You get one month free when you but the game. Then there is a monthly subscription to keep playing it.
If you wish to pay for Star Wars: The Old Republic, then it is $14.99 per month. If you wish to not pay, then it is $0.00 per month, but you get a gimped version of the game.
No, it is a subscription-based MMO.
Star Wars: The Old Republic is both Free to Play and Subscription bases. It is $15.00 a month to subscribe. If you wish to be a F2P player, you will be limited somewhat in what you can do.
No sorry you've got to pay for it.
Yes the game is pay to play; however they are planning to make it free to play soon.
You can. But there is also a pay option by buying the game. To play for free, you have to download it.
With the recent transition of Star Wars: The Old Republic to free to play, you do not have to pay anything. However, if you choose the free to play option, be warned, you will be very limited in what you can do as far as features, flashpoints, ops, inventory, etc. Even chat in free to play is VERY limited.
Star Wars: The Old Republic is a subscription MMO, so there are monthly payments. However, if you don't want to subscribe to monthly payments you can buy 'Game Time Codes' that essentially give you a month's play time.
The game itself can be downloaded for free from the SWTOR website. However, play is extremely restricted until you pay to play.
Its fairly unlikely that it wont be a subscription based MMO unlike something like Guild Wars, while it would be nice to not have to pay monthly obviously, its pretty much certain we'll have to.
You need a computer that meets or exceeds the minumum system requirements for the game, an internet connection, and a way to pay for the game if you choose to pay for it. That is basically all you need.
A monthly payment is no longer required with the transition of the game to free to play. If you choose not to pay however, you will be severely limited in what you can do and what you can have, you are even limited in how much you can talk in chat.