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For some players, even overwhelming odds looks like a cool challenge. There are two ways out of this.
Have other players talk sense into them. Or let them try and find out.
The second is more fun, but the first is more conducive to an ongoing adventure.
Commentary by memnarch (who has not seen the movie)
Oh, huh. I guess I didn't think that getting hit like that would slow the group down enough for them to get caught. Sure, Chewie or Finn would have needed to pick Poe up from prone, but that wouldn't have stopped the other from continuing to shoot troopers showing up. 30+ troopers would be a little difficult to win against though, so..... I guess this would be the same result in the end.
Poor Chewie. Briefly relieved from his prison, only to be caught a minute later and then told he's part of a comedy program again. At least Rey is still running around and can break them out again later? If that Force Distraction isn't too enticing I suppose.
Transcript
Finn: Poe!
Finn: Poe, don’t you die on me now!
Poe: It’d be pretty heroic.
Chewbacca: It’d be pretty stupid.
Finn: You’d be leaving me... and Chewie... behind.
GM: Masses of troopers surround you.
Trooper 1: Drop your weapons!
Poe: How many is “masses”?
GM: At least thirty.
Poe: Ten each. Not bad odds.
Chewbacca: At least ten each.
Poe: More XP then.
Finn: I think we better drop the weapons.
[SFX]: klunk {Finn’s gun drops to the floor}
Poe: Perfect! We’ll take them unarmed! Even better.
Trooper 1: And here I thought today was going to be boring.
Trooper 2: Yeah. Command must’ve approved that morale-boosting live comedy program.