10 races that are better than Cathar.

Naaa I like Cathar I cant wait for that

Wookie(e) consistantly comes up in the top 3 of most wanted races, so yes, it is pretty strange.

Do you know the lore the game is based upon?

Wookiees have been slaves up to about 300 years before the game, and the vast majority of them haven't left the planet and see no real reason to. Why would you overthrow your oppressors to gain control of your own planet and... leave? Does it make any sense that you'd have a Wookiee Soldier? Kashyyk isn't even part of the republic. What about a Wookiee agent? The Empire isn't terribly happy about using Chiss, but a Wookiee would be okay?

And a Sith or Jedi Wookiee... yeah, those are explicitly prohibited. Never gonna happen.

Yes, I know that logic and lore don't play a part in this argument, it's simply: I want (a Wookiee). Many people would be happy to shred lore and ignore any sort of story consistency so long as they got what they want.

I for one am happy that Bioware doesn't give in to such demands (or at least, they haven't yet).

If you can have pure blood Sith Jedi (that are refered to as "human" in the dialogue), you can certainly have Wookie(e)s as a playable race.

BOTHAN
yoda species
wookie
DASHADE
TOGRUTA
kaleesh
MANDALORIAN RACE
gun gun
nemodian
geonosian

Really *not* looking forward to the invasion of furries ERPing at the fleet. Cathar were the last race I wanted to see added. I think I'd rather have Gungans or Ewoks than Cathar.

There's really no reason to not have any companion race as a PC race. They already have the armor and weapon models to fit those races for the most part....what's the hold up? I'll be more than slightly pissed if all those races magically appear in the cash shop within a few months.

Well I'm not sure I'd call it a "demand" but I would certainly think it a good thing if we had them. Given the context of the current gameworld and that I can have a Sith Jedi I'm not certain your argument holds water.

I suppose Wookie's would certainly be a Republic race in any event and would probably have to go hand-in-hand with a new Empire race.

You mention that they have been slaves up to 300 years prior to the current setting, do you mean that they stopped being slaves approximately 300 years ago?, If so, then surely within 300 years they would have done some travelling, equally if they only recently stopped being slaves (I might be making up some new lore here) then some of them would perhaps celebrate that freedom and engage with the rest of the Galaxy (excercising their newfound rights)

Either way I think my initial point still stands which is that certain things make an environment feel more Star Warsy, like light sabers, space dogfights, the force, Robot companions and Wookies...

definitely an unfortunate oversight.

Without even thinking, Togruta and Nautolan. I want them yesterday.

There are plenty of species to choose from but I think that we have to remember the fact that BioWare has imposed restrictions on what they deem acceptable as far as the playable species go. So even though the Jawa, the Wookiees, the Rodians and the Trandoshans are both iconic and popular, we will never play as one of them in this game.

Whatever species we look into, they have to be humanoid enough to fit the mold. It's much more likely that they give us Zeltrons or Nagai (just for example) than Wookiies or Toydarians.

Still, even though I don't see the appeal of the Cathar in particular, I maintain that their inclusion is a step in the right direction. The only thing I want is for BioWare to continue adding new species. I don't expect any outlandish ones, but even if they're humanoids like Togruta, it will still be a breath of fresh air and I'll be happy.

I don't care about the Cathar, and certainly won't be deleting one of my existing characters to make one.

I would absolutely delete and reroll a character slot if I could make a droid, especially an HK series (an HK Bounty Hunter FTW!)

Force-sensitive Pandas.