Ok, Wizards only shows you what items that they offer, you cannot buy directly from them as far as I am aware. For the minis, they have four different collectability levels:
Common With a black Circle
Uncommon with a black Diamond
Rare with a 5 pointed black Star
Very Rare 5 Pointed hollow star
When buying them from stores, each category has a different price. Commons, like clonetroopers, battle droids , ewoks, wookiee warrior, cost around 15-85 cents each; uncommons like, Dark trooper, rebel vanguard, Stormtrooper, can cost a few bucks each, Rares, Obi-wan Kenobi, Wedge Antilles can cost around $10-$20 each. And Very Rares, Bobba Fett, Han Solo, Luke Skywalker and Yoda, most Jedi Masters from the movies and games can cost upwards of 85 dollars! It all depends on the store, or Ebay. Here are a couple of links to check out:
http://www.iconusa4.com/online/Star_Wars_Miniatures-index.htm
http://www.gmsarligames.com/
http://www.coolstuffinc.com/main_miniatures.php?viewType=Star%20Wars&info1=Miniatures&info2=Star%20Wars&info4=packs
Again, Ebay has a huge listing of SW minis.

Yes Star Wars minis is a game, you can check out: http://forums.gleemax.com/forumdisplay.php?f=518
It is the Wizards SW mini/RPG/Card Came forum. You can go on the forum and find tons of info about the mini game from other players. Also the Wizards Main page has a little "mini" game you can play on the computer to get a feel of it. http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=starwars/article/whatareminis. I have no idea how many you need to play the game. Usually you have two players, each with a "squad". I don not know what makes a squad, but they are teams really. One will play wither the Rebellion, Empire, Republic, Fringe, or the Confedercy. The other person play a different team. I think you can have more than two players, but I'm not sure. They then battle it out to see who wins. I do have a good mini collection, but I only use them for the RPG, not mini wars. Sorry I can't really help you out more with the mini game.
Some store or people on Ebay will sell "bulk" commons or uncommoons, to help the army builders. Usually it is about 20-30 minis, of three or four different characters, so most are all repeats, Like Battle droids, and Clonetroopers, and you can get them cheaper this way than buying individually. Well, I hope this helps a little.
R2builder.


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