The player can control three characters at one time in both games. In both games, the main character can either be a human male or a human female, with other characters joining the player's party and becoming controllable. The main and player character of the first game is Revan, and the main and player character of the second game is the Jedi Exile. The series also encompasses a 2006 comic book series, and a massively multiplayer online role-playing game called Star Wars: The Old Republic. The Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic series consists of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II – The Sith Lords, with the first game being released in 2003 and set 4,000 years before the Star Wars films. On the far left is Visas Marr and on the far right is Brianna the Handmaiden. An illustration of some of the major characters in the second Knights of the Old Republic, featuring light and dark side versions of a male Jedi Exile and his companions Bao-Dur, Atton Rand, and Mical the Disciple.
