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WARNING: CERTAIN PORTIONS OF THIS POST MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS FROM RECENTLY RELEASED MATERIAL. READER DISCRETION IS ADVISED.




Year: 32 ARK (After the Rise of [Exar] Kun)
Location: Taris
"A massive threat looms over us. There is something greater than the Mandalorians at work here. Something darker . . . and much more powerful. Please, you must send aid bef-r- -he- st--k- ag--n. . . . [static]"
--Unidentified Republic Captain's distress signal


Thousands of years before the rise of the Galactic Empire, the Galaxy was different from what we know it to be today. Yet, in some ways, it was similar. Constant warring between the light and the dark, each trying to extinguish the other. A never-ending battle for control over the galaxy. Conquest for the distant reaches of the galaxy, for planets unknown. Yet, something was very different back then. Perhaps it is best summarized with one word, or rather, a name:

Revan.

"They are destroying planets! Destroying our own Jedi! We have to stop them!"
"Is it justice you seek? Or perhaps revenge?"
"Does it matter? We have to fight them off! If we lend our help to the Republic the war would be over!"
"Have you forgotten the nature of the Jedi, Revan? We are to be
peacekeepers, not warriors."
--Revan and various Jedi Council Members


This RP will attempt to tie in aspects of the Legends portion of the Star Wars Universe back to the new Canon in a way that will help make sense of certain aspects (namely, the use of Malachor in the Season 2 Finale of Star Wars: Rebels). In fact, that episode and its relation to Knights of the Old Republic II is what inspired this RP, as the Sith Temple from said episode bears similarities to the Trayus Academy, the use of a superweapon and the destruction it caused draws parallels to the Mass Shadow Generator, and the first name I thought when I heard the voice from that holocron was "Kreia".

I realize Filoni advised fans to not try drawing too many parallels, but they're too abundant to count. I also heard a rumor that he hadn't set in stone who the voice and author of the holocron was yet because he had to make sure his crew was "cool with it". I'm hoping for this to possibly be Kreia, but whether it is or isn't won't really break my heart (though she does fit the bill as a powerful, manipulative woman lol).

That aside, I am looking to essentially rewrite the events of the Mandalorian Wars from Legends to better match with the Canon version of the Great Scourge of Malachor. While what we do here won't actually become Canon, it will hopefully serve to fill in some of the blanks, per se.

Largely, we will be RPing as various Jedi who follow the leadership of the rogue Jedi Revan as he leads his "Jedi Templar" into war with the Sith and the Mandalorians (whom have essentially become puppets for the Sith Empire). We will fight through many battles from Revan's joining the war, and sometimes some of the calmer moments between, all leading up to what will go down in history as the Great Scourge of Malachor.

While crossguard sabers (in the style of Kylo Ren) may not be abundant at the start, I'm thinking such may become available partway through as a style of lightsaber developed to contend with the combined forces of the Mandalorians and the Sith.

I realize there are likely to be many questions, however, I can only answer so many before I begin to spoil too much of the plot in this RP, and I can't exactly answer them all in this opening post, but I hope I can garner some interest from various fans of the series, whether new or old.

Note that this will have been the first RP I've run in ages (literally, at least a year), so I may be a bit rusty on the running of things, but hey, the main thing is having fun.
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Knights of the Old Republic is my favourite game of all time, so I'm defintiely interested in this.
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Yay! That's one. I'll see how many more we get over the weekend and post the OOC on Monday if we get enough.
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I've some interest in this, maybe it'll pull together better for me once it gets rolling, set I'll throw my hat into the ring now.
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I was hoping for one or two more people before we start, but I suppose I can go ahead and make an OOC today.
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I'm definitely down, this sounds super fun.
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I'd like to be part of this as well! I'm a sucker for star wars.
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Possibly interested, but I only recently bought the first Kotor on a steam sale and haven't finished it yet. Would it be necessary to have a lot of knowledge about the games, or Star Wars lore in general, to fully engage in this RP?

Also, from what little I do know, wouldn't going with Revan when he ignores the council and charges off after the Mandalorians kind of put our characters in hot water with the council? How would someone play a more devoted, light side oriented character in that situation?
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@Zeroth We're rewriting a bit of what happened in the original games to fit the new canon, so really, you could probably come into this with relatively little knowledge of the Legends continuity. (Legends vs. Canon is confusing with the Disney control over the series now)

Also, while Revan DID eventually fall to the dark side, there were some VERY light-sided ideals behind joining the war, even if the council disagreed, as the council was content to sit back and not fight, while Revan looked to protect the innocents being harmed by the war. One does not need a dark-sided mindset to join the war effort.

I'm not sure if it might work having characters spread across different factions, though, unless of course this were to grow large enough that we could have GMs for each. If this is what you guys want, I'm game, but you'll have to invite some friends so we can have wnough players for split factions. After all, I'm all for freedom (the more freedom, the better), I just want to make sure that that freedom doesn't end up with our characters so far separated that it kills the RP.

And yay! This is plenty to start the RP. I just got the OOC up here.
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Just got back to the forums after an 8 month break and came back to see this. I have two words...

Hell... Yes...
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So glad everyone seems excited for this RP. And @AbysmalDemon I'm glad this was a good sort of "welcome back" for you. This is honestly growing to be way more popular than I ever thought it would be. Now I just hope I can deliver by making this RP as awesome as it sounds like it might be haha

Just realized I should prolly put the OOC link in the OP of this thread as well. Will have that done in a moment.
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