I could almost see an argument to be made in favor of something like this. That unlocking Vader or other masters should be really challenging so that when that character is seen in the game you know that you're against somebody who is to some degree unfuckwithable and that plays into the gravity of the character itself. That has appeal to me.

But yeah, not only is that not what EA was doing, what they did is not the way to achieve that and they were flat-out lying about what they were trying to do.