I ended up canceling my sub today. Had to change my main characters name because a level three, that will likely never play the game again, has it. Names mean a lot to me, I use this name in every single MMO that I play. It's an even bigger deal for me in swtor because I picked my legacy name with it, named my alts with it in mind, and created my legacy family tree considering it. I just can't see myself playing swtor at all with the name my main character currently has. It's not like I can delete a rakata geared 50 and start over again, like I can with a level one.
In WoW when I wanted a name all I would have to do is contact support, they would then give me the name if the character was below level 10.