In this upcoming promotion, free character transfer will be avilable for players, here are some detailed information on this.

The goal of this upcoming promotion is to address players' concerns about server populations with the most player-friendly option possible – by putting the power in the players' hands. This promotion gives players the opportunity to make their own choice by taking advantage of one server transfer per character at no charge.

Standard character transfer service fees apply when transferring from a non-free CTS server ("target server") to any other galaxy. Only characters moved from a Free Character Transfer galaxy to a target galaxy can move for no charge. A character is only allowed one move to a target galaxy for no charge.
Standard character transfer service fees apply when transferring a character to a different account.

Specific items that will not transfer:

Vendors and contents of vendors will not transfer
Specific items that will transfer:

Items equipped by the character (and contained in items equipped by the character)
Items in the character's inventory (and contained in items in the character's inventory)
Items in the character's bank (and contained in items in the character's bank)
Resources and factory crates
Specific items in the datapad that will transfer:

Everything in the datapad, except a packed vendor and contents of the packed vendor, will transfer, including:

Packed up structures and all of their contents
Packed up factories and all of their contents
Ships and all equipped components
POB ships and all of their contents
Pets and beasts
Vehicles
Droids
Waypoints
All draft schematics, including temporary schematics
Items that do not qualify as either "items equipped by the character" or "items in the character's datapad" as noted in the aforementioned terms will not transfer.

Trading Card Game vendors must be destroyed in-game before the transfer. Be sure to remove all items from them before destroying them! After destroying the vendor you will regain the ability to create that vendor again. The ability to create that TCG vendor will transfer properly. This process only works on vendors obtained as loot in the Star Wars Galaxies Trading Card Game.

To transfer structures and their contents with the character, use the pack-up structure option on the maintenance terminal to pack up the structure to the datapad. Structures that are left in the world, as well as their contents, will not be transferred with your character.

If you have completed a Server First on your original server and transfer to a different server, you will keep your badge, title, recognition on the original server's list on the official web site, and recognition on the original server's Collection window. You will not be recognized on the destination server's Collection window or the destination server's list on the official web site.