It really does. I've ran several characters through Nar Shaddaa, and especially when I'm doing Bounty Hunter, there's always someone spamming the same emote near Carteri. Have to minimise the text chat so that it doesn't take up more room during the cutscene. Same with all the Bounty Hunter cutscenes nearby, they still reach you.

Same for me. CTRL + U and logging out/quitting the game don't work. Anyone have any solutions?

Did someone say "Can't log in Party?" Sounds like that would be a great idea.