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Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (2003) (VG) More at IMDbPro »

• Bastila Shan's character was originally meant to be Vima Sunrider, a young heroine from Dark Horse Comics' "Tales of the Jedi" series who is instructed in the ways of the Jedi in the series "Redemption".
  
  
• The name Bastila was originally given to the Cathar character. When Bastila became one of the primary characters, the Cathar Jedi was named Juhani.
  
  
• The Ebon Hawk is modeled in part after the Millennium Falcon from the original "Star Wars" trilogy.
  
  
• T3-M4 is modeled in part after R2-D2 from the original six episodes of "Star Wars".
  
  
• Darth Malak was modeled in part after Darth Vader from the original "Star Wars" trilogy. The game programmers wanted to create a Dark Lord of the Sith who would instill images of Vader's character without being a near-complete carbon copy; thus, Malak was given a cybernetic vocal implant, and the rest of his body was left alone.
  
  
• There are two different endings, based on the choices your main character makes.
  
  
• Probable ancestors of characters seen in the films can be seen in this game or at least spoken of in literature. Examples include: Galduran Calrissian - Probable ancestor of Lando Calrissian; Cassus Fett - Probable ancestor of Jango and Boba Fett; Komad Fortuna - Probable ancestor of Bib Fortuna; Admiral Forn Dodonna - Probable ancestor of General Jan Dodonna. The wealthy Organa family is also mentioned early on in the game.
  
  
• Zaalbar is an homage to Chewbacca from four of the "Star Wars" films.
  
  
• Mission Vao says, "I have a bad feeling about this," at least twice. This is an homage to a repeated line in each of the "Star Wars" films.
  
  
• The name "Starkiller" was originally supposed to be the name of Luke Skywalker, and is given to character Bendak Starkiller as an homage.
  
  
• When captured by the Sith, you are asked the location of the Jedi Base. You can lie and say Alderaan while the base is actually on Dantooine. In Episode 4 of the Movies, while Princess Leia is captured by the Sith, she is questioned about the location of the rebel base. She lies and says Dantoonie to try and save Alderaan.
  
  

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