A book about Darth Revan???

[Grey Master]

Hey, guys, I'm new around here so I wanted to get started by telling you

that I have heard a rumor about a person (famous author or not, I won't say) that will probably write a book about Revan's rise and how he became a Sith Lord.

 

I was wandering what you guys think about it, and what would you like to find out about Revan's early years??? Please comment.

[Anakin Skywalker]

That's not right, he stole my idea, naw just kiddin, I wouldn't do it.... but that's my opinion....

[Diego Varen]

Hey, guys, I'm new around here so I wanted to get started by telling you

that I have heard a rumor about a person (famous author or not, I won't say) that will probably write a book about Revan's rise and how he became a Sith Lord.

 

I was wandering what you guys think about it, and what would you like to find out about Revan's early years??? Please comment.

 

First off, welcome to the Forums. Anyway, unless any public information is released, I guess that a book on Revan's past won't be released and it will be left to Fanfic writers, who decide what Revan's past is like. Shouldn't this be in Ahto, since this isn't a released Fic?

[Ambrose]

Whether or not this is moved, it's an interesting topic. I'd love a novel about Revan's life, and I'd definitely give it a read. Though the great thing about KotOR right now is that, since it's so flexible in storyline, fan fic writers have a lot more creative license. When canon rears it's ugly head, writers tend to lose a bit more of their creativity and gravitate around the edges of what the official canon source is.

[Diego Varen]

If the book is wrote, they'd have to think of canon, Revan being male and everything, which will upset some people, like those who play as a female Revan. The same thing would occur if the Exile is mentioned as female, upsetting people who play as a male Exile.

[RedHawke]

Moving to Ahto...

[Jediphile]

Such a book would make a lot of sense. After all, Revan's time as the dark lord prior to KotOR1 is relatively unexplored, even though there are references to Darth Bane later having learned of thought bombs from Darth Revan's holocron.

 

A book? Strange... I always thought that passage of Revan's background was ideal for a very linear FPS or RTS game, probably the latter, I'd say. I mean, a KotOR-era game similar to Battlefront or Empire at War.

 

But as far as getting closer to Revan's background and describing him as a character, a book is probably a better idea.

 

And welcome to the forum.

[Grey Master]

I'm sorry guys, as I stated I'm new to the site and really didn't were to put my thread.

But thanks to everybody who commented and an apology to RedHawke for making him mad.

(not really, I enjoy driving people crazy)

[SilentScope001]

Rumors are unrelaible in this day and age. Therefore, I'd doubt a book would be written.

 

In all fairness, the reason the KOTOR storyline works is because it is so vague. Nobody knows what really happened. If you remove the mysteriousness of the story, you get rid of the debates (which I really enjoy). Of the fan fics (which I don't care much, but others do, and it makes them have fun). Of the various interperations, of the double meanings and hidden conspiracies.

 

So, no book on Revan. Please. We must never know about Revan, since not only is it our character, but KOTOR is our story as well.

[Negative Sun]

What more is there to know about Revan?

 

Have you been paying attention at all in KotOR and TSL?

[Grey Master]

The more you know, the better.

[Fuu]

@ Jediphile: Orly. Where did you read these references? I haven’t read all that much eu (although I have done some reading about cannon / eu.)

 

 

As for the book....well I have mixed feelings. My fic will extend directly through that period, and I admit that I might be sad if the book conflicted with my own story. I spend a lot of my free moments thinking about the short and long term of my storyline, (yes I know.....SLOW!) how the characters personalities are translated through what I know of the games, etc.

 

Although, I might as well be writing a book considering how many revisions the first three chapters have gone through.

 

Personally I see Revan as a male and the Exile as a female. I have no clue whether the latter agrees with cannon.......

[The Architect]

A book about Revan? Yes please. I hope the rumour is true. I've never read a Star Wars novel, comic or whatever, but that will change, if their is a book about Revan. I just hope that they don't use the canon Revan in K3, the video game that is.

[Diego Varen]

Personally I see Revan as a male and the Exile as a female. I have no clue whether the latter agrees with cannon.......

 

It is canon Fuu.

[HerbieZ]

Last i haered, that was only mentioned on Wookiepedia. I have no problem with that but people say the Wookiepedia is not canon.

[The Sith'ari]

How real is that rumour? Any source?

 

And a book like that would be cool. Other than the details of his paths I'm very interested in how the author depicts Revan: look, personality, aura, etc.

[Mad Katz]

I personally would not want a book about Revan. I think it would ruin the KOTOR experience for a lot of people. I perfer that Revan stay our(the player's) character. We all have an idea of what Revan (and the Exile) is like, by gender and ethnic appearance. A book would ruin that for many.

[lukeiamyourdad]

Last i haered, that was only mentioned on Wookiepedia. I have no problem with that but people say the Wookiepedia is not canon.

 

Nothing on that site is considered "canon". It's a woefully unreliable source for any kind of information. Like another similar site, but that's another debate.

 

Besides, everything is so debatable in the Star Wars universe that nobody can find a common ground on which to agree on what's canon and what's not.

 

As for the rumour, we'll see. I'm not sure it has any foundation, but since it could make a decent amount of money, you never know. It could be enough to spark an idea in one of the execs' brain.

[HerbieZ]

I dunno, they have some pretty good stuff on uncle Ackbar.