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The '''Jedi Exile''' (canonical name unknown) (also called '''General''' by ]) is the main character in the ]/] ] title '']''. The Exile is a fully customizable character at the start of the game, and can be male or female. The player can choose what side of the ] their character takes through the course of the game. |
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Nevertheless ] recognizes the Jedi Exile as female in the ''New Essential Guide to Droids'', despite promotional images that present the Exile as male and the opening video for ''KotOR II'' refers to the Exile as "him." |
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==Biography== |
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:''"You are different. When I look at you, it is like staring at the death of the Force."'' — ] |
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:''"You are beautiful to me, Exile - a dead spot in the Force, in which its will may be denied."'' — ] |
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The Exile was a human ], on par with most Jedi Knights and Masters of the time, who studied - and taught - at the Academy on ] as a ]. Although an unknown Master mentored him, Master Kavar instructed him for a time. Before he could take him own apprentice, the ]s surged through the galaxy. Overwhelmed with compassion for the lives lost to the ravages of the ]s on the ], he joined the ] forces led by ], who was the first Jedi Knight that had defied the Jedi Council to battle the Mandalorians. The Exile left a prospective Padawan, ] (the Disciple), without a master. |
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The Exile served as a ] under Revan during the Mandalorian Wars, where he attained the rank of ]. Overseeing the final, titanic battle at ], he gave the order to activate the ], which crushed both the Republic soldiers and Mandalorians caught in the weapon's destructive sphere. The amount of death and destruction caused such a substantial 'wound' in the Force that the Exile found himself suddenly and completely severed from it. The only Jedi under Revan able to turn away from the dark side after Malachor V, the Exile was also the only Jedi to return willingly to ], to face trial for his actions - and defend them. |
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Although he passionately plead his case, the Jedi Council decreed he was to be exiled from the Jedi Order because the Exile defied the Council's wishes and followed Revan to war (hence, why he was dubbed "the Exile"). In reality, the Council feared the 'wound' in the Force that surrounded the Exile. Some on the council felt that they were punishing the Exile not because of what he did, but because he was the only one the Council could avenge themselves on, and because he was symbolic of the many Jedi that had fallen to the dark side over the course of history. These council members felt that the Exile was the perfect opportunity to examine ''why'' and ''how'' so many Jedi fall to the dark side. However, the more conservative council members felt no need to do more than exile the former Jedi. At first, the Exile believes that the Jedi Council severed him from the Force or that the atrocities of war simply tore away his connection from the force. Later, the Exile learned that he severed himself from the Force to save himself from the destructive Force wave that came from the death of all the beings at Malachor V and of the planet itself. |
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==The Mandalorian Wars== |
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The Exile’s involvement in the ] was significant. He led the Republic army in several battles, namely the battles of Dagari Minor, ] and ]. The Republic took some of their largest casualties in these battles, most especially Malachor V where the Exile ended the war with the aid of Bao Dur’s ]. The Exile is a skillful practitioner of the Force, with a unique strength. This unique strength is the unusually strong connection to the Force the Exile possessed, through his ability to easily form Force Bonds between herself and other people or even places. |
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Another facet of the Exile’s character was his leadership ability. The late Master ] described him as a natural leader; the Republic officers and soldiers under his authority were tremendously loyal to him. Coupled with his force bonding, the Exile’s leadership potential is unparalleled. |
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Revan counted on this loyalty when he sent the Exile down to the Dxun jungle to do the impossible: break a Mandalorian defensive that had developed a near impregnable siege defense in the jungle moon for close to four years. The Exile’s soldiers and officers were fewer than ideal, but the Exile’s unit pressed them on, defending them valiantly and inspiring them to fight against the odds. |
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With the Mandalorians littering their defensive perimeter with mines and droid placements, what started out as a battle became a slaughter as the Mandalorians frequently mowed down several of the Exile’s men as the Republic attempted to drive the Mandalorians to a retreat. The Jedi Exile, convinced that the war would end with a Republic victory, fought tirelessly and persistently to the awe of the Mandalorians. The Exile’s tattered unit held on long enough for Revan to launch the Republic’s critical attack. Although it was Revan’s victory that day, few knew that the Exile’s dogged insistence had provided Revan with his opportunity at victory. |
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That battle would mark the end for the Neo-Mandalorian Crusade and it would serve to fester within the Exile, the vital difference in perspective that would allow him later to turn from war and avoid participation in the ]. |
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==The Exile's Journey== |
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Full details of the Exile's travels in the Outer Rim are unknown, but it is known that ] had orchestrated his return to known space; in order to attract the growing ] threat, she leaked news of his return to the galaxy and, predictably, attracted the Sith's attention. However, the '']'' rescued him from an unappealing fate. The utility droid, ], helped guiding the ''Ebon Hawk'' towards the mining facility at ]. |
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There he met with an old woman named ]. She was a mysterious Jedi Master - and the first, among many - who trained the eventual Sith Lord, Darth Revan. When he fell to the dark side, the Jedi Council exiled her from the Order, blaming her for his demise. She would eventually guide the Exile through his journey to find the missing Jedi Masters who sentenced him to exile, and reinstruct him in the ways of the Force. While searching for a way off the abandoned station, the Exile encountered ], locked in the brig. After ] and a force of Sith Assassins arrived to kill the Exile (believing he was the last of the Jedi), the three escaped with T3-M4 onboard the Ebon Hawk and traveled to ]. When the Sith pursued them in the asteroid field around Peragus, laser fire ignited the volatile fuel within the asteroids. This explosion destroyed both the facility and the entire asteroid belt, though the Ebon Hawk and the Sith were able to escape. |
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After arriving at the massive Citadel Station in orbit around Telos, someone had stolen the Ebon Hawk and T3-M4 and brought them to the Telosian surface. Using alternative transportation to get down to the surface, Czerka air-defense turrets shot down the Exile's party. A ] engineer named ], who designed the Mass Shadow Generator and served under the Exile at Malachor V, saw the crash and pulled the three unharmed from the wreckage. While on the surface, they learned that someone had taken the Ebon Hawk to the old planetary aqueducts in the polar region of the planet. Stealing a shuttle from an abandoned military compound, they traveled to the aqueducts and found Jedi Master Atris there, a member of the Council who sentenced the Exile. Atris was attempting to recover lost Jedi teachings and had surrounded herself with several Echani sisters. These sisters were Handmaidens, who had vowed ''not'' to learn the ways of the Jedi, and instead are trusted to watch them for traces of the dark side, and watch after them. After speaking with Atris, the Exile and his party left with the Ebon Hawk and T3-M4. |
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After leaving the academy, T3 revealed that he had managed to download Atris's database while being held, including a recording of the Exile's trial where the last five remaining Jedi Masters were hiding: ] on Telos, ] on Onderon, ] on Dantooine, ] on Nar Shaddaa, and ] on Korriban. The crew goes off to these worlds in search of the Jedi Masters in an attempt to unite them against the Sith and to find the answers as to why the Exile was sentenced as such. |
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However, finding the Jedi Masters proves to be a difficult task for the Jedi Exile because the ], which ended five years ago, had torn apart the galaxy. However, the damage that the Jedi Civil War caused takes a back seat to the Republic's ailing political and economical state and the assassinations of countless Jedi and Force Sensitive individuals at the hands of the ] ] and ]. In his quest to discover the truth behind the decision of the Jedi Council to exile him, the Jedi Exile stabilizes the key outer rim worlds of ], ] and ]. Escaping the destruction of ] Mining Facility, the Telosian Restoration Effort faced an impeding crisis from the lack of cheap Peragian fuel. Telos represents a chance for rebuilding, to a Republic on the brink of collapse. The success of the Telosian Restoration Effort rests on the Jedi Exile, and the project's failure could result in permanent economic downtime for the Republic. |
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In ], the great city of ] is in turmoil over the political feuding between idealistic and young ] and her pragmatic and experienced cousin, ]. Whichever side the Exile chooses may or may not affect the Republic negatively. When General Vaklu's political ambitions for an independent Onderon threatened to cause Onderon to secede from the Republic, the Republic fears that Onderon's secession could trigger much other secession from Outer Rim and Mid Rim worlds, a situation that could spell doom for the weakened Republic. In her quest to find Kavar, the Jedi Exile both supports Vaklu and brings about Onderon's secession from the Republic (from a certain point of view, ending the political wrangling to bring stability) or he aids Talia against Vaklu in the Civil war and secures Onderon's position as a member of the Republic. Supporting Vaklu forces a confrontation between the Exile and her former friend ]. |
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], which ] bombarded during the civil war, is where the Jedi Exile meets ]. On Dantooine, the Exile finds ], a former Padawan turned Republic soldier, and took him along (if the player is male, the ] would have joined the Exile after the player left Telos). While Dantooine has no Republic support, it remains an important defensive military tactical site for the Republic against outer rim invasions. Dantooine's problem with mercenaries escalates when a man named ], representing ], attempts a military take over of the colony world. Either the Jedi Exile supports the Azkul’s mercenaries or he lends a hand to Dantooine's Khoonda militia, repelling the mercenary attack. Supporting Azkul and his mercenaries will inevitably lead to a duel between the Exile and Master Vrook. |
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Master ] is found on Nar Shaddaa and can become either an ally or an opponent for the Exile to test himself against, based on the Exile's choices. In the canonical story arch, the Exile aids the refugee population of Nar Shaddaa in their struggle with the oppression and exploitation of the crime syndicate ], who have an interest in capturing Jedi. The Exile's interference with the refugees sets up a showdown between the Exile, his crew, and the Exchange with its mixed array of bounty hunters, thugs, and crime bosses. Alternatively, in the non-canon story, contributing to various downfalls in the Refugee Sector and elsewhere gains the Exile prestige in the eyes of the Exchange, until the Exchange boss meets with her. The Exile sets up a ploy to kill him with the mercenary Hanharr. In both storylines, the Exile is taken aboard the crime lord ]'s ship, where he is eventually rescued by the rest of her crew, and goes on to confront Zez-Kai Ell, for better or for worse. |
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The Exile also visits ] in his journey, learning the history of some of the former Sith Lords, as well as having confrontations with his own past in a strange cave ruin. However, in the end, it came down to locating Master ], and after navigating the ruins of the Sith Academy, the Exile found the former Master freshly dead. Vash's resourceful thinking before death, however, allowed the Exile a chance to escape the Academy, but not until after a confrontation with ]. |
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==Light side ending== |
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:''"What would you have done with him, Atris? Be mindful of your feelings. This is not Revan who stood before you. This one walks a different path."'' — ] |
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While it is not yet explicitly clear which ending is canonical, the official stance from Lucasfilm on games where players can choose between the light side and dark side has traditionally been that the light side ending is the canonical one. |
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After each confrontation with the Jedi Masters - Vrook, Kai-Ell, and Kavar - they agree to meet with the Exile in Dantooine's former Jedi Academy. Once the Exile had met with all of the missing Jedi Masters, he returned to Dantooine to find the rebuilt Jedi Training Academy. There, the Jedi had formed a council in which they would decide his fate. They told him of how he was cut off from the Force after Malachor V, and that the Sith had learned of the Exile's ability to become stronger in the Force by leeching on to the life of others. With the threat of the Sith finding the Exile, the Masters decided it was best to cut the Exile off from the Force so none of the Sith could find him. Before the Masters were able to strip him of the Force, Kreia stormed into the meeting, chanting to them her opinion on the matter, before killing them all, stripping them completely of the Force in the process. She then left the Exile unconscious in the enclave, and lied to the Handmaiden, who had arrived on the planet, by telling her that he was dead. Kreia and the Handmaiden journeyed to Telos to meet with Atris, who revealed she had become a ]. Kreia then revealed her own identity, that of ], and left Telos. The Exile arrived to do battle. After Atris was defeated, the Exile made her turn again to the light side, after which she revealed to him Kreia's dark persona. |
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Along with ] and Nihilus's former apprentice ], the Exile then boarded Nihilus's flagship, the ''Ravager'', which had arrived at Telos. Kreia had successfully manipulated him into believing that the last Jedi Academy (and thus, the last gathering of Jedi in existence) was located on Telos and contained many Jedi. Consumed by his hunger, Nihilus descended upon Telos in order to feed on the "Jedi" gathered there. A fierce battle ensued, during which the Exile killed the Sith Lord. After detonating the ship, he returned to Malachor V, the location of the final Mandalorian battle, and found the ], home of the reunited Darth Traya (Kreia) and her former apprentice, ]. |
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There he slew both Sith Lords, along with their legion of Dark Jedi and Sith soldiers. Before her death, however, Kreia revealed where Revan had set out following his defeat of Darth Malak. With that knowledge, the Exile ordered the reactivation of the ], tearing Malachor V apart and silencing the Wound in ] for good. He made his escape aboard the Ebon Hawk and with T3-M4 left to find the former Dark Lord. |
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Kreia spent her time developing the Exile to connect with the Force because it was the only way to kill the Force; she believed the Exile's wound would wipe the Force from the galaxy upon her death. |
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==Alternative dark side ending== |
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Once the Exile had found and slain all of the missing Jedi Masters, he returns to the rebuilt Jedi Enclave. Upon entering the room where the Council formerly held conclaves, he finds out that Kreia has followed him, deceived him into believing he would meet the source of his problems there. He asks her why she desired to kill Atris and the other Jedi, among other things. The Exile's answers are everything Kreia did not want to hear. Claiming he has failed her, Kreia attempts to draw out the Exile's life force, but the technique simply leaves him unconscious on the ground. Kreia - as the Handmaiden's "prisoner" - journeys to Telos to meet with Atris, who is revealed to have turned to the Dark Side. Kreia then reveals her own identity, that of ], and leaves Telos. The Exile arrives and exacts revenge upon Atris for condemning her to exile. She either destroys her in combat or leaves her weakened and at the mercy of the malevolent ] she had collected in her meditation chamber. |
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Along with ] and Nihilus's former apprentice ], the Exile then boarded Nihilus's flag ship, the ''Ravager'', which had arrived at Telos. Kreia had successfully manipulated him into believing that the last Jedi Academy (and thus, the last gathering of Jedi in existence) was located on Telos and contained many Jedi. Consumed by his hunger, Nihilus descended upon Telos in order to feed on the "Jedi" gathered there. A fierce battle ensued, during which the Exile killed the Sith Lord. After detonating the ship, he returned to Malachor V, the location of the final Mandalorian battle, and found the ], home of the reunited Darth Traya (Kreia) and her former apprentice, ]. |
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There he slew both Sith Lords, along with their legion of Dark Jedi and Sith soldiers. Before her death, however, Kreia revealed where Revan had set out following his defeat of ]. With this knowledge, the Exile leaves to find the former Dark Lord after sacrificing Kreia to the core of Malachor V, and leaving the planet (and hence, the Wound) intact. |
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However, the Exile,through alternate set of answers to Darth Traya, can choose to stay at the Trayus Academy and assume the mantle of the Dark Lord of the Sith. This unlocks the video "Assuming the Dark Throne." |
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==The Jedi’s Bane== |
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The Exile, whether he chooses the path of light or darkness, brings about the fall of the older generation of the Jedi Council. Their inaction during the ] is the catalyst for ] and more importantly for the Exile, is responsible for casting him out of the order he defended even through the Mandalorian Wars. |
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The Exile represents perfectly the Jedi’s failure to first; take action during the Mandalorian wars; secondly, to admit to their mistake in casting the Exile out of the order and lastly for also denying to judge themselves on their failure to intervene when they were called to do so (in favor of their pacifist ideals). |
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==The Wounds of an Exile== |
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The Exile’s character shares a lot of similarities with the tragic hero. Torn within by the death she had caused throughout the Mandalorian wars and finally the battle of Malachor V, the Exile is a character struggling to face the aftermath of her actions. Her return to the Republic provides and opportunity for redemption through revenge or forgiveness. But the aftermath she finds, was even more frightening, more severe than she had thought. |
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The ‘wound’ The Jedi Exile suffers from, (one brought about by a complete denial of the force subconsciously) is not restricted in its effects, to the Exile alone. She discovers that her actions at ] do more than sever her connection to the force, but they create two monsters in ] and ]. Darth Nihilus more so than Lord Sion perhaps, is connected to the battle of Malachor V. His ‘hunger’ is similar to the Exile’s ‘wound’ in one vital way, they are both lacking in the Force. Sion, through Malchor’s teachings and the rift in the Force caused there by the Exile's decision in the last battle of the ], make him a savage amalgam of dead flesh and malicious intent. The revelation of the Exile’s connection to these two murderers brings her ever closer to resolving her past deeds and wholeness. |
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==Behind the scenes== |
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Following the tradition of the first '']'' game, the aforementioned light side story is usually presumed and will likely be canonical, even though the official position has not been determined yet . |
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The alternate dark side story only differs in the fates of the planets the Exile visits (Onderon is usurped by General Vaklu, Dantooine is captured by Azkul and his mercenaries, and Malachor V remains intact), as well as one party member (] joins the player's party instead of ]). |
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The Jedi Exile is fully customizable by the player, and thus can take several different appearances and either gender. The male and female storylines have minor differences, with the most notable one being one of the player's party members (Brianna, the Last Handmaiden, only joins a male Exile's party, and Mical, the Disciple, only joins a female Exile's party). In addition, there is a scene on ], where the Exile meets a ] named Domo, who hires her to dance for ]. If the Exile is female, she gets dressed into a red ] and they brought her to Vogga as a dancing girl. However, if the Exile is male, either the Handmaiden or Mira becomes the dancing girl instead. |
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On August 19, 2005, Leland Chee made a statement on the StarWars.com forums in which he said he is trying to make the canonical Exile female (as opposed to the canonical Revan being male). In addition, they are considering the introduction of an official name for the Exile. |
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Recently, in the book ''The New Essential Guide to Droids'', the Exile was established as a 'heroine', thus canonically Light Sided and female. |
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==See also== |
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*'']'' |
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==References== |
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* Star Wars New Essential Chronology |
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* Star Wars New Essential Guide to Droids |
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==External link== |
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* {{sww|Jedi Exile}} |
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