1.4.2:
Sith Warrior tenants now give out "shady" quests, asking you to corrupt, bribe and blackmail other NPCs.

1.4.1 "JEDI" UPDATE

Sweeping changes to Jedi and Sith tenants, and Force-related stuff now complete. See https://www.patreon.com/posts/starbound-1-4-1-8901121 for further details!

A new component has been added: see http://swm.shoutwiki.com/wiki/Carbonite_Capacitor_Chip for more details.

Update 1.3
JEDI SYSTEM OVERHAUL

As part of an ongoing rationalisation exercise, the method in which you get Force Powers and Lightsaber components - a feature wanted by many - has been fixed.

Jedi and Sith tenants are now to be guard warriors, and while they do not pay any Pixels, they do give out some of the Force powers as rent rewards.

In future, offensive Force abilities, particularly Force Lightning will have a new system implemented in which you will have to obtain Essence to upgrade them at the Ancient Forge. This feature is still not implemented yet as we are still trying to overhaul Jedi and Sith tenants to the best of our abilities.

COLONY TWEAKS

It is now possible to deliberately spawn tenants of a certain race into Starbound now, using a combination of furniture. Visit http://swm.shoutwiki.com/wiki/Species/Spawning_rules to see what race requires which items in order to spawn.

In addition, the 501st Fanboy has now gotten an upgrade - he doesn't pay cash for rent, but treat him nice, and he might become the faceless minion of your dreams aboard your ship.