This Maul is one of my favorite pieces in the game. For just 2 additional points you basically get the equivalent of Tow Cable for your Darth Maul, and you can even do damage on the way in! I'll never use a (non-epic) Darth Maul in a squad without considering this piece first...it's just that good of an option.

I agree, but that is also testament to how bad most of the other Mauls are. The original from clone strike was the man back in the day (and a great sculpt!), but by today's standards he just doesn't cut it.

I'm a fan of the Elite Gunner, I played him a lot when he first game out especially paired with Admiral Saul Karath who helps them a lot. He gives them a damage boost and sniper he can pick at foes a little easier, and hits pretty hard especially while standing still. (And they can pick up Double Attack.) But other, more recent boosts fit other pieces a lot better and as such It probably isn't as good now as when I first made it, but it certainly was fun.

Can they go into the Imperials with GARY? I'm never 100% on how certain squad building CEs/affinity interact

Elite Hoth Trooper, from Rebel Storm






Troopers aren't the Rebel's strong suit. While the Elite Hoth Trooper can pick up a bunch of boosts - Twin from a Rebel Captain, Mobile and Evade from Rieekan, +2 attack from a Rebel Officer, and deadeye from a Hoth Trooper Officer, the final result is Tier 6, fragile, popgun, and underwhelming compared to the trooper squads that other factions can put together. Which makes sense, given how the Battle of Hoth unfolded. 3/10.

Master Thon, from Renegades and Rogues





Everyone's favourite quadruped Jedi, Master Thon has a vast array of useful force powers and abilities, as well as some very strong in-faction synergy. Light Tutor helps Bastila Jedi Master to Advance Battle Meditate for longer, while Twin makes Thon a great recipient for the Old Republic Senator's extra attack CE. With Charging Assault he can do his damage from 12 squares away, he's defensively stout with 150 hit points, lightsaber defense, and master of the force 2, while he has Force Defense and Force Repulse 4 for crowd control, two great force powers. Additionally, he has perhaps the Old Republic's strongest movement breaker, with Mount, where he can carry another piece on his back. There are plenty of interesting things you can do with Mount, like an another attacker or a Kel Dor to make Force Repulse 4 really nasty, although the most proven method is using a Mouse Droid on his back so that he can access the Old Republic Senator's CE immediately.

That's a lot of amazing stuff, even on a 64 point piece, but it is kept under control with Thon's large base - it means that he has to deal with difficult terrain and low objects as he moves, and it's easier to block up hallways against him. But he's still a strong piece, and he enjoyed a moment of glory at the 2013 GenCon Championships, where this build took 3rd place:



Master Thon is stacked with great abilities and force powers - even though he's costly and has a large base, the synergy with Bastila and the OR Senator still means that he's a very competitive option for the Old Republic, especially in a low activation meta. 9/10.

Elite Rebel Trooper, from Rebel Storm





Troopers aren't the Rebel's strong suit. While the Elite Rebel Trooper can pick up a bunch of boosts - Twin from a Rebel Captain, Mobile and Evade from Rieekan, and +2 attack from a Rebel Officer, the final result is Tier 7, fragile, popgun, and underwhelming compared to the trooper squads that other factions can put together. Which makes sense, given how Luke, Leia, Han, Chewbacca, Lando, and R2 did most of the important stuff in the movies, while the Rebel troopers were cannon fodder. 3/10.

ISP Speeder, from Bounty Hunters





For 33 points, the Republic can get Captain Rex who has very similar stats and hit points, apart from a noticeably higher +12 attack, Greater Mobile Attack, a useful CE, and who doesn't have a huge base. It's also telling that this ISP Speeder has been replaced by the Infantry Support Platform from the Vehicles of War subset, which is similar, but is cheaper and with Speed 12. With the ISP Speeder around, there's no reason to play this ever - it's been replaced, and that's fine, since it was already overcosted and overlooked, 1/10.

Noghri, from Universe





The Noghri is simply an underwhelming piece from an early set. With melee attack, low stats, and 10 base damage, he just isn't worth it for 16 points - while Stealth is helpful, you can't get enough damage out of him to justify putting him in a squad. Thrawn's Bodyguard is helpful, but there are more efficient Fringe bodyguards out there - you can get a Gamorrean Bodyguard for 3 points less. The Noghri isn't quite bottom of the heap, but there's no good reason to ever use one - it'd be good to see some new Noghri pieces from the v-sets sometime. 2/10.

Jawa Scavenger, from Imperial Entanglements





Like the Yun-Harla Fanatic above, the Jawa Scavenger is another droid killing specialist which is primarily used as a reinforcement. But since it's a Fringe shooter, and self contained, it has a much wider application than the Vong piece. Without any support it's already +8 for 50 damage (!) against an unactivated droid, with Accurate Shot. There are obviously a lot of commander effects the Jawa Scavenger can pick up - among the notable ones, they can get Twin from Whorm or a Czerka, they can get a stat and damage boost from Talon Karrde Information Broker, and they can pick up Super Stealth and Self Destruct 20 from Nom Anor. Obviously 10 hit points is very fragile for a 13 point piece, but with Stealth and their damage potential, they're well worth the risk; in a Talon Karrde squad, a Jawa can one-shot R2-D2/C3PO Galactic Heroes or an IG-86. You need a Jawa Scavenger for your Lobot reinforcements box, 9/10.

Wuher, from Cantina Brawl





One issue that existed at the end of WOTC's production of SWM (I just realised that Single White Male and Star Wars Miniatures have the same acronym - is that a coincidence?) was that the Mouse Wall was a very successful strategy. Costing just 2 points with Gha Nachkt, and with a 20 defense, it was easy to block hallways, surround your shooters, and use them as blockers, and the strategy was included in the GenCon winner from 2010, which included Lobot and Gha Nachkt to bring in 10 Mouse Droids when needed.

The Cantina Brawl set provided a couple of solutions to the Mouse Wall problem - Momaw Nadon is a tier 1 piece that I've never heard a bad word about, while Wuher is a less successful solution. His We Don't Serve Their Kind Here makes lots of sense from a flavour perspective, but it's still a big call to mainline him into a squad to prevent a Mouse Drop. He is used effectively in this Slthrd2 squad -



- where the idea is that Wuher helps the Imperial squad not get outactivated too badly by discouraging a Mouse dump, and encouraging living reinforcements which can be made into Rakghouls. With No Blasters he's also an interesting swap piece - he can't be targeted by non-adjacent melee pieces, so he can help an out-activated Imperial squad with a mid-round swap.

Wuher also shines as a counter to a droid reserve squad - if your opponent is playing Kazdan, Wat Tambor, Dooku Separatist Leader, or whatever, Wuher is a great Lobot reinforcement choice, especially against squads with San Hill where the Muun Tactics Broker doesn't work. Wuher isn't a blatantly powerful piece, but he does have some interesting uses, and it's worth considering him where you want to prevent Mouse dumps or counter droid reserve squads, 8/10.