Jedi, the funny thing is that this game is NOT complex. You can download the rulebook from the Fantasy Flight website and that's all the rules, really. In fact, I've demo'ed the game a few times and I can say that I can teach a zero-knowledge newbie in 10 minutes. The game is very easy to learn --- basically, you pick a maneuver (movement) and "lock it in" by setting it on the movement dial. You do this for all your ships. Once both sides are done, ships move in ASCENDING pilot skill order, so pilots with a PS of 1 goes first, 2s goes next, and so on. After moving, each ship can do one action. Once movement is done, shooting comes in and ships shoot in DESCENDING pilot skill order, so pilots with a PS of 10 goes first, then 9s, etc. Attackers roll red dice depending on their attack skill, defenders roll green dice based on that ship's agility skill.

And so on and so forth until one side wins. Some cards come with special abilities and this is where most flavor of the game comes in. Just because you're flying an X-Wing doesn't mean it's the same as the other X-Wing. Luke has different abilities from Biggs, and different astromechs give different bonuses.