SWG - Chapter 5 Interview @ RPG Vault

LucasArts Producer for SWG Jake Neri has been interviewed at RPG Vault about the upcoming Chapter 5 improvements:

Jonric: To get us going, what would you like to tell our readers about Chapter 5, its significant features and what it will bring to the game as a whole?

Jake Neri: For those who don't know, we have been enhancing the various professions in Star Wars Galaxies with new abilities and skills throughout 2006 and into 2007. Chapter 5: An Entertaining Enterprise is all about the trader and entertainer professions. They are the last two to have the expertise system implemented, and will have tons of new skills and abilities to try out once the Chapter goes live.

Even if the player isn't a trader or entertainer, they'll still be able to benefit from these new abilities, as all the professions are interdependent. Entertainers will now have a bunch of new buffs they can bestow on other players, and traders will now be able to craft consumable items that enhance armor and weapons. Chapter 5 will make traders and entertainers far more viable in both combat and the game's economy.