Surprisingly the news didn't come from Disney Interactive but from a German retailer as ComicBook.com reported that the retailer was listing the 3.0 Starter Pack for pre-order on PS4, X-Box One, Wii U, PS3 and X-Box 360 with a release date of 20th August. The listing has since been taken down and Disney have made no official announcement, but Disney Infinity did tweet "Patience, you must have" in German shortly after the initial leak.
As you can see from the image above the Starter Pack appears to come with a ROTS Anakin Skywalker and a CW Ahsoka Tano along with a Prequel Trilogy/Clone Wars era playset. It's actually a little less than previous editions have come with as the original starter pack came with 3 figures and 3 playsets whilst last year's Marvel Super Heroes Edition came with 3 figures and 1 playset. But it's always possible that the playset piece may include multiple playsets so we'll have to wait and see what the official announcement brings.
If you've never played a Disney Infinity they have two main modes of play. The first is the playsets. These are set story adventures where you can only use characters relevant to that playset (so basically no bringing Darth Vader into the Clone Wars). The playsets are generally fun to play but the main draw of Disney Infinity is the Toybox. This is where you can let your imagination run wild and bring all your favourite franchises together. Generally, if you can imagine it then you can do it. Want to team Mickey Mouse up with Darth Vader? The Toybox is where you can make that happen.
If Disney Interactive follow a similar pattern to previous editions then I'd expect the August 20th launch to consist of the Starter Pack pictured above, 1 or 2 Playset packs (each featuring 2 new characters and an additional playset) along with a wave of 10-15 additional figures and the first wave of blind bagged Power Discs (which offer everything for alternate costumes to power ups, vehicles to environment textures). Then subsequent waves would bring more figures, Power Discs and hopefully another playset or two and mix in some Disney Originals content as well.
The box art hints at plenty of characters to come, including ANH Princess Leia, R2 & 3PO, Darth Vader, Yoda, ROTS Obi-Wan and I'd put good money on at least an Original Trilogy playset pack being available at launch, maybe a Rebels set as well. Beyond that, well there's a certain movie called The Force Awakens coming out in December so you can bet there will be no shortage of content on the horizon!
I've loved the first two Disney Infinity games and can't wait to create my own Star Wars adventures in the Toybox!
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