did you have the issue prior to using 471.11 ?
league of legends for example is a d3d9 game of similar ilk to swtor interesting it is listed as failing to launch
maybe worth using ddu again and reverting to a 469 version video driver to be sure
i haven't played SWTOR in a couple of years, and am pretty sure it has never been played/installed on this machine before. i just recently felt like getting back into SWTOR and this problem came up from the beginning a couple days ago.
I have not had any problem like this before with anything else.
try a driver revsion to something before 471.11 , you can see current issues for driver releases at https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/forums/game-ready-drivers/13/457587/geforce-47111-grd-feedback-thread-released-62221/
