6.0 Expansion to Focus on Empire vs Republic

During an interview with Star Wars: The Old Republic Central, BioWare's Eric Musco and Charles Boyd confirmed that the 6.0 expansion is in the works and, in fact, already has a release date, though he would not specify when. However, Boyd did mention this: "We're definitely going to be getting back to a Republic vs Empire core storyline  getting back to that war, revitalizing it into the core original SWTOR conflict". 

Boyd further added, "I feel very -- it depends on how much story comes out before it, I suppose. But I would be willing to bet that ti will feature the Republic vs Imperial storyline".

While there is no current date available, players can look forward to 5.9 coming out in early May that will bring the Theron traitor story to a close and "put a capper on all the Eternal Throne-related activities...in terms of being the focus of the story".

You can check out the full interview on the Star Wars: The Old Republic Reddit.