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Revan was a Human male that served as a Jedi Knight and General during the Mandalorian Wars. Once known by the nickname the Revanchist, he was both a charismatic and enigmatic leader, a renowned tactician and expert strategist, and a hero of the Galactic Republic during the Mandalorian Wars, leading the Republic fleets to victory after victory. Ending the conflict personally, with the execution of Mandalore the Ultimate and the destruction of Malachor V, Revan led the remains of the Republic fleet deep into the Unknown Regions to hunt down the remaining Mandalorian Neo-Crusaders. He returned however, as Darth Revan, the Dark Lord of the Sith.

Deploying his vast armada, the very ships that had fought alongside him during the Mandalorian Wars, against the Republic fleet, Revan ignited the Jedi Civil War. Revan and his Sith apprentice Darth Malak claimed repeated victories against the Republic, and in the process established a powerful new Sith Empire. For two and a half years, Revan's fleet cut a swath of destruction through the Republic before the Dark Lord was finally betrayed by Malak, and captured by the Jedi Order. Thought dead to the galaxy, Revan survived through the efforts of Jedi Knight Bastila Shan, although his mind was severely damaged. Unable to restore the Dark Lord's memories, the Jedi Council repaired what they could of his damaged mind, programming into Revan an identity that was loyal to the Republic.

In the year that followed, Revan was retrained in the Jedi ways, and was commissioned&mdash;along with Shan and his companions&mdash;by the Jedi Council on Dantooine to search for the Star Forge, the ancient Rakatan space station that was the source of Darth Malak's vast fleet. Despite eventually learning of his previous identity, Revan rejected the evil of his past, defeated Malak and ended the very war he had begun. A year later, Revan once again departed for the Unknown Regions. The Jedi Master Kreia, who was Revan's first Master, believed that Revan's brutally efficient invasion of the galaxy had been part of a complex plan to secure the Republic from a mysterious Sith faction known as the "True Sith". She suggested to her final pupil, the Jedi Exile, that Revan had departed on a solitary quest to defeat these Sith.

Early life and Jedi training
"Revan had many Masters, Zhar, Dorak, Master Kae before Kae left for the Wars. Towards the end of his training, he sought out many to learn techniques. It is said that he returned to his first Master at the end of his training, in order to learn how he might best leave the order."

- Mical

The exact details of Revan's early life cannot be ascertained. Some claimed he had been born beyond the Outer Rim Territories; his parentage and homeworld remain unknown. He was eventually deemed suitable for instruction in the ways of the Force by the Jedi Order. Revan's initial instruction in the Jedi Arts came from the Jedi Master Kreia. Revan was trained at the Jedi Academy on Dantooine, along with his closest friend, Alek Squinquargesimus. Revan was known make occassional trips to Coruscant, the Galactic Republic's capital, with Squinquargesimus, visiting the Twi'lek Jedi Master Zhar Lestin for additional training. The elder Jedi, though noting Revan's "insatiable" desire for knowledge, dismissed it as exuberance and eagerness, believing the youth to be a future champion of the Jedi Order. Master Vrook Lamar opined that Revan was perhaps too eager to learn more about the Force, and had sought knowledge of ancient "Sith magics."

After he learned all he could from Kreia, Revan left her tutelage tutelage entirely, going on to study beneath other Jedi Masters, including Lestin, as well as Dorak, the Jedi chronicler of the Dantooine Jedi Enclave, and Arren Kae. It was rumored that Revan had deeply studied the process of Force bonding, among other techniques, during this period. Eventually, Revan returned to Kreia when he realized there was nothing more to be learned from the Jedi&mdash;except how one could leave them forever. Some time before the year 3,963 BBY, Revan, along with his friend Squinquargesimus, attained the rank of Jedi Knight.

The Revanchist
"Who I am is not important&mdash;my message is."

- Revan



During the early Outer Rim skirmishes between the Republic and Mandalorian Neo-Crusaders, Revan&mdash;by this time a well known, powerful, and charismatic Jedi Knight&mdash;moved throughout the Jedi Order, arguing his case for Jedi intervention. Though at first a lone voice among the Jedi, considered the "Jedi's own crusader" by the Republic media, Revan gradually gathered something of a following. The first to be drawn to Revan's cause was his closest friend Alek Squinquargesimus, who then aided his friend in further recruitment. Late into 3,964 BBY, Revan, now considered the honorary "Master" of those who followed him&mdash;specifically Squinquargesimus, made the decision to journey to the Mandalorian front against the Jedi Council's wishes, so as to scout out the enemy lines. On the way, he and his followers briefly stopped by the planet of Taris. An acquaintance of the Jedi Master Lucien Draay, Revan hoped to recruit more Jedi to his cause from the academy on the world, yet neither Draay or any of the other Jedi on the planet were willing, or allowed, to oblige.

Sometime after leaving Taris, Revan left his followers on the planet Suurja while he investigated events on Onderon and its moon, Dxun. Though he reported his "disturbing" findings to the Jedi High Council shortly after the onset of the Mandalorian Wars proper, the Council told him yet again that there was "no place" for the Jedi Order in the war and sent him on a mission to rescue those of his followers that had been captured before the fourth battle of Suurja. As he departed the Council chambers, Revan encountered Draay once more and, after a brief conversation about an undefined "truth," Revan left to complete his task. Ultimately, however, Revan's captive "learners" were saved from the experiments of the sadistic Mandalorian scientist Demagol by the fugitve Jedi Padawan Zayne Carrick&mdash;who was framed by his former Master Lucien Draay for the Padawan Massacre of Taris&mdash; and the rogue Mandalorian Rohlan Dyre. Once reunited with his disciples, Revan's campaign for Jedi intervention in the war against the Mandalorians continued, albeit somewhat differently than before. Whereas his efforts had previously been considered a curiosity at best, in the context of a larger Mandalorian War he suddenly found himself a celebrity. As the Revanchist movement behind him grew, the Republic media cast Revan in the role of crusading savior, wrongfully ignored by the High Council. Though first referred to as the "Revanchist Leader" in reports, it was not long before the young Jedi Knight was given a new, "snappier" moniker: the Revanchist.



The Jedi Council further urged patience and strictly forbade action as the war continued. As the Mandalorian atrocities continued to mount, Revan couldn't restrain himself any longer. He disobeyed the Jedi Council and joined the war, and, taking advantage of his reputation and growing popularity, convinced many other Jedi to join his cause. While on a mission to the world of Cathar, which had been devastated in the early skirmishes with the Mandalorians, Revan, Squinquargesimus, and the Jedi accompanying them felt death in the Force as the Mandalorians unleashed a devastating nuclear attack on the planet of Serroco. Doubled over in empathic pain, the most Revan could say to Squinquargesimus was: "I feel it!" A short time later, Revan was invited to bid on the exogorth superweapons that Arkoh Adasca, the leader of Adascorp, was selling to the highest bidder. Unable to attend due to pressing business elsewhere, Revan sent Squinquargesimus in his place. Several Jedi had visions concerning Adasca's exogorths and the role they could play in the war, so Revan instructed Squinquargesimus to ensure that the danger they presented was taken "out of the mix." After Revan revealed the truth about what happened on Cathar, many other Jedi join his cause.

Shortly after the Adasca affair, the siege of Taris, and the bombardment of Jebble, Lucien Draay was appointed to the Jedi Council. He reported to the Council concerning Republic intelligence reports indicating that there was a blow to the Mandalorian's plans of conquest, reportedly by an insurrection within their own ranks, and stated that the "interventionist path" sought by Revan was wrong for both the Republic and the Jedi. The Council approved his motion, which ordered the recall, or if necessary, detention, of the "prowar renegades." After Squinquargesimus&mdash;now going under the guise of "Malak"&mdash; testified to the Jedi Council against the secret Jedi cabal known as the Covenant, the Council sent Squinquargesimus back to Revan and his followers with a final warning.

The Mandalorian Wars
"When the Mandalorian threat first arose, Revan and Malak were eager to defeat the enemy of the Republic. But the council thought it best if we moved with care and caution. The true threat, the council feared, had not yet revealed itself. But Revan would not be dissuaded. Charismatic and powerful, it was inevitable many of the Order would flock to Revan's seemingly noble cause. Malak was the first to join his closest friend. Others followed, many of our youngest and brightest, intent on saving the galaxy from the Mandalorian threat."

- Zhar Lestin

The entrance of Revan and his Jedi into the war marked its turning point. Revan's clever military strategies and tactics, coupled with Malak's courage and fiery determination, saw the pair becoming the foremost heroes of the conflict. Claiming victory time after time, they were propelled through the ranks of the Republic military and were eventually given full control the entire Republic fleet. With his newfound authority, Revan spearheaded the Republic war effort and began to steadily push the Mandalorians back. Together, Revan and Malak liberated Taris, fought Mandalore the Ultimate's primary strategist, Cassus Fett, at Jaga's Cluster, and defeated much of the Mandalorian army at Althir. Yet, despite such victories, there were concerns raised over the Jedi's behavior. Though Revan's tactics were near flawless and Malak's righteous fury unmatched, the pair began to adopt very similar characteristics to the Mandalorians they were fighting, growing to despise weakness and indecisiveness in all its forms. Revan even began to adopt Mandalorian Crusader rhetoric, calling his cause a "Jedi crusade". Unfortunately for the galaxy, the growing darkness surrounding Revan did not just stem from his experiences with the Mandalorians.

At some point during the Mandalorian Wars, Revan and Malak found a Rakatan Star Map in the ancient burial mounds on Dantooine, near the Jedi Enclave. After successfully passing the "trials" set for them by the guard droid that had been left behind by the so called "builders," they were given access to the Star Map. Moments before they went beyond the door that led to the dark side artifact, however, Malak warned Revan that stepping beyond this threshold would mean that they could never return to the Jedi Order. Whether or not Revan considered this, or even cared, as he paced in front of the sealed door is unknown; but if he had any doubts, he swiftly cast them aside. Later during the wars, in the year 3,961 BBY, Revan found another Star Map on the Wookiee homeworld of Kashyyyk. Sometime after he found it, Revan discovered the ancient Sith world of Malachor V, which was considered taboo to the Mandalorians. On its surface, Revan was quickly assaulted by the destructive dark side energies that permeated the world, yet through the strength of his will, he was able to feed on the evil power without being consumed by it. Soon thereafter, he stumbled upon the Trayus Academy, an abandoned training center built by a mysterious Sith faction known as the "True Sith". While unearthing the planet's buried secrets, Revan learned the location and significance of the planet Korriban, the homeworld of the ancient Sith species. Revan also discovered the continued existence of the "True Sith". In order to prevent a greater evil, Revan turned to the dark side.

Returning to the wars, Revan forced a final confrontation with the Mandalorians over Malachor V. His plan was to unleash the Mass Shadow Generator&mdash;a superweapon constructed by the Zabrak engineer Bao-Dur&mdash;on the planet, wiping out the majority of the Mandalorian fleet, as well as those Republic forces and Jedi who were not fervently loyal to him. Trusting the device's activation to a capable Jedi General who would later become known as the Jedi Exile, Revan battled and killed Mandalore the Ultimate himself. The battle resulted in catastrophic losses on both sides. In the end, many Jedi were twisted to the dark side, and the once proud Mandalorian clans were crippled. After the battle, Revan denied the vanquished force their leader's ancestral mask, and with it their ability to choose a true successor. Ordering his forces to strip them of their weapons and armor, and to dismantle their Basilisk war droids, Revan condemned the Mandalorians to perpetual exile, where many became bounty hunters, bodyguards, and mercenaries. Such a total victory over their adversaries, despite the Republic casualties, saw Revan hailed as a savior. Yet unbeknownst to those praising him, the Sith teachings were already sweeping through the ranks of those who had followed him to war. Instead of returning to the Republic, Revan and Malak took the remainder of their fleet and disappeared from the known galaxy. They claimed to be searching for the remnants of the Mandalorian fleet; those who had fled the final, devastating battle. Instead, they were pursuing the power of the Star Forge, the ancient space station that was a relic of the Rakatan Infinite Empire.

Quest for the Star Forge
"Once we pass beyond this door, we can never go back. The Order will surely banish us."

- Malak



After examining the Star Map on Dantooine, Revan and Malak would go on to uncover Star Maps on the desert world Tatooine, the Selkath homeworld Manaan, and Korriban. Though the order in which they did so is unknown, Bastila Shan was aware that the pair had visited Korriban "at least once" when they were known as Jedi, suggesting that they may have gone to this planet during&mdash;rather than following&mdash;the Mandalorian Wars.

With the information obtained from the five Star Maps, Revan and Malak were able to travel to the previously-unknown Rakata system; yet upon their arrival, the pair immediately crashed on Rakata Prime. Shortly after, they were attacked by a primitive tribe known as the Black Rakata, who attempted to take them prisoner. The Dark Lord and his apprentice bested them easily, and though Revan could not understand the Rakatan language, he was able to use a Force technique to rip it from their minds, driving Basic into their skulls in turn through a unique Force power. Having been cowed into submission by the Sith Lords' Force powers, the Black Rakata took them to meet their leader, The One. After "teaching" the Rakatan leader Basic, Revan explained that he was pursuing the power of the Star Forge, and that he would require access to the Temple of the Ancients. Yet, from the superstitious, primitive ramblings he received in response, it soon became clear that neither the One nor his followers had any true comprehension of their species' past, nor the technological might that they had once command. Nevertheless, the One promised to help Revan enter the Temple, providing he used his "strange magics" to slaughter the Elders&mdash;a competing Rakatan tribe that had so far resisted his might. Revan swore he would do so.

Revan soon realized that these "Elders" were likely in possession of the answers he sought and rather than destroy them, he instead approached them in peace. This proved wise, as from the Elders, Revan learned much of the Rakata and their old empire&mdash;and of the disruptor-field that had caused his and Malak's ship to crash. Sensing the Elders' abhorrence for their species' violent past, Revan proclaimed himself to be a servant of the light, searching for a way to destroy the Star Forge. Trusting them, the Elders gave Revan and Malak access to the temple, and thanking them, the pair promised to destroy the Star Forge and return. Instead, Revan and Malak declared themselves the new Dark Lords of the Sith.

The Star Forge
"All you saw was an enormous factory, all you ever imagined was an infinite fleet rolling forth to crush the Republic."

- Darth Malak

Leading his hidden forces to the Rakata system, Revan began to realize his plans. Though the Star Forge was capable of granting vast power to those who fully embraced its dark nature, Revan minimized his exposure to the ancient space station, using it purely to construct an enormous fleet with which to conquer the Republic. Revan, unlike his apprentice, understood the dangerous consequences of drawing upon the Star Forge too heavily. The artifact had led the Infinite Empire of the Rakata to its doom, fueling the Rakatan species' hate, and driving them to civil war. Revan had no intention of letting over-reliance on the Star Forge disrupt the order he planned to bring to the galaxy. As with everything else, he would use it for as long as he needed it, then discard it. Once ready, Revan led his powerful new Sith armada back into known space, finally revealing himself as a Sith Lord and plunging the galaxy into war once again.

The Jedi Civil War
"Revan understood one thing–the real battle was going to be fought between the Jedi on both sides. That was the only battle that mattered. [&hellip;] Whoever had the most, the strongest Jedi were going to win the Civil War. If Revan couldn't convert Jedi, then Revan would kill them."

- Atton Rand



In the year 3,959 BBY, Revan began a twenty-year campaign to end the "tyranny" of the Jedi Council once and for all. They returned to Korriban, and seized control of the planet, establishing a new Sith academy. The war, while bloody, was orchestrated to topple the Republic while doing little damage to its underlying industrial infrastructure. Under his leadership, Sith forces bypassed militarily vital planets that would be required for the defense of the galaxy against the threat of the "True Sith." Revan's plan was to keep the Republic largely intact for the purposes of post-war rebuilding. He even took out a number of political figureheads, such as Senator Yusanis of the Echani, who had served with him in the Mandalorian Wars, Mimas Yoon of Corellia, and Lelin-Dor of Serroco. As such, he could begin his rule with a functional military and economy rather than starting from scratch. Also, had he failed in conquering the galaxy, he believed the end result would be much the same: a stronger Republic, more capable of defending itself.

A year after they returned to the Republic, Revan and his Sith carried out a successful attack at the shipyard world Foerost, capturing a majority of the Republic fleet; they also carried a successful attack on the world of Telos IV. Revan had intended for Telos to be conquered, but his apprentice Darth Malak ordered the former Republic admiral Saul Karath to prove his loyalty to the Sith by destroying Telos. Karath complied, earning the wrath of surviving Telosians such as the Republic captain Carth Onasi, whose wife died after the attack. Revan knew that, with Jedi in the war, this contest would come down to whoever had the most and strongest Jedi. He pioneered new Sith tactics relying on secrecy rather than brute force. His Sith assassins quietly flooded into the Republic to kill and/or abduct Jedi throughout known space. Revan reestablished strongholds and academies upon worlds of ancient power such as Rakata Prime, Dxun, and Korriban. On these planets, his servants broke captured Jedi, turning them to the dark side. Revan also kidnapped some of his own Force-sensitive troops, converting them into Dark Jedi. Utilizing assassin droids&mdash;such as HK-47, whom Revan created after the Battle of Malachor V&mdash;Revan eliminated threats to the stability of his fledgling Sith Empire.

With Revan at the helm and Malak as his head general, the Sith forged vital alliances to expedite the support and deployment of their forces. They conspired with Czerka Corporation, one of the richest and most powerful galaxy-spanning company of the time, to amass much needed resources, and they secured diplomatic relations with the ocean planet of Manaan so that they were able to export the healing agent kolto. At some point during the war, Malak saw Revan as being soft, resulting in a tension that culminated in a lightsaber duel, in which Revan removed Malak's entire jaw with a single stroke from his lightsaber. Malak's injury neccessitated a cybernetic jaw guard, which allowed Malak to speak, albeit with a gruff electronic tone which created an intimidating effect. During this time, Malak had asked Revan's assassin droid HK-47 what he thought of him. When Malak was informed by the droid of his "meatbag" status, Revan found the term amusing, and programmed HK-47 to call all organics such.

The apprentice betrays the Master
"I betrayed you when I realized my own strength was greater than yours."

- Darth Malak

The reinvigorated Sith won battle after battle, until a Jedi Knight named Bastila Shan entered the fray with her skill with a Force power known as Battle Meditation, a powerful Force ability that increased the combat effectiveness of the Republic's forces and sapped the will of enemy combatants. Yet, even with Shan's aid, the Republic forces knew that they could not hold out forever against the Sith. In 3,957 BBY, in a desperate attempt to end the war, the Jedi and Republic forces set a trap for Revan and Malak, luring them into battle against a small fleet. During the space battle, Shan led a team of Jedi that boarded Revan's flagship, and managed to corner the Dark Lord on the bridge. Revan, however, seemed unfazed by the strike team, as he quickly eliminated all the Republic soldiers while the Jedi took down the Sith Lord's Dark Jedi.

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As the Dark Lord prepared to fight the Jedi, Darth Malak, in the hopes of destroying both Revan, Shan, and the Jedi, betrayed his Master, ordering the ships under his command to fire on Revan's flagship's bridge. Though Malak believed himself to have been successful in killing the man who had been his best friend, chance, or perhaps the Force, kept Revan alive. After surviving the turbolaser blasts that had rocked through the bridge, Shan was faced with a choice. Upon regaining her wits, she was confronted with the broken, comatose body of Darth Revan. The Dark Lord was nearly dead, just a tiny spark of the Force remained alive within him. Shan made the decision to grab a hold of that waning spark and keep Revan alive. Through that act, she tied Revan's life to her own, forging a powerful Force bond. Shan took Revan and escaped the cruiser, while the Sith, believing their Master dead, retreated from the battle. Shan had stabilized Revan, but the Sith Lord was still in critical condition and his mind remained heavily damaged. Shan brought him to the Jedi; eventually, the Jedi Council decided that in order to find out how Revan had made a practically unbeatable fleet, they had to rely on Shan's bond with the former Jedi Knight to draw out Revan's memories and find the answers. To do this, Revan's broken mind was reprogrammed by the Council to conceal the Dark Lord's old identity. Shan was charged with keeping Revan's identity hidden and drawing out the former Dark Lord's memories.

Crash-Landing on Taris
"Taris? The planet's all one big city..."

- Carth Onasi

A year later, Revan, who was under an implanted name and with no recollection of his real history or of his former mastery of the Force, was enlisted as a common soldier in the Republic army, and placed under Shan's command on the Republic warship Endar Spire. Darth Malak, thinking his Master dead, had devoted all his forces to the hunt for Shan, and in orbit above the world of Taris, his fleet ambushed the Endar Spire. Revan awoke in the middle of the battle and proceeded to fight his way off the ship with the aid of the Republic ensign Trask Ulgo, who sacrificed himself to save Revan from a "Dark Jedi"&mdash;none other than Darth Malak's Shadow Hand, a former Jedi named Darth Bandon. Along with the Republic captain Carth Onasi, he managed to escape in the last escape pod on the Endar Spire just moments before it exploded.

The search for Bastila and escape from Taris


After crash-landing on the surface of Taris, Revan was knocked unconscious. Onasi dragged Revan from the crash site, where Revan began experiencing flashbacks through the Force of his buried past. The two men discovered that Shan had been captured by the Black Vulkars swoop gang and was being offered as a prize to the winner of a swoop race tournament called the Tarisian Season Opener. With help from the Vulkars' rival, the Hidden Beks, as well as a young Twi'lek female by the name of Mission Vao and her Wookiee friend Zaalbar, Revan entered the tournament himself and was able to win Shan's freedom. These accomplishments were enough to attract the attention of the Mandalorian mercenary Canderous Ordo, who gave Revan an offer to escape Taris. He and his companions would steal the Ebon Hawk, the flagship of the crime lord Davik Kang, a boss for the Exchange criminal organization.

After Revan and his companions were able to steal the bypass codes to the Sith blockade overhead from the Sith base, with the help of their new droid companion T3-M4, Ordo introduced Revan to Kang as someone wanting to join the Exchange. While Kang ran a background check, Revan and his newfound crew broke into the hangar in an attempt to steal the Ebon Hawk. There they were confronted by Kang and the bounty hunter Calo Nord. During the short firefight that ensued, Malak ordered the Sith admiral Saul Karath to bombard the planet. The resulting bombardment resulted in Kang's death, and allowed Revan and his crew to make their getaway.

Return to the Jedi Enclave
"I have not heard of any new apprentices being accepted for training recently. What brings you to this place, may I ask?"

- Deesra to Revan upon arrival on Dantooine

Deciding that they needed to regroup, Revan and his companions fled to the Jedi Enclave on Dantooine. Shan spoke to the Jedi Council of "recent developments", and once being informed of Revan, the Council requested an audience with him. Onasi found that the invitation was unusual for someone who was not even a Jedi yet, and the Twi'lek Jedi Deesra Luur Jada remarked that he had not seen anyone accepted for training recently. Normally, the Council would not accept an adult for training, but Revan was a "special case".

Shan presented Revan to the Jedi Council. Jedi Master Zhar Lestin, a member of the Council, told Revan that they had been discussing him, and that Shan had told them that he was strong in the Force. However, contrary to the other Masters, Vrook Lamar said that they needed indisputable proof of his strong connection to the Force before they could even consider training him. Shan argued that surely all of them could feel the strength of the Force within Revan. Lestin said that they could indeed, though the power was wild and untamed, and that they could not ignore it. Knowing Revan’s former identity, Lamar further argued that if they trained him, perhaps the Dark Lord–Revan himself–would return. Not wanting to reveal Revan’s identity to him, Master Vandar Tokare declared that they would discuss the matter in private.



While the Council debated, Shan and Revan shared a vision of himself and Malak, as Jedi, visiting Dantooine's ruins when they found the first Star Map. After Shan and Revan told the Council of the event, Master Dorak claimed that the ruins had long been known to them, but they believed them to be merely burial mounds. Revan learned from the Masters that he and Shan shared a Force bond, and the Council believed that together, they would both be able to defeat Malak. The Council decided to send them to the ruins in their vision, where they believed they would find some clue as to why he and Malak had been corrupted by the dark side.

Jedi training and disputes on Dantooine
Before Revan was to be sent, he was trained in the ways of the Force–unknown to him to be the second time. Revan’s progress was amazing, and Zhar Lestin, his teacher, said that he had never seen anyone who had mastered the initial training so quickly. Within weeks, he was soon welcomed fully into the Jedi Order. Before ending his apprenticeship and becoming a Padawan, he was to complete three tests. His first test was his knowledge of the Jedi Code. After he passed, his next test was to build a lightsaber. After Revan successfully built his lightsaber, he was told by Lestin of his third trial: to cleanse a meditation grove of its dark taint.

He proceeded to the grove, and found the source of the dark taint: a Cathar female Dark Jedi named Juhani, who, before his mind was destroyed, he had encouraged to become a Jedi after rescuing her from the Exchange slavers on Taris. After Revan fought and defeated her, Juhani, realizing that he was stronger, explained who she was. Revan spared her life and persuaded her ask the Jedi Council for mercy. The Jedi Council was pleased with his success, and his decision to redeem her. He had passed the final test, and therefore became a Padawan. Meanwhile, during his stay at the Enclave, he learned of the history of the Mandalorian Wars and of his turn to the dark side, as well as Malak's.



Revan also helped the farmers and settlers of Dantooine. He met a farmer named Jon, who demanded justice for the Mandalorian’s murder of his daughter. While Revan did not initially rebuke Jon, he was not one for wanton violence, and so continued on his set tasks. Inadvertently, Revan was forced to kill several Mandalorians in combat, due to their ambushing him on the fields around the Enclave. Returning to Jon with the news, Revan inquired deeper into the situation. Jon told him that the carnage would not stop until the ringleader, Sherruk, had been killed. Despite Revan's constant avoidance of the lure of the dark side, he set out after Sherruk, with the justification that he would be helping the farmers. He confronted Sherruk in a grove on Dantooine. Sherruk refused and attacked him, Revan killed him and his cronies in combat. Revan returned to Jon with the news, which calmed the volatile farmer down. Jon insisted that Revan take his reward of a hundred Republic credits, although Revan may or may not have accepted the gift.

Another situation he influenced involved the Matale and Sandral families. The Matales had a long running feud with the Sandrals, and even with assistance from the Jedi Enclave, no compromise could be reached to settle the arguing. Later, Shen Matale, Ahlan Matale's son, was kidnapped by Nurik Sandral, who believed his son Casus was killed by the Matales. When Revan arrived at the Sandral estate, Rahasia, Nurik's daughter, told Revan about Shen's kidnapping. Due to Revan's interference, Shen escaped with Rahasia, but both were ambushed by their parents outside the estate. Revan was able to convince the fathers to allow their children to live their own lives, and the two agreed to purchase a new house for their children.

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

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.

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.



Tatooine
Revan, Shan, and their companions journeyed to these worlds, tracing the steps that Darths Revan and Malak had taken years before. They traveled to the desert world of Tatooine, landing in the docking bays of the settlement of Anchorhead. When Revan and his companions tried to leave the city to go into the Dune Sea, they were stopped by the gate guard Billan, who told them that he needed a hunting license in order to exit the city. They were told it was possible to buy one in at the Czerka Offices in town but when he talked to the protocol officer there, she denied him a license unless he agreed to stop the attacks on Czerka's miners by the Sand People, offering him credits in exchange for each of their gafii sticks, with a bonus for the Sand People chieftain's stick. Revan reluctantly accepted and left the building. Upon exiting, he was approached by a male Duro named Dayso Cooh, who told him that the officer was a fool for not even attempting to find peace with the Sand People, and urged Revan to do so. When Revan asked Cooh how he could do so, the Duro suggested using communication, telling him that the Ithorian Yuka Laka, who owned a droid repair shop in Anchorhead, had a protocol droid that Laka said could speak the Sand People dialect. Cooh also suggested that one could survive their attacks if they were disguised as a Sand Person. Revan went to Laka's shop and purchased the droid, who turned out to be an assassin droid called HK-47, whom Revan had created during his time as the Dark Lord. Revan then went back to the gate and showed his license to Billan, because it required forms in triplicate for his superiors, the guard let him out without verifying the license.

When they were out in the Dune Sea, Revan and his companions eventually came across three miners next to a sandcrawler. The miners were fighting off hordes of Sand People who were attacking them, and Revan assisted in defending the miners, killing four groups of the Sand People. The leader warned them that the Sand People's enclave was guarded by turrets. After encountering another group of Sand People near the entrance to their territory, he took their robes in order to disguise himself, and proceeded to their enclave, infiltrating it. When he was inside, a Sand Person

After recovering the Star Map from the krayt dragon's lair, Revan and his companions encountered the bounty hunter Calo Nord, who had survived Taris' bombardment, and informed Darth Malak of his, Carth Onasi's and Shan's survival. Nord, who was hired by Malak to capture Shan and kill her companions, was determined not to let Revan and Shan escape him twice. However, Nord was overconfident, and Revan and his companions easily brought an end to the notorious bounty hunter, slaying his thugs in the process. They returned to Anchorhead,

Kashyyyk
Revan then touched down on the Wookiee homeworld of Kashyyyk, in a Czerka Landing Port, and was approached by an Ithorian named Janos Wertka, the administrator for the outpost. Wertka informed him of the situation of the planet, which they had renamed "Edean." Zaalbar objected to coming to Kashyyyk but refused to tell Revan why. As Revan and Shan shared a vision of the Star Map in a lush forest, they decided to make their way across the Great Walkway connecting the port to the Wookiee village of Rwookrrorro, Zaalbar's birthplace. When they reached the town, the party was arrested at the gate for bringing Zaalbar back there after he had been banished from the planet and branded a madclaw for attacking his brother, Chuundar&mdash;whom he caught dealing with Wookiee slavers&mdash;with his claws more than twenty years before. Chuundar had since taken control of the village from their father, Freyyr, in that time. He jailed Zaalbar for not honoring his exile, and told Revan the only way his companion would be released was if the Jedi tracked down another madclaw that had fled into the Shadowlands far below the lofty villages where Wookiees lived.

There he encountered an elderly hermit named Jolee Bindo&mdash;who was a Padawan during the Great Sith War&mdash;who single-handedly dispatched a group of katarns. Bindo told Revan to follow him to his hut, and asked Revan to find a way to have the Czerka poachers leave. joined the party soon after, once Revan did him a favor by removing a group of nearby poachers, and he led them deeper into the Shadowlands, where he had spent the last twenty years alone. There theyfound the "madclaw," actually Freyyr.

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

As the crew was en route to Korriban to search for the 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. Revan, Shan, and Onasi were put into Force cages and interrogated by Admiral Karath. After Onasi argued with him and insulted him for the deaths on Telos, Saul said that he was insignificant part of 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 him 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.



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 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.

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 told 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 said that she had been part of the Jedi strike team sent to capture him. Darth 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 upon his allies.



Following their brief discussion, Malak used the Force to create a stasis field around both Shan and Onasi, and prepared to kill his former Master. Revan fought valiantly, proving himself a capable swordsman. Malak had always regretted betraying his Master from afar, for because of it others claimed that he was a coward, but now he had been given a second chance to prove himself. Shan ultimately sacrificed herself so that Revan and Onasi could escape. Reluctantly, Revan and Onasi left, and they and the rest of the crew escaped the Leviathan. Revan was forced to deal with Malak's revelation and the loss of Shan. When he told his companions 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 the crew. 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 different to Mission Vao, who said that he was different person than he was before, and Zaalbar said that he was still bound by his life-debt. Bindo claimed that had known his identity all along, and 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 maker.

Korriban
Revan and the crew of the Ebon Hawk journeyed to the ancient Sith homeworld Korriban,

Assault on 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

After finding the fifth and 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.



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.

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.

The Final Confrontation
"Once again, we shall face each other in single combat, and the victor will decide the fate of the galaxy."

- Malak to Revan

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 and 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."

They then began a lightsaber duel, whose victor, unlike in their previous duels, would decide the fate of the galaxy. Revan proved himself to be a better lightsaber duelist, almost defeating Malak, but 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. At last, Malak was brought to his knees, mortally wounded.

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 his friends as the heroes of the era and galaxy.

Into the unknown
"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&hellip; I don't think he succeeded."

- Carth Onasi



After defeating Malak, Revan regained more and more of his memories, including his knowledge of the Trayus Academy on Malachor V, and the Sith teachings he had harnessed there. According to Kreia, Revan's first and last Jedi Master, Revan rediscovered the threat posed by an ancient Sith faction known only as the "True Sith" that lurked within the Unknown Regions and resolved to battle against them.

Revan entrusted Carth Onasi with the Republic's safety, and left instructions to Canderous Ordo to unite the scattered clans of the Mandalorians by reclaiming Mandalore's helmet, which Revan took for his own after he executed Mandalore the Ultimate. He bid farewell to Bastila Shan, and traveled to the shattered remains of Malachor V with T3-M4 and HK-47. Revan then left the Ebon Hawk and his droid companions behind, and disappeared from known galaxy. Kreia later told the Exile that it would have helped had Revan made Shan understand why he left, but mentioned that Shan was always strong-willed, and did not understand war as Revan did. Unknown to Revan, however, T3-M4 was ordered by Shan, who had learned a few things through their bond, to return to the Republic and find her if something went wrong, her or whatever help could be found. In time, the astromech droid set out to find assistance aboard the Ebon Hawk and found the last known Jedi Knight in 3,951 BBY, the Jedi Exile, who also happened to be sought by Revan's first Jedi Master Kreia, who was hiding her true identity of Darth Traya.

The Exile came under Kreia's tutelage and took ownership of T3-M4 and the freighter, and Ordo, known by now as "Mandalore the Preserver", later joined her against the Sith. During her search for the Lost Jedi, when the Exile asked T3-M4 if he had gotten to the Ebon Hawk with Kreia, the droid had little to say on the matter, and since T3-M4 had the only means of accessing the Ebon Hawk's voice-locked navicomputer, the Exile had no way of knowing where the ship came from. She also met with Onasi after she vanquished Darth Nihilus during the battle of Telos IV, and eventually learned of Revan's ties to her companions. After the Exile defeated Darth Traya's Sith Triumvirate and completely destroyed Malachor V by reactivating the Mass Shadow Generator, she left the known galaxy to join Revan, as she had done in the Mandalorian Wars. About 300 years later, the majority of the galaxy believed that Revan never returned from unknown space.

Legacy
"My time here is ended. Take what I have taught you and use it well."

- Darth Revan's holocron to Darth Bane



Though he eventually rejected the mantle of Dark Lord of the Sith and returned to the light side, Revan's legacy as a powerful Sith Master would live on thousands of years after his death in a holocron that he had constructed during his reign. Hidden away on Rakata Prime, within the Temple of the Ancients, it would remain undisturbed for nearly three thousand years. In the year 1,000 BBY, the Sith Lord Darth Bane,&mdash;having become obsessed with the knowledge and prowess of the ancient Sith, including Revan&mdash;traveled to Rakata Prime&mdash;which at this point renamed Lehon,&mdash;in search of enough power to topple the existing Sith regime, the Brotherhood of Darkness.

Once there, he discovered Revan's holocron and from it received training and instruction that, he felt, surpassed the entirety of the Korriban Academy's archives. After obtaining all the trainings from Darth Revan's holocron, Bane destroyed it as was the way of the Sith to eliminate things that were of no further use. Partially through the wisdom and Sith philosophy imparted to him by Revan, Bane would acquire the strength, power, and knowledge necessary to reshape the Sith as he saw fit, destroying the Brotherhood of Darkness and establishing the Rule of Two, thus birthing a new incarnation of the Sith Order; one that would go on to topple the Galactic Republic and all but destroy the Jedi Order.

During the New Sith Wars, the Zelosian Sith Lord Darth Rivan would choose his name from a corrupted Sith manuscript that misidentified Revan as "Darth Rivan, the most powerful Dark Lord of the Jedi Civil War." Shortly after he defeated Darth Malak, Revan returned to the warring Korriban to subdue any potential Sith insurgents. Three thousand years after the death of Darth Malak, Revan was credited with having "driven the Sith from Korriban".

Powers and abilities
"Revan was power. It was like staring into the heart of the Force."

- Kreia



Revan was a talented student of the Force&mdash; the most gifted of his time&mdash;and by all accounts, became a very powerful Force practitioner. As one of the few individuals in galactic history to reach the heights of Sith power and return to the Jedi, he proved himself highly skilled in the use of both the light and dark sides of the Force. Before his and Revan's final duel, Darth Malak told Revan that he was stronger in the Force than he ever was as the Dark Lord. Five years later, Revan's first Jedi Master Kreia would tell the Jedi Exile that Revan was "power", that it was like staring into the heart of the Force. As a Sith Lord, Darth Revan used a variety of Force powers. He could use the Force to create a whirlwind of Force energ that would encircle his opponent. He also used the Force to grip and choke his enemies, and was proficient in the use of Force lightning, and was able to use the dark side of the Force to tap into his innermost fears, pain and hate, and convert them into intense anger, channeling it to increase his speed, strength, and ferocity. Revan also used powers that were able to afflict his opponents, and was capable of using the Mind trick. He also used the Jedi healing tehcnique.

Aside from his mastery of both sides of the Force, Revan was also a skilled warrior. He defeated a number of accomplished fighters during the Mandalorian Wars and the subsequent Jedi Civil War. Some of the greatest warriors of Revan's time were no match for him, including Mandalore the Ultimate, the former Echani general Yusanis, Calo Nord, Darth Bandon, and Darth Malak, who was counted among the skilled swordsmen of the era. When Bastila Shan and three other Jedi attempted to capture Darth Revan aboard his flagship, he performed a Form VII ready stance, making him a possible Juyo practitioner. While he and Carth Onasi were searching for Bastila Shan on Taris, he participated in the local dueling ring to earn credits. Under the alias of "The Mysterious Stranger", Revan defeated the top five duelists, Deadeye Duncan, Gerlon Two-Fingers, Marl, Ice, and Twitch, to become the champion. His dueling sparked the interest of the former Mandalorian Bendak Starkiller, who only fought in death matches, but it is unknown if these two met in the ring. During his second search for the Star Forge, Revan single-handedly slew a pair of terentatek in the depths of the ancient Sith Lord Naga Sadow's tomb on Korriban. He also decimated the secret bounty hunter guild known as the GenoHaradan.



Revan was often credited as an exceptionally brilliant strategist and tactician. Certain individuals, such as Canderous Ordo, went as far as to place almost the entirety of the Republic's success during the Mandalorian Wars on his shoulders. 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. To the Mandalorians, Revan represented a supremely worthy foe&mdash;one that both embodied their philosophies and showed them their weaknesses. 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. Revan was widely regarded as an incredibly charismatic leader. At a relatively young age, he managed to persuade a significant portion of the Jedi Order to rebel against the High Council by joining the Revanchist movement into battle against the Mandalorians. He was also known to have been an adept negotiator. Likewise, at the end of the war, all but one of the Jedi that had followed him&mdash;the Jedi Exile&mdash;were converted to the dark side of the Force. Given his studying and understanding of Force bonding techniques, Revan probably utilized a similar process to that unconsciously carried out by the Jedi Exile. This theory was supported by Kreia, who told the Jedi Exile that manipulating and using his followers through the Force had been "Revan's way." Similarly, Kreia suggested that the reason for Revan's success in converting so many Jedi to the dark side was because he understood how to take advantage of wounds in the Force.

Revan spoke and comprehended a variety of languages, including Basic, Mando'a, Binary, Huttese, 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 one of the Rakata. He was unable to understand the language of the Sand People, requiring the use of HK-47 as an interpreter. During his reign as the Dark Lord, Revan wrote a book entitled The Rakata and the Unknown World. Approximately 3,000 years later, the book was still in the Korriban Sith Academy's archives.



Revan was, like Anakin Skywalker four millennia later, a skilled mechanic. According to his first Jedi Master Kreia, 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 Revan's preference of droids as she herself could find little to no interest in "all things dead to the Force." In 3,951 BBY, Kreia stated to the Jedi Exile that she believed Revan's talent for building droids stemmed from his desire for followers that obey orders without question. Shortly after the Battle of Malachor V, Revan built the "protocol droid," HK-47. After his memory was erased, Revan 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-47'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. Revan also proved adept at repairing abandoned, decommissioned, or rusted droids encountered on his journey, and could program them to fight for him. Revan also 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.

Behind the scenes


Revan was created by the developers at Bioware as the primary protagonist of the 2003 Xbox and PC video game Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. Revan was voiced by Rino Romano. While his main dialogue is never voiced, when his game sprite is selected, poisoned, achieving a critical hit, etc., his voice can be heard. 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. While Revan's gender is specified by the player, the canonical Revan is confirmed by Leland Chee to be male. Also, The New Essential Chronology and the Chronicles of the Old Republic, published prior to the release of The Sith Lords, both refer to Revan as male.

Due to his appearance with two lightsabers in the sequel to Knights of the Old Republic, The Sith Lords, fans have argued that Revan employed Jar'Kai as his main combat style. In all Knights of the Old Republic cutscenes and other canonical source material, Revan wields but one blade. According to Deesra Luur Jada's account of the Jedi Civil War, Revan killed Darth Bandon, Malak's Sith apprentice, after escaping the Leviathan, Saul Karath's flagship. However, this is impossible, since Bandon was defeated by Revan after he found the fourth Star Map, shortly before Revan and the crew of the Ebon Hawk were captured by the Leviathan.



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 blog on Starwars.com 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. However, in the guide Jedi vs. Sith: Essential Guide to the Force, Alek Squinquargesimus, a Jedi from the Knights of the Old Republic comics, was confirmed to have been Darth Malak. 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. 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."

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.

Amnesia
"Even the combined power of the Jedi Council couldn't keep your identity buried forever, could it?"

- Darth Malak

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, The New Essential Chronology, and the StarWars.com Databank, 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." 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 also states, "Aided by the full Republic fleet, Revan&mdash;now in possession of the memories the Council had erased&mdash;killed Darth Malak and destroyed the Star Forge above Rakata Prime." However, according to Shan, Revan's full memory could never be restored to him. She stated, "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 remain!"

Fall to the dark side
Little is known about exactly when Revan fell to the dark side. During a conversation in Knights of the Old Republic, Vrook 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."

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. According to Jedi vs. Sith: Essential Guide to the Force, Revan became the Dark Lord of the Sith two years after discovering Malachor, in the year 3,961 BBY. 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.

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." 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."

Dark side ending
"Malak is dead&mdash;all hail the return of Darth Revan, the true Lord of the Sith!"

- Bastila Shan, from the non-canon dark-side ending



Accepting Bastila Shan's offer, Revan struck down the Jedi Jolee Bindo and Juhani, 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 and Zaalbar to be struck down by Revan. The droids T3-M4 and HK-47 remained loyal to Revan, because ut was written in their programming. Canderous Ordo 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.

Using the resources he now commanded as Master of the Star Forge, Revan created an infinite fleet that rolled forth to crush the Republic. Surprisingly, however, 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.

Cut alternate ending
"No, it's too late for that. And it's too late for you to turn back&hellip; but you can end this here. There's still time for one final act of redemption."

- Carth Onasi, from cut non-canon ending



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, declaring that she is not the woman he loves. 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. Five years later, the Exile 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.

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.

Bastila Shan
During their search for the Star Forge, Revan entered into a relationship with Bastila Shan, although she was reluctant since the Jedi forbade love. However, after resisting for a period of time, she opened up to Revan, but after that, she insisted that it was for the best that they stay on their mission and ignore the feelings they shared. After Malak captured Shan and made her his Sith apprentice, Revan persuaded her to return from the dark side. When Shan asked Revan to strike her down after he defeated her on the Star Forge, he refused and told her that he loved her. She replied by saying that there was a time when she had yearned for, yet also dreaded to hear those words. Because she loved him too, but she could never face who he was. In the end however, Shan told Revan that she loved him too, and was no longer afraid to love. Afterward, Revan went off to face Malak, and having been redeemed, Shan used her Battle meditation to aid the Republic fleet against the Sith fleet. Both of them played a key role in the destruction of the Star Forge, and the victory of the Republic.

Carth Onasi
Although not considered canon, if the player chooses to create a female Revan, she and Carth Onasi would flirt and tease each other throughout their search for the Star Forge. 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 could not 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 crew members on the beach of Rakata Prime.

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 the Jedi Exile, hoping to hear some word of Revan. Unfortunately for him, the Exile had no news to offer him, but he asked the Exile that if she ever found Revan, to tell her that he was still waiting for her.

Juhani
"I&hellip; I&hellip; 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

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. 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
 * 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
 * Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 19: Daze of Hate, Part 1
 * Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 21: Daze of Hate, Part 3
 * Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 23: Knights of Suffering, Part 2
 * Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 29: Exalted, Part 1
 * Galactic Republic Defense Ministry Daily Brief KD0092
 * Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 42: Masks
 * The Betrayal of Darth Revan
 * Knights of the Old Republic: Opportunities
 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords
 * Darth Bane: Path of Destruction
 * Echoes of the Jedi

Notes and references
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