I think the interest is definitely there. Hasbro has been releasing at least one per year since they offered the Jabba's Palace Adventure Set. But it seems like Hasbro has a formula that they're sticking to, and maybe that's leading to a failure of imagination.
It seems like we have some very, very small hope of new figures being released, but with playsets I feel a little defeated by their recent attempts - scale of 1-10 with 10 being interesting and great value:
- Tantive IV hallway with Rebel Fleet Trooper - 8
- Jabba's Palace Adventure set - 5
- Navarro cantina - 4
- Endor bunker playset - 2
- Boba Fett / Jabba's throne room - TBD, but probably 4
Hasbro seems more interested in creating lots of little bottles, pillows, and other random doo-dads than actually making a cool playset at a reasonable price. I'm not sure if they put all those things in there just to justify the price or if people (other than photo scene specialists) really dig those things.
In the Darryl DePreist days they used to execute these consistently well. It doesn't need to be complicated, but it might take a commitment to actually making something new. The ideas listed in this thread are solid, and will likely never get done.
My top no-brainers would be:
- Death Star
- Ewok village
- Rebel briefing room - any would be great but Rogue One or TFA would be my preference - maybe they'll have the Rogue One style room in Andor season 2
I'd also love to see a Rix Road playset from Andor done too, but they'll actually need to make figures to put in it. Same goes for the Solo Sabacc table. Now I'm really dreaming.