As of July 21st, 2011, if you are creating a new SWTOR.com account, you must also have a matching EA account.

If you already have an EA account that uses the same email address as the one you're attempting to use here, we will set your EA password, date of birth, language and country to match the account information you enter on SWTOR.com.

If you don't already have an EA account, we will create a new EA account for you that has the same email address, password, date of birth, language and country to match the account information you enter on SWTOR.com.

If you already have an existing EA account with a different email address and you want to link it to your SWTOR account, either use your EA email address here, or change your EA email address to the one you want to use.

Please see the EA account merger FAQ if you have any questions, or contact Customer Service