History Characters / KnightsoftheOldRepublic

* FamousAncestor: Subverted. While both are members of Clan Fett, he and [[Film/AttackOfTheClones Jango Fett]] are probably not related by blood - Jango was a war orphan that the clan adopted.

* HypercompetentSidekick: Mandalore's aide-de-camp and general right-hand-man, seems to be the brains of the Mandalorian Empire- it's heavily implied that his eye for tactics and logistics is what has enabled most of their victories so far.

* BodyHorror: One late-game cutscene shows him without his trademark metal jaw. It's... not a pretty sight even with the game's dated graphics. The Sith officer he's talking to in that scene visibly recoils in shock when Malak turns around to face him, and he's very eager to leave the Dark Lord's presence the very moment he has his next orders.

* VengeanceFeelsEmpty: Reluctantly acknowledges this after he gets no satisfaction from killing Saul.

* JustAKid: She gets this primarily from Carth.

* OverratedAndUnderleveled: Even more so than Carth. Legendary Jedi! Able to influence entire battles single handily! Fought against Revan! She is Level ''3'' despite joining later than Carth. Granted, when she joins up she already has enough experience to get three more levels, but still.

* TheDragon [[BigBadWannabe Wannabe:]] He's technically the second in-command of the Sith army. But for the most part is just a [[TheBrute violent enforcer]]. As mentioned above Saul Karath is much closer to TheDragon then Bandon despite not being a true Sith or even force sensitive.

* AlwaysSaveTheGirl: Even after the reveal of the central plot twist confirms a lot of his suspicions about you, he still throws himself between you and the big bad on the Leviathan, in full knowledge of how that's likely to turn out. [[spoiler: If you play Dark Side and Female, he will show up in the final stage and make a last-ditch attempt to redeem you. All of the outcomes result in his death. (Although [[CrowningMomentofHeartwarming it's possible to mod back in the option for him to successfully redeem Revan.]])]]

* {{Troll}}: He seems to enjoy messing with people [[ForTheLulz for the hell of it]]. [[CrowningMomentofFunny Just ask the prison guard at The Leviathan.]]

Shel is Zayne's ex-girlfriend. Their relationship hits a massive snag when Zayne is accused of murder (her brother was one of the victims.) She is manipulated by Raana into trying to kill Zayne but after two failed attempts (the first due to a combination of Del Moomo's stupidity and Gryph's quick thinking, and the second due to Zayne having an emotional breakdown about her brother's death causing her to loose the will to do it), she learns that Zayne is actually innocent and saves his life. Later on they patch things up and are co-running an organization to help fugitives.

* JerkassHasAPoint: He acts like a flaming jerk to both player characters. In the first case, it's [[spoiler: because re-training and trusting a mindwiped ''Sith Lord'' really is a bad idea]]. And in the second game, he's even less thrilled with the Exile, seeing her (or him) as a "mediocre Jedi" whose presence only brings disaster...and turns out to be right.[[note]]Though his attitude about it doesn't do him any favours.[[/note]]

* JerkassHasAPoint: Sunry tells the player character that [[spoiler:if the truth of his guilt comes to light in court, it will hurt the Republic in the long run. The Selkath will fine the Republic more for kolto, putting more restrictions in place and damaging the war effort.]]

* JerkassHasAPoint: He acts like a flaming jerk to both player characters. In the first case, it's [[spoiler: because re-training and trusting a mindwiped ''Sith Lord'' really is a bad idea]]. And in the second game, he's even less thrilled with the Exile, seeing her (or him) as a "mediocre Jedi" whose presence only brings disaster...and turns out to be right.

* EvilCounterpart: To Master Vahn, the player's Jedi teacher who teaches them the Light Side, while Yuthura is the player's Sith teacher, who teaches them about the power of the Dark Side.

* AlmightyJanitor: downplayed, since he's a Admiral but most Sith and Dark Jedi technically out rank him. But Saul is the on who acts as Makak's [[TheDragon second in command]] rather then Makak's actual apprentice Darth Bandon.

* AlmightyJanitor: downplayed since he's a Admiral but most Sith and Dark Jedi technically out rank him. But Saul is the on who acts as Makak's [[TheDragon second in command]] rather then Makak's actual apprentice Darth Bandon.

* TheDragon [[BigBadWannabe Wannabe:]] He's technically the second in-command of the Sith army. But more the most part is just a [[TheBrute violent enforcer]]. As mentioned above Saul Karath is much closer to TheDragon then Bandon despite not being a true Sith or even force sensitive.

* StupidEvil: In contrast with Revan's PragmaticVillainy . Malak often goes for the most ruthless option possible even when such actions are clearly not in his best interests. Such as when he orders the complete orbital bombardment of Taris.

* StupidEvil: In contrast with Revan's PragmaticVillainy . Malak often goes for the most ruthless option possible even when such actions are clearly not in his best interests. Such as when he orders the complete orbital bombardment of taris.

* ParentalAbandonment : Bastila accuses Helena of abandoning her by convincing her father to give her to the Jedi. Bastila's account isn't exactly unbiased.

* [[GunsAkimbo Blasters Akimbo]]: His prefered method of fighting.

* ProperlyParanoid: Doesn't trust a soul after his mentor betrayed him, and he's quite vocal in his initial suspicion of you, then the way the Jedi have put an average Padawan (you) and a rather raw Knight (Bastila) in charge of, basically, taking down the Dark Lord of the Sith. [[spoiler:And his suspicion turns out to be quite justified when it's revealed that you're ''Revan,'' the previous Dark Lord]].

* TheConscience: He and Bastila take turns at this, as does Jolee near the end.

* WeUsedToBeFriends: With Saul Karath, whom Carth now ''despises.'' (And for good reason)

* TheWisePrince: In the second game (a military version, not a monarch), particularly if you established the first game's player character as Light-side female.

** GameplayAndStoryIntegration: The game ''does'' list her Battle Meditation power under her Powers and Feats tab, which avoids making it an InformedAbility. It just states that it doesn't work on small scale fights.

* NotSoAboveItAll: She really tries to fit the wise jedi mentor archetype, but she doesn't quite manage it all the time. For example, when Mission asks her if she uses her force powers to do stuff like tripping people who've annoyed her, Bastila acts haughty and angry at the very implication that she'd ever abuse her powers for such petty reasons. When Mission continues to bug her about it, Bastila [[HypocriticalHumor uses the force to trip her]] and does the whole "I'm afraid I don't know what you're talking about" shtick when Mission calls her out on it.

* [[TheGenericGuy The Generic Droid]]: Explained as he is a fairly new droid yet to develop any quirks. When he reappears in the sequel, he's gone five years without a memory wipe (due to events explained in the EU novel ''Revan''), which has led to him developing personality traits.
* IntelligibleUnintelligible: Standard for astromechs in Star Wars, but particularly funny given that the player character is implied to understand him, despite the player themselves never being given a translation of what he's saying.

A Recruit in the Republic Army who was onboard the Endar Spire when it was struck by Sith forces. After their bunkmate, Trask Ulgo, sacrificed himself to hold off a Dark Jedi, the Recruit met up with Carth Onasi and escaped to the planet below. Working with several locals to rescue the Jedi Knight Bastila Shan and escape, the Recruit eventually finds themselves being trained by the Jedi for a special mission. [[spoiler:For tropes applying to the Recruit's previous identity, see the Antagonists folder.]]

* [[CallingTheOldManOut Calling The Older Brother Out]]: Mission tells Griff where to stick it after she's confronted with proof of how much of a sleazeball he is.

* {{Expy}}: of Han Solo, according to [[WordOfSaintPaul her voice actress]].
-->'''Creator/CatherineTaber:''' "I really wanted to put some Han Solo in there. Her sarcasm, her defensiveness and her bravado, all have a bit of Han as their inspiration. And oh yeah, she also travels with a wookie, but I didn’t have to add that part, the writers did it for me!"

* RubberForeheadAlien[=/=]BlueSkinnedSpaceBabe: Par for course for any Twi'lek.

* [[TokenEvilTeamMate Token Jerk Teammate]]: Stick him in a party with a light-side character and there are a number of side conversations where he and the lightsiders bicker. He particularly seems to get on Bastila's nerves. He seems to appreciate Jolee's snarking in a few scenes, though.
-->'''Lashowe''': Do you know how many Sith there are in Dreshdae?
-->'''Jolee''': [[DeadpanSnarker Twelve! No, wait - thirteen!]]
-->'''Canderous''': [[ActuallyPrettyFunny Nice one, old man.]]
-->'''Jolee''': Thank you! It takes effort to be properly irreverent in my age.

* SecretTestOfCharacter: [[spoiler: The master Juhani thought she killed was testing her reaction to her losing her cool during a training duel.]] On top of which, being sent to deal with her is rather obviously a test of ''your'' character by the jedi council. [[spoiler:Though if it goes badly, it can really make them look like idiots.]]
* [[SelfMadeMan Self Made Jedi]]: After being freed by a Jedi as a child, Juhani made it her mission to become one as well. [[spoiler:That Jedi was you.]]

* [[ApeShallNeverKillApe Droid Shall Never Kill Droid]]: Displeased Statement: For a time, the self-preservation protocols of HK-47 and HK-50 prevented them from harming one another, due to being made from the same template. For a time.

* FauxAffablyEvil: Certain Justification: It was sometimes necessary to impersonate a harmless protocol droid in order to get close to the target. As such, he has some of the polite mannerisms.

* MageKiller: Assertive Statement: HK-47 was well versed in the assassination of Jedi. In the second game, if you have sufficient Influence with him, he can teach you how to kill Jedi.

-->'''Revan:''' I'd rather you were safe. Somewhere else.
-->'''Jolee:''' Oh that's very kind of you. But while elsewhere may be safer elsewhere is not where I need to be.

* ThePunishmentIsTheCrime: The Jedi reasoned this to Absolve Jolee's crimes involving Nayama and [[PromotionNotPunishment Knight him]], This ruling distraught him enough to [[DefectorFromParadise exile himself]] to Kashyyyk.

* EasilyForgiven: Well, [[DownplayedTrope not really easily]] but suprisingly quickly for an EvilOverlord. While it takes [[spoiler:saving the galaxy by fighting numerous deadly enemies at multiple planets, not to mention having their original identity removed to earn redemption, it is sort of weird how in the Light Side Ending Revan is being praised as a hero despite having commited numerous atrocities in the past. GO-TO said that Revan could have served as a unifying factor for the galaxy, suggesting that there weren't too many people wanting to murder them after the war. Note that the part of his story about being brainwashed is unknown to most people, meaning the average citizen sees Revan as the guy/gal who killed millions of people and was handed GetOutOfJailFreeCard afterwards]]

* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Revan's decision to defy the Jedi Council and fight the Mandalorians is what began the former hero's StartOfDarkness.
* StupidEvil: One of the few Sith lords to actively avert this. [[PragmaticVillainy While Revan probably saw the value of not burning bridges needlessly]], [[NobleDemon neither was there any need in being pointlessly cruel.]] [[spoiler: We find out later that Revan was more of an extremely dark WellIntentionedExtremist than a flat out evil person like most Sith lords ''also'' tend to wind up being.]]

* FamousLastWords:[[spoiler:"And you never knew, did you? Remember... remember my dying words. Remember them when you look upon those you thought were your friends."]]

* KickTheDog: His final words to Carth, revealing that the PC [[spoiler: has really been an amnesiac Darth Revan the entire time.]] He does this to press Carth's trust issues. (Which are his fault to begin with) Facing imminent death, all Karath can say to his former friend is one final cruelty.

* CurbStompBattle: The player can run into him twice on Taris. The first time he's killing gang members for insulting him, the second he comes to collect the bounties of a few Rodians. Though outnumbered, neither group presents him with anything resembling a challenge. The first time the player tries to talk to him, or antagonizes him, [[HopelessBossFight he'll do the same to you ad your party.]]

-->'''Vrook''': ''If you find me overly critical, perhaps it is because you do not fully understand what is at stake...[The Republic] may fall because we, the Jedi, have failed them...this is why I can ask for nothing ''less'' than perfection.''

** JerkassHasAPoint: He acts like a flaming jerk to both player characters. In the first case, it's [[spoiler: because re-training and trusting a mindwiped ''Sith Lord'' really is a bad idea]]. And in the second game, he's even less thrilled with the Exile, seeing her (or him) as a "mediocre Jedi" whose presence only brings disaster...and turns out to be right.
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's a jerk, no question, but he's also a Jedi. It's practically a requirement. Despite his stern behavior, general unlikability (both out of universe and in, people just don't seem that fond of him), he is still a good man. He praises light-sided acts in the first game, at least the few on Dantooine, anyway. In the second game allows himself to get captured by bounty hunters in an effort to avert all-out war on Dantooine ([[NiceJobBreakingItHero which you screwed up]]), then goes off to fight the mercenaries on his own for no reason other than to buy you time to prepare Khoonda for the inevitable invasion. Sure, all in all he may be short-sighted and judgmental, but his heart's in the right place. He also accepts that he was overly harsh to the Exile after having helped take down Azkhul.

Adopted son of Hidden Bek leader Gahon Thek. He defected to the Black Vulkars after Gahon refused to make him leader.

* AndThereWasMuchRejoicing: Averted with Gahon, who will mourn for his adopted son in private when you return to the Bek base.
* ArcVillain: Of Taris in the early game, when you needed to find Bastila. Turns out he captured her and tried to set her up as a prize for the swoop race.

* SpoiledBrat: Being a lieutenant for the Beks wasn't enough for him. As he betrayed his father figure because he didn't believe Brejik was ready to be leader. Then when you won the Swoop race, he'll refuse to hand over Bastila, regardless if you raced under the Beks or Vulkars.

* StrikeMeDownWithAllYourHatred: After being mortally wounded, he tries to goad Juhani into giving into her anger and killing him. Whether Juhani gives into her anger or not is up to the player.

* AlwaysChaoticEvil: Long term use of the Dark Side of the Force made them cruel, arrogant and merciless. Even after the fall of their Empire, many modern-day Rakatas seek to return their species to its former glory by whatever means possible. On the other hand...
** TheAtoner: While most Rakata want to return to their glory, many others are ashamed of the atrocities their ancestors caused.

* TheHero

* ImplacableMan[=/=]OneManArmy: [[spoiler: During the final battle on the Star Forge. Despite sending his ''entire'' army and even turning the power of the Star Forge itself against his former Master, Malak freely admits that he expects this will only ''slow'' the character down!]]

* CallForward: One of her visions includes Darth Vadar.