i snag one remains to be seen.
The irony is that they are everywhere – I have two. I built one and kept one in the box.
Great mini, but FFG/Asmodee can get rid of the pathetic fomo marketing. I like that they want to support brick & mortar stores, but ‘limited edition’ is NOT the way to do this. The board games industry is rapidly becoming a toxic as the computer games industry with this stuff.
I get that but at least the miniature doesn’t have a mechanical difference to the one that already exists. In general, I don’t mind the idea of Limited Edition stuff because it’s fun for those who do get their hands on it but it’s the reselling of it to make a quick buck that stings me – always a shame to see someone buying one just to sell it on at a massively inflated price.
Creating these limited edition sculpts just feeds the scalpers. If they have the spare time to make limited edition figures maybe they could be bothered to make a Yoda and Old Ben etc. for the GCW era? It has only been 2 and a half years since release. I did have high hopes for Legion, but the GCW era releases have become increasingly disappointing. We are missing a lot of the units from the original movies.
We are missing a lot of stuff and I wish we had more but I imagine there are a LOT of moving parts in making these for the tabletop. We’ve seen previews of them doing a new Lando miniature and Kallus (popped up alongside this news) so they clearly do want to do more for both eras. I imagine they have to jump through a LOT of hoops for licensing with this. Personally, I was amazed that they didn’t jump on The Mandalorian train and provide miniatures for The Mandalorian, Cara Dune and Greef Karga – especially with so many… Read more »
If they can get ‘the mouse’ to approve the frankly insulting model of Solo we got then i’m buying excuses for delays in Yoda and Old Ben.
In the case of Yoda and Old Ben, you’ve also got to question how they fit into Legion though. A lot of what they’ve done has been for miniatures that would work in a war/skirmish setting – admittedly, Palpatine is a bit of an odd one there…which could pave the way for Yoda etc.
However – there is a case to be made for Yoda and Kenobi being added into Clone Wars, and one of them has been, so I guess they didn’t really see what Old Ben could have added to the Rebel side of things probably.
I’ve no doubt we will see Yoda for the Clone Wars era but can’t see him making an appearance for the original trilogy.
Aye – I still hold out hope for a cool Jedi General kit which allows you to make your own generic Jedi Master to lead Clones into battle using a set of different alien heads and lightsaber options.
It should have options for both male and female as well as different body types since you know Star Wars aliens have those and don’t always have same body type as humans. Some even have multiple hands like that one who turned to dark side and tried get troops under him killed (those were originally Anakin’s troops by the way). So yeah, it would take far more than just having single body and several optional heads.
Well – yes, that would be the ideal world, but I was thinking along the lines of what FFG would consider putting into a kit. In all likelihood, it will just be a set with the likes of
Ki-Adi-Mundi and Plo-Koon in it with “Jedi General” rules – then they’ll do something special for the likes of Mace Windu.
That means they get all the characters out there without having to do much mechanical work to make them different bar a few upgrade cards – then they can focus in on the main characters. This is just wishlisting though.
Nice one, I hope I can get one.
Very nice take on Luke during Battle of Hoth.
Ooh nice great that you can use three versions of him is he able to be magnetized?
I love the mini, but as soon as something says limited edition, I know I’m never going to see it in the flesh unless I want to pay 10x the price on eBay.
Funny I thought all FFG Star Wars miniatures were limited edition because they never produce enough of the bloody things to meet the demand
yeah … how is this even more limited than the rest of the stuff they produce.
I think 90% of all FFG Legion is listed as ‘join waitlist’ at the OTT store.
Are there Legion decals out there ? Because my freehand isn’t up to painting the symbol on his flight helm…
it would have been nice if they included rules for piloting a snowspeeder and using the grappling hook to do something but as there is no AT AT in the game yet ( officially ), no point but still, including him as a pilot for a snowspeeder would be nice ( time for some house rules for Hoth ).
Looks great shame I wont be able to get a copy
They’re EVERYWHERE. Did you get one?
Well, HECK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have no FLGS in my area. The closest one is about 70 miles away as the crow flies, and when I contact them on stuff like this their response is, “We take care of our regular customers first that frequent our building and participate in local activities. I can’t justify traveling that far just to play games. Fuel costs added to the price of the item come to about twice or three times the price of ordering something like this from online and that’s only if I’m getting lots of stuff. Else the price really goes through… Read more »
Have to see if you can get a friendly CoG member who isn’t interested in the game (as they would be able to purchase only one copy…unless you know the secret scalper password as they always seem to end up with multiples), and live near a participating FLGS. Perhaps they might be able to pick one up on your behalf (put out a call in the CoG greenroom perhaps?)
Alas the “curse of the limited availability” strikes again 🙁 Why oh why does the management at these companies listen so much to their marketing departments who like to drive up the companies ability to make a headline (no matter if it makes the customer experience worse). It’s a VERY nice mini (I prefer it over the “official” retail mini), the master has been made (as well as the mold)….. ….so why o why can’t a company just RELEASE a mini anymore without making things “limited” or using FOMO to drive up a short term peak in sales (Hey those… Read more »
No question great model, excellent paint job. Little more than an empty gesture though and FFG doesn’t do itself any favours by promoting something most people won’t be able to get hold of. Rather than sink energy into this concentrate on the availability of core products.