So I was told the way the Chewbacca Pilot card is worded, he indeed can suffer critical damage from asteroids, as the card reads "when you are dealt a faceup damage card, flip facedown" and asteroids simply make you "suffer" any critical damage, and also that you are only "dealt" critical/faceup damage when you are attacked.

Is this true?

If this has been addressed somewhere else a link will be fine.

asteroid damage is resolved much the same way as damage resulting from being hit by a primary or secondary weapon attack - the only exception is that you are not "hit" you just suffer the damage

if you roll a crit result you resolve it in the same way as chewbacca would normally resolve a crit result

take off a shield if he has any - deal a face up damage card if he doesn't - then activate chewie's pilot ability to flip it face down

The only time Chewbacca's ability doesn't trigger is if one of his damage cards is flipped face up (think of Saboteur or Rexler Brath).

Anything that has him suffer critical damage, or has him dealt a face up damage card triggers his ability.

....Interesting, thanks.

You Suffer damage from pretty much everything in the game. You suffer damage from attacks from primary or secondary weapons.

The only time you don't suffer damage is when an effect says "deal a face up/down card" like with Proton bombs.

You Suffer damage from pretty much everything in the game. You suffer damage from attacks from primary or secondary weapons.

The only time you don't suffer damage is when an effect says "deal a face up/down card" like with Proton bombs.

I think someone observing the game brought those up, Proton Bombs. To deviate a bit, his pilot ability would NOT work against those?

yes it would. The proton Bomb still deals a damage card, which he can flip. Effects that flip cards face up is what he can't do anything about. And as mentioned Rexler Brath and Sabotour are examples of such effects.

The only time Chewbacca's ability doesn't trigger is if one of his damage cards is flipped face up (think of Saboteur or Rexler Brath).

Anything that has him suffer critical damage, or has him dealt a face up damage card triggers his ability.

I'd add.... R2-D2 crew.

Almost thought to add the one thing that actual deals cards directly. That gets around shields but it is still a dealt card and would face Chewie's ability.

Unless an ability explicitly calls for dealing a CARD it is suffered just like everything else although some of those things offer no defense. It's only later that damage suffered turns into dealt cards and Chewie still gets to deal with those.

Chewie's ability is straightforward: when you are dealt a face-up damage card, turn it face-down. Chewie's text doesn't have anything to say about the source of that damage card, so there are no restrictions: it applies any time you are dealt a face-up damage card for any reason.

I've always played it that Chewbacca's Pilot Ability happens immediately, in that the dealt face-up card is immediately flipped down before you get to see what it is. With the way people are describing it, I should be able to look at the card and then flip it face-down. Is that correct?

I've always played it that Chewbacca's Pilot Ability happens immediately, in that the dealt face-up card is immediately flipped down before you get to see what it is. With the way people are describing it, I should be able to look at the card and then flip it face-down. Is that correct?

Yes. Look, decide whether to discard with Determination, and then flip face-down if not.

I've always played it that Chewbacca's Pilot Ability happens immediately, in that the dealt face-up card is immediately flipped down before you get to see what it is. With the way people are describing it, I should be able to look at the card and then flip it face-down. Is that correct?

Think about it this way: Chewbacca doesn't say the card is dealt face-down, it says to flip it face-down. That means it was face-up at some point, which means its text is public knowledge.

And yes, if you have Chewie and other beneficial effects that are triggered by being dealt a damage card, you can choose to activate in any order--which probably means doing Chewie executing the pilot ability of the Chewbacca ship card after doing all the other good stuff, but before any bad stuff.

doing Chewie after doing all the other good stuff, but before any bad stuff.

I don't know... "doing Chewie" sounds like bad stuff to me... But then again, who am I to judge?

doing Chewie after doing all the other good stuff, but before any bad stuff.

I don't know... "doing Chewie" sounds like bad stuff to me... But then again, who am I to judge?

Fixed!

I've seen players get confused by Chewies ability. They see times when it "doesn't trigger" and they start getting confused about special cases.

To clarify. Chewies ability only triggers when a card is initially DEALT to him, regardless of how it is dealt. Once the card is on him, anything that happens to it, is fair game.

A perfect example of this happening is Rexlar Brath with HLC, who deals normal hits, which Chewie takes face down. Rexlar then spends a focus to flip the cards already on Chewie, faceup. In this example, Chewbacca is not being dealt face up cards and does not trigger, leaving the cards faceup.

Saboteur and R2-D2 (Crew) are 2 more examples of cards already on Chewie being flipped.