Lets say I have a Probe Droid adjacent to a bunch of enemies. Could one of my other characters attack the Probe Droid to trigger its Self-Destruct ability and damage all the adjacent enemies?
That’s a creative idea, but no. The rules for Choosing Your Target specifically says that you “choose which enemy the attacking character (attacker) is targeting.” Thus, you can only target enemies with attacks, never allies. However, there are a few ways for a character to defeat an allied Probe Droid, thereby causing it to self-destruct at an opportune time: Grenades, Force Lightning, and Force Storm. The first two must target enemies, but also have the potential to affect allies. Force Storm gets every adjacent character, and Palpatine would take the Self-Destruct damage too, but it would certainly work. Shields Q: If I have a character with Shields (such as a Destroyer Droid) adjacent to an ally with the Bodyguard special ability, and if my character with Shields is hit by an attack, can I have the Shields absorb some of the damage and then transfer the remaining damage to the ally with Bodyguard? A: Yes, but — as specified in the Revenge of the Sith rulebook’s glossary definition
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