Recurring characters Canderous Ordo Canderous Ordo, voiced by
John Cygan, is a
Mandalorian who appears in both the first game and in
The Sith Lords. Ordo is a veteran Mandalorian warrior who joins the player's party in
Knights of the Old Republic. After the game's conclusion, he becomes "Mandalore the Preserver", leader of the Mandalorians. Mandalore pledges himself and his warriors to the service of the
Jedi Exile in
The Sith Lords.
UGO Networks ranked Ordo among their list of top fifty Expanded Universe characters.
T3-M4 T3-M4 is an astromech droid who appears in both games. It was constructed by a Twi'lek named Janice Nall of
Taris for local crime lord, Davik Kang. The droid features code-breaking and computer "slicing" skills in addition to being able to mount armor and weapon upgrades. If the player attempts to talk to T3 it will simply communicate in a series of bleeps, similar to other
astromech droids like
R2-D2.
HK-47 HK-47, voiced by
Kristoffer Tabori, is an assassin droid owned by Revan, who appears in both of the games. In 2003 HK-47 won
Computer Gaming World "NPC of the Year" award, and later won the category of "Original Game Character of the Year" in the 2004
Game Developers Choice Awards.
Knights of the Old Republic characters Carth Onasi Carth Onasi, voiced by
Raphael Sbarge, is a
Republic soldier and pilot. During the Mandalorian wars, Carth served under Admiral Saul Karath, who would become his mentor and, later, object of revenge. He met Revan while the two were fleeing the
Endar Spire, following a Sith attack on the ship. He is the second character to become a party member in the first game, after Trask Ulgo sacrifices himself to fend off the Sith apprentice Darth Bandon. It is later revealed that Carth had a family on Telos who were killed by the Sith: his son Dustil later turns up as a
Sith convert and the player has the option of killing him or opening his eyes. He is a romance option for the female Revan. Carth can appear briefly in the sequel,
The Sith Lords, via recorded audio and video messages. Carth is assigned to the cruiser
Endar Spire during the Jedi Civil War when it was ambushed by a
Sith fleet over the planet
Taris. He narrowly escapes by taking an escape pod to the planet surface with an amnesiac
Revan, who was memory wiped and given a new identity as a rank-and-file Republic soldier. The two searched for, and eventually rescued, the
Jedi Bastila Shan from a swoop
bike gang. Stealing the ship the
Ebon Hawk from the crime lord Davik Kang, Carth and his companions escape Taris just as
Darth Malak orders an orbital bombardment on its surface. After arriving at the Jedi Academy on
Dantooine, he was tasked with searching for the Star Maps and the
Star Forge along with Bastila and Revan. While searching for the Star Maps, Carth and his companions were captured by Admiral Karath and taken aboard his ship, the
Leviathan. After breaking out, Bastila, Carth, and Revan managed to make it to the bridge of the ship, where Saul is defeated and killed. As he lay dying, Saul whispered Revan's true identity to Carth, to his dismay. Depending on Revan's alignment and relationship with Carth, Carth may accept that Revan is no longer a Sith Lord and had truly been redeemed. In the alternative, if Revan sides with Bastila later in the game and reassumes the mantle of Dark Lord of the Sith, Carth flees from the party and disappears: if the dark-sided Revan is female, Carth will confront her and Bastila in the Star Forge's hangar after the defeat of Darth Malak, leading to a second
boss fight. Depending on dialogue options made by the player character during certain conversations about how the aftermath of the so-called Jedi Civil War in the first game affects the branching narrative for
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords, Carth may make a brief appearances in the game, or be referenced by other characters such as
HK-47. According to the continuity established by the
massively multiplayer online role-playing game sequel
Star Wars: The Old Republic, Revan is male and remains loyal to the Jedi and the Republic. In
The Sith Lords, following the destruction of the Star Forge and the end of the
Jedi Civil War and if Revan returns to the Jedi, Carth is promoted to Admiral. Revan tasked Carth with protecting the Republic and left in search for the true
Sith Empire in the Unknown Regions prior to the events of the game. When the Sith Lord
Darth Nihilus attacks Telos five years after the end of the Jedi Civil War, Carth leads the Republic fleet in defense of the planet and the space station orbiting above it. He also requests to speak with the
Jedi Exile about Revan's whereabouts, where his dialogue content will differ depending on Revan's gender and the nature of his relationship with Revan. If Revan is female and if the player completes T3-M4's repairs, the droid will play a holovid recording of Carth discussing Revan, which again differs in content based on her final moral alignment. Carth first appears in Issue No. 8 of the
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic comic series as the helmsman serving aboard the Inexpugnable-class tactical command ship
Courageous. He is often referred to by the nickname "Fleet" during this time period. Carth participates in several battles, where he eventually met the fugitive Padawan Zayne Carrick, who is disguised as a janitor. Carth later appears in a more prominent role for several of the series' story arcs.
Mission Vao Mission Vao, voiced by
Catherine Taber, appears in
Knights of the Old Republic. She is a fourteen-year-old
Twi'lek and the best friend of
Zaalbar. Mission joins the player's party after encountering her in the Undercity on Taris. Mission is first seen in a Lower City bar on the planet Taris, and is later encountered in its Undercity. She is distraught that her
Wookiee companion
Zaalbar has been captured by the
Gamorrean slavers during a trip into the sewers of the Undercity, and seeks help to rescue Zaalbar. Zaalbar swears fealty to the player character upon his rescue, and both he and Mission join the player character's party as companions for the remainder of the game. Optional conversations with Mission will reveal details about her past and how she and Zaalbar met, and eventually unlocks a subplot side quest involving her brother Griff. Towards the end of the game, if the player character embraces their identity as Darth Revan, Dark Lord of the Sith and sides with a fallen
Bastila Shan, Mission and Zaalbar will attempt to defect from the party. The player will have to either kill them, or in the alternative, exploit Zaalbar's life debt and force him to murder Mission on their behalf. If Zaalbar is forced to kill Mission, he will turn on Revan if he is brought along as a companion to the Star Forge. Mission's past is explored in the twenty-second issue in the
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic series of comics. Mission has been mentioned in the
massively multiplayer online game Star Wars: The Old Republic as well as
Star Wars reference books, such as the second volume of
The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia.
Zaalbar Zaalbar is a character from
Knights of the Old Republic. He is a
Wookiee who is friends with
Mission Vao and joins the player's party, swearing a life-debt to the player for helping Mission rescue him from a group of Gammorrean slavers in the Undercity of Taris. Zaalbar is the brother to Chuundar, the leader of a tribe on their home planet Kashyyyk. When the player's party first lands on Kashyyyk, Zaalbar is referred to as "mad-claw". Through Zaalbar's and Chuundar's father, Freyyr, Revan learns why Zaalbar was banished from the tribe: Zaalbar learned that Chuundar was selling Wookiee slaves to Czerka Corporation, and in a fit of rage attacked him with his bare claws, breaking a major Wookiee taboo; this led Freyyr to disbelieve Zaalbar and side with Chuundar, and thus Zaalbar was exiled. When Revan and Freyyr confront Chuundar, Zaalbar sides with Freyyr and Revan and in turn kills Chuundar, freeing the Wookiees and driving Czerka off the planet. A dark-side alternative has Revan kill Freyyr, allowing Czerka's slave trade on Kashyyyk to continue: a dark-sided Revan can also order Zaalbar to kill Mission in order to fulfill his life-debt – this may cause Zaalbar to turn against Revan as well.
Bastila Shan Bastila Shan, voiced by
Jennifer Hale, is first mentioned as the commanding officer of the doomed Republic ship the
Endar Spire, which has been boarded by Sith forces who are in pursuit of her. She is later rescued by the player character from a criminal gang known as the Black Vulkars on the planet Taris. She escapes the destruction of Taris with the player character's party by stealing a crime lord's ship, the
Ebon Hawk, prior to an orbital bombardment by Malak's forces. She then becomes the player's Jedi Master (despite technically being only a Padawan learner herself) and shares with him/her the visions of the mysterious Star Forge which must be found in order to stop the Sith. If the player character is male, Bastila can also become his lover. Eventually, the
Ebon Hawk and its crew is captured by the Sith flagship, the
Leviathan. Imprisoned along with the rest of the crew, Bastila later escapes captivity along with
Carth Onasi and the player character. On their way to freedom, however, they are intercepted by Darth Malak who reveals the player character's true identity as Revan. Bastila admits that she was part of a Jedi strike team sent to capture Revan, and when they managed to corner the Dark Lord, Malak chose that moment to betray his Master by opening fire on Revan's ship. Though Revan was severely injured and almost killed in the attack, Bastila managed to save Revan's life, thus forging a powerful Force bond between the two. Revan was brought to the
Jedi Council, and was given a new identity and assigned to serve under Bastila on the
Endar Spire. Although Revan escapes with Carth, Bastila is held by Malak as his prisoner. After weeks of torture, Malak eventually succeeds in forcing Bastila to give in to her hate and she becomes his new apprentice. Bastila later confronts Revan atop an ancient temple on the Rakatan world of Lehon, where she gives the former Dark Lord of the Sith an ultimatum to join forces with her. She is confronted again on the Star Forge, where she is defeated by Revan in a lightsaber duel; the player may choose either to kill her upon her request, or to spare her which leads to her projecting Battle Meditation in the Republic fleet's favor. With Bastila dead or in support of the Republic, the Sith fleet loses the advantage of Bastila's powers. The Republic destroys the Star Forge after Revan defeats Malak and the Sith starships fell into disarray. The Jedi reconvened following the battle, while Revan and the surviving crew of the Ebon Hawk were honored as the saviors of the galaxy. If the player chooses to return to the dark side, Revan and Bastila turn on and kill the remaining Jedi party companions on top of the Rakatan Temple on the Unknown World. Before approaching the Star Forge, Bastila persuades the Republic to attack the Sith fleet stationed there. The Republic is under the impression that she would use her Battle Meditation against the Sith, but she uses it to turn the tide against them prior to Revan's final battle with Malak. Revan kills Malak, reclaims the title of Dark Lord of the Sith and takes Bastila as an apprentice. Depending on dialogue options made by the player character during certain conversations about how the aftermath of the so-called Jedi Civil War in the first game affects the branching narrative for
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords, Bastila may make cameo appearances in the game, or be referenced by other characters such as
HK-47. According to the continuity established by the
massively multiplayer online role-playing game sequel
Star Wars: The Old Republic, Bastila is redeemed by a male Revan and survives the destruction of the Star Forge: continuing on the original game's romance subplot arc, the two fall in love, marry and go on to have a son. A year after the Star Forge's destruction, Revan, having remembered a great threat to the galaxy he discovered as leader of the Sith, sets out into the Unknown Regions, leaving most of his companions behind, including Bastila, who is at this point pregnant with their son, who she names Vaner in memory of his father. Two of her descendants, Satele Shan and her son Theron Shan appear in
The Old Republic, which takes place 300 years after the first game.
Juhani Juhani, voiced by
Courtenay Taylor, is a
Cathar padawan who incorrectly believed she killed her master. She turned to the
dark side and tainted the grove on
Dantooine where she lived. Juhani initially appears as an enemy, but joins the protagonist Revan if she is spared and offered a chance to redeem herself: depending on which path the conversation is steered in by the player, Revan may either fight (and kill) her, or redeem her, where she joins the party to discover the location of the Star Forge and returns to the Order as a Jedi Knight. Juhani is the first explicitly LGBTQ character in
Star Wars media: if the player uses a female character, they have the option to romance Juhani. Juhani has received mostly positive reception for her appearance in
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. In an article written for
Vulture Hound, Thomas Richard considered Juhani to be a conceptually interesting character. He praised Taylor's subtle performance, noting that Taylor "delivers her lines with a purring
Russian accent and a deliberate pace that, all while presenting some perceptible differences with what the listener may be accustomed to hearing from real people, enable her to track down her character's conflicted emotions with remarkable precision". He opined that she successfully conveyed the character's "struggle to understand and control the anger in her heart, the resentment, self-blame and internalized sense of inadequacy caused by years of racial injustice" exactly when she needs to. Rostislav Kurka from
Sci Fi Fantasy Network was of the view that Juhani's redemption was affirming and resonated with players who struggle with identity issues and the belief that "they were not "right" according to the standards of their society". Conversely, Robert Purchese from
Eurogamer commented that Juhani's story arc was relatively unexplored and her romance subplot was not up to BioWare's usual standards. He remarked that while she did open up to Revan about her feelings, "the final battle commences and there's never time to find out what happens next".
UGO Networks considered Juhani to be one of the worst
Star Wars Expanded Universe characters, arguing that Juhani's only saving grace is her potential romantic subplot, whereas she is a bland and pointless character who is supposedly underpowered compared to other Jedi party members and is "almost a non-entity in the story". Juhani has also received particular attention for her status as an LGBT character. The character is often brought up in discussions about the history of LGBT representation and portrayal of queer characters in the
Star Wars universe.
The Sith Lords characters Kreia Kreia, voiced by
Sara Kestelman, is the teacher and mentor to the Jedi Exile in
The Sith Lords. Near the end of the game, she is revealed to have been
Darth Traya, the Lord of Betrayal, all along. Her character received mixed reception since the game's publication, but is generally thought to be one of the most well developed backgrounds and characterizations in retrospective reviews.
Atton Rand Atton Rand, voiced by
Nicky Katt, is a human pilot that the Jedi Exile meets on the asteroid mining station
Peragus II. After the Exile frees him from a force cage at the facility and cooperates with him to escape, Atton reluctantly joins them in their travels. When Kreia discovers Atton's past when they are imprisoned by the Jedi historian Atris on the planet Telos, she uses the information to blackmail him into remaining with the Exile's party as pilot of
The Ebon Hawk. The Exile may also learn about Atton's proficiency in Echani combat techniques from speaking with Atris' Echani handmaidens, a fact which he attempts to cover up and feign ignorance about if questioned. The Exile may later speak with a
Twi'lek non-player character in the Refugee Sector in Nar Shadaa who reveals that he is an old acquaintance of Atton and knows about his secret. If the Exile accrues enough influence and successfully convinces Atton to reveal the truth about his past, he will reveal some incriminating details about himself, including the fact that he has fought in the
Mandalorian Wars as well as the Jedi Civil War. Atton explains that he originally served with
the Republic military forces under
Revan's command, and when Revan fell to the dark side and turned on the government the Jedi had sworn to protect, Atton along with many other Republic military forces remained loyal to Revan, whom they consider to be their savior. During the Jedi Civil War, Atton was part of an elite
Sith assassin unit, trained to resist Jedi
Force powers and sent on missions to kill or capture Jedi to be broken and converted to the Sith. Later during the war, Atton was confronted by a female Jedi who informed him of his Force-sensitive nature and warned him that the Sith would undoubtedly compel him to train as a
Dark Jedi if they find out about it. Atton struck her down, but before her death, she opened up her mind to his, giving him a glimpse of the Force as she saw it. Enraged, Atton killed her, though the impression she left caused him to become disillusioned, and he eventually deserted the Sith. The Exile has the option to forgive Atton, who is expecting to be punished for his crimes. At his request, he may be trained in the ways of the Jedi Sentinel, and he may be influenced to follow either the light or dark side of the Force. Atton continues to travel with the Exile, participating in the defense of Telos against a Sith armada led by
Darth Nihilus and, shortly after, taking the Exile to Malachor V where they went on to defeat
Darth Sion and
Darth Traya. Within the established
Star Wars Legends continuity, Atton along several of the Exile's companions are supposed to survive the events of the game and help rebuild the Jedi Order; Kreia will prophesy their fates following her defeat if questioned by the Exile. If the Jedi Exile is female, as is the case with the canonical character Meetra Surik, the nature of Atton's relationship with her will be addressed through a few dialogue changes; however, the ending would be the same. The resolution of Atton's character arc in Trayus Academy on the planet Malachor V was cut in its entirety in the final release of
The Sith Lords. If
a fan mod which restores the cut content is installed, Atton encounters Darth Sion after he flees from Kreia, who has reassumed her title as Darth Traya and incapacitates the Exile's other companions who have attempted to confront her. If Atton defeats Sion and survives the duel, he will escape with his life. Should Atton turn to the dark side and have a low influence rating with a player character who is female, he will attack fellow party member Mical out of jealousy for her affections.
Bao-Dur Bao-Dur, voiced by
Roger G. Smith, is a character in
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords. He is a
Zabrak engineer from
Iridonia, who fought under the command of the
Jedi Exile during the Mandalorian Wars. Bao-Dur is the inventor of the Mass Shadow Generator that ended the battle on
Malachor V by completely obliterating the
Mandalorian Armada and inadvertently killing many
Republic soldiers on his own side of the battle, leading to a great deal of guilt later in his life. The Exile, who did not know Bao-Dur on a personal level at the time, gave the command, which sent massive echoes in
the Force throughout the galaxy. Bao-Dur is trainable as a
Jedi Guardian.
Visas Marr Visas Marr, voiced by
Kelly Hu, appears in
The Sith Lords as an apprentice of
Darth Nihilus. She is a
Miraluka from the planet of Katarr where all living things except for her were consumed by Darth Nihilus. While she is considered blind, she is able to see through the Force which allowed her to find the
Jedi Exile, although her personal sight is slightly affected by her trauma. When she confronts the Exile, she loses and in turn becomes part of their party. She pledges her loyalty to the Exile, whom she sees as a kindred soul due to the Exile's own experiences. Eventually the player confronts Nihilus with Visas, and needs to kill him. The player may choose to have Visas sacrifice herself to weaken Nihilus. Brian Menze designed the character, and drew on ninjas, the look of previous Sith Lords, and
G.I. Joe character
the Baroness in creating her concept art. As the character was mostly covered – only the lower half of her face is visible – Menze decided to make what was shown "as sexy as possible". Menze deviated from the usual black Sith Lords dressed in and instead added some color to soften her, based on the written description of the character. Menze noted that the character has since become a fan favorite and a popular choice for
cosplay activities at fan conventions.
Brianna Brianna, voiced by
Grey DeLisle, is the "
Last Handmaiden" on a Jedi Academy located on Telos IV in
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords. She initially does not reveal her name to the Exile; until she mentions her name late in the game, she is referred to as the Handmaiden. Brianna and her five half-sisters serve Atris, who orders her to join the party after leaving Telos on the
Ebon Hawk if the player's character is male. She turns out to be the daughter of an exiled Jedi master, Arren Kae, who vanished during the Mandalorian Wars. As a consequence, she is Force-sensitive and interested in Jedi lore, which alienated her from her family. Her training before joining the Exile's party makes her a skilled close quarter combatant and, after fulfilling certain combat and conversation requirements, she can be trained to become a
Jedi Guardian or a Dark Jedi Guardian. It is revealed by Kreia that Brianna eventually takes up Atris' role as the historian of the Jedi.
Mical Mical, also known as
the Disciple, is a character in
The Sith Lords voiced by
Greg Ellis. He is a former Jedi apprentice, who expected the Jedi Exile to become his master before the Exile left for the Mandalorian Wars. With nobody left to teach him due to the turmoil of the wars, he was ultimately refused for Jedi training. He then became a historian and a medic. He is a playable character that joins the player's party on Dantooine if your character is female. The Disciple can be influenced by light side acts and can be trained as a Jedi Consular.
Mira Mira, voiced by
Emily Berry, appears in
The Sith Lords. Mira lost her family during the Mandalorian Wars and became a slave to the Mandalorians, eventually being trained as a scout and soldier. By the end of the wars, the
Galactic Republic was flooding with refugees, and many of them, including Mira, ended up in the refugee sector of
Nar Shaddaa. To survive in the hostile environment, she became a bounty hunter with the purpose of earning credits and to help others to find their loved ones. A rival bounty hunter, the
Wookiee Hanharr, was employed to hunt her by an unknown person. Mira will join player characters who are oriented towards light-sided or neutral alignments, and can become a
Jedi Sentinel. Menze had a "shaggy-like character from the
Hanna-Barbera cartoon
Speed Buggy" as a reference for Mira. Her visual design was based on the appearances of women Menze described as the "gothic girl gamer" who attend shows or
fan conventions in the early 2000's, and whose stylistic choices included dyed hair, strapped platform leather boots and Hello Kitty backpacks, as he had hoped to tap into a likeness that these fans would respond to.
Hanharr Hanharr is a Wookiee
bounty hunter in
The Sith Lords, and can play different roles within the game, depending on the alignment of the player character. He is a psychotic Wookie who became a bounty hunter after being enslaved by Czerka. Hanharr is encountered on the planet Nar Shaddaa, as is
Mira, another bounty hunter, whom he owes a life-debt to and repeatedly tries to kill to escape it. One of these will join the party of the
Jedi Exile, as is determined by the personality of the player character. Light-side and neutral players are joined by Mira, dark-side players are joined by Hanharr. On the light-side and neutral paths, Mira duels and leaves Hanharr for dead and is saved by Kreia, cursing him with another life-debt as a Sith minion. The two engaged in a final duel on Malachor V, where Hanharr lost again, but Mira grants him his request for death and freeing him from his life-debt. Unlike other party members, Hanharr is not Force-sensitive, due to
George Lucas forbidding further creation of Wookiee Jedi characters in Legends continuity.
G0-T0 G0-T0, voiced by
Daran Norris, is a
droid who appears in
The Sith Lords. Built to oversee and aid in the planetary reconstruction of the planet Telos, its programming included two directives: produce options to rebuild the Republic and follow all the laws of the Republic. Sadly, all options G0-T0 could think of to assist the Republic would involve breaking a Republic law. Following this, the droid 'broke'; it overrode the second directive, and set up The Exchange, the greatest smuggling organization in the galaxy. Eventually the droid would be destroyed, but not before the organization had helped countless systems achieve prosperity. ==Major antagonists==