From what I understand, Act 1 and part of Act 2 is really, really slow going. It doesn't start to pick up until later when things get more interesting. I've played through the story and I can say I enjoyed it. But I have played through all of the Empire storylines and began doing all the Republic ones (Smuggler, Knight, Trooper). Overall the Consular storyline was good. However, in comparison to several of the other stories that I had played, it wasn't the best.