The game premiered on September 4, 2004. The first set, Rebel Storm, was released at that time and was followed up by Clone Strike, which came out December 4 of the same year. April 9, 2005 brought the third set release, titled Revenge of the Sith, with the Universe expansion set following later that year, hitting stores on August 27. Later Champions of the Force was released on June 10, 2006.After that just recently Bounty hunters have been release this September .Each of the five sets released so far have featured 60 fully-constructed and fully-painted miniature figures from different eras and settings of the Star Wars timeline.

Accompanying the sets was a scenario book series known as Ultimate Missions. Each book contained a double-sided map and a series of scenarios. Ultimate Missions: Rebel Storm included scenarios drawn from A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, along with the associated radio dramas. Ultimate Missions: Clone Strike drew its scenarios from The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones, and Star Wars: Clone Wars. Ultimate Missions: Revenge of the Sith covered Revenge of the Sith. The Ultimate Missions series was discontinued after Revenge of the Sith in favor of scenario packs such as Attack on Endor.

On November 11, 2005 a special AT-AT Imperial Walker Colossal Pack was released, which came with the AT-AT (scaled correctly to the other miniatures, it stands at 14" high and 18" long).

On February 2006, the Attack on Endor set was released. This set consists of an AT-ST (All Terrain Scout Transport), an Imperial Stormtrooper, Imperial Stormtrooper Officer and an Imperial Stormtrooper Scout. Also included are two double-sided maps and a scenario book. A big surprise however is that no Ewoks are included.

Future planned sets are Bounty Hunters (September, 2006), and Starship Battles (November, 2006), the latter set being a separate game of starship combat.

According to several Wizards of the Coast employees, further releases are planned for 2007, the first of which will be Alliance and Empire.

Gameplay

In Star Wars Miniatures, there are currently 10 different factions available for play. They are Rebel, Imperial, Republic, Separatist, New Republic, Yuuzhan Vong, Old Republic, Sith, Mandalorian, and Fringe. Each game requires that each player chooses one of the above factions to play as and then builds a squad using miniatures from that faction. The only exception is Fringe, which is a "neutral" faction, whose figures can be used in any squad. Players agree on a point total (100 and 200 being the official standards) and create a squad that does not exceed the chosen point total for one of the following formats: