“Return of the Jedi IV - round 1
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Yet again the Tatooine Thugs were drawn against the Padawans of Chu'unthor. Their last match was in the Back to Basics tournament final, where the Thugs proved too experienced for the Padawans. But this time the Padawans had grown into young men and put up a lot more resistance!

Both sides used sneaky methods to gain an edge. While Jabba had bribed the arena guards and hid a mercenary sniper in the crowd the Jedi broke their code of ethics by empowering their thrower Celann Helsyn with illegal substances to enchance his strength.

Tatooine Thugs started with the ball and quickly gained an advantage when one of their many mighty blows sent Khirell Yi'ia off the pitch. Apart from that their advantage in close combat didn't gain them much efforts in the first half. Barada scored in T6, but the Padawans managed to run in a tie just before the half ended, by using the margins to their advantage.

In the 2nd half the Padawans looked to establish an early lead, but the sniper in the crowd payed off and shot Gorrrhynn Ralvaa in the leg when she was carrying the ball. The Padawans apothecary managed to save her mauled leg, but the incident lead to the Thugs intercepting the ball and could after that outmaneuver and outbash the Padawans and score in T8 of the match.

Thanks for the match, darkwing! The wizard was the game winner! You put up a hell of a fight :)”