one way to look at it is that, while you may have other students, you have one "special student" and you (the PC) can even initiate a force bond with that person.
also, the special student could also be designated as First Mate of the ship and have PC-like attributes (such as the Persuade skill) if and when the game goes multithreaded.
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love that idea
they need to start on corusant and head out to the unknown region.