@Johanes Napitupulu The Eternal Empire never got a chance to be created in the first place: the Emperor didn’t possess Valkorion yet (maybe Valkorion wasn’t even born). Remember that there is a 300 year gap between the Revan novel and swtor and the Eternal Empire was created during that gap.
As much as I love SWTOR and all its flaws, if we had gotten a story like this for the cancelled KOTOR III I would've been astonished by the way one game can tie such a lovely bow around two already amazing games! You sir, are incredible! Can't wait to see what you do next
Darth Revan: Savior, conqueror, hero, villain... and in the end, as the Darkness takes me, I am nothing. Now I know how you felt, my friend. (Redeemed) Malak: You were the Chosen One! It was said that you would destroy the Sith, not join them! Bring balance to the Force, not leave it in Darkness! You were my brother, Revan! I loved you!
Canon is only what someone else decides is truth and irrelevant to me. This is a beautifully written end. And I would absolutely love to see it continue. Fantastic. Thank you so much for writing this. I can't thank you enough. It has actually given me a little bit more peace.
Fantastic work! This is the how the Revan we knew and loved would have truly handled the situation. The novel was more concerned with setting up the story for TOR than doing justice to the characters.
Wow, this was amazing. Well done! I loved Revan's tender moment with Bastila where she asks him, "who do you want to be?" It's a moment where Revan is given a choice, which is one of his greatest themes. I think Kreia mentions that Revan's fall and return were all "his choice". Giving him one last choice at the end of his journey was the climax of his character. So awesome! Also, I loved the moment when Vitiate is killed and his energy slowly seeped into Meetra. That goes so subtly well with her "wound in the force" character. So freaking cool! This certainly "fixed" Revan's arc for me. Thanks again bro!
Now that would have been a good conclusion of a trilogy. And much more potential for future stories. It can even be that Revan failed to change the Empire, but his ideas split it in too and delayed the invasion (not the mind games with the Emperor). Then Vitiate returns (as he does), the SWTOR happens, Vitiate dies again (as he does), his supporters losing while Revan's loyalists (aka wasted Revanites) taking over and Reforming Empire, which is basically what happened anyway, just with Malgus and Acina. This could have bin Revan's legacy, instead, he's crazy who's the best idea was a genocide of the Sith race (Because yeah sure, they the ONLY ONES who can be a Sith, kill them - kill the teachings), and then sacrificing the galaxy in the egoistic desire to strike Vitiate himself, witch he failed anyway. PS: Still, I like the SWTOR story, and IMHO: the game shines the best if played as a neutral (Pragmatic) Sith Warrior. For the Empire.
Imagining Meetra and Atton reunion: Atton: Hello, Meetra! Meetra: *Sighs* Why didn't I stay with Revan in the unknown region? Damn you, Revan. Atton: Come on. Don't be like that! Revan: I feel a disturbance in the Force, as if Meetra suddenly cried out in annoyance and was suddenly silenced by a scoundrel.
@Rein Marren I'm sorry but George couldn't care less for the Old Republic either. I honestly don't think anyone is really interested in keeping the 2 original kotors and making a good continuation.
@@RogersRoger Plus I get the feeling they hold KOTOR 2 in deep contempt for its take on the franchise as a whole and would much prefer to erase it totally if possible.
The only thing keeping this from being perfect imho was it focusing too much on Revan and making Meetra a sidekick. Personally I saw them both more as equal opposites. Not your fault though, you did base this from what the book setup and the book really gave Meetra the shaft to prop Revan up even further. I love how it was basically Scourge's death that changed the timeline. Was never found of his character and saw him as really boring and a poorly written trope. Meetra leading the Jedi Order here gives me hope though. She was arguably the closest character besides possibly Revan to Luke Skywalker's New Jedi Order in her ideals of how to future generations. Meetra taught adults, accepted romance and its risks, and taught students at their own pace. I'll admit though, I'm kinda worried for Bastila. I know Revan can handle to duality of both the light and darkside, but she does have a shot due to her prior fall and force bond with him.
They should have just gone with this, and then 300 years later the Emperor returns. Or not. Revan is a character we all fell in love with, and seeing everything he’d worked for meaning ultimately nothing bothers me on so many levels. And all for what, a raid boss? Seriously, why didn’t they find something new to do in SWTOR? Was butchering Revan and making everything the he fought for null really worth it? Revan’s entire story is built upon redemption, and in SWTOR, he dies an insane villain who screws over the galaxy by resurrecting Vitiate. They killed Meetra, killed HK-47, and killed Revan, all so they could have him as a boss. I know characters die, and that’s just the way it is, but they ruined one of the greatest character arcs in Star Wars in the process.
Did they really ruin his arc? Revan always was about the conflict between dark and light within one character instead of the same conflict being lived out with Sith versus Jedi. While I too would have loved to see him redeemed in a more heroic fashion, I'd say he ends up redeemed in the game too. The madman screwing over the galaxy and resurrecting Vitiate isn't Revan, it's only the dark, vengeful, spiteful and ruthless side of him that refused to become one with the force after his defeat at the Foundry. I'd argue that him finding peace in the end by reconnecting his light and his dark side only goes to show that Revan never was intended to stay either Jedi or Sith. He's a completely different beast, more in tune with the force than both orders on the extreme spectrum. He died being at peace with both his dark and his light side; it's his internal strife that always made him so interesting as a character. And I'd say that his ending exemplified that beautifully. If you want a story arc ruined in its entirety - just look at the main films and the Skywalkers. In the end, it wasn't even one of them who put an end to the "Vitiate" of their era. Q_Q
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Hmmmm I don't know, knowing what we know now about the emperor, probably his spirit would just find another body to take over, similar to when the wrath killed him. He would then combine with his valkorion half, gain full power and he might choose to attack both the weakened republic and revan's empire with the eternal fleet. Or he might just ignore them, and go on with his life as the eternal emperor until he had kids, ends up disappointed in them and would start the war then.
I'm rewatching this due to me being bored and I must say it's greater than I remembered. The Revan's novel and Swtor are decent but the novel should have ended with Revan killing the voice of the Emperor but the Hero of Tython could have killed the Emperor himself and Swtor should have just left Revan all together.
i mean the whole story line pretty much highlights that if revan had not been defeated the entire republic would of been wiped out the hero of tython would not of been born. revans loss was a fascination to vitiate on how powerful revan was and that he was the 1st person ever to break his mind control so he wanted to study revan and learn all he knew about the jedi. when digging in revans mind with the aid of his most powerful disciples the dread masters all together working against revan and meetra's spirit to break the information from revan. revan was able to push back and highlight vitiates fear of death and hold off the sith armadas for 300 years longer then the sith had intended. this lead vitiate to create many of the openings that lead to his death and in the final battle it was revans spirit reaching across the galaxy collecting all the people needed to defeat vitiate for good. revan led scurge to the original body of tenebrae warned the hero of tython and his descendant and was the one that lead the charge against the emperor in the end without revan vitiate would of won long before the battle began. give the man his credit.
Awesome Video Luke. This reminds me of TROS but actually satisfying, The voice acting was great and the supporting noises of T3 driving around were a really nice touch. The Classic, FULL CAPS, important text highlighting on the Opening Crawl was a great touch too, it really felt Professional.
This is a great video! It's only a shame that I found it several years after you made it. The outstanding quality of this video was apparent from the work you put into it. It's obvious that this was a labor of love. The most touching moments were Revan's desire to reunite with Bastilla (the tragedy that they never did canonically kills me), T3-M4's loyalty in defense of Meetra Surik, and Revan and Meetra's goodbye (this in particular reminded of the strong connection and final goodbye between Jyn Erso and Cassian Andor). I feel like Revan's dual personality's are given substance (as if they're dueling entities) well in your version of it. It doesn't come off a cheesy but seems like a real possibility. As always, the nod to Malak's final words and Revan's remembrance of him as a friend is tragic but fleshes out his character in a way the games typically don't. After reading the other comments, completely agree. Revan should've remained alive and either killed the dark council or killed the emperor himself. He was always the hero of the story. Can't believe Disney shafted his character. The Exile was also incredibly important as a character because she represented something in the force that had never been seen before. Your line about her absorbing the emperor's essence was a great addition. Nerfing her by allowing her to be killed by Scourge was just lazy writing.
Ok this is awesome and makes sense. Revan knows the dangers of power vacuums, and he can't help but being a briliant strategist. I don't see why Meetra wouldn't be able to visit from time to time though. xD It bothers me that in the book Revan was hyped to hell and earth with the entire Revan reborn scene, only to be defeated in that way in the end. I agree with the assessment that Drew had his hands tied with that plot point. Still, the book is a good glimpse of what kotor 3 would have been, in part. I was here thinking how the timeline would change if this video was canon. For starters, Vaner would have not become Supreme Chancellor, or met Emess (probably), completely changing Revan's lineage. Now, for Revan's new adventure, he gets invaded by Zakuul! x'D I love your writing, by the way. If you have a fanfiction page plz share!
Thank you for all your kindness! I unfortunently do not write fanfiction and this and the 'What if Malak never betrayed Revan' are the only two I've ever done. As for Meetra - I felt now that as one is destined to lead the Jedi, and the other the Sith it's unlikely it would be a positive meeting - So Ideally it's an unspoken agreement to not intervere in either order's growth. The little Emperor laugh at the end might have hinted at something to do with Zakuul, who knows? 👀
I really want to have this as a canon for KOTOR 3, after I played KOTOR 1 the story of revan facinated me, I really want to get more informations about Bastila, if she tryed to found out what happend to Revan, I want them togheter again, they are so much better than anyone in the Skywalker saga
@@100StarWars i think i saw it, but for me, and i think i'm not the onlyone who think's like this, i want more, I mean, we know so much about Revan, but about bastila, we don't really know very much in the time Revan was in his quest to defeat the emperor.
This was fantastic my friend!! I think giving Revan his purple lightsaber would've been more fitting but still. When Revan confronted Vitiate, he was still weak and hadn't regained his full power. Sure he regained all his memories but he was still weak from the torture and also was not in peak condition either. If he had been, then I'm almost certain he could have defeated Vitiate
Exactly and don't forget that Dromun Cass is a Darkside Nexus so it naturally empowered Vitiate and weakened Revan due to his Lightside connection, to be honest at 100% of his abilities I'd say that Revan was actually stronger than Vitiate as Scourge even saw multiple outcomes where Revan would kill Vitiate in a 1v1 duel during the Revan novel while on Dromun Cass.
CAN YOU PLEASE CONTINUE THIS WHAT IF STORY??? I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR MORE FROM YOUR VIEW ON WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF YOU CONTINUED THIS WHAT IF STORY! I’M ENJOYING YOUR VIDEOS ALOT! CHEERS!!!
Amazing video, I'm so happy at least in this version characters weren't f*cked over like they were originally. Ace video I hope you do more like these ones, they're really interesting.
Little does he know Vitiate lives but barely. And the events that came would’ve been somewhat similar. I had no problem with him losing the fight it was just the “how.” Now at that time we didn’t know but now, I’m not sure it’s right that he kill Vitiate. And I may be the only one who believes this, but I still think the Hero of Tython is his successor. He is arguably the one to form the Alliance. I still love Revan, Meetra, and Scourge. They always have and will be my favorites. I just think it fitting that someone does finish what he started. Besides, given what’s going on now, I’m positive Revan will get one last shot at the Emperor. Now having said all that, I did love this story. Very interesting and intriguing
I a tad late to the party, but brilliant video! I quite like the take of the Sith Empire can't be defeated but can be changed mentality, it would be interesting to see a continuation of this story. :)
I know it’s been years, but I just found this this video. When you said he saw Bastila and listening to what she said, it made me think that this was her perfected Battle Meditation. That somewhere, at their home, she was using her meditation to save her enemy, her friend, her love, her husband, the father of her child.
That was a story that made me remember why I love universe so much, and it gave me something more. Revan is often depicted as the hero, and the villain, the coerced and corrupted, and then redeemed. What you gave him was an end and beginning. You illustrated his journey in a story that did not end with death, but strength. Complex and honest, he was more than light and dark, but a forceful being that may have been a more realistic chosen one, during age I wish we see one day on screen. You wrote it beautifully, and it bought a tear to my eye. So easy it is to resolve a story with the good guys winning with an explosion (ignoring the millions of innocent citizens that died in the process), but you gave us something more. The ending that is the honest reality to what such a complex galaxy deserves. Thank you.
I'm surprised there aren't a lot of Star Wars fans hating what Bioware did to Revan like what Rian Johnson did with Luke Skywalker. Also won't you guys use the #NotMyRevan hashtag?
100% Star Wars Yeah I don’t entirely blame him for the book, he did the best job given his limitations with the mmo. But he’s definitely a great writer. I mean he did write KOTOR 1 after all. And Darth Bane trilogy. Haven’t read them yet but I’ve heard great things.
Yeah I mean why did we absolutely need an Emperor in SWTOR ? I would have loved a Prince Malgus or some kind of leader of the Empire during the game, but no Revan, no Emperor, no Meetra. Let the game be something entirely different, 300 years after Kotor it would have made sense... Revan and the Exile’s story belong to Drew and Chris Avalon to tell. And only them.
I never played the SWTOR I just could see it as a follow up to KOTOR 1 and 2. I waited almost 20 years for a good conclusion to the story and ill take this over what ever the hacks running Disney and EA concocted for the fans.
I'm a bit late to the party, but could you possibly look at the idea of if Kreia survived the events of the return to Malachor V and went with Meetra to follow Revan's trail? I'd love to see how her part of the story would unfold, her interaction with Vitiate etc.... (I've always wondered how Kreia and Vitiate would interact, should they be in the same room) That said, this fanfic kicked ass on all cylinders, and would've made the perfect KOTOR 3 ending, had Obsidian not halted production on the game.
this is great, but my main issue with everything related to revan vs vitiate is that revan was sapouse to escape and unite all the forces for the next galactic war, mandos, republic, hks, jedis all of them should have been united by revan thanks to: canderous, carth,hk-47,bastila and meetra surik into a huge ass all out war :/ kotor 3 where are you my long lost friend? i shed tears whenever i think of you. meetra surik and revan was sapouse to be the fullfilment of the prophecy "the chosen one" the jedi who will bring balance to the force by basically usiniting the entire galaxy against the sith, causing the sith to turn to ashe and only remnants of the sith empire to survive all the way to the actual movies, darth bane is an amazing answer to what we do when kotor 3 is canceled :/
I like your concept of Revan so much! "Well, what a shame: you have an empire here, but no emperor. But since I am here, I guess I have no other choice but to volunteer as one." Shunzhi-style.
Very lovely alternate universe story! Though I am a big fan of all 3 Old Republic games and consider Swotor Canon, I definitely agree the book was not handled well, especially after seeing the Logan Trilogy, Ycey’s Meetra Films, and Varkor’s Films. However, I do think that what happened in Swotor with Revan made sense; The Man was broken mentally, being trapped in a mental battle and in stasis for over 300 years over losing T3 and Meetra to the one who could destroy everything he loved, and whats good is Echoes of Oblivion finally wrapped it all up so him and Meetra can rest in peace. Could it have been handled better? Definetly. Ive re-imagined and rewritten the story myself, same scenario occurs its just more realistic and more in tandem with all the games. *Regardless of what happened, The Old Republic era is the best☺️*
I always believed that Revan was the one to destroy the Sith Emperor because it seemed like they set that up in the Kotor games or at least Revan was supposed to gather the Jedi and Republic against the true threat that he sensed hiding in the shadows. Although there was a different story planned for Kotor 3, I feel like there would still be a Sith Emperor who was leading this major threat.
I really enjoyed the conclusion of this. I believe it’s inspired by the Revanites’ conspiracy theory regarding Revan actually having defeated Vitiate and ruling the Empire in secret during one of the planetary quests on Dromand Kass. It’s a neat idea
I loved this story! Perhaps you can do one that answers the question, What If the Redeemed Revan, before becoming one with the Force, created a special Holocron; neither Jedi nor Sith, but a combination of both, which contained a complete record of his life and all that he had learned about the Force and himself, one that was meant to be found by the Chosen One, Anakin Skywalker?
@100% Star Wars Can you make another what-if like this? One idea I'd really like to see is "What if Revan was in KOTOR II?" What if he stayed in the Republic and was one of the Exile's companions? What if he found Kreia again? I know this wouldn't actually be possible in the game, but I'd love to see your take on this!
Soo fantastic and amazing video my friend!!!! Telling a different version of Revan's battle with Emperor Vitiate is reminiscent of what I told you before of Darthycey's version. This version is absolutely amazing!!!! By the way let me know if you've the latest episodes of Clone Wars and hopefully you'll be able to add the Mandalorian, Cara Dune and Greef Karga to your squad on SWGOH. George
Honestly i follow it as the canon, since the old republic is wide open for canonization changes Edit: except shateele is revan's daughter and Revan faces the Emperor with a purple blade and all the crew is there
If you were to add like a longer lightsaber fight or maybe some more fighting context then this would be awesome. But it’s definitely a better ending than what Revan got in the end.
Great work! In my mind, I always wanted to see Revan using the Star Forge to drew the energy and the matter from Vitiate. I think it's a waste to let such an incredible and unique weapon turning to dust in the end of the first Kotor.
Actually I don’t think that Revan should lose a lightsaber duel vs the emperor. In fact Revan could have won the combat, even if I do not think he was at his top form and was in one of the strongest dark side nexus.
If he succeeded in killing vitiate it would've gotten him nowhere. The second he tried to take control and change the sith he would've been rebelled against and killed probably end up fighting a sith rebellion with malgus as its leader or even without malgus the sith would never tolerate him s a ruler and while revan is stronger than almost any 1 sith of this Era he is no match for all of them
What if revan created a new sith empire? What if this sith empire remained hidden and now show up till around the clone wars or galactic empire? What if by will of force that revan somehow is still around and leading this new sith empire? The sith teaching utlizing both the light and dark side. Anyways nice video, love watching what ifs like these. Or instead of the sith empire perhaps something do with the revanites. ^^
Well this was nothing short of amazing! How did it me for so long to find this one I wonder... An idea for you though if you want to keep on making these what if-stories: I would like to hear what you think what would happen after the dark side ending of KotOR! What if that was actually the real ending?
So, Revan becomes the new emperor and begins to work on changing it for the better, while awaiting Bastila and his son. This is much better
Essentially!
That moment when Revan called Meetra by her name, really took a tear from my eyes
That was one of the first things I wrote for this story and it's a really important moment for me!
@@100StarWars now that revan rules the new sith empire, how will he fare against Vitiates second empire (Eternal Empire) and its powerful fleet?
@Johanes Napitupulu The Eternal Empire never got a chance to be created in the first place: the Emperor didn’t possess Valkorion yet (maybe Valkorion wasn’t even born). Remember that there is a 300 year gap between the Revan novel and swtor and the Eternal Empire was created during that gap.
As much as I love SWTOR and all its flaws, if we had gotten a story like this for the cancelled KOTOR III I would've been astonished by the way one game can tie such a lovely bow around two already amazing games! You sir, are incredible! Can't wait to see what you do next
Thank you! I tried my best to give Revan's story a 'conclusion' whilst allowing more possibilites for the future!
I like this. The idea that this is balance in the force is just great and not just boring light win over dark story.
Darth Revan: Savior, conqueror, hero, villain... and in the end, as the Darkness takes me, I am nothing. Now I know how you felt, my friend.
(Redeemed) Malak: You were the Chosen One! It was said that you would destroy the Sith, not join them! Bring balance to the Force, not leave it in Darkness! You were my brother, Revan! I loved you!
Canon is only what someone else decides is truth and irrelevant to me. This is a beautifully written end. And I would absolutely love to see it continue. Fantastic. Thank you so much for writing this. I can't thank you enough. It has actually given me a little bit more peace.
Fantastic work! This is the how the Revan we knew and loved would have truly handled the situation. The novel was more concerned with setting up the story for TOR than doing justice to the characters.
That's true, but the writer didn't have a choice!
Wow, this was amazing. Well done! I loved Revan's tender moment with Bastila where she asks him, "who do you want to be?" It's a moment where Revan is given a choice, which is one of his greatest themes. I think Kreia mentions that Revan's fall and return were all "his choice". Giving him one last choice at the end of his journey was the climax of his character. So awesome!
Also, I loved the moment when Vitiate is killed and his energy slowly seeped into Meetra. That goes so subtly well with her "wound in the force" character. So freaking cool!
This certainly "fixed" Revan's arc for me. Thanks again bro!
Really glad you enjoyed it, Joshua!
Now that would have been a good conclusion of a trilogy.
And much more potential for future stories.
It can even be that Revan failed to change the Empire, but his ideas split it in too and delayed the invasion (not the mind games with the Emperor).
Then Vitiate returns (as he does), the SWTOR happens, Vitiate dies again (as he does), his supporters losing while Revan's loyalists (aka wasted Revanites) taking over and Reforming Empire, which is basically what happened anyway, just with Malgus and Acina.
This could have bin Revan's legacy, instead, he's crazy who's the best idea was a genocide of the Sith race (Because yeah sure, they the ONLY ONES who can be a Sith, kill them - kill the teachings), and then sacrificing the galaxy in the egoistic desire to strike Vitiate himself, witch he failed anyway.
PS: Still, I like the SWTOR story, and IMHO: the game shines the best if played as a neutral (Pragmatic) Sith Warrior.
For the Empire.
My main is a neutral fem sith inquisitor. Works quite well too.
Or as a Balanced Jedi Knight.
We need more videos like this! This was well done. I wish this is what we got instead of what they did with Revan and Meetra in the novel and TOR.
Thank you! Drew had his constraints, I didn't fortunetly!
Part 2 please
Or Revan could return and Kreia’s Light Side Force Ghost would speak to him.
I’m only a bit into the novel, is it that bad the further you get through?
@@silvertemplar8061 yup. If you have any respect for Exile or Revan, you will dislike the book.
Imagining Meetra and Atton reunion:
Atton: Hello, Meetra!
Meetra: *Sighs* Why didn't I stay with Revan in the unknown region? Damn you, Revan.
Atton: Come on. Don't be like that!
Revan: I feel a disturbance in the Force, as if Meetra suddenly cried out in annoyance and was suddenly silenced by a scoundrel.
HEY DISNEY, this should be a basis for KOTOR 3!
@Rein Marren I'm sorry but George couldn't care less for the Old Republic either. I honestly don't think anyone is really interested in keeping the 2 original kotors and making a good continuation.
@@RogersRoger Plus I get the feeling they hold KOTOR 2 in deep contempt for its take on the franchise as a whole and would much prefer to erase it totally if possible.
I second that
@Rein Marren is the one I
It's true the should Use this Material to make Kotor 3
The only thing keeping this from being perfect imho was it focusing too much on Revan and making Meetra a sidekick. Personally I saw them both more as equal opposites. Not your fault though, you did base this from what the book setup and the book really gave Meetra the shaft to prop Revan up even further.
I love how it was basically Scourge's death that changed the timeline. Was never found of his character and saw him as really boring and a poorly written trope.
Meetra leading the Jedi Order here gives me hope though. She was arguably the closest character besides possibly Revan to Luke Skywalker's New Jedi Order in her ideals of how to future generations. Meetra taught adults, accepted romance and its risks, and taught students at their own pace.
I'll admit though, I'm kinda worried for Bastila. I know Revan can handle to duality of both the light and darkside, but she does have a shot due to her prior fall and force bond with him.
I think she will give it a try. Bastila was a pretty headstrong lady, which can be a positive attribute.
They should have just gone with this, and then 300 years later the Emperor returns. Or not. Revan is a character we all fell in love with, and seeing everything he’d worked for meaning ultimately nothing bothers me on so many levels. And all for what, a raid boss? Seriously, why didn’t they find something new to do in SWTOR? Was butchering Revan and making everything the he fought for null really worth it? Revan’s entire story is built upon redemption, and in SWTOR, he dies an insane villain who screws over the galaxy by resurrecting Vitiate. They killed Meetra, killed HK-47, and killed Revan, all so they could have him as a boss. I know characters die, and that’s just the way it is, but they ruined one of the greatest character arcs in Star Wars in the process.
Did they really ruin his arc? Revan always was about the conflict between dark and light within one character instead of the same conflict being lived out with Sith versus Jedi. While I too would have loved to see him redeemed in a more heroic fashion, I'd say he ends up redeemed in the game too. The madman screwing over the galaxy and resurrecting Vitiate isn't Revan, it's only the dark, vengeful, spiteful and ruthless side of him that refused to become one with the force after his defeat at the Foundry. I'd argue that him finding peace in the end by reconnecting his light and his dark side only goes to show that Revan never was intended to stay either Jedi or Sith. He's a completely different beast, more in tune with the force than both orders on the extreme spectrum. He died being at peace with both his dark and his light side; it's his internal strife that always made him so interesting as a character. And I'd say that his ending exemplified that beautifully.
If you want a story arc ruined in its entirety - just look at the main films and the Skywalkers. In the end, it wasn't even one of them who put an end to the "Vitiate" of their era. Q_Q
@bob harley As a matter of fact, the latest I've heard of HK-47's antics is actually between 22 BBY and 1 ABY.
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Hmmmm I don't know, knowing what we know now about the emperor, probably his spirit would just find another body to take over, similar to when the wrath killed him. He would then combine with his valkorion half, gain full power and he might choose to attack both the weakened republic and revan's empire with the eternal fleet. Or he might just ignore them, and go on with his life as the eternal emperor until he had kids, ends up disappointed in them and would start the war then.
I'm rewatching this due to me being bored and I must say it's greater than I remembered. The Revan's novel and Swtor are decent but the novel should have ended with Revan killing the voice of the Emperor but the Hero of Tython could have killed the Emperor himself and Swtor should have just left Revan all together.
Yee
Or they could have worked together,
i mean the whole story line pretty much highlights that if revan had not been defeated the entire republic would of been wiped out the hero of tython would not of been born. revans loss was a fascination to vitiate on how powerful revan was and that he was the 1st person ever to break his mind control so he wanted to study revan and learn all he knew about the jedi. when digging in revans mind with the aid of his most powerful disciples the dread masters all together working against revan and meetra's spirit to break the information from revan. revan was able to push back and highlight vitiates fear of death and hold off the sith armadas for 300 years longer then the sith had intended. this lead vitiate to create many of the openings that lead to his death and in the final battle it was revans spirit reaching across the galaxy collecting all the people needed to defeat vitiate for good. revan led scurge to the original body of tenebrae warned the hero of tython and his descendant and was the one that lead the charge against the emperor in the end without revan vitiate would of won long before the battle began. give the man his credit.
Luke, this is incredible. Bravo! Thank you for giving me the opportunity to be a small part of its creation.
I greatly appreciate the help!
*Y'all helped ?!* Well Done
Awesome Video Luke.
This reminds me of TROS but actually satisfying, The voice acting was great and the supporting noises of T3 driving around were a really nice touch. The Classic, FULL CAPS, important text highlighting on the Opening Crawl was a great touch too, it really felt Professional.
I tried my best to make it as cinematic as possible within my contraints! Glad you noticed the T3 driving noise hehe
@@100StarWars at least t3 and meetra didn’t die but personally I wouldn’t have killed scourge
This is a great video! It's only a shame that I found it several years after you made it. The outstanding quality of this video was apparent from the work you put into it. It's obvious that this was a labor of love.
The most touching moments were Revan's desire to reunite with Bastilla (the tragedy that they never did canonically kills me), T3-M4's loyalty in defense of Meetra Surik, and Revan and Meetra's goodbye (this in particular reminded of the strong connection and final goodbye between Jyn Erso and Cassian Andor).
I feel like Revan's dual personality's are given substance (as if they're dueling entities) well in your version of it. It doesn't come off a cheesy but seems like a real possibility. As always, the nod to Malak's final words and Revan's remembrance of him as a friend is tragic but fleshes out his character in a way the games typically don't.
After reading the other comments, completely agree. Revan should've remained alive and either killed the dark council or killed the emperor himself. He was always the hero of the story. Can't believe Disney shafted his character. The Exile was also incredibly important as a character because she represented something in the force that had never been seen before. Your line about her absorbing the emperor's essence was a great addition. Nerfing her by allowing her to be killed by Scourge was just lazy writing.
Ok this is awesome and makes sense. Revan knows the dangers of power vacuums, and he can't help but being a briliant strategist. I don't see why Meetra wouldn't be able to visit from time to time though. xD
It bothers me that in the book Revan was hyped to hell and earth with the entire Revan reborn scene, only to be defeated in that way in the end. I agree with the assessment that Drew had his hands tied with that plot point. Still, the book is a good glimpse of what kotor 3 would have been, in part.
I was here thinking how the timeline would change if this video was canon. For starters, Vaner would have not become Supreme Chancellor, or met Emess (probably), completely changing Revan's lineage.
Now, for Revan's new adventure, he gets invaded by Zakuul! x'D
I love your writing, by the way. If you have a fanfiction page plz share!
Thank you for all your kindness! I unfortunently do not write fanfiction and this and the 'What if Malak never betrayed Revan' are the only two I've ever done. As for Meetra - I felt now that as one is destined to lead the Jedi, and the other the Sith it's unlikely it would be a positive meeting - So Ideally it's an unspoken agreement to not intervere in either order's growth.
The little Emperor laugh at the end might have hinted at something to do with Zakuul, who knows? 👀
Nyriss: No, this cannot be possible! What are you?
Revan: I am Revan reborn! And before me, you are nothing! (Destroys Nyriss)
OMG IM SUCH A BIG FAN
😁
So, basically the Master of the Order of Revan in SWTOR is actually right in here lol.
This is the true final of the story of Revan that we all wanted for years. Thank you for making this beatiful story.
Disney needs to see this video and somehow integrate it into the ‘KOTOR Remake.’ Or more accurately its sequel.
I have to say, this would make a good official story too. Revan could reappear not as THE Revan, but as a title passed through generations
Was kind of my thought process as I was picturing how it could be beyond this story.
@@100StarWars that's cool... great minds think alike I guess lol. "The mask in the end became Revan"
I really want to have this as a canon for KOTOR 3, after I played KOTOR 1 the story of revan facinated me, I really want to get more informations about Bastila, if she tryed to found out what happend to Revan, I want them togheter again, they are so much better than anyone in the Skywalker saga
I have a video like this about Bastila's whole life story!
@@100StarWars i think i saw it, but for me, and i think i'm not the onlyone who think's like this, i want more, I mean, we know so much about Revan, but about bastila, we don't really know very much in the time Revan was in his quest to defeat the emperor.
This was fantastic my friend!! I think giving Revan his purple lightsaber would've been more fitting but still. When Revan confronted Vitiate, he was still weak and hadn't regained his full power. Sure he regained all his memories but he was still weak from the torture and also was not in peak condition either. If he had been, then I'm almost certain he could have defeated Vitiate
I wrote this as a rewrite to the ending of the novel rather than a KOTOR 3 or so. And in the book, he has a green saber!
Exactly and don't forget that Dromun Cass is a Darkside Nexus so it naturally empowered Vitiate and weakened Revan due to his Lightside connection, to be honest at 100% of his abilities I'd say that Revan was actually stronger than Vitiate as Scourge even saw multiple outcomes where Revan would kill Vitiate in a 1v1 duel during the Revan novel while on Dromun Cass.
The KOTOR 3 we deserved but will likely never receive. Loving this channel my dude
"I am Revan REBORN.... and before me you are nothing!" -- Revan
To me this is a terrible line, it’s so cringy
@@4477superman Each one has their own taste I guess.
CAN YOU PLEASE CONTINUE THIS WHAT IF STORY??? I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR MORE FROM YOUR VIEW ON WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF YOU CONTINUED THIS WHAT IF STORY! I’M ENJOYING YOUR VIDEOS ALOT! CHEERS!!!
Really glad you enjoy them! This is only planned to be a one off. I've not got current plans to continue this partiuclar story.
Amazing video, I'm so happy at least in this version characters weren't f*cked over like they were originally. Ace video I hope you do more like these ones, they're really interesting.
Tasha Davenport indeed the Revan novel truly damaged Revan and wasted Meetra
These ones are quite something to make...
@@100StarWars well you can definitely see the effort behind them, they are rather brilliant
This needs a Sequel. It doesn't have to be Long, but it does Need to Be.
I have an idea for "one"
Little does he know Vitiate lives but barely. And the events that came would’ve been somewhat similar. I had no problem with him losing the fight it was just the “how.” Now at that time we didn’t know but now, I’m not sure it’s right that he kill Vitiate. And I may be the only one who believes this, but I still think the Hero of Tython is his successor. He is arguably the one to form the Alliance.
I still love Revan, Meetra, and Scourge. They always have and will be my favorites. I just think it fitting that someone does finish what he started. Besides, given what’s going on now, I’m positive Revan will get one last shot at the Emperor.
Now having said all that, I did love this story. Very interesting and intriguing
This was nicely done! A perfect conclusion to Revan and the Exile's characters! I accept this as head canon now lol
I a tad late to the party, but brilliant video! I quite like the take of the Sith Empire can't be defeated but can be changed mentality, it would be interesting to see a continuation of this story. :)
"Revan was power... like staring into the heart of the Force."
I know it’s been years, but I just found this this video. When you said he saw Bastila and listening to what she said, it made me think that this was her perfected Battle Meditation. That somewhere, at their home, she was using her meditation to save her enemy, her friend, her love, her husband, the father of her child.
It really has been years... that could've been something to add :)
That was a story that made me remember why I love universe so much, and it gave me something more. Revan is often depicted as the hero, and the villain, the coerced and corrupted, and then redeemed. What you gave him was an end and beginning. You illustrated his journey in a story that did not end with death, but strength. Complex and honest, he was more than light and dark, but a forceful being that may have been a more realistic chosen one, during age I wish we see one day on screen. You wrote it beautifully, and it bought a tear to my eye. So easy it is to resolve a story with the good guys winning with an explosion (ignoring the millions of innocent citizens that died in the process), but you gave us something more. The ending that is the honest reality to what such a complex galaxy deserves. Thank you.
I would love to see a sequel fo some kind going over how this would change the events of the old republic game
I've had a number of people already request a continuation :D
Revan is one of my favorite characters of the game and this is a better ending than the novel
New head canon, thanks!!!!!!!
That was excellent! Great work, best fan fiction right there! #justiceforrevan
Wouldn't say the best! But thank you :)
I'm surprised there aren't a lot of Star Wars fans hating what Bioware did to Revan like what Rian Johnson did with Luke Skywalker. Also won't you guys use the #NotMyRevan hashtag?
He would have prevented some of the worst storytelling in Star Wars
I think Drew had too many restraints from the MMO to be able to tell the story properly.
100% Star Wars Yeah I don’t entirely blame him for the book, he did the best job given his limitations with the mmo. But he’s definitely a great writer. I mean he did write KOTOR 1 after all. And Darth Bane trilogy. Haven’t read them yet but I’ve heard great things.
Josh Farr in regards to the Revan book, I found the first half enjoyable. The second half and the final chapter is where it falters.
@@100StarWars Do a what if Qui-gon survived Episode 1 and trained Anakin?
Yeah I mean why did we absolutely need an Emperor in SWTOR ?
I would have loved a Prince Malgus or some kind of leader of the Empire during the game, but no Revan, no Emperor, no Meetra.
Let the game be something entirely different, 300 years after Kotor it would have made sense...
Revan and the Exile’s story belong to Drew and Chris Avalon to tell. And only them.
I never played the SWTOR I just could see it as a follow up to KOTOR 1 and 2. I waited almost 20 years for a good conclusion to the story and ill take this over what ever the hacks running Disney and EA concocted for the fans.
I'm a bit late to the party, but could you possibly look at the idea of if Kreia survived the events of the return to Malachor V and went with Meetra to follow Revan's trail? I'd love to see how her part of the story would unfold, her interaction with Vitiate etc.... (I've always wondered how Kreia and Vitiate would interact, should they be in the same room)
That said, this fanfic kicked ass on all cylinders, and would've made the perfect KOTOR 3 ending, had Obsidian not halted production on the game.
Great, great idea! I totally agree with you
Ahhh this was so good!!! Well done
I appreciate it, thank you!
I like this ending better then the other one, very good work
Thank you :))
Great vid Luke!
You better be working on that ASMR tho!!!!
Hmmmm...
@@100StarWars LMAO!
@@100StarWars it's something that gets a person to sleep, he's implying your voice made him feel sleepy
Great work as always!
👏👏👏
Thank you! 😊
this is great, but my main issue with everything related to revan vs vitiate is that revan was sapouse to escape and unite all the forces for the next galactic war, mandos, republic, hks, jedis all of them should have been united by revan thanks to: canderous, carth,hk-47,bastila and meetra surik into a huge ass all out war :/ kotor 3 where are you my long lost friend? i shed tears whenever i think of you. meetra surik and revan was sapouse to be the fullfilment of the prophecy "the chosen one" the jedi who will bring balance to the force by basically usiniting the entire galaxy against the sith, causing the sith to turn to ashe and only remnants of the sith empire to survive all the way to the actual movies, darth bane is an amazing answer to what we do when kotor 3 is canceled :/
Glad you like it somewhat. I was trying to fix really the ending of the novel rather than a complete rewrite of KOTOR 3 :D
Darth Bane is thousands of years after the old republic
Splash'n'Skillz #37 no he happend In the old republic just a about 2 thousand years
Because the Jedi say that the sith were gone a thousand years (sorry can’t remember the word)
If only this had been the story used for Revan and Meetra. Beautifully written. I’m so glad I came across this.
I have returned
Better late then never I guess anyways watching other stuff and playing games
I like your concept of Revan so much! "Well, what a shame: you have an empire here, but no emperor. But since I am here, I guess I have no other choice but to volunteer as one." Shunzhi-style.
My canon.
Glad it resonates with you!
Very lovely alternate universe story!
Though I am a big fan of all 3 Old Republic games and consider Swotor Canon, I definitely agree the book was not handled well, especially after seeing the Logan Trilogy, Ycey’s Meetra Films, and Varkor’s Films. However, I do think that what happened in Swotor with Revan made sense; The Man was broken mentally, being trapped in a mental battle and in stasis for over 300 years over losing T3 and Meetra to the one who could destroy everything he loved, and whats good is Echoes of Oblivion finally wrapped it all up so him and Meetra can rest in peace. Could it have been handled better? Definetly. Ive re-imagined and rewritten the story myself, same scenario occurs its just more realistic and more in tandem with all the games.
*Regardless of what happened, The Old Republic era is the best☺️*
Thanks Nate, appreciate it :)
I always believed that Revan was the one to destroy the Sith Emperor because it seemed like they set that up in the Kotor games or at least Revan was supposed to gather the Jedi and Republic against the true threat that he sensed hiding in the shadows. Although there was a different story planned for Kotor 3, I feel like there would still be a Sith Emperor who was leading this major threat.
Oh definitely, it was all leading to this!
I love bastila soooo much and i hope she and revan finally have a happy ending in this version of events
I really enjoyed the conclusion of this. I believe it’s inspired by the Revanites’ conspiracy theory regarding Revan actually having defeated Vitiate and ruling the Empire in secret during one of the planetary quests on Dromand Kass. It’s a neat idea
Wow! This was excellent and, in my opinion, a far better end/new beginning for Revan. Thank you for sharing!
I'm really glad to hear you enjoyed it, thank you for watching! :)
The intro was fantastic.
I'm glad you liked it :)
As far as I'm concerned this is what happened to hell with the ending of the reven novel this is what's Canon for me.
I loved this story! Perhaps you can do one that answers the question, What If the Redeemed Revan, before becoming one with the Force, created a special Holocron; neither Jedi nor Sith, but a combination of both, which contained a complete record of his life and all that he had learned about the Force and himself, one that was meant to be found by the Chosen One, Anakin Skywalker?
This was amazing!
That was an amazing what if story!!! I'm gonna be showing this to a friend of mine whose a big fan of Revan! ^^
Thank you! I really appreciate the share :))
@@100StarWars ur very welcome!! ^^
Wow this is amazing. Great job Luke.
A fun little story, but I was more interested in the geopolitical effects.
This is so much better than the end of the revan book
Agreed
Nhilus will eat his soul as he did in that game
Such a cool AF Moment (Super Saiyan Revan!) "I AM REVAN REBORN AND BEFORE ME YOU... ARE... NOTHING!" *Force Kamehameha
@100% Star Wars Can you make another what-if like this? One idea I'd really like to see is "What if Revan was in KOTOR II?" What if he stayed in the Republic and was one of the Exile's companions? What if he found Kreia again? I know this wouldn't actually be possible in the game, but I'd love to see your take on this!
Will you make a second part to this?
Very well done My Lord!
Really nice touch with the sound effects and voices.
Also, T3 best droid!
Did you like how in the credits T3 was played by... himself 😂 My favorite part of the video.
THIS IS MY NEW HEADCANON
DID I SUCCEED??
@@100StarWars YES
It's a dang shame it's taken me this long to find this.
I love it.
Ngl, if i were to craft a fan ending, this would be the mold. ❤
Now I want a continued story 😅😢
That was incredible. Part II please! Perhaps how this ending would tie in to SWTOR and the Echoes of Oblivion ending.
Glad you enjoyed it! I can't say I ever intended to make a sequel though!
Soo fantastic and amazing video my friend!!!! Telling a different version of Revan's battle with Emperor Vitiate is reminiscent of what I told you before of Darthycey's version. This version is absolutely amazing!!!! By the way let me know if you've the latest episodes of Clone Wars and hopefully you'll be able to add the Mandalorian, Cara Dune and Greef Karga to your squad on SWGOH. George
Glad you enjoyed it! No, I haven't seen them.
Can you do what if malek was captured and had his mind wiped instead of reven
THIS IS SO GOOD!!! Alexa play Proud by 2chainz
"Nah, ALEXA SHADDAP."
❤ Danke mama ❤
Honestly i follow it as the canon, since the old republic is wide open for canonization changes
Edit: except shateele is revan's daughter and Revan faces the Emperor with a purple blade and all the crew is there
The revan bastila vision made me tear up
Just for the old republic theme LIKE!
Great story telling. I'd love to listen to more what ifs.
This is the story I desperately wish they had written instead of SWTOR.
Do a part two of this video focusing on revan’s new adventure
If you were to add like a longer lightsaber fight or maybe some more fighting context then this would be awesome. But it’s definitely a better ending than what Revan got in the end.
Great work! In my mind, I always wanted to see Revan using the Star Forge to drew the energy and the matter from Vitiate. I think it's a waste to let such an incredible and unique weapon turning to dust in the end of the first Kotor.
It was sadly too obliterated at the end of the game to be useful in any future stories.
@@100StarWars the foundry which is like a mini star forge still exists and can make all sorts of extermination droid armies and ships.
This was a great alternative ending, had me tear up. What’s the song’s name you used for the credits?
Then I succeeded in hitting those emotional strings! It's part of the Obi-Wan symphony of Lucas King.
more of the what if’s please your videos are amazing
Thank you, Kyler! I will do when I find the right idea.
Actually I don’t think that Revan should lose a lightsaber duel vs the emperor. In fact Revan could have won the combat, even if I do not think he was at his top form and was in one of the strongest dark side nexus.
Wow, this was so awesome!
Thanks, Leon :)
If he succeeded in killing vitiate it would've gotten him nowhere. The second he tried to take control and change the sith he would've been rebelled against and killed probably end up fighting a sith rebellion with malgus as its leader or even without malgus the sith would never tolerate him s a ruler and while revan is stronger than almost any 1 sith of this Era he is no match for all of them
Now this is the story that truly happened
What if revan created a new sith empire? What if this sith empire remained hidden and now show up till around the clone wars or galactic empire? What if by will of force that revan somehow is still around and leading this new sith empire? The sith teaching utlizing both the light and dark side. Anyways nice video, love watching what ifs like these. Or instead of the sith empire perhaps something do with the revanites. ^^
Dude you legit made my eyes tear up thru alot of this. Rare. 👍👍😂
I'm very glad I could create something that has such impact :)
This needs a part 2
Really glad you enjoyed it, maybe one day ;)
For some reason I find green sabers really odd on Revan. Purple, red, and dark blue look much better for him.
I agree that green doesn’t feel right for Revan. I prefer cyan and orange though, the colors of the special crystals from Kotor.
What if revan found the true sith like the story originally intended? Would be interesting to see a fan fic of that
I love this, I feel like there should be a 2nd one
Well this was nothing short of amazing! How did it me for so long to find this one I wonder...
An idea for you though if you want to keep on making these what if-stories: I would like to hear what you think what would happen after the dark side ending of KotOR! What if that was actually the real ending?