User blog comment:Darthjimscott4th/Male Jedi Exile Fan/@comment-20644-20100128001626

@Solus - assume good faith

@Darth - Because it makes literally no difference to me whatsoever if the Exile is male or female. The only thing that changes is the attraction between characters. The part of the story that actually matter is the same thing, regardless of gender.

Now at the same time, if I was to decide on a preference between the two, it'd be female. Virtually all of the main heroes in Star Wars are males. I think it's good to have strong, independent, and leading female heroes in the series.