Underappreciated
Ship to ship combat was terrible. We all wanted the combat to basically be what Empire at War became. But it didn't get there. In fact it got to the point where you simple assigned targets, and watched people die. It was more cinematics than anything else. And the devestating weak spots in some of the ships made fighting in multiplayer just frustrating.
Where this game really shined was in diplomacy and espionage. In fact, the game might have been better off leaving the space combat out. Instead they could have used the same system they already used for ground combat, where a few decisions were made and the results displayed.
The most fun was in building huge fleets of Super Star Destroyers, multiple Death Stars, or training dozens of Jedi. Against a really good player, games could last months with Jedi killing Jedi, and fleets being torn to shreds, all the while tyring to fight a desperate covert war beneath the surface.
This game was not given nearly enough credit. Reviews focused on the less than flashy graphics, when they should have seen a complex and fun strategy game underneath.