Star Wars Galaxies: What are the Image Designer Tents for?

Quick info
The ID tents can be found in five cities, but will not have a function until the Image Designer mini publish goes live (TH's rough estimate was maybe early May). They were rushed into Publish 8 because static content (stuff that just sits there in the game) was not going to be add-able again until Publish 9 and the tents were necessary for the ID mini publish (coming betw 8 and 9, probably before the Deathwatch Bunker).

Will the tents do stuff without the need for an Image Designer present?
No, the devs love us too much to do something silly like that An Image Designer has to be present for anything to happen in the tent.

Where are the tents?
Theed -5130 4260 (next to the cantina, visible from starport area)
Moenia 4790 -4730 (next to the starport, visible from cantina)

Bestine -1440 -3700 (back behind the cantina)

Coronet -360 -4690 (off of any beaten path)
Vreni Island -5150 -6370 (next to the cantina)

Are they or will they be player city placeable and/or architect craftable?
No, the ID community is petitioning for this option

The tents' interiors look a little stark...
The art for the tent was done very recently and the bare nature of the interiors is a direct result of our dev barely having enough time to place the tents and terminals before Publish 8 went to Test Center. He said we should consider Image Designers as being in a state of moving in to the tents and that they are still "under construction" He hopes to add furniture, decorations, and lighting, with each planet having a unique interior look. For example Tatooine might have candles versus lamps in keeping with their low tech culture. Oh and he said that although he wants to add lighting it's not because we will need it to ID, our new user interface will allow us to ID even in the dark if we want to SOE will not be adding new static content code until Publish 9, so that is most likely when we would see the tent makeovers.

What's going to happen in the tents??
Those details are still being ironed out so the entire function probably won't be revealed until the changes hit Test Center. There will be incentive for their use. None of our old abilities (including new colors) will be tied to the tent, but particle effects may be.

What is coming in the ID mini publish?
A new user interface with a secure trade system, will have great lighting and changes will happen in real time for both ID'er and customer
Color palettes expanded - new hair colors, new skin colors, etc.
Particle effects - for all species, described as glitter and fountains, no screenshots on that yet so no clue really
ID Tents - full function yet to be revealed