Classic_Spaceman

Babu Frik and Nien Nunb can be included included in regular sets (a new A-wing or B-wing for the latter).

All three fragments here. Ras definitely has a moulded animal head, not just a mask. With the reveal of the new catgirl (likely Formling) character, I actually think that you could be right! I can see the Ninja teaming up with people from the other 15 realms who were brought together through the Merge (Ras from Chima, Catgirl Formling from the Never-Realm, new Elemental Master from the Cloud Kingdom). We may even see the return of Faith and the (now-former) Dragon Hunters.

Maybe some kind of HUD? Neither does Arin. I doubt that it is power or foresight-related, since it looks technological; Ninjago powers are always depicted as glowing or crackling energy. She looks catlike and seems to be wearing either black or dark blue. Maybe a Formling from the Never-Realm? I am not sure that those are scars; she has two on each side of her face, and they look the same on both sides. They also look like whiskers, continuing the cat motif (similar to Akita's red markings). I definitely think that she is a Formling.

It does not help that 'ISP' and 'ISB' also rhyme!

Minifigs are Yoda and Artoo. If the promo actually is a Minifig, Moff would be an absurd and unprecedented choice; he is the main villain of The Mandalorian, and he can easily be included in an actual set. If we are getting a horned Mando, a more likely option is the Super Commando Captain. Do we trust him? He was the one pushing the “leak” of Rex and Luminara in the ISP. 😕 Re: Advent calendar - Yes!! Hopefully Cad Bane and Todo will appear in a more reasonably-priced set soon, as well. The inclusion of a 212th Trooper should bring down the US prices for him somewhat, and it opens up the possibility of getting a Shock Trooper in the 2024 calendar!

No; all that we know is that Yavin will have three pilots, and the Ghost and Ahsoka ships sets will have one NR pilot (blue-and-white) each. The Fondor is likely for 2024, and I can see an Imperial Battle Pack or Imperial speeder with some Security Troopers as well. We might even get some of the Imperial officers in a Lambda shuttle at some point, since Dedra flies to Ferrix in one. I agree, especially since Thrawn's design is unchanged from Rebels. We are overdue for a TIE Defender. . . 🤔 As for Ezra, I think that he is basically confirmed for 2024 as well, since it seems that he will be quite prominent in the series.

The prior Batmobiles were $30-$35, so even with LEGO's price-increases, I expect that there will be a third Minifig in a $45 Batmobile.

This does not match what we are seeing with Star Wars Minifigs, though (see the upcoming $27 Swamp Speeder with three 332nd Clones, for instance); @Mandalorianknight is right about how Minifig distribution usually works.

The main villain of Andor is the Empire itself, but the most prominent antagonistic character is Dedra Meero (who we have not gotten). The set that we did get was good for the first three episodes (aside from needing 1-2 more corpos), though. I agree; he has been name-dropped in Mando S2 and shown in the trailer, so LEGO will have enough notice and material to be able to put him in a set for 1HY 2024. That was probably due to a combination of LEGO being hesitant to make a large initial wave for The Mandalorian after doing so for Rebels (which did not sell well), and their not being allowed to make spoiler characters (Grogu).

New fragment link, and the two stitched together (from Twitter). Raz has a helmet over a Human-looking head, while Ras has a moulded wolf head (per the leaked sheet). Raz is also mostly gold, while Ras is dark grey. I think that these are different characters, though I am not sure why they have such similar names (maybe Ras’ name is pronounced “Raysh”?).

The Legends E-wing also has a third blaster cannon on the top of the ship, which the Ahsoka version clearly does not, so I can also see an external droid slot being added to the Canon design. There is space for it now, and there seems to be either a raised or a recessed (difficult to tell with the lighting) section directly behind the cockpit that could be an empty droid slot. This is what I am leaning towards, as well.

Just as an aside, Shin has a Padawan braid and appears to use Kanan's lightsaber (these can be seen in the main trailer), Hopefully the shaping will be better, since the 2013 set has a sloped cockpit with an almost flat nose! BTW, the E-wing in the Ahsoka footage appears to have blue markings (in the same place as the EU version had red), but no top cannon. I am actually very happy with this change, as the top-mounted blaster makes the old design look a bit goofy and weird. It looks like this, but with blue in place of red, and no top blaster.

More footage from Ahsoka shown at Celebration has leaked! The Inquisitor is shown flying the same ship (or type of ship) as Shin is in the publicly-released trailer, so there seems to be a connection between the two characters. On a highway on Lothal, Sabine flies a painted 614-AvA speeder bike under an E-wing (!!!), so that may be the NR ship that we are getting!

Agreed - I am especially irritated that Imperial officers in non-UCS sets still do not have the dual-moulded legs that LEGO knows makes them look vastly better! Hoth Bricks has a review up for the Endor diorama. Luke and Leia have black and sand blue printing on their legs, respectively, but I still think that the legs themselves should have been those colours and the ponchos should have been printed. Also, the speeder bikes are dark tan, not medium brown, as I had initially thought. 😕

NR troopers' uniforms are closer to LEGO's regular blue than dark blue (and dual-moulded blue/white legs do exist, though are very rare). I asked if the pilots in Yavin have dual-moulded legs, but u/FluffySky6 did not remember. I doubt that the Fleet Troopers would have grey/black legs, but those appear in the CMF raccoon costume from Series 22. We see her walk into the temple on Malachor at the end of Rebels S2, then she reappears next (chronologically) in Mando S2 on Calodan.

I just rewatched the GI's death, and I see Kanan sticking the lightsabers through the hilt and the GI looking down as two things that happened at the same time, but were shown sequentially instead of concurrently. All characters in Rebels make somewhat goofy/exaggerated facial expressions simply due to the animation style, and I actually like the Sixth Brother's 'deflating' mask, since it makes wonder what he looks like underneath. Agreed! Maybe in 2024? True, but why bring back such a minor character and change really the only distinctive thing about them, just for them to be a minor antagonist? I think that this is just a new character. Exactly. @wesker meant how she escaped after we see her enter the temple at the end of "Twilight of the Apprentice". It does not seem like her fight with the Inquisitor is on Malachor, though.

This is enough to confirm that the Time Twins are back in some capacity, IMO.

Ah, right; I do agree. I also think that if Ninjago is going to make permanent changes, this season is the best time to do so; as the start of a soft reboot, killing some of the original characters and changing the status quo (via the Merge) would be a good way to differentiate "Ninjago: The Next Generation" from the original show. Are they actually confirmed? I thought that was just a rumour.

A thought: Are we sure that the Minifigs in the Ghost have not been misidentified? In the trailer, Hera is flanked by a Mon Calamari in a blue-and-white flightsuit and an unknown dark-skinned Male NR officer. This would match the part descriptions from u/FluffySky6, as well as the Minifig list from Promobricks if the pilot and officer switched heads; Quarrie has a tan outfit, so if the Mon Cal head were on the officer's torso, it could be mistaken for him. Additionally, this would explain why the pilot torsos in the Ghost and NR ships sets use different numbers despite having the same printing (u/FluffySky6 said that their hands were different), as the Mon Cal would not have the standard gloves.

He would not know, since the inventory pictures only show the fronts of the parts. I hope not; that would take away pieces from the Ghost itself, and it would keep us from being able to get a Phantom II set with Ezra, Zeb, and Thrawn.

Who (aside from Eighth Brother falling to his death) died in a "goofy" way? The Grand Inquisitor was defeated by Kanan and chose to die instead of facing "things worse than death" (not that he managed to avoid this), Second Sister was killed by Vader, Third Sister was stabbed by Vader and left to die (she survived, though), Seventh Sister was killed by Maul, Ninth Sister seems to still be alive (see J:S trailer), Fifth Brother was killed by Ahsoka and Maul, and Sixth Brother was killed by Ahsoka (in a TotJ short, so we never got to see him be a badass prior to his last duel). Not confirmed, and unlikely IMO. Per u/FluffySky6's leaks, Vaughn will have the same helmet as the other 332nd Clones. This is not confirmation; the helmet just looks similar to 8B's. BTW, plot leaks misspelled the name of Ray Stevenson's character; the correct spellings (plus last names) for the orange-blade-wielders are "Baylan Skoll" and "Shin Hati".

Ah, OK. Zane died, Cole became a ghost, Nya became one with the ocean, Jay watched everyone die and Ninjago be destroyed, Garmadon died, Lloyd dealt with his father being evil then dying after being redeemed, his girlfriend betraying him (who became a villain partially due to his actions) and then dying, his father coming back as an evil shell of his former self, etc. While none of these things completely stuck, the show has tackled a lot of more mature/dark themes in past seasons. Also, Wu is definitely dying this season, considering how heavily it is being foreshadowed in the clip.

I know; I just meant that Baylon fell to the Dark Side in a different way, and was never part of the Inquisitorius (from what we currently know). This; the Eighth Brother was a Terrelian Jango Jumper. This Inquisitor has boots and seemingly Human-style feet; I think that they are just a new character (also, their helmet is not exactly the same as 8B, just similar).

u/FluffySky6 never saw the actual set (just the inventory), so he probably assumed that the fighters were both NR due to his (evidently) only seeing the NR pilot Minifig pieces. LEGO:

I doubt that it will be an X-wing, since the 2021 set is still available. BTW, I asked u/FluffySky6 if the Rebel pilots in Yavin IV will have dual-moulded legs, but he said that he could not remember.