Well, I knew the rules, but I just didn't take Palpatine that serious.
The worst part was that the guy I was playing with is a complete Nerf, and I would NEVER have expected him to do that.
He kept asking me "So this Imperial Dignitary can attack right, but can't be attacked"
So I explained diplomat to him for the like the 6th time. I was getting curious as to why he kept coming to my set up area from the top (Death Star, I was mobilizing at the bottom of the map coming out of the hangar). He never used Thrawn before, so I didn't think he was going actually going to do an un-'Dignified' swap. He said "Ok, so this guy Thrawn, he will allow me to Trade places with any other character of mine on the map?"
I started to bite my lip, then said fearfully "....yes.....".
And BAM, theres Palpatine in my command post!
So I start to leave, because well, I knew I had to, I had Clobot on the other side of that door that leads into the Hangar. My GAT decides it best to shoot Palps once before exiting, I mean his chances at a hit are pretty decent. Right?
Nope.
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