Since this video is getting so much attention, here’s my controversial opinion:

Revan (the novel) is one of my favorites. I really loved the bitter-sweet conclusion to his story. He’s like a larger than life hero from Greek mythology, so it made sense to me that he had a tragic end. The bigger they are, the harder the fall, right? Even still, his failure still ended in a small victory; delaying the invasion by hundreds of years. He saved the galaxy one last time and no one will ever know. Tragically beautiful, if you ask me.

I also liked his character arc of trying to live up to his own reputation, until he became the embodiment of the light AND dark sides of the Force. He became the “balance”. It made him badass, but somehow vulnerable as well.

“I am Revan reborn! And before me, you are nothing.”

That said, I really didn’t like Meetra Surik’s ending. Seemed anticlimactic and lame. Maybe I’m biased, because Meetra’s my favorite EU character.

Edit: Also, I wasn’t a fan of Revan in The Old Republic MMO. I feel like the novel should have been the end of his story.

"Savior, conqueror, hero, villian. You are all of these things, Revan... and yet you are nothing. In the end, you belong to neither the light nor the darkness. You will forever stand alone".
  - Darth Malak

Revan's greatest feat was getting his life told by Kreia and not getting roasted once. If this happens to you, it means you're absolutely epic (or you're the writer's pet).

the idea that revan never fell, but knowingly sacrificed himself to the dark side to save the galaxy from a greater horror........makes him so perfect

“Revan was power. It was like staring into the heart of the force”

Kreia, the greatest character ever written in Star Wars.

Revan: the person that paradoxically was one of the best  sith and  Jedi

Shout out to Kreia's voice actress!  Kreia's every word is sculpted so that she just exudes power and knowledge.  I feel that she is the perfect balance or container for the legend of Revan.  Not a container as if she's restraining him, but hers is the only in-story character that I feel can tell Reven's story.  In my opinion she is the perfect, and maybe only, lens to view, and consider Revan.  Only power can speak of power.

“You see, the war, the true war, had never been one waged by droids or warships or soldiers, but waged in the hearts of all living things, against our own natures. Light or dark”

This quote rings true, especially 3000 years later with the rise of Darth Vader

Obsidian and Kreia: "Perhaps he became the dark lord out of necessity... to prevent a greater evil."

Bioware: "haha Tenebrae mind control go brrr haha Revan puppet go brrrrrrrr"

It's criminal how few views this has. There are plenty of videos of Revan's timeline accompanied by visuals on youtube and there are several videos of Kreia talking about Revan but this is just the best of both worlds. Then add the epic soundtrack and this is officially amazing. Well done!

Kreia and Obsidian are a big reason for why Revan is so damn intriguing and awesome. They paid a lot of respect to the first game and his legacy. They expanded on it and made it really fleshed out and interesting... Too bad Bioware didn't give a rats ass about KOTOR 2...

"Revan choices was always his own, it was not teaching or examples, it was him" This quote is powerful, and also shows the utter failing that SWTOR did,  by taking away his agency. (Making it so that they were dominated by the sith emperor vitiate)

Kreia was alot of the reason revan was as powerful as he was.oit of all his teachers,it was her he listen to most.

In my head canon, the Shan lineage evolved into the Skywalker lineage.

I will always love Obsidian for creating Kreia, and turning Reven into a much more complex and interesting character in a just a few lines of dialogue. Such a shame that his depiction in the old republic just wasn't at Obsidians level.

Have you heard the legend of Darth Revan the wise ?
It’s not a story Disney would tell you

“The difference between a fall and a sacrifice is sometimes difficult, but I feel that Revan understood that difference more than anybody knew.” Phenomenal words. What I wouldn’t give to write like this.

To say Revan was a complicated individual would be an understatement. His entire life was essentially a gray area. He lost his memories, TWICE, from both his life as a Jedi and his life as a Sith and then regained all them in a single moment and collapsed from the sheer overload of information. After regaining consciousness the confliction within him must’ve been immense. His Jedi side likely wanted him to immediately start atoning for all the mistakes he had made as a Sith, whereas his Sith side probably wanted him to immediately resume his conquest of the galaxy. I’d assume he probably questioned a lot what his place was after this and what role he played in the galaxy. Was he the hero or the villain? However I think that in a way Revan was essentially chosen by the Force to be the space between worlds of both the Light and Dark side through bizarre circumstances. Yes, the Jedi and Sith are complete opposites. But they both ultimately derive their power from one single source, the Force. And of course Raven does eventually learn to balance himself and was able to master both the light and dark side of the Force. And because of this I think that is what Revan ultimately believed his mission was from then on, balance. He ended up realizing that good could not exist without evil, and that evil could not exist without good. Life could not exist without death, and death could not exist without life, and the Force is what connected it all. Someone made a custom oath for Revan that I think is pretty fitting.

”There is no light or dark side, there is only the Force. I will do what I must to keep the balance. There is no good without evil, but evil must not be allowed to flourish. There is passion, yet peace, there is serenity, yet emotion, there is chaos, yet there is still harmony. I shall be the vessel that unites it all under the Force.”

I can't get over how AMAZING Kreia is, dialogue and storywise. She was the reason I got intrigued in Revan since I never play KOTOR 1. Dude sounds like a legend through her view.