I do have a save spot from right after HK-50 shot me down. I think it's rather annoying to go through the 5-10 minute dialogue again between Atris and myself.

 

Is this going to happen on every single planet I go to?

 

I've already had to deal with restarting when I first meat HK on Paragus.

 

Anyways, the problem is the following:

 

I tried to fight Handmaiden sisters and lost a few times, figuring I could save time I went to release Kreia and everyone from jail. Once I did this, they followed me when I re-challenged handmaiden sisters, I won this time. After the fight, they would not move or speak to me. I was still able to move around and everything appeared normal. I finished fighting handmaiden's sisters and speaking to handmaiden, then I boarded the Ebon Hawk.

 

I was able to talk to everyone in my party before fighting handmaiden, there were no issues with individual party members. Once I board the Ebon Hawk, cutscene: Ebon hawk leaves base, cutscene: handmaiden's sister talks to Atris, then new screen loads. After load, there is black screen. I try to move around, and don't hear footsteps, I am able to fully access the menu, add/remove people from my party (other than handmaiden), and even level up different characters.

 

Any idea on what is going on, I'm about to give up on playing this game..?

Don't really know. I had issue in secret academy with the TSLRCM and missing handmaiden but it's been solved by patching. You may try to install the TSLRCM that correct some issues.