Why doesn't anyone reconize the Revan?

[pyromonkeez]

*spoilers*.
Okay so I was thinking...why doesn't anyone reconize Revan? I mean, it's freaking Revan! I know he had the mask (but not always) and some people keep his identity secret like the jedi order and they probably changed all his information. Also people thought he was dead. But still you would think someone would go "holy crap, it's Revan!". The guy sorta is a celebrity, he was the fist of the jedi to go to the mandalorian wars, massed a huge backing of jedi, destroyed an entire planet, won the war, started the jedi civil war, found the emperor, became the dark lord of the sith, trained and converts an army of sith and found the star forge just to start off. So yeah he's kinda a big deal. I can see how some "normal" people may not know who he was...but still you would think alot more people would notice him.

[WickedRequiem]

Because Revan always had a mask on. Always.

And anyone who would have recognized him was in on the project.

[Gop]

The only ones who recognise him/her are the masters on Dantooine

[pyromonkeez]

Originally posted by WickedRequiem:

Because Revan always had a mask on. Always.

And anyone who would have recognized him was in on the project.

He didn't have a mask for part of the mandalorian wars and also left it on korriban when him and Malak found the first star map

[pyromonkeez]

Originally posted by Pope Francis:

The only ones who recognise him/her are the masters on Dantooine

What about the Republic and sith army? You would think his face would be out there somewhere. Haha :P

[WickedRequiem]

No, he had a mask for the entirity of Mandalorian Wars.

In the Old Republic comics, it's shown that he "witnessed" the massacre by Mandalorians through a "force memory", and that's what made him take up the war. At that point, he picked up the mask and proclaimed to never take it off until the justice was done.

[pyromonkeez]

Originally posted by WickedRequiem:

No, he had a mask for the entirity of Mandalorian Wars.

In the Old Republic comics, it's shown that he "witnessed" the massacre by Mandalorians through a "force memory", and that's what made him take up the war. At that point, he picked up the mask and proclaimed to never take it off until the justice was done.

I thought that was a little bit into the war. I might be wrong though

[cerberusiv]

Jolee has a line in the game after Revan's identity is revealed where he says he already knew the main character was Revan. If a guy who has been stranded in the Shadowlands of Kashyyyk for the best part of two decades knows (or managed to figure it out) it is a bit unbelievable that no one else does.

Also Malak finds out that Revan is alive from meeting with Calo Nord who presumably recognises Revan.

[Ragnarök]

Originally posted by cerberusiv:

Jolee knew your character was Revan because Revan had passed that way before. Their force auras were identical, though he wouldn't have known Revan's name or face at the time. When he witnessed the PC opening the Star Map and was informed of who those Jedi were that came before and what they were doing, he was able to put two and two together. Malak was still alive, therefore having felt your presence before, you had to be Revan.

It's likey he didn't even know what Revan and Malak were doing on Kashyyyk or their identities until your party came along, opened the Star Map and actually told him what it was for and what you planned on doing with that information.

[pyromonkeez]

Originally posted by cerberusiv:

Exactly! Some people probably did reconize him or "feel" him. However Id doubt your first instinct would be to walk up a sith lord and say hi.

[smallturns]

Sorry to but in like this but common someone other than me this person and some a couple of the Star Wars Kotor 1 game c that you play with like Jolee must-of new he she or they witchever c you choose to make at the begin of the game was Revan I mean yea I didn't know that as well before and kind-of was surprised to find out you the player get to here & play his Revans back story I mean again even Kylo Ren in The Force Awakens reviws himself to his dad Han Solo then keeps the mask off for the rest of the movie from that point on I think.

So common duds couldn't you have knewn how revan looked.

[[XLA]ToBeAdvised]

You guys keep forgetting one simple fact. Revan was a famous jedi even before the mandolorian wars. He didn't wear a mask before the war, and many people would have known what he looked like. I find it very difficult to believe he wasn't recognised by lot's of different people.

[prpl_mage]

I got the impression that Revan would only be recognized by the other Jedi and the only Jedis you meet are on Dantoine basically (besides Jolee). They were all in on the plan.

They probably never visited taris so no one there.
Cykka corporation didn't get their business running on Kyysha and the other planets until later after they visited.
And all sith probably only saw Revan with mask on, and the ones closest to him who could've seen him without it probably died when Malik turned on him.
The sith academy was founded after Revan and Malik went there.
Manaan is the mystery however, they mention Revan and Malik going on a sub, we have generals and diplomats and Manaan judges and stuff.

[Ragnarök]

Originally posted by XLAToBeAdvised:

You guys keep forgetting one simple fact. Revan was a famous jedi even before the mandolorian wars. He didn't wear a mask before the war, and many people would have known what he looked like. I find it very difficult to believe he wasn't recognised by lot's of different people.

Revan was not at all famous before the Mandalorian Wars. He was a bog-standard Jedi Knight.

Originally posted by prpl_mage:

They probably never visited taris so no one there.
The sith academy was founded after Revan and Malik went there.
Manaan is the mystery however, they mention Revan and Malik going on a sub, we have generals and diplomats and Manaan judges and stuff.

They did visit Taris, which is an ecumenopolis of billions of people. The chances of encountering the same ones after a completely random crash landing border on zero.

The Sith Academy was founded long before Revan and Malak ever went there and was still inhabited by remnants of Sith from the war with Exar Kun. None of them saw him without the mask and many would have died when he assumed control of the place. The ones that didn't and swore allegiance would have no doubt been shifted around throughout the empire to prevent any possibility of coordinated rebellion.

There's no mention of the means that Revan and Malak reached the Hrakert Rift, though a privately contracted submarine carrying two eco-tourists wanting to tour the sea floor would hardly raise any eyebrows. There wasn't a military presence on Manaan until after the war started and it was only because the Hrakert Rift became the site of a secret military installation that it was inaccessable by other means during the game.

[El Rushbo]

As far as republic soldiers, how many of them were in close contact with the general who won the Mandalorian wars? Probably not many. Those who have would've most likely been the first ones to join the Sith afterwards. Plus after his presumed death, many people probably wouldn't recognize him since they don't expect to see him alive and well. So it would be conceivable that a famous jedi turned sith lord would be difficult to recognize unless you were one of the few who worked closely alongside him.

[Bookhead]

They wanted you to piece it together yourself. A guy coming up to you at the beginning and saying "HEY REVAN!! YO!! DUDE!!" would have ruined the entire game.