Thunderheart (aka Kurt Stangl - Asst. Community Manager) broke the news that the smuggler revamp has been delayed until Publish 11. (Publish 8 was last week, so it will be a while before Publish 11 gets here.) The main reason for the delay was lack of developer resources.
As it stands, we have a heavy amount of resources dedicated to the Combat Balance, the Jedi Revamp, Space, and new content. That leaves us thin on resources for something as massive and as important as the Smuggler Revamp. Because the core of smuggling is mission based, it really is a big project. In order to incorporate elements of smuggling for PvE and PvP elements, it and enhance slicing, large amounts of code have to be done to make this happen.
While disappointed, the smuggler community has been relatively understanding of the reasons for the delay. To get in on the conversation, head over to this thread on the official forums.
