How much you want to bet GameStop puts 2 different shipping dates on these to avoid people ordering both at the same time and getting Free Shipping? 

I'd put money down on that.  I was able to sneak in multiple items for free shipping with the Archive wave, but you're SOL on the rest of them unless you order doubles.  Which I have been guilty of doing...

My biggest issue is that they've all but said Obi Wan is going to face off with Vader, which absolutely breaks the lore of the time between ROTS and ANH...

Does it though?  I'm guessing they just use Anakin as flashback material, but I don't think it breaks what we saw in ANH if there is a Kenobi/Vader showdown.

Darth Vader: I've been waiting for you, Obi-Wan. We meet again at last. The circle is now complete. When I left you I was but the learner. Now, I am the master!
Ben Kenobi: Only a master of evil, Darth!
Darth Vader: Your powers are weak, old man.
Ben Kenobi: You cannot win, Darth. If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine.
Darth Vader: You should not have come back.

"When I left you I was but the learner"...Anakin thought he should have been a Master by the time he fights Kenobi on Mustafar.  So is he referring to himself as a student of the force or is he talking more about how he was still new to the powers of the dark side, new to the Sith, new to his armor and new body?  He could still be a learner in those things when Luke is young.  Maybe he loses another duel with Kenobi because he's still a novice, but then feels more like the master when they meet on the death star because he's had another decade of experience as a Sith.

Then there's the "You should not have come back."  Come back from where?  Come out of hiding?  That phrase almost makes me feel like they did meet again at some point between Mustafar and ANH.  I don't think another Vader/Kenobi showdown ruins any of this for me - in fact I think it makes ANH seem a bit more realistic in some ways. 

I'm hoping we get to see the realization that Vader is Anakin from Kenobi at some point.  If Obi-Wan was really all that sheltered on Tatooine, then wouldn't he have been more surprised to find an Armored Vader/Anakin on the Death Star?  It's not like he just felt Anakin's presence off planet during his time on Tatooine without Vader picking up on that connection.

I was shocked to see what looked like a fresh case of TVC on the pegs at my local Target this morning.  But then it was the Lando / Emperor / IG-11 / Teebo wave.  I picked up a Teebo since I've got multiples of the others already.  And I couldn't help but think where is the Bo-Katan wave?  Shouldn't that be the one that's currently shipping?

Found the same thing at Target Lakeville today. I also snagged the Teebo because you can never have too many murder bears.  Unfortunately that's even more Landos warming up the pegs now though.

Big box: ARC Trooper Captain (minty)
Small box: ARC Trooper (creased top)
Bubble mailer #1: Battle Droid (creased top)
Bubble mailer #2: Aayla Secura (minty)
Bubble mailer #3: Luminara Unduli (creased top, apparently they folded the card when they folded the mailer)
Bubble mailer #4: Barris Offee (minty)

I guess it ended up 50%.  Not good

You did better than me.

Small Box: Aayla Secura (Big bend and crease on top right, 2 inch crease down the back)
Bubble Mailer #1: Red Battle Droid (2 inch crease along the bottom corner)
Bubble Mailer #2: Luminara Unduli (Small bends and dings on each of the four corners somehow)
Bubble Mailer #3: 2x ARC Trooper Captain (One with horizonta crease along the middle and creases on both sides of the peg hole; the second one is minty-ish)

So disappointing.  And to rub it in, I got two BS Jedha Stormtroopers from Amazon with no packing in the box, but they're both minty case fresh.  Or will be for about 10 minutes until I open them.

If anyone can spare an ARC Trooper please let me know.  It was the one figure in the wave that I have not been able to order.

Red or Blue?  I ordered an extra Red, but missed the blue as well. 

All the figures I ordered from this wave shipped in the last 24 hours.  I have 6 different figures coming and Walmart is sending them in 5 different packages.  So ridiculous and wasteful.

Got shipping notice emails from Walmart this morning.  FOUR separate tracking numbers for 5 figures. 

Aayla expected arrival Friday 3/4; Luminara, Bariss, Blue ARC x2 expected arrival Saturday 3/5.

Any chance you're looking to trade your blue for a red or something else?  I was able to score two red but no blue...

Got him - thanks for the heads up!