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Originally Posted by iorod74

If Hasbro can make the Droid Tri-Fighter, then they could possibly make the Tie Phantom or Tie Defender.

and i'd love to have both. could see paying $50 for the TIE-D, but not more than $30 for the Phantom.

Oh, there's no doubt that Hasbro has the capability. It's just whether they believe it would be successful enough at retail to devote the resources to it.

I remember a few years back there was briefly a rumor that EU vehicles were on the way: The E-Wing Fighter, TIE Predator, and...a couple others that I can't recall. Of course, it never materialized and now Hasbro's pendulum has swung back towards "movie-focused" with very little EU making it out (especially outside exclusives). The loss of the comic-pack line really killed the EU stuff for Star Wars.

Anyway, like I said originally, I'd love a TIE Defender, but I just don't see Hasbro doing it with their current retail philosophy, and in all honesty, it's questionable as to whether they're going to continue to pursue the license beyond the 3D releases of the movies, as I think it expires just a year or two after the last film will have been released.

Unless the live-action series actually comes into existence between now and then, because I'm pretty sure even Clone Wars will have ended by then.