Talk:"Chopper" (Astromech)/@comment-2601:147:8501:1F8F:ADDD:FC57:F5A1:A728-20171112154122/@comment-454133-20171114072910

What they're saying in the preview article is, given enough time, you can gain a bunch of extra shields. This means you're recovering shields lost through damage. You still can never recover shields to more than your shield value -- you can only "recover" lost shields.

By the same token R2-D2 can gain you anywhere from 1 to 12 or more extra shields, if you're constantly taking damage you can recover. But you don't ever go above your shield value this way, you just recover what's lost.

If you want a higher number of shield tokens, you'll have to invest in Shield Upgrade, which actually increases your shield value.