Improving the Mechanics of the Upcoming "Revenge of the Sith"-Themed Raid

I think Lord Vader might be the raid boss and as such CG doesn’t want players to use him

It seems that in the raid, we are supposed to be rescuing Jedi, which might imply that Lord Vader is indeed the main antagonist. However, if CG follows the idea of splitting the battles into Light Side vs. Dark Side, then one possible solution would be to have a phase where players fight against Lord Vader. At the same time, if you're playing as the Dark Side, you should be able to use Lord Vader yourself, which would stay true to the theme and balance of the raid. 

You certainly mentioned made some interesting suggestions.

I for one am neutral about the LV thing. I mean, I would be glad to be able to use him in the raid, and it does make sense lore-wise, but I'm not really upset that he's not allowed either.

Having separate LS and DS battles would certainly spice things up. However, something tells me it's not likely to happen.

The other required characters is definitely an issue that deserves mentioning. Requiring the new BB doesn't make any sense as compared to the old team. And I for one am getting very annoyed at how many new toons we need every time new content is released. Krayt raid, we only needed Jabba (who is at least permanently available), Maul (the only real issue) and two Marquees. Endor raid required Leia (again, permanently available) and several marquees (fortunately, they were all requirements for Leia). Naboo raid is where the pain begins, as it requires multiple Marquees (POW, MQG, 4 Gungans), a legendary toon (JJ, who only appears every few months, requires 4 marquees at R5), Queen Amidala (a Conquest character, if you didn't unlock her early enough, you lose out on a team for most of the raid's duration). Now, from what we know so far, the Order 66 raid will require the 5 new BB marquees, 4-6 new Era marquees, a legendary toon who will require said 4-6 new Era marquees at relic levels and will likely be on a cadence like JJ, and very likely Jocasta (a Conquest character). It's just ridiculous at this point, having to farm so many new characters just to try and maintain the same rewards every time a new raid is released.

That said, I do hope CG actually takes the time to look at the mechanics for this raid. I don't mind having to wait a few more months, so long as the raid offers a middle ground between being a challenge and exciting and requires actual skill and strategy, unlike the RNG misery that is the Naboo raid.