? over focusing units

By Rogue 4, in Star Wars: The Card Game - Rules Questions

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I did not see this one asked before (forgive me if it has been covered), but I have a question about focusing units.

Scenerio:

LS player attacks with Luke, Han and Obi Wan

DS player defends with Stormtrooper.

LS wins edge, and kills Stormtrooper with Luke.

I know Luke has been focused when he attacked, but since there is no one to attack, does Obi Wan and Han get a focus token?

Thanks

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Short answer: yes, they focus as well.

The long answer:

Page 20 from the rule book:

After the player who has the edge strikes with his
first unit, his opponent then focuses one of his ready
participating units to strike. Players continue to
alternate, focusing a unit and resolving its strike, until no
participating ready unit remains.
A player does not have the option to pass during this
step. If he has at least one ready participating unit, it
must focus to strike.
If all of a player’s participating ready units are exhausted,
but his opponent’s are not, the opponent continues
to focus and strike with his ready participating units,
resolving one strike at a time, until all participating units
are exhausted.
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page 21
After all units participating in the engagement are
exhausted (either by striking, by receiving a focus token
during a [focus] icon resolution, or by other card effects), the
resolve strikes step is over.

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So technically they are focusing to use their icons whether they have an effect or not and to prevent them from engaging in another objective. Thanks.

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jss_hobbie said:

So technically they are focusing to use their icons whether they have an effect or not and to prevent them from engaging in another objective. Thanks.

Exactly, so when you're setting up attackers, the challenge can sometimes be determining whether or not you're over committing to the engaged objective. The trick being that you declare attackers first, so your opponent could opt to not bring anything at all to stop you. Such is the nature of the game.