And adjusted it was, as in round one, my opponent played Devotion and retrieved Son of Skywalker from his deck. I knew this was bad, but I did feel some sense of relief. Son of Skywalker creates an extremely dangerous situation for me, but at least I could play around it. Undoubtedly, the optimal situation would be for my opponent to not have Son of Skywalker at all, but if he's going to get it, I prefer to have full knowledge that he does.

So, I pursued a more conservative start to the game. I began by moving my Heavies up toward the terminal, keeping my door shut for most of the first round. I aggressively moved one Heavy to the center objective, and then set up my Jet Troopers to back that unit up in the next round. I was also able to sneak a Jet Trooper next to the objective in the main room at the end of round one, despite the threat of E's Alliance Rangers.

In reaction, my opponent moved Jedi Luke towards the center of the map as well. Using Son of Skywalker, he not only removed my Heavy from the center objective, but also did some damage to another Heavy near the bulk of my forces close to my deployment zone. Considering I've lost a lot more to Son of Skywalker in the past, I was relatively happy with the results in this situation. Round one ended with me gaining 4 VPs from the objective toward the bottom of the map, putting my opponent and I on equal footing.

From there, the game and my memory get a bit messy. For the remainder of the match, my opponent and I mostly trade blows in the center and bottom parts of the map, with a couple of damaged Jet Troopers holding the objective in the Rancor pit. I completely ignored Jedi Luke for the entire game. In fact, I never declared an attack against him. Over the next few rounds, I would lose Terro, two Jet Troopers, and two Heavy Stormtroopers. In response, my opponent lost all of his Alliance Rangers, both elite and regular (including one that was removed from an objective by a range 7 shot from a Heavy featuring Lock On). I limped my way into the end of the game with two Elite Heavies at 1 health and 2 Elite Jets at 2 or less health. In contrast, E's Luke Skywalker was untouched.