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They haven't released much information on it yet, but I'm assuming you do come up with your own avatar, pick a class and go. There's been talk of having companions, as in KotOR, but I don't know if that's actually the case or not. You'll play as either Jedi or Sith (Bounty Hunters fall on the side of the Sith faction). Last I heard there would be 16 planets, 8 for each faction.
I would expect the game to be similar to WoW or LotRO or any of the other MMOs on the market, but they're putting a lot more emphasis on story than in any other prior game in the genre. Both overall story, and personal story for individual characters. There's actually a comment by Bioware about 6 months ago where they said they'd already scripted more story for The New Republic than in all of their previous games combined. Which includes some pretty ****ing long story-driven games, from BG1 and 2 to NWN to KotOR to Jade Empire to Mass Effect.
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