There are suitable models available at 10mm scale if you know where to look. I think your Heroes rules might be a little too much at the scale of X-Wing but would be fun at a larger 28mm scale. Giving them a combat range of 1-3 seems too much for a light saber throw or blaster pistol at X-Wing scale. Your other infantry have a range 1-2 for blaster rifles, which seems fine. So I think range 1 is about the best you could expect from a pistol or throwable weapon. Deflecting attacks is thematic but how many troops does one of your infantry stands represent? The hero may get a couple but not a whole platoons worth.
As far as abilities go I think you should try different ones from their Pilot abilities. Vader is a beast in combat and also a great commander and a feared opponent. So having Heroes remove stress from friendly infantry or add it to opponents could be a way to show "force" abilities. These are ideas I am thinking about for my rules.
Other heroes like Leia could be a good commander, Han & Chewie as combat masters and the droid duo could help repair vehicles.












