I just received a word from LucasArts formally announcing the sequel to KotOR. Details were sketchy, aside from a name "Sith Lords". They did say the storyline involving Sith assassins hunting the PCs, and a Republic that's in turmoil five years after the events of the original KotOR (even though I broke up the Sith Academy, defeated the Sith fleet, did all sorts of errands and fricking handed them Darth Malak's head on a silver platter. Jeez, all that work and they still screwed up!)
KotOR is the one great single player RPG of the current generation of machines. Given some of the talent working on the sequel (it's being produced at Feargus Urquhart's Obsidian studio) I have no doubt that KotOR II will be a great game too. More information will be on LucasArts' web site later this week, and it'll be demoed at E3 later this month. KotOR II's scheduled for a February 2005 release, and will be simultaneously released on Xbox and PC.
Scott Bennie