While the newest news update for Star Wars: The Old Republic may be small, we'll happily take what we can get as we anxiously await more information on this game.

Spacefaring species from across the galaxy come together to create the diverse population of Star Wars ™. Today we’d like to share our artists’ concepts of some of the many interesting characters you’ll come to meet as you venture through Star Wars ™: The Old Republic™.

The concept art shows us the faces of a Nautolan, Neimoidian, Rakata, Bith, Kitonak and Gammorean. Die-hard fans will recognize all of these faces, but casual fans should recognize Biths from Figrin D'an and the Modal Nodes, the band playing in the Mos Eisley Cantina in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope.

The update also includes 10 new forum avatars for use on the official forums, so check them out and decide if you want to show allegiance to the Republic or the Empire.