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How to fix The Old Republic's "gay planet" problem
Makeb is a terrestrial planet with a type-1 atmosphere (breathable), and according to Wookiepedia, was invaded by the fearsome Hutt cartel during the second Galactic war. Fair enough. It’s also the only planet in Star Wars: The Old Republic, on which homosexuality exists. Yes, that’s right, BioWare has coded a gay planet. Part of the forthcoming Rise of the Hutt Cartel expansion, Makeb is the extremely unfortunate answer to the question: why can you be gay in basically every other modern BioWare game but not The Old Republic? Rather than write and code non-hetero romance options into the entire game, BioWare stuck them…