I really dont think penalizing someone for wanting to play DS is really all that fair. Sure their face will change and all that, but they shouldnt lose abilities if the jedi dont as well.
Go to the Lucasarts site for KOTOR II and go to screenshot 26. It shows those annoying creatures from Dantooine in a city fighting your PC. Could this be the new Dantooine?
Sorry theres no link. I looked. No one else has this screenshot.
There are always quests you miss for one reason or another, unless youve played through it so many times you know exactly what to do. I think it might be a good way to allow you to get around that.
By the time I got to the end of the game, my to hit was just as high on my off hand lightsaber as it was on my on hand. There was no reason to use a short lightsaber.