New Playable Species and Romance Compatability

In case you didn't notice, all of the Rodians in the Clone Wars talk with a lisp. That would require new voice work, not a modification to the existing recordings. Also, prior to Clone Wars no Rodian anywhere spoke basic. The only reason they do in Clone Wars is because American children are too stupid or impatient to read anything these days, which is the same reason they ditched the crawl.

Their height and ears might be a problem though

It's not an issue. As Daniel stated above, and as I bolded.

Personally, I find it distasteful to see so many people with the inability to get over physical differences - I'm sure in a reality wherein hundreds of thousands of species interact on a daily basis, people would be a little less hung up on outward appearances, particularly when they can be so minor.

That being said, I totally agree with such species as a Legacy unlock, with no option to bypass with the Cartel Shop until you've reached a certain level. Let the players get their most "iconic" virgin playthrough out of the way and then allow the variety to expand.

This rewards veteran players, those who have invested themselves in the game and their characters. Too much is available with a simple wave of a credit card.

And again, I'm not saying that there aren't obstacles to species implementation. I never want to hear alien babble. BioWare would lose all credibility with me if I ever saw playable Jawas or Wookiees. All I'm saying is that romance is not an obstacle. Animations, lore, voicing - these are all completely legitimate obstacles. Romance is not. As cited above.

Will have to disagree. You think humans would be willing to look at a Mon C and think "Yeah. Hawt!" I think they'd see them and go "Friend category!"

And you think Star Wars is different because all those species are everywhere? They're everywhere and still hated by the Empire.

A human in Star Wars looking at a Wookie and going "Oh yeah!" is no different than a person in the real world looking at a dog and going "Oh yeah!"

Sure it's out there. Its rare to such a degree it wouldn't make since to put it in the MMO and highly looked down upon.

Of course, this is just a game so real world rules on dating don't need to apply.

I dunno the one big excuse I read was something along the lines of, "people don't want to hear alien talk all the time and it gets annoying," however if you play a Sith Sorcerer your very first companion speaks alien gibberish, pretty consistently. The difference between the two is that a player cannot avoid their first companion but they could choose to play a basic speaking main character.
Personally I think the decision has nothing to do with the alien speak, after all there are a whole lot of quests where you are listening to it, and its not as if a player could not choose to "spacebar" through the dialog if they so choose. Not to mention if someone made, say a jawa character, they already know they are not going to be speaking basic anyway, and apparently the player is prepared to listen to the way they do talk through 50-55 levels of character advancement.
Frankly I would love to see non basic speaking characters as an option...namely jawas but hey thats just me.

Will have to disagree. You think humans would be willing to look at a Mon C and think "Yeah. Hawt!" I think they'd see them and go "Friend category!"

And you think Star Wars is different because all those species are everywhere? They're everywhere and still hated by the Empire.

A human in Star Wars looking at a Wookie and going "Oh yeah!" is no different than a person in the real world looking at a dog and going "Oh yeah!"

Sure it's out there. Its rare to such a degree it wouldn't make since to put it in the MMO and highly looked down upon.

Of course, this is just a game so real world rules on dating don't need to apply.