Really? On a video game they need to impose fees? The reason why there's fees on car rentals, airlines, and hotels is because they're services and they are taxed for them and its mostly insurance fees in case you either don't bring the car in the condition that it was, or in case you trashed your hotel room. SWTOR is not a service, its something that you can own and we are charged a fee just to pre order the game?
Seems to me like the only dude that doesn't know is you...and for your information yes I do know about "the world" as you call it...I've done plenty of trips to go around that on my own and with friends. Charging 5 dollars just to pre order something you can own is simply ridiculous and without anything in exchange.