Star Wars: Unlimited’s Homeworlds lets you bring a Death Star to a Wookiee fight

Homeworlds gives Star Wars: Unlimited players two ways to start a fight: Chewbacca can send tired allies back into battle, while Grand Moff Tarkin spends the game preparing to deploy the Death Star. Each leads a ready-to-play Spotlight Deck, so you can choose your side without first assembling a shopping list of individual cards.

Yes, Tarkin’s leader card really turns over to become the Death Star. The Empire has apparently solved the problem of bringing a bigger chair to the table.

Tarkin puts a countdown on the game

New to Star Wars: Unlimited? Each player protects a base while sending units into ground and space battles. Your leader helps run the deck, then can deploy as a unit when its requirement is met. That is where this Tarkin takes a turn worthy of a movie reveal.

Once you control nine resources, he can deploy into the space arena as The Death Star, the game’s first space leader. Its printed ability can defeat a base with ten or fewer remaining hit points when the regroup phase starts, the round’s reset step. Tarkin therefore has a reason to keep his own base standing while bringing the opponent’s within range.

The new Fortify keyword lets you attach upgrades to your base. Think of adding defenses and other equipment to your headquarters. The Tarkin Doctrine rewards those additions by exhausting an enemy unit, meaning it becomes unavailable for its usual attack until it readies again.

The appeal here is the story you can see unfolding across the table. Every extra turn Tarkin survives brings that battle station closer. If you enjoy defending a position and making your opponent worry about what comes next, his deck gives you a reason to try the set.

Chewbacca thinks that walker can manage one more attack

Chewie’s ability allows one of your units to attack an enemy unit even when it is exhausted. On his leader side, that costs two resources; after he deploys, the ability loses that resource cost and can be used once each round. It cannot send that unit straight at the opposing base.

That makes the Hijacked AT-ST worth a look. The walker normally has to wait through the next regroup phase before readying, but Chewbacca can put it to work while it is still exhausted. For a beginner, this is a useful lesson about reading cards together: one card’s drawback can become another card’s opening.

Homeworlds adds creatures and a way to weaken them

Beast tokens are creature units with three power and three hit points. Weakness tokens attach to units and reduce their power and hit points by one. These are game pieces created by card abilities, so watch for the cards that bring them into play when reading a deck.

The art gives creature collectors another direction for a binder page. You can follow the animals and their home planets instead of collecting only familiar film heroes. A page of local wildlife is also a pleasant place to visit after Tarkin has finished threatening everyone’s base.

Check what your shop will actually have

The release update matters before you make a trip. Manufacturing delays affect products differently by region, and Fantasy Flight Games expects most retailers worldwide to have limited or no Carbonite Edition boosters at prerelease and release.

US players are specifically advised to ask their local store which products, if any, are delayed. Check your region’s entry in that update too; a scheduled event does not mean every box will be on the shelf.

If your goal is to try these leaders, start with the matching Spotlight Deck when available. The two prebuilt decks contain fixed cards, while boosters are random and Carbonite packs focus on special visual treatments. Pick the experience you want, then let your store confirm the arrival date. Even the Death Star has to wait for delivery.