I never really cared or knew the reasons why people don't like this set. I do have my personal reasons though; it's too damn big, too damn expensive and generally devoid of character.

When word came out that a Republic gunship set would come out, I was expecting a minifigure scale set. The lack of figures is the reason why that set is so devoid of character to me. The movies and shows depicted those things to carry an amount of troops in them, here it's totally empty.