Distract and saber throw

[FatalSwordsmen]

Question is, say the force user is in base to base with a vehicle, and has saber throw. 3p0 has used Distract. which applies the effect " Until the end of the round, when the chosen enemy unit performs an attack, it must attack the unit that used the Distract action, if able." 

So the question is can the force user take a normal attack action to attack the vehicle, or does distract force it to use the card action attack action and saber throw at r2. 

 

in essence, is the saber throw an alternate version of an attack action the user can choose, Or is it modifying the normal attack action that the unit can take. 

[Seth]

Hi there,

The Distract keyword is applied "...when the chosen enemy unit performs an attack..." and forces the chosen enemy unit to attack the Distract unit, if able. This will occur during step 1 of the attack sequence, Declare Defender, after an attack or attack action is declared. The Distract keyword does not force an enemy unit to perform an attack, nor does it force them to use a particular card action that would enable them to attack that unit, such that granted by the Saber Throw upgrade card.

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On 4/6/2024 at 9:48 PM, FatalSwordsmen said:

So the question is can the force user take a normal attack action to attack the vehicle, or does distract force it to use the card action attack action and saber throw at r2. 

The unit in question is not required to use the Saber Throw card action to perform an attack on the unit with Distract. It may opt to make an attack action as normal, presumably without access to a ranged weapon on their unit card, and therefore be ineligible to target the Distract unit with an attack.

Hope this helps,
Seth