I played this way back when many features werent in yet, glad to hear its at a state similar to when I played the original Sony version.
When I was playing the old SWG, all the classes were not done either. The Droid Engineer was completely useless and a couple other were not complete.
All in all, SWG was an awesome MMO and they seem to have broke the mold after this one. The freedom of action and the ability to build your own cities, shops, industry, etc was just so cool. The macro system allowed for players to set up some pretty interesting infrastructure. I also really loved the class system. In fact, there are just so many elements that modern MMO designers should be looking at in SWG for their games.
Alas, it is still an MMORPG and has lots and lots of grindy things. I think for may of us, the model of gameplay has gotten old and it's hard to commit to the hours required to get anywhere. That said, nostalgia is killing me here, it was and still is my favorite MMORPG ever and I do still have the CD's.
So tempting...
EDIT: I would be into getting back on if people are serious here. There is so much FUN we could have, building up a city and industry, the economy aspect of the game is just fabulous.
NO JEDI ALLOWED (just kidding, but yeah Jedi are dumb)