good catch, Trainz, i totally missed that on my first read-through.
i know there's a bunch of +2/+2 feats, but what about for skills that aren't covered by them? and the good thing about skill emphasis/focus was that it stacked with them.
i don't know, Crothian, i've seen a few PCs (and many of my NPCs) with Skill Emphasis in my Star Wars campaign.
on closer look, it seems there's quite a few things that were feats in 3e or d20 SW that are now the sole purview of some class. i don't know how i feel about that yet.