Accidental Rebel Victory

Tonight, in a desperate attempt to break an 11-game losing streak, Darth Horak turned in his Imperial epaulets and snazzy Death Star to become Karl the Hutt. Ric in turn rotated from Peetza da Hutt to Darth Nadir, newly appointed Lord-God-King of the Empire. The mysterious and frequently victorious Ursa Major, aka Major Ursa, remained at the helm of the steady Rebel forces.

Game One

The Hutts, blocked by the Death Star on Gamorr, vainly tried to get into the bonus cards, but were constantly thwarted by awesome Rebel and Imperial dice rolls. Darth Nadir slowly ground the Rebels down to three measly planet and was set to claim an overwhelming victory.

Major Ursa though was not through yet. With three miniscule reinforcements on Derilyn, he took Dagobah and threw the one available survivor against Hoth. Of course, besides the Imperial star base, there were well over half a dozen legions as a garrison. Against overwhelming odds, it looked bleak.

That's when Major Ursa played his only faction card, forcing all but one Legion to flee to Bespin. With the odds suddenly down to one-on-one, the final roll was everything. Failure meant a sure Imperial victory; victory meant one star base destroyed, possibly with the Empire within it.

In a stunning turn of events, the Rebel troops overran the star base and found the Emperor hiding in a laundry chute. Score one for Johnny Reb, the most improbable come-from-behind victory and as astonishing as the time he accidentally captured the Emperor.

Game Two

The Empire deployed with the Death Star on Endor and quickly went on a vengeful attack against the dastardly Rebels. In the second turn, the Hutts were able to take advantage of the distraction and quicly took 10 resource planets. Score one for Karl the Hutt, his first victory in a month.

Game Three

More cautious this time, the Empire blocked the Mid Rim with the Death Star on Nar Shadraa. However, early capture of the Wild Space gave the Hutts a slight numerical edge and moved them well into the bonus cards on their resource meter. When an Imperial assault failed just short of Rebel annihilation, the green hoard was able to cash in faction cards, normal reinforcements, and Wild Space reinforcements to create an unstoppable force. Ten resource planets quickly fell for another Hutt victory.