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One of the reason's for canon in the video game was so the character's could crossover into books or films, or be "Marketed", and apart from a one shot comic flashback, a soon to be released toy, and source book material,(a result of the canonization) neither hero has featured anywhere, so IMHO canonizing the PC is not needed, in fact it causes more arguments than anything else.

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If they never state the general events of K3 (Dark Side or Light Side, ect), then it will leave an unneeded hole in continuity. I would have preferred that the Exile was male instead of female, but I'm still glad that they actually made a decision. I understand that the game is for the players to play through and the events are for them to shape, but there should still be a specific continuity.

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One of the reason's for canon in the video game was so the character's could crossover into books or films, or be "Marketed", and apart from a one shot comic flashback, a soon to be released toy, and source book material,(a result of the canonization) neither hero has featured anywhere, so IMHO canonizing the PC is not needed, in fact it causes more arguments than anything else.
I also subscribe to this school of thought. :) Unless LucasArts or other Lucasfilm entities plan on using Revan and the Exile in some sort of media in such a way where gender and alignment will need to be established (e.g. major roles in novels and/or comics) then IMO they shouldn't be "canonized" thus allowing fans of the games to have "their" Revan and Exile to be whatever gender and alignment they want. Unfortunately canonization of these two characters has already occurred so this is pretty much a moot point. :indif:
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If they never state the general events of K3 (Dark Side or Light Side, ect), then it will leave an unneeded hole in continuity. I would have preferred that the Exile was male instead of female, but I'm still glad that they actually made a decision. I understand that the game is for the players to play through and the events are for them to shape, but there should still be a specific continuity.

 

That decision was actually 'fan's choice'. I myself as a fan am sticking with a male exile. So I'm sure that the game, should it EVER be made, might not show the exile or rather his face. That's right, I said "his face", gotta a problem with that anyone? :twogun:

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Sorry couldn't resist, but look at this:

 

"I was just wondering if you've been called upon to enter a canon ending to Knights Of The Old Republic II:The Sith Lords into the holocron."

―from poster Son Of Skywalker15

 

"No. We've avoided anything concrete about the canon ending. The only reason why we decided on a canon gender for the Revan and the exile was out of editorial necessity."

― Leland Chee

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Personally, I think, the story you are most likely to find (generally spoken, not specifically related to Kotor) is, that something bad happens and then the good guy(s) come and "beat" it. That's the most common story you can find, be it in ancient myths or modern criminal stories. And probably the reason it, that this is the story that most people want to hear. Star Wars is no difference, it's the same story, just told in another way. So I think, if there's a Kotor III, the most probable "main" story is, that something bad gets horribly beaten by a good hero or heroine. Probably there's a DS ending (or even way), but that's just to enhance the fun of playing it again and to convice some people who like the DS to play it, too. But the "real", canon story will very likely be the stame story as always: In the end, the LS wins - because that's what people want to hear.

Of course, perhaps the developers suprise us - but I don't think so. My personal experience tells me, that most people prefer to play a good guy - or at least, a grey one. Most of the people I know (online or in real life) prefer it and just play "bad" guys when they finished the first time with a good one.

 

What I hope is, that they don't discriminate one gender, like in Kotor II, where a female Exile never gets Battle Precognition. It's ok to give different things, that makes playing it again more interessting, but it should be roughly equal...

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No canon. Ever. Canonize LS and the DS folks will scream. Canonize DS and the LS people will scream. Canonize Gray and we'll all scream.

 

We had no canon fate in TSL. So, no need for canon in K3, if it ever comes out.

I argee

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I'm surely no canon expert, but the Wookiepedia seems pretty sure, that Exile is female and a "heroine" (according to "The New Essential Guide to Droids"), so it seems pretty canon to me, that Exile was a LS female Jedi. Of course, the quote from Leland Chee sounds otherwise, but then "heroine" was really badly choosen word...

 

Personally, I would like to see a canon ending, even if it differs from my prefered ending. Somehow, I need a "canon" for a universe like Star Wars, esp. because I plan to gm an "Old Republic" campaign in the future *g*

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I also subscribe to this school of thought. :) Unless LucasArts or other Lucasfilm entities plan on using Revan and the Exile in some sort of media in such a way where gender and alignment will need to be established (e.g. major roles in novels and/or comics) then IMO they shouldn't be "canonized" thus allowing fans of the games to have "their" Revan and Exile to be whatever gender and alignment they want. Unfortunately canonization of these two characters has already occurred so this is pretty much a moot point. :indif:

 

Revan's featured in Darth Bane: Path of Destruction in a Holocron. In the novel, Bane learned Revan's history and it's mentioned that Revan eventually defeated Malak and helped the Republic defeat the Sith. For such things, I think, it's useful to have a canon gender and alignment.

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