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id be happy with the togruta, and im sure Zeltrons would be easy to do, with almost no development time whatsoever, they just have to paint humans pink.
Togrutas all the way! We need them to offset those overrated worm-headed space tramps we call Twi’leks.
Cathar would be very welcome, too. Both species are already in the game, but alas, they aren’t playable just yet. Perhaps in a later patch, or as Legacy content… oh well.
I personally don’t see the need for more coloured humans like Zeltrons, Pantorans and their like. I believe we have enough customization to emulate the Kiffar, Echani and some other near-humans.
People seem to want Nautolans as well but I don’t really get the appeal.
You mean other than Kit Fisto and general badassness? Totally seconding Nautolans myself.
They can breath underwater and if you do them just right they look like predator.
i have always liked the Quarren,and Shistavanens….
Shistavanens for sure!
Its gotta be the Zeltrons. That is 1 sexy race, that really has to be included. Nice call on that one.
Nautolan and Zeltrons! They both have something to bring to both allegiances.
Zygerrian would be nice as well
JAWAS
Bring on the Blizz romance action
My favourite species would, unfortunately, probably be too alien. The Mon-Calamari. (Even though we did see a bit of their perspective in a recent Clone Wars episode.)
My choice among those listed would definitely be the Togrutans. Of other near-humans, I’d like to see Cereans.
I’d like to see Barabel. They’re essentially the Lizard from Spiderman. Which is awesome. Also, they are known to be Jedi in the New Jedi Order. Probably not humanoid enough, but I can dream…
Id like to see rodians and mon-calamari and also Wookiees
All the races you said all sound good tbh i just think having lots of diff races would add a little more to the game less chance of everyone looking the same if you have more races to choose from that combind with the armour mod system could me a lot of individual looking chars which imo is really good (used to annoy me in WOW when everyone looked the same)
I forgot to say I think it would be awesome if they added some kind of playable droid as a race and use one of the profs to help upgrade your stats
Red Zeltron would give a nice contrast to the blue Chiss in the Imperial Agent class. I also would like an Arkanian consular at some point.
I did originally include the Arkanians, but they’re more sith based than Jedi. Also, as there are sith pure bloods in game, it might be a little too much to have two races that believe they are the absolute pinnacles of genetics. And there isn’t really that much diversity from the generic human other than the ‘claw’ type things on their hands which i fear would barely be visible
But i did include the Zeltron’s which are humans with mild telepathy, so you can argue for both i guess 
The thing is that in the Knights of the Old Republic comic books(the one about Zayne Carrick) They’d talked about an arkanian jedi master named Arca Jeth and the concept stayed with me. An elite jedi from a high ranking family with traditions of superiority sounds like a perfect(darkside) consular to me. Something like Dooku or Leia, meaning that they’re political figures as well as force sensitives. I’m not sure of the species status at the time of the game, but I just don’t picture arkanians working with or for the Empire. Plus I like the white eyes.
Realistically, the best one I’ve heard someone bring up (for meeting the guidelines for current classes that DE outlined, for ease to implement, and for a really different [read:Alien] feeling option) is Balosar.
It seems like it would be a much different feeling race than the simply re-colored humanoids, as it’s actually anatomically different, but it’s different in a way that both obeys the rules and seems as easy to implement as a new hat or hairstyle in the game would be.
Deathsticks for all, I say.
That’s these guys, btw.
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Balosar_%28species%29
Like the guy who meets young Obi-Wan in the bar in Ep 2
Arkanians (like Jarael from the KOTOR comic) are one I would personally like to see.
Beyond that there are some very popular species that are near enough human shaped and speaking that should be in like Togruta, Mon Calamari, Nautalons for sure.
I would also like to see Droid as a playable species as 3PO and R2 were definitely as “major” characters as any other in the movies so why couldnt a droid have its own primary role in a story of its own.
Arkanian could possibly come in two flavors as well, the pure bloods and the off shoots. I would love to see them added.
I would like to see the kaleesh as a playable race. I would probably play them as a sith warrior. Either that, or have bothans in the game, as they would make great imperial agents.
I think we’ll see less humanoid races as time goes by. The reason we see so many extremely-near-human races at launch is because they want to give us a decent amount of races, without having to re-do all the animations and dialogue a million times over.
Personally I would love to see some playable less-humanoid races, like Mon Calamari, Jawas, Trandoshans, Wookies, hell maybe even Gungans…
And I realize it would bring a lot of challenge to the dialogue, but I don’t really see it as a problem. It could be solved with subtitling or universal translator type devices, like in the movies.
I’m going to have to go with the above and definitely say Kiffar, I mean both main Republic characters in Fatal Alliance were Kiffar (trooper and Jedi Knight). Togruta and Nautolan, as they are working with Twi’leks on the lekku right now once they have that down they should be able to handle doing either of those races.
I’d love to see Blood Carvers or droids myself.
Bothans, all the way. And wookies, of course.
Droids
Bothans all the way!
Not sure what other race I would like to play, but I am going to play a bounty hunter and would like a clone of myself for a companion. Just think about the dialouge.
One of my favorite characters from the Star Wars comic books is Dani, so I would totally vote for a Zeltron playable character for the game.
Pandas!!!
Oh wait.
I will be playing a Zabrak. Yeeeaaaaah buddy.
KEL DOR!!!!!
Um, something not human maybe? None of the current SWTOR near-human species interest me in the slightest.
Bothans, Nautolans , Cereans, Kiffar, Zeltron, Togruta , Whiphid
Definitely Togruta and Cathar. Very very definitely not Zeltrons. Sorry, I just can’t stand them. They just scream fan-service to me.
As someone else mentioned, Cereans would be another decent choice. I don’t think we’ll ever see the more exotic aliens as playable though. I just think it’d be too much work.
kel dor are closer to humands then Togruta. the kel dor face would still fit inside the hoods at least for jedi. I can see the problem for troopers and bounty hunters but they solved the helmet problem with the Twi’lek
kel dor for the win!
they will probably be included along with togruta post-launch
this list is a good start! add Mon Calamari and Rodian and I’m sold…
No one else wants Barabel?
I mean, look at this: http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Barabel
That picture screams bounty hunter. And they can also be force users. Their history on Wookieepedia only begins about 900 years BBY, although it does mention that they were in a state of civil war for thousands of years. That sort of society is perfect for a couple of things. One, a society in civil strife is easily manipulable, meaning that both the Republic and the Empire could recruit (enslave?) different members of the species from different factions. Two, BioWare could easily take some creative license with their history, being that it’s pretty much an enigma (besides the civil war part).
Honestly though… the Lizard with a lightsaber? Epic!
I have to say personally I want to see the Falleen, could easily be a Sith and Republic species, and the Duros. The Duros helped found the Old Republic, if I remember correctly, so we should be able to play them, ecspecially during the Old Republic era.
Cathar and Togruta should be playable since they’re already in the game and if they try playing the “clipping” card for the Togruta then they should have replaced the Twi’leks with Zeltron. Since they didnt then clipping isnt the big issue they seem to be claiming it is.
Pieareround,
I don’t think Barabels have been discovered in the TOR era yet. They’re not discovered for another 2,500+ years.
I vote for the following:
Bothans (c’mon Bioware!!! Really?? No Bothans at launch?!)
Cathar (Republic only)
Devaronians (Sith Empire only)
Duros (they can speak Basic and they’re the second most common spacefaring species after humans)
Kel Dor
Khil
The Sephi people would fit for the consular class, elf like people who live for long period’s of time who are quite held to honor.
Nautolan, Rodian, Trandoshan, Wookies, Cerean (little conehead action)
Nautolan, Rodian, Bothan, Mon Cals, Wookiee, Togruta, Kel’Dor, Duros and Falleen are all excellent choices.
could be fun to be a Hutt, Rofl.