Yes they will. To start with, you need to see the character's without those powers. Are they worthy includes without it? Take a look at what many of us say is the best one of these, in Ferus Olin. He's comparable to a JWM. He does 30dmg on the move, which is critical for a melee, offers BG to other force users, which is the reason to run him, has solid stats that can easily be boosted, and all of this at a cost of 27pts. Further, he will have very specific and necessary roles in both factions that he is the absolute best figure in the game to fill.

In Rebels, he gives you GOWK protection for your Snowspeeder (a force user) and Leia (also a force user). And oh yea, he's a melee piece that already has renewal, well that works really well with Evade doesn't it? And he synergizes well with Leia (a precision attack at a +15 for 40dmg? Heck yea!).

Let's think of Republic options then. Oh yea, I think he can BG for GOWK, Flobi and General Skywalker! But who uses force users in the Republic anyways, nah he'll never be played because DT is risky....

Now let's include DT as just an extra. It has an amazing role. You use it in one of two situations (there are others but these will be the common competitive uses of DT). Ferus is down to 20-40hps, and you have a way to off him yourself. Well heck yea, that's an easy 27pts for you, and what's worse, it denies your opponent the opportunity to score 27pts. I don't think people realize how hard that often can be to make up. That means, in order for them to win a full victory, they must maintain gambit for a minimum of 6 rounds (assuming you have anything more than 3pts left, it's more than that). And further, it acts more like a 54pt swing, as it means you can leave 27pts of your opponent's on the board, and score the full win. Can anyone think of 27pts of commanders hiding in the back that they don't want to chase down?

The second situation is this. The game is coming close to the end, either time is called (about to be called) or you are running out of pieces. You see you can score enough points to put yourself over the top using DT, so of course you try it. Heck, in some situations, it might be absolutely worth it to use DT, just to try to fail, to deny your opponent points at the end of a game.

So that should explain the uses a little better for one of the figures. Do a similar thing with the others, and you will be able to decide if these characters are likely to be played by competitive players or not.

I'm wondering if I should keep ferus in the back and DT him right away, then use my remaining force to execute him if he fails the save. Of course, I wouldn't do this against a swap squad lol, unless I had disruptive. That might be of limited use, since I am now playing a 173 point squad that lost a turn, but 27 points might be worth it, and the look on my opponent's face could definitely be worth it.

That's 27 points to your opponent, not you, since you paid for it.

I like them; they are very novel and add a whole new element of risk that was very rarely seen with Force Powers beforehand. At the very least, they're not just a tired old ability that just damages some character or makes an attack miss