While BioWare Knights of the Old Republic allowed homosexual relationships, its successor The Old Republic only allowed heterosexual relationships between players and AI characters at launch. Star Wars has generally done a poor job of recognizing LGBT people There's no openly gay characters in the film. There's also a couple of male Mandalorians, Goran Beviin and Medrit Vasur, who got married in Karen Traviss' Legacy of the Force books. BioWare's Knights of the Old Republic video game, released in 2003, allowed for the possibility of same-sex relationships between the player and their AI companions. According to Shapiro, Mors will become the first officially recognized LGBT character in the Star Wars canon, but said that other gay characters have been mentioned in other media set in the galaxy far far away.
