Jus tot clarify, if I unlock a jedi I dont have to get the template for jedi to get the second charcter slot. Because all I want the second slot for is a shipwright. This is the only reason I want to unlock my jedi slot.
You have to get padawan to get your second character slot. You don't have to go any farther than that if you don't want to. You still have to spend the CP to get to padawan though. I suppose you could drop it once you've unlocked your second character slot if you really wanted to.