Absolutely no point in being open world. The rewards for exploration are arbitrary and only give you cosmetic upgrades that are honestly terrible. The side quests are boring and repetitive, and also only reward you with basic cosmetic upgrades as well as some slight armor and blaster upgrades that arenโt all that impressive. The character development is trash, and the pet is gimmicky. Sorry but, try again.
Open world Star Wars could be so much more, SWTOR did it best so far.