Help with The First Rule and other difficult melee fights

The first few challenges with the handmaidens at Telos should be easy. However, the final challenge where you have to face 5 handmaidens at once can be difficult. This is because it is fairly early in the game and you might not have many vitality points, medpacs or stimulants overall to sustain the combined damage of all of them at once. Force powers can help. However if nothing is working, you can cancel the combat and simply run around the room in circles. If you stay out of their reach you can use force heal to recover your vitality points. When you have recovered enough, you can face them one by one, inflict one or two hits then start running again. This trick works for any melee combat that is too hard in KOTOR I or II. It takes a while but will get you there in the end!