Chronicles of the Old Republic

Chronicles of the Old Republic is a historical article that was written by LucasArts for the Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords website. Its purpose was to provide background material for the game. The article documents the major events of the Old Republic era of galactic history, from the Great Hyperspace War to the opening skirmishes of the First Jedi Purge. It is notable because it contains backstory information concerning characters such as Revan, Kreia, and Atris that can be found in no other official source.

Unfortunately, the Chronicles are plagued by a number of minor continuity errors &mdash; perhaps due to textual compression. At several points, the information provided in the Chronicles appears to contradict that stated in the games of the Knights of the Old Republic franchise and earlier sources. As a result, the article is often considered to be not entirely reliable. It should be noted, however, that Leland Chee, the Database Content Administrator for Lucas Licensing and keeper of the Holocron continuity database, has referred to the Chronicles as an official source on several occasions.  

Notable discrepancies

 * Revan is described as a "Jedi Master" as early as 3963 BBY when, in fact, he never reached that rank.
 * Revan is said to have constructed a "stronghold" and a "shadow enclave" on Malachor V prior to the Battle of Malachor V. In context, such statements could only be referring to the Trayus Academy, but the game states that the academy was built by the mysterious True Sith thousands of years before. As such, it must be assumed that Revan reconstructed, expanded, and/or fortified the already existing structure.
 * The Jedi Enclave on Dantooine is said to be overseen by Master Vodo-Siosk Baas during the Mandalorian Wars, but that is impossible because he died at the hand of his pupil Exar Kun decades earlier, during the Great Sith War.
 * The Jedi Exile is described as a "Padawan" when she rebelled against the Jedi Council and entered the Mandalorian Wars. After the war, she is described as a "Jedi Knight", yet no explanation is provided to explain exactly how or when she attained that rank.
 * Jolee Bindo is referred to as a Jedi Master, which is clearly contradicted by Jolee's own account of never progressing beyond Padawan. He was once offered a promotion to full knight-hood, but rejected it.
 * It is stated that the war between Revan's Sith Empire and the Republic would be historically known as the "Old Republic Insurrection", however in almost all cases this time period is better known as the "Jedi Civil War" or the "Second Sith War".