I have a "May the 4th" tournament coming up and I have an imperial list I have been playing with some good success. Problem is who I have been playing is not a tournament player. So I am wondering if

Vader with cluster missiles and swarm tactics

Bounty hunter with gunner

Saber squad with PTL and hull

Is going to hold up in a competitive seen. Any thoughts would be great, I'm not keen on running a tie swarm but I have most imperial options.

Personally I dont think this list would be overly competitive. The main Problem is the lack of firepower in this squad.

Granted Vader with Cluster Missiles could potentially do a lot of damage to 1-Agility ships like B-Wings and Falcons,

but after that, you're stuck with only two attack dice, and without an EU Vader will lack the ability to boost in range 1 constantly.

From my experience in a three ship list, you will want to have three heavy hitters, so I would recommend changing Vader to a Inteceptor, though this would further increase your vulnerability. But I guess that's always the case with only three ships..

So for Vaders 35 Points, you could swap in Soontir Fel with PTL, Stealth and a Target Computer. This would greatly increase your damage Output, while still beeing rather defensive with the Action stacking ability of Fel.

Just as I thought thanks

You're welcome!

So for Vaders 35 Points, you could swap in Soontir Fel with PTL, Stealth and a Target Computer. This would greatly increase your damage Output, while still beeing rather defensive with the Action stacking ability of Fel.

This would have been my suggestion too. Trade Vader in for Soontir Fel w/ PtL+TC. Yes, Vader is more durable, but with only three ships, you need to make all your shots count. Soontir is a hard bugger to kill with his token stack. (Possible to have a TL, Focus, and Evade in a single round)