History Trivia / KnightsOfTheOldRepublic

** Very early in development Bastila's role was planned to be filled by Vima Sunrider, a character from the ExpandedUniverse, but this had to be changed due to trademark issues. This also lead to Juhani having her name changed, as originally ''she'' was going to be named Bastila.

* WordOfGod: Lucasfilm Story Group member Pablo Hidalgo [[https://youtu.be/WqOKX_ITcCQ previously stated in 2016]] that Lucasfilm was holding off on telling stories in the Old Republic era out of respect to Creator/BioWare still running ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic''.

* ProductionPosse: While BioWare is not involved, [[https://www.reddit.com/r/GamingLeaksAndRumours/comments/lip19w/aspyr_may_have_been_working_on_their_kotor_remake/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf it was found]] that several BioWare developers left the company in 2019 to join Aspyr.

* ShrugOfGod: Is the remake canon to the new Expanded Universe or ''Legends''? [[https://www.starwars.com/news/knights-of-the-old-republic-remake An official article about the announcement]] implied it would be ''Legends'', though [[https://twitter.com/dan_brooks/status/1436069993934835726?s=20 the article's writer]] immediately cleared up that it was misphrased and that nothing was confirmed. However, things became further muddled when Lucasfilm Story Group member Matt Martin [[https://twitter.com/missingwords/status/1436072115791286294?s=20 retweeted]] the article and said that it had the [[NoExceptYes "clear answer"]] to "the question you're all asking [him]". In any case, we'll just have to wait and see.

* ShrugOfGod: Is the remake canon to the new Expanded Universe or ''Legends''? An official article about the announcement implied it would be ''Legends'', though [[https://twitter.com/dan_brooks/status/1436069993934835726?s=20 the article's writer]] immediately cleared up that it was misphrased and that nothing was confirmed. However, things became further muddled when Lucasfilm Story Group member Matt Martin [[https://twitter.com/missingwords/status/1436072115791286294?s=20 retweeted]] the article and said that it had the [[NoExceptYes "clear answer"]] to "the question you're all asking [him]". In any case, we'll just have to wait and see.

!!Trivia about the remake

* ShrugOfGod: Is the remake canon to the new Expanded Universe or ''Legends''? An official article about the announcement implied it would be ''Legends'', though [[https://twitter.com/dan_brooks/status/1436069993934835726?s=20 the article's writer]] immediately cleared up that it was misphrased and that nothing was confirmed. However, things became further muddled when Lucasfilm Story Group member Matt Martin [[https://twitter.com/missingwords/status/1436072115791286294?s=20 retweeted]] the article and said that it had the [[NoExceptYes "clear answer"]] to "the question you're all asking [him]".

* SchrodingersCanon: Despite Disney throwing out all of the previous ExpandedUniverse, this game fell into an odd place due to ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'' being in active production (all new Star Wars media released following the establishment of the new Canon/Legends designations is part of Canon, but while many SW projects in the works prior to the Disney acquisition were cancelled to clear the slate, ''SWTOR'' remained the sole exception and continued to receive support and new content). To be clear, ''Knights of the Old Republic'', ''Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords'', and ''The Old Republic'' are firmly classified as Legends, not Canon, though elements from them have been partially restored to Canon status via name-drops and easter eggs (The ''Rise of Skywalker'' visual guide named several First Order battalions after Sith Lords, with Revan being name-dropped as one such battalion). Similarly, one of the Ace's astromech droids in ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsResistance'' bears a strong resemblance to T3-M4, and is mentioned to be based on an ancient design, and the HK-''87'' assassin droid makes an appearance in ''Series/TheMandalorian''. ''Franchise/StarWarsTheHighRepublic'' has a handful of references to people and events surrounding this time period, including [[ComicBook/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic the Mandalorian Wars]], [[ComicBook/TalesOfTheJedi the Great Sith War]], [[VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublicIITheSithLords the First Jedi Purge, and Meetra Surik]].

* MythologyGag: The helmet of [[Film/StarWarsTheForceAwakens Kylo Ren]] - who is even explicitly referred to as a Knight - has a striking similarity to Darth Revan's.

* SchrodingersCanon: Despite Disney throwing out all of the previous ExpandedUniverse, this game fell into an odd place due to ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'' being in active production (all new Star Wars media released following the establishment of the new Canon/Legends designations is part of Canon, but while many SW projects in the works prior to the Disney acquisition were cancelled to clear the slate, ''SWTOR'' remained the sole exception and continued to receive support and new content). To be clear, ''Knights of the Old Republic'', ''Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords'', and ''The Old Republic'' are firmly classified as Legends, not Canon, though elements from them have been partially restored to Canon status via name-drops and easter eggs (The ''Rise of Skywalker'' visual guide named several First Order battalions after Sith Lords, with Revan being name-dropped as one such battalion). Similarly, one of the Ace's astromech droids in ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsResistance'' bears a strong resemblance to T3-M4, and is mentioned to be based on an ancient design, and the HK-''87'' assassin droid makes an appearance in ''Series/TheMandalorian''.

* CharacterSpecificPages: [[Characters/KnightsOfTheOldRepublicRevan Revan]]

* {{Jossed}}: Theories about the comic that have been Jossed by the creator and Lucasfilm include: Lucien Draay is Darth Sion and/or Darth Nihilus, Zayne Carrick is the Jedi Exile, and Krynda Draay is Kreia.

* WordOfGod: John Jackson Miller's blog contains a lot of explanations that confirm or have {{Jossed}} fan speculation.

* SchrodingersCanon: Despite Disney throwing out all of the previous ExpandedUniverse, this game fell into an odd place due to ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'' being in active production (all new Star Wars media released following the establishment of the new Canon/Legends designations is part of Canon, but while many SW projects in the works prior to the Disney acquisition were cancelled to clear the slate, ''SWTOR'' remained the sole exception and continued to receive support and new content). To be clear, ''Knights of the Old Republic'', ''Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords'', and ''The Old Republic'' are firmly classified as Legends, not Canon, though elements from them have been partially restored to Canon status via name-drops and easter eggs (The ''Rise of Skywalker'' visual guide named several First Order battalions after Sith Lords, with Revan being name-dropped as one such battalion).

* SchrodingersCanon: Despite Disney throwing out all of the previous ExpandedUniverse, this game fell into an odd place due to ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'' being in active production (all new Star Wars media released following the establishment of the new Canon/Legends designations is part of Canon, but while many SW projects in the works prior to the Disney acquisition were cancelled to clear the slate, ''SWTOR'' remained the sole exception and continued to receive support and new content). To be clear, ''Knights of the Old Republic'', ''Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords'', and ''The Old Republic'' are firmly classified as Legends, not Canon, though elements from them have been partially restored to Canon status via name-drops and easter eggs.

** Bald Old Coot/Grandpa - Jolee Bindo

* SchrodingersCanon: Despite Disney throwing out all of the previous ExpandedUniverse, this game fell into an odd place due to ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'' being in active production. There have been several [[https://io9.gizmodo.com/star-wars-rebels-offers-another-big-knights-of-the-old-1791509397 easter]] [[https://www.inverse.com/article/39515-star-wars-the-last-jedi-darth-revan-canon-crusaders-kyber-crystal eggs]] referencing the game's setting, but no ''direct'' word about it's canon status.

* NoExportForYou: Never released in Japan.
** Also no official release in Russia and other post-Soviet countries. All translations are fan- or pirate-made, but the game nevertheless became a popular part of geek culture in said countries.

*** Adding on to the Tatooine thing - there was even supposed to be an alternate plot resolution to the planet in which the sandpeople would declare you their messiah, and Czerka would be driven off the planet. Unfortunately, the necessary lines for HK-47 were never recorded, so it is impossible to restore this.
*** Another piece of content cut on Tatooine - it was originally possible to fight the Krayt Dragon, as the mines would only weaken it enough to be made vulnerable, but the idea was scrapped, and it is just killed by the mines.

** Very early in development Bastila's role was planned to be filled by Vima Sunrider, a character from the ExpandedUniverse, but this had to be changed due to trademark issues. This also lead to Juhani having her name changed, as originally she was going to be named Bastila.

* SchrodingersCanon: Despite Disney throwing out all of the previous ExpandedUniverse, this game fell into an odd place due to VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic being in active production. There have been several [[https://io9.gizmodo.com/star-wars-rebels-offers-another-big-knights-of-the-old-1791509397 easter]] [[https://www.inverse.com/article/39515-star-wars-the-last-jedi-darth-revan-canon-crusaders-kyber-crystal eggs]] referencing the game's setting, but no ''direct'' word about it's canon status.

** Among the content that was still accessible through the files left in game, though, that have since been restored with mods are Deadeye Duncan from the Taris Dueling Ring appearing on Manaan asking to be able to use the name of the 'Mysterious Stranger,' the title used by Revan in the Ring, and an alternate ending for female Revan to be able to kill Bastila and remain on the Star Forge with Carth as it is destroyed.

** Darth Bastila - Bastila when she's becoming particularly grating, [[spoiler:and when she falls to the dark side for real.]]

* {{Jossed}}: Theories about the comic that have been Jossed by the creator and Lucasfilm include: Lucien Draay is Darth Sion and/or Darth Nihilus, Zayne Carrick is the Jedi Exile, and Krynda Draay is Kreia. [[spoiler:Lucien Draay rejecting becoming Darth Sion is actually a plot point.]]