>>16532047
I don't know if enemies level scale with you, like they do in Oblivion, but Kotor is a game, where you can choose in which order you visit the planets/do the missions, and if the enemies do not scale with you, then it means that you will inevitably fight lower leveled enemies.
Plus, even the lower tier enemies drop loot and XP, so it's not like it's a waste.
Lastly, it's better to have a corridor filled with a few enemies, rather than have it empty and make you walk from one end to another like the water planet with the underwater section.