These are great clarifications.

I was wondering if you may be able to get a question answered for me or direct me to where I might get an answer.

The Hut card "Blackmail" makes an attacking player attack another player before being able to attack the Huts again. Does this specificaly mean the troops on the planet that was attacking must attack else where first or the player may attack from another of his planets to a faction that is not the Huts. We ran into a situation where a rebel was surrounded by the Huts, does this end after the players turn and at the begining of his/her next turn may attack the Huts again with out attacking another faction?

Hope you can help me out.

Hello Joe,

The card states "That opponent cannot attack you until he takes a planet from another player". I think the card directive is permanent and not just for the turn it has been played. If the player is surrounded by the Hutts, I think that player can only defend until he can take a planet from the other player. But this is just my opinion and I can be wrong. You can ask game Designer Rob Daviau directly, he is also a geek, you can find him easily through the search utility. I hope he does not get tired of all our questions...

No, the card blackmail specifically says "this planet". I just played the game and used the card, winning when playign the Hutts. The wording was pretty precise that only that planet could not be attacked until another planet was taken from a diferent player.