User blog comment:John'Zero'Smith/Battlefront Dice: Melee Units/@comment-25808182-20140718191130/@comment-25808182-20140720174243

Yes, I mean these guys. They would replace the wookiee warrior as the alliance melee units on planets such as Yavin 4 and Alderaan. Don't let their title fool you, they are real guards with real weapons. Many of them are defected senate guards. (at least in the old canon)

I think a standard Republic melee unit would be some kind of ARC trooper, or maybe a genaric jedi. (you know, before order 66 happened) And maybe the blue guard on Coruscant.

For the empire, I think the heavy trooper as the default would be your best bet.

As for the standard melee attack, I was thinking of the melee strike you see in Repuplic Commando when you have a pistol and certain other weapons. Though your idea sounds good as well.