In 2014, when Lucasfilm officially rebranded the Star Wars expanded universe as Star Wars Legends, and declared it non-canon to the franchise, all of his other appearances, including the comic book series Jedi vs. Sith and the novels Darth Bane: Path of Destruction, Darth Bane: Rule of Two and Darth Bane: Dynasty of
But Revan didn't officially become part of canon until December of 2019 with the release of The Rise of Skywalker. In the film's "Visual Dictionary" it confirms that a legion of Sith troopers is named after the Sith Lord Darth Revan. Beyond that, though, nothing else of Revan's story is actual canon.
A movie based on Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic — the beloved video game first released in 2003 — is currently being written by Laeta Kalogridis (Avatar, Shutter Island) for Lucasfilm, three sources close to the project told BuzzFeed News. Fans have long yearned for its rich story to be adapted to film.
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| Born: | appear on Malachor V at 3,960 BBY |
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Following the battle on Alderaan, Malgus was nursed back to health by Daru, but jaw wounds he received during the battle forced him to don a respirator mask that covered his nose, mouth, and neck.
Solo: A Star Wars Story (~11–5 BBY)
- A New Dawn (11 BBY)
- Ezra's Gamble (5 BBY)
- Thrawn (~11–2 BBY)
- Servants of the Empire: Edge of the Galaxy (6–5 BBY)
- Servants of the Empire: Rebel in the Ranks (5 BBY)
- Servants of the Empire: Imperial Justice (4 BBY)
- Servants of the Empire: The Secret Academy (4 BBY)
The answer is, give or take, 381 books. Canon (unfinished and still growing) including all types and published to date… give or take, 86 books.
Ask any Star Wars reader what book to start with, and nine times out of 10, you'll get the same answer: Timothy Zahn's Thrawn trilogy. Heir to the Empire, Dark Force Rising, and The Last Command kicked off the Expanded Universe, written as the third trilogy decades before The Force Awakens arrived.
The three best books I would recommend that all Star Wars fans should read is the Thrawn trilogy or the Heir To The Empire Trilogy, written by Timothy Zahn.
Here are the ones most worth your time, even decades after the fact.
- Darth Plagueis. Darth Plagueis cover art | Torstein Nordstrand.
- The Thrawn trilogy. Thrawn as seen on Star Wars Rebels | Disney XD.
- Legacy of the Force.
- The Jedi Academy trilogy.
- The Darth Bane trilogy.
- Kenobi.
- Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader.
As such when George Lucas was making Star Wars, he wanted to capture the space opera serial feeling as thoroughly as possible by subtitling them with the episode number — starting with “Episode IV” to make audiences feel like they'd come into the middle of an ongoing series.
Star Wars canon was first defined in the first issue of the Lucasfilm magazine, Star Wars Insider: "Gospel,' or canon as we refer to it, includes the screenplays, the films, the radio dramas and the novelizations. These works spin out of George Lucas' original stories, the rest are written by other writers.
Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker is the original title of the novelization of the 1977 film Star Wars. Ghostwritten by Alan Dean Foster, but credited to George Lucas, it was first published on November 12, 1976, by Ballantine Books, several months before the release of the film.
The Star Wars books are very hit and miss, IMO. A big portion of the Star Wars fans actually loved the prequels, and they will defend them to no end. Then you have the part of the fan base, like me, who think they are not very good at all. You will find those who love The Clone Wars TV show, you will
Basic is the name given to the English language in the Star Wars saga, although in dubbed versions of the films it will for all intents and purposes resemble those languages.
Almost as long as there have been Star Wars movies, there have been Star Wars books. And yet the books still exist, and they are still worth reading, as are some of the new ones that have debuted since Disney took over, even if it's a new era entirely. (As ever, always start with the first book in each series.)
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order is a canon single-player video game that was developed by Respawn Entertainment. It was released by Electronic Arts on November 15, 2019. The game tells an original story about Cal Kestis, a surviving Jedi Padawan, five years after the events of Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith.
Revan (who is, per above, not identified as such during the character creation process) is customized by the player in terms of appearance, sex, and actions; canonically, Revan is male and follows the light-side path during the events of the game.
The game is not dead. But it has "down-sized", so there's not as much activity in the forums, in general.
Darth Revan is popular first off because he was the main character in fantastic game with a very strong story that really fit into everything Star Wars is about. He's also a character that's relatable because it was a role playing game and the end of the story was based on your choices.
Revan encounters Malak, who tells Revan that he is the former Sith lord. At one point Malak captures Bastila and turns her to the dark side.
So the basic gist is that Revan physically died when the imperial strike team “killed” him. However, his “dark side” self refused to become one with the force and split himself into two personalities, the dark side physical revan and a light revan spirit. The light revan believes that he should have died long before.
In the Knights of the Old Republic series
One year after the end of the Mandalorian Wars, Darth Revan returned to Republic space at the head of a massive invasion fleet. Revan encounters Malak, who tells Revan that he is the former Sith lord. At one point Malak captures Bastila and turns her to the dark side.
