Personally I'm all for it. It brings back memories of Rebel Assault and will help give a sense of scale to the game, as space combat is half of what Star Wars is famous for. Hopefully there will be a bit of depth - customisation of ships, strategies, tactics - and not simply be click-and-shoot, as you can't tell much from that trailer. And, being an MMO, there is always plenty of opportunity to develop any of the concepts that ship with the game.

The core gameplay still looks solid and the quests / story looks better than anything is an previous MMO. Personally it seems a whole lot more entertaining than sitting on a griffin as you travel from one island to another in WOW.