Knights of the old republic ii the sith lords, as well as providing a backstory for events in the mmorpg star wars. The only down side to the book i would say was the ebrupt ending which does not give us a conclusion to revan s story instead setting it up for the for the new pc game star wars the old republic. To have an egg, the female must have mated with a male wasp. However, long forgotten memories from his once dark past convict him to search the galaxy for the evil threat that he. Revan, renowned as the revanchist and dreaded as the sith lord darth revan, was an eminent jedi knight turned conquering dark lord of the sith until, stripped of his true persona, he returned to the crumbling jedi order and helped defeat the sith empire he had established. Revan drew karpyshyn page 5 read online free books. One of my favorite things about star wars is the force, and the many philosphies surrounding it. After reading this book i was left wanting to know more. The old republic, and features the character revan, who was the player character in the 2003 video game star wars. How cool would it be if there was a mod for tsl where the exile went into the unknown reaches of space and discovered the mystery of what happened to revan. So his vision that he went with before betraying revan appears to have been wrong that is unless they do tie it in with the zakuuleternal throne story. Revan is a star wars legends novel by drew karpyshyn, author of the darth bane series and senior writer on knights of the old republic and star wars. This is an attempt at writing a much better ending.
Jul 17, 2015 directed by andrei shulgach, steven shulgach. I will say, towards the end this book got a little philosophical, and that was pretty cool. Revan motioned to canderous, calling him over to join him in the corner before he was swallowed up in a crowd of old friends. An archive of our own, a project of the organization for transformative works. These stories are part of the computer game star wars. Theres nothing wrong with enjoying some discworld every now and then. Dec 06, 2014 shadow of revan,the lame ending for revan thoughts and opinions spoilers. So, this is a retelling of the ending of star wars. Black hair plus dark eyes and pale skin means that the bald asian guy with the beard is the canon revan.
However, long forgotten memories from his once dark past convict him to search the galaxy for the evil threat that he and malak ventured out to find once before. The novel was released to quite a mixed response from the fandom. Once she was gone, the others in the room seemed to relax. Jan 05, 2020 revan is teleported by the force to the clone wars era. Revan was a sith lord and the namesake of the sith eternals 3rd legion. Oct 01, 2011 revan is an awesome character but this book dumbed him down almost the entire time. Its as if the writers looked at original trilogy and thought, all right, lets take palpatine and make him a thousand times more powerful and evil. It was conical in shape, a little more than a meter tall, and half a meter wide at its base.
When he wrote his book, he was already bound by what was supposed to happen in the game which, again, wasnt written by him and he didnt have anything to do with the shadow of revan expansion. The story of darth vectivus the sith that did no evil youtube. It makes even more sense when you consider sateles slightly asian features. Shadow of revan,the lame ending for revan thoughts and. I found the writing style a little disjointed though thats pretty par for the course with drew karpyshyn novels, and i was a touch disappointed with the ending, but largely i enjoyed it. Anakin is a good man gone wrong but i dont quite see much to sympathize wit a person who goes on to become a galaxy wide despot. The story of darth vectivus the sith that did no evil. How do i get the mages guild book in firsthold at the inn. An old republic novel by bioware writer drew karpyshyn is going to give kotor. There is something fundamentally wrong with the jedi, and until it is fixed there will always be those like ulic, revan and anakin. That way we could really close out the kotor series in a way that it deserves.
I got the book for xmas and finished it off last night. Revan appears again in the legacy of rakata prime flashpoint as the man behind the conspiracy in the forged alliances plotline. Making these videos takes a ton of work, and youtube ad revenue doesnt really pay the bills. Read the old republic revan before reading this or play the old republic. The visual dictionary, a 2019 reference book written.
Obviously there is that book that was written, but i heard it was terrible and did not do revan justice. Popular revenge gone wrong books goodreads share book. The book establishes that the canon in legends ending to kotor is revan taking down malak, shagging bastila, and then leaving her with their child to go hunt the real sith threat. And malak states the redeemed lightside revan canon ending is stronger now than as a sith lord. Knights of the old republic video game all the tropes. With no idea what it is, or how to stop it, revan may very well fail, for hes never faced a more powerful and diabolic enemy. Dec 01, 2011 i wont get into spoilers but the book pretty much defines revan and the exiles quest as a smallscale adventure that ends on a downer ending. In the end, the book was a fun to listen to, well written, and gave me a lot of. There was also the dark nest trilogy books, which i consider the worst event book ongoing story in the old eu, but even then they werent terrible although all of the big changes from the book were basically gone by the next one, which was a good thing.
Dec 29, 2011 revan novel a huge dissapointment star wars discussion. Revan is depicted as a former jedi who, along with alek later darth malak, left the order to lead the fight in the mandalorian wars due to the jedis inaction. However, long forgotten memories from his once dark past convict him to search the galaxy for the evil threat that he and malak. If she had died and gone on to live as a force ghost in a reasonably realistic manner, but noooooo, she got lightstabbed in the back by some character introduced only in this book and then dead. A gainax ending gone horribly wrong, so bad its even listed on the no ending trope as one of its worst offenders. We all thought the wasps were gone, but we were wrong. If you would like to participate, you can edit the article attached to this notice, or visit the project page, where you can join the project andor contribute to the discussion. The galaxy would have fallen if revan had not gone to war. Star wars legends the old republic star wars and millions of other.
Baodur and both lightside pcs are classic examples of people who have done wrong and are hoping to make. Despite revan and the exile previously having been treated as epic champions of the force, they are treated as fairly typical jedi. Ive changed revans character to resemble the one in the lord of revenge. The multiple voices he had, the black eyes, the way he used his power was far more scarier and evil. Written by drew karpyshyn, the novel was released on november 15, 2011.
Kotors darth revan is once again canon thanks to this star wars. Not all sith lords are evil, there are some dark lords of the sith that have gone through their entire ives without committing evil and today we will share the story of this sith lord. A lot of the book focuses on scourge, who is a willing servant of the empire. He is to take another mission, which was interesting and enjoyable to read. I hate to admit it, but i have not played knights of the old republic, the incredibly popular star wars video game of which the old republic. The point is, in this book, everyone held up their copies, the canonical versions of us dont get a happy ending. I take a look at the highly anticipated title from drew karpyshyn. The book s prologue starts off with revan experiencing terrible nightmares about a planet shrouded in lightning storms, which he believes is tied to his past in some way. Revan and malak left, found the sith in their distant empireinexile centered on dromund kaas, and tried to infiltrate to fight the sith emperor, lord vitiate. The character of lord scourge is introduced, a sith lord caught up in the quarrels of members of the dark council. First, according to the book, just as revan had taught him, bane destroyed the holcron becuase he had learned everything he could from it.
Which is kinda sorta wrong because he didnt write what happened to revan and exile in tor. Will they come back or will they stay in the shadows. Neb is like poison ivy, you cant help but want to scratch it because its just. He invaded the sith empire with meetra surik the exile, and sought to destroy the emperor vitiate, this empire had been growing in the shadows for centuries with noone being the wiser, and the emperor vitiate had been using his immense power to. Despite revan and the exile previously having been treated as epic champions of the force, they are treated as fairly typical jedi masters. Which i felt was a bit of a cop out especialy if youve actualy played the old republic and see how badly revan is used in the game. Knights of the old republic, which start a short time after revan has his memories erased by the jedi council. Luke was rightpossible njo and kotor spoilers jedi. Naming policy policy and consensus updates spoilers sourcing. Click here to see this thread with all of the graphics.
It hovered a meter off the ground, and three long, thin legs dangled below it, each ending in a trifingered claw. Lechuck is actually chuckie, guybrushs creepy brother, haunting him through the game for breaking one of his toys. I heard that the ending of revan was dissapointing, what is your opinion. The sith emperor is a classic example of where the star wars eu goes wrong. The female may be gone, but the male is still out there. Calling themselves the sith, they declared war on the. Please notify me if you see a meetra becaise this is about avion and revan. The sniveling bootlick that had greeted him at the spaceport on dromund kaas was gone, replaced by someone who was intelligent and selfconfident. And it is looking for revenge on the four green creatures that had taken away his only companion. Jun 16, 2018 not all sith lords are evil, there are some dark lords of the sith that have gone through their entire ives without committing evil and today we will share the story of this sith lord.
With no idea what it is, or how to stop it, revan may very well fail, for hes never faced a more powerful and. Redeemed jedi knight, revan, has saved the galaxy from the threat of his apprentice, darth malak, and has brought peace to the galaxy and to his wife, bastilla. So we have to go liberate them by confronting the author, before we get retconned out of existence. I like my view of his personality a lot better than the book s retconed one. If you have ever looked up a list of all the books released so far for star wars you realize this is easier said than done for a few. Sep 24, 2011 if she had died and gone on to live as a force ghost in a reasonably realistic manner, but noooooo, she got lightstabbed in the back by some character introduced only in this book and then dead. Revan, also known as the revanchist and darth revan, was a male human jedi knight turnedsith lord and dark lord of the sith until, stripped of his true persona, he returned to the crumbling jedi order and helped defeat the sith empire he had established. After the attempt to capture the sith lord goes wrong, darth revan makes an offer the jedi, the republic and the jedi padawan bastila shan are duly obliged to accept. Revan is an awesome character but this book dumbed him down almost the entire time. Revan in the novel is a gray jedi male with a nice beard, and surik is a light side female. Written by drew karpyshyn and released on november 15, 2011, revan fills in the gaps between the rpg games star wars. The only down side to the book i would say was the ebrupt ending which does not give us a conclusion to revans story instead setting it up for the for the new pc game star wars the old republic. Revan is the third in a series of novels based on the mmorpg star wars.
Revan s time on dromund kaas has ended but the sith are not destroyed. The old republic, to which it serves as a distant prologue. Revan is a fictional character in the bioware video game star wars. Theyve done a shockingly poor job of it quite frankly. They talk of revan, and vaner wonders if his father would have been. With tim torre, garrett vesely, vincent kalwa, john andrews. After the attempt to capture the sith lord goes wrong, darth revan makes an offer the jedi, the republic and the jedi.
I simply moved forward with the debunk over even the tempest fight, where actually lumiya really contended with. Revan novel a huge dissapointment star wars discussion. Revans time on dromund kaas has ended but the sith are not destroyed. With no idea how to identify the threat, let alone stop it, revan may be doomed to fail. Are there any legions named after darth naughty and darth bad. In the book revan says he shaved off his beard so people wont recognise him, so it makes sense that he would grow his hair long for the same reason. What are your thoughts on the current status of bioware. Read at your own risk still quite new, but worthy of discussion imo. According to the revan novel, revan and malak fought mandalore and beat him, and then mandalore told them that the sith were behind the war. One year after the end of the mandalorian wars, darth revan returned to republic space at the head of a massive invasion fleet. Lucasfilm makes knights of the old republics revan canon again. Additionally bane did get the rule of two from revan. The comic book series knights of the old republic deals with the life of padawan. Revan drew karpyshyn page 11 read online free books.
Revan and the exile have gone into the unknown regions, seeking the sith empire. The two strong jedi, no strangers to the dark side, fail to see or help scourge. May 22, 2018 six months out from this farce, lets take a closer look at everything that went wrong. I like my view of his personality a lot better than the books retconed one. The only down side to the book i would say was the ebrupt ending which. The books prologue starts off with revan experiencing terrible nightmares about a planet shrouded in lightning storms, which he believes is tied to his past in some way. Sith trooper legions were numerically identified, yet also named after an ancient sith lord. Shadow of revan,the lame ending for revan thoughts and opinions spoilers sign in to follow this. I guess karypshyn wasnt creative enough to make a credible end to the exile, killer of the sith triad. A ring of lights encircled the main body twothirds of the way up, blinking in some indefinable pattern. Revan runs a clone wars gauntlet spacebattles forums.
Ive changed revan s character to resemble the one in the lord of revenge. Ive got the book right here and just looked it up, and this is how bane came up with the rule of two. The old republic book 3 and over 8 million other books are. Time is short, but im pushing with my new novel, iron wolf, based on the life of the first king of norway, harald fairhair. The old republic novel finally finishes revans story. Shadow of revan,the lame ending for revan thoughts and opinions spoilers. In order to return back to his era he must defeat a certain amount of force users. This book takes place after he returns to the jedi. Revanlegends is within the scope of wookieeproject knights of the old republic, an attempt to build comprehensive and detailed articles with topics originating in the knights of the old republic metaseries. Hence, revan turned back to the light and later went on to travel to the unknown regions after the true sith, i.
I honestly like the description of the emperor in the book revan more than this game. It wraps up the story of revan, player character of knights of the old republic, and the exile, player character of knights of the old republic ii. A true confrontation between revan and the emperor. With no idea what it is, or how to stop it, revan may very well fail, for hes never. He was acknowledged as a very gifted forcesensitive pupil, he was trained as a padawan by number of other jedi masters and kreia, both on. One year after the end of the mandalorian wars, darth revan returned to. The book details the events of revans life after the events of star wars. As the history of the sith was kept hidden from the galaxy, only sith cultists knew the significance of revan s name.
Six months out from this farce, lets take a closer look at everything that went wrong. Which book in the star wars series tells the story of revan. How bad does the story of swtor mess with the story of kotor 1 and 2. During the digital expansion, revan returns to destroy the republic and empire. The guarded heart by robyn donald, a man to be feared by anne hampson, rossellinis revenge affair by yvonne lindsay. The overall plot of revan is covering the mysterious years after knights of the old republic, why he went missing and where the exile is. Then the moment was gone, and the onslaught of gang members apparently hellbent on killing the woman continued. This one shot is an au ending to the book revan, which sucked terribly imho. Oct 10, 2018 these stories are part of the computer game star wars. He is the primary antagonist of the fourth digital expansion to the old republic, entitled shadow of revan.
Revan is teleported by the force to the clone wars era. However, long forgotten memories from his once dark past convict him to search the galaxy for the evil. A human male, and acknowledged as a very gifted and powerful forcesensitive pupil, he was trained as a padawan by. Revan is a character i would like to see more of on screen or in a book. I think most people blame the revan book for ruining the story but the book. Let me finish the entire project, and then if theres time at the end, well talk about it. Ever since the end of kotr1 id been dying to find out what the hell happened when she disappeared and this is the answer. Of course, then revan redirects her force lightning right back at her and turns into a pile of dust. The book concludes many decades later with an elderly bastila conversing with her son.