Could also be known as Star Wars: the filthy thirteen or Star Wars: suicide squad. It's hardly an original idea, but it's still good.

Imagine an imperial Commander trying to accomplish a seemingly impossible objective. They have limited resources and they can't afford to fail. So instead of risking a valuable crack team of Commandos or a company of Stormtroopers, they instead look in The Stockade. A group of deserters, looters, and other troublemakers are gathered together to perform one impossible task. This is their last chance to earn clemency for their crimes, so they hardly have a choice. It's up to these Misfits to accomplish their goal and hopefully survive. Naturally, if they succeed, they have nothing better to look forward to than more near-suicide missions. Unless they find a way to break the chains...

This would allow a game on the Empire's side of things without the PC's having to play bad guys. It would also explain why the Empire, with seemingly infinite resources, is so stingy with the party's equipment.

Since these characters would in theory be members of the military, I feel that age of rebellion would be an ideal game system. The careers and specializations are types of soldiers.

I would run this game myself, only I'm already running three Star Wars games, one of each type, and that is enough. I would contribute if invited.