What characters can you chose to be in star wars the old republic?

Answer 1

You can join one of two "allegiances": Empire and Republic

Each side has four classes, each class has a class on the other side that is the same, meaning it plays exactly like the other side (with different names for spells and such). For example the Sith Warrior and Jedi Knight are the same, just with different spell names.

Empire | Republic

Sith Warrior | Jedi Knight

Sith Inquisitor | Jedi Consular

Imperial Agent | Smuggler

Bounty Hunter | Trooper

You can then choose from a variety of species that are available for that class. Once you level a species, it becomes available to all new characters.