Jedi 9.01.2013

My buddy has been playing a VERY similar deck (swap Yoda for Obi Wan) recently and loves the build. The deck has several things going for it. First, the Journey to Dagobah pod adds 4 things that are HUGE for the deck. An objective with 2 resources, a unit that adds resources (and is FREE), an affordable unit that does good blast damage, and a double strike which can be a game changer. I'm beginning to feel this pod should be staple in any Jedi build I do from now on.
The Ben's Spirit and Redemption pods bring survivability for your limited number of great unique units, and even if they do die redemption can bring them back.
The biggest thing we learned in test plays is to cycle your hand, FAST, if you don't get a Luke or Obi Wan (Yoda in his case) early in the game. He would intentionally attack with a unit that he knew was going to die just to throw away cards in edge if he had too many he couldn't use/play. If you are only drawing 2-3 cards a turn and you don't yet have one of the big two characters out, you're probably in trouble for the game.
Have fun with this build, it should work pretty well.

The biggest thing we learned in test plays is to cycle your hand, FAST, if you don't get a Luke or Obi Wan (Yoda in his case) early in the game. He would intentionally attack with a unit that he knew was going to die just to throw away cards in edge if he had too many he couldn't use/play.

Great advice. This is a hard thing to learn. I know I find it hard to throw some cards sometimes.

I learned that lesson from him when he plays his Sith decks. They cycle better since they can recycle two cards per turn with Vader's objective (one discard during the normal draw and one to the bottom of the deck with the objective) and draw another with the emperor's objective, but the idea is the same. If he drew Palpatine before he had the resources to play him, he would usually end up at the bottom of the deck a moment later with Vader's objective (he would tell me that later, as I wouldn't know) or he would use him to win edge. Holding him for 2-3 turns waiting for resources just ties up your hand and can actually cost you the game. The same goes for Obi-Wan in a Jedi deck as he is good, but very expensive due to the overall shortage of jedi resources. If you can't afford his 5 when you draw him, use the card some other way and move on. (especially with Return of the Jedi's in the build so you can play him cheaper, later).