Greetings. I'm Superunknown, and I'm a casual jerk-face.
For some reason, I have a lot of fun in this game building up theme squadrons and crashing them into each other in what I like to term "Champions Matches", wherein the winner is the side with the last standing 'champion'. It all started when I picked up a TIE Advanced as my first expansion in order to do a "Screw you, Dad!" match with Luke. So here we go! (Yes, a few of these cards are not out, but that doesn't stop me from just using the rules... Who cares when it's at the table with your chums?)
"Very well, son. You bring your friends, and I'll bring mine. We shall settle this... like a family."
"Vader & Friends"
Darth Vader (Ruthlessness, TIE /x1, Advanced Targeting Computer, Cluster Missles)
Mauler Mithel
Backstabber
Dark Curse
Night Beast
"Luke & Friends"
Luke Skywalker (Proton Torpedoes, R2-D2, Squad Leader)
Biggs Darklighter (Proton Torpedoes, R5-D8)
["Rookie Wedge"] Red Squadron Pilot (Proton Torpedoes, R2-F2)
I've had pretty good fun with these lists. They're both pretty **** aggressive and pair off well against each other. (Although Biggs often has trouble using those torpedoes before he dies.) Another odd thing happened once: Dice rolls went VERY poorly for the rebels in one match, so the Imperials felt sorry for us and let us roll a rookie X-wing. I jokingly called him "Puke Spacebarfer", but within three turns he had killed Vader for the win. So we made a custom card for him. He's got all the numbers of a normal rookie pilot, and an ability for one additional point: "When you shoot down a named enemy pilot, you may place a stress token on another enemy pilot at range 1-3" Good times.
Here's some other crap I've been building. Feel free to critique my methods. It's always a challenge fielding a ton of named pilots, but that's kind of what makes it so entertaining.
What if everyone was a wizard?
"The Lensmen"
Luke Skywalker (R2-D2, Squad Leader)
Corran Horn (R2 Astromech, Marksmanship) -The R2's not too useful on him, but he's gotta have Whistler.
Kyle Katarn (Recon Specialist, Moldy Crow)
"Palpi-pals"
Captain Kagi (Advanced Sensors, Emperor Palpatine)
Carnor Jax (Opportunist, Royal Guard TIE, Targeting Computer, Autothrusters)
Kir Kanos (Royal Guard TIE, Targeting Computer, Autothrusters)
-Don't like this list very much. It needs work.
These girls think they're the queens of the neighborhood. They've got the hottest trikes in town.
"Bikini Kill"
Jan Ors (Ion Cannon Turret, Squad Leader)
Ibtisam (Sensor Jammer, Elusiveness)
Nera Dantels (Fire-Control System, [4 points of torpedoes], Deadeye)
-Lot of predictable choices here, but it's got some good utility. Could jigger Nera's loadout to invest more points in munitions, since it seems a little redundant. Could also use a spare point on Nien Nunb for Jan because it'd be excellent, but he's not a lady.
Also working on an all-female pirate squadron which will be known as "The Bonny Annes", but holy crap those gals cost a lot of squad points.
Last, here's one someone else worked worked up which I really like:
"Bespin Squad"
Boba Fett (Heavy Laser Cannon, Seismic Charge, Expert Handling, Slave 1)
Howlrunner (Swarm Tactics)
Night Beast
Winged Gundark
-Flew a Fat Han with a daredevil against these guys once and got chopped, but I DID get to pull a ridiculous turn with Han at some point, which made it all worthwhile.
Anyway, sorry for the ridiculous length of this post. Looking forward to hearing what you've all got to say, and please do share with me some of your own ridiculous builds. Anyone who has a good robots-only "Kill All Humans" squad gets a cookie.