Problem solved itself for me yesterday. I traveled to the new planet looking for a way to start the mission from there, (no luck with that), so I decided to just hit "Play" and "Launch" and see what happened, and "ta-da" it launched as it was supposed to do.

I had this issue two days ago. Yesterday when I gave it another try it was all good. However I ended up taking my spaceship to the new planet first, to see if there was any way of starting chapter 1 from there, (which it wasn't). But when I tried hitting "Play" and "Launch" it all started up as it was supposed to do.

I have the same issue as well, also before I can even reach Chapter 1. I hit "Play" and "Launch". The first time I got to see the trailer, followed by loading screen, and was kicked back to the Fleet. All later attempts has taken me to the loading screen, and then drop me back out again on the fleet. I tried with several different characters, and the first two had this issue, but my third character was able to start chapter 1. When I get back home from work today I will try and go to the planet with my ship and see if there is any way to start the chapter from there and skip the whole "play" - "launch" part.

We have an in-game casino in Nar Shadda, and yet the developers haven't managed to implement some form of mini games revolving around this casino. I think it's about time to make use of this scenery. There should be tons of action and tension going on around this place, and players should be able to put all our hard earned credits on red or black at the roulette, card games (poker, black jack), board games (chess, checkers, backgammon) one armed bandits/slot machines, hey even betting on twi'lek slave girls mud wrestling could be added to the fun. A casino is a stage for both PvP gambling (poker, chess, backgammon) and PvE (traditional casino games) with in-game credits, with the risk of cheaters (people using chess computers etc) who can be shot on sight. Just my 2 credits!