Board Analysis - The Emperor's Throne Room

Despite Curtis' absence at the Imperial March, he was kind enough to crunch the numbers again to give us an insider's look at how characters do on individual game boards.  So how to our combating avatars do inside the Emperor's Throne Room?

The first column after the character name is the average finish in the Throne Room.  In 36 league Duels in Waco, the Throne Room has been used ten times.  Jango Fett has the best average finish with a 4.4 and two career victories, while Darth Maul is a whopping 8.4 with four last place finishes. Given Maul's insulated starting position, his neighboring Dark Side brethren must get nervous that he'll attack first.  Obi-Wan Kenobi has the most career wins on the board with three, and that's somewhat impressive given that he starts on the front lines of the Light Side.  That also makes it easy to flip, which is what Dalton did when he won last month.

The heat map provides greater context.  Perhaps most interesting is the resident of the Throne Room - Emperor Palpatine.  He's never finished in the top three...and never in the bottom three either!  In fact, he's finished fourth through sixth seven times out of ten tries.  That's an unusual consistency.  Take a look at Luke Skywalker.  He's the only character never to have won in Waco, but he's got eight top six finishes and six in the top three.  That's impressive given his forward starting point on the center bridge of the board.  I predict if Luke ever wins, it will be in the Throne Room.

What patterns do you see?  Sound off in the comments below!