The Imprisoned One

The Rakata prisoner was a warrior in the Infinite Empire. His name was not known but his mind was trapped in a Rakatan Prison.

He was in there for 21,000 years and relatively 'recently' he had 3 visitors from 3 different species that were trapped, but couldn't understand Rakatan language. All died.

Revan met him when out of curiosity opened the box, against the warnings of Lurze Kesh. He must have been the first Rakata he ever met after his mind wipe. Revan was puzzled about the occupant's nature and unknown species, as well as why he could understand his language (first heard by the Ancient droid on Dantooine) but his curiosity had to wait.

According to statements he made to Revan, he had been imprisoned for thousands and thousands of years; so long, in fact, that he had forgotten his own name and species, although he said he was "sure that he knew it a thousand years ago," or approximatly 4,956 BBY. The reason was also forgotten, although he hinted that he began a rebellious revolt and was responsible for many deaths.

Revan went in and defeated the prisoner in a quiz with riddles. Revan discovered his one weakness... numbers.

Behind the scenes
The riddle game seems to be inspired from the portion of The Hobbit by Tolkien. Bilbo Baggins and Gollum fought with riddles in order to negotiate his exit from the caves.

Some of the riddles of the 'game' between the Rakata and Revan, indeed were first seen in The Hobbit. Some others were also seen in the 1990 game Conquests of Camelot where King Arthur had to pass an array of speaking stones by answering their riddles.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic