Lets say you have a Sith Recruit adjacent to a character you are targeting with a non-melee character who is not adjacent to the target. The attack roll misses and the recruit uses Sith Pawn to let the attacker re-roll the miss. However the Recruit blows up and since the targeted character only had 10 hp it is defeated as well. Does the attacker then lose that attack because the target is no longer there or could they choose a new target?

Im guessing they lose the attack but want to know for sure and curious if there is anything else I could be missing.

They would lose that attack. Just like if you have twin and your first shot kills the target.

Thanks Jason. That's what I figured.

Does the recruit have a lightsaber? Card and RM have one

Yes. From the official floor rules:



The card image depicts a lightsaber, so it has a lightsaber.

Wow. Hot little 4 pter. Cheapest lightsaber in the game by far if I'm not mistaken.

Well the Youngling is 5 points, has a Lightsaber also, then +3 Defense, +10 Damage, and Lightsaber Defense. Compare that to -1 point, Self Destruct 10, Sith Pawn, and Internal Strife (a negative ability) and the Youngling is a much better combatant if you plan on actually using the lightsaber, but of course the main use of the Recruit is the Sith Pawn ability, which is incredibly good for its cost.