I have a feeling the developement of this figure stared when they made the Baze, Shoretroopers, Tank Commander protos and also Tarkin. The lack of POs on many of the RO figures released plus the upcoming films at the time resulted in the shelving of these figures. I’m thinking Cassian, Bohdi and who ever else they were planning on putting out have some designs or even protos made. I wouldn’t be surprised if Krennic is ready for production. I bet they have a slew of nearly completed or completed protos for a bunch of SW (PT, OT, ST, Solo, Mandalorian) that are most likely sitting in JC Hongs studio... or Howard’s shelf. Just my thoughts and dying curiousity to see images of what they’ve got in their R&D. My two cents