Taris dueling ring



The Taris dueling ring was a battle arena of sorts where inhabitants of the ecumenopolis Taris could duel to earn credits. The dueling ring was owned and operated by the criminal Hutt known as Ajuur, who had ties with Davik Kang, leader of the Exchange. The dueling ring was popular shortly after (and possibly during, though this is unknown) the Great Sith War.

Duelists could battle with any weapons they liked, including blasters, blaster rifles and vibroblades. However, there was no chance of death thanks to a particular belt equipped to all duelists that would allow for the competitors to only be knocked unconscious instead of dying. There were at one point sanctioned deathmatches, where, as the name suggests, the duelists battled to the death, though these were eventually banned for obvious reasons.

During the Sith Empire's rule of the Galaxy, Taris was blockaded by Darth Malak's ships, preventing all arrival and departure on and from Taris. The dueling ring, like all establishments on Taris, suffered from this, though there were still a steady number of native duelists actively competing. In 3,956 BBY, Revan and Carth Onasi crash-landed on Taris, where Revan may have signed up as a duelist (competing as the Mysterious Stranger), defeating all competing duelists Taris had to offer.

The dueling ring, along with the rest of Taris, was destroyed during Darth Malak's bombardment of the planet, initiated simply to kill Bastila Shan, who was believed to be hiding out on Taris.

Known duelists

 * Deadeye Duncan
 * Ice
 * Marl
 * Revan
 * Bendak Starkiller
 * Gerlon Two-Fingers
 * Twitch

Behind the scenes

 * In Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, the player, as Revan, has the choice of competing in the dueling ring, though it is not required to beat the game. Once the player has defeated all active duelists, they have the choice of battling the retired Bendak Starkiller in an illegal deathmatch. Given that accepting Bendak's challenge leads to the player gaining dark side points, and Revan is, canonically, light sided, this article does not mention Revan's battle with Bendak. Also, whether or not Revan dueled at all has been left ambiguous since the dueling ring storyline is essentially a sidequest.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic