Creating your own lightsaber is a major quest in the game and a huge accomplishment. We have increased their effectiveness and upgradeability and have also made them rarer. Kevin Saunders: We treat the lightsaber with great respect.

That is intentionally vague, because not everyone will acquire their lightsaber at the same time. To answer the question of 'when,' the answer is late enough to not break the balance of the game and early enough so that people can have a good time running around as a Jedi Knight for a large portion of the game. Getting your lightsaber is not a small task, and we don't want to reveal too much about how you get it. When can gamers expect to wield the ol' laser blade in KOTOR II? Mike Gallo: Well, since it's an RPG, and the lightsaber is one of the most powerful weapons in the game (and Galaxy), we have to treat it as a very special item. IGN: It took a while to get your first lightsaber in KOTOR. You will run into other characters with lightsabers of course, but the colors aren't really tied to anything specific. IGN: What can the color of an enemy NPC's lightsaber tell you about him/her? Mike Gallo: Obviously the color red is a traditional color of Dark Jedi or Sith Lords, but those guys aren't really subtle anyway.

On the flip side, we've also enhanced the effectiveness of fighting with a single lightsaber - That combat style is also a very viable option in KOTOR II. Therefore, the double-bladed lightsaber is most effective if you have few, but very powerful lightsaber upgrades because it makes the most of them. IGN: Are double-edged lightsabers treated any differently this time out? Kevin Saunders: As with the original KOTOR, double-bladed lightsabers work as double weapons and are similar to fighting with a weapon in each hand.

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