Darth Hater

Well, I just hope that the Hutt Navigators are not going to be another cartel pack reputation faction (although it is very likely, given the fact that Cathar are meant to be CM-exclusive race)

Probably not, as it is already translated into French and German with dubbing and subtitles. Any other translations would have been huge financial undertakings that would really not return, because Italian-speaking gaming market is not that big

Nope, just XP gains. However, it does stack with all other XP boosts you might have active

Actually, no, planets are unlocked the second you get your own starship. The game is just not telling you to fly there. But questing should be possible, if you are appropriate level.

Also, as MasterAsia said, you can invite them to go class missions with you, they will just be a passive guests in conversations, and will not be acknowledged in any way.

We will be able to judge the story in RotHC expansion next year. Anything before that is premature, HK mission series did not really have much storyline.
However, in my mind, if you are going to have cash shop (sort of must in F2P game), this is exactly the kind of things that should be in it.

Hate to say it, but Krueby is right, the battlelord is close, but not it. It has shoulderpads and much bigger gloves/bracers. Plus the hood
Splash screen - http://excaliburstarship.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/star-wars-old-republic-top.jpg
Valiant - http://media-titanium.cursecdn.com/attachments/45/261/valiantjediarmor.png
Battlelord - http://tor.zamimg.com/torhead/uploads/screenshots/11336.jpg

However, it sort of fits into what is coin shop meant to be. Want to have cool loking gear? Pay up.

Yeah, but before SSSP sees the light of day, I am sure we will be treated to at least 1 more tier of ship upgrades.

And since nobody knows what is the SSSP, it is premature to judge (it could just be co-op 3D flight, not PvP)

I hope that BW learn from this "political sh*tstorm" that resulted from this most unfortunate move (and it is a good thing that it happened).

While I agree that Space Parts do not matter much, as it is a part of the game that is not widely played (most people I have seen in "space" location were 10 shortly after launch), it is a troubling thing to see items with stats on Cartel Market.

Ok, agreed, Jedi Battlelord is not an "iconic" Jedi Knight (and on the hood toggle, we need that), but you can get plenty of light robes that look like what is Obi-Wan wearing in New Hope (and even light/medium/heavy tunics that look like the clothes Jedis wear in prequels). Just browse the tor-fashion website, I am sure you will find plenty things that might looks pleasing to you.

As I said, it is a matter of finding the correct orange pieces, as they are in game.

Actually, you can look like iconic Jedi character, it just takes a bit of time to gather enough orange equipment to look like one.

For example: http://tor-fashion.com/2012/05/16/jedi-battlelord/ (Jedi Battlelord armor, hooded version of armor of the "main" Jedi from Deceived trailer)

Or my PvE consular set I call "Armored Consular", which looks pretty "Jedi-ish" to me (the color of armor could be brown of black, I just didn't find that color yet): http://imageshack.us/g/1/9913656/