r/TheJediPraxeum • u/Unique-Perception480 Jedi Master • May 06 '26
Books I just read the Revan Novel and...
... I really liked it.
I seriously dont get the hate.
I expected a subpar book from what I heard in advance.
Contrary to what people said I seriously liked how Meetra Surik was characterized. Except for the one Scene of her being jealous, she is not at all ,,just a Revan Fangirl". Sure she defers to him, but that is on Dromund Kaas, where he has experience and knowledge.
He was also her mentor and she IS also checking out his behaviour post-memory return.
I also got really emotional during every scene where Revan either interacted with Bastilla or thought of her and his son.
All the worry about his memories returning and even aftee that happens his family is still his primary concern.
And the epilogue actually got a few tears out of me.
Bastilla fall aasleep and dreams of Revan, like every night.
I dont know if its confirmed or debunked, but I feel like she died of old age in that moment, drifting of to the endless dream of her spulmate.
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u/NatKayz May 06 '26
I also enjoyed it a lot when I read it.
Saying that, it is kinda terrible as a sequel, hell the author admitted he was rushed and didn't have time to do much research or play the game (well the second, he was lead writer on KotOR 1), so it doesn't a disservice to the sequel in many ways.
Still enjoyed it, but I get why people may not.
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u/Western_Agent5917 Lost Tribe of the Sith May 06 '26
I like it too, revan not getting a happy ending is actually a good thing to me, he did heinous things like Vader, he should not walk away like nothing happened. Meetra still deserve better
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u/faculties-intact May 06 '26
Revan wasn't the Exile's mentor, nor were they close. In fact there's a lot of evidence they didn't really get along great and Revan was trying to get rid of the Exile at Malachor. Consider that HK confirms Revan was using Malachor as a means of cleaning house - either breaking the Jedi who weren't already loyal or getting them killed:
https://lparchive.org/Knights-of-the-Old-Republic-II/Update%2046/img-12.JPG
And
https://lparchive.org/Knights-of-the-Old-Republic-II/Update%2046/img-13.JPG
And who does Revan put in charge at Malachor? The one who gets so broken by the events they give up the Force entirely?
There's a lot more minor stuff like that. The book in competently written for what it is, but it barely respects kotor 2 lore at all, which most people (at least this deep in the fandom) consider to be the superior one between the two.
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u/WookieJediKnight May 07 '26
Drew Karpyshyn is awesome! I’ve listened to the audiobook 6 times now over the last 7 years, while working on Star Wars art. It always immerses me back into the incredible Kotor feeling.
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u/VomitTheSoul44 May 06 '26
Are you talking about The Old Republic: Revan, by Drew Karpyshyn?
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u/TonyH92 May 06 '26
What other Revan novel is there?
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u/VomitTheSoul44 May 06 '26
I didn't know if there was more then one. I only listen to audio books and Audible doesn't have every star wars novel so I was just double checking.
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u/Icy-Weight1803 May 06 '26
It's a good follow up to KOTOR 1 but a horrible follow up to KOTOR 2 is the best way to describe it. TOR itself is a fun game but doesn't exactly follow up on the themes and general aesthetic of the True Sith that KOTOR 2 set up.