Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Series Canon

After a bit of drinking last Friday, I got to thinking about Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords and it's romance sub-plots and wondering if I did all there was to be done. I decided to check out Wikipedia, and while it appears I have completed all the romance plots over my 4 playthroughs of the game, I found out something much more interesting: what's considered canon. For those unaware, "canon" refers to what has officially happened in the medium's universe. For Star Wars, it's canon is defined by Wikipedia right here.

With the Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic video game series, the great thing about it is that it's an RPG that lets you choose your path, light or dark, as well as gender, and no matter which path you choose in Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, it'll flow into the sequel. However, according to Wikipedia and official Star Wars canon, there is a specific gender and path the player characters are meant to follow.

For Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Revan is supposed to be male and follow the Light Side. For Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords, the Exile is supposed to be female and though it's not official yet, it looks like the Light Side path will be the canon one. Wikipedia source for Revan's canon found here, and the Exile's canon details found here.

Now personally, based on how dark the story is for the sequel, it seems more logical for me that Revan would have went Dark Side. Based on some dialogue in the sequel, even if you select that Revan was female they'll refer to him as male, so I long since guessed Revan was meant to be male.

For the Exile, the game's story (and specifically the romance subplots) are much more developed if you play as a male character, thus I always figured the character was likely meant to be male. I did figure Light Side though, as again the story seems to fit better (and is more complete) with a Light Side playthrough.

It is too bad that Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords was so rushed at the end; what the game could have been.

Regardless though, it is interesting to note what Lucasfilm considers to be the real storyline, in accordance with the films.