Quite frankly, the apparent “outcry” confuses me more so than anything, given that I don’t recall any sort of outcry when Geonosian Brood Alpha was released. In fact, I believe I recall nothing but positive reception to that character, and no complaints of “better” pre-established characters, unless those sorts were just far and few between, and I missed them as a result. So I’m just wondering what could possibly be the difference between this original character, and the one before it?
Both 5OR-T and Geonosian Brood Alpha were made with the clear intent of elevating underutilized members of specific factions (i.e.: Geonosians with other separatists before the Brood Alpha, and Droids like T-3, who were often forgone for other droids or old republic characters, and ones like R2 and BB8 who’ve fallen out of favor over time, despite once being popular go to choices).