For those who've purchased and opened the new CW figures - are all the die identical? Seems like a waste to put them in with each figure if they are when they could just sell a supplement pack for a couple bucks.
Yes, they are identical. The idea to the game is that for each character you have six skill/attribute rankings. At the top of the card are bonus points to a select number of those skill/attribute rankings - and only two of those are exposed depending on which base you use - the notches on that side of the base are not all in the same location.
So then you have your figure go up against a friend's figure and you roll the die - based on the symbol that comes up, the battle occurs based on the points each character has for that attribute. Whoever has more points wins.
I thought about that too - I would love it if they came out with a booster pack of stands, a die and cards for a select group of figures they have no intention of releasing in the Shadows of the Dark Side packaging - like Thi Sien, Cold Weather Anakin, Commander Ponds, Commander Stone, Ziro's Assassain Droid, Admiral Yularen, either Padme, etc...
I'm sure though their reasoning for not releasing such a kit would be because it would be a limited audience of folks who have all of the figures from the Blue/White and Red/White lines that they include cards for.