It's a bit of a Chaos classic, which I don't think is weird. It allows people to easily bring over their OC's from past roleplay experiences, or have their character be from their favorite period in star wars history.
Valery is the same. She started in swtor and this type of story allowed me to continue her here on Chaos in a natural way.
I do think people sometimes skip over the fun story potential of waking up X amount of time later, though. They rush jumping into settling in current board stories, rather than explore the drama from stasis. But as with all forms of RP, there isn't really a right or wrong

just whatever folks enjoy, and stasis makes things possible that contribute to people coming here in the first place.
It was a huge draw for me coming here.