to verify, you do need an internet connection to access dlc.
several months back when i was playing 4 player ultimate alliance(friends 360, he sent his in, and got another box back), we couldn't access the dlc characters until we plugged the damn thing into the internets.
speaking of breaking 360's. the people i know who own a 360, who had theirs rrod, is higher by a good margin than the people who haven't had an rrod.
you could have waited a year to prevent this stuff microsoft, but you just HAD to release way ahead of time, and look where thats got you.
anyway, im nearing the end of kotor 2 i suppose, and its actually really awesome. in terms of the storyline and stuff, i can say it beats the first kotor. however, i see kotor 2 is one of those games i play once, and kotor a game i will not enjoy as much as kotor 2 in a playthrough, but a game i can happily enjoy multiple times through regardless of it starting to suck near the end.