Write up examples of Lightsaber Combat by the rules

[Naaman]

Well, remember in the movie, his wing men absorbed the incoming fire from Vader and company, and then Han showed up to save his skin at the very last second, so he didn't have to dodge. Also, he was flying straight, so, last I checked, going straight at a constant speed requires no roll, correct?

It is also my opinion, and my preference, to take out MAPs after doubling the dice: otherwise, you run out of dice in the same number of actions as if you would never have spend a FP, and one of the ways a FP is actually useful is that it gives you a chance to do more (like, shoot 4 bad guys instead of 1 or 2 with a reasonable chance at success). Of course, actual die values matter for that example, but, it's just my gut feeling that the spirit of rule is to double the dice and then subtract out MAPs.

But since we are in the Official Rules thread, I figured the official ruling was all the OP wanted.

I have some thoughts on how to apply the RAW lightsaber combat, as well, and they are simpler than garhkal's:

The lightsaber skill itself is penalized -2D for keeping the power "up," but the full sense and control are added to skill and damage respectively. So, a lightsaber skill of 8D is penalized to 6D, but the full sense skill (say, 5D) is added for a total of 11D, and the full control skill (say, 4D+2) is added for a total of 9D+2 damage. Additional attacks are resolved with MAPs as appropriate (so, attacking twice would roll 10D to attack, but damage is still 9D+2).

Otherwise, if you penalize all the skills using the examples above, you get a total of 8D-2D+5D-2D for skill rolls for a whopping final total of 9D to attack rolls (only +1D after all that trouble, and that's before MAPs). Damage is 5D (base)+4D+2-2D for a total of 7D+2. Take three actions (say, a reaction skill and two attacks) and you're back down to 5D+2 (or, base damage more or less).

You can see that with lower skills, the power becomes practically useless since the added skills diminish at a rate that even just one extra action (a dodge or parry, for example) eclipses the final totals. It's just not in the spirit of the films, IMO, as we see numerous padawans (Obi-Wan, Ahsoka, Anakin, GL's adopted son, etc) execute lightsaber combat with, in many cases, great facility (considering relative experience levels, to be sure).

Having said that, I will offer this to the OP:

The lightsaber combat power is the single most problematic element in D6 Star Wars, and probably every single person here has posted a house rule solution (or two or three) to address it.

[garhkal]

[Straxus]