November 2020
Hey everyone - I had the exact same issue. After completely uninstalling webroot, the game launched without issue. After reinstalling webroot, the game would not launch again. Webroot is 100% the issue on my pc. I tried whitelisting squadrons, easy anti cheat, and origin on webroot before, but none of that worked. I'm going to try some other things with webroot that don't involve uninstalling it, and i'll reply again if i figure anything out.
November 2020
Also, I don't recommend ANYONE uninstalling webroot as a long term solution. Security is important.
November 2020
I find this on the official site:
https://www.ea.com/games/starwars/squadrons/news/rank-0-bug-fixed
Hope the patch will fix our issue at all !
November 2020
My hero. Complete Uninstall of webroot fixed it for me as well. Cheers!!
November 2020
The latest patch has fixed the launch error for me.
Now the problem is the game looks like it's loading without any video drivers. The screen is gray with black and colored stripes. It looks like a busted TV. But that's a new problem.
January 2021
I have the same issue, it trys to launch 2 times and fails.
December 2021
i have same problem failed to start game for 2 weeks now. ask ea for refund on game they refused, the game is complete garbage