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"Nihion;c-1590005" wrote:

"CoastalJames;c-1589820" wrote:

"Xezee;c-1588657" wrote:
Revan with all his backstory and legendary status among SW fans...

Said it before and will say it again - I have no idea who Revan is.

Then you’re probably not a Star Wars nerd

Good to know I got something going for me then ;)

"YaeVizsla;c-1590038" wrote:

"BubbaFett;c-1590032" wrote:
Sure.... But the Canon character is male....

Revan is not a canon character. Revan is a Legends character who new canon has toyed with acknowledging multiple times, but they haven't done it at this time.

So what? The devs have said in interviews they can pull from legends, and have a few times now. They have not yet taken a legends character, and drastically altered them for no reason.

"YaeVizsla;c-1590038" wrote:

"BubbaFett;c-1590032" wrote:
Sure.... But the Canon character is male....

In Legends, there are two separate and contradictory versions of Revan. One the same poorly shaven thirty-something short-haired brunette heterosexual white dude you can see on the box of every video game ever, and the other determined by the player.

Between the novel series and the pair of video games, one is enshrined as a cornerstone of Star Wars lore, and the other is an ancillary tie-in product. The video game is the one that has that elevated status, and Galaxy of Heroes has not drawn from print media.

Um... no. There is A legends version. Period. End of statement. A video game with an option to custom make a character is not a version. Even the video game series acknowledged the definitive version of Revan. Here he is.

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Revan

Also, was Starck in anything? I'm pretty sure he's never visibly present in anything. It's just mentioned in a book somewhere that he was in an AT-AT that Luke blew up. (Someone please correct me if they have better info than I.) So that's worth adding to the game, but not Revan based on his print media version? Pretty sure Thrawn would have made it into the game too even without being in Rebels, but we'll never know.

"YaeVizsla;c-1590038" wrote:

"BubbaFett;c-1590032" wrote:
Sure.... But the Canon character is male....

What's more, Revan became a sorely needed point of representation whom a lot of people became deeply personally invested in.

... :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

Neil deGrasse Tyson is a sorely needed representation point. The people who's self esteem would be destroyed by a video game character not being the way they played it need more help than representation points.

"YaeVizsla;c-1590038" wrote:

"BubbaFett;c-1590032" wrote:
Sure.... But the Canon character is male....

Given Revan's iconic heavy, form obscuring robes and mask, a gender- and race-neutral Revan would be a simple feat, and would respect every play through.

I respect people who've earned that respect. And beyond that I treat all people with basic human dignity. I have no such feelings towards individual RPG play throughs.

"BubbaFett;c-1590073" wrote:

"YaeVizsla;c-1590038" wrote:

"BubbaFett;c-1590032" wrote:
Sure.... But the Canon character is male....

Revan is not a canon character. Revan is a Legends character who new canon has toyed with acknowledging multiple times, but they haven't done it at this time.

In Legends, there are two separate and contradictory versions of Revan. One the same poorly shaven thirty-something short-haired brunette heterosexual white dude you can see on the box of every video game ever, and the other determined by the player.

Between the novel series and the pair of video games, one is enshrined as a cornerstone of Star Wars lore, and the other is an ancillary tie-in product. The video game is the one that has that elevated status, and Galaxy of Heroes has not drawn from print media.

What's more, Revan became a sorely needed point of representation whom a lot of people became deeply personally invested in.

Given Revan's iconic heavy, form obscuring robes and mask, a gender- and race-neutral Revan would be a simple feat, and would respect every play through.

Yes, and maybe starkiller self identified as a toilet seat..... Seriously, who really cares?.... Anyone who would get upset that a character would be brought into a video game as a certain gender has much bigger issues facing them....

Quite frankly, Traya and RJT are arguably the two best toons in this game right now..... Don't see anyone whining that they are both female....

It's this kind of talk that will keep the devs from bringing Revan tongue game at all....

I’m pretty sure it’s just the fact that in the game, Revan could be anything. Rey and Traya? They are female characters. End of story. Because of the game, Revan is complicated.

However, there are books about Revan, and a strict backstory where he is a human male, with one storyline. And that should be the description of Revan

Yes, Revan is gender-neutral. You can't put a face on "it" and you don't need to, just put on the helmet.

However, I suspect SWGOH isn't ready for Revan (and/or Malak etc). We took a dip into KOTOR 2 with the Sith raid, and now I suspect it's going to be awhile before we have another taste of the Old Republic lore.

If I had to guess what they're up to in there, I'd say a Jedi re-work is the most likely, considering how long Jedi have been at the bottom - but who knows. Ships 2.0 seems to be complete, and raid re-balancing proved to be a pipe dream; they're up to something.

"Rebmes;c-1590145" wrote:
Yes, Revan is gender-neutral. You can't put a face on "it" and you don't need to, just put on the helmet.

However, I suspect SWGOH isn't ready for Revan (and/or Malak etc). We took a dip into KOTOR 2 with the Sith raid, and now I suspect it's going to be awhile before we have another taste of the Old Republic lore.

If I had to guess what they're up to in there, I'd say a Jedi re-work is the most likely, considering how long Jedi have been at the bottom - but who knows. Ships 2.0 seems to be complete, and raid re-balancing proved to be a pipe dream; they're up to something.

They need more ships for 2.0 to be complete. And keep up: A Jedi-rework was confirmed to not be happening.

Revan is only gender-neutral in KOTOR; besides that, he is a human male. Read Wookieepedia for the real Legend.

"Rebmes;c-1590145" wrote:
Yes, Revan is gender-neutral. You can't put a face on "it" and you don't need to, just put on the helmet.

However, I suspect SWGOH isn't ready for Revan (and/or Malak etc). We took a dip into KOTOR 2 with the Sith raid, and now I suspect it's going to be awhile before we have another taste of the Old Republic lore.

If I had to guess what they're up to in there, I'd say a Jedi re-work is the most likely, considering how long Jedi have been at the bottom - but who knows. Ships 2.0 seems to be complete, and raid re-balancing proved to be a pipe dream; they're up to something.

Except they explicitly said no Jedi rework was in the works

"Nihion;c-1590006" wrote:

"LenoraLupin;c-1589998" wrote:

"LinkDonnovan;c-1589990" wrote:

"CoastalJames;c-1589857" wrote:

"DeboerBrunos;c-1589851" wrote:

"CoastalJames;c-1589820" wrote:

"Xezee;c-1588657" wrote:
Revan with all his backstory and legendary status among SW fans...

Said it before and will say it again - I have no idea who Revan is.

I had to look it up, he’s from another game.

"Legendary status among SW fans" apparently...

:p

A book series as well. But Revan is pretty darn gigantic as far as SW fans that are interested. I am surprised you weren't familiar with the character.

So was Thrawn though, and I only vaguely knew who he was before he came to the game.

Again, then you’re not a SW nerd. Which is fine. I’ll bet you don’t know who Eli Vanto is too. Or Canderous Ordo. Again, that’s fine, they are just Star Wars nerd basics in my opinion.

Uh, I believe I said I vaguely knew who Thrawn was then, a year ago. Since he was added to the game, I went and looked his books up, read 2/3 of the original trilogy (I'm currently on the third), his canon novel, saw Rebels, read the one that explained his first contact with the Republic, and am going to read the sequel to the canon novel as soon as I can get it from the library. Also, I'm a 33 year old woman and don't need you telling me that I'm not a 'SW nerd' because I wasn't willing to wade through dozens of conflicting novels/comics when I've been watching the movies since I was a child.

Revan is a dude, bro
and the Jedi Exile is a gal

Fin.

Been following Star Wars since ‘84. Saw ROTJ in the theater when I was a kid. Have seen every movie in the theater since. Tradition. Have many of the Dark Horse comics. Still don’t know who Revan is. Don’t care either as long as it isn’t another Han. Multiple variations of characters is a sign the well is running dry imo.

There are a great many people who have never read Splinter on the Minds Eye, the first official non-canon paperback written after Star Wars written in 1978 by Alan Dean Foster. Then we got the Han Solo Adventures and Droids Cartoon, and the Lando book series. 1991 was when Heir to the Empire came out which also was set after Dark Horses Dark Empire, but did not officially recognize it. Thrawn has been around for a very long time. Rebels canonized Thrawn and the season finale sent him to parts unknown. It is very possible a Heir to the Empire type story could happen since at the end of Rebels shows the Battle of Endor and neither Thrawn nor Ezra has returned.

As time goes on and more Disney shows are produced for TV and the cinema more legends may be realized as canon. No one is any type of loser or non Star Wars fan for not following the thousands of comics, publications, short stories and cartoons released since 1977. Half of you were not even around to have been able to read even a fraction of what came prior. Remember the marvel rabbit pilot? Lady Vader? The fact that Leia fights Vader while Luke was incapacitated and then Luke is possessed by Ben to fight Vader to a draw. Or that Kaiburr crystals were first introduced in 1978 prior to anything Lucas or his wife had written.

Everyone is a fan. Knock off the elitism.