Thanks Echo24

because with distraction he can kill them and they dont blow up or get to make their save to stay alive.

With distraction poggle and nom bombs don't work while jarjar is adjacent which he would be while gallopung

meaing if you are a poggle bomb you hate this piece.

That still makes no sense, because in that case any bomb which is command driven would be hated, so no reason to mention or single out Poggle. As it would effect all. Saying unless you're a Poggle Bomb, indicates that is an exception to the rule.

Maybe this is just an American thing and is just lost no the rest of us?

Actually I have never had a game against Poggle bombs.

"Eh, it was just an editorial comment and not meant to be taken literally. Poggle Bombs were singled out because they are the most annoying, being 2pt pieces with a resurrection option.

Also, the Hutts is from New Zealand"

Comment still does not actually makes sense, using the word Unless?

Apologies to all Americans.






LOL, Well then, Can we have a counter to the original Jar Jar, he is the single most annoying character in the game?

@Dreadtech
I think the issue is that maybe you're not familiar with the way the word "rules" can be used in New Zealand. I was using it in the colloquial sense, where, according to Urban Dictionary, it means "Something that is higher in quality than all other things." So for instance, as I really like using the piece Ganner Rhysode, I could say "Ganner Rhysode rules!"

It has nothing to do with rules, in the regulation sense. Apologies for the confusion.

Geonosian Drones, or Poggle Bombs, are very popular in New Zealand, and I think they've featured in some regional wins in the states too. But if you've never used them, it's probably good to keep ignoring them - they're the single major misstep is the v-sets imo - a two point piece with self-destruct 20 is very powerful and can be frustrating if you don't have a counter or lots of shooters to pick them off before they get to you. Plus 2 point pieces are generally just annoying, regardless of how useful they are. As I don't really enjoy seeing Poggle Bombs at the other end of the table, I was happy to see a new counter to them, and I added that little comment at the end.

Lightsaber Sweep works just fine against Bombad Gungan, since you don't target anything when you use it. The counters to it have been there for a long time, its just that competitive pieces don't always have them. If I had my way, I'd also make Lightsaber Sweep be able to take out diplomats just like it used to do before the rule change. Lightsaber Sweep is a cool force power.

In our group we play by defeating all enemies, so for the most part jedi characters and melee characters just are not worth the points to use them. Yes there are exceptions but few and most do not have Lightsaber sweep. Shooters are much to powerful in the game right now against melee based characters.


I play Jedi and finish about 99% of my games and I have a pretty good winning %. I was 5-1 at the end of swiss in the Gencon championship.

In my experience, Jedi-based squads often finish games fine within an hour. They just need some movement or some ranged defence so they can close the gap to a shooter squad quickly without being shot too much, but it's in their interests to engage quickly and just kill everything. They might pick up a round or two of gambit, so they don't have to kill the last commanders, but generally they're going to finish off everything. It's the fiddly, tech-heavy squads that have more of a problem finishing games in an hour, especially when there are two fiddly squads playing each other - they want to play carefully, and not make mistakes, while melee squads are often more forgiving.

Caedus/Malgus have made a splash at Regionals this year, and Mace/GOWK won GenCon Championship last year, 100 point Luke has made the top 4 at Regionals this year too. There is definitely potential for melee heavy squads to compete, although shooters are arguably stronger a lot of the time.