It just comes down to a balance thing. It would be awfully hard to balance jedi or sith in this type of game. And it would also be hard to get Luke, Obi-wan, Vader, or the Emperor into many of the maps, since they didn't directly fight in many of the battles during the time period that the mod takes place

I am interested to see what the rest of the community thinks about it. I've been lurking here for months, yet the opinion seems pretty divided.

I really hope there are no Jedi or Sith in the mod.  I know Jedi and Sith are the ubercool killing machines of the trilogy, but the Star Wars gaming experiences I always remember are the ones that involve gritty combat between the pilots, ground troops, and massive vehicles of the saga.

It would really ruin the game experience if I'm working hard with my squad to hold down a position and kill a number of enemies, only to have Vader rush through and slice everyone down.  It just kills the gameplay.

And it's not plausable to have a Jedi and Sith on each map either, especially if you're shooting for the original trilogy timeline.  If you have Vader on an invasion map, you need to have Luke or Obi on the Rebel side.  It's just overkill if you ask me.

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