As most of us know, Revan lead the Jedi knights and teamed up with Republic to help push back the Mandalorian menace. In doing so, he openly defied the Jedi council and brought upon a greater evil on the galaxy.
The Mandalorians themselves were pretty bad. They set fire to entire worlds (Ares III, fires that still burn), nearly annihialated the entire Cathar species, and attacked civilian sites just to demonstrate their brutality. Each mandalorian warrior was like "ten Republic soldiers." The Mandalorians were stopped, and a Mandalorian future where everyone would speak Mandalorian was also thwarted.
On the otherhand, Revan became the dark lord of the Sith, with Malak as his dark apprentice. The two essentially crippled the Jedi order, the Republic, and completely demolished two worlds (Telos and Taris, although Taris was Malak's design.) In fact, the galaxy would probably be ruled by the Sith with Revan as its master had Malak not unwittingly defeated their goals by betraying Revan from afar.
Essentially he did not put enough faith in the council's wisdom, and nearly brought doom upon the galaxy.
So what are your opinions? Was Revan's decision the right one?
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Last edited by zephiel7 on Feb 4th, 2007 at 10:22 PM
Did he do the right thing in the long run? No. He weakened the Republic, which would take decades, perhaps centuries to recover. His actions ultimately led to the destruction of Jedi Order, which would also take generations to heal. On the plus, he may have prevented the Old Sith from returning, and led to the destruction of the Star Forge, which may have been used by someone else somewhere in the future, to more disastrous consequences.
In the short run, he did the right thing. Defeating the Mandalorians was the right thing to do. When he set off to fight, he didn't know what the consequences to his actions would be.
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I'm bout 99% sure he did know what he was doing during the Mando Wars, as Kreia called the "war of conversion" he was converting Jedi and Soldiers to his cause. And the events of The Battle of Dxun and Malachor V only reinforce this, on Dxun as the Exile says he purposely made his generals(Jedi) do pointless feints and attacks against the fortified Mandos to show them the horrors of war to break there will. Then at Malachor V he assembles a fleet full of people who's loyalty was in question and has them utterly annihilate themselves while he is conveniently nowhere to be found when the MSG goes off.
BTW Malak was responsible for both Taris AND Telos, Canderous says this after the Leviathan scene.
That's why I said, "When he set off." When he and Malak first left to fight the Mandalorians, I doubt very much his intention right from the get-go was conquer the Republic. That's something he realized during the War, and during his time wandering space after the War.
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Feb 4th, 2007 10:19 PM
