I think it's pretty much guaranteed that we will see yavin IV at some point. There's just so much lore there. +1 for kashyyk, naboo, ziost, kessel, dathomir, onderon

Keep in mind that these silly color restrictions affect non-force users too. Why as a bounty hunter should I be forced to fire red bolts? Oh, and the lore supports sith with green/blue sabers and jedi with red ones.

It's odd because on the Empire side, even the "light side" choices involve evil acts. They're just not bat*** crazy psychotic like many of the dark side choices. As such my pureblood sith inquisitor is ending up as a lightside character even though he's still a completely evil douche.

Bioware really REALLY wants the Republic to be the "Rebel Alliance" of this time period. They've gone so far with their cloning of the original trilogy that they literally are turning the massive galactic republic into a poor, struggling, garbage dump faction. That being said, I don't think the republic fleet is all that bad and I love the design of the capital ships that you can board (much more than the silly star destroyer galactic empire clones)

What about a server-wide social/lfg channel that becomes available when entering any cantina in the galaxy? It could possibly link up with imperial fleet general chat but I'm not sure how that would pan out in the grand scheme of things.

Like this very much.

Agree with Naboo, Dantooine, Kashyyk and add Ziost (original sith capital) Wookipedia says Naboo was colonized only about 400 years before SWTOR so it would be interesting to see what it's like at this time. EDIT: Yavin 4! this was one of the coolest planets in SWG.

Lack of technological advancement I get. I understand how FTL drives could be considered practically the pinnacle of technology in this universe. What I DONT like is how the buildings (see senate, jedi temple on corsuscant), clothing (see imperial officers) and starhips ( see star destroyers) can look exactly the same between both time periods. I understand what they were trying to do but at the end of the day it really just seems likes lazy design when there were almost limitless creative possibilities. KOTOR did a much better job of creating its own look. For IMO the best example of how this time period ought to look, check out tales of the jedi or google image search the great hyperspace war. There's some truly amazing art out there that really gives you a sense of a "medieval" version of the star wars universe. http://images.wikia.com/starwars/images/e/e2/Battle_of_Coruscant_(Great_Hyperspace_War).jpg