The new Kyrotech pieces were supposed to reduce the amount of other bottleneck gear - and that wasn't true with the Padme release. Shaak TI doesn't seem much better either. But it is also a way to have a steady crystal drain on players to eliminate crystal hoards.
The source for that quote was in the update notes
https://forums.galaxy-of-heroes.starwars.ea.com/discussion/199218/content-update-3-25-2019
Our goal with introducing these new pieces is to diversify the number of high value gear pieces and reduce the overall need of prior high value gear/salvage, such as Carbantis, Stun Guns, etc. Darth Revan is the first character to use these new pieces, and this process will be rolled out over a period of time as we release new characters.
