Star Wars The Old Republic free to play launch date announced

EA has announced that the global launch date of the Star Wars: The Old Republic Free-to-Play option will be 15 November 2012.

Episode IX, A NEW HOPE

It is a period of subscription decline.
Rebel spaceships lie abandoned and derelict, while the evil
Galactic Empire is busy playing other stuff.
During this time, a secret alliance of developer and publisher
managed to come up with a new ultimate weapon,
the FREE-TO-PLAY OPTION,
a new subscriber model with enough incentive
to maybe get some players back onto the empty servers.
Pursued by the bank’s sinister agents,
EA and BioWare race home aboard their rented Toyota,
custodians of the plan that can save their investment
and restore freedom (and players) to the galaxy…

This release will be simultaneous across all of the territories and countries where The Old Republic is available. The new Free-to-Play option allows gamers to experience all of the class storylines through to Level 50, the current level cap, at no charge and introduces the new Cartel Market.

Any paying subscribers at the launch of the Free-to-Play option on November 15th will be granted all of the Complimentary Cartel Coins currently listed on the Cartel Coin Ledger page, plus a one-time grant of 250 Complimentary Cartel Coins.

Additionally, the Rewards Program has been extended. All former subscribers who reactivate their subscription by the new date of December 20, 2012 at 11:59am CDT will be granted Complimentary Cartel Coins for their prior paid months up to November 15, 2012.

For more information on all of the rewards previous subscribers could potentially receive and the Free-to-Play option visit Star Wars: The Old Republic – FREE.

There’s already a FAQ over on the official site, but this useful comparison chart has most of the relevant info: