Launcher Stuck at "The launcher is looking for available updates..."

Hey there aabcdow25​  have you tried repairing the game installation through the launcher to see if that resolves the issue?

If unsure how to do that you can follow the instructions on this page : STAR WARS™: The Old Republic™ launcher troubleshooting guide

Give the repair a try and let us know if you are still unable to launch the game.

If this is still an issue, as there has been a number of reports of similar behavior see this Post  made 10hours ago by swtor regarding the issues

if its still occurring would suggest following these directions  deleting the 2 metafile.json files should resolve this issue