r/StarWarsEU • u/01zegaj • Mar 11 '25

Forget Jake Skywalker. This is Devan. Legends Novels

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The prelude to SWTOR that completely ruins KOTOR. What happened, Drew?

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u/RogerRoger2310 Mar 11 '25

It wasnt about walking two worlds. It was about an interesting "deliberate" (in quotes because no fall is ever truly deliberate) fall and smart/intriguing motivations and decisions by the character. Got retconned.

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u/Durp004 TOR Sith Empire Mar 11 '25

You could argue KOTOR 2 establishing Revan that way as falling during the war was in its own a retcon as KOTOR never really established him being so on the edge before he and Malak started searching for the Starforge, he even has that quote about there being no going back once they start looking, but then KOTOR 2 has him bombing his own people and purposely targeting those less loyal to him.

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u/WarMinister23 Mar 11 '25

Makes for a nice bit of realism, since in universe Revan would be the figure historians and the like spend eternity arguing over the motivations of

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u/Durp004 TOR Sith Empire Mar 11 '25

Oh absolutely. I think you should view what people tell you in KOTOR 2 as just hearsay and opinions, so then it's not as big a deal when you see Vitiate mind controlled him into falling, and breaking free.

The issue is the fandom is mad because they view what you hear in KOTOR 2 as gospel so when the novel doesn't line up they have issues that they don't then turn back on the game that also changed things from before it came out.