My friends at the 8th-Circuit informed me that the beta opened up.
http://www.swtor.com/tester
There you go. Site is down right now, so slots will likely be super limited, but sign up anyways.
Gist: You get to choose which side to be on.
Really, it seems compelling enough for me to be interested. Are any of you going to try and get in the beta? Or considering a purchase when this comes out?
I applied a while ago, I'm going to do both. At least I hope to get into the beta.