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Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations, thats what we are about. Not everyone acts or thinks the same. But the main reason we are here is to have fun. I think disagreements are always inevitable from this, but a chance to be ourselves and find new people to game with that are like you, are too. What carries over from real life tends to get in the way, that extra baggage can sometimes spoil our moods. Remember when the last time you got frusterated or upset, nothing was ever right everyone was an annoyance, without an outlet you dwelled on your frusteration and eventually unleashed it, usually on those around you. It seems to happen alot to people these days, its easy to stomp your foot and walk away, but remember, where ever you go, there you are.
I guess my point is like everything new we explore and try out, it is similar to a new pair of shoes; at first they are restrictive and uncomfortable, they can make you sore and irritable until your broken into them, then once they fit your needs they can carry you anywhere you need to go and you forget about the ajustments you made to something new and carry on with your activities. Give things and people a chance, before long you will know more people and be involved in many things here. Take time to get to know us, the more you invest into something the more return you get.
-CatStar =^.^=
in reply to: Officers Meeting Transcript 29/1/12 #1141Hi Everyone,
Regarding the fleet structure, I think IDIC fleet is very different to many others. The main difference is people enjoy participating, socialising and teaming. We really have a good group of people here. I believe that Plasma’s proposal of the new fleet structure will be beneifical to the fleet and also help Plasma and Londi out with organisation. At the same time it is important that whoever is chosen for certain roles that they are not stressed nor feel that it is their ‘duty’ to do it. An idea could be to ask the fleet commanders what they enjoy doing and to focus on their giftings etc. This will hopefully ensure people are happy with the duties given, instead of being given ones that may not be to their liking.
Anyways just a few ideas…
See u in game
Alanna 🙂
in reply to: -I.D.I.C- U.F.P. Fleet Mail Archive #1030-I.D.I.C- Fleet Mail 25 5-FEB-12
Greetings Fleet,
Just a couple of notices for today.1. Welcome to our New Members
– Please equip your Uniform & Fleet Patch ASAP. Please let me know if you need Credits to do this.
– Please read the welcome letter at: http://fed.idicfleet.com/new/
– In addition our rules & regulations can be found at: http://fed.idicfleet.com/rules/
– Feel free to browse the fleet website and to contact us if you have questions or require any assistace. http://fed.idicfleet.com/contact
– Please go to http://www.guildalliance.org/forum and sign up to the new forums. Please sign up with a name that will be familiar to us. Because of spam posts I will have to aprove your sign-up & will try to do that within 24hours.* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
2. Command MeetingA meeting of the command officers was held last week and several officers were present. For those that missed this meeting a transcript can be found in our forums here http://www.guildalliance.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=78
This thread is also an opportunity to comment on the meeting and the proposals that were made. Im leaving this open for discussion for two more weeks afterwhich I will make decisions based on the feedback.
This thread is in a Restricted Command area of the forums and will require you to be registered and approved by me.
***For those that have not signed-up please do asap***
our Fleet Commanders are;
@-Plasma
@JONAS1027@Secrinatum
@LawMarshall (On Leave)
@Ishakar
@Cat_Star
@CardinalFlash
@-Tiberius-
@IP387 (Just Returned)
@Alanna_Boraz
@Robert_Praetori
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *3. Fleet Events
a) IDIC Games
Fleet Commander Catstar is holding some Fed vs KDF PvP games later today, please join in if you can make it.b) STF’s
Fleet Commander Law Marshall has scheduled a weekly recurring STF event. Please take a look at the Events schedule for more info and to RSVP.Best regards.
-Plasma, Fleet Admiralin reply to: Massive lag #1083Me too, also lots of lag during play. Also today I got a message during log-in saying that the server was full and that I was in a queue, but it only delayed me for 10secs or so, but I would have thought Subscribers would get priority login.
in reply to: In-Game Event: STO Second Anniversary Feb 2nd 2012 #1145Anniversary Event FAQ
Q: So what are we celebrating?
A: Star Trek Online first launched on February 2, 2010. This week marks the second anniversary of the game being live. We’re also celebrating the recent shift of STO to a free-to-play game.Q: How long does the event run?
A: From around 10:00am PST on Thursday, February 2, 2012 through around 10:00am PST on Monday, February 6, 2012.Q: What are the parts of the celebration?
A: In addition to the fun activities planned by the community, there are two special activities that you can participate in. First is a daily Q mission and second is a one-time flagship mission.Q: What is the daily Q mission?
A: Each day, you can talk to Q at Earth Spacedock or on Qo’noS. When you do, he will offer you a mission that has you go to Starfleet Academy or the KDF Academy. This mission involves chasing down some pests that got loose, then returning to Q. Remember that you can run faster by pressing the Shift key to sprint.Q: What are the rewards of this mission?
A: When you complete the mission, Q will give you a choice of reward. There are three choices.1) A “Two Year Anniversary Party Popper” item that does silly things when you use it.
2) A mystery box.
3) A box with 500 Dilithium Ore in it.If you choose the mystery box, opening it randomly awards one of four things.
1) A box that contains random Green, Blue, or Purple quality item.
2) A box that contains some high end consumables.
3) A 1 hour Skill Point boost.
4) The “One Year Anniversary Party Popper” item that does silly things when you use it.If you complete the mission multiple times and choose the mystery box multiple times, you may get the same reward more than once. The reward is random and there is no guarantee that you will get different rewards each time.
Q: How often can I do the Q mission?
A: Each time you do the mission, you cannot do it again for 20 hours. This makes it doable roughly once each day, which is why we call it a daily mission. If you go back to try and get the mission, it will show a countdown timer there of how long you need to wait before the mission is available again.Q: How does the flagship mission work for Federation characters?
A: One time during the event, a Federation character of level 5 or higher can talk to Engineer Kani on Earth Spacedock to start the mission. The mission will ask you to take a brand new Odyssey class starship out on a shakedown cruise. At the completion of the mission, the character will receive a non-tradable inventory item that contains a starship. This item cannot be opened to actually get the starship until the character achieves the rank of Vice Admiral at level 50.Q: How does the flagship mission work for Klingon characters?
A: One time during the event, a KDF character of level 21 or higher can talk to Engineer Tum’Era on Qo’noS. The mission will ask you to take a brand new Bortas class starship out on a shakedown cruise. At the completion of the mission, the character will receive a non-tradable inventory item that contains a starship. This item cannot be opened to actually get the starship until the character achieves the rank of Lt. General at level 50.Q: Is there any other way to get an Odyssey class or Bortas class starship?
A: Not at this time. The ship is free to everyone who completes the mission during this event. After the event, there will be no way to obtain these ships for some time. We have not decided on when they will return to the game. You can expect that variations of these ships will show up in the C-Store next month.Q: Is there a fast way to get to the event location?
A: There is a transwarp button in the mission journal that can speed your travel to Earth Spacedock or Qo’noS if you need it.in reply to: FAQ Series: Earning Dilithium #1078This is an excellent guide. Thank you for posting.
in reply to: New Flagships #1089Hello,
Yes, KDF starts at level 21.in reply to: New Flagships #1088Do new Klingons start at level 21? I only ask because Feds have to be level 5 to get the Odyssey so any new characters have to be levelled up 5 levels. It would be nice if we didn’t have to do that with Klingons.
in reply to: New Flagships #1087LOL, I made two more a few days ago, totaling 3 just to get this flagship 🙂
in reply to: New Flagships #1086Ok I’ve just been reading about the Klingon flagship. I’m going to have to makes some Klingons now even though I thought I never would until the faction was finished. 😮
in reply to: Wish You Well For The Future. #1158Greetings,
Just a few thoughts Regarding Davis’s message last night!
I was sad to see him leave IDIC fleet and the way it happened it was very fast & surprising.
However, I believe that there are many online games that have these challengers. The lack of communication in any game is a factor that cannot always be improved. As we live in different timezones we will always be on at spazmotic times which means there will be countless hours of minimal talk in the STO chat channel and team speak. Regarding team speak, it is an optional extra to the game and I understand some people may not feel comfortable using the voice chat, it also may taint there role playing experience. It is absolutly fine if you do not wish to use Teamspeak, it is your personal choice.
Regarding last nights mission, I think we all tried the best we could. As Plasma mentioned we were not aware of how many was going to turn up and yes everyone is always welcome to join, if possible it is important to RSVP prior to the event commencing. This enables the person leading the mission to plan and prepare and makes it a smoother run for everyone involved. As it may not have worked out as planned, we must remember that alot of effort was placed in creating the story line and I believe as we work together and communicate what needs to be improved it will be a ‘winner’ in the future. Let’s try not to be hard on one another and keep moving forward:)
Another observation from last nights mission. Regarding any future fleet event it is very important all fleet members read the specifications on what the event entails. The fleet event stated that shuttles would be used. As we understand people may not have a shuttle, we are more than happy to try to assist fleet members aquiring one. Plasma is always willing to help anyone in need of gear, he has made it very clear that the fleet bank is there for all to enjoy.
I am very honored to be apart of this fleet, I have been in many fleets and by far IDIC is the best fleet I have ever been apart of. We really have some great people here, so thank you to everyone for being apart of it.
Let’s enjoy teaming, socialising and having fun. Please ask if you need any assistance, I am more than happy to help you out.
Kind Regards,
Alannain reply to: Wish You Well For The Future. #1157To any of our new or long-time members that may have read this post I feel that I have to address some of Davis’ points.
First I’d like to say that I don’t mind you coming back to read our forums or to communicate with us in game. I’m sorry that you didn’t find what you were looking for in our fleet.
I take all your points and will comment on each of them. I will say that you will find these problems in all fleets/guilds and they are not unique to IDIC.
Forum posting
Your observation here is right. It’s been a bit difficult to get people to read and post on these forums.Reason: The reason for this I think is a common complaint amongst ALL MMO players. That is that they would rather spend their time in-game playing then out of game on forums and websites. I have been given this criticism many times from various people and have come to accept it as the common attitude of most MMO players.
The only thing I can do about this is keep posting here, keep advertising our forums and in-time hope that a larger proportion of members use them.
Teamspeak3
Your observation here is also right.
Reason: We originally were using a Ventrillo server provided by an old fleet member. The new Teamspeak server has been active for just over a month and a half and the uptake has been low because of people going away during the Christmas break.
There will always be people that do not want to voice chat because English is a second language and we have a few people like this in the fleet. The Teamspeak has been more popular with our TOR Players and that can be seen by the TS3 Access – all of our TOR players have installed and logged onto it. I think because STO has an internal chat, players are turning to that for STO voice communications.
As with these forums all I can do is keep advertising the TeamSpeak server and hope that in time members use them.
Nobody Talks
This I cannot speak for as I can’t know what is going on when I’m offline. One thing to realize with STO is the End-Game story-content is low, however this is where the High-End gear farming begins. When a player is in the new STF Season 5 system, they cannot play and type in chat, its an impossibility.
As far as I’ve observed someone usually responds when a question is asked and when they do not I KNOW that they are engaged in their own game-play. Ultimately I cannot force players to talk, only encourage a greater level of interaction.
If someone is a player that plays 5 hours+ a day you will definitely find times when people will not respond. In order for this to be fixed we would need a fleet with 200+ members spread across all timezones and while it would be great to have players in every timezone we do not want to go down the path of managing a massive fleet and the logistics of managing 24hours a day is something we would have to overcome.
Also one major thing that may not be realized is that there is another game by Cryptic called Champions Online. This game uses a shared Chat Server with STO so you can actually chat between games. Sometimes when the senior members are online we will start talking to apparently noone as there will be few in the roster. This is because we are familiar with the habits of the Champs players and we know they are on line over there.
Missions
As for last nights event all I can say on this is that it was confusing. There were several reasons for this.
One thing I will stress is that most of the people that showed up DID NOT RSVP for this event. If this was a normal shoot-to-kill event with open instance that any number of people could go into then there would be no problem.
- As Fleet Admiral I should have refused non-RSVP players from joining. I take this error completely on myself.
The fact that it was an event involving a foundry mission meant that there had to be teams of 5. When people decided to join from out of nowhere we did our best to accommodate everyone, but it was very confusing. Unfortunately the less experienced players may have been neglected and I apologize.
In the future for complex role play events we will have a guide to what is going to happen -where we are going, what gear/ships are needed and which areas/arenas/foundry missions are involved etc.
If you feel like you want to give the fleet another try don’t hesitate to contact me.
Have fun with STO Davis 🙂
Best Regards,
-Plas.Fall to the dark side
During a conversation in Knights of the Old Republic, Lamar stated that “Revan was once a promising Padawan. But ever eager to learn more about the Force, Revan sought knowledge of Sith magics, foolishly ignoring the dangerous lure of the dark side.” Lamar also expressed the opinion that Revan and Malak had fallen under the sway of the dark side even before the Mandalorian Wars. Later in the game, Bastila Shan and members of the Enclave Council opined that Revan and Malak took their first steps towards the dark side when they investigated a complex of ruins on Dantooine. Inside, they found the first of five Star Maps which, when combined, would ultimately lead them to the Star Forge. Shan stated that, “this must be what Revan and Malak found when they entered this temple. This must be where their journey down the dark side began.”[7]
The Chronicles of the Old Republic state that, in the year 3,963 BBY, Revan was already influenced by the dark side when he began to develop “an evil but brilliant plan: Using the dark power of Malachor V, he will seduce an army of Jedi, completely loyal to him alone.” In the years following that event, the Chronicles assert that Revan was further corrupted while studying Sith artifacts, relics, and holocrons which he had discovered within vast tombs and cities buried beneath the surface of Malachor V.[40] According to Jedi vs. Sith: The Essential Guide to the Force, Revan became the Dark Lord of the Sith two years after discovering Malachor, in the year 3,961 BBY.[33] However, the Knights of the Old Republic Campaign Guide states that Revan assumed the position of the Dark Lord of the Sith after he and Malak found the Star Forge in the year 3,960 BBY.[3]
The available evidence concerning Revan’s motivations for embracing the dark side is equally conjectural. In The Sith Lords Kreia stated that, “perhaps Revan never fell. The difference between a fall and a sacrifice is sometimes difficult, but I feel that Revan understood that difference, more than anyone knew. The galaxy would have fallen if Revan had not gone to war. Perhaps he became the dark lord out of necessity, to prevent a greater evil.”[8] Yet, whatever his original intentions may have been, Revan eventually embraced the dark side completely. His holocron would later advise Darth Bane that the “dark side offers power for power’s sake. You must crave it. Covet it. You must seek power above all else, with no reservation or hesitation.”[24]
Daniel Erickson, lead writer for Star Wars: The Old Republic, wrote that Revan and Malak went into deep space and met the Sith Emperor where they were turned and sent back to prepare the way for the return of the true Sith;[44] however when they started to conquer the Republic, they started doing things by their own will. It is not certain if both were already fallen Jedi turned by the Emperor into Sith or just strongly tainted by the dark side when they met him.
Name
“The importance you put in a name is misleading, young one. You of all people should remember that.” ―Nemo[src]
In Star Wars continuity, there has been some ambiguity concerning whether or not “Revan” is the character’s original name or merely an alias. Abel G. Peña comments on his starwars.com blog that he believes that Revan and Malak used their true names, thus making them the first Sith to take up the “Darth” title without also adopting a Sith moniker.[45] However, in the guide Jedi vs. Sith: The Essential Guide to the Force, Alek Squinquargesimus, a Jedi from the Knights of the Old Republic comics, was confirmed to have been Darth Malak.[33] John Jackson Miller has hinted that Revan might not be his original name, although the Knights of the Old Republic comics have not taken a stance on Revan’s identity as of yet.[46] Similar inquiries were answered in Star Wars Insider with a reminder that Revan was mainly referred to as such by people talking about him well after he took up the name Darth Revan,[47] although some logs left over from the Mandalorian Wars on Dxun in Knights of the Old Republic II refer to him as “Revan.”[8] In the Q&A section of the twenty-ninth issue of the comic series, Miller promised that the comics would “speak to the matter of Revan and Malak–perhaps sooner than you may think.”[48] However, it is known that for a time, he was known as the “Revanchist” by the public. While his real name has not been revealed, his discovery of his signature Mandalorian mask led him to take on the shortened name of “Revan”. Therefore, it seems likely that Revan is not his real name, and rather a moniker that allowed others to identify with him, and also a symbol of what he wished to accomplish.
Revan’s designation as “the Prodigal Knight” does not actually make sense, given that “prodigal” means “wastefully or recklessly extravagant”.[49] This mistake is likely due to a misunderstanding of the Biblical Parable of the Prodigal Son, a story which tells of a young man who spent his inheritance foolishly before repenting and returning to his father. In that context, “prodigal” refers to the mistake of the son in wasting his inheritance, not his later repentance for that error.
Dark side ending
“Malak is dead—all hail the return of Darth Revan, the true Lord of the Sith!” ―Bastila Shan[src]
“The true Lord of the Sith!”
Accepting Bastila Shan’s offer, Revan struck down the Jedi Jolee Bindo and Juhani (only Jolee if Juhani had been killed on Dantooine), the stain of their blood on the temple stone symbolizing Revan’s return to power. He returned to the Ebon Hawk and explained the absence of Bindo and Juhani to his stunned party. Shocked by his return to the dark side, Carth Onasi fled, leaving Mission Vao to be mercilessly struck down by Revan. Alternatively, Revan used his mind-dominating Force powers to convince Zaalbar to kill Mission, or Revan will have to kill them both. Flying to the Star Forge, Shan used her battle meditation to thwart the Republic fleet, allowing Revan to penetrate the depths of the Star Forge to fight Darth Malak. Striking Malak down, Revan regained his rightful place as Dark Lord of the Sith.[50]Using the resources he now commanded as Master of the Star Forge, Darth Revan created an infinite fleet that rolled forth to crush the Republic.[50] Surprisingly, however, Darth Revan soon halted his offensive. It was noted as odd that Revan deliberately avoided striking the Republic’s manufacturing facilities in his previous war, and again that he seemingly ended the Star Forge’s production of vessels early. Shan, in a holocron discovered on Korriban, reported that Revan mysteriously vanished one day and told her to wait for him. Bereft of a strong dark side user to guide it, the Star Forge atrophied and was destroyed by the Republic.
It is assumed that Darth Revan visited all his former strongholds searching for something that is not yet readily apparent. It is known, however, that he headed for the Unknown Regions with the intent of stopping something menacingly powerful, something that was apparently responsible for initially coercing the Mandalorians to invade. Revan’s former Master, Kreia, suggested that Revan was searching for the original Sith Empire.[51]
Cut alternate ending
“No, it’s too late for that. And it’s too late for you to turn back… but you can end this here. There’s still time for one final act of redemption.” ―Carth Onasi (from cut non-canon ending)[src]The cut alternate ending involving a female Revan
Should the player have chosen to play as a female Revan and successfully completed the romance sub-plot with Carth Onasi, if they then choose to join the dark side on Lehon, Onasi flees, but not before declaring he will not give up on Revan and that she can be saved. After Revan defeated Darth Malak on the Star Forge, she was confronted by Onasi again. At this point, Revan was forced to either kill him or have Bastila murder him.[52] Five years later, Meetra Surik would discover a message in T3-M4 from Onasi, which he left as a back up plan in case the increasingly dark-sided Revan eventually betrayed them.[53]
In a cut ending for the first game, it is possible for a dark-sided female Revan to change her mind, kill Bastila, and die with Carth as the Republic destroys the Star Forge. However, the final game only includes the options for Revan or Bastila to kill Carth due to time constraints in making the final movie.[54]
Non-Canon Romances
Carth Onasi
“I love you. Even now. Even after… after… after all you have done. I love you like I haven’t loved anyone or anything since my wife died. And I didn’t even think that was possible.” ―Carth Onasi — Listen (file info)[src]
Although not considered canon, if the player chooses to make a female Revan, she and Carth Onasi could flirt and tease each other through the entire game. Because of Onasi’s growing affection for Revan, he began to think less about the death of his wife and his desire to kill Saul Karath, the man responsible for her death and the loss of his son, Dustil Onasi. Onasi eventually promised to protect Revan from what was to come. When he discovered that the woman he is falling in love with was Darth Revan, he remained isolated from her, unsure what to do with this information since he believed that Revan’s betrayal of the Republic destroyed his life. Onasi eventually came around and confessed that he couldn’t hate her no matter how hard he tried. When Revan declined Shan’s request to join the dark side, Onasi confessed that he loved Revan in front of the rest of the party members on the beach of Lehon.[55]
(Note:Revan’s garment and face are customizable)
Onasi and Revan remained together as he advanced through the Republic military up to the rank of admiral. But Revan began to remember things she had done as the Dark Lord and used it as a wall between them. She eventually told him that she had to go beyond the Outer Rim to find the other threat beyond the Mandalorians, the True Sith and their empire, though she did not specify exactly what the threat was to Onasi and she left without warning. However, he had anticipated this, at least to some extent, and left hidden programming in T3-M4. Onasi was desperate to find some sign of her, and eventually met up with Meetra Surik and hoped to hear some word of Revan. Unfortunately for him, Surik had no news to offer him, but he asked Surik that if she ever found Revan, to tell her that he was still waiting for her.[56]Juhani
“I… I… I care for you. I do not know why. I do not know if anything will be possible or if you even return what I feel, but I do know it is there.” ―Juhani[src]
A second non-canon romance was available to female players. If a female Revan turned Juhani back to the light side and continued to build her trust and friendship along their journey, Juhani slowly developed feelings towards Revan. After Revan rejects the dark side and former identity on the Rakatan temple, Juhani will shyly admit her feelings.[55] This is all that happened between them for the remainder of the game, and what happened for them, regardless if Revan rejects or returns her feelings.
In the original pressing of the first game, there was a bug in the game that allowed a male romance option in certain copies of the game. This bug has been fixed in subsequent versions of the game, and a male romance is not possible without hacking the game.
Appearances
■Shadows and Light (Vision to Duron Qel-Droma)
■Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 0: Crossroads
■Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 9: Flashpoint Interlude: Homecoming
■Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 15: Days of Fear, Part 3
■Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 18: Nights of Anger, Part 3 (Mentioned only)
■Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 19: Daze of Hate, Part 1 (Mentioned only) (First identified as The Revanchist)
■Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 21: Daze of Hate, Part 3 (Mentioned only)
■Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 23: Knights of Suffering, Part 2 (Mentioned only)
■Interference on Hyperspace (article) (content now obsolete; backup links 1 2 on Archive.org) (Mentioned only)
■Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 29: Exalted, Part 1 (Mentioned only)
■Galactic Republic Defense Ministry Daily Brief KD0092 (Mentioned only)
■Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 42: Masks (Appears in flashback(s))
■Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 49: Demon, Part 3 (Mentioned only)
■Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic—War 1 (Mentioned only)
■Lost Tribe of the Sith: Sentinel (Mentioned only)
■The Betrayal of Darth Revan (Mentioned only)
■Knights of the Old Republic: Opportunities (Mentioned only)
■Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (First appearance)
■Star Wars: The Old Republic: Revan
■Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords (Vision to Meetra Surik)
■Star Wars: The Old Republic, Threat of Peace Act 3: Uncertain Surrender (Mentioned only)
■ Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided (Mentioned only)
■Timeline 8: The Jedi Civil War (Appears in hologram)
■Timeline 9: The Mandalorian Wars (Appears in hologram)
■Timeline 10: The Exar Kun War (Appears in hologram)
■Star Wars: The Old Republic
■ Grand Master Satele Shan on The Old Republic Holonet (Mentioned only)
■Knight Errant (Mentioned only)
■Darth Bane: Path of Destruction (Appears in holocron)
■Star Wars: Darth Plagueis (Mentioned only)
■Star Wars: The Wrath of Darth Maul (Mentioned only)
■ Star Wars: The Clone Wars – “Ghosts of Mortis” (Deleted Scene)
■Echoes of the Jedi (Mentioned only)
■ “The Mask of Darth Nihilus”—The Unknown Regions (Mentioned only)Sources
■Knights of the Old Republic: Prima’s Official Strategy Guide
■The New Essential Guide to Weapons and Technology
■Chronicles of the Old Republic
■Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords: Prima Official Game Guide
■The New Essential Chronology
■ “Heritage of the Sith”—Star Wars Insider 88
■Vader: The Ultimate Guide
■The New Essential Guide to Droids
■ The Force Unleashed Preview 3 on Wizards.com (backup links 1 2 on Archive.org)
■Star Wars Miniatures: The Force Unleashed
■Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Handbook
■Jedi vs. Sith: The Essential Guide to the Force (The Revanchist first identified as Revan)
■ Behind the Threat: The Sith, Part 1: Portrayal on Wizards.com (original article link, backup links 1 2 on Archive.org)
■Knights of the Old Republic Campaign Guide
■The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
■Star Wars: The Official Starships & Vehicles Collection 22
■The Essential Atlas
■Star Wars: The Official Starships & Vehicles Collection 28
■ Star Wars Galaxy Series 5 (Sketch Cards)
■The Unknown Regions
■The Jedi Path: A Manual for Students of the Force
■ “Let the Wookiee Win!”—Star Wars Insider 121
■ Terentatek on The Old Republic Holonet
■ Episode Commentary #3.17: Ghosts of Mortis on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link on Archive.org)
■Star Wars: The Clone Wars: The Complete Season Three (Blu-ray version)
■The Art and Making of Star Wars: The Old Republic
■Book of Sith: Secrets from the Dark Side
■ Ebon Hawk in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link on Archive.org)
■ HK-47 in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link on Archive.org)
■ Saul Karath in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link on Archive.org)
■ Darth Malak in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link on Archive.org)
■ Canderous Ordo in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link on Archive.org)
■ Bastila Shan in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link on Archive.org)
■ Sith fighter in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link on Archive.org)
■ Star Forge in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link on Archive.org)Notes and references
1.↑ Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Memories created for Revan through the Force by the Jedi Council.
2.↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 2.20 2.21 2.22 2.23 2.24 2.25 2.26 2.27 2.28 2.29 2.30 2.31 2.32 2.33 2.34 2.35 2.36 2.37 2.38 2.39 2.40 2.41 2.42 2.43 2.44 2.45 2.46 2.47 2.48 2.49 2.50 2.51 2.52 2.53 2.54 2.55 2.56 2.57 2.58 2.59 2.60 2.61 2.62 2.63 2.64 2.65 2.66 2.67 2.68 2.69 2.70 2.71 2.72 2.73 2.74 2.75 2.76 2.77 2.78 2.79 2.80 2.81 2.82 2.83 2.84 2.85 2.86 2.87 2.88 2.89 2.90 2.91 2.92 2.93 2.94 2.95 2.96 Star Wars: The Old Republic: Revan
3.↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 3.19 3.20 3.21 3.22 3.23 Knights of the Old Republic Campaign Guide
4.↑ Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 20: Daze of Hate, Part 2 (letter section)
5.↑ The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia, Entry on Darth Revan
6.↑ 6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 Timeline 8: The Jedi Civil War
7.↑ 7.000 7.001 7.002 7.003 7.004 7.005 7.006 7.007 7.008 7.009 7.010 7.011 7.012 7.013 7.014 7.015 7.016 7.017 7.018 7.019 7.020 7.021 7.022 7.023 7.024 7.025 7.026 7.027 7.028 7.029 7.030 7.031 7.032 7.033 7.034 7.035 7.036 7.037 7.038 7.039 7.040 7.041 7.042 7.043 7.044 7.045 7.046 7.047 7.048 7.049 7.050 7.051 7.052 7.053 7.054 7.055 7.056 7.057 7.058 7.059 7.060 7.061 7.062 7.063 7.064 7.065 7.066 7.067 7.068 7.069 7.070 7.071 7.072 7.073 7.074 7.075 7.076 7.077 7.078 7.079 7.080 7.081 7.082 7.083 7.084 7.085 7.086 7.087 7.088 7.089 7.090 7.091 7.092 7.093 7.094 7.095 7.096 7.097 7.098 7.099 7.100 7.101 7.102 7.103 7.104 7.105 7.106 7.107 7.108 7.109 7.110 7.111 7.112 7.113 7.114 7.115 7.116 7.117 7.118 7.119 7.120 7.121 Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
8.↑ 8.00 8.01 8.02 8.03 8.04 8.05 8.06 8.07 8.08 8.09 8.10 8.11 8.12 8.13 8.14 8.15 8.16 8.17 8.18 8.19 8.20 8.21 8.22 8.23 8.24 8.25 8.26 8.27 8.28 8.29 8.30 8.31 8.32 8.33 8.34 Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords
9.↑ 9.0 9.1 Jedi vs. Sith: The Essential Guide to the Force, Entry from Deesra Luur Jada’s holocron
10.↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Handbook
11.↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords, The Exile’s vision of Malak in Ludo Kressh’s tomb.
12.↑ Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 0: Crossroads
13.↑ Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 9: Flashpoint Interlude: Homecoming
14.↑ Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 1: Commencement, Part 1
15.↑ Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 10: Flashpoint, Part 3
16.↑ Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 15: Days of Fear, Part 3
17.↑ Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 19: Daze of Hate, Part 1
18.↑ Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 29: Exalted, Part 1
19.↑ 19.0 19.1 Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 35: Vindication, Part 4
20.↑ Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 31: Turnabout
21.↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 21.3 21.4 Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 42: Masks
22.↑ Cite error: Invalid tag; no text was provided for refs named Revan
23.↑ Timeline 9: The Mandalorian Wars
24.↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 24.3 24.4 24.5 24.6 24.7 24.8 Darth Bane: Path of Destruction
25.↑ Heritage of the Sith
26.↑ Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Conversation with HK-47 after escaping the Leviathan
27.↑ Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Revan’s position in the Republic army is revealed in the second conversation with Carth regarding his background.
28.↑ Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Malak says “Once again, we shall face each other in single combat.”
29.↑ Darth Bane: Path of Destruction, “Nearly three thousand years had passed between the time the Sith had been driven from Korriban by Revan”
30.↑ The Sith Lords, Opening crawl.
31.↑ Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords, Conversation with Kreia after the arrival of Darth Sion on Peragus.
32.↑ 32.0 32.1 Star Wars: The Old Republic—Codex entry Revanites
33.↑ 33.0 33.1 33.2 33.3 Jedi vs. Sith: The Essential Guide to the Force
34.↑ Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
35.↑ Shadows and Light
36.↑ The Force Unleashed Preview 3
37.↑ Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
38.↑ StarWars.com forums post by Leland Chee
39.↑ 39.0 39.1 39.2 39.3 The New Essential Chronology
40.↑ 40.0 40.1 40.2 Chronicles of the Old Republic
41.↑ OAFE – Star Wars: “Knights of the Old Republic” Darth Revan review
42.↑ Darth Malak in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link on Archive.org)
43.↑ Bastila Shan in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link on Archive.org)
44.↑ [1]
45.↑ “I am Zannah”: or, A Darth By Any Other Name, Part 3
46.↑ Revanchist? – Thread on the Dark Horse forums
47.↑ Star Wars Insider
48.↑ Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 29: Exalted, Part 1 (letters section)
49.↑ [2]
50.↑ 50.0 50.1 Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Dark side ending.
51.↑ Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords, Revan’s allegiance can be determined in Meetra Surik’s first conversation with Atton Rand.
52.↑ Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Non-canon dark-side female ending
53.↑ Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords, Only happens if Surik sets Revan’s gender as a woman, and if she sets Revan’s allegiance to the dark side in her first conversation with Atton Rand.
54.↑ Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Dialogue files
55.↑ 55.0 55.1 Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Non-canon female game
56.↑ Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Only happens if Surik sets Revan’s gender as a female in her first conversation with Atton Rand
57.↑ Star Wars: The Old Republic
58.↑ Tales of the Jedi: The Sith War
59.↑ Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of CorruptionThe Sith Emperor
“I did not expect you to return.” ―Vitiate to Revan[src]
Revan now turned his attention to the other end of the throne room where the Sith Emperor was seated on his throne, watching the events unfolding before him with cold detachment. The Jedi Master felt the physical manifestation of his opponent’s malevolent power, but charged towards him nonetheless.[2]
While Scourge and Surik battled the Imperial guard, T3-M4 was busy sealing the two enormous and heavy doors. At the same time, as Revan charged towards the Sith Emperor, the latter unleashed a wave of energy that swept Revan off his feet and sent him flying backward. Revan twisted in midair so that he was able to roll with the impact when he landed. He quickly sprang back to his feet and again advanced towards his opponent.[2]
This time, Revan began to sense the oppressive presence of the dark side weighing down on him. The Emperor was trying to crush his will—to dominate and enslave his mind as he had before. However, Revan was prepared. Instead of charging forward, he opened himself up to the Force, letting both the light and the dark side flow through him like twin rushing rivers. Revan then released the Force in its purest form. There was brilliant flash as the air between the two combatants lit up. The energy unleashed was powerful enough to send the Emperor flying in the air in the backward direction.[2]
As Revan again charged towards his opponent, the Sith Emperor got up on his feet and countered with a powerful blast of Force lightning, which Revan intercepted with his lightsaber but the impact stopped his advance. The Sith Emperor unleashed another powerful blast of Force lightning, which was comprised of 3 deadly bolts. Revan batted the first aside with his lightsaber, ducked the second, and deflected the third back in the direction of its source. It struck the Emperor in the chest, sending him sliding several meters further backwards on the floor. For the first time the Sith’s emotionless veneer cracked as he let out a primal hiss of hate. The sound sent shivers down Revan’s spine.[2]
By this time, T3-M4 had finished the job of sealing the two enormous and heavy doors with a powerful contact adhesive to keep them shut, and Surik ordered him to help Revan.[2]
The Emperor rose to his feet, his robes smoking and singed where the Force lightning had struck him. His black eyes flashed red, and he raised both hands high above his head. Revan understood that he was gathering his power to unleash a swirling storm of pure dark side energy, just as Nyriss had done before. The Jedi Master quickly calculated his options. Realizing he couldn’t close the gap between them quickly enough to stop the assault, he gathered his own energy and spread his hands before him, ready to catch and absorb the Emperor’s attack. A dozen devastating bolts of purple lightning arced from the Emperor toward Revan. He attempted to draw them in and contain them, but the Sith Emperor was far more powerful than Darth Nyriss. Revan felt his skin begin to boil and blister, and his mask began to melt and stick to his face as the Sith Emperor poured more and more power into him. Unnoticed by the Sith Emperor, T3-M4 closed in and unleashed his flamethrower at him, engulfing him in fire. The Sith Emperor cocooned himself in the Force to save himself from getting incinerated, breaking his focus on Revan in the process. Revan was badly injured by the extremely lethal swirling storm of pure dark side energy unleashed by the Sith Emperor, and was too weak to move. He managed to raise his head just in time to see the Sith Emperor turn on the brave little astromech droid. A tremor rippled through the air as the Sith Emperor unleashed the full power of the dark side on T3-M4, shattering him into an untold number of pieces in an instant, several of which rained down on Revan as superheated shrapnel.[2]
Revan then instinctively, called on the Force to give him strength and heal his wounds. The healing properties of the Force were powerful, but Revan’s wounds were severe and he needed more time to restore his strength. The Sith Emperor decided to take advantage of the vulnerable state of his opponent, came close to him, grabbed his lightsaber, activated it, and prepared to strike.[2]
By this time, both Surik and Scourge had managed to cut down the members of the Imperial Guard including Captain Yarri. Surik then called to Scourge to help Revan, as she rushed forward towards the far end of the throne room to do so herself. But Scourge hesitated to do so, as he was confused by his earlier vision of their failure against the Sith Emperor. Surik was moving fast, but she was too far away to stop the Sith Emperor from killing the injured Jedi at his feet. In desperation, she hurled her lightsaber towards the Sith Emperor, guiding it with the Force so that it spiraled end-over-end to intercept the descending blade from the hand of her target, knocking it from the Sith Emperor’s grasp, and sending it skittering across the floor. The Sith Emperor was taken by surprise by her assault. Scourge realized that she could have killed the Sith Emperor with her assault instead of choosing to save Revan’s life but she wasted the golden opportunity. Surik was still rushing forward, using the Force to recall her lightsaber to her waiting hand. Scourge then sensed hesitation and uncertainty in the Sith Emperor as he tried to evaluate the strength and weaknesses of his new foe, and rushed forward to join Surik and Revan. Surik positioned herself between the Sith Emperor and Revan, valiantly protecting her wounded friend. As Scourge reached them, Revan managed to stand up again after healing his wounds with the Force. He then reached out with the Force and his lightsaber sprang from the floor and into his waiting grasp.[2]
The Sith Emperor expressed his displeasure at inaction of Scourge, which led him to wonder if the Sith Emperor was stalling for time for his Imperial Guard to break through the sealed doors. Revan reminded the Sith Emperor that Scourge had come to his senses by realizing the true depth of his twisted nature. In response, the Sith Emperor made it clear that Scourge will also meet the same fate as his Jedi allies, if he has sided with them. Revan pointed out to the Sith Emperor that he cannot defeat all three of them but the Sith Emperor remained optimistic. For Scourge, the universe suddenly seemed frozen in place, as if time itself had stopped. He realized he was at a crux in history; fate and destiny would be forever altered in the next few moments. The Force washed over him in a wave, and many possible outcomes flickered through his mind simultaneously. In some, Revan triumphed and the Sith Emperor was no more. In others, the Sith Emperor defeated Revan and proceeded to reduce the entire galaxy into an empty wasteland. Scourge also saw variations of his own life and death played out over and over in every conceivable way, shape, and form. He had to choose, but there was no way to know which was the most likely outcome, or what actions of his would lead to which results. Revan had said visions could guide the Jedi, but for Scourge they brought nothing but confusion. The moment passed and the universe began to move again, though everything seemed to be happening in slow motion.[2]
Betrayal of Scourge
As Revan and Surik stepped forward to initiate the final confrontation, Scourge realized that he had to act now. In a sudden moment of clarity, Scourge saw a vision of the Sith Emperor lying defeated at the feet of a powerful Jedi but that Jedi was neither Revan and nor Surik. The Sith Lord had made up his mind. Instead of advancing with his current Jedi allies, Scourge positioned himself directly behind Surik. There was a flicker in his consciousness as the universe snapped back to full speed, and he slid the blade of his lightsaber between her shoulders. Surik gasped and toppled forward, dead before she hit the floor. Revan’s attention got diverted by this move and he was shocked. The distraction gave the Sith Emperor the opportunity he needed, and he unleashed another powerful blast of Force lightning into the Revan’s chest. The Jedi Master was caught unprepared and lost consciousness.[2]
The Sith Emperor demanded Scourge to explain his position, who in order to save his skin, lied that the Jedi were in league with Nyriss, and that he led them to him so they could be killed. The Sith Emperor asked Scourge to prove his loyalty by killing Revan. Scourge walked over to the position of the knocked out Jedi Master and raised his lightsaber to do so, but the Sith Emperor telepathically prevented Scourge from doing so, and stated that he believed him. The Sith Emperor wanted Revan alive, as he still had one more use for him. The Sith Emperor also promised Scourge of a worthy reward in return of his services to him.[2]
Stasis
Revan was trapped in a room that was part laboratory, part prison cell, and held in stasis in a special product of Sith sorcery; he couldn’t feel his body or the passage of time, but was still conscious. He could sense a mysterious ‘powerful presence’ near him, but was unaware of its identity. The ‘presence’ Revan felt was actually the Force ghost of Meetra Surik, dwelling in the same room to help him in any way possible.
During his imprisonment, Revan was subjected to continuous telepathic assault by the Sith Emperor, who attempted to probe his mind and gain useful information, regarding the Republic, to plan his invasion accordingly. He also fed on Revan’s Force energy to satiate his hunger. Unbeknownst to the Sith Emperor, Revan used the Dark Lord’s telepathic assault against him by probing his mind, and manipulate it by planting seeds of doubt in it in an attempt to delay his plans as long as possible. In addition, Revan was replenishing his Force energy by feeding on the powerful presence near him (i.e. the Force ghost of Meetra Surik) to remain strong in his struggle against the Sith Emperor. He also used the Force to instill comfort and hope in the minds of his family members across the span of the galaxy. Apparently, he was able to hold Lord Vitiate off for centuries, as the Sith Emperor didn’t attack the Republic for at least 300 years, more than long enough for Revan’s son to grow up and never face the fear of total annihilation.[2]
300 Years Later
“Only I have been both Jedi and Sith and found clarity in the Force. Only I understand him and his death is my responsibility.” ―Revan, regarding the Sith Emperor[src]Revan after being freed from stasis.
After 300 years, the Sith finally invaded the Republic, resulting in the Great Galactic War. Revan, however, managed to stop the war by manipulating the Emperor into believing that peace was in his best interest, resulting in the Treaty of Coruscant. However, the peace was fragile, and broke down after a decade. During this time, Meetra appeared to a Jedi named Oteg and informed him of Revan’s imprisonment. The Jedi Master assembled a strike force that raided the planet Taral V before attacking the prison itself. A strike team infiltrated the prison and managed to bring down the defenses, which included Grand Moff Rycus Kilran, and finally freed Revan.When he was freed, Revan was horrified at first, believing that the Emperor could now continue his plans without any hindrance. However, after Meetra appeared to him and explained that the peace was already broken, Revan decided to go with the Republic forces. Revan traveled to Tython, where he told the Jedi Council everything he knew about the Emperor and the Empire. After this, Revan made his way to a place known as the Foundry. Here, he started to build an army of battle droids, whom he placed under HK-47’s command, to destroy the Emperor and the Sith once and for all.
Revan’s Second Disappearance
“And in the end, as the darkness takes me, I am nothing. Now I know how you felt, old friend.” ―Revan[src]Revan’s last stand
However, the Emperor knew how great a threat Revan posed, and assembled a team of his own to destroy him. This team came to the Foundry and, after fighting their way through the defenses (including HK-47), managed to reach Revan. Revan tried to persuade the members of the strike team to fight the Emperor, but they refused to listen and a fight ensued. Revan’s powers proved formidable, but in the end the strike team managed to weaken him. As they closed in, Revan quoted the last words of Malak, saying that he now understood how he had felt back on the Star Forge. But before the final blow could be struck, Revan disappeared in a flash of light. Not a trace of him could be found. It was unknown whether he became one with the Force or somehow managed to escape. However, it is rumored that he had indeed managed to escape by using a unique ability known as Fold Space.Legacy
“My time here is ended. Take what I have taught you and use it well.” ―Darth Revan to Darth Bane[src]Darth Revan on Lehon, the planet that hid his Sith legacy for nearly three millennia
Three hundred years after his second disappearance from known space, Revan was regarded as a legend and a great hero of the Jedi Order. Despite his betrayal of the Jedi and the near conquest of the Republic, the death of Darth Malak at the hands of Revan single-handedly redeemed his reputation in the eyes of many within the Jedi and Republic, both of which welcomed him back with open arms. Although he left to confront the ancient Sith Empire on a solitary quest, Revan’s victory over Malak provided the Republic with three centuries of relative peace and prosperity. However, the Emperor used that time to simultaneously strengthen his armed forces while weakening the Republic and its Jedi protectors from within.[6]Even though Revan ultimately rejected the mantle of Dark Lord of the Sith and returned to the light side, his legacy as a powerful Sith Lord endured long after his victory over Malak. By the time when the Republic and the Empire were locked in a Cold War, Revan had become the central figure within a cult known as the Order of Revan. The cult’s followers, known as Revanites, greatly admired Revan and sought to emulate his ways.[32] One among the Order, a Sith Pureblood named Ladra, believed that upon Revan’s return to Dromund Kaas after his redemption, he had in fact killed the Sith Emperor and assumed the throne. Ladra claimed that this was the explanation for the Emperor’s seclusion, a “secret” known only to the Revanites and to the Dark Council.[32]
Revan’s influence had an even greater impact on the future thousands of years later on two Sith Lords in particular: Darth Rivan and Darth Bane. During the New Sith Wars, long after the events of the Cold War, the Zelosian Sith Lord known as Darth Rivan chose his name from a corrupted Sith manuscript that misidentified Revan as “Darth Rivan, the most powerful Dark Lord of the Jedi Civil War.”[33] But it was ultimately Darth Bane who made the most efficient use of Revan’s legacy.[24]
When Darth Bane discovered the ancient Dark Lord’s holocron on Lehon, a device that Revan fashioned during his life as a Sith. The holocron, hidden deep within the Temple of the Ancients, remained undisturbed for nearly three thousand years. When Bane discovered his precursor’s legacy, he not only developed a new understanding of the Sith or the dark side, but also came to fiercely admire the Sith Lord who Revan had once been. Although Revan was redeemed in the light as a Jedi, Bane idolized Darth Revan as one of the greatest Sith Lords in history.[24]
The knowledge that Darth Revan offered through his holocron was well received by Darth Bane, who felt that the holocron’s information alone surpassed the entirety of the Korriban Academy’s archives. After Bane obtained all he needed to learn from Revan, he destroyed the holocron in accordance with the way of the Sith—the destruction of all things that no longer yielded any value. Soon afterward, Bane destroyed the Brotherhood of Darkness and recreated the Sith with a new tenet that he developed through Revan’s philosophy—the Rule of Two. From then on, the new Sith Order consisted of just two members; a master and an apprentice; one embodied power while the other craved it.[24] Hence, Revan was indirectly responsible through Bane and his “descendants” for the rebirth of Sith domination,[source?] which was marked by the near destruction of the Jedi Order and the Republic’s transformation into the Galactic Empire.[34]
Personality and traits
“Savior, conqueror, hero, villain… You are all things, Revan, and yet, you are nothing.” ―Malak to Revan on the Star Forge[src]Darth Revan at the height of his reign as Dark Lord of the Sith
Before his fall to the dark side of the Force, Revan was a very gifted Jedi who possessed the potential to become a champion of the Jedi Order, as believed by Jedi Master Vandar. In addition to his exceptional skills, Revan was also noted for having a charismatic personality and insatiable desire for knowledge.[7] His abilities in charisma and persuasion were more than powerful enough to win the personal loyalty of countless Republic soldiers, including thousands of Jedi who willingly stood with him against the wishes of the Jedi Council. As a general, Revan was acknowledged as the greatest military tactician of his time, especially due to the fact that his entry into the Mandalorian Wars was a pivotal turning point for the all but defeated Republic. Intelligent and decisive, Revan won the devotion and admiration of not only his followers, but also the Mandalorians, many of whom were humbled after being defeated by Revan’s tactics. As a military strategist, his exploits were legendary throughout the Galactic Republic.[8]Revan’s involvement in the Mandalorian Wars, including his descent into darkness, was ironically facilitated by his compassion for the crumbling Republic. From the beginning of the conflict, he was defiant towards the Jedi Council’s decision to keep the Order out of the fighting[6] while Republic civilians and soldiers died by the millions.[8] As the Mandalorians grew increasingly aggressive, Revan reached his breaking point when he learned of the genocidal massacre on Cathar. Ultimately, it was his strong sympathy for the victims of the war and the desire to bring the Mandalorians to justice that compelled Revan to lead a significant portion of the Jedi Order against the aggressors.[21]
As time went on, however, Revan grew more ruthless to the point where he despised weakness and indecisiveness, thus becoming very similar to the Mandalorians he was fighting. Canderous Ordo noted the drastic change in Revan’s approach to the war, most notably in his willingness to leave entire worlds defenseless in order to fortify key strategic planets that were vital to the Republic’s defense.[7] HK-47, Revan’s personal assassin droid, recalled his master’s cold and calculating nature by the end of the Mandalorian Wars—Revan not only destroyed Malachor V, but also used the planet’s destruction to simultaneously annihilate the Mandalorians and to purge his growing army of the Jedi and Republic soldiers whose loyalties were not completely with him.[8]
Ultimately he turned to the dark side by becoming the feared Sith Lord Darth Revan, determined to conquer the Republic that he originally tried to protect.[7] It was believed by some, including his first Jedi Master Kreia, that he may have turned because he knew about the “true” Sith and sought to prevent a greater evil from being unleashed by willingly submitting himself to the dark side. Yet despite his turn to the dark side, Revan remained focused on his original goal to consolidate the galaxy into a stronger force better capable at defending itself. G0-T0 observed how Revan’s strategy was based on a more complex plan than simply destroying all opposition in his path; Revan purposely spared planets that were essential to the Republic’s economic and military infrastructure. In order to build a long-lasting Empire in a short span of time, Revan understood that he needed the Republic’s overall structure to remain intact so as to avoid building an galactic-spanning empire from total scratch.[8]
At the height of his reign as the Dark Lord of the Sith, Darth Revan had given himself fully to the dark side. Honor and glory meant nothing to him any longer. The feelings of compassion, mercy and loyalty no longer held any relevance to him as they once did during his time as a Jedi; he had embraced the Sith philosophy for the sake of power and control through the dark side of the Force. As far as Revan was concerned, it was all or nothing—to walk the path of moderation was to be dragged down into failure by one’s own conceits. By immersing himself in darkness, Revan understood that the nature of the dark side could be both the greatest strength and weakness of the Sith—to cull the weak from the ranks of the strong, yet also being forced to remain eternally vigilant for signs of treachery. To that end, Revan concluded that the strong had to be careful to avoid being overwhelmed by those serving beneath him. Hence, he believed that every master should train only one apprentice, or else risk falling to the combined might of multiple disciples.[24]
Ultimately, Darth Revan became an uncompromising believer in rule of the strong. From Revan’s point of view, there could be only one Dark Lord who would rule until he was overthrown by a more powerful opponent, thus insuring that his Empire would always be ruled by the strong. The strong rule and the weak serve was the underlying philosophy of the Sith that formed the core of Revan’s beliefs, which he in turn made sure to pass on to all of his followers.[24]
One of his greatest traits as the Dark Lord, however, was his ability as a manipulator. The combination of his charismatic personality and the allure of the dark side was more than enough to cause thousands of Jedi and countless Republic soldiers to break their former allegiances and flock to Revan’s cause. The greatest testament to his skill in manipulation was in the person of his first follower and best friend Darth Malak, formerly the Jedi Alek who once possessed a strong affinity for the Jedi and the Republic.[11] In training Malak, Revan turned a once prominent Jedi Knight, who staunchly upheld the values of the Jedi Order, into a brutish Sith Lord with a bloodlust for extreme violence and carnage.[7]
But even while immersed in the dark side, Revan apparently retained a slight sense of humor. HK-47’s reference to Malak as a “meatbag”, including Malak’s furious reaction, amused Revan enough to cause him to reprogram the assassin droid to refer to all organics as meatbags. HK-47’s multiple use of the term in regards to Malak drove Dark Lord’s apprentice to extreme lengths of frustration, much to Revan’s amusement. Even under his programmed personality, Revan was still just as amused at the thought of Malak being the “original meatbag.”[7]
After being saved from a near-death experience by Bastila Shan in the aftermath of Malak’s treachery, Darth Revan’s identity was virtually wiped out by the Jedi Council out of fear of being unable to control the Dark Lord, essentially leaving Revan’s mind as a blank slate. The Council then used the Force to insert an artificial persona with false memories into Revan’s damaged mind, thereby causing the former Sith to initially forget about his past. Under the Jedi-created persona, Revan believed himself to be a native of the planet Deralia who enlisted into the Republic military as a raw recruit. As a result of the Jedi’s tampering, the “new” Revan was fiercely loyal to the Galactic Republic and the Jedi Order, constantly upholding their ideals and determined to end the threat of the Sith for good.[7] Kreia, however, did not believe that the Jedi changed Revan as they later took credit for. She believed that the Jedi merely reversed the effects that war and the dark side had on Revan, thus allowing his true self to reemerge from the depths of his mind—a person who was willing to go to war to protect others.[8]
Over time, however, Revan came to gradually piece back together the damaged memories of his former life. The revelation of his true identity shocked Revan to the core. In comparison between his original self and the artificial personality forged by the Jedi Council, some of his companions noted a few similarities and differences. HK-47 observed that his master was ultimately different from the man he once was, mainly regarding the fact that “Revan’s” compassion for others contrasted sharply with Darth Revan’s ruthlessness and cruelty. HK-47, suspecting that Revan’s concern for life may have been an inherent trait rather than a side effect of memory loss, reluctantly concluded that Revan’s new persona was an improvement on the person he once was. Canderous Ordo recognized that Revan was no longer the same person who defeated the Mandalorians in the war. Despite this, Revan had still managed to earn Ordo’s respect a second time due to his prowess as a warrior and a leader. Darth Malak even commented that in spite of Revan’s loss of his old personality, the former Dark Lord remained as charismatic as ever, inspiring loyalty in those who followed him just as he had done in his past life.[7]
But unlike the first time, Revan avoided a second fall to the dark side of the Force, even when his lover Bastila Shan attempted to seduce him and instigate a rebirth of Darth Revan. He had become firmly entrenched behind his loyalty to the Jedi and the Republic, his devotion to the light side of the Force, and remained dedicated to saving Bastila and defeating Darth Malak. When Revan and Malak faced each other for the final time, he expressed regret at leading his former friend to the dark side, but also reminded Malak that it was his own choice to continue down the dark path.[7] But as more of Revan’s memories returned to him shortly after the death of Malak, his former persona subtly reasserted itself, mainly in his pragmatism and understanding of war. Realizing that his attachments to Bastila and their companions would only put them in danger, Revan made the choice to leave behind all those that he cared about in order to take on a solitary quest to destroy the true Sith just as he originally intended to do so.[8]
After his reawakening during the end of the Cold War, Revan believed that the Sith Emperor must be stopped at any cost, and was more than willing to kill billions of people with the Foundry to do so. Ironically, this is similar to how he thought during the Mandalorian Wars, when he believed that the Mandalorians must be stopped at all costs.
Physical appearance
Revan was an unprepossessing man, with fair skin, black hair and dark eyes.[6] Revan described his own features as “unremarkable” and “average”. During the Mandalorian Wars Revan took to wearing his hair long, sometimes tied back and sometimes flowing freely past his shoulders. At some point before or after his conscription aboard the Endar Spire, Revan had grown a beard, which he wore throughout the Jedi Civil War, and after. This beard eventually became a trademark part of his appearance. So much so, that after being awarded the Hero’s Cross Revan shaved it off and ceased wearing Jedi robes in public, seeking to disassociate himself from the celebrity he had become.[2]
Relationships
Canderous Ordo
“I had a feeling you were going to get mixed up in something interesting, and I wanted to be around for the fun. Guess this is it.”
“I knew I could count on you, Canderous.” ―Canderous Ordo and Revan[src]Canderous Ordo became one of Revan’s most trusted allies during the Jedi Civil War.While Revan and Ordo never met in battle during the Mandalorian Wars, Ordo ultimately developed a great deal of respect for the Republic military leader. He recognized Revan’s strategic talents in turning the Mandalorians’ tactics back upon themselves, and respected his decisions at the Battle of Malachor V as doing what was necessary to win the war.The pair would not end up meeting until some time later, during the Jedi Civil War. By this time, Revan had been captured and mind-wiped by the Jedi, and had no idea that he had been the dreaded Darth Revan. After encountering one-another in a chance meeting at a cantina in the Taris undercity, Revan and Ordo escaped the destruction of the ecumenopolis by stealing Brejik’s freighter, the Ebon Hawk.
Both Ordo and Revan himself were unaware of his newly-programmed personality, and forged a relationship of mutual respect. They traveled together with Revan’s other companions in the second quest for the Star Forge, along the way laying the foundations for a friendship of deep respect as Revan’s authority and strategic-mindedness once more manifested itself. When the true past of Revan was finally revealed to the crew of the Ebon Hawk, Ordo was unphased. It was irrelevant to Ordo that Revan had killed most of the Mandalorians, what mattered was the strength of his character both before and after the mind-wipe.
Following the Battle of the Star Forge, Ordo remained close to Revan. Two years after the battle, Ordo learned that his people were close to locating the mask of Mandalore, which had been hidden away by Revan prior to his mind-wipe. Revan readily accepted Ordo’s request for assistance, and they were able to recover the mask on Rekkiad. Years after defeating Mandalore the Ultimate, Revan had effectively chosen the new Mandalore.
By this time Revan had recovered enough of his memories to know that a great threat lay in the Unknown Regions, preparing for an assault on the Republic. Despite Ordo’s protests, Revan set out alone to find the hidden danger to try to stop it before it could invade. However, he left his friend with one final request. As Mandalore, he requested that Ordo gather and rebuild the Mandalorian clans into a galactic fighting force once again–to act as a bulwark against the mysterious threat in case Revan failed.
As Mandalore the Preserver, Ordo dutifully set about his new mission. He marshalled the Mandalorian clans and established a base on Dxun, where eventually he crossed paths with another of Revan’s friends, Meetra Surik. Ordo left Dxun to aid in her mission to find the and defeat the Sith Triumvirate, which had emerged with the defeat of Darth Malak years earlier. At various stops along the way, Ordo used their stops as opportunities to recruit more Mandalorians to his–and Revan’s–cause.
Bastila Shan
“I love you too, with all my heart.”
“You aren’t afraid to love anymore?”
“After this? No. Nothing could make me feel safer than to be loved by you.” ―Bastila Shan and Revan[src]Bastila Shan proved to be instrumental in Darth Revan’s recovery and subsequent redemption.The first known interaction that took place between Revan and Bastila happened on the bridge of his flagship when he was still the Dark Lord of the Sith. Bastila had been part of a strike team that was assigned to capture him. But before they could engage in combat, Malak betrayed Revan by firing on the bridge the ship. Revan was seriously wounded by the attack and on the verge of death. When Bastila realized there was still a chance to save Revan, she used the Force to save his life, and in doing so forged a Force Bond between them. Bastila would later tell Revan that she saved him because as a Jedi, she held all life sacred, even the life of a Sith Lord.[7]
Bastila brought Revan to the Jedi Council, who decided to erase his memory and create a new identity for him. They did this because the bond between him and Bastila allowed her to see Revan’s past memories, which they thought might lead to finding a way to stop the Sith. Revan became a soldier under Bastila’s command and went on to rescue her on Taris. After returning to Dantooine, the Council there decided to retrain Revan in the Jedi arts. Revan was eventually deemed worthy of being a full fledged member of the Order again, and he and Bastila were assigned to track down the Star Forge.[7]
During their search for the Star Forge, Revan and Bastila started to grow closer, and eventually fell in love. Although Revan believed they could be together, Bastila was reluctant since the Jedi forbade love. However, after resisting for a period of time, she opened up to Revan and they shared a kiss. But after that, she insisted that it was for the best that they stay focused on their mission and ignore the feelings they shared. Saul Karath would later attempt to exploit their feelings by torturing Bastila to gain information from Revan. But although seeing his love in pain was torture to him, Revan refused to tell Karath anything.[7]
During the escape from the Leviathan, Revan discovered his true identity and the truth behind his memory loss. Very soon after this, Bastila was captured by Malak and Revan was forced to leave her behind to continue the quest for the Star Forge. Revan and Bastila would meet again atop the Temple of the Ancients on Lehon. There, Revan found Bastila had fallen to the dark side and become Malak’s apprentice. A devastated Revan tried to persuade Bastila back to the light, but Bastila attacked him, Jolee and Juhani. After beating her back, Bastila attempted to persuade Revan to reclaim the mantle of Dark Lord of the Sith, even trying to manipulate his feelings for her to do so. After a struggle with his inner darkness, Revan refused Bastila’s offer, and the fallen Jedi fled to the Star Forge.[7]
Revan and Bastila’s love would face its ultimate test when they confronted each other on the Star Forge. Bastila, under orders from Malak, attempted to kill Revan. But after several rounds, Bastila saw she wasn’t strong enough to defeat Revan. She begged Revan to kill her, but Revan refused and once again implored her to return to the light. Although Bastila didn’t believe she could be redeemed, she was proven wrong when Revan confessed that he loved her. This knowledge ultimately led to Bastila rejecting the dark side and declaring her love for Revan. After the confrontation, Bastila used her battle meditation to aid the Republic fleet in the battle against the Sith armada while Revan went off to confront Malak for the last time. Both escaped the Star Forge before it was destroyed, and along with their companions, they were proclaimed the heroes of the Republic.[7] Within two years of the Jedi Civil War’s conclusion, Revan and Bastila were married.[2]
His relationship with Bastila Shan had a significant effect on his personal views regarding love and attachment. In opposition to the Jedi Council and the orthodox way of the Jedi Order, Revan asserted that the Jedi could embrace love without being undermined by passion. He disregarded past Jedi who had been corrupted by the dark side through attachment, believing that they had been overwhelmed by the emotions that they were ill-equipped to handle. But in the Council’s eyes, love and passion were indivisible, and thus they would have none of his heresy. Although Revan refused to leave Bastila, he ultimately agreed to stop challenging the doctrine of the Jedi Order. In return for respecting the Order’s traditions, Revan and Bastila were allowed to remain as its members, though in a low-profile capacity.[2]
Their union was short-lived, however, and Revan was ultimately forced by circumstance to part ways with Bastila. In the years following the end of the war, Revan continued to remember more of his past, and he eventually remembered the Sith Empire, ruled by the Emperor who corrupted him into Darth Revan. Although he originally planned to have her accompany him, Revan was forced to alter his plan when Bastila revealed that she was pregnant with his child. He became even more convinced that he had to prevent the return of the Sith. Hence, Revan left his wife behind as he journeyed beyond known space in his hunt for the Emperor. Once he was gone, Bastila never saw Revan again.[2]
Bastila eventually gave birth to Revan’s son, whom she named Vaner Shan. The Shan bloodline continued on through a line of direct descendants of Revan and Bastila for three hundred more years. Revan’s attempt on the Emperor’s life failed and resulted in his capture. Thus, he never personally met his own son. However, his love for both Bastila and Vaner enabled him to not only resist the Emperor, but to influence him as well. Through Revan’s efforts, Bastila and Vaner lived in peace for the rest of their lives while the Emperor’s plans were stalled for three centuries.[2]
Meetra Surik
Revan’s relationship with Meetra Surik spanned many years, and can best be described as that of a mentor-protégé respect. Surik, in particular, came to love Revan not as a romantic interest, but as a paternal or fraternal figure for whom she had tremendous respect.
When the Mandalorian Neo Crusaders invaded the Republic’s Outer Rim systems, Surik was struck by deep compassion for the countless lives lost in Mandalore the Ultimate’s crusade. She did not hesitate to join the disobedient Revanchist faction of Jedi, joining the war at the behest of Revan’s closest friend, Malak.
Surik distinguished herself as Revan’s most trusted and capable general for the duration of the war, being second only to Malak. She led the Republic campaigns at some of the most deadly battles of the war, including the Second Battle of Dxun and the Battle of Malachor V. At Malachor V, she was personally responsible for relaying Revan’s order to activate the Mass Shadow Generator, effectively ending the Mandalorian Wars.
After the conflict was ended the two went their separate ways. Revan had not revealed to her the nature of the threat waiting in the Unknown Regions, and Surik felt it time to take responsibility for defying the Jedi Council in following him. She also had the mixed blessing of having cut herself off from the Force as a result of the death and destruction at Malachor V, enabling her to be the only Jedi to avoid falling to the dark side.
The Jedi Council stripped Surik of her Jedi rank and branded her the Exile. She spent the next several years living somewhere in the Outer Rim engaged in adventures unknown. Unbeknownst to her during this time, Jedi-turned-Sith Darth Malak urged his master, now-Darth Revan to use HK-47 to terminate her. It appears that the request was denied by Revan, for reasons which remain unknown.
Surik’s years in exile came to an end in the midst of the Dark Wars, when she returned to battle the Sith remnants of the Jedi Civil War. She found a willing companion in utility droid T3-M4, who conveniently provided the Ebon Hawk as a means of travel. T3 did not reveal to Surik that he had just returned from Nathema, where Revan had been captured by agents of the hidden Sith Empire.
The dark side remnants of the Jedi Civil War had been reorganized by the Sith Triumvirate, which had emerged in the vacuum left by the redemption of Revan and the defeat of Darth Malak. One of Surik’s recruits along the way was Kreia, who had been Jedi Master to Revan when he was a Padawan. Surik was unaware, however, that Kreia was secretly the Sith Lord Darth Traya, one of the founding members of the Sith Triumvirate. This serpent in her midst, taken on in part due to a common relationship with Revan, actively worked to twist Surik into an instrument of the dark side. Kreia, having been betrayed by the other members of the Triumvirate, hoped to use Surik to destroy her treacherous former allies.
Ultimately Surik prevailed, Kreia’s true identity was revealed, and the Sith Triumvirate defeated. Prior to her death, Kreia revealed some of the truth of where Revan had disappeared to after the Battle of the Star Forge; that he had gone into the Unknown Regions in search of a darkness that threatened to destroy the Republic.
It was not long before T3-M4 revealed that he had a holorecording of Revan’s fate, but insisted that he would only share it with Revan’s wife, Bastila Shan. The pair traveled to Coruscant to meet with her and view the recording, which revealed that Revan had been captured on Nathema by a Sith pureblood individual.
Seeing the Sith, a member of a race thought extinct for over a thousand years Surik resolved anew to go find and rescue her old friend. Surik took T3 and the Ebon Hawk into the Unknown Regions, following Revan’s trail. After a stop on Nathema, they proceeded to the heart of the hidden Sith Empire and landed on Dromund Kaas. Entering into an alliance of convenience with the Sith from T3’s recording, Scourge, Surik rescued Revan from the prison of Darth Nyriss.
Now aware of the threat facing the Republic, and joined by a Sith who did not want to see his civilization destroyed, the trio resolved to infiltrate the Emperor’s Citadel to destroy the Sith Emperor. With him dead, all three reasoned, plans to attack the Republic would halt and the hopes of all would be realized.
The infiltration quickly went awry, however, and a battle broke out between the unlikely alliance, the highly-trained citadel guard, and the Sith Emperor himself. Despite all his strength and unique talents, Revan was easily defeated by the Sith Emperor, who had only been using his dark Force talents and not even raised a weapon of his own. Surik rushed to Revan’s aid when the Emperor seized Revan’s lightsaber and prepared to kill him with his own weapon.
In that moment, she made a decision which would have galactic consequences in the centuries to come. Rather than slay the distracted Emperor, Surik hurled her lightsaber to deflect the Emperor’s killing blow. She saved Revan’s life, but lost the element of surprise. At precisely the same time, their Sith ally experienced a Force vision prophesying the coming of a different Jedi who would kill the Emperor. Scourge then betrayed his Jedi allies, stabbing Surik in the back.
With the battle won and the incursion defeated, the Sith Emperor had Revan imprisoned in a form of stasis which preserved his body but allowed his mind to continue functioning as normal. The Emperor would feed on the mind and Force power of Revan for the next three centuries, while Revan himself manipulated the Emperor’s mind to try to prevent in invasion of the Republic.
But Revan would not be alone. Surik, though not quite one with the Force, remained as a spirit to uplift and maintain Revan. As the Emperor consumed her old friend, she would provide spiritual nourishment to him so that he wouldn’t be lost.
“The peace is lost. The Emperor makes his final war. Stop him. Flee this place while you can. Use the enemy’s vessels.”
“Thank you, old friend. I will finish what we started.” ―The spirit of Meetra Surik and Revan[src]The spirit of Meetra SurikThree hundred years later, the Emperor’s will finally prevailed over Revan’s and theGreat Galactic War began. The war raged for nearly three decades before the Sacking of Coruscant forced the Republic to accept a humiliating peace treaty. During the Cold War that followed, Surik’s spirit reached out to Jedi Master Oteg to ask him to retrieve an important Jedi from captivity on Taral V. The Master agreed and dispatched a rescue team to retrieve the individual.
The team infiltrated the prison complex and defeated the garrison stationed there and were able to free the Jedi in question—none other than Revan himself. Though initially displeased that he was no longer able to influence the Emperor’s mind, Revan’s resolve to destroy the Emperor and defeat the Sith were restored by one final visit from the spirit of his friend, Meetra Surik.Powers and abilities
“…Your potential is unlimited…” ―Zhar Lestin[src]
Revan was the most powerful Jedi of his time,[2] and proved his mettle during difficult and challenging scenarios.[2][7] He defeated several powerful and dangerous adversaries in single combat, including Mandalore the Ultimate,[2] Yusanis,[7] Calo Nord,[3] Darth Bandon,[3] Darth Malak,[7] and Darth Nyriss.[2]
Revan was also very charismatic and could easily inspire others to join his cause.[2][7] He played a pivotal role in reshaping the Galactic events with his exploits.[2][7] When Revan once again walked the path of light, he managed to redeem several notable individuals on his way including Juhani,[3] Ajunta Pall,[7] Yuthura Ban,[7] and Bastilla Shan.[3]
Lightsaber training
“You, Revan, are the single greatest warrior of this age, and any battle we fight will bring me honor.” ―Canderous Ordo[src]
Revan was a skilled swordsman.[2] While dueling his opponents, Revan performed acrobatic maneuvers to increase his effectiveness.[2] Revan also used his advanced precognition abilities to anticipate the dueling moves of his opponents in advance with high accuracy to effectively counter them, and outsmart his opponents.[2]
On Taris, Revan participated in the dueling ring to earn some credits under the alias of “The Mysterious Stranger”. He defeated the top five duelists, Deadeye Duncan, Gerlon Two-Fingers, Marl, Ice, and Twitch, to become the Taris dueling champion. Revan accomplished this under an amnesic mental condition and without using the Force.[7] After this accomplishment, Revan gained the attention of several notable individuals who helped him in escaping the planet.[7]
On Korriban, Revan single-handededly cut down a pair of terentateks in the tomb of an ancient Sith Lord, Naga Sadow, as part of Sith trials.[7] Later on, he assisted Yuthura Ban in her struggle against the powerful Sith Master of the Korriban Sith Academy and redeemed her.[7] With both individuals gone, the Sith Academy fell into disarray.[8]
On Rekkiad, Revan single-handedly engaged a Basilisk war droid, killed its rider, and knocked out the huge machine by simply using his lightsaber inconjunction with acrobatics.[2]
Revan’s lightsaber that he used near the end of the Mandalorian Wars and during his reign as a Sith Lord. Revan’s Jedi lightsaber that he built and used after his memory was lost.
Revan wielded a violet-bladed lightsaber when he acquired his trademark helmet on Cathar.[21] By the end of the Mandalorian Wars, however, Revan’s lightsaber shined a deep cyan.[6] Upon falling to the dark side of the Force and becoming a Sith Lord, he would change his lightsaber color to crimson.[7] Following his capture, reconstruction and redemption, Revan would once again utilize a blue lightsaber crystal in his fight against Malak and the Sith.[6][35] After the end of the war he switched to a green lightsaber which he used during his journey to the Unknown Regions.[2] After his awakening from stasis, he once again wielded a violet lightsaber.Force abilities
“Revan was power. It was like staring into the heart of the Force.” ―Kreia[src]
Revan was strong in the Force—the most gifted of his time—and eventually, by all accounts, managed to gain exceptional command of the Force.[2] Many of his peers were impressed by his talents and skills.[2][7][8] Another powerful Jedi, Meetra Surik, particularly noted that Revan’s command of the Force was greater than that of anyone else she had ever met.[2]
Revan is among the few individuals in galactic history, who had significant exposure to both the light and dark sides of the Force, and he proved to be highly skilled in the use of both of these aspects of the Force. Due to these experiences, he was able to develop a perfect understanding of the concept of Unifying Force. During Revan’s tenure as a Jedi Master, his command of the Force had reached to such a degree that he could channel both the light and dark sides of the Force simultaneously to perform unique feats.[2] Both as a Sith Lord and as a Jedi, Revan learned a variety of Force abilities to succeed in his plans.
Revan could use the Force to augment his physical strength, speed, and perform various acrobatic feats.[2] Revan had incredible Force sense abilities.[2] With focus, he could sense the presence of another Force-user across the span of the entire Galaxy.[2] He could also use the Force to assist him under challenging situations which involved precise judgements.[2] During his stay on Dantooine, Revan performed Floating Meditation inconjunction with Telekinesis.[7] Revan was adept at using the Force to directly heal his wounds without seeking medication attention.[2][11] Revan also possessed the ability to resist the effects of poisons and drugs.[2][24]
Revan was proficient in the application of Telekinesis being able to move heavy objects simultaneously with mere gestures.[2] He could also hurl heavy objects as missiles towards his targets.[2] In addition, he could Push, Grip, Choke, Wound, and Crush his targets with the Force. Revan could also use the Force to create a whirlwind of Force energy to overwhelm his opponents.[3] Furthermore, Revan was adept in the use of Saber Throw technique and used this ability to cut down multiple opponents simultaneously from a distance.[2]
Revan was proficient in the application of Force lightning,[3] and also in the use of defensive techniques to counter it.[2] Revan could use his bare hands to absorb and deflect very powerful Force lightning attacks.[2] Very few Force-users in the galactic history have demonstrated this ability.
Revan possessed the capabilities to influence the physical and mental condition of his opponents. He was capable of using mind tricks on his opponents,[3] and force his will on them.[7] He particularly exploited The One with these abilities.[7] Revan could also steal knowledge from his opponents,[2] and particularly used this ability to probe the mind of Lord Vitiate during his first encounter with him.[2] In addition, Revan could afflict his targets,[3] and replenish his energies by feeding on them.[2][3] He was particularly immune to the effects of fear.[3] Furthermore, Revan could psychologically manipulate his opponents to use them as tools for his plans.[2]
During the reign of Revan as Dark Lord of the Sith, he created a Holocron in which he feeded information of many dangerous Sith techniques and rituals, including the deadly Thought bomb. Several millennia later, this holocron was discovered by Darth Bane, who noted that Revan’s knowledge of Sith Lore was greater than the entire information contained in the archives of the Sith Academy in Korriban in his time.[24]
Though the full extent of Revan’s abilities are unknown; prior to his final duel with Darth Malak, the latter acknowledged that Revan had surpassed his expectations.[7] Revan proved his prodigious combat abilities during his struggle against the forces of Sith stationed on Star Forge.[7] He was able to fight his way through a large number of battle droids, Sith troopers, and Dark Jedi prior to reaching the position of Darth Malak.[7] Even though Darth Malak was well-prepared for combat on the Star Forge—he had grotesquely adapted the Rakatan device to draw energy directly from the chained Jedi captives—he could not stop Revan.[7]
Revan was gifted with Farsight abilities,[3] and commonly experienced Force visions,[2][7] which guided him in his quests.[2][7] He could also sense danger in advance.[2]
Other abilities
“His strategies and tactics defeated the best of us. Even Mandalore himself was taken aback by the ferocity of his attacks, the tenacity of his defenses and the subtlety of his plans.” ―Canderous Ordo[src]
Revan was an exceptionally capable strategist and tactician. Certain individuals, such as Canderous Ordo, went as far as to place almost the entirety of the Republic’s victory in the Mandalorian Wars on his success.[7] Likewise, before his capture during the Jedi Civil War, there were those that believed that it was only a matter of time before he conquered the entire galaxy.[8]
Revan’s originality as a battlefield commander would earn him the undying respect of both the Mandalorian and Echani warrior cultures as according to the former, Revan represented a supremely worthy foe—one that both embodied their philosophies and showed them their weaknesses.[7] The Echani, on the other hand, believed that Revan represented the epitome of what one could achieve in the arts of war, and that his skill was born out of a highly advanced battle precognition.[8]
“You’ve got the skills of an elite commando, and you’ve saved my butt more than once. Between that and your facility with languages, I’m lucky you’re here.” ―Carth Onasi[src]
In addition to his combat prowess, Force mastery, and imaginative battle strategies, Revan spoke and comprehended a variety of languages, including Basic, Mando’a,[36] Binary, Huttese,[3] Shyriiwook, and the Selkath and Rakatan languages. It is unknown whether this was an intuitive understanding born of his Force sensitivity or the result of his previous application of Force techniques, but the The One, the leader of the Black Rakata, stated that during his time as a Dark Lord of the Sith, Revan ripped the language from the mind of the Rakatans and forced Basic in their minds so they could speak his language. Interestingly, he was unable to understand the language of the Sand People, requiring the use of HK-47 as an interpreter.[7]
Like Anakin Skywalker, millennia later,[37] Revan was a skilled mechanic. According to Kreia, the first of his Jedi Masters, Revan exhibited a natural talent and interest in machinery, particularly droids. While Kreia held a great deal of pride for her Padawan’s unique abilities with the Force, she was nevertheless confounded by great Revan’s preference of droids, as she herself could find little to no interest in “all things dead to the Force.” Years later, Kreia stated to Meetra Surik that she believed Revan’s talent for building droids stemmed from his desire for followers that obey orders without question. With that in mind, Revan would come to succeed in creating his ideal droid not long after recreating himself into a Dark Lord of the Sith.[8]
Shortly after the Battle of Malachor V, he built the sophisticated “protocol droid,” HK-47.[8] He also displayed this skill during his time searching for the Star Forge, when he was able to repair HK-47 enough to regain many of his old memories and combat programs. However, HK’s memories of his previous service with Revan would remain locked deep in his memory core, and untouchable, until Malak revealed to the re-programmed Revan his true identity. He proved adept at repairing abandoned, decommissioned, or rusted droids encountered on his journey and could program them to fight for him.[7]
Revan proved himself adept at racing swoop bikes. His first known taste of the sport was on Taris, where he defeated the veteran Black Vulkar racer Redros, taking the Sector Championship to win Bastila Shan’s freedom. He continued to compete professionally, eventually winning both the Tatooine and Manaan sector championships.[7]
Furthermore, Revan was a skilled pilot. He could fly the Ebon Hawk by himself and control its movements under difficult situations.[2]
Revan was also proficient in the use of firearms.[2] He proved his skills with these weapons during the Sith ambush on the Endar Spire, when stranded on the planet of Taris, and while on the planet of Rekkiad.
Behind the scenes
Most of Revan’s story, as dictated above, is the plot of the video game Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. Though there are numerous possibilities to change on the details of the events above and Revan may end up as a redeemed Jedi or a renewed Sith Lord, the canonical ending features his return to the light side.[3] This follows the usual practice of LucasArts. While Revan’s gender is specified by the player, the canonical Revan is confirmed by Leland Chee to be male.[38] Also, The New Essential Chronology[39] and the Chronicles of the Old Republic,[40] published prior to the release of The Sith Lords, both refer to Revan as male, as does Star Wars: The Old Republic: Revan, which both establishes Revan’s canonical appearance and reveals his fate after departing to the unknown regions.
Revan was voiced by Rino Romano. While his main dialogue is never voiced, when his game sprite is selected, poisoned, achieves a critical hit, etc., his voice can be heard.[7] In Star Wars: The Old Republic, he was voiced by Jeff Bennett.
As second place runner-up in the ToyFare magazine Fan’s Choice Figure Poll, an action figure of Darth Revan was released in the third quarter of 2007 in the 30th Anniversary Collection: Expanded Universe Wave 5.[41] Originally a Quinlan Vos figure was to be made, but Hasbro was already creating one in a special two-pack series. The figure is wearing a mask that does not match the one seen in the game.
Continuity
Because of the interactive nature of the game vs. the set format of continuity, many canonical aspects of Revan’s life may contradict player choice, such as order in which the Star Maps are found, lightsaber color/style, etc. Due to his appearance with two lightsabers in Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords,[8] some have argued that Revan employed Jar’Kai as his combat style. In all Knights of the Old Republic cutscenes[7] and other canonical source material,[33] Revan wields but one blade. It is not known which form Revan favors, and no retcon has yet been developed to assign one to him.
Amnesia
“Even the combined power of the Jedi Council couldn’t keep your identity buried forever, could it? The Jedi strike team captured you and the Council used the Force to reprogram your mind: they wiped away your identity and turned you against your own followers.” ―Darth Malak[src]
Some uncertainties remain concerning the sequence of events that caused Revan’s amnesia. Within the primary source material, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, two seemingly contradictory explanations are provided. Bastila Shan told Revan, “When Malak fired on the ship you were badly injured. We thought you were dead. Your mind was destroyed”; however, all other sources in the game and all later sources, including the Chronicles of the Old Republic,[40] The New Essential Chronology,[39] and the StarWars.com Databank,[42][43] clearly report that the Jedi Council erased Revan’s memory.
The New Essential Chronology explicitly states that the “Jedi Council chose not to imprison or execute Revan. Instead they Force-scoured the memories from the fallen Jedi’s brain, placing Shan in charge of a powerful warrior who was now little more than a blank slate.”[39] In any case, Revan had recovered the memories taken from him by the Jedi Council by the time he and his party infiltrated the Star Forge; the New Essential Chronology states, “Aided by the full Republic fleet, Revan—now in possession of the memories the Council had erased—killed Darth Malak and destroyed the Star Forge above Rakata Prime.”[39] However, according to Bastila Shan, Revan’s full memory could never be restored to him: “Your mind was too badly damaged to ever fully restore your memories, Revan. But your power, your strength of will, the essence of who and what you are: these things still remain!”[7]
The ancient ruins
“You’re a neophyte Padawan who’s been saddled with the responsibility of tracking down these Star Maps. Why? That’s not normal!” ―Carth Onasi[src]
After this, he and Shan went to investigate the ruins that they had seen in their vision of Revan and Malak. Once inside, they were confronted by a droid speaking the language of the Rakata, which were, at this time, completely unknown to the rest of the galaxy. It switched to a language resembling that spoken by the Tusken Raiders, but finally changed to something Revan understood. The language happened to be an archaic and ancient dialect of the Selkath language. The droid said that it had been programmed to serve the “builders” if they sought knowledge of the “Star Forge”. When asked whether he knew of Revan and Malak, the droid replied that they were neither builders nor slaves, like him, but they had proven themselves worthy, and that they themselves must now do the same.[7]
After passing the tests, they gained access to the room which contained a Star Map, which would help lead them to the Star Forge. Though the Map was not complete, it pointed the way to the worlds of Tatooine, Kashyyyk, Manaan, and Korriban, on which it was suspected more Star Maps could be found. Only with the combined information of these five worlds would Revan be able to rediscover the location of the mysterious Rakatan artifact. Revan and Shan reported their findings to the Council immediately after, and the Jedi Masters agreed that the Star Forge must be found. The Council still wanted Shan to continue drawing out Revan’s memories to find the Star Maps. They were also curious to see if Revan could complete this mission without falling prey to the dark side, and reclaiming his former title as Dark Lord. Juhani requested that she join Revan’s party in their search for the Star Forge. Onasi expressed confusion over the Council’s choice of sending Revan on an assignment that could be the deciding point of the war.[7]
The second search for the Star Forge
“Who do you bring before me, Yuthura? A young human, bristling with the Force?” ―Uthar Wynn on Revan[src]Revan locating a Star Map on the ocean bed of Manaan.
Revan, Shan, and their companions journeyed to these worlds, tracing the steps Malak and his Master had taken years before. During these travels they gained two new companions; on Tatooine, Revan purchased the assassin droid that he created as a Sith Lord, HK-47, and on Kashyyyk, the self-exiled Jedi named Jolee Bindo joined his party on the search for the Star Forge. On each planet, the powerful dark side aura of the Star Maps created perilous conditions that made accessing the Maps difficult.[7]
Additionally, the crew of the Ebon Hawk found themselves hunted by Sith and bounty hunters, such as Calo Nord on his last stand on Tatooine, and confronted with the problems of the local populace at every turn. One of their greatest challenges was Darth Bandon, Malak’s apprentice, who met his end in a duel at the hands of Revan after he had found the fourth Star Map on Manaan. Throughout their journey, Revan and Bastila grew closer due to the feelings created by their Force bond. However, Bastila feared their love, thinking it would only lead to the dark side. In truth, she was afraid to face her feelings, out of fear of who Revan once was. She attempted to resist these feelings, yet their love for each other was undeniably strong.[7]
Revelation on the Leviathan
“You cannot hide from what you once were, Revan! Recognize that you were once the Dark Lord – and know that I have taken your place!” ―Darth Malak to his old Master[src]
As the crew was searching for the fifth and final Star Map, Revan and his allies were captured by the Sith flagship Leviathan which was under the command of Admiral Saul Karath, Onasi’s former mentor. As the Ebon Hawk was being brought in via tractor beam, its crew discussed their escape, and Revan chose a member of his party to escape the Sith and save them from capture.[7]
Revan, Shan, and Onasi were put into Force cages and interrogated by Admiral Karath. After Onasi argued with him about the deaths on Telos and vowed revenge against him for his wife’s death, Saul dismissed his threats and said that he was an insignificant part of the events anyway, and that Darth Malak was far more interested in the two Jedi, who both said that they would never turn to the dark side. From Revan’s words, Saul found, unexpectedly, that he did not know of his former identity. He, however, said that he would not be the one to deprive Malak of the pleasure of telling Revan himself. Karath suspected that he would not succeed in the interrogation, and said that the Dark Lord would no doubt torture them for information and for his own twisted pleasure. He knew, however, that at the time Malak was in another sector and that it may be some time before he would arrive, and so he began torturing them himself.[7]
Knowing that Revan cared for Shan, Karath made her suffer each time when Revan refused to answer his questions. He used this to test Revan’s loyalty when he asked him where the Jedi base was. Revan’s will weakened, but he still gave no answer to the former Republic Admiral. Karath revealed that the question was only a test, for Malak, of course, being a former Jedi, knew the location of the Jedi Enclave and had destroyed it. Karath then left the three alone until Malak would arrive, leaving Shan greatly upset by the Academy’s destruction, and hoping that the Jedi had managed to escape. Both Jedi soon felt a disturbance in the Force, and they knew that Karath had sent a message to the Dark Lord of their current location. Meanwhile, the party member Revan had chosen to free them found them and deactivated their force cages. Feeling Malak’s dark presence approaching, the Jedi devised a plan to escape; go to the bridge, in secrecy, and disable the tractor beam. Onasi was also included in the plan, for he wanted to kill Karath, who would be on the bridge, in revenge. Revan also sent Canderous Ordo and the rest of his crew to the docking bay so that they could deal with the guards.[7]
They fought their way to the bridge and confronted Karath and his guards. The Admiral said that if they lay down their weapons, he would ask Darth Malak to be merciful when he arrived–he could have arrived at any minute–but Onasi said that he had seen enough of Sith mercy and attacked him. Revan, Shan, and Onasi slew the Sith troopers and left Karath mortally wounded. His dying words to Onasi were the revelation of Revan’s identity. Furious, Onasi accused Shan of keeping the secret from him, and Shan pleaded with Onasi to not let Revan know at the time, and said that she would explain everything to both of them when they had escaped the flagship. Just before they would be able to arrive in the docking bay which held the Ebon Hawk, they were confronted by Darth Malak, the Dark Lord of the Sith. After discovering that Revan still had no knowledge of his time as the Dark Lord, Malak was amused and revealed to him his true identity, which had been wiped by the Jedi. Stunned and bewildered, Revan refused to believe that he was the former Dark Lord of the Sith, the infamous Darth Revan, until Malak’s assertion was reluctantly confirmed by Shan, who explained that she was part of the Jedi strike team sent to capture him, and could not let him die after Malak’s betrayal because she wanted to give him a chance to redeem himself. Malak took advantage of Revan’s shock and made every effort to sow discord between his former Master and the Jedi who had manipulated him, yet Revan refused to turn against his allies.[7]
Following the intense debate, Malak created a stasis field around both Shan and Onasi, and prepared to end his former Master’s life. Malak had always regretted betraying his Master from afar, for because of it, others claimed that he was afraid to personally face Revan for the mantle of Dark Lord of the Sith, but now he had been given a second chance to prove himself. Revan fought valiantly, proving himself a capable swordsman. Malak, however, caught Revan off guard by using Force stasis on him, but before Malak could finish his former Master, Shan ultimately sacrificed herself so that Revan and Onasi could escape. Reluctantly, Revan and Onasi left, and upon reaching the Ebon Hawk, escaped the ship. Revan was forced to deal not only with Malak’s revelation but also the loss of the woman he loved. When Onasi told the crew of her sacrifice, Jolee Bindo suspected that Malak was planning to turn her to the dark side and use her Battle Meditation against the Republic. Revan then revealed the shocking revelation to his companions. Onasi, who had been told by Karath on the bridge of the Leviathan, was furious but said he would try to accept it. This made no difference to Mission Vao, who said that he was a different person than he was before, and Zaalbar agreed with her, stating that he had sworn a life debt to the redeemed man Revan had become, not the Dark Lord. Bindo claimed that he had known his identity all along but felt that it was not his place to tell him, and that he would still follow him. Canderous Ordo was simply glad to battle alongside his people’s conqueror. HK-47’s deleted memory core was restored, and he revealed that Revan was his creator. He also recalled once calling Malak a meatbag, which Revan had found humorous, and programmed the droid to call all organics a meatbag.[7]
Confrontation on Lehon and the Battle of the Star Forge
“Well done, Revan. I was certain that the defenses of the Star Forge would destroy you, but I see now that there is more of your old self in you than I expected.” ―Malak to Revan[src]
After finding the final Star Map, Revan and the crew discovered the Star Forge in the home system of the ancient Rakata. Upon arriving, the Ebon Hawk was forced to crash on the unknown planet because of its disruptor field. Revan was assaulted by warriors of the Rakatan tribe, but after seeing Revan’s power, he and his crew were granted an audience with the One. The One told Revan about his original promise to kill the Elders and gain their secrets to enter the Temple of the Ancients, so Revan sought out the Elder tribe. When the Elder Council revealed how brutal and warlike the One and his tribe were, Revan and his crew decided to help the Elders. The Elder Council was very reluctant to trust Revan again due to his betrayal the last time they had met.[7]
They tasked Revan with rescuing an Elder scout from the One’s enclave in order to regain their trust. Upon arriving at the One’s enclave, the One and his tribe turned on Revan and his crew. The entire tribe fell under Revan’s strength, and Revan freed the scout. After gaining the support of the Elders, Revan, Jolee Bindo, and Juhani entered the Temple of the Ancients and defeated the hordes of Dark Jedi that Malak had left in the temple. At the top of the temple, Revan was forced to confront a fallen Shan. Following a week of torture at Malak’s hand, she had at last given in to her hate and had embraced the dark side. She was now, she claimed, the Dark Lord’s new apprentice, replacing the slain Bandon. After a short duel, Shan realized Revan was still powerful in the Force, despite what the Council had done. She attempted to entice Revan to reclaim his former identity as the Dark Lord of the Sith with her as his apprentice. Revan was faced with a decision that could alter the course of the galaxy.[7]
Revan chose the path of a Jedi, and rejected Shan’s temptation and ultimately chose the light side. Enraged, she retreated to the Star Forge. Revan and the crew repaired the Ebon Hawk and pursued Shan as a Republic fleet that had arrived commenced an assault on the Star Forge. Surviving Jedi from Dantooine’s destroyed enclave boarded the Star Forge in hopes of disrupting Bastila’s battle meditation so the Republic capital ships could close in to destroy the Star Forge. Aboard the Star Forge, Revan displayed his restored affinity for the Force and mastery of lightsaber combat by nearly single-handedly confronting and defeating Malak’s army of Star Forge battle droids and Dark Jedi. In the Star Forge’s war room, Revan faced off against Shan once again, this time, alone. Though Shan was able to draw on the Star Forge to renew her strength, Revan still bested her. She begged Revan to kill her after all she had done, but Revan attempted to convince her to return to the light side by drawing on the powerful bond of love they shared. He succeeded, and Shan used her battle meditation to aid the Republic, turning the tide of the climactic battle.[7]
Final confrontation with Darth Malak
“Once again, we shall face each other in single combat, and the victor will decide the fate of the galaxy.” ―Malak to Revan[src]The defeat of Darth Malak at the hands of a redeemed Revan, as seen in Duron Qel-Droma’s vision.
Revan then confronted Malak who, upon his arrival, used the Force to choke two Jedi prisoners, and threw his lightsaber into one and blasted the other with Force lightning, killing both. The former Dark Lord told Malak that if he surrendered the Jedi might show him mercy, but Malak replied that the wiping one of one’s identity was no act of mercy, and that he would rather die. He then unleashed the unlimited army of Star Forge battle droids upon Revan and escaped to the Star Forge’s observation tower. Revan, however, managed to stop the droids from attacking and followed Malak to the observation tower. Realizing that Revan had become stronger than he ever was as the Dark Lord, Darth Malak said that he could break his former Master’s will and bind him to him as his apprentice, but he continued that perhaps Revan was too powerful to be his apprentice, and perhaps that when, or if, Revan became stronger than him, he would betray him, as he himself had betrayed Revan. The former Dark Lord said that he would never turn to the dark side again, which Malak said were “foolish words.”[7]
They then began a lightsaber duel, whose victor, unlike in their previous duels,[28] would decide the fate of the galaxy. During the vicious duel between the two, Malak withdrew from battle, explaining to Revan that he could not be defeated. He told Revan that he had brought the bodies of Jedi from the Jedi Academy on Dantooine to the Star Forge, but instead of letting them become one with the Force, he drained the life from them, transferring it to himself. Revan, instead, freed as many of the Jedi as he could and allowed them to become one with the Force, successfully shortening Malak’s supply of energy and delivering a fatal blow. At last, Malak was brought to his knees, mortally wounded.[7]
Before he died, Malak wondered and asked Revan what would have happened had their roles been reversed, or if Revan had never led him down the dark path. Revan apologized for starting him down the dark path, but reminded Malak that he had continued down it willingly. Malak accepted his apology, realizing that he had no one to blame for his fate save himself. Thus, the Dark Lord of the Sith, Darth Malak’s life ended in darkness and regret immediately prior to the Star Forge’s destruction. Revan and his crew were given a hero’s escort back to Lehon. There, they were each rewarded with the Cross of Glory, the Republic’s highest award. Vandar also thanked Revan, re-bestowing his rank of Jedi Knight, and proclaiming him the Prodigal Knight, and both he and his friends as the heroes of the era and galaxy.[7] This ceremony was broadcasted across the HoloNet.[2]
A New Journey Begins
“He left a lot of people who cared about him behind. But I think he did it because he thought it was the right thing to do. But whatever he set out to do, I… I don’t think he succeeded.” ―Admiral Carth Onasi[src]
Following the Battle of Rakata Prime, it was rumored that Revan intended to return to the warring Korriban so as to subdue the threat of any potential Sith insurgents.[8] Thousands of years later, Revan was indeed credited with having “driven the Sith from Korriban”.[29] Shortly afteward, Revan was elevated to the rank of Jedi Master.[source?]
After the Jedi Civil War, Revan settled on Coruscant and married Bastila Shan. By this time, Revan had almost fully recovered from his amnesia, although he was aware of certain gapes in his fragile mind. He experienced numerous visions of a great darkness in the form of a planet covered in never-ending storms. But without the full recovery of his mind, he was unable to recognize the dark world in his dreams.[2] Beyond his troubled personal life, Revan became a household name throughout the Galactic Republic. But despite his galaxy-wide reputation, Revan preferred anonymity, and thus chose to avoid the attention that resulted because of his celebrity status. His decision to reside on Coruscant was influenced by the planet’s enormous population, which made it even easier to disappear within the common masses.[2]
At this point, relations between Revan and the Jedi Council became increasingly strained. The Council offered to fully retrain Revan in the ways of the Jedi, but the Prodigal Knight refused to be reduced to the rank of Padawan once again, especially given all that he learned about the Force. The situation had been further complicated by Revan’s marriage to Bastila Shan, who opted to follow in her husband’s lead by defying the will of the Council. Both Revan and Bastila had been rising stars within the Jedi Order, only to fall to the dark side of the Force. When Bastila refused to be retrained, the Council saw a similar pattern that resulted from Revan. As with Malak, Revan took Bastila, a promising young Jedi, and turned her against the orthodox teachings of the Jedi Order.[2]
The marriage itself only made reconcilation between Revan and the Jedi Council even more difficult to achieve. The Jedi Order rejected emotional attachments because of their tendency to corrupt Jedi. The Jedi taught that love ultimately begat jealousy and other negative emotions that inevitably led to the dark side of the Force. But Revan objected to the Council’s position on love, primarily because of his attachment to Shan and love’s redemptive effect on her. Revan further antagonized the Council with his proposal to spread his idealist views to other members of the Jedi Order.[2]
The Jedi Council was offended by Revan’s audacity to propose alterations to the Jedi Way at the expense of the Order’s beliefs and traditions. They not only unanimously rejected Revan’s offer, but a few members even proposed to exile the former Sith Lord because of his heretical ideas. However, the other Masters on the Council felt that banishment was too extreme in Revan’s case. Revan had already been hailed as a hero for his efforts in preventing the anbnihilation of the Republic; the stories of his redemption and ultimate victory over his former Sith followers had spread throughout the galaxy. In spite of their estrangement with him, the Council knew that the “legend” of Revan was far too valuable to be simply discarded. Instead, a compromise was reached. The Council granted special dispensation to Revan and Bastila, and thus allowed them to remain in the Jedi Order, in spite of their marriage and unorthodox ways. Officially, Revan and Bastila were still recognized as Jedi in good standing, with all corresponding rights and privileges. In exchange, Revan agreed to never spread his heresy to other members of the Order.[2]
As time wore on, Revan became even more troubled by his vision of the stormy planet. As a result, he was determined to uncover the mystery behind his forgotten past. He visited the Galactic Market where he rendezvoused with Canderous Ordo in the Dealer’s Den cantina. He hoped that his former Mandalorian ally would be able to provide clues that could help uncover more details regarding his checkered past. On the subject of the Mandalorian Wars, all that Ordo knew was that the attack on the Republic was the idea of Mandalore the Ultimate, though no one apparently knew what his exact reasons were for doing so. Revan asked Ordo to investigate the matter, to which Ordo agreed, albeit reluctantly since he had avoided contact with other Mandalorians for over five years.[2]
The search for the truth about the Jedi Exile
“Still trying to recapture your lost memories?” ―Atris to Revan[src]
After meeting with Ordo, Revan travelled to the Jedi Temple, hoping to find information on Meetra Surik. One of Revan’s most trusted generals during the Mandalorian Wars, Surik was the only Jedi who returned to Coruscant after the war in order to face the judgement of the Jedi High Council. Though aware of the fact that Surik had been exiled from the Jedi Order, Revan knew nothing else of her fate, nor even her whereabouts. According to rumors, she left Republic space and simply disappeared into obscurity. Yet Revan believed that there was more to her story than what was generally known. He even tried to reach out to her through the Force. Due to his own ability to sense beings across the breadth of the galaxy, Revan believed that—at the very least—he should have felt a vague sense of Surik’s presence. Instead, he felt nothing. The simplest explanation was that Meetra Surik had become one with the Force, but Revan believed that she was still alive.[2]
As Revan emerged from the entrance, he noticed a familiar view; a mixture of Jedi Padawans, Knights, and Masters filled the area. Some made their way quickly through the garden paths on business. Others lounged on benches or by fountains, taking a break from chores or training exercises. Revan concealed his identity with the brown hood of his traditional Jedi cloak in order to avoid being recognized. He simply wanted to discern any information on Meetra Surik without spending any further time inside the Temple.[2]
Within the Temple Archives, Revan accessed the file on Surik and found it lacking in information about her whereabouts. Behind him, a voice spoke out, and he turned to face Atris, a Jedi historian and a former friend of Surik. During their conversation, Atris revealed that Surik had disconnected herself from the Force because of the guilt she carried over her actions during the Mandalorian Wars. Revan then understood why he had not felt the Surik’s presence in the galaxy; she was, for all intents and purposes, dead to the Force.[2]
Although Revan felt responsible for Surik’s fate, he refused to give Atris the satisfaction of seeing his guilt and grief. As soon as she left, however, the emotions came flooding to the surface. Most of his specific memories of Meetra Surik were gone; he recalled only disjointed bits and pieces. But she had once been one of his closest friends, and in spite of his inability to fully remember her, Revan still felt a powerful emotional connection to her.[2]
Departure to Rekkiad
“I have to do this. It’s the only way I’m ever going to find out what that vision actually means.” ―Revan to Bastilla[src]Revan departs for the Unknown Regions in the Ebon Hawk. Not long afterwards, Revan returned to the Dealer’s Den to meet with Canderous, who insisted upon meeting Revan in person. Despite this, it took a good deal of persuasion for Ordo to reveal his news. Eventually, he said that the Mandalorians were gathering again on the planet Rekkiad, where they believe the Mandalore’s Mask to be hidden. Revan experienced a sudden vision of himself and Malak standing on top of a mountain in a pair of mountains on a snow-covered planet resembling Rekkiad, examining a hidden door buried in the peak. He told Ordo that he thought the Mandalorians were right, and asked if it would be possible for Ordo to head to Rekkiad with him and join the hunt for the mask.[2]
After some thought, Ordo decided to accompany him, and they discussed who else should go with out of Revan’s previous companions. Juhani and Jolee Bindo were eliminated for being too close to the Jedi Order, which was likely to greatly dislike a united Mandalorian nation again, Zaalbar and Mission Vao were left out due to Revan not wishing to disrupt Mission’s life again or break up the unbreakable team, Carth Onasi was too busy with his time serving the Republic, and HK-47 was dismissed for being too likely to cause an uproar over the Mandalorians and to start slaughtering people, leaving Revan, Ordo, T3-M4 (who remained in Revan’s possession), and Bastila Shan. With plans to start the next morning, Revan took his leave of Ordo and the Dealer’s Den and headed for home.[2]
Later that night, Revan returned home to Bastila Shan to announce his future plans, only to be met with Bastila’s own news that she was pregnant. Revan sensed the presence of their child through the Force. After the two discussed both sets of news for a while, Revan established that it wasn’t safe for Bastila or their child to head to Rekkiad, or to the Unknown Regions, where Revan expected to head afterwards, and determined that the best choice would be for Bastila to remain on Coruscant. The next morning, Revan, Ordo, and T3-M4 took off in the Ebon Hawk for Rekkiad, leaving a fairly mournful Bastila Shan behind.[2]
Retrieving the Mask of Mandalore
Revan and Canderous arrived at Rekkiad and walked to the Ordo camp, with Canderous asking Revan to let him do all the talking while everyone greeted their old brother. Revan decided to hide the fact that he was a Jedi due to the Mandalorians’ general dislike of Jedi after the war between them and the Republic, and his Mandalorian friend thought up the name “Avner” for him on the spot, rearranging the letters of “Revan”. In the camp Canderous met his wife Veela Ordo as the Ordo clan’s leader, and she told him that their clan was attempting to find Mandalore’s mask to reunite their people under one leader again. During his stay at the Mandalorian camp, Revan again thought of the vision of himself and Malak on top of the mountain finding a secret entrance, and brought it up with T3-M4, who had remained at the Ebon Hawk, and asked the droid to scout the area to locate twin mountains. T3 soon responding with a positive. Revan asked Canderous about it, and the Mando asked Veela about twin mountains, which she mentioned to be the Twin Spears in clan Jendri’s territorial claim. After a bit of persuasion, she was convinced to move the camp, and they spent an hour packing up before starting the daylong journey to the mountain twins, fully expecting an attack by clan Jendri.[2]
The night of the move, they were attacked as expected, and the pilots were cut off from their Basilisk war droids by the Jendri’s own war droids. In order to distract clan Jendri’s own Basilisks, Revan felt forced to draw his lightsaber, which met with the expected immediate draw of fire by the enemy pilots. Revan managed to destroy one of the Basilisks, and the distraction allowed the Ordo pilots, including Canderous and Veela, to reach their own ships and take to the skies. Outnumbering the Jendri Basalisks two to one, the Ordo side managed to obtain victory, and claim the territory for their own. Revan pocketed his lightsaber, but it was noticed by Veela, who voiced displeasure with her husband over his friend being a Jedi.[2]
The next morning, they began to climb the nearest spear, Veela having split the climbing team (which consisted of Revan, Canderous, Veela, and the other five Basilisk pilots) into two teams of four. The team with Revan and Canderous reached the top first, and the pair found a hidden ladder, they told the others to wait for Veela and went inside alone. Revan recovered more memories of the last time he was there, to the point where he couldn’t tell past from present and fell to the floor overwhelmed. It only lasted a moment, and he got up somewhat more oriented. They continued onward, with Revan soon feeling a fairly faint, though not malevolent, aura of the Dark Side, and they soon located a crypt. Upon opening it they discovered no body, but did find the mask, and the datacron, still in it. Revan then had yet another vision, this time of his final moments in the battle with Mandalore the Ultimate, where the Mandalorian revealed that it was a Sith who’d led him to attack the Republic. Revan started to tell this to Canderous, but Veela and the other pilots entered. They saw the mask, and Veela decided that Revan (whose identity she had ascertained from the moment she learned he was a Jedi) needed to die, as well as her husband when he refused to aid in his friend’s death. Canderous tried to convince Veela otherwise, but she refused, and a fight ensued, that ended with Veela and the pilots dead, and Revan and Canderous slightly battered themselves.[2]
Feeling too weary to attempt to climb down during the night, the pair spent the night in the crypt (next to the pile of the dead). Before they laid down, Revan explained to Canderous that the datacron was a chronicle of Lord Dramath, one-time ruler of Nathema and enemy of the Sith who’d spoken with Mandalore the Ultimate. The next day Revan more fully explained to Canderous the history of how the Sith tricked the then-Mandalore into going to war and how he found the crypt, and the datacron contained coordinates for Nathema. Revan decided to go alone, giving Canderous the helmet and telling him he needed to help the Mandalorians rebuild themselves as a nation for the times ahead. Canderous wished to help his friend into his certainly dangerous quest into the unknown regions, but he followed Revan’s request. He took and wore the helmet and declared himself Mandalore the Preserver.[2]
On Nathema and prisoner
“Watch him closely. He is powerful and extremely dangerous.” ―Nyriss to Scourge on Revan[src]
At that point, having entrusted Carth Onasi with the Republic’s safety and said goodbye to Bastila Shan, Revan left the instructions for Canderous Ordo to unite the scattered clans of the Neo-Crusaders and departed alone of all his companions except T3-M4 to head to Nathema. He traveled to this mysterious planet, totally devoid of life and even Force, but as he approached the planet, his ship was noticed by Dark Councilor Darth Nyriss and Lord Scourge, that had just left the planet at the same time, and Nyriss fired with the Ion cannon of her ship at the Ebon Hawk. The shot disabled the ship, leading the Ebon Hawk to crash on the planet, into the side of a skyscraper. Scourge and Nyriss took as their prisoner the shocked Revan from the wreckage and left the rest of the ship as it was, not noticing T3-M4. They proceeded to torture him for several months until, after much pressure, he revealed all that he knew, which wasn’t anything that interested the power-hungry Nyriss in the end, but was enough to tantalize Scourge, who was growing attached to Revan. Being placed in solitary confinement for the next three years, Revan spoke to only Scourge, and was the only person to whom Scourge could say anything he desired without fear.[2] Revan’s decision to leave behind everyone he cared about haunted Bastila Shan, who never truly understood why he left, even as she gave birth to and cared for their child. Kreia believed that Shan would have been better off if Revan had made her understand his reasons, especially since she was strong-willed and did not comprehend war as Revan did.[8]
Unknown to Revan, however, T3 was ordered by Shan, who had learned how to sense Revan’s mind to a certain extent through their bond, to return to the Republic and contact her, or anyone else who could help, in case anything happened to Revan. Alone on Nathema the small astromech droid slowly repaired the starship and after set out to find assistance aboard the Ebon Hawk, and found one of the last known Jedi Knights in 3,951 BBY,[30] Meetra Surik, who also happened to be sought by another of Revan’s acquaintances, his first Jedi Master, Kreia. Surik came under Kreia’s tutelage and took ownership of T3 and the freighter.[8]
Mandalore the Preserver later joined her against the remnants of Revan’s former Sith Empire. She also met Admiral Carth Onasi following the Battle of Telos IV and eventually learned of Revan’s ties to her companions.[8] When the former Jedi General asked T3 if he had acquired the Ebon Hawk with Kreia, the droid had little to say on the matter, and since T3 had the only means of accessing the ship’s voice-locked navicomputer,[31] Surik had no way of knowing where the ship came from either.[8]
During Surik’s search for Master Lonna Vash, she discovered the ancient tomb of the Sith Lord Ludo Kressh, hidden deep in the Shyrack cave. Upon entering the tomb and facing several trials, including encounters with apparitions from her past, Surik entered a room containing the resting place of Ludo Kressh. In front of the sarcophagus, however, stood an apparition of Darth Revan and a version of herself who was immersed in the dark side of the Force. When Surik’s dark half disappeared, the former Sith Lord silently approached Surik, who was shocked to see her former comrade once more. When Revan attacked her, Surik was forced to defend herself against the dual lightsaber-wielding apparition. Ultimately she triumphed over the final test, causing the vision of Revan to disappear.[8]
After Surik defeated and mortally wounded Darth Traya, the true identity of Kreia, her former master offered knowledge of Revan’s whereabouts before succumbing to her injuries. It was Traya’s hope that Surik would leave the dead world of Malachor V to its final destruction and pursue the same path that Revan took in his quest to destroy the Sith Empire. Following the destruction of Malachor V and the Sith Triumvirate, Surik left to join Revan again as she did in the Mandalorian Wars. Like Revan, she also left behind her companions (excluding T3), knowing that such attachments would be a weakness and that her new journey would be a solitary one.
Prison Break
Along with T3-M4, Surik headed to the home of Bastila Shan, where the part-time Jedi was taking care of her young son and laying low in the aftermath of the recent battle with the Sith Triumvirate for her son’s sake. After conferring with Shan for a while on the last known status of Revan, Surik took off for the planet Nathema as Revan had done before her. Upon arriving she found it precisely as T3 had left it, including the remains of the crash of the Ebon Hawk into a skyscraper. T3 had shown her a holographic video of Revan being taken by two red-skinned Sith earlier, but she found no trace of the Sith or Revan in the Force, as it was as non-existent in the Force for her as for anyone else. She did locate information on the planet Dromund Kaas via archives in a governmental building in a major city, and decided it was likely that that was where Revan had been taken, or that it would at least lead her to the current Sith Empire. She and T3 returned to the Ebon Hawk and flew to Dromund Kaas.[2]
After much searching and information brokering with the Sith Sechel, Surik was able to find the Sith Lord Scourge, who had been keeping Revan captive the past three years under the orders of the Sith Council Member Darth Nyriss. Seeing an opportunity no one else in the Sith Empire would take, Scourge personally demanded to speak to the Sith Emperor, even at the cost of his life. Pleased with his boldness, the Emperor allowed an audience with Scourge, and accepted his (modified) evidence of the dealings of Nyriss and her conspiracy to overthrow the Emperor as valid, declaring that he would have Nyriss and her followers destroyed. Scourge, expecting an assault soon, returned to Surik and led her into the palace under the guise of his slave, only to realize that the Emperor’s Guards were moving far faster than he expected, and already attacking not just Nyriss, but the Entire Sith Council.[2]
In his cell, where Revan had spent much time conferring on the matters of Jedi philosophy with Scourge, Revan was speaking with two guards who were nervous about the incoming invaders, and planned to kill Revan, but feared his power. Revan convinced them that if they’d not attack him and would instead free them, he would spare their life, and they let him out. At that moment, Scourge, Surik and T3 rushed in, and Scourge prepared to slay the guards, but Revan halted him, saying he’d sworn to protect them. Scourge relented. Surik, recalling something Shan had given to her shortly before leaving, returned to Revan his mask, and upon seeing it, Revan had a sudden rush of memories, every last one returning to him. In his weakened state (after three years in the cell) he couldn’t stand them all, and fainted.[2]
Confrontation with Darth Nyriss
“I am Revan reborn, And before me you are nothing.” ―Revan to Nyriss[src]
Shortly after Revan temporarily fainted, T3-M4 raised alarm about the arrival of a potential enemy. Surik recognized the sign and alerted Scourge, who ordered the two guards to get ready to help them. Suddenly a blast of power sent T3-M4 tumbling down the stairs and the droid landed in an awkward position in a corner. With consent of Scourge, Surik then dragged Revan into his cell to keep him out of the danger.[2]
Then upon the nod of Scourge, the two guards headed to the entrance to check on the potential enemy, only to be blasted by a powerful burst of purple Lightning. The deadly bolts reduced those unfortunate guards to charred smoking husks in an instant. Scourge now recognized the culprit as Darth Nyriss. As she approached the cell of Revan, she noticed the presence of another Jedi in the room. Nyriss questioned Scourge about his motives but upon receiving no response from him, she realized his betrayal, and attacked him and the Jedi simultaneously. Neither Scourge and nor Surik could withstand the might of Nyriss. With combination of her impressive speed, skills with the lightsaber, and power of the dark side, Nyriss subdued both of her powerful opponents simultaneously.[2]
Nyriss then paused to prepare for the killing blow as the air around her began to crackle and grow hot. While she gloated about her past accomplishments, Revan emerged from his cell, with his Jedi robe pulled over his head and his mask on his face. Nyriss unleashed a swirling storm of pure dark side energy to incinerate her opponents. Revan stretched out his hands, and absorbed the deadly power of the dark side. Revan mocked Nyriss and redirected her power back at her. Nyriss got engufled by her own power and failed to prevent the deadly bolts from ripping her apart, reducing her into a pile of ash.[2]
Revan then inspected his surroundings and felt sad for the guards. The four remaining figures then prepared to leave, with Scourge returning to Revan his lightsaber as they exited. Revan’s victory over Nyriss convinced Scourge that only this man possessed the power to stand up to the Sith Emperor, Lord Vitiate.[2]
Freedom
Revan and his companions exited Nyriss’s compound via Scourge’s landspeeder, which the Emperor’s Guard kindly left in one piece for them when they destroyed every other one. They exited the city to the caves where Surik and Scourge had met earlier, and Scourge decided to leave again for Kaas City, to check out the situation and see about the possibility of overthrowing the Emperor as he threw all his resources into eradicating the Sith Council. Revan asked him to bring supplies back as well, he wasn’t in too great of condition after three years in prison wearing the same clothes. Scourge answered an affirmative and left.[2]
Upon looking at Revan, Surik feared for Revan as Shan did, that recovering his memories might bring back the Sith influence upon him, and even make him a servant of the Emperor again. Instead, he seemed strangely calm, wishing to view a holorecording of his wife and son Surik gave to him over and over. To Surik’s relief, Revan removed his mask again as he watched. Surik took the chance to change from a slave’s uniform to her Jedi robes, and realized that she was following Revan’s lead again, and wasn’t sure how that made her feel. She spoke to Revan again, and he thanked her for finding him, as he felt no one else could have done it, though she underplayed her own role in it. He then asked her to watch the holo with her, and she complied.[2]
Scourge returned with the supplies and saw the holo of Shan and Revan’s son, but T3 turned it off, and Scourge got the idea he wasn’t too welcome to watch it, which he agreed was wise, as he felt a Sith had no friends. He began to explain that all twelve members of the Dark Council were wiped out by the Emperor and his guards to let the Sith know who really did rule them all. He’d also imposed martial law and a curfew on the planet, as well as forbidding the lift-off or touchdown of any ship on Dromund Kaas. Surik wondered if the man was insane, and Revan explained that he’d peered into the Emperor’s mind on his last visit. He saw his greatest fear, that despite his vast power and ability to keep himself alive long after his time, that he could still be killed, and had the desire to kill every last threat in the universe, which potentially meant killing everyone in the universe. Surik asked if it weren’t possible that he was using the current crisis as a chance to make Dromund Kaas into a repeat of Nathema, which frightened Scourge, but Revan countered by explaining how much the Emperor had on the planet in the way of resources, not to mention how it would expose the secret he’d tried to hide on Nathema if he killed his capital planet. But it was certain he would do it, someday. The three then decided the only course was to kill the Emperor, and determined to do it at dawn, though dawn had little meaning on a planet of eternal storms.[2]
Final confrontation with the Sith Emperor
“The Force always strives for balance. The Emperor is an agent of darkness and destruction. It is inevitable that a champion of the light will one day rise to oppose him. I may be that champion.” ―Revan to Scourge[src]
At dawn the four left the cave, and all of them prepared in their own way for what lay ahead, as they rode in the speeder in silence. Revan silently observed his companions to analyze their philosophies.
Surik meditated, as she would try to center her emotions, cleansing herself of all fear and hatred lest the imminent violence draw her toward the dark side. She believed she could transform herself into a perfect conduit for the Force, an incorruptible weapon of light. Revan perceived this act of Surik as her warrior’s trance which she always performed before every major battle. While witnessing Surik in her act, Revan recalled his past during the Mandalorian Wars when he also used to assume that he would be impervious to the lure of the dark side of the Force. However, Revan knew he didn’t have to worry about Surik or T3-M4. Scourge was another matter though. The concept of self-sacrifice came easily to those who walked the path of the light.[2]
For the Sith, there was no such thing as a noble death. Scourge understood the concept of sacrifice, but only when it came to sacrificing others. He had been taught to value survival above all else. Even his willingness to join with Revan and Meetra was driven by his desire for self-preservation; ultimately he wanted victory only for his sake, and not for the sake of others. Revan knew that Scourge was troubled.[2]
After the Jedi Civil War, Revan was wiser and understood the Force in a vastly different manner than any Jedi or Sith. He understood that both the light and dark sides of the Force were more closely intertwined with each other than either the Jedi or the Sith would ever admit. He had learned to balance on the knife-edge between them, drawing on both the light and dark sides for strength. However, Revan still embraced the nobility of the idea of self-sacrifice.[2]
Confrontation with the Imperial Guard
“Assassins! Kill them all!” ―Yarri to other elite soldiers[src]
Upon approaching the outskirts of Kaas City, Scourge decided to land his speeder, in case the ion cannons were set up to take out approaching vehicles. Scourge and his allies continued on foot to the Sith Emperor’s Citadel. When they finally reached the citadel, there were no sentries standing by the entrance at the top of the stairs. They were only a few meters away from the entrance when the door flew open and six red-uniformed elite soldiers (i.e. members of the Imperial Guard) came out, armed with blasters and electrostaffs and intercepted the four visitors. Scourge revealed his identity to the elite soldiers and demanded another meeting with the Sith Emperor. The elite soldiers initially decided to let only Scourge in, but the Sith Lord demanded that his allies should be let in as well. The elite soldiers reluctantly accepted his demands but on one condition that the Captain of the Imperial Guard will determine who could meet the Sith Emperor.[2]Revan understood the nature of the Imperial Guard of the Sith Emperor. During his previous visit to Dromund Kaas, several years ago, he learned everything about the Imperial Guard. Though not attuned to the Force in the classical sense, the members of the Imperial Guard had a special connection with the Sith Emperor, allowing them to draw strength from him and were nearly immune to Force powers when close to him. They were formidable opponents, even for a Jedi.[2]
The members of the Imperial Guard led the four visitors to the entrance of the throne room of the Sith Emperor which was comprised of two enormous and heavy durasteel doors. Scourge pressured the elite soldiers to let them in without waiting for the captain of the Imperial Guard to arrive. According to the plan, the instant the sealed doors would be opened, all four visitors would charge inside. While Revan would engage the Sith Emperor, Surik and Scourge would hang back and hold off the Imperial Guard long enough for T3-M4 to close and seal the doors and join him afterwards.[2]
However, the Captain arrived just on time as the sealed doors were about to be opened—bringing the escort up to a total of seven members of the Imperial Guard at that place. When the Captain’s name Yarri was spoken by one of the elite soldiers, Revan recognized her as she had led him and Malak to the Sith Emperor’s trap during their previous visit, several years ago, but Revan was not looking at her. Captain Yarri ordered Scourge to go in alone and signaled the other 3 visitors to step aside from the entrance. One member of the Imperial Guard attempted to shove Revan aside, but he slapped his hand away and turned to face his old nemesis. When Captain Yarri caught sight of Revan’ mask, she was shocked and ordered the elite soldiers to kill all four visitors after assuming them as assassins.[2]
Revan lashed out with his foot, delivering a side kick to the chest of the elite soldier who had grabbed his shoulder earlier, sending the man stumbling back. T3-M4 then sprang in to action by firing off his built-in blaster; the beam struck the soldier square in the chest. At the same time, Surik engaged two members of the Imperial Guard blocking the entrance to the throne room with her lightsaber. Ordinary soldiers would have been chopped down before they could even draw their weapons, but the Imperial Guard were not so easily felled. The first soldier met her charge and parried the first strike with his electrostaff, the resilient metal of his weapon deflecting the energy blade of the Jedi off to the side so that it carved a deep scar in the wall. The second soldier leapt into the fray, forcing Meetra to fall back a step to absorb their coordinated attack. Slightly farther away, Scourge and Captain Yarri were also already engaged in close-quarters combat, his lightsaber clashing against her electrostaff as they battled in the narrow confines of the entrance hall.[2]
An alarm began to ring out in the hall, triggered by one of the other three remaining members of the Imperial Guard. Before they could join in the fight, Revan gestured in the direction of the two enormous, heavy, and sealed durasteel doors and blasting them wide open with the power of the Force simultaneously. He ordered his allies into the throne room, and charged towards one of the opened doors. From the two members of the Imperial Guard who were dueling Surik, one broke off and intercepted Revan.[2]
Revan performed an acrobatic move, tucking his knees in tight to somersault over his opponent. The elite soldier attempted to counter the unexpected move by using his electrostaff but missing Revan by only a few centimeters. Revan landed on the ground and wheeled around to face his opponent. He thrust out with the Force to overwhelm his opponent but instead of sending his opponent flying, it only staggered him back half a step—at such close proximity to the Sith Emperor, the Imperial guard was able to draw on his power to protect themselves from the Force powers. Still, the slight stumble gave Revan enough time to draw out his lightsaber and go on the offensive. He came in with a high, overhand chop—an obvious feint meant to draw the defenses of his opponent upward, leaving his legs exposed to a quick follow-up strike. The elite soldier recognized the familiar ploy, countering it by parrying the overhand chop then quickly dropping his blade low to intercept the inevitable slash at his legs. But Revan didn’t go for his legs. Anticipating that his opponent’s defenses would go low, he kept his blade up high, allowing him to end the battle with a horizontal cut across the opponent’s suddenly exposed throat.[2]
Revan then entered the throne room and T3-M4 followed him, but Surik and Scourge were still locked in combat with the Imperial guard in the hall outside. They were waging a fighting retreat; they had maneuvered themselves so they could back into the throne room while keeping the Imperial guard at bay. Revan witnessed the arrival of six additional members of the Imperial Guard at the far end of the hall outside. He used the Force to rip apart the vaulted stone archway free from its setting in the ceiling above them. A shower of dust and debris rained down in front of the reinforcements, sending them into temporary retreat. This move paved way for the Surik and Scourge to break free of the fight and rush into the throne room, followed by Yarri and the three surviving members of the Imperial guard excluding the reinforcements. Revan then used the Force to slam the two enormous and heavy doors of the throne room shut and ordered T3 to seal them.[2]
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