Andrei Gijgorev

@ 80% Loadscreen Crash Onderon Merchant Quarter / Iziz Cantina / Shyrack Cave: Try disabling both soft shadows and frame buffer effects (both activated by default). Equipping a lightsaber may also solve the problem, but is not always an option. This bug apparently only occurs under WinXP / Vista with nVidia GF 8 series cards. @ Condor: ur screwd.

First, you should download KSE and look if your companions really have the wrong levels in the save or if the game is just overriding their values. If the latter is the case, then reinstalling and patching the game may solve the problem. If the saves are actually corrupted, then it's probably already too late, although I doubt this, since you say a new character has the same problems.

@ Original topic: Try disabling both soft shadows and frame buffer effects. Equipping a lightsaber may also solve the problem, but is not always an option. You may later also encounter this problem in the Iziz Cantina as well as in the Shyrack Cave. @ Condor: I usually have about 500 to 800 saves per game, and I advise you to do so as well. Seven saves can't be considered "cautious", especially in a game like TSL. Well, you probably figured that out on your own by now, didn't you. Are you sure your Telos save is really from that point? Is the Ebon Hawk really not available at the docking bay? Considering the loadscreen freeze, there is probably some sort of workaraund, like turning off graphic details. The real problem seems to be the infestation of your savegames. Have you installed any mods?