As our faithful readers know we are regularly posting only three times a week (Monday-Wednesday) but we have a received an exclusive R2-D2 spoiler and that couldn’t wait until next week. We’ve all been waiting for the day when we could play R2-D2 and C-3PO as characters and today is teh day we get to see them together for the first time. We had C-3PO mostly spoiled a month ago, here is a picture of the leak from the back of a Spark of Hope box (this is all in hindsight so I doubt FFG will care but if they do I have two words for them!)

This totally legitimate and non-photoshopped picture only gave us part of the text. On top of that it revealed a new symbol – a Troll. We can only speculate on what a Troll is at this time but it probably involves spending a lot of time making a joke that only I will get.

Anyway, here is what you came to see, R2-D2 spoiled in all of his greatness.

This is a competitive rate for sure and with C-3PO he’ll make a great partner. Let me show that off so I can talk about them properly.

As you can see these guys were meant for each other. My initial reaction is to think that they will be good at 1 die each with 14 other points to play with. The 2nd C-3PO die seems fine as well since it’s very cheap but then C-3PO becomes more of a target and I really would like to keep my R2 and 3po synergy for as long as possible. C-3PO’s ability is the strongest since it’s an additional quantifiable value compared to R2’s which doesn’t technically add any numbers to dice but generally will since you don’t usually god roll. When you can spot R2 the ability on 3po will let you get an additional resource in round one for free which is going to give people flashbacks of getting Snoke’d out of events. In later rounds you’ll get extra damage from 3po because of the resources you previously gathered, being able to add plus one to damage sides is certainly no joke. Its hard to imagine a team with an elite 3po that doesn’t make me want to go for him although admittedly his die is excellent for getting his ability to make that extra resource early. The 2nd R2-D2 die will assuredly make him a lightning rod as he becomes more of a potent offensive threat but at 11 points is a lot to invest in a 8 health character. What if you YOLO and play both at elite? It’s certainly a tough on who you should go for but I think I’d go after C-3PO first since his ability can convert resources into damage late even without R2 while R2’s ability is poor once 3PO hits the dust bin. These characters are going to lend themselves more to the support fiesta Metagame that we have been experiencing, if you don’t like that these are not the droids you have been looking for.

Pairings?

Maybe someone yellow so you have access to all 3 colors? Or maybe Farmboy Luke cuz flavor? The best thing at 14 that jumps out to me is Padme Amidala, Resolute Senator – she will certainly draw away the focus from the droids. Armored Reinforcements is still a card and I could see these guys pairing with that in some way. We don’t know enough about all the Ewok cards but potentially we could play some with this duo for additional flavor – elite Chirpa, elite C-3PO, R2-D2 and the free Ewok Warrior is technically a 5 die 4 character team. Look at this scary squad!

NOW THAT’S A SQUAD I CAN GET BEHIND!

Thanks for reading and let me know what you think of these guys. I like them but I’m unsure if they will be tier 1 with Snoke and friends still making stacks of cash. I’m certainly going to try to make hero droids a thing. Take care and as always…

-NJCuenca

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