Why the hate on Revan

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Dude does something that goes against your nifty theory = Poorly written character overall

Absolutely priceless statement right there.

Regardless, I'll say it again, in case you wear an eye-patch: Unless you have official confirmation from Bioware that he is indeed dead, your guess is as good as anyone else.

Just deal with it.

Because he should be dead...like 400 years ago...bringing him back was a terribly lame thing to do.

I don't think Revan is/was the strongest force user - rather, he was the smartest. He won the Mandalorian Wars because of his peerless military brilliance. His teachings were incredibly wise. The way he valued things like the Infinite Engine spoke volumes about how far ahead he was thinking. But the toughest opponents he defeated in duels were Mandalore the Ultimate and Malak. The former wasn't a force user, and the latter was kind of a scrub.

I believe the strongest Force user of the Expanded Universe was Meetra Surik, aka the Exile. Why? Because "there is a... a greatness in you, but it does not stem from the Force. It stems from who you are."

First she defeats Darth Nihilus, who is the Force equivalent of a black hole. Then she beats the immortal and tireless Darth Sion so many times until she actually convinces him to give up and die. And then she kills an old lady, which is a bit anti-climactic. Even after being killed - which was most likely a stab in the back, 'cause there's no way she'd lose a clean 1v1 against - her spirit fights on for 300 years, until death itself gives way.

Now that's some Chuck Norris material right there.

Lol funny....my Revan was a Light side black guy with a small afro.

Personally tho, I have no problem with Revan being in swtor. My biggest issue was his portrayal in that pos book. Cause there's no way in hell a "military tactical genius" would think Minimum.....Revan (as I see him) would have taken HK-47.

They went over his decision to not bring his old crew back. Each was justified.

If even Revan fell to the Emperor, why would any other character stand a chance? He went looking for Meetra, which made sense and tied KoTOR II into the novel, providing said closure.

I don't see why you imply he didn't have a means to get back to his wife and child, he had the Ebon Hawk. Although to that point, it seemed he knew this was a one way trip.

So far the only reasons I've seen in this thread, are that Revan didn't align with your personal versions of who the character was.

I remember him going to the library, where he discovered Meetra had severed her own connection to the force. He'd been trying to sense her but had had no luck, that explained it as well as her being exiled by the Council and him being partially to blame...ya know that whole destroying a planet business

So it seems he was a victim to unfortunate circumstances more-so than poor planning or lack of foresight.

I wouldn't expect any force-user to be able to foresee events, or really draw upon the force in any way and expect the usual outcome when it comes to Nathema.

So when it's said his character doesn't develop well, it seems he's a victim to very human flaws because of Nathema. Which spirals into the semi-broken man we find SWTOR.