Fans hoping for the full KOTOR experience will have to wait a little longer. According to Fallen Order game director Stig Asmussen, the game will not be open world due to a constellation of constraints, one of which is the fact that they were working with a brand new game engine. Of course to scratch that open work itch, Disney could just update KOTR to high definition for now. To hear Asmussen's explanation, jump to the 4 minutes mark of the video embedded below.
To be clear, this is only a very minor disappointment. I will be pre-ordering this title the day it goes up for sale.