Rogue Squadron- Revenge of the Sith

Welcome to Rogue Squadron, pilot! In this series, we will be looking at different squadrons you can fly in Fantasy Flight Games X-Wing miniatures game. We give you the squad, what expansion pack all of the upgrades come from and then give you the lowdown on how best to fly it. Strap in and get ready to fly.

All Wings Report In (Extended)

Eta-2 Actis “Anakin Skywalker” (66 pts) (I6)

After you or a friendly Obi-Wan Kenobi ship at range 0-3 executes a maneuver, if there are more enemy ships than other friendly ships at range 0-1 of that ship, you may spend 1 Force. If you do, that ship removes 1 red token of your choice.

Intuitive Controls: During the System Phase, you may perform a purple Boost or purple Barrel Roll action.

Astromech- R2-D2
- Charges: 2
- After you activate, you may spend 1 Charge and gain 1 deplete token to repair 1 damage card, recover 1 shield or remove 1 device at range 0-1.

Eta-2 Actis “Obi-wan Kenobi” (49 pts) (I5)

After you or a friendly Anakin Skywalker at range 0-3 executes a maneuver, if there are more enemy ships than other friendly ships at range 0-1 of that ship, you may spend 1 Force. If you do, that ship gains 1 focus token.

Intuitive Controls: During the System Phase, you may perform a purple Boost or purple Barrel Roll action.

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2x ARC-170 “104th Battalion Pilot” (42 pts) (I2)

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Lock S-Foils in Attack Position

To get my feet wet with the Eta-2 Actis I thought I’d dip into the canon well. Straight from Revenge of the Sith‘s opening sequence we have Anakin Skywalker and Obi-wan Kenobi flying their new starfighters with some Clones riding escort in their ARC-170’s. There was even enough points to field R2-D2.

Variations

R2-D2 is the only real modification you can make to this list as he’s your only upgrade. But as it costs ten and there’s a point spare, that gives you 11 points you can play with. Wolfpack and Hondo can jump aboard the ARC’s for some shenanigans. Or some Heavy Laser Cannons to go all in on the Bullseye arc for the Jedi. Patience and Crackshot pair nicely together for the Jedi as well.

You can also downgrade your Jedi for even more upgrade options. But why would you want to do that?