Valiens Nantaris
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So I just finished listening to this. Overall I was quite impressed with it…except the last half hour/two chapters.
I was quite impressed how they managed to make Revan a somewhat believable character. I still don’t really like the concept and don’t understand the hype, but this was a decent way to do it. The other two main characters I thought were also decently represented. The Exile, despite having a terrible name (Meetra Surik…really?) was OK, if a bit bland. Lord Scourge meanwhile I found quite an involving Sith Lord.
The storyline was quite well done, though I preferred the first half before the timeskip (the post KOTOR 1 time as opposed to the post KOTOR 2 one). Canderous was fun and done well, and the incidental characters were usually decent.
I also liked the representation that Jedi Knights and Sith Lords are mortal, that they can’t just sweep aside dozens of soldiers at once, that they can be hurt by even non-Force users. It is a lesson SWRP could do to learn well….
The problem was with the ending. Spoiler tags in case you didn’t notice the subject line.
So overall I’d give it a 7.5/10, let down by a poor ending.
I was quite impressed how they managed to make Revan a somewhat believable character. I still don’t really like the concept and don’t understand the hype, but this was a decent way to do it. The other two main characters I thought were also decently represented. The Exile, despite having a terrible name (Meetra Surik…really?) was OK, if a bit bland. Lord Scourge meanwhile I found quite an involving Sith Lord.
The storyline was quite well done, though I preferred the first half before the timeskip (the post KOTOR 1 time as opposed to the post KOTOR 2 one). Canderous was fun and done well, and the incidental characters were usually decent.
I also liked the representation that Jedi Knights and Sith Lords are mortal, that they can’t just sweep aside dozens of soldiers at once, that they can be hurt by even non-Force users. It is a lesson SWRP could do to learn well….
The problem was with the ending. Spoiler tags in case you didn’t notice the subject line.
I think the author found himself in a hole. Unlike the Thrawn trilogy, this time it seems likely that Revan, Exile and Scourge would prevail, which obviously couldn’t happen.
Which means that Scourge’s betrayal makes no sense. Sure, he sees the Jedi Knight from TOR, but ironically the JK in that game doesn’t even kill the Emperor…just his Voice. And the fact he did this betrayal on the basis of something which might happen, something just as unlikely as the other visions he saw, was rather odd.
It was also a shockingly bad way to dispose of the Exile, as many others have commented. The whole ending was a mess, and the epilogue read like fan fiction.
Which means that Scourge’s betrayal makes no sense. Sure, he sees the Jedi Knight from TOR, but ironically the JK in that game doesn’t even kill the Emperor…just his Voice. And the fact he did this betrayal on the basis of something which might happen, something just as unlikely as the other visions he saw, was rather odd.
It was also a shockingly bad way to dispose of the Exile, as many others have commented. The whole ending was a mess, and the epilogue read like fan fiction.
So overall I’d give it a 7.5/10, let down by a poor ending.
