Wow, I swear the randomiser is listening sometimes.....

Darth Revan, Sith Lord, from Destiny of the Force



(although if you're cheap like me, you can just use a Jensaarai Defender instead):



As we saw a few pages ago, the original WOTC Revan was a jumbly, overcosted mess and this remake, which came out in the first v-set, is a vast improvement. He carries on the flavour of the first with a similar statline, Master Tactician, and a movement breaker, but his movement breaker is much more significant. The Sith have always had to deal with being outactivated, and Revan helps them get around this by introducing a single phase swap. With Master Speed, he can run 18 squares (or 12 squares if he wants to attack as well), and swap another piece in his place. This means that the Sith can use their swap anytime in the round - most other swap builds prefer to swap after their opponent is all done, since they need 3 activations before the swapped piece can attack anything. Revan's most successful pairing is with Lord Kaan - he can set up the "Kaan bomb" where he swaps Lord Kaan in and Kaan explodes in the middle of the opponent's squad. As well as swap, Revan's also a good cleanup attacker with Cunning +10 and Lightsaber Assault, he's sturdy with 22 defense, 130 hit points, and lightsaber defense, and Master Tactician gives Sith initiative control.

If I remember correctly, every Regional winning Sith squad has been built around the two movement breakers they've received in the v-sets - either this Revan, or Darth Caedus, Sith Lord. This squad won two Regionals in the same day in 2012, after the Sith had never previously won a Regional:



Darth Revan Sith Lord is a great piece, and he deserves an 11 - he is a power piece that you build around in Sith, and he brings initiative control and a great movement breaker, two very important abilities in this game, to the table. I do have reservations - at 62 points he is a big chunk of your squad, and he's far more expensive than any other power 11 piece we've covered so far. But he's a great rendition of Revan, and a cornerstone for some competitive Sith builds, and squeaks into an 11/10.

+1

Faction defining piece. And the fact that he's 62 points and you can say that is huge.

I always felt 11 meant undercosted and overpowered. In that sense I'd give him a perfect 10. He's top tier competitive, yet still balanced. His one phase swap was a stroke of genius.

Still one of the best DESIGNED pieces ever.

Lando Calrissian, Dashing Scoundrel, from Alliance and Empire





It's interesting to look at the uber positive comments on Lando's page - upon release he would have been a competitive option as an efficient mid-range Opportunist shooter. With Mobile he can take safe shots, with Opportunist he's hitting for 30 damage at +12, and with evade and 50 hit points, he has some ranged survivability. He's a solid piece, but with the advent of Dash Rendar, Renegade Smuggler, who costs only an additional 10 points, has 20 extra hit points, and who can put out 80 damage at +10 with Opportunist, Lando's going to struggle to get play as the Opportunist shooter in a 200 point squad. Lando DS has a few chances of seeing play - he might be worth keeping in your Lobot reinforcements box if you come up against a low activation squad and just want another attacker, and if you're playing a living Sep squad based around Whorm's twin, he might be an option too. In the scheme of things, Lando's a fairly solid piece - he just happens to fill the same niche as the undercosted and adaptable Dash Renegade Smuggler, so he he'll struggle to see much table time. 7/10.

Gamorrean Bodyguard, from Masters of the Force





Bodyguard's a really strong Special Ability, and a 50 hit point bodyguard for 13 points is a great deal. The Gamorrean is largely competing with other bodyguards in the same price range - assuming you're using Lobot, and you want a bodyguard as a reinforcement:

- Twi'lek Bodyguard has 30 hit points, can't shoot, and you can bring in 2 of them.
- the Human Bodyguard has 40 hit points, can shoot (badly) and combine fire, and you can bring in 3 additional activations.
- the Gamorrean has 50 hit points, can't shoot, and you can bring in 2 additional activations.
- Ponda Baba, GC, has 60 hit points, can shoot quite well, and you can bring in 1 additional activation.

All these 4 Fringe bodyguards are viable - it's worth having all of them in your Lobot box. The Gamorrean is constrained by its melee attack, since it's often good to have your bodyguard combining fire so it's doing something useful. But if you're playing a melee based squad and don't need to combine fire, he's a good choice - he can take 3 20 damage hits for one of your important pieces, which can often be game-changing. The Gamorrean Bodyguard is a useful piece to have - often the shooting bodyguards are stronger options, but he's still a handy reinforcement option, 8/10.

Try telling that to Aaron.

Luke Skywalker, Force Spirit, from Legacy of the Force





As we saw on page 25, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Jedi Spirit is a really good piece, and Luke FS is the New Republic equivalent - for two extra points you get an upgrade from Speed 2 to Speed 4. He doesn't seem to have found his way into as many top tier builds as Obi has, however; one reason for this may be that New Republic builds are tighter for points, and paying 10 points for force renewal for a single piece is a luxury that many competitive builds can't afford. There are plenty of really good pieces that benefit from force renewal though - if you're playing any of these, Luke can be beneficial.
- Kyle Katarn Jedi Battlemaster
- Kyp Durron
- Mara Jade, Smuggler
- Barriss Offee, Rogue Jedi
- Kyle Katarn (with Jan Ors)
- Zekk
- Jacen Solo, Jedi Knight
- Saba Sebatyne
- Jaina Solo, Sword of the Jedi
- Kyp Durron, Jedi Master

IMO, Luke FS is just short of the top tier competitive scene in 2014 - but he's a really good piece to have on hand, as he helps out lots of builds that are just below the top tier. I like playing round with New Republic builds outside tournament play, and my Luke FS gets plenty of use, 7/10.

Carth Onasi, from Knights of the Old Republic





It's fair to say that Carth is one of the most useless uniques in the game, especially given that he came out in one of the later WOTC sets. With only 10 base damage and 7 attack, he's not going to cause big pieces any problems, unless he has a lot of support, and since he's already 37 points, there are much cheaper options to build around. Double/twin/intuition has some potential, but his attack and damage are so low that he's unusable. To add insult to injury, the next set came out with Captain Rex, who is blatantly superior (cheaper, an attack that's almost twice as high, base damage of 20, GMA, a good CE), and in a faction with better support. There's no good reason to play this piece, just use the much better v-set remake instead. 1/10.

Obi-Wan Kenobi, Padawan, from Knights of the Old Republic





He's another much maligned Unique from Knights of the Old Republic, but Obi-Wan Padawan is a whole lot better than Carth Onasi. He's not a terrible piece for 22 points, and maybe his biggest issue is that he's always going to suffer from inevitable comparisons to the Jedi Weapon Master - at 26 points, the Jedi Weapon Master has better stats and hit points than Obi-Wan Padawan, as well as Lightsaber Defense and Riposte. But while he is underwhelming in comparison to the JWM, that doesn't make Obi Padawan a terrible piece, and he arguably has a niche in swap squads where he can set up to use his Ataru Style and get his attack higher than a JWM. But like the two previous pieces on this thread, it's telling that Obi-Wan Padawan was remade very early in the v-sets, and the v-set version is much more cost effective and interesting, with some extra tricks. Obi-Wan Kenobi Padawan isn't an awful piece for the cost, but he's still unlikely to see any play in his WOTC form. 4/10.

11/10.

It's so good it's chased away R2-D2, except for the Republic version.

Mice and Ugnaughts are ubiquitous: 11/10. Rodian Brute is a 9 or 10 in my book. Fills its role quite well, but not every squad needs its role. 20-def Blockers (sometimes at 2 points) and door control are always useful.