Rest in peace Tom Kane

Crazy that both Tom Kane and John Cygan have passed. It’s eerie to hear them talking to each other in a scene.

Kavar was always my favourite Master Jedi, despite him still being blind to the truth. He was closer than anyone to the Exile and for that he sympathizes with you (if you are light) and tries to understand. More than can be said for others, he tries more than any Master and offers sympathy, comprehension. The only death I slightly regretted

Vrook-Blinded, zealous and ignorant
Zez-kai Ell- eyes opened, understanding and  sympathetic to the Exile, but afraid  and shaken by the revelations and the implications of his changed perception of the Force.
Kavar- Understands and sympathetic, however still a bit blind, but recognizes the failures of the Jedi and their judgement of the Exile, and the echoes of pain in  the Force and how the Sith are hunting the Jedi via these wounds.

As a kid I always started with Dantooine then Nar Shaddaa and finally Dxun/Onderon, and it was amazing seeing the layers peeled back between the perceptions between all 3 masters.

With special appearance HK-47

Master kavar was my favorite of the kotor 2 masters. Rip tom Kane

You just had to include the HK-47 suggestion to use grenades

RIP Tom Kane

Could add more praises to Kavar, but instead I want to point out that he refers to Revan as Darth Revan regardless of how the previous game ended. Similar to how Sion always refers to Revan and the Lord Revan. It's speaks to both characters and the nature of titles.

I do love that they went out of their way to make all 4 Jedi Masters you encounter feel distinct- Vrook is a special kind of uptight asshole, Atris is a beautiful portrait of hypocrisy, and Kavar is just the absolute bro-tier Jedi Master like Qui Gon. He's not immune to the order's flaws, but he's less of an exemplar of them than the other Masters in the game, and it makes the council feel like an interesting body of leadership for the Jedi.

It’s always interesting going back and watching old shows just to hear a random Tom Kane voice line

It kind of baffles me how Kavar went from this to deciding that the exile had to be cut off from the force. Here he's very sympathetic and admits that he wanted to train the exile to eventually take his place. He straight up admits that they made a mistake and that he respects the exile's choice even if he doesn't approve of it. Then when the exile meets all of them he just goes along with the plan to cut them off from the force. He doesn't even try to explore a different plan he just says "okay we're going with it.".

Master Kavar seemed by far the most reasonable. Initially I had no idea he was voiced by Tom Kane.

Holy crap I didn't realize how long you've been posting these clips and compilations. Based.

R.I.P Tom Kane

I sided with colonel Vaklu because Kreia told me that helping them may be useful for getting us closer to Master Kavar. She was right, in a way. I had to defeat him, even though I absolutely didn't want to. Probably my biggest mistake in the game aside from causing the destruction of Peragus mining station. It also caused me to have to kill the two remaining Jedi masters on Dantooine. And to add even more salt to the festering wound, fucking Kreia becomes furiously disappointed in me and almost kills me. That was the lowest point in the game for me, it might as well have ended with me dying there.

Here's my take on the three Jedi masters:

Master Vrook is the embodiment of religious zealotry. To him the Jedi Order is correct, just and absolute. In his eyes the perfect Jedi is an obedient slave to the Jedi Code, who never deviates from its teachings.
Personal Note - I enjoyed seeing him die near the end of the game.

Master Kavar is the embodiment of family loyalty. To him the Jedi Order is family. Every Jedi is a brother, a sister, a son or a daughter. In his eyes, straying from the Jedi Order would be the same as abandoning your family. It's the reason why he went against the council's wishes and helped Meetra Surik when she joined Revan to war in the early Dxun campaigns. He didn't agree with her decision, but he couldn't abandon his "daughter" either.
Personal Note - he's the only master I secretly hoped Kreia would spare, but alas she didn't.

Master Zez-Kai Ell is the embodiment of apathy. He knows that the Jedi Order is flawed but he's too afraid to do something about it. He ends up doing nothing and becoming nothing.
Personal Note - I didn't care much for him, which is fitting now that I think about it.

The Dad the Exile never had 😭

Kavar was good Jedi, but I wish he could be seen more beyond the Jedi ways of seeing the force. He might made a compelling counter balance to Kreia. Two old mentors who could see more than the surface of the force, would have been nice. But I admit Kreia is still the more compelling/complex mentor character.
Also, I am the only one who noticed Iziz Cantina music wasn't playing in the first? I swear that was Javyar Cantina music.

Kavar seemed like a nice and reasonable Jedi. It’s too bad Vrook’s influence ruined everything, including the Jedi order.