SWG to be cancelled... FINALLY

[username17]

On 12/15/2011 Sony will be shutting down Star Wars: Galaxies the MMO and their Trading card game.

I played it up until the NGE and LOVED it. My entire team of coworkers (10 ppl) played in our own City on the Plateau outside of Tatooine.

I forget what server I played on, but I had my first PvP experience on SWG.
My co-workers and I did stuff for fun like giving up our bikes and riding Banthas instea, etc.
Then the NGE came out and it all turned to shit.

Well, Sony has finally bit the bullet and cancelled the game.
This is the first (second? Tanarus?) MMO Sony has cancelled to my knowledge. I have a feeling they would've continued to Milk the cow until it was bringing in no profit.
But with Bioware's SW:ToR on the horizon, I think Lucas pressured SOE and forced them to shut it down prior to Bioware's launch.

Did anyone else play SWG pre-NGE (aka. when it wasn't crap)?
What are your thoughts on this?
If Sony did choose to shut down SWG, do you think this will lead to other shutdowns as well?