Following the events of the popular Star Wars games Knights of the Old Republic I and II, Revan, penned by Drew Karpyshyn, contains an absurd amount of continuity errors. The premise is that Revan remembers why he fell to the dark side and runs off to confront it. Not a bad thing in and of itself, as this is what KOTOR2 implied, but Drew sees fit to toss out all of KOTOR2, except the title The Exile, because it doesn't gel with him. I apologize in advance for the lengthy post.
In the first part, Revan, married to the stuck-up prig Bastila, has become, for whatever its worth and apologies to my language, an ass. He seeks a confrontation with Jedi Master Atris (who's seventy but Drew describes her as twenty-five) over the misleading in the texts about the Battle of Malachor V. He's trying to find out what happened to some lame Jedi named Meetra Surik (dear God that still looks horrible being written; this is the name Drew gave Jedi Exile). Revan recruits Canderous Ordo to find Manalore's Mask as it leads to what Revan believes is a threat. After finding the mask, Revan abandons his long-time friend and rushes to the hidden Sith world Dromund Kaas. He's captured by Sith and held as a prisoner for the next five years.
Part Two completely, and with noted dislike, rewrites KOTOR2's entire storyline. In the game, the Jedi Council is non-existent, no one knows who the threat was or where they were striking from (it was noted in the novel that everyone and their pet dog knew about Kreia and her band of "rogue Jedi"). Yeah, that's what Drew called the deadly Sith Triumvirate. Rogue Jedi. Meetra (ugh) despite having rebuilt the Mandalorians, refounding the Jedi Order, and saving the worlds of Dantooine, Nar Shaddaa, Telos IV, Onderon, as well as destroying Darth Sion (the Lord of Pain, visibly scarred and hate-filled), Darth Nihilus (the Lord of Hunger; he devours everything and one that has a strong potential in the force and wiped out dozens of planets), and Darth Traya (the leader and Lady of Betrayal). Revan supposedly left others in charge and had a plan for why he led war on the Republic, but Drew overwrote this for "seemingly" no reason. Everything Jedi Exile and Revan did is discounted and tossed aside as Drew butchers his way through the Star Wars galaxy. Also missing is Jedi Exile's compassion for everyone and everything; Drew turned her into one hateful and angry Jedi.
She saved the galaxy from extinction by the Sith Triumvirate, which were revealed to be the advanced guard for the True Sith (the threat in The Old Republic), but Drew tossed all that out and said she was a Jedi who fought the rogue Jedi and their leader, Kreia (who was Darth Traya), and had many people who hated her. Drew treats her like the red shirt she is. She tracks down Revan and frees him with the help of one Darth Scourge. Together, with no plan and no allies, they attack Darth Vitiate (The Sith Emperor). Scourge stabs Meetra in the back and presents Revan as a gift to Vitiate. The Emperor grants Scourge immortality while Revan is imprisoned for the next 300 years (his story ends in TOR where the Jedi free him and the Sith kill him; so much for being the man with The Plan).
All in all, this book crushed the hopes of the KOTOR fans and Revan fans as Drew sacrificed great characters for a mediocre plot in a bid to hype up The Old Republic. All it did was fail in the majority of the eyes of the fans.
In the first part, Revan, married to the stuck-up prig Bastila, has become, for whatever its worth and apologies to my language, an ass. He seeks a confrontation with Jedi Master Atris (who's seventy but Drew describes her as twenty-five) over the misleading in the texts about the Battle of Malachor V. He's trying to find out what happened to some lame Jedi named Meetra Surik (dear God that still looks horrible being written; this is the name Drew gave Jedi Exile). Revan recruits Canderous Ordo to find Manalore's Mask as it leads to what Revan believes is a threat. After finding the mask, Revan abandons his long-time friend and rushes to the hidden Sith world Dromund Kaas. He's captured by Sith and held as a prisoner for the next five years.
Part Two completely, and with noted dislike, rewrites KOTOR2's entire storyline. In the game, the Jedi Council is non-existent, no one knows who the threat was or where they were striking from (it was noted in the novel that everyone and their pet dog knew about Kreia and her band of "rogue Jedi"). Yeah, that's what Drew called the deadly Sith Triumvirate. Rogue Jedi. Meetra (ugh) despite having rebuilt the Mandalorians, refounding the Jedi Order, and saving the worlds of Dantooine, Nar Shaddaa, Telos IV, Onderon, as well as destroying Darth Sion (the Lord of Pain, visibly scarred and hate-filled), Darth Nihilus (the Lord of Hunger; he devours everything and one that has a strong potential in the force and wiped out dozens of planets), and Darth Traya (the leader and Lady of Betrayal). Revan supposedly left others in charge and had a plan for why he led war on the Republic, but Drew overwrote this for "seemingly" no reason. Everything Jedi Exile and Revan did is discounted and tossed aside as Drew butchers his way through the Star Wars galaxy. Also missing is Jedi Exile's compassion for everyone and everything; Drew turned her into one hateful and angry Jedi.
She saved the galaxy from extinction by the Sith Triumvirate, which were revealed to be the advanced guard for the True Sith (the threat in The Old Republic), but Drew tossed all that out and said she was a Jedi who fought the rogue Jedi and their leader, Kreia (who was Darth Traya), and had many people who hated her. Drew treats her like the red shirt she is. She tracks down Revan and frees him with the help of one Darth Scourge. Together, with no plan and no allies, they attack Darth Vitiate (The Sith Emperor). Scourge stabs Meetra in the back and presents Revan as a gift to Vitiate. The Emperor grants Scourge immortality while Revan is imprisoned for the next 300 years (his story ends in TOR where the Jedi free him and the Sith kill him; so much for being the man with The Plan).
All in all, this book crushed the hopes of the KOTOR fans and Revan fans as Drew sacrificed great characters for a mediocre plot in a bid to hype up The Old Republic. All it did was fail in the majority of the eyes of the fans.
