Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-27613051-20180501180200/@comment-30274275-20180501232049

4. " Rather than remain as sub-factions of the Rebel Alliance and Galactic Empire, the Resistance and the First Order are being expanded into their own fully-fledged factions for X-Wing Second Edition. They will not be included in the Rebel and Imperial conversion kits. Instead, both factions will have their own conversion kits when they are reintroduced to the game during the second wave of expansions."

5. But app usage is pretty much required anyway "For freeform building and tournament play, however, the X-Wing squad builder app is an essential part of the X-Wing Second Edition experience." This does make it more likely however that it is free, especially since it is also going to be in website form.