Axes? Really?

As with many things when designing and implementing an MMO, it's a practical decision. People are clever and will distort and contort any and every mechanic within an MMO. Faster then developers can even imagine or interdict. So as a practical matter, you build major aspects of a class from the ground up while trying hard to balance all the classes as you flesh them out to playability for release. A free for all weapons approach (or armor for that matter, or any other equipable item that influences combat) introduces complete chaos into game balance/play when humans are involved.

That said, it's also pretty clear that as an MMO ages and evolves, the developers add more freedoms and latitudes bit by bit as they go along. Things that add to player desire, without injecting complete chaos into the MMO (in terms of either lore or mechanics). The Gamorean Axes in the cartel shop are a good example of this. They fit within the lore and enabling them for the "melee power" classes is consistent with the lore and also consistent with physics. So the only downside I see in this particular weapon being introduced is we will see some female body type 1s wielding dual axes that are probably a big as they are (as I do not think they have weapon scale to body size implemented in this MMO, unlike some others). AND.. being one among many of the clever humans that play this MMO, I am inclined to roll a female body type 1 Juggernaut just to enjoy the absurdity of her wielding two giant axes like they were Ninja Daggers.

AND.. being one among many of the clever humans that play this MMO, I am inclined to roll a female body type 1 Juggernaut just to enjoy the absurdity of her wielding two giant axes like they were Ninja Daggers.

Psst, you need a Marauder to dual-wield.

Then again, SWG never was very balanced lol so I do see your point

Am I the only one who wants to be a nunchuck wielding abraham lincoln sith lord?

Or maybe duel wield shields?

Or maybe we could all make believe that a cow is a tavern

On topic as to why axes cant be cut by lightsabers, Im pretty sure it says in the wookiepedia article on lightsabers that in the beginning when normal swords were still common, they started being weaved with cortosis, another lightsaber-resistant metal, in order to stand up to these new, fancy glowsticks

I want them to add stuff like katanas

Well, there are several types of metal a lightsaber can't cut through in Star Wars lore, so that's not really an issue. Also, axes are traditionally used by Gamorrean warriors as their weapon of choice and I'm sure a number of other species use them as well.