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rulebook]Attacks of Opportunity
One Per Turn: There is no limit to the number of attacks of opportunity a character can make in a round, but it can make only one during a given character’ wrote:

Attacks of Opportunity
One Per Turn: There is no limit to the number of attacks of opportunity a character can make in a round, but it can make only one during a given character’s turn.

(if a strafer ever had it)
Strafe Attack: … This character cannot attack any enemy twice in the same turn using Strafe Attack…

There are a couple of other scenarios that are more iffy then those two, but if you read LS Sweep, it mentions making *one* attack to each adjacent character.   Yet twin explicitly mentions Sweep in the definition.  Immediate Attack type situations also specify making a single attack.  So, are there cases when Twin Attack should not come into play?  Or is it always going to happen?

Twin Attack: This character makes a single extra attack whenever it makes an attack. This extra attack must be made against the same target as the original attack; if the original target was defeated by the first attack, this character cannot attack it again. Twin Attack even affects multiple attacks granted by special abilities and Force powers; for example, if Lord Vader uses his Lightsaber Sweep power, he can attack every adjacent target twice! However, the extra attack from Twin Attack does not stack with itself; that is, a character doesn’t get another attack after making the extra attack from Twin Attack.

by the definition of twin from the rule book you make another attack against the same target for every attack.  the only exception is listed in the definition. 

However, the extra attack from Twin Attack does not stack with itself; that is, a character doesn’t get another attack after making the extra attack from Twin Attack

also, take a look at the faq and twin:

Twin Attack

Q: Does Twin Attack stack with Double Attack, giving four attacks, or two attacks against two different targets?

A: Yes.



Q: If Prince Xizor uses Pheromones to cancel the first attack, can the second still be made against him?

A: Yes.



Q: If a follower with Twin Attack is in the same squad with Mon Mothma, and is defeated, can it use Twin Attack on the free attack granted by Mon Mothma's commander effect?

A: Yes. But only the first attack gets the +10 Damage.



Q: If you combine fire with the first attack of a Twin Attack do you also get the +4 on the second attack?

A: No, but a different character could potentially combine fire on the second attack.



Q: If you defeat the target with the first attack, can you choose a different target for the second attack?

A: No, the second attack is lost.



Q: Can you use Twin Attack on an attack of opportunity, immediate attack granted by a commander like the Imperial Officer, or Extra Attack granted by a Gonk Droid or General Windu?

A: Yes.



Q: Can a character with Twin Attack and Flamethrower make two attacks with the Flamethrower?

A: Flamethrower is a special ability that deals direct damage; it is not an attack at all and cannot be used with Twin Attack.

_NickName_ wrote:

And the definition of the ability is wrong since it explicitly mentions LS Sweep which is the precedent for all the other interactions?

Exactly. Hrmmmm, we have seen this before, where an example was listed that just does not fit the rule in which it was placed. Oh yeah, the original wording of disintegrate.

_NickName_ wrote:

True. But that was just a casual vs terminology wording oversight.

See, here is the interesting point. How are anyone out of the loop supposed to know that? And furthermore, how are people supposed to assume this is the case this time?

This one is pretty clear that Rob wanted Lord Vader attacking every character twice when you use Sweep.

Intent arguments, impossible to 1) deny or 2) prove.