History YMMV / Revan

** [[BittersweetEnding The ending.]] [[spoiler: T3: UndyingLoyalty, BadassAdorable, ''T3-M4'' is [[DeaderThanDead incinerated]]. Meetra Sunik, The Jedi Exile: TheAtoner, TheHero, ''The Exile'' is betrayed and murdered. Revan: God damned, Revan; MemeticBadass, [[PlayerCharacter us]]; '''Revan''' is [[SealedGoodInACan imprisoned]] by the Emperor.]] IWillFindYou. [[VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic I will save you.]] [[spoiler: [[TearJerker It won't work out.]]]]

** [[BittersweetEnding The ending.]] [[spoiler: T3: UndyingLoyalty, BadassAdorable, ''T3-M4'' is [[DeaderThanDead incinerated]]. Meetra Sunik, The Jedi Exile: TheAtoner, TheHero, ''The Exile'' is [[StuffedIntoTheFridge betrayed and murdered]]. Revan: God damned, Revan; MemeticBadass, [[PlayerCharacter us]]; '''Revan''' is [[SealedGoodInACan imprisoned]] by the Emperor.]] IWillFindYou. [[VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic I will save you.]] [[spoiler: [[TearJerker It won't work out.]]]]

* FanonDiscontinuity: Many Star Wars fans refused to believe this novel happened, and use other explanations for why Revan is in The Old Republic. Alongside putting Revan and The Exile to BadassDecay, the KOTOR squadmates are incredibly shafted, outside of Canderous, T3 and Bastila. Even more so for the KOTOR 2 squadmates, where outside of Kreia (And only as a reference to her as "Darth Traya") none of them are even mentioned by name. Add this in with Exile [[ContinuitySnarl not recognizing Force consuming abilities despite having fought one in the form of Nihilus]], her connection to the Force magically re-appearing, the Sith Emperor being an InvincibleVillain and all of Kreia's teachings about the Force and the Jedi being a sign of Dark Side corruption. And on top of that, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking quite a few people hate the name Meetra Surik]]. Quite a few people used this as an example of why the 2014 Reboot wasn't a ''completely'' horrific decision.

** [[BittersweetEnding The ending.]] [[spoiler: T3: UndyingLoyalty, BadassAdorable, ''T3-M4'' is [[DeaderThanDead incinerated]]. Meetra Sunik, The Jedi Exile: TheAtoner, TheHero, ''The Exile'' is [[StuffedIntoTheFridge betrayed and murdered]]. Revan: God damned, Revan; MemeticBadass, [[PlayerCharacter us]]; '''Revan''' is [[SealedGoodInACan imprisoned]] by the [[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] Emperor.]] IWillFindYou. [[VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic I will save you.]] [[spoiler: [[TearJerker It won't work out.]]]]

* HolyShitQuotient: The final battle. [[spoiler: Especially once T3 gets blown apart. You may need to reread the passage a few times to make sure you read it right, but once it really sinks in that T3 is in [[Film/ShortCircuit numerous fragments]], you know that anything can happen. . . and it's probably not going to end well for our heroes.]]

** Let's start with Revan: in addition to everything he suffered through in KnightsOfTheOldRepublic and the events before that, here, he gets a grand-total of two years to be with the woman he loves before having to leave her behind forever, never gets to see his son, is held prisoner for three years, drugged up the whole time, and finally [[spoiler: gets betrayed and held captive for 300 years by the Sith Emperor.]]

* FanonDiscontinuity: Many Star Wars fans refused to believe this novel happened, and use other explanations for why Revan is in The Old Republic. Alongside putting Revan and The Exile to BadassDecay, the KOTOR squadmates are incredibly shafted, outside of Canderous, T3 and Bastila. Even more so for the KOTOR 2 squadmates, where outside of Kreia (And only as a reference to her as "Darth Traya") none of them are even mentioned by name. Add this in with Exile [[ContinuitySnarl not recognizing Force consuming abilities despite having fought one in the form of Nihilus]], her connection to the Force magically re-appearing, the Sith Emperor being an InvincibleVillain and all of Kreia's teachings about the Force and the Jedi being a sign of Dark Side corruption. And on top of that, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking quite a few people hate the name Meetra Surik]].

** Let's start with Revan: in addition to everything he suffered through in KnightsOfTheOldRepublic and the events before that, here, he gets a grand-total of two years to be with the woman he loves before having to leave her behind forever, never gets to see his son, is held prisoner for three years, drugged up the whole time, and finally [[spoiler: gets betrayed and held captive for 300 years by the [[CompleteMonster Sith]] [[HumanoidAbomination Emperor]].]]

* FanonDiscontinuity: Even before the 2014 reboot, many Star Wars fans refused to believe this novel happened, and use other explanations for why Revan is in The Old Republic.

* InternetBackdraft: Quite a few KOTOR fans ''hate'' this book- alongside putting Revan and The Exile to mild BadassDecay, the KOTOR squadmates are incredibly shafted, outside of Canderous, T3 and Bastila. Even more so for the KOTOR 2 squadmates, where outside of Kreia (And only as a reference to her as "Darth Traya") ''none of them are even mentioned by name''. Add this in with Exile not recognising Force consuming abilities (Despite having fought one in the form of Nihilus), her connection to the Force magically re-appearing, the Sith Emperor being a Villain Sue and all of Kreia's teachings about the Force and the Jedi? [[SarcasmMode Clearly a sign of Dark Side corruption.]] [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg And on top of that, quite a few people hate the name Meetra Surik.]] Quite a few people used this as an example of why the below-mentioned Reboot wasn't ''completely'' a horrific decision.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: While Jolee, Juhani, Mission, and Zaalbar are all handwaved out of the plot in a single page, Carth doesn't even get a throwaway mention (sure, he can be pretty hostile if Revan isn't female, but...) More notably, the Exile never once thinks about ''any'' of her companions, and nobody from the sequel gets a mention except for Revan's one conversation with Atris and a short reference to "Darth Traya".

* FridgeBrilliance: When [[spoiler:Revan is trapped in a state between life and death, and fed upon by the Emperor?]] This is [[spoiler:what Malak did to captive Jedi on the Star Forge in KOTOR 1.]] How else would Revan know what's going on, and [[spoiler:be able to subtly resist and counter it?]]

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: While Jolee, Juhani, Mission, and Zaalbar are all handwaved out of the plot in a single page, Carth doesn't even get a throwaway mention (sure, he can be pretty hostile if Revan isn't female, but...) More notably, the Exile never once thinks about ''any'' of her companions, and nobody from the sequel gets a mention except for Revan's one conversation with Atris and a vague reference to "Darth Traya".

* FridgeBrilliance: When [[spoiler:Revan is trapped in a state between life and death, and fed upon by the emperor?]] This is [[spoiler:what Malak did to captive Jedi on the Star Forge in KOTOR 1.]] How else would Revan know what's going on, and [[spoiler:be able to subtly resist and counter it?]]

* InternetBackdraft: Quite a few KOTOR fans ''hate'' this book- alongside putting Revan and The Exile to mild BadassDecay, the KOTOR squadmates are incredibly shafted, outside of Canderous, T3 and Bastila. Even more so for the KOTOR 2 squadmates, where outside of Kreia (And only as a reference to her as "Darth Traya") ''none of them are even mentioned by name''. Add this in with Exile not recognising Force comsuming abilities (Despite having fought one in the form of Nihlus), her connection to the Force magically re-appearing, the Sith Emperor being a Villain Sue and all of Kreia's teachings about the Force and the Jedi? [[SarcasmMode Clearly a sign of Dark Side corruption.]] [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg And on top of that, quite a few people hate the name Meetra Surik.]] Quite a few people used this as an example of why the below-mentioned Reboot wasn't ''completely'' a horrific decision.

** And now for the Exile. Like Revan, she did terrible things and even after [[TheAtoner making up for them]] is still stated as being viewed as ReformedButRejected by many in the galaxy, had to live as an Exile stripped from the Force for years, went through all the crap KOTOR II threw her way, and finally [[spoiler: gets [[InTheBack killed by Lourd Scourge]]]].

** Try to read the epilogue while listening to this [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeoGAKXsMjE]]. If your not sobbing, your not human.

* JustForFun/XMeetsY: The Sith Emperor is the nightmarish amalgam of Emperor Palpatine and Darth Nihilus, physically resembling the former quite a bit and even having red-robed guards with electric staffs who are fanatically loyal to him named Imperial Guards just like Palpatine does.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: While Jolee, Juhani, Mission, and Zaalbar are all handwaved out of the plot in a single page, Carth doesn't even get a throwaway mention (sure, he can be pretty hostile if Revan isn't female, but...) More notably, the Exile never once thinks about ''any'' of her companions, and nobody from the sequel gets a mention except a vague reference to "Darth Traya".

* {{HSQ}}: The final battle. [[spoiler: Especially once T3 gets blown apart. You may need to reread the passage a few times to make sure you read it right, but once it really sinks in that T3 is in [[ShortCircuit numerous fragments]], you know that anything can happen. . . and it's probably not going to end well for our heroes.]]
* InternetBackdraft: Quite a few KOTOR fans ''hate'' this book- alongside putting Revan and The Exile to mild BadassDecay, the KOTOR squadmates are incredibly shafted, outside of Canderous, T3 and Bastila. Even more so for the KOTOR 2 squadmates, where outside of Kreia (And only as a reference to her as "Darth Traya") ''none of them are even mentioned by name''. Add this in with Exile not recognising Force comsuming abilities (Despite having fought one in the form of Nihlus), her connection to the Force magically re-appearing, the Sith Emperor being a VillainSue and all of Kreia's teachings about the Force and the Jedi? [[SarcasmMode Clearly a sign of Dark Side corruption.]] [[AndZoidberg And on top of that, quite a few people hate the name Meetra Surik]]. Quite a few people used this as an example of why the below-mentioned Reboot wasn't ''completely'' a horrific decision.

** [[spoiler: The Emperor... his back-story, his existence, his powers... it's just... ''[[HumanoidAbomination wrong]]''.]] Its even acknowledged in-universe.

** [[BittersweetEnding The ending.]] [[spoiler: T3: UndyingLoyalty, BadassAdorable, ''T3-M4'' is [[DeaderThanDead incinerated]]. Meetra Sunik, The Jedi Exile: TheAtoner, TheHero, ''The Exile'' is [[StuffedIntoTheFridge betrayed and murdered]]. Revan: God damned, Revan; MemeticBadass, [[PlayerCharacter us]]; '''Revan''' is [[SealedGoodInACan imprisoned]] by the [[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] Emperor.]] IWillFindYou. [[VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic I will save you]]. [[spoiler: [[TearJerker It won't work out.]]]]

** And now for the Exile. Like Revan, she did terrible things and even after [[TheAtoner making up for them]] is still stated as being viewed as ReformedButRejected by many in the galaxy, had to live as an Exile stripped from the Force for years, went through all the crap KOTOR II threw her way, and finally [[spoiler: Gets [[InTheBack killed by Lourd Scourge]]]]
* VillainSue: The Emperor. As a teenager he killed fifty Sith Lords at once, a feat more suited to a Anime/DragonBallZ villain than a Star Wars character, he can feed on an entire planet at once, and has all of the powers of KOTOR 2 BigBad Darth Nihlus but at a greater level and without any weakness (also making him a CopyCatSue) and as soon as he shows up, Revan ceases to be the focus character or move the plot along at all. Oh and he casually stuffs Exile into the fridge. Because he's just ''so'' awesome. He doesn't have much personality beyond being powerful and evil, but look how awesome is he is.

* HSQ: The final battle. [[spoiler: Especially once T3 gets blown apart. You may need to reread the passage a few times to make sure you read it right, but once it really sinks in that T3 is in [[ShortCircuit numerous fragments]], you know that anything can happen. . . and it's probably not going to end well for our heroes.]]

HSQ: The final battle. [[spoiler: Especially once T3 gets blown apart. You may need to reread the passage a few times to make sure you read it right, but once it really sinks in that T3 is in [[{ShortCircuit} numerous fragments]], you know that anything can happen. . . and it's probably not going to end well for our heroes.]]

* AntiSue: Overly conscious with Revan, where he will act like he has barely any tactical understanding (Despite being a tactical genius during the ''two wars he fought in''), will avoid using any of his powers from the game because that would be "overpowered", and will fall for obvious traps. Drew also drops a big TakeThatAudience to anyone who expected a competent Revan.

** FanonDiscontinuity: Even before the 2014 reboot, many Star Wars fans refused to believe this happened, and use other explanations for why Revan is in The Old Republic.
* MarySue: Overly consciously averted with Revan, where he will act like he has barely any tactical understanding (Despite being a tactical genius during the ''two wars he fought in''), will avoid using any of his powers from the game because that would be "overpowered", and will fall for obvious traps. Drew also drops a big TakeThat to anyone who expected a competent Revan, but then plays it boringly straight with the Emperor- see below.
* MoralEventHorizon: The Emperor crossed this both in-universe and out when he [[spoiler: wiped out all life on a planet (even the Force!) to [[ImmortalityImmorality make himself immortal]]]]. Alternatively, he could be seen as having crossed this when he [[spoiler: [[SelfMadeOrphan tortured his own mother to death.]]]] Of course there's also the fact that he [[spoiler: VAPORIZED T3-M4!]]

* TearJerker: Revan seeing a holorecording of the son he will never meet. When he cries it's totally understandable.

* TheWoobie: UpToEleven with Revan and the Exile. Let's start with Revan: in addition to everything he suffered through in KnightsOfTheOldRepublic and the events before that, here, he gets a grand-total of two years to be with the woman he loves before having to leave her behind forever, never gets to see his son, is held prisoner for three years, drugged up the whole time, and finally [[spoiler: gets betrayed and held captive for 300 years by the [[CompleteMonster Sith]] [[HumanoidAbomination Emperor]].]]

*** IronWoobie: Both of them deal with all of this with minimal tears, which shows their Determinator status pretty well.

* InternetBackdraft: Quite a few KOTOR fans ''hate'' this book- alongside putting Revan and The Exile to mild BadassDecay, the KOTOR squadmates are incredibly shafted, outside of Canderous, T3 and Bastila. Even more so for the KOTOR 2 squadmates, where outside of Kreia (And only as a reference to her as "Darth Traya") ''none of them are even mentioned by name''. Add this in with Exile not recognising Force comsuming abilities (Despite having fought one in the form of Nihlus), her connection to the Force magically re-appearing, the Sith Emperor being a VillainSue and all of Kreia's teachings about the Force and the Jedi? [[SarcasmMode Clearly a sign of Dark Side corruption.]] [[AndZoidberg And on top of that, quite a few people hate the name Meetra Surik]].