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Star Wars character
Revan
Revan in Knights of the Old Republic
Portrayed by	Rino Romano
Position	Jedi Knight, Dark Lord of the Sith
Homeworld	Unknown (programmed identity—Deralia)
Species	Human
Gender	Player's choice (canonically male)
Affiliation	Jedi Order, Old Republic, Sith, Sith Empire, (both formerly), crew of the Ebon Hawk

Revan, voiced by Rino Romano, is the player's character in BioWare's Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic video game. The character may be either male or female, though Revan is canonically male and follows the game's light-side path.^[1] The player's choice of a male or female Revan changes only which characters the player character can fall in love with (as well as slightly altering the way some characters act towards the player).

[edit] Depiction

Revan and Malak, were both strong in the Force, confronted the invading Mandalorians against the Jedi Council's wishes. Joined by other rebellious Jedi Knights, Revan's leadership allowed the Republic to drive off the Mandalorians. During the war, Revan learned of the hidden Sith Empire and realized that only a military government led by someone who understood the Sith would be able to repel them. Thus, Revan renamed himself Darth Revan and ordered the use of devastating mass shadow generators to destroy the remnants of the Mandalorian fleet so he could concentrate on the Sith threat.

Revan took his forces beyond the known galaxy, claiming to be searching for the remnants of the Mandalorian fleet but in truth searching for the ancient Star Forge. Built by the Rakatan Infinite Empire nearly 30,000 years prior, the Star Forge siphoned matter from a nearby star to create an almost limitless number of ships. With information stored inside ancient Star Maps, Revan and Malak found the Star Forge, itself imbued with the dark side of the Force. Revan and Malak, now beholden to the dark side, created a massive fleet to overthrow the Republic.

One year after the end of the Mandalorian Wars, Darth Revan returned to Republic space at the head of a massive invasion fleet. Calling themselves the Sith, they declared war on the Republic. The Sith won battle after battle until Bastila Shan defeated and captured Revan. Revan was severely injured and lost his memories from before the confrontation, including knowledge of his identity. Knights of the Old Republic begins with Revan awaking on a starship under attack. Throughout the game, Revan learns of his forgotten history and assembles a band of followers as he searches for "Star Maps" that lead him back to the Star Forge. Revan encounters Malak, who tells Revan that he is the former Sith lord.

Malak captures Bastila and turns her to the dark side. In the game, the player can choose whether to turn Revan to the dark side or the light side of the Force. Regardless of the choice, Revan confronts Malak at the game's conclusion.

A year after the defeat of Malak, Revan left known space, having remembered the remnants of the ancient Sith Empire he had rediscovered as the Dark Lord, also known as the "True Sith". Hoping to put an end to the threat it posed before it could attack, Revan bade farewell to the nine comrades who had accompanied him on his quest, knowing that none whom he loved could safely accompany him in the places he had to walk. It is also believed by some that he sought exile after the Mandalorian and Jedi Civil Wars, thinking that because he brought the Sith upon the Republic, and then lost control of that power, that it was his own personal failure.

[edit] Later appearances

In Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords (4 years after his departure into the unknown), at the ancient tomb of Ludo Kressh in Korriban, the Jedi Exile fights a silent vision of Darth Revan, in which he appears to wield two lightsabers, one bronze and one violet. The game lists the color crystal of the lightsaber the player obtains from him as a unique bronze color.

In Star Wars: Darth Bane: Path of Destruction, Revan appears as a holographic avatar for a holocron discovered by Darth Bane.

[edit] Merchandising

A Darth Revan action figure was released for the Star Wars 30th anniversary collection.

In 2007, Hasbro toys released an action figure of Darth Revan. Revan received the second-highest number of votes in a "fan's choice" poll in Toyfare magazine in 2006 for Star Wars characters to be made as an action figure. The highest number of votes was for Quinlan Vos, a Jedi who appeared in comic books and who Hasbro had already slated to be released as an action figure in 2007.

[edit] Appearances

• Shadows and Light
• Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
• Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords
• Darth Bane: Path of Destruction (Holocron, Mentioned)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Revan on Wookieepedia, an external wiki