KOTOR newby

Well, my favourite part, and not spoiling anything, was what happened after your third planet. I loved what BioWare did around then.

Some of my favourite parts were the Pazaak playing and Swoop Racing. Sometimes it's fun to just sit back, play some cards, or have a race, and let someone else doing the killing for once

I agree!

Pazaak and Swoop Racing were real nice way to spend some hours of your gaming!

I also liked the twist you'll see at some point... (not saying anything else)

I enjoyed dueling and swoop racing on Taris, and completing some of the assassination contracts was fun. Sneaking into the Vulkars base was fun too. I was never into Pazaak much, I got my money in other ways.

I will say the story is probably the best part of the game, better than any other SW game.

And my personal favorite bit, not revealing too much, is when someone on one of the planets asks you to deliver a small 'package' for them, and tells you to NOT open it. And then you open it...

Yep.. your are in for a great twist after you finish the third planet.

-swoop in the first game was really easy for me, just hit the speed things and dodge everything else... pazaak is basically just luck

-You cant return to Manann once you get banished unfortunatly. I've heard that if you choose the right convo choices just BEFORE you get banished there is a way not to though.

-Yes is the simple answer to your last question. Your allignment does affect the end of the game but saying any more would spoil things.

Anyway, the moment after the 3rd planet is my favorite in the game and is probably my favorite gaming moment of all time. The last scenes are also pretty great...

Yeah I know how you feel. I was much like that when I first played it.
Like DarkApocalypse said, in swoop you gotta keep your speed up, and most importantly dodge things.
Once your done with the 3rd planet your gonna get a great twist(if you havent worked it out already ). And Korriban has got some interesting side quests, the one I metioned above takes place there. Good luck.

The only way to stay on Manaan without being banished is to take the light-side option when it comes down to choosing what to do with the Progenitor (Big Firaxan Shark). If you choose to kill it, then you get banished. If you destroy the Kolto Harvester, and let it live, and tell the Judges about what happened, then they'll agree that you made the right choice, because the Progenitor was the source for Manaan's Kolto, and they'll let you stay.