There may have been a "subscriber" tauntaun, but there was also a tauntaun for everyone else only difference was color.
Here is a suggestion for subscriber gifts: Why not have the gift be unique and only available to subs. This gift could not be obtained via cartel market, subs cannot trade but can vendor if they choose not to keep it, is not a re-skin of a discontinued item. Something that can be useful, unlike the fireworks. That way it shows that BW actually took some time and created a thoughtful gift.
A cartel coin gift is like buying a gift card for your secret santa party. It comes across as "Hey, I completely forgot about the gift so I just grabbed this while in the grocery store check out line." Granted, some people did enjoy the gift, but many others like myself were wondering ***.
I notice the word "entitled" getting thrown around a lot. The OP and many others are not acting entitled. Entitled is all these celebs that get away with murder and not get as much as a slap on the wrist. How long did Paris, Lindsey, Amanda... get away with DUI's, hitting paparazzo with their cars, flashing their cooters in public? Most of the griefers here are people who pay for a product and are displeased with some aspects and stating such. If anything, BW is acting more entitled than the forum users.