Revan

By Drew Karpyshyn

Revan - Drew Karpyshyn
  • Release Date: 2011-11-15
  • Genre: Adventure Sci-Fi
Score: 4.5
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Description

There’s something out there:
a juggernaut of evil bearing down to crush the Republic—
unless one lone Jedi, shunned and reviled, can stop it.

Revan: hero, traitor, conqueror, villain, savior. A Jedi who left Coruscant to defeat Mandalorians—and returned a disciple of the dark side, bent on destroying the Republic. The Jedi Council gave Revan his life back, but the price of redemption was high. His memories have been erased. All that’s left are nightmares—and deep, abiding fear.

What exactly happened beyond the Outer Rim? Revan can’t quite remember, yet can’t entirely forget. Somehow he stumbled across a terrible secret that threatens the very existence of the Republic. With no idea what it is, or how to stop it, Revan may very well fail, for he’s never faced a more powerful and diabolic enemy. But only death can stop him from trying.

Features a bonus section following the novel that includes a primer on the Star Wars expanded universe, and over half a dozen excerpts from some of the most popular Star Wars books of the last thirty years!

Reviews

  • Awesome

    5
    By Jason1972!?!
    Was a great book enjoyed it
  • Read now!

    5
    By starwarsclak
    This book is amazing. A must read for Star Wars fans interested in the old republic
  • Thoroughly enjoyable

    5
    By ParkOLewis
    Great story with great pacing with a great ending. Instantly one of my favorites.
  • Buy this now

    5
    By wxvjjgsxb
    I Love Revan!!!
  • Best Star Wars book I’ve ever read!

    5
    By OmarTron26
    Got me into reading all Star Wars books
  • Amazing Book

    5
    By escape rooms😁😁😁
    Because of this book(and KOTOR of course) Revan is my favorite Star Wars character! Now I’m a Star Wars fan big time, and I’ve read a lot of books of this genre but this one is the best of all. I will admit the ending wasn’t as good as I had hoped for but if you play SWTOR, it all makes sense. Great book 9/10 hands down. Deeply recommend it
  • Good read.

    5
    By VinnyC_34
    Since I started reading it, I constantly wondered what would happen next. Read the entire book shortly after making the purchase. Worth it.
  • good book tho

    4
    By NeighingHorse2
    4 stars bc the ending was awful and stupid
  • Amazing!

    5
    By itsRevan
    Must read for any KOTOR or SWTOR fan
  • Revan

    4
    By 1993guy
    What a depressing ending. But the rest of the book was entertaining and got me excited to the the KOTOR ps5 remake
  • Ending Bummed Me Out

    5
    By sixVI6
    This was a very suspenseful and compelling read. I liked most of the story-line, but the ending was a bit of a let-down. In the spirit of avoiding spoilers, I’ll just write that I wished for something more cathartic.
  • This should be a movie

    5
    By Darthpool
    I read this a week ago and I love it. Revan is such an underrated character that comes from an underrated Star Wars game. I know the all of the other reviews are whining about the ending, but it didn’t really bother me that much. Overall, an amazing book and now I figured we absolutely NEED a movie about The Old republic and have Keanu Reeves play Revan. #LongLivetheEU
  • Worth it

    5
    By Miv74
    Really liked this book👍🏽👍🏽
  • Amazing

    5
    By Gothamcity218
    My first Star Wars novel and I finished it in two days. I was on the edge of my seat most of my read. I can’t wait to start the next one.
  • Uh

    2
    By TheYodibear
    Ended wayyy too short. Surprising.
  • Great characters. If you like SWTOR must buy

    5
    By CallMeTumba
    Loved the books pace and plot. Rich characters. Throw back nods to kotor and if you play swtor it will be familiar territory. Pacing is great felt like watching a movie as I read the book!
  • I don’t think that Revan is that much like the Revan that I knew from KOTOR.

    3
    By None of ur buisness 10000
    This Revan did not have the same feel as the other Revan from Knights of the Old Republic. They kinda ruined his personality as the old one. Still they got the backstory of Revan PERFECTLY!!! I give it three stars. A nice try. I like the effort put into these books. That’s what makes them enjoyable.
  • The Force is with this one.

    5
    By Fun time clown. Com
    I know, I know..... Plenty of us Star Wars nerds/fans have probably said this about multiple Star Wars media. But here’s the point: If you were and are a fan of Kotor 1, Kotor 2, and Swtor (for those of you who don’t know what that means: Kotor= Knights of the Old Republic and Swtor= Star Wars the Old Republic). You will love this book especially if you played both Kotors with light Side cannon endings with cannon gender, yes I say genders because: if you chose the wrong gender and the dark side for each game you will be utterly confused by the sudden gender swap and moral compass flip. This book explains how the legendary character Revan came to appear 300 years later in Swtor. The ending is a gut punch of emotion and I would also recommend the audiobook because it has sound effects to increase immersion. If you have never played Kotor 1 or 2 I suggest you try them out; unlike the PS4, the Xbox brand allows backwards compatibility for old games. So you can play the original Xbox versions of Kotor 1 and 2 on a new gen console, that may even speed up the loading screens (I don’t know if the disks work from the old gen I bought them digitally). If you don’t think there worth the purchase: buddy boy you are wrong. The first Kotor has reveal as big as Empire Strikes Back; and while I was less interested in Kotor 2, due to the story not appealing to me, (maybe it will be the same for you or better) it does feature better graphics, gameplay, and is overall the superior version in all but story. After tagging both games on my Xbox hub I contemplated whether I should buy and play them because: while I heard good things (many good things), I was afraid that due to the sudden shift to such an old gen game in graphics I would not connect. But boy, once you shift your mindset back into old gen with a wayyyy better controller you can see why these games are considered the best Star Wars games of all time. I would say that if you prefer pc it’s not a good idea to play the first game because it is a port that cannot go to full screen, Kotor 2 doesn’t have this issue. I would suggest you play this on Xbox or Xbox One (Xbox one s and X are the same way), play the first game as a sarcastic light side Jedi guy with long brown hair; and play the second as a pure Jedi girl with brown hair. You can play both with Dark side powers and not get penalized so don’t worry. If you have a friend or family member that owns the games digitally have them do the game share feature for your Xbox. The PS4 has a similar feature but the profile that is sharing the game must not be online to play the games shared; while the Xbox One allows me to play a game like Black Ops 1 with him online without hindrance. And lastly this book explains what Revan did inbetween Kotor1 and Kotor2 and effectively gives you an ending to those games. You don’t need to play Swtor to see what happens next in Revan’s story, but if your a fan of the Old Republic time period and a fan of the Kotors: listen to the book and go play the Swtor game and its dlc titled: Shadow of Revan.
  • One of my favorite books

    5
    By VenomousAcorn
    I loved this book, he only downside was the ending, which I expected to be a little less devastating. Other than that this was a great book.