OFFICIAL STAR WARS GUIDE MAP

Print this up and use it! This helps with strategy if you know where the rules are. This also works as a guide.

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1-Preliminary Stage

Each Officer will announce 2 Battle Sites, these will be the Division Names. (announce your choice for 'strongest division' of the two) Put in blog.

Name Guest Coaches, and announce their choices (not seeds) before Meeting One. Officers to approve/deny band.

Under each Division Name, Make 2 groups of 17. Have extra teams on bench.  Lock in Storm Trooper.

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Meeting One

Bring two lists of 17 Singers/Bands.

Starting with winning coach, he starts at bottom, 16 seed, and names bands. If opposing coach has the same group, he announces it, and gets to permanently LOCK that group at his listed seed.

Make sure to halt procedings when Storm Trooper gets entered. Toast this performer. Note his Immunity powers.

-Use Signore They Gone Rule: Top 5 Excluded. Each coach has a one-time move to eliminate any singer. Losing coach enters in an alternate singer in his place. 'They Gones' singers will re-enter in extra expansion.

Review any previous sanctions for any coach.

(Not official) Put in Guest Groups at permanent seeds (?). Are they game for other rules?

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Between Meetings:

One can cut own singers, and replace them with any unclaimed singer. This has to be e-mailed or texted to opposing coach. Cuts can be picked up by other team.

Trades are allowed.

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Meeting Two

Starting with winning coach, from the bottom, name the seeds.

follow Storm Trooper Rule: Previous year's Storm Trooper gets entered. Immune to Big Ball, DownSyndrome and They Gone.

follow Hendrix Are You Experienced Rule: No team can be Top 3 unless previous Star Wars experience.

follow THeads Same as it ever was Rule: Previous Star Wars Champ is re-entered. Immune to Big Balls.

Execute Signore's Bon Scott Big Balls Rule: With coin flips, each coach eliminates opponent's singer (-No team immune except THeads rule. One would reflip). Coach replaces opponent's singer with his own pick. Can't be 'They Gones'.

Execute Ewing's Down Syndrome Rule: Coach can do a one-time: switch any two teams (up to 5 spots) from opposing coach's list. Top 3 teams are immune. So beware of who you put in Star Wars. Your opponent will often ''bring up'' your stupidist group to force you to have a better chance at winning the CD you don't want.

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Extra Expansion Stuff:

There are 4 extra teams that play-in now. The Floaters always go in as the worst group of the lot. the other 3 groups are equally weighted. A coin flip will seed them. The previous year's team that didn't get into this year's Star Wars, gets an invite. The 2 Big Balls come back in.

-This may result in uneven teams, and final placement is a judgement call. Officers will agree on placement.

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Notes: Guest Groups could be a factor in rules. Are Guest Groups immune? Guest Groups could aid the Officer's strategy. Perhaps reflips would settle most issues-but not all strategies. For now, as we go, the Officers will concur as the cases are presented. More rules to come probably.

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Unwritten rules: Naturally your Top 5 bands are CDs you actually need/want. There is no substituting to another group once teams are locked. See Sandy's Eagle CD controversy. Middle seeds are good for talented bands you may want to go and win a Stormtrooper Award for them, even though they may not be strong enough to win a Vader. The bottom seeds don't have to be CDs you really want. They won't win. (?) Use those spots to give tribute to groups you like and may want to see them get a few upsets. Some use these spots for groups that the other coach hates. See Foreigner. Sometimes divisions have been themed, like old blues singers one year. Watch yourself. Anything you do will often result in a rule or punishment the next year. See Russia.

Let The Games Begin.