I actually really like the idea of Revan, Uliq, and the Blademasters. The +4 from Mandalore's CE is typically what the Blademasters need to really be effective. That's 151 points just for Revan and Uliq though, lol. I like that Droids are subject to the CE. Helps the SADs a LOT. Plus, probably will work well with the Telosion Tank Droid, for some extra KOTOR theme-ness.
I'm not terribly surprised to see him have Master Tactician, so it's cool that Sith have some initiative control now. Especially since his CE allows you to move ANY ally at the beginning of the round. Even if he had just had the ability to grant Intuition to somebody at the beginning of the skrimish, that would've been cool. This will certainly open up some interesting posibilities.
At this point though, I'm really glad that I can't read the WotC forums, lol. I don't think I want to hear what must be going on over there, because I'm sure that he doesn't meet a lot of people's expectations. I think he looks pretty cool, and definitely an interesting addition for the Sith Faction. I'm just disapointed he doesn't have Affinity for OR. With those stats, he would've been a nice addition there as well.
BTW, what does "Force Storm 2" mean? Is it different than RS Palp's Force Storm, or is it just that Force Storm costs 2 FPs?
The Vanguard is kind of cool. Nasty little anti-swarm piece. Thing I don't like the most about it (and including a couple things from the last couple sets) is that bodyguards seem to becoming less and less useful. Half the time you want to take some to help against Disintegration or big beatsticks or something. But with the cheap area of effect attacks now like Missles 30, that nerfs it pretty good.
Last thing....Grambo...here's your balance to Kazdan.