Battle of Rakata Prime

"Our order's greatest defeat."

- Kas'im

The Battle of Rakata Prime, was the final battle of the Jedi Civil War, fought between the Galactic Republic and Darth Malak's Sith Empire.

Battle
The events of the battle were set into motion when the crew of the Ebon Hawk retrieved the fourth and final Star Map and pinpointed the hidden location of the Star Forge, the heart of the Sith war effort. Carth Onasi transmitted the coordinates to the Republic fleet shortly before he flew the Ebon Hawk through a disruptor field and crash-landed on Lehon.

Revan and his companions set out to find the source of the disrupter field, and along the way discovered the remnants of the Infinite Empire and the truth about the Star Forge. The disruptor field was disabled just as Republic ships emerged from hyperspace and began attacking the Star Forge. Preparing for the inevitable showdown with Malak and the Sith, Revan and his crew repaired their ship and took off to join the battle overhead.



Carth Onasi contacted Admiral Forn Dodonna, informing her that Bastila Shan had turned to the dark side, and was now using her Battle Meditation ability against the Republic from aboard the Star Forge. With the battle turning against the Republic fleet, a team of Jedi Knights along with the crew of the Ebon Hawk boarded the Star Forge in an attempt to disrupt Bastila from using her ability.

While the Republic fleet fought on against the much stronger Sith armada, the Ebon Hawk, and their Jedi escorts managed to fly through the factory's defenses and land on the station itself. Revan and his companions fought through the defending Sith Soldiers and Dark Jedi to reach the command deck, where Bastila was waiting.



At this point, Revan became separated from his companions, and was forced to confront Bastila alone. Despite drawing upon the power of the Star Forge, Bastila was unable to overcome Revan, and pleaded him to kill her. Revan refused, and instead chose to persuade Bastila to renounce the dark side and return to the light side, by drawing on the bond of love that they shared. Bastila relented, and turned her Battle Meditation to aid the Republic forces outside while Revan went on to confront Malak.



Revan confronted and defeated Malak in a vicious lightsaber duel, and escaped aboard the Ebon Hawk with Bastila and the rest of his companions. Shortly afterward the factory's main orbital stabilizers were destroyed by the Republic fleet, and the factory fell out of orbit and plunged into the star below.

Aftermath


Dodonna awarded the Cross of Glory to Revan, Bastila Shan, Jolee Bindo, Zaalbar, Mission Vao, Canderous Ordo, Juhani, and Carth Onasi (and presumably HK-47 and T3-M4) for their actions in the battle.

With both Bastila and Revan back on the side of the Republic, and the Sith's primary factory destroyed, the Sith forces were quickly scattered by the Republic. The survivors went into hiding, attaching themselves to Darth Sion, Darth Nihilus and Darth Traya in the coming years.

The Sith Academy on Korriban became a focal point for the Sith infighting that followed, and even under Darth Traya, they were never again strong enough to overtly challenge both the Republic and Jedi the way they had under Revan and Malak.

After the battle, wreckage of the ships and the Star Forge formed a ring around the world. The Republic declared the site a historical zone and restricted travel to it, in order to prevent Sith adepts from going to the Force-strong surface of the world.

Galactic Republic

 * Forn Dodonna
 * Vandar Tokare
 * Revan
 * Jolee Bindo
 * Juhani
 * Bastila Shan
 * Carth Onasi
 * Canderous Ordo
 * Zaalbar
 * Mission Vao
 * HK-47
 * T3-M4

Sith Empire

 * Darth Malak
 * Bastila Shan
 * Varko

Behind the scenes
In the alternate, non-canon dark side ending of the game, the reborn Revan retook the title of Dark Lord of the Sith. Taking Bastila as his Sith apprentice, Revan mercilessly cleaved his way to the Star Forge and Darth Malak.

As Bastila used her Battle Meditation to hamper the Republic fleet, Revan evaded the Star Forge's defenses, fighting his way to the factory level. The Sith Lord slew his traitorous apprentice.

With a significant portion of the Republic fleet destroyed, Revan prepared to crush the Republic. Abruptly, though, he halted his campaign, and left known space without giving anyone much of an explanation. Without Revan's strong dark side mastery, the Star Forge atrophied from misuse by lesser Sith Lords. This power vacuum paved the way for Traya and her apprentices, the Sith Triumvirate, to assume control.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords
 * Darth Bane: Path of Destruction