I think it will attract alot of new players, or returning players. Just because it isn't mentioned as one of the factors why people left, imo it still a huge downside of this game and another reason why people left. It's just outshined by the amount of bugs and endgame content where people whined about.
But come one..you had a Star Wars MMO before this one which had open space. I mean how can you as a developer of a huge Star Wars MMO not include space? Wait... lets just add a railshooter space thing so that people will have an option to play in space! Ye great idea..not.
And if you really think that it's a great idea to focus on business transactions for silly vanity items instead of REAL content (Like open space), then this game is lost. How much i hate to admit that, i still like the game and i will continue to play. But if the developers think pomping out content in terms of vanity items is the way to go, then the game will sink even further.