I hope the SEV uses animated planets and stars.
They look way cool, and give the game a boost in the eye candy department.
I hope Aaron focuses SEV on improvemnts of SEIV, but also in the area of eye candy. GalCiv really did a good job in this department, and MOO3 has a great 3d galaxy map.
If Aaron were to combine these elements together for SE V, wooow brother what a game that would be.