I validated the game files and ran it as an administrator, idk which one worked but I got it to connect!
I have had this problem since yesterday when everything was working fine before. Clicking on the "connect" button displayed the error message, same thing with the game running as administrator. But by clicking on the button "you are offline" where the head of Darth Maul is, the game after a few seconds connected normally.
Just signed in to say that your method worked for me, as weird as that is.
This is the only method that worked for me. Thanks to Darth Maul.
All: Has been happening for a while. Sometimes if I let the game load thru all the startup screens, music, Lucas Arts etc, it loads just fine.
Most fo the time, I just click connect and OK and connect again until it connects, but it does connect...
GLHF
