by The Schaef
Republic wins most of the time here, but not because we feel it is unbalanced.Time is on the droids' side, and if Maul can kill one or both Jedi and Anakin stalls, they can hold out long enough to whittle down the guards and then send droids to the palace after smashing the Gungans.
Knowing this, the Republic player double-teams Maul and spams Anakin cards, and tends to rush the throne room early in the game. The droids' best defense against that is to take advantage of first turn and block as many windows as possible from the ascension guns. Just as the Republic wants to end the game fast, the droids want to draw it out, and making the guards climb through the palace takes some pressure off.