Can some one please explain or help me find an explanation of the ' lawn mower"exploit? It's sound sort of rule that I think deals with extra movement and burst effects

Its been awhile for me, so I actually wouldn't mind getting that info confirmed. Excellent question BTW Bond, You just took me back.....

Is has to do with the timing of when you check to see if someone is within range of a burst. You check range, kill someone, move, then check range and kill someone further away. If you're going to use it in a squad, I'd suggest you explain the rule to your opponent before the game starts so there isn't a nasty surprise when its sprung on them.

Here's the FAQ explanation:

Q: If Jacen Solo uses Unleash the Force within 6 of Princess Leia, Rebel Hero can he then move 2 and potentially affect more characters that were not within 6 of his original position?

A: Yes. The Simultaneous Effects rule is used. You resolve characters one at a time in any order you choose. If the damage results in a Defeat you may move Jacen. You then may resolve damage against another character that is within 6 of Jacen's new position, and again, if that damage results in a Defeat you may move Jacen (assuming he hasn't moved too far from Leia already). Continue resolving the effect against characters until there are no unaffected characters within 6 of Jacen's current position. You can't affect any character more than once, and some characters that were within range of Jacen at a particular point may never end up getting affected at all due to the movement.

No, as you determine all your targets at once. It is possible to lose targets with those powers, but not lose. This is covered in the FAQ.

Basically, the core difference is that with Furious Assault and Blaster Barrage, you determine all your legal targets then attack them all, while with Lightsaber Sweep and Unleash the Force, the ability keeps going until the end conditions are met (all characters within range are affected).

I don't understand why they don't work, if battering assault and great cleave can create the desired effect. What is the difference in the ruling and logic? I'm not saying your wrong, i'm just saying I don't know why you're right. Or am i wrong in believing ba + gc doesn't allow you to pick targets, attack targets, move, reassign targets adding additional new legal targets and continue attacking?

Ok, so when unleashing the force can you choose all the big boys first to kill as many as possible and then start the lawn mower effect or does the opponent choose who is effected first?

So does this also work for Repulse; or only UTF?

I just read the FAQ for resolving effects and the sequences within an attack. i understand why BB and FA don't work for lawn mower, and why repulse and UTF60 do work. What i cant figure out is why you can attack new targets after resolving great cleave. I cant figure out what allows you to assign the new targets after moving, if you cant do it with leah's CE.

Honestly, I see enough of a valid arguement to change my mind. I pretty much went with the Sweep precedent, which is not 100% compatable. I will have to think about it and discuss it.