So, there's lots of talk about how interceptors are weak and rebels are getting all the fun. But what if we have a new tournament format where the YT-1300 and Firespray are banned? No more marksmanship + gunner + special firing arcs with range 3 weapons, if you want to shoot outside your primary arc you're limited to range 1-2 with turrets that have significant drawbacks on ships that also have significant drawbacks. And just for fun, let's also remove the constraint of arbitrary time limits, no matter how much evasive flying you do with your interceptors the match will be played until one side's ships are all dead.

How does this change the game/metagame? Does this make interceptors (and even the TIE advanced?) viable? More importantly, is it FUN?

I don't own Slave 1 or the Falcon, and I have to say I really enjoy it. The occassional y wing with a turret just makes me feel like I am not missing much, in terms of gameplay, by not having the falcon in particular.