SWG's official website reports that changes to the Jedi profession is coming.

It has been agreed that the development team should revamp the Jedi system.

This process is going to take some time, so it will happen in several phases. The first phase is to make some changes (where possible) to alleviate some short term discomfort with gameplay. The second phase will be to rebuild the Jedi system to be quest-oriented; and to include the familiar elements of Force Sensitivity, Jedi-oriented quests, as well as many other elements the developers and the community feel should make up the process of becoming a Jedi.

Chief among the first changes is the drop of the permadeath system for Jedis. As good or bad a feature is, taking something away to better put it back in later has never been a good plan with mmorpgs... Let's see how this one turns out.