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Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords

GAME · 2004 · USA

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords

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A 2004 role-playing game set in the Star Wars universe, developed by Obsidian Entertainment. Much of its content was cut before release and later restored by modders.

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11 Interesting Facts About Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords

Interesting Facts (8)

  1. #001

    Time constraints forced the removal of numerous sections from the finished game, yet the data for them remained in the game files. The modding group Deadly Stream managed to recover this cut material, which resulted in the release of "The Sith Lords Restored Content Mod." The restored material includes story elements and additional missions, among them the droid world M4-78.

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  2. #002

    A factory for HK-50 units, which the player was meant to infiltrate and destroy, was originally planned. Content for parts of the game was created, but it was eventually removed due to time constraints. Fans later restored the factory and made it fully playable.

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  3. #003

    Chris Avellone, writer and lead developer of KOTOR II, said Kreia questions everything about the Star Wars universe that he felt deserved questioning.

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    On Nar Shaddaa, if the player hands credits to a begging refugee, a Force vision reveals the man being robbed of the money and beaten, left to die in the streets.

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    The face paint worn by professional wrestler Tama Tonga (Pate Leone) draws on Darth Nihilus, a character featured both in the game and on its cover.

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  6. #006

    Kreia contends that handing the refugee credits is like pouring sand into his hands, because the Force binds all things and even kindness can carry grave consequences.

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  7. #007

    Kreia calls the Force a mist that drifts from creature to creature, the eye of the storm, and the passions of every living thing converted into energy.

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    The Exile turns out to be a Jedi war criminal who ordered the deployment of a weapon of mass destruction that killed thousands of combatants on both sides in the Mandalorian Wars.

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Characters & Cast (1)

  1. #009

    On Onderon, a conversation with Captain Riiken has him mention the first Drexl he encountered, and you can ask him, "What's a Drexl?" The line is a direct quote from Christian Slater in True Romance, spoken just before he confronts Gary Oldman, who plays Drexl.

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Deeper Meaning (2)

  1. #010

    Lead writer Chris Avellone admitted in a later interview that he was underwhelmed when he first heard they were making a Star Wars game. "It'd been a long time since I had followed what was happening in the Star Wars universe and... my excitement had peaked with Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) ". Despite that initial reaction, "it only took a few weeks of research and becoming re-immersed back in the universe to rekindle my childhood love for the movies and the franchise (Empire Strikes Back was still great to watch). This research also allowed me to assemble some themes and questions I had about the franchise I thought would be something to carry into the game, even if I didn't have answers for them".

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  2. #011

    Before KOTOR II, the canon franchise had never explored Kreia's view of the Force as a deliberately cruel entity that governs the fates of living beings.

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