[Saga] Star Wars

"You, Revan, are the single greatest warrior of this age, and any battle we fight will bring me honor."
―Canderous Ordo[src]

Revan was a skilled swordsman.[2] While dueling his opponents, Revan performed acrobatic maneuvers to increase his effectiveness.[2] Revan also used his advanced precognition abilities to anticipate the dueling moves of his opponents in advance with high accuracy to effectively counter them, and outsmart his opponents.[2]

On Taris, Revan participated in the dueling ring to earn some credits under the alias of "The Mysterious Stranger". He defeated the top five duelists, Deadeye Duncan, Gerlon Two-Fingers, Marl, Ice, and Twitch, to become the Taris dueling champion. Revan accomplished this under an amnesic mental condition and without using the Force.[7] After this accomplishment, Revan gained the attention of several notable individuals who helped him in escaping the planet.[7]

On Korriban, Revan single-handededly cut down a pair of terentateks in the tomb of an ancient Sith Lord, Naga Sadow, as part of Sith trials.[7] Later on, he assisted Yuthura Ban in her struggle against the powerful Sith Master of the Korriban Sith Academy and redeemed her.[7] With both individuals gone, the Sith Academy fell into disarray.[8]

On Rekkiad, Revan single-handedly engaged a Basilisk war droid, killed its rider, and knocked out the huge machine by simply using his lightsaber inconjunction with acrobatics.[2]
Revan's lightsaber that he used near the end of the Mandalorian Wars and during his reign as a Sith Lord.
Revan's Jedi lightsaber that he built and used after his memory was lost.

Revan wielded a violet-bladed lightsaber when he acquired his trademark helmet on Cathar.[21] By the end of the Mandalorian Wars, however, Revan's lightsaber shined a deep cyan.[6] Upon falling to the dark side of the Force and becoming a Sith Lord, he would change his lightsaber color to crimson.[7] Following his capture, reconstruction and redemption, Revan would once again utilize a blue lightsaber crystal in his fight against Malak and the Sith.[6][35] After the end of the war he switched to a green lightsaber which he used during his journey to the Unknown Regions.[2] After his awakening from stasis, he once again wielded a violet lightsaber.

Force abilities

"Revan was power. It was like staring into the heart of the Force."
―Kreia[src]

Darth Revan using the Force to choke a female Sith officer.

Revan was strong in the Force—the most gifted of his time—and eventually, by all accounts, managed to gain exceptional command of the Force.[2] Many of his peers were impressed by his talents and skills.[2][7][8] Another powerful Jedi, Meetra Surik, particularly noted that Revan's command of the Force was greater than that of anyone else she had ever met.[2]

Revan is among the few individuals in galactic history, who had significant exposure to both the light and dark sides of the Force, and he proved to be highly skilled in the use of both of these aspects of the Force. Due to these experiences, he was able to develop a perfect understanding of the concept of Unifying Force. During Revan's tenure as a Jedi Master, his command of the Force had reached to such a degree that he could channel both the light and dark sides of the Force simultaneously to perform unique feats.[2] Both as a Sith Lord and as a Jedi, Revan learned a variety of Force abilities to succeed in his plans.

Revan could use the Force to augment his physical strength, speed, and perform various acrobatic feats.[2] Revan had incredible Force sense abilities.[2] With focus, he could sense the presence of another Force-user across the span of the entire Galaxy.[2] He could also use the Force to assist him under challenging situations which involved precise judgements.[2] During his stay on Dantooine, Revan performed Floating Meditation inconjunction with Telekinesis.[7] Revan was adept at using the Force to directly heal his wounds without seeking medical attention.[2][11] Revan also possessed the ability to resist the effects of poisons and drugs.[2][23]

Revan was proficient in the application of Telekinesis being able to move heavy objects simultaneously with mere gestures.[2] He could also hurl heavy objects as missiles towards his targets.[2] In addition, he could Push, Grip, Choke, Wound, and Crush his targets with the Force. Revan could also use the Force to create a whirlwind of Force energy to overwhelm his opponents.[3] Furthermore, Revan was adept in the use of Saber Throw technique and used this ability to cut down multiple opponents simultaneously from a distance.[2]

Revan was proficient in the application of Force lightning,[3] and also in the use of defensive techniques to counter it.[2] Revan could use his bare hands to absorb and deflect very powerful Force lightning attacks.[2] Very few Force-users in the galactic history have demonstrated this ability.

Revan possessed the capabilities to influence the physical and mental condition of his opponents. He was capable of using mind tricks on his opponents,[3] and force his will on them.[7] He particularly exploited The One with these abilities.[7] Revan could also steal knowledge from his opponents,[2] and particularly used this ability to probe the mind of Lord Vitiate during his first encounter with him.[2] In addition, Revan could afflict his targets,[3] and replenish his energies by feeding on them.[2][3] He was particularly immune to the effects of fear.[3] Furthermore, Revan could psychologically manipulate his opponents to use them as tools for his plans.[2]

During his reign as Dark Lord of the Sith, Revan created a Holocron in which he feeded information of many dangerous Sith techniques and rituals, including the deadly Thought bomb. Several millennia later, this holocron was discovered by Darth Bane, who noted that Revan's knowledge of Sith Lore was greater than the entire information contained in the archives of the Sith Academy in Korriban in his time.[23]

Though the full extent of Revan's abilities are unknown; prior to his final duel with Darth Malak, the latter acknowledged that Revan had surpassed his expectations.[7] Revan proved his prodigious combat abilities during his struggle against the forces of Sith stationed on Star Forge.[7] He was able to fight his way through a large number of battle droids, Sith troopers, and Dark Jedi prior to reaching the position of Darth Malak.[7] Even though Darth Malak was well-prepared for combat on the Star Forge—he had grotesquely adapted the Rakatan device to draw energy directly from the chained Jedi captives—he could not stop Revan.[7]

Revan was gifted with Farsight abilities,[3] and commonly experienced Force visions,[2][7] which guided him in his quests.[2][7] He could also sense danger in advance.[2]

Other abilities

"His strategies and tactics defeated the best of us. Even Mandalore himself was taken aback by the ferocity of his attacks, the tenacity of his defenses and the subtlety of his plans."
―Canderous Ordo[src]

Revan was an exceptionally capable strategist and tactician. Certain individuals, such as Canderous Ordo, went as far as to place almost the entirety of the Republic's victory in the Mandalorian Wars on his success.[7] Likewise, before his capture during the Jedi Civil War, there were those that believed that it was only a matter of time before he conquered the entire galaxy.[8]

Revan's originality as a battlefield commander would earn him the undying respect of both the Mandalorian and Echani warrior cultures as according to the former, Revan represented a supremely worthy foe—one that both embodied their philosophies and showed them their weaknesses.[7] The Echani, on the other hand, believed that Revan represented the epitome of what one could achieve in the arts of war, and that his skill was born out of a highly advanced battle precognition.[8]

"You've got the skills of an elite commando, and you've saved my butt more than once. Between that and your facility with languages, I'm lucky you're here."
―Carth Onasi[src]

In addition to his combat prowess, Force mastery, and imaginative battle strategies, Revan spoke and comprehended a variety of languages, including Basic, Mando'a,[36] Binary, Huttese,[3] Shyriiwook, and the Selkath and Rakatan languages. It is unknown whether this was an intuitive understanding born of his Force sensitivity or the result of his previous application of Force techniques, but the The One, the leader of the Black Rakata, stated that during his time as a Dark Lord of the Sith, Revan ripped the language from the mind of the Rakatans and forced Basic in their minds so they could speak his language. Interestingly, he was unable to understand the language of the Sand People, requiring the use of HK-47 as an interpreter.[7]

Like Anakin Skywalker, millennia later,[37] Revan was a skilled mechanic. According to Kreia, the first of his Jedi Masters, Revan exhibited a natural talent and interest in machinery, particularly droids. While Kreia held a great deal of pride for her Padawan's unique abilities with the Force, she was nevertheless confounded by great Revan's preference of droids, as she herself could find little to no interest in "all things dead to the Force." Years later, Kreia stated to Meetra Surik that she believed Revan's talent for building droids stemmed from his desire for followers that obey orders without question. With that in mind, Revan would come to succeed in creating his ideal droid not long after recreating himself into a Dark Lord of the Sith.[8]

Shortly after the Battle of Malachor V, he built the sophisticated "protocol droid," HK-47.[8] He also displayed this skill during his time searching for the Star Forge, when he was able to repair HK-47 enough to regain many of his old memories and combat programs. However, HK's memories of his previous service with Revan would remain locked deep in his memory core, and untouchable, until Malak revealed to the re-programmed Revan his true identity. He proved adept at repairing abandoned, decommissioned, or rusted droids encountered on his journey and could program them to fight for him.[7]

Revan proved himself adept at racing swoop bikes. His first known taste of the sport was on Taris, where he defeated the veteran Black Vulkar racer Redros, taking the Sector Championship to win Bastila Shan's freedom. He continued to compete professionally, eventually winning both the Tatooine and Manaan sector championships.[7]

Furthermore, Revan was a skilled pilot. He could fly the Ebon Hawk by himself and control its movements under difficult situations.[2]

Revan was also proficient in the use of firearms.[2] He proved his skills with these weapons during the Sith ambush on the Endar Spire, when stranded on the planet Taris, and while on the planet Rekkiad.