Thanks for responding Eric :-) Not sure if you fellas have fixed it or the steps I just took fixed it. Here is what I just did:
I completely uninstalled Bit Raider and SWTOR... then re-installed. After having the same issue, I updated my windows firewall to ALLOW SWTOR (it was already allowed, but the public boxes were unchecked so I checked them)
Also, I right clicked launcher.exe --> properties --> compatibility --> and checked "Run as Administrator".
It may have already been fixed, but it finally connected to the server to download patches at that point.
