There is one such poll at IGN and what makes it special is that faced against each other are Trekkies and Star Wars fans (Swarians? Starians? Starwarians?), because MMOs based on both IPs are being released within the next 12-18 months. Both community managers asked their forum members to vote for their favorite, so you can imagine how intensely the results change.

Here’s the post Sean Dahlberg (TOR community manager) made:

IGN is hosting a poll asking “Which upcoming MMO are you most excited about?” Let your voice be heard on which of the MMOs they list is the one you are most excited about.

http://pc.ign.com/ – The poll can be found in the right column near the bottom of the page under the WE WANT TO KNOW section.

Fansite Star Wars MMO net reported earlier that they have scans from a German gaming magazine revealing the last two classes that we’ll be able to play in SW:tOR. The classes are the Sith Inquisitor and the Jedi Consular. First being the damage dealer, while the latter being a healer with long range damage dealing abilities. You can read the whole article and some of the translation from the magazine on Star Wars MMO fansite.

The classes have been officially confirmed by Sean Dahlberg:

Fans of Star Wars: The Old Republic will be in for a treat this week! Several magazines in North America and Europe will have articles that not only talk about The Old Republic but also reveal our final two classes: the Jedi Consular and the Sith Inquisitor!

This being our first news about SW:tOR in the past months also marks our return to this project. In the coming months we will try and become your ultimate source of news and information for SW:tOR like we did with Aion and LOTRO.

It has been reported earlier today that beta testing sign ups have started on the official TOR site. The moment this became public knowledge the internet went ablaze. Everyone and their mother tried signing up (yours truly included). There is a scanning application at the end of the sign up process that tests your computer and this was the most common point of failure. Everything went down after that. As more people started hearing the news, the official site was hit by a gazillion excited fans wishing to try their luck. Be patient. The sign up will last for many more months to come and I don’t think your chances to participate will be higher if you are among the first million to sign up. Once the initial rush passes be sure to

Use this link to sign up for Star Wars: The Old Republic beta testing

Update:

The Old Republic community members using either Hotmail or Yahoo email providers may not be receiving transactional emails at this time. This includes validation and password recovery emails. We are looking into the situation and will update you when we can.

The team is still working on various solutions for the looping issue that some users are experiencing. Your patience is appreciated while we are working on this. And remember, the order in which an individual signs up has no bearing on who gets chosen for testing.

Update 2:
Things have been working as intended for weeks now.

Click here for the official article.