But Gonk is going to be fun.

That's your first action of the game sorted.

I don't think this will be spammed a lot during a typical match because you can only add one Shield at a time and it takes an Action to do so. So instead of taking Target Locks or Focuses, you would be adding a single Shield to the ship. Good, but not OP. If you use Experimental Interface, then you are self-inflicting Stress and that makes you VERY predictable.

I will be refilling my shields while PtL'ing.

Not sure you can do that, isn't PTL limited to actions in the action bar and EI is limited to actions from the upgrade card.

What's stopping me from Gonking first and Focusing second?

Nothing at all.

Imperials are Sad Pandas now. Not only are they left out in the cold for TLT they are now left out in the cold for shield regeneration.

Mistakes? In an FFG preview article?

INCONCEIVABLE!

I'm beginning to think that mistakes in FFG preview articles have become like the big hat that Harry Dresden is pictured wearing on the cover of every Dresden Files novel.

You, my friend, deserve all the likes

Edit: Side note, how hilarious would it be if one player slow rolled for three or four turns to stack a ton of shields on Gonk, then the other player just used Advanced Homing Missiles to Boba away the Gonk droid?