Re: Locked in combat, can't collect/scan/etc.
I had this issue and figured out a solution but just in case it doesn't work exactly for you this is what I did. I went behind Soont's house and it kept saying that I was still in combat so I figured it had to be something outside of the house and somewhere in the area so I kept running around trying to figure out what this enemy causing the combat to continue was. For me, it turns out that I had to run all the way to the roller bomb factory near the town and when I got up to the entrance right by the two bd-1s a roller bomb came out even though I didn't slice the spawner inside. Once I killed that roller bomb the combat ended throughout the entire area and I was able to walk into Soont's basement which was no longer a combat zone and collect the essence. Try out the roller bomb factory first and see if that was the bug, if not, try to follow the area seeing what is and isn't a combat zone by continuously trying to sheathe your lightsaber. If you can't sheathe it the game still thinks you're in combat and that's how I was able to find it. Good luck, and hope it works for you.
