[KOTOR] Revan and Bastila: Best romance ever?

I have just replayed KotOR several times on iPad . (Twice as a male LS Jedi, and I'm halfway through a DS female playthrough.) It was great to finally revisit this game again.

I was amused by how quickly the romance progressed. Yet, it really does make sense, in the context of SW and of their force bond. Between their force bond, the time they presumably share off-screen, and the storyline involving Bastila's patents, this romance has more substance than those in the SW films. Plus, I dig Hale's VA work as Bastila.

I don't get nearly as deeply invested in the romance subplots of these games as many do, but they definitely add depth to the games. This one surely adds a lot. I prefer KotOR as the story of the prodigal Knight who saves the Republic, and Revan talking Bastila back from the dark side at the end is much better at the if they're emotionally involved. I'm definitely a fan of this love story.

I'm not a SWTOR player, so I just recently took the time to find out what ultimately happened with Revan. I can't say I love how things ended for all of my KotOR crew, but I guess that's art imitating life, to an extent.

Next time I play KOTOR I should probably do it as male so I can romance Bastila. Playing as female Revan I hated her guts.

I think that femPC + Carth romance is deeper and more complex. Bastila's ark is way too cliche, like 'knight saves the damsel in distress'.

I also think that playing femPC adds more edges to the Malak's story. Not necessarily direct romance, no, but Revan being the strong female lead changes flavours, imo.

Really liked all the teasing between Revan and Bastila

ps: Element Zero the canon was male Revan and femele Jedi Exile. No idea how it is now that Disney destroyed the expanded universe.

I don't think it's cliche because it's not like they they fell in luv after he "rescued" her. She even argues with him that SHE was the one rescuing him while he continues to tease her and call her a damsel in distress, much to her annoyance. I get the feeling from the options available in dialogue that they quite disliked each other in the beginning.
I personally think that the writers idea was that maleRevan is the canon (later on confirmed) with Bastila romance also canon.
Because their whole relationship, from her being turned to the dark side and him getting her back to the light side revolves around their romance.

First with her struggle regarding her feelings for Revan. Developing feelings for him while keeping his real identity a secret. Her struggle with both being a Jedi forbidden to love and him being a Sith Lord representing everything she hates. She actually says that she fell to the dark side because of the fear she had for loving him, and Malak used that against her, and says to Revan that her acceptance of her love for him and his for her redeemed her and brought her back to the light.


Yeah, the canon story is that they married and he left to find the Sith Empire when she was pregnant.

damn, I just finished reading Drew Karpyshyn's Star Wars TOR: Revan and I'm just on the fucking floor curled up in fetal position crying.

I wish I could romance Bastilla as a female

Carth gets on my nerves

But I love Bastilla to pieces

You can romance Juhani as a female. The first ever non-straight character in Star Wars, I believe, although Bioware didn't really telegraph it very well to the player.

I found it more than clear.
The main problem with her romance was just that she didn't get a proper ending.
Or, to say better, it wasn't ended at all.
Pity because until that point I wasn't feeling that her romance was somehow "inferior" to the other ones.

I disagree. Visas was the best romance for me, if we can count both games. Overall she was way, way more interesting as a character. Bastila is just a goody goody mum. God I hated Bastila. I guess this is the Bastila fan club thread tough. I'll show myself out.

I only did female playthroughs, so it was Carth and Atton for me, but I can imagine the Bastila romance would have been really fun to play through with how important she is to the story and the connection between the two characters.

I really enjoyed the Carth romance to begin with, but as I've grown older I've found myself wishing Canderous had been an option too! I still love the Atton romance from KOTOR 2 even if it's a bit sparse at points. (No, I don't want to play pazaak!) The TSL Restoration project really improves things too, I think.