Luke uses vicious slash on Vader during their duel on the second death star and he cuts off his hand!

Anakin had more talent Obi-Wan had more skill

I like how we all just skipped over the racist joke here! Since it's pretty common knowledge watto was an Arab/Jew stereotype, Anakin just said the equivalent of "I didn't read the Jew print". Unless "fine" as in "fine print" is a race on earth.

That is nice! What are the stats and what planet is it on?

Granted I'm only level 24 but I got the E-111 Stealth-X Saboteur from the commendations vendor on coruscant. Keeping up the mods it's stats wise better than anything else I've seen and it looks AMAZING! http://tor.zamimg.com/torhead/uploads/images/3178.jpg

I have 2 characters mid-30's and I've been neutral most of the time, sometimes going to light/dark I but then dipping back to gray. I have never needed alignment based gear. Between crafting, heroic quest rewards, and mods, my neutral gear always has the same and usually better stats than the light/dark side gear. And if not, the alignment is to use not buy. So get the new blaster/lightsaber and raid it for the mods and up your gray gear.

What's the logic behind instances? Why do they have them if they're so bad?

At vendors or as class rewards I see ED-9 parts, ED-7 motors, AA power cores, etc. It says the item binds on pickup and gives boosts to stats but it doesn't change anything. How do I use these items?

Not saying I wouldn't mind Bioware giving us some extra oomph! HAHA

I disagree with OP. I currently play a vengeance specced jug at 22 and I TEAR through enemies. Yeah I'll die if i attack a gold who's 2 levels higher than me and with some golds it's a toss up but challenge makes the game fun. If we could own every mob no problem it would be a boring game. But for 95% of mobs, I tear through them like Anakin massacring the sand people. Maybe your rotation is off? I do: Force Charge -> Assault (2-3x) -> Smash -> Ravage -> Force Scream -> Vicious slash/(sundering) assault to burn off or build up rage depending on cool downs and repeat. Very rarely do I even make it past the full ravage unless it's a gold or boss.