Talk:Punishing One Expansion Pack/@comment-73.66.80.187-20170130043923/@comment-454133-20170130051925

It is indeed against the rules, as they're unique, and you can't deploy two unique cards with the same name in the same fleet. The idea is that the pilot is too busy flying to also provide their crew effect, and some combos like Dash Rendar + Dash Rendar (Crew)  and  R2-D2   +  R2-D2 (Crew)  ( on an ARC)  are pretty potent.

Them's the rules. However, when you house rule, you're pretty open. My closest game store that hosts X-Wing has done Attack of the Clones events, where you're allowed to bring any number of duplicate pilots etc.