As promised on Drew Karpyshyn’s official website, the title for his The Old Republic novel has been revealed today. It’s a title that is sure to make many Knights of the Old Republic fans squeal with joy:
The Old Republic: Revan.
Revan is the third book connected to the upcoming video game, and it promises to reveal what happened to Revan after the events of Knights of the Old Republic. The novel should also tell readers “who the Sith Emperor is in the time of the Old Republic, where they came from and how they have held onto power for so long.”
Q: The book is months away, but can you say how much of Revan will be revealed?
A: We called the book Revan because this is his story; he is the main character, and readers are going to see much of this book through his point of view. There are other characters, of course – some old and some new – but Revan is the primary protagonist.
Revan is hardly the only character from KOTOR that will be appearing in this book. Karpyshyn reveals that “Canderous, T3-M4, the Exile and Bastila Shan all have significant roles to play in the novel (along with some significant characters who appear in Star Wars: The Old Republic).”
The official TOR website has a full interview with Karypyshn about the novel online now.
Revan is set to hit shelves on October 18. We’re certainly excited for this novel, especially after speculating that it would feature Revan last month. You can discuss all of this new information on our forums.
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Whoa.
It feels like they’re crossing some invisible line. I didn’t think they were ever going to characterize Revan. In the KOTOR comics they were extremely vague about him. Oh well, if anyone should do it it’s Drew.
The comics were vague because they weren’t about Revan, they just intersected with the story.
After KOTOR I’d have been okay not hearing about Revan again (although I thought his character was awesome), but when they hinted at his fate in KOTOR2 it made me want to hear more.
Of course I’d prefer a KOTOR3, but since it’s not likely we’ll get one I’m thrilled to see Drew’s novel announced. Can’t wait to read it.
Something seems odd here. One of the TOR game clips showed the Jedi Exile discussing a “prisoner” who had been fighting the Dark Side for 300 years. Another clip showed an imperial officer discussing Revan in the present tense. All of this suggests that Revan hasn’t died by the time of TOR. As such, will D.K.’s Revan book be a cliffhanger leading into the game’s story, or will it be a self-contained novel? If the former, that means the game can’t come out before the book…
Hmm, I hadn’t seen that. I have to say, that doesn’t sound like an ideal situation since I probably won’t play the game…seems similar to what Blizzard did with the Warcraft 3 non-ending (if you want to know the rest, play WoW).
this is great news finally we get some answers looking forward to this extremly Revan has been a favorte of mine pretty much from the begining of KOTOR this is going to be fun