Missing Trailer Scene: One early trailer showed a shuttle with two Sith troopers coming out and standing guard. Then, Malak comes out of the shuttle and pulls out his lightsaber.
No Export for You: The game was never released in Japan. It also saw 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.
Throw It In!: HK-47 was initially supposed to speak in a Machine Monotone, but Kristopher Tabori found the whole thing unworkable, and decided to have a few takes where he recorded his lines for Black Comedy instead. As they were getting close to deadline, they threw up their hands and let him have a go. By the time the deadline passed, Tabori's "cross the line a dozen times" comedic take had won out, and a Breakout Character was born.
They recorded the "tell me about this planet" conversations for Juhani, the same kind that you get for other party members, but they were cut from the final game. You can restore them with Game Mods.
Though it is not nearly as obvious as the sequel, there is actually a fair deal of cut content. Believe it or not, an entire planet (Sleheyron) and its Star Map was cut from the game early in development. As with the sequel, there is a general restoration mod undergoing development and a Sleheyron Restoration Mod.
The Tatooine Star Map was originally housed in a Sarlacc pit.
There was supposed to be an alternate plot resolution to Tatooine in which the Sand People 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.
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.
Among the content that was still Dummied Out in the files, 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.
Swoop racing was originally meant to be much more than a story element on Taris and two optional courses on Tatooine and Manaan. The only hint of what could have been was mention of swoop upgrades. Indeed there was much more planned, including customizing your own personal bike, but it was not to be.
Very early in development Bastila's role was planned to be filled by Vima Sunrider, a character from the Tales of the Jedi comic, 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 Shan.
The game was originally planned to take place in the Clone Wars during the prequel trilogy, which could've led to the player characters interacting with people like Obi-Wan, Yoda, or Anakin. However it was decided to move the story several thousand years earlier to give the team creative freedom.
According to unused data files, during the Sunry murder trial questline, there was originally going to be a datapad from Elassa, a message to her Sith master explaining her intent to kill him the same night he killed her.
See that random Selkath on the cover? That's Shasa who you can rescue from the Sith base on Manaan. She was originally planned to be a recruitable party member, but was scrapped after the cover was finished.
Word of God: John Jackson Miller's blog contains a lot of explanations that confirm or have disproved fan speculation.
Content Leak: That the remake was in production under Aspyr was first revealed by Jason Schreier.
Creator's Oddball: Up until this game, Aspyr has mostly been known for porting already existing games to other platforms with minimal changes. This game, while still a remake of an older title, looks to be a much more substantial recreation of the original game compared to the company's previous work.
Development Hell: The original development plans for the remake crashed and burned, as reported in July 2022 as both the art director and design director were unceremoniously fired and Aspyr put the game on indefinite hold due to the studio heads having lost faith in the project. The project was eventually transferred over to Saber Interactive, and when the remake will release, if at all, is very much up in the air.
The Other Darrin: Due to suffering apraxia from a stroke,Tom Kane has retired from voice work. As such, he is not involved with the remake and thus characters he originally voiced such as Vandar Tokare and Uthar Wynn are likely to be recast. Likewise, the deaths of John Cygan in 2017 and Ed Asner in 2021 means that Canderous Ordo and Master Vrook will similarly need to be recast.
Shrug of God: Is the remake canon to the new Expanded Universe or Legends? An official article about the announcement implied it would be Legends, though 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 retweeted the article and said that it had the "clear answer" to "the question you're all asking [him]". When asked, Lucasfilm Story Group member Pablo Hidalgo also responded that he had nothing to do with the project as video games are usually out of his scope and that it would be up to the game's staff to answer the question. In any case, we'll just have to wait and see.
that several BioWare developers, including some who had worked on the original game and others who worked on the MMORPG spin-off, left the company in 2019 to join Aspyr.