Another One of Those Nights

In what seemed like a horrible repeat of last week's games, Sith Wood came up empty once again.  Victory was twice snatched from his grasp by the narrowest of margins.

Game #1.  The Hutts quickly succumbed to bad dice and the combined attention of Rebel and Imperial forces.  They were never able to mount a serious offensive.

Rebel spies informed Generalissimo LaBan of the location of the Emperor at Sullust, so that star base was heavily fortified.    The Rebels were able to use "One in a Million" and brought down the Death Star, but couldn't close the deal as the Imperial garrison held firm. 

Much to the Rebel's dismay, the wily Emperor with his Sith overlord responded by rebuilding yet another fully operational Death Star.  But to Sith Wood's consternation, the Rebels assaulted it once more and took it out a second time.  The stormtrooper garrison was overrun and the Empire defeated. 

Game #2.  The Empire began with a very strong position and the Rebel's incredibly good luck failed them repeatedly.  But as the Rebels faltered, the Hutts came in behind them and picked up lightly garrisoned resource planets.  The Hutts repeatedly gained 8 or 9 resource planets and huge numbers of faction cards to boot. 

Sith Wood overran the El Rood and Wild Space Sectors, which meant certain victory.  Only a desperate drive by the Hutts captured Dagobah and prevented a rout.  Even so, the Rebels were chopped into small, isolated pockets of weak forces.  A faction card straight gave Sith Wood nearly overwhelming superiority in numbers and in the end reduced the Rebels to a lonely outpost on Mimban. 

Before the Empire could seal the Rebels' fate, the Hutts amassed a huge force that was able to take two lightly garrisoned resource planets in the Mid and Outer Rims.  All that remained were the resources at Sluis Van.  A huge and costly melee at Derilyn went in the Hutt's favor.  The weak garrison at Sluis Van succumbed to overwhelming forces and the Hutts secured their victory.