If you're just going by what the movies are showing you, you have to understand that they are all from the Jedi's perspective. Of course the opposing side is going to look "evil" in comparison, you know what your side is more intimately. You know the motivations and relationships on the Jedi's side because you see it in front of you. You never really get to see the innerworkings of the sith order, you know they could be throwing office parties, keggers, and whatnot. My point is you don't know as much about the sith as you do the jedi because that's how the movies wanted it, just enough to support the given story that they are evil.

Didn't Mace Windu, a light side Jedi council member, use a dark side fighting stance? Your binary views on morality are naive, nothing is simply good or evil. The fact that you can't see the star wars universe as something to be explored and thought about means you should probly never have picked up the game in the first place. Watch the movies, read the books, don't pick an interactive medium if you aren't ready to have people contribute to it.

I'm not sure that "Peace is a lie" is actually a bad thing to start with, it's not pretty, but it's honest. I see it as more of a reality then a declaration of war.

Take a gander at the Sith code real quick will ya? Peace is a lie, there is only passion. Through passion, I gain strength. Through strength, I gain power. Through power, I gain victory. Through victory, my chains are broken. The Force shall free me. This says nothing about rage, anger, fear or anything of that nature really. This seems to me more like a creed, declaration, whathaveyou of someone who refuses to be enslaved. This could mean by the jedi, by their emotions, whatever, but you get my point.

Spoiled by WoW putting portals up everywhere?

Well the thing about this is, they already have the work done. . .one of the reasons to have a bunch of variations on non human species as NPCs is if you intend to use them again for players. All that would have to be done is changing the character creation UI, lil tweeks here and there, equip species that cannot speak Galactic Basic with like floating translator droids and you're good to go.

I'm not saying it has to be right now, I'm not saying they need to be able to be every class. . .I just want to play as a Wookiee. If you're worried I'll get tired of my character's voice acting, don't be, if I get sick of it I'll turn off the sound. Make it an unlockable thing in game, big quest line involving lvling multiple toons to 50, just toss it in. Any other Wookiee enthusiasts out there?