We recently had the opportunity to head onto the Star Wars: The Old Republic PTS to check out v1.2 which is set to hit live servers later this month. During our time in game, we learned more about the Legacy System. See what we discovered and then leave us your thoughts in the comments.

You can now decide how your characters are related, picking from any combination of siblings, spouses, adopted children, children, rivals and allies.  These characters, which can come from different factions as long as they’re on the same server, will then be able to unlock emotes, abilities and other rewards to share between them.  As long as one character has access to it, so will the others, regardless of their exact familial relationship.

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