My favorites are a tie between Grand Admiral Thrawn and Darth Caedus, incidentally my two favorite EU characters.

Not sure if I have a unit I hate specifically, on the other hand.

Champions of the Force is my favorite set (Jacen! Jaina! Bane! Kun! Corran! So much EU love!), followed closely by Legacy of the Force (EU love), Universe (EU love), Alliance & Empire (Vong!), The Force Unleashed and Jedi Academy.

Outside of a few random pieces, never really got behind the 40-piece Clone Wars set, but I also haven't gotten around to actually watching it, either.

Since you posted this right on my lunch break, NZ time, I went through every WotC set and picked my favourite and least favourite. Since I only really started playing properly after Masters of the Force, I don't really have sentimental attachments to everything - these are the pieces from each set that I think are most important for a new player to go back and pick up - although of course there is some faction bias in there - I picked a bunch of Republic and New Republic pieces.

Rebel Storm:
Favourite: General Veers, Worst: Bothan Spy (although they did just get a use with the new Mon Mothma).

Clone Strike:
Favourite: Darth Sidious, Worst: Klatooinian Enforcer

Revenge of the Sith:
Favourite: R2-D2, Astromech Droid, Worst: there's not really a standout worst here, just lots of reprints.

Universe:
Favourite: Lobot, Worst: Nien Nunb

Champions of the Force:
Favourite: Ugnaught Demolitionist, Worst: Arcona Smuggler

Bounty Hunters:
Favourite: Lord Vader, Worst: Klatooinian Hunter

Alliance and Empire:
Favourite: Mara Jade Jedi, Worst: Gamorrean Guard reprint

The Force Unleashed:
Favourite: Amanin Scout, Worst: Darth Revan

Legacy of the Force
Favourite: General Dodonna, Worst: Moff Morlish Veed (he's like a lesser version of Rebel Storm Tarkin!)

Knights of the Old Republic
Favourite: Mandalorian Scout, Worst: Gungan Soldier (Artillerist is so much better for 2 extra points from the same set)

Clone Wars:
Favourite: Yoda on Kybuck, Worst: Mon Calamari Knight

Imperial Entanglements:
Favourite: Luke Skywalker, Rebel Commando, Worst: Duros Scout

Jedi Academy:
Favourite: Anakin Solo, Worst: Darth Maul, Sith Apprentice

Galaxy at War:
Favourite: General Skywalker, Worst: Nahdar Vebb

Dark Times:
Favourite: IG-88, Assassin Droid (although I find it very hard to take anything over Ferus Olin), Worst: Kota's Militia

Masters of the Force:
Favourite: Ganner Rhysode, Worst: Ewok Warrior reprint

I posted a wee while ago about this, but I think the rampant time of Wizards power creep was up to around Legacy of the Force/Knights of the Old Republic - it levelled out a bit after that, and most good pieces from there on in are still good now, and it's much harder to choose favourites from those sets.

The worst set, IMO, given that the game moved quickly and older sets became obsolete, so that it's not really fair to pick on Rebel Storm as being the worst set, is Masters of the Force; there are a handful of really strong pieces like Rodian Diplomat, Ganner Rhysode, and the force spirits, but generally it has far less strong pieces than any other post-LOTF set. Another set that doesn't look that good in hindsight is The Force Unleashed - it has a lot of iconic pieces like the Felcor, Darth Revan, and Master Kota, that haven't really stood the test of time that well. It's arguably the coolest set, but not that many pieces from it have held up very well.

My favourite set overall is probably Knights of the Old Republic - there are lots of really great pieces (Jarael, Vader Scourge, most of the Mandos, Malak, Wedge), although it's a shame that a lot of the pieces for the Old Republic faction itself aren't that good. Looking at my collection, it's the set I have the most pieces from - I'm not a completist, so I just try and get the useful pieces from each set. If we use the same measure, I only have 3 pieces from Bounty Hunters, so maybe that's my least favourite set?

It's one of my Bloomilk hobby horses. Basically, I think he's worth 88 points on some levels - really good base stats, some good CEs, and Master Tactician. But he's such a mish-mash, like a weird mashup of Grand Admiral Thrawn and Vader Jedi Hunter, that I think it's all but impossible to build a viable squad with him at 200 points. He just doesn't fit with the other stuff the Sith have/had, and he can only do 20 damage on the move - which is ridiculous for an 88 point piece.

^good point. Really enjoy playing with the earlier sets as they have fineness, rather than just focusing on raw damage output.

true that, but i dont like how the game has evolved into all about raw damage. what i mean about finesse is how alot of the earlier pieces weren't loaded with SA and were super complicated. it gave them enough room to beefed up by commanders. i must agree, swap squads are good, and they do capture the essence of the original star wars minis game. the pieces like R2 Astro and thrawn are great, but i feel that over the years Wizards kind of overproduced those types of characters, making the game so much more competitive, but also taking away the individual usefulness of some pieces.

^even though the stats suck for the Duros Mercenary, his sculpt is my favourite in the whole game, as mine has an epic paint job.

They wreck absolute havoc on squad that rely on a powerful CE, especially the IG lancer due to it's flight capabilities. they are great pieces, but the thing that annoys me is that they (wizards) didn't consider the repercussions it would eventually have on the game. they (being Yobuck and IG Lancer) just dominate and can wipe out half a squad in a turn (especially if Yobuck is paired with Gen Skywalker). you can just waltz in and hack up the enemy commanders, which will ultimately secure you a win. the is no counter for pieces like this in my opinion, which is why they are broken. all the new abilities in the v-sets don't really do anything about the problem, it just gives another incentive for that green imp on a weird looking horse to hack something else up. i hope it doesn't get to point when squads are so dominated by this that it gets to a point where there is an unbeatable squad.

but they have fixed one problem and created another, that being Poggle and the cheap as zombie bombs. i dont mind death shots, but 2 point pieces that can kill you when you kill them??? Also having a squad that is made up of a few high powered uniques gives the problem of a quality Bounty Hunter dicing them up like sushi

Melee needed to be stronger. One of the few flaws with the game from the get-go was the fact that Rob created a point-base structure that put melee and non-melee on the same level. Hindsight is 20/20, but shooting should have had a range of 8-12 squares, and abilities like Disintegration limited to 4-6 squares.

I think we've only really hit the point where melee is reasonably equivalent to shooters. Someone might correct me, but I *think* that Darth Vader, Sith Lord was powerful in the Rebel Storm era, but Clone Strike Aurra Sing raises the bar so much. I think at the same cost they'd be relatively evenly matched, but she's a full 23 points cheaper. And things kept happening that way, especially until the Jedi Weapon Master was accidentally made a non-unique, and showed that melee pieces were generally way over-costed:

Aurra Sing
Cost: 37 (-23)

Hit Points: 130 (-10)
Defense: 21 (-2)
Attack: 11 (-5)
Damage: 20
Special Abilities:
Unique
Accurate Shot
Careful Shot +4
Jedi Hunter

Force Powers:
Force 2
Lightsaber Sweep


Darth Vader, Sith Lord
Cost: 60 (+23)

Hit Points: 140 (+10)
Defense: 23 (+2)
Attack: 16 (+5)
Damage: 20
Special Abilities:
Unique
Triple Attack
Melee Attack

Force Powers:
Force 5
Lightsaber Sweep