errorcode 208

@Raithendor

Give the firewall suggestions a go here, aswell as the 'run as admin' changes...

http://answers.ea.com/t5/STAR-WARS-The-Old-Republic/Guide-quot-How-to-install-Swtor-Correctly-and-address-Windows-10/td-p/4851036

*Double check your router firewalls also aka port forwarding.

Any further questions please feel free to come back.

*Aware that the DNS link was part of the guide, just unclear if you got that link from me or elsewhere.

guess it's gonna be a re-install by the looks of the tutorial. I just skimmed through it, have yet to delve in deeply, but it looks quite time-consuming.

I already tried to run "run as admin" stuff, and like I stated, even tried with all the firewalls down, no luck on those. Somehow I feel that this issue is related to the previous fix that I had to implement due to the updater getting stuck...

I used the basics of the tutorial and got it working without the whole workaround. It was indeed a leftover from the previous fix that was applied, and a quick download of the launcher and booting it was enough to set it streight. ^^ thanks for the help.

Could you elaborate a little? What did and didn't you do? Because I downloaded (and ran) the launcher repair twice now and it didn't fix a thing.

Im also having the same problem, in the launcher is say's : Unable to retrieve patch data (208)

Running launcher.exe as administrator did the trick for me. I guess EA messed something up, possibly not giving permissions properly.

Error 208 if not a Antivirus cause is usually an inability to talk to manifest or the CDN

As the OP found clicking on http://manifest.swtor.com/patch/patcher2014.patchmanifest in a web browser should prompt to download a small file but it failed.

The failure in the web browser is also why the launcher fails

These sorts of cases if net caused come good on their own

I'm having the same problem since yesterday. I followed all the suggestions in this thread but nothing worked. http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=636314

I'm super sad this is happening now, because I had planned to spend these next days leveling my final characters before 12x disappears! Very frustrating that this has been an issue for ages and nobody found a proper solution. I guess I'll just have to wait it out. 

@xMissButterfly

Error 208 is mostly an issue talking with either manifest.swtor.com or cdn-patch.swtor.com

The solution really comes down to the cause , if AV or Firewall , or as that link you had , last page was an incorrect proxy setting, all these things have the same affect the patcher fails to download.

This doesn't need to be an issue at your end, as issues on the internet can have the same outcome, and why one person mentioned in that thread he waited till morning and it all worked again.

Most  times if this is net caused a VPN is workaround until it comes good on its own

Edit - if one person is posting about 208 then its usually local, if a reasonable number get it at the same time then its likely a Net issue.

From the Netherlands here as well, and the problem is still active as of 11.32 this morning.