Trivia
At the event "GameStar/GamePro Leserpreis 2004" (February 13, 2004) Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic received the trophies "Best PC Game in 2003", "Best Xbox Game in 2003" and "Best PC RPG in 2003" after the reader's voting of the German gaming magazines GameStar (PC) and GamePro (consoles).
Knights of the Old Republic was named #1 Game of the Year in the “Best of 2003” Awards in Computer Games Magazine (March 2004 issue).
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PCGamer77 
(3025) on Jan 13, 2008.
Juhani, the name of the sexy catwoman in this game, is actually a boy's name in Finland and Estonia. And all the Juhani's I've met in my life were anything but sexy.
On Taris, you have an goal to capture Bendak Starkiller. "Starkiller" was the name that Lucas originally meant for Luke before changing it to "Skywalker."
Master Vrook Lamar is voiced by Ed Asner, of Lou Grant fame.
If you watch carefully, you can catch 'droids doing "The Robot" dance. They pivot at the waist and jerk their arms in a style that emulates the popular 80s dance.
When you first meet the female Jedi Juhani you can choose whether to turn her back to the light side or kill her. If you do the latter you'll then have a showdown with another female Jedi that claims to be her lover (she also makes an appearance later in Korriban in which she makes a final attempt to avenge her "lover"). Furthermore if you play a female character and take her with you, she will occasionally flirt with you in classic BG2 fashion and, by the end of the game, confess to have romantic feelings for your character (which you can return).
So there you have it: Juhani, first homosexual character in the Star Wars universe!
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Zovni (9134) on Sep 21, 2006.
Knights of the Old Republic was ranked # 19 in the 50 Best Games of All Time list published by PC Gamer Magazine in its April 2005 issue.
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PCGamer77 (3025) on Mar 19, 2005.
A third "funny" ending can be accessed by pressing a button combination just before the final confrontation with Darth Malak.
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.
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".
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.
Despite the nature of Hutts seen in the "Star Wars" films and various "Star Wars" literature, none of the Hutts met in "Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic" is a kingpin of organized crime, and most have almost nothing to do with criminal activity.
Bastila Shan's character was originally meant to be Vima Sunrider, a Jedi from Dark Horse Comics' "Tales of the Jedi" series. The name Bastila was originally meant for Juhani's character. Eventually, it was decided to create a different character rather than use Vima Sunrider. The new character was named Bastila, while the other character who bore this name was named Juhani.
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.
Listed as best game of the year 2003 by Computer Gaming World and PC Gamer.
PC Gamer, March 2004 edition.
Computer Gaming World, March 2004
The game has many references to lines from the Star Wars films. This includes "My name's [your character's name], I'm here to save you," which is what was said by Luke Skywalker when saving Leia Organa. These references, however, are only from the original trilogy, and not the mediocre prequels.
