Voted For Juhani Because She Was Pretty Much The First Queer Character I Was Introduced To In Anything Ever As A Kid - Tumblr Posts
Queer Star Wars Characters (Round 2): Legends Match 2
Juhani | Identity: lesbian | Media: Knights of the Old Republic
Juhani from 2003’s Knights of the Old Republic was the first ever queer character in Star Wars. The Mandalorian Wars rendered Juhani’s family refugees on Taris after the destruction of their homeplanet of Cathar. Juhani was enslaved due to her mother’s debts, but was liberated by the Revanchists when they freed Taris from Mandalorian rule. This inspired her to travel to Dantooine to train as a Jedi, where she fell in love with her fellow padawan Belaya. For her final trial, she was tricked into believing she killed her master when consumed by the Dark Side. She fled into the wilds of Dantooine, her turmoil agitating the wildlife. Dealing with Juhani is the player’s final trial as a Jedi, and they can either kill Juhani or handle the situation diplomatically and return her to the light. She then joins the player as a companion.
Traveling together, Juhani grows close to Revan and can be romanced by female Revans (the game shipped with the gender flag for romance bugged, but she is intended to be a lesbian). She takes the player turning out to be Revan very well, as she never truly accepted that Revan turned to the Dark Side due to how the Revanchists saved her. If the Dark Side ending is chosen, the player must kill Juhani.
Juhani strives to be a good Jedi, strongly believing in their principles. However, she struggles with the in-born aggression and heightened anger of her species, which with her perfectionism creates a vicious cycle that drives her towards the Dark Side. Other than Revan, she kept herself separate from the rest of the crew of the Ebon Hawk, especially Canderous Ordo due to the Mandalorian’s genocide of her people. She was also full of bitterness regarding the racism she faced on Taris, and struggled not to lash out against all humans because of it.
Lana Beniko | Identity: playersexual | Media: SWTOR
Lana Beniko is a Sith, but like chill about it. The head of Sith Intelligence, she is willing to work with the Republic when necessary to oppose the greater threat of the Revanites and the resurrection of the Sith Emperor. When the Eternal Empire came to take over the galaxy, she left the collapsing Sith Empire to look for the player character. She rescues them and joins them in the creation of the Eternal Alliance, where she can be romanced. She’ll be by your side through countless trials, willing to make the hard decisions. She’ll even join the Republic if that’s who you choose to align the remnants of the Eternal Alliance with.
As paradoxical as it is, she’s the Sith at their best- what the propaganda of the Empire says they are. She isn’t consumed by her emotions, and her use of the dark side is defined as her using the Force instead of trusting in it.