Star Wars Galaxies: Jump to Lightspeed Preview

The guys at HomeLan Fed were able to participate in the Star Wars Galaxies: Jump to Lightspeed beta test and have written up a preview based on what they saw. A snippet, as usual:
If you already own Star Wars Galaxies or if you are a person who has been waiting to get into the game just for the space expansion, the good news is that Sony Online and LucasArts have made getting into space a relatively easy task. Your character gets email messages from the three space faring factions in the game; the Imperial Navy, the Rebal Alliance and the Free Traders. Not being much of a military man, I decided for my beta experience to emulate Han Solo and join the Free Traders. Only a few planets in the Star Wars universe are available for beginning pilots for training so make sure you find the correct planet. For me, it was Tatooine where I met up with my contact and after a little bit of haggling I received my own small one man, two engine ship that looks similar to an A-Wing. You then head back to the spaceport and go to a terminal where your space based adventures begin.