This ain’t your father’s galaxy far, far away. Now before you think that KOTOR has been taken to the x-treme (please don’t sue me Marvel), and good story with well-developed characters went out the window when Bioware left the franchise, calm yourself.
In KOTOR II the galaxy is a much darker place with many planets ruined by the destruction caused by the Sith and the Mandalorian wars before them. The characters are a scarred bunch as well, survivors, veterans, and untrained Jedi alike. They all have a past, just as you do. So prepare yourself, would-be Jedi, the roads you walk will be twisted and dark, but there may be some light at the end of them (that is unless of course you happen to be the one casting the shadow).