I see nothing to get all excited about all they are doing is giving us the same stuff we all ready have with a new skin on it. Oh a new species, which if you have 8 characters now means you will have to delete one and then grind to 50 again. Then still have nothing to do once you are there other than do the same old FP & OP's over and over again with just a new look. (if you can find enough players for a group)
How long do they expect this game to last, maybe I am wrong and the player base will just be satisfied to have the same thing handed to them over and over with a new coat of paint, and blindly wander the universe waiting for the next planet or Op's mission.
But I am pretty sure this will not stop the bleeding of players from the game or bring back those that have already left. They need to do one of two things either get some dev's with some imagination and add new directions to the content we already have, like some of the things from previous Star Wars games, which just might save this one.
Or put this one out of its misery like you would do an injured animal, just shoot it in the head and bury it.
If FTP and this new update is the best they can come up with and what we have to look forward to time after time, then the latter of the two above would be their best choice.