Rhovi
Quick question: I'm planning on asking for Star Wars Galaxies for Christmas. Is it any good? To elaborate upon Nick's post.
Galaxies is much like any MMORPG. You have to pay subscriptions, and own the proper gameset.
Its a pretty good game, and despite bugs that come up, the company has to fix them sooner or later.
The only problem is being a Jedi. It literally takes 8 months of our time to become one, due to certain "training" cycles. And all that time, you're a weakass b***h. I mean, the second you light up that saber of yours, you'll have 20 guns trained on you ready to snipe your punk a**. I mean, you'll be thinking Order 66 all over again. And once they tag you, if you survive, you'll be fine, but the bounty for you will be quite the payoff.
As long as you don't attempt to be a jedi, you'll be cool. In fact, being rebel is also a large no-no as well, since according to some of the people at school who play it, the imp-rebel ratio is around 9:1.
Basically, it is quite imperial, bounty hunter heavy. If you don't mind that, (or perhaps pick up a trade so you're worth something, like crafting) then you'll be fine.