Meetra suggests that Revan is the most powerful being she's ever met (more powerful than Nihilus, even), and although her judgment certainly isn't perfect, I'm willing to grant Revan that accolade, at the very least. He also does reasonably well against the Sith Emperor in one of the galaxy's most powerful dark side nexuses...that can't be overlooked, either.
I'd put him around 90% of RotS Sidious's power?
Originally posted by S_W_LeGenD
Yes, Mr. Karpyshyn made this apparent in one of his official declarations but he turned out to be more conservative then was actually expected of him.I understand the reasoning of not depicting Revan breaking a planet apart with mere thought (Mr. Karpyshyn actually gave this example in his official declaration; no, I am not kidding 😛) and also not being an unstoppable death-machine but he still could explore Revan in lot of impressive ways. In-fact, it would have been better if Mr. Karpyshyn would have decided to write a novel series featuring Revan in the same manner as he did with Bane. In this manner, the author would have ample opportunity to satisfy the curiosity of fans also do justice to his character. Unfortunately, a golden opportunity have been wasted.
Revan have decent rapport among majority of contributors of Star Wars mythos (Revan is officially acknowledged as one of the greatest legends of the mythos) and it wasn't necessary for Mr. Karpyshyn to be ultra conservative about this character in literature. His work seems to be based on G-canon norms rather then EU canon norms.
Stop. Just stop. You are upset because Karpyshyn didn't deliver enough fanservice to your favorite character? Seriously? That's what bothers you about the Revan novel.
I don't think you or a lot of people on this board realize that the purpose of Star Wars literature isn't to "one up" other writers in terms of power levels. Which I personally think is good considering that starting in the animated Clone Wars series, and culminating in Darth Nihilus and The Force Unleashed series it seemed to be nothing more than 'Oh you thought Darth I can solo an army was badass, just wait till you see Darth I can move a Star Destroyer.'
I think that the way that Jedi are depicted in the newer mediums is perfectly okay. I don't want to see new force powers with planet shattering. Revan was badly written and had poor character development throughout. Ultimately it was a plot device to somehow explain why the hell Revan is in the current TOR plotline. That's something that should boil the blood. Not the fact that Revan doesn't get force feats of lifting mountains.