Jolee knew how?
 

i'm been playing kotor for awhile. but this has bugged me maybe i missed it everytime. but how the heck did he know we were Revan? i mean he left the order almost what 30years proir?

Since Revan likely is more than 30 years old at the time he might have met Revan as a child or teen in the order, and somehow remembered and recognized her?

Or he recognized Revan from her last visit to Kashyyk, when she came there with Malak to find the Star Map?

Or the classic plot device: the Force told him. :)

Overall the time line presented in KotOR is so full of contradictions and inconsistencies it's near-impossible to piece together exactly how things fit together.

of course he saw revan when the dark lord came to kashyyyk the first time. :)

I agree. Jolee was probably spying on Revan and Malak when they came for the Star Map the original time they came to Kashyyyk.

yea that only explanation i could think of. i believe Revan in his 20s though. someething Zhar or Dorak said he called Revan and Malak young.

I agree. Considering how nosey Jolee is, it's almost a given that he spied on Revan and Malak when they first came to Kashyyyk looking for the Star Map.

But Revan should be a man behind the mask the first time he came around, shouldn't he? He seems to wear that mask all the time, even when he discovered the SM in Dantooine. That way, Jolee should never have seen his face and recognized him.

You could argue even if Jolee didn't see Revan's face he knew the PC was Revan because the Star Map in Kashyyyk opened for him. But well, the Star Map could open not only for Revan, right? So again this argument doesn't stand.

So I reckon it's through the Force. :D

And indeed Jolee could have seen Revan in the jedi order before he left. Plus Revan at that time during training could not possibly have adopted the mask-wearing practice. So this could also be why Jolee knew it.

Probably all that "swirling force" and destiny mumbo jumbo. Revan would have likely been wearing the mask getup as little as 5 years prior to rediscovering the map on Kashyyk, so Jolee might not have had an opportunity to see Revan's face. If, on the other hand, people are implying Revan's "force aura" was what Jolee detected the first time he might have "seen" Revan, that may be more likely. There might still have been enough of that left on the second go round.

Meh, as Kreia said; You could already see all the Jedi would slay etched on his soul (or whatever the exact quote was) anyways I think Jolee would be able to sense that Revans mind had been changed using the force (you cant tell me something as traumatic as that doesnt leave a 'force scar' ;))and would of just put the pieces togeather from seeing the others interacting etc.

The only explanation is that Jolee is really Revan's father.

I agree with the swirling force thing that was brought up.

Imagine that powerful and unique Jedi have a certain "flavor" in the force, that someone, especially a secluded yet perceptive old Jedi Consular, would be able to recognize. Even if he never saw Revan's face.

If Jolee couldn't see Revan's face, Revan's presence through the Force is how Jolee would have recognized him/her as we've seen how that works in the Star Wars movies once one Force user has been around another Force user. :D

Agreed. Though my Revan version is white.

The only logical answer is that Jolee sensed his presence through the Force.

As has already been stated, given how many times Jolee has tried to access the Star Map, he probably saw Revan the first time he came around. Neither he nor Freyyr was ever able to do that, but Revan did it the first time. Of course, he didn't see Revan's face under the mask at that time, but when this stranger then comes around and does it the first time too, it's pretty big clue. Jolee is no fool, and knowing the council and its shortcomings, he probably filled in the blanks after that.

He might not have been wearing the mask at that point. I suspect someone's Force signature is as unique as their fingerprints, too, and Jolee would have recognized it when he returned.

Umm, maybe he just worked it out? I worked it out. There were more than enough clues, and Jolee knew better than most what the Jedi council were capable of.

The alternative is that Jolee got a vision through the force. I like the idea that the force approached a powerful force user, a companion of Revan's, to make a decision for the future of the galaxy - and in true Jolee fashion, he decided just to let events run their course. :)

Random Imp: There's no-one on board, sir. According to the log, the crew abandoned ship right after takeoff. It must be a decoy, sir; several of the escape pods have been jetissoned.

Vader: Did you find any droids?

Imp: No, sir. If there were any on board, they must also have jetissoned.

Vader: Send a scanning crew aboard - I want every part of this ship checked. I sense something ... a presence I've not felt, since ...

Vader walks off without explaining himself. Exeunt Vader and accompanying Stormtroopers.

I don't know... The game makes a pretty big point out of Revan being known for wearing a mask - that's why even Juhani doesn't recognize Revan in spite of having been saved on Taris by Revan and then come to see Revan as a hero.

So it seems pretty clear to me that Revan used to wear the mask even before he was cast out of the jedi order and fell to the dark side. He even wears the mask in the cutscene where he and Malak find the Star Map on Dantooine. And they definitely haven't fallen at this point, since Malak makes a big issue out of how they can never go back to the jedi order, if they use the Star Map.

More likely that he was. When he discovers the SM on Dantooine (in the vision) he's already wearing the mask. Since that map would have led him to Kashyyk, it's likely that he was wearing the mask when he found that SM. I don't remember JB actually saying he saw the two of them @ the map. If JB didn't, then it's possible that Jolee merely put 2+2 together and figured it out. So, basically, JB saw/fealt something or reasoned his way to that conclusion.

Yes. Plus, of course, Jolee realises that Revan "has a destiny," as he points out. Most likely he saw that the force was rather potent with Revan, which is another big clue.

Umm...when you find the Star Map in K1 on Kashyyyk, Jolee is there with you, and the computer basically tells you that you're Revan, with the whole 'match found' thing. I remember Jolee says "Match found. What the--". I assume he figured out why the computer said that soon after.

The Architect's explanation is a plausible one but so is Jae's and a few others explaining the swirling Force and the Force aura thing. Both are good explanations and maybe it is a bit of both.

If Jolee indeed saw Revan and Malak access the Star Map, the "Match Found" thing would spill some beans. But if he didn't, "Match Found" would tell nothing about Revan because it could be anyone who had accessed the Map, especially when Jolee didn't even know what the Star Map leads to and how the Star Forge is related to Revan.

I doubt Jolee ran into Revan at all. If he sensed a lightsider nearby, he'd be pretty stupid to let our favorite hermit live, what with searching for a Star Map and all...

I also doubt Jolee would be able to survive a direct confrontation with Revan and Malak. He also doesn't seem like the kind of person who'd let them get away so easily, when it would be a fairly simple matter to get them killed. Organizing a force of Wookiee hunters familiar with the Shadowlands (which Revan and Malak were not), would be able to kill them both.

Since neither of them tried to get each other killed (which would have been in their interests), the only explanation is that they never even met.

I agree. There's one theory which I've stolen as my own, that says it was a taboo on Revan's hoomeworld to expose any faces. It would explain why random NPCs throughout the game aren't screaming "OMFG!!! U R REVAN!!!11!!1one!"

How Jolee could have recognized Revan after the reasons I listed, I have no clue at all. Perhaps Bastila told him? In the event that she'd be captured or killed, there'd have to be someone who would know the truth. And Jolee does seem like the best party member for that to have been confided too.

Umm...no. Anyone could have accessed the map you say? Like who? Freyyyr (spelling?) tried and failed. Jolee tried and failed. Now, who does that leave? Revan and Malak.

Did you know that the computer tells you the name of every person that has tried to/has accessed the Star Map on Kashyyyk? Revan, Malak, Jolee and Freyyyr were the only ones.

So, after 50 odd failed attempts from Jolee and about seven or eight (can't remember) failed attempts from Freyyyr, isn't is reasonable to assume that Jolee would have reacted "what the--" since the computer gives you access after one attempt?

Like I've said, I'm sure Jolee would have figured it out by then, as the only other ones apart from him and Freyyyr who tried to access the Star Map was Revan and Malak. Why else do you think Jolee says "Match found, what the--". Think about it.

I really like this theory. It does make sense. Also, if Revan's memories have indeed fully returned, he/she would remember this, right? I really think the devs of K3 should use this idea, since that way, Revan would be easy to bring back, since regardless of alignment, Revan would be wearing the mask, so you wouldn't have to worry about his/her appearance, which would make things a hell of a lot easier for the devs.

Just have two different voice actors (for male and female Revan) some different dialogue depending on Revan's alignment, one blue lightsaber and one red lightsaber (to represent his/her past, blue for Jedi/LS and red for Sith/DS) and his/her costume and tada! Revan can be in K3.

Oh, I forgot that. Sorry, my bad. I'm a totally forgetful person.

No problemo {in Arnie (Terminator) voice}.

Now that you reminded me what the computer said, it'd be easy to figure out. But well, just a question: was the "Match Found" thing said at the very beginning? Coz "Match Found" could mean more than "Identity Match Found". Correct me if I'm wrong, but Jolee said the computer wouldnt respond to him no matter what, is that so? That means computer has a way to screen the person attempting to access. "Match Found" could also mean "Match of ability/brainwaves pattern/anything that made Revan and Malak qualified to interact with the computer". So, even when Revan attempted in his second run and the computer said "Match Found", they dont necessarily mean he had accessed before.

That is to say, when another potent user came along, the computer could just go, "Match Found". So the whole thing may not really suggest to Jolee that he is Revan.

To be honest, I can't remember. I'm hoping someone could show the dialogue so it would tell us exactly what was said. From what I remember, 'match found' is to do with the DNA, it means that the individual has successfully gained access to the Star Map before, and we know that Jolee didn't, that's why he never got 'match found'.

I could be wrong, but what I do remember is that the computer on Kashyyyk I interpreted as a big clue that basically told me I was Revan, so whatever was said, it must have been something 'eye brow raising'.

It's been a while since I've played KotOR. Oh and, I'll reply to your topic tomorrow, because I'm logging off now. :king1:

The force works in mysterious ways.

Most likely Jolee new through the force or that Jolee new Revan while he was in the order, pre-mask wearing.

A band of Wookiees will be able to kill Revan and Malak? Oh Please!!!

Being familiar with the land is one thing but that does not means that wookiees will have the edge over such powerful Sith Lords.

Revan and Malak were alone on Lehon planet (an unknown world to them) and many Rakatans attacked them, but they got pawned. Same will happen to Wookiees.

And Jolee will most definately avoid direct confrontation with these two powerful Sith Lords. He might be an old hermit but he is not an idiot.

Revan and Malak passed throught these shadowlands in such a secrecy that Jolee did not had the slightest clue about their existance. Revan is indeed a genius. But this does not means that they had encountered no dangers in their search for Star Map in Shadowlands.

After-all Shadowlands was a dangerous place and wookiees avoided living there.

Who says it would be just a band? I doubt Revan and Malak could defeat several platoons of Wookiees firing at them from all sides. They're not all-powerful Force gods, contrary to most fanboy beliefs. If you blast them, they die. :)

Numbers are a different matter there. Is it ever stated how many Rakata attacked them? No, it isn't. Large enough numbers can overwhelm anyone, Sith Lords or not. :)

Living there and visiting there are different matters. From what's seen in KotOR and the EU, most Wookiees visit it (and return) at some point in their lives.

Do you know that how much Fire Power they encountered in Mandalorian Wars?

Malak was specially known to recklessely charge in to dangerous fights and win.

Those wookiees stand no chance. They can't defend against Force Attacks and both Revan and Malak were master swordsmen. They will deflect any blaster fire coming towards them.

And why would Wookiees do such a job for Jolee? He did not seem to had any popular gathering of wookiees at his disposal.

Rakatan Leader said that all the scouting parties he sent towards Revan and Malak were destroyed by them. Which automatically means that many of his warriors died in the attack.

We go over there for the second time. Don't we?

We encounter various problems and troubles including Mandalorians, terentatek, kinraths, beasts and all in the process and yet we survive. Don't we?

Same would have happened in Revan's previous visit. And those Sith Lords had no trouble in dealing with these kinds of threats.

If they were wise, probably not a lot. Contrary to the movies, generals and admirals don't participate in the actual battles and lead charges; they stay in secure, undisclosed locations and deal with mental challanges (managing a war is a lot of work) over physical ones. Malak might not've (since he's portrayed as being as a good a tactician as a trash heap), but I highly doubt he charged into the enemy lines without any backup.

Really now, it's never even stated how many troops he went up against, or if he was getting any help at all. I can accept the idea that he'd risk his life, but that statement is quite vague, and I wouldn't consider it a very good source.

I won't deny they're both stronger than the average Wookiee, because they both obviously were. However, with large enough numbers they could be killed. If Revan and Malak were surrounded by one hundred of them all firing at once, would they really stand a chance? Of course not. They'd be shot dead on the spot.

I'll say it again: Revan and Malak are not all-powerful Force gods. If you blast them, they die. :)

All the Wookiees seemed to have a great deal of respect for Jolee. If he told them that he was going to kill the two most evil men in the known galaxy, I'd venture that they would help him. Not only as a favor, but I doubt they'd think he was lying about that.

No, it doesn't. It may have been "all his scouting parties", but for all we know those could have been as many a hundred warriors (unlikely) to merely ten. Not all the Rakata were part of those parties, after all. As no specific numbers were stated, there's very little credence towards that statement.

Don't ignore simple tactics. Anyone familiar with the local terrain will have one type of advantage of the people who don't, whether they could survive in it or not. Revan and Malak may be Sith Lords, but they're not exempt from the basic laws of nature. :)

I think that Jolee must have known. I also think he knew Revan as a padawan, and recognised him the first time revan went to Kashyyyk.

What makes you say that Revan himself never participated in battles? He was not a common commander or something. He was a powerful Jedi Knight and was not afraid of any one.

Revan was very famous for killing Mandalore - The Ultimate by himself in a single battle. What you have to say about this then? (This case clearly shows that Leader of one army actually fought against the Leader of the other army in a personal battle to gain advantage and fame.)

And this also shows that Revan actively participated in Combat operations whenever necessary, and not just commanded the Republic Forces.

Do you have to be spoon-fed on all things? Malak himself fought in many pitched battles against Mandalorians and he won in many such encounters. Why is this so difficult to understand? And my point is that Fire-power used in wars are much greater then in any other case.

Please avoid flame-baiting. --Jae

Much more stronger then an average wookiee is more accurate term. Jedi have precognition and telekinetic abilities. And these things give them massive edge over other individuals.

Experienced Jedi can easily deflect blaster fire with Light Sabers. And you are making a one sided scenario in which wookiees will fire and Jedi will not do their best to defeat them, which is pure wrong. Jedi will definately try to over-power their opponents through knowledge of Force, which gives them ultimate edge in any case.

And Revan proved on Star Forge, that he is capable enough to fight against heavy odds and prevail.

No one is saying this but they were very powerful indeed.

Respect is one thing but their were hardly any devoted wookiee followers of Jolee. We have noted this when we visit shadowlands. Czerka men openly killed wookiees where-ever they wanted to and yet Jolee hardly fought against them. So it is highly unlikely that Jolee can organize such a large gathering to fight for him and that too against very powerful Sith Lords, who will pose a much greater threat to them then Czerka men.

Also it is obvious that Revan and Malak would have met many wookiees in their visit to Kashyyyk. And no wookiee offered resistance or if some of them really did then they got pawned.

You are just stating your opinion, which is not true. The One said that many of his warriors were killed by Revan and Malak actually. It is time for you to get over this or play KOTOR again to verify the facts yourself.

Of-course! Revan and Malak were not exempt from laws of nature but they surely knew how to defend themselves. They had vast experience and many other advantages at their disposal to give them edge against wookiees.

As much as I enjoyed all of the creative responses to this question, I have a hard time believing the force just told Jolee that the person standing in front of him is the same person who came here many years ago with Malak and accessed the StarMap, someone he may or may not have spied on many, many years ago.

Balderdash was close, but in Vader's case, he was feeling the presence of his old master. Someone he once knew very closely.
I don't think Jolee knew Revan this way.

However, Jae's mention of a "Force Signature" is worth pondering. If there is such a thing, wouldn't we have heard tell of it earlier?

There's also no mention of them meeting previous. If he had met Revan earlier, wouldn't he have sensed his/her destiny like he sensed the destiny of that Sunrider girl? I have a feeling that if he did meet Revan earlier, he'd have remembered.

I'm also not sure Jolee would have just figured it was Revan either.
I mean, I like Jolee and sometimes he's funny, but he's not too bright as I see it.
How in the world can a jedi of his magnitude be stuck on an such an easily escapeable planet as Kashyyk? He could have mind-tricked and snuck his way off that planet long ago.

No, I'm sorry, This is just one of those things that writers and movie producers call a "plot hole". It's just a detail that got missed.

Perhaps in the next installment of this series, they'll give us some insight into this.

...but, I doubt it.

Revan and Malak killed by a wookie squad? I don't think so. In an open battle, the wookies would need hundreds of men to overwhelm Revan and Malak. And Jedi can sense an ambush, especially Jedi of Revan's and Malak's strength. 2 Jedi CAN mow through a squad. Like Yoda and Obi Wan did in episode 3.
And I assume that Revan and Malak were friends at that time, and have fought together in combat many times. If 2 Jedi work together, covering each other, coordinating their moves they are a lot harder to kill, at least it seems that way when you watch/read such "teamfights".

If you can tell me how Revan could manage a war when he's spending all his time at the front lines, I'd love to hear it. :)

One guy manging to kill several platoons of soldiers in one battle won't make much of a difference at all, whereas having good tacticians will. In WW II, for example, Stalin had the largest army on the face of the planet to throw against the Germans. Due to how he'd killed about 90% of the generals and memebers of the High Command, though, he ended up nearly losing the war and only managed to prevail because of Russia's harsh winter and some oversights on the part of the Germans. Generals who stay safely inside war rooms are the ones who truly determine how a war goes - not the soldier who has the highest kill count at the end of a battle.

That Mandalore the Ultimate was a strong warrior, and the strategic decision was to send the most capable Jedi to eliminate him. Assassinating the enemy's leader would deal a huge blow to them.

That's only one example, and the only strategic one. If you can name any other specific instances, I'd love to hear them. :)

Because I've seen no specific details of these pitched battles Malak has fought in. For all I know, he could've fought 100 men singlehandedly (in which case he would have lost) or he could've led a charge against 1,000 Mandalorians with 2,000 Republic troops. The reason that statement isn't very useful is because it's completely open to interpretation - if, for instance, a general asks his subordinate what the casulaties in a battle where and he gets told "We lost a lot of men, but so did they!" is that going to be very helpful? Of course not. :)

Much stronger, a lot stronger, however you'd like to put it. In this case, though, it's 'strong, but not supermen'.

A lightsaber looks to be several feet in length, and can be moved around fairly quickly. How can such a weapon deflect 100 blaster bolts that are a foot or so long, coming from all directions? It doesn't matter how quick Revan and Malak's reflexes are, it would by physically impossible for them to deflect all that fire at once.

In any case, 100 enemies would be more than sufficient. Obi-Wan and Anakin were nearly killed when they fought 96, (Clone Wars, Volume 7) and only survived because they were able to run away. If 100 couldn't do it, how many people would it take to kill Revan and Malak, then? :)

I have stated no such thing. Where was it I stated that they wouldn't try at all? :)

At the maximum, Revan fights ten or so enemies at once with two other allies to help him. So that means each of them would have to kill three people and one extra one in order to prevail.

Oh, there are far more than then enemies, but the key difference lies in how they are not all fought at once. That makes a big difference in how the course of a battle can go.

Followers? They would pray to him at him point. Given how he's been doing them favors for twenty or so years, I think it's quite believable they'd be willing to give one back. :)

Because it wasn't his job to do that. Killing two men is one thing, but singlehandedly stopping a planetwide slaving operation is another, and quite impossible.

Any halfway decent community would be willing to one favor for a person who's been helping them for twenty years. Since they'd have such overwhelming odds as well, it wouldn't be a great risk to them either.

Source? :)

Oh, so The One actually does say the specific number of warriors he sent out to kill Revan? Can you tell me how many? :)

I'll spend my spare time as I see fit, thanks. :)

Good. Knowing and being familiar with the terrain is a huge advantage. Let's take a look at a real life instance: America decided to invade Vietnam. We had more troops, better equiped troops, and better trained troops. As you know, the US lost that war. Why? Other than domestic trouble at home, the Vietnamese had grown up and knew the land they were fighting in. The American troops did not. While they could be wandering through unfamiliar jungles, the Vietnamese people had lived there for centuries. Knowing the terrain is a huge advantage, which I doubt you'll argue against. :)

@Vaelastraz, I never said a squad. A squad usually has 8 to 12 men, whereas several platoons, which I did say, has 100 at the minimum.

I don't think Jolee wanted to leave--I think it was a self-imposed exile. He wanted his solitude because he felt so guilty about Nayama, and he needed that time to come to grips with that guilt.