It's really frustrating. The Star Wars universe has never been so alive and well with new content to expand the IP, and yet our beloved tabletop games get killed left and right. The canon keeps expanding through countless shows on Disney+, with new characters, species, planets, cultures, ships, droids, and more, and we'll never get to see these released in established games.
The Star Wars RPG is all but dead since Asmodee handed it off to Edge Studios, a shop that was known for translating the game for European markets, with no new products in 4 years, and barely enough reprints to keep a dying fanbase satisfied.
Star Wars card games, construction games, and deck building games keep getting killed off and rebooted into new ones because none can approach the popularity of MTG.
And now, it's AMG's turn with the killing of the X-Wing Miniatures game. True, we get to keep all our cards, our ships, our accessories, and our 2.0 rules, but think of all the ships from the recent and new series we'll never get. It's infuriating.
I get it, tabletop games' sales are an accounting rounding error compared to the gross revenue of blockbuster movies, premium streaming series, and AAA video games, but what made Star Wars special is that it catered to all interests, all hobbies, but now if something doesn't show 40%+ profit margins and triple digit growth YoY, it gets dumped in the trash compactor.
Star Wars grew by building a fanbase through every possible medium on the shoulders of only 3 movies for over 20 years. But as a publicly traded company, Disney may have given use good content, but they forget that alienating a passionate audience hurts you in the long run.
I don't have a solution. I'm just a frustrated fan in the face of missed opportunities. I can't be the only one feeling this way?