While I’ve always wondered about Yoda myself, the Star Wars films were set in a pretty heterosexual galaxy far, far away (where it’s okay to inadvertently snog your sister, but now get it on with someone of the same gender). Now, after plans were revealed early in 2012 to add a bit of a gay flavour to the computer game, Star Wars: The Old Republic, it’s finally been announced that this is being added to the expansion, Rise of the Hutt Cartel.
However, while many had presumed the gay option would allow players to pursue a romance with a companion character, initially it’s going to be restricted to characters that aren’t controlled by the player.
The game’s executive producer, Executive Producer, has written on his blog, ‘First of all, I want to apologize that this [same gender romance] is taking so long to get in the game. I realize that we promised SGR to you guys and that many of you believed that this would be with a companion character. Unfortunately, this will take a lot more work than we realized at the time and it (like some other pieces of content we talked about earlier in the year) has been delayed as we focused on the changes required to take the game Free-to-Play. As we have said in the past, allowing same gender romance is something we are very supportive of.
‘Secondly, I want to reveal today that we are adding SGR with some NPCs [Non-Playable Characters] on Makeb [a planet in the Star Wars universe, invaded by the Hutts] and do intend on pursuing more SGR options in the future. More details to come!’
Although not quite what many had hoped, at least it’s something, with Star Wars: The Old Republic joining games such as Mass Effect 3 and Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn that include gay content. Inevitably same sex options in computer titles have already led to backlash by some conservatives.
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