TY-KO was introduced in Game Update 1.1 of Star Wars: The Old Republic as a reference to the webcomic Penny Arcade, which ran a strip where one of its main characters—Tycho—expressed his desire to play as an archaeologist protocol droid named "TY-KO" instead of as a Sith or a bounty hunter.
TY-KO was introduced in Game Update 1.1 of Star Wars: The Old Republic as a reference to the webcomic Penny Arcade, which ran a strip where one of its main characters—Tycho—expressed his desire to play as an archaeologist protocol droid named "TY-KO" instead of as a Sith or a bounty hunter.