Revan ' s mask During the early skirmishes of the Mandalorian Wars , this mask belonged to a Mandalorian female . In 3973 BBY , the mask remained on the shores of the Outer Rim planet Cathar after the woman ' s death during the Mandalorians ' attack on the world . Ten years later , the mask was pivotal in the Jedi Knight Revan ' s efforts to find evidence of the Cathar species ' genocide ; Revan claimed the woman ' s mask as his own , vowing not to remove it until the Mandalorian Neo - Crusaders were defeated permanently . One year after Revan and his faction of Jedi successfully defended the Galactic Republic and vanquished the Mandalorians , Revan declared himself the new Dark Lord of the Sith and ignited the Jedi Civil War . Darth Revan wore the mask up until his capture by the Jedi Order . Usage . This mask was originally worn as a part of a Mandalorian female ' s armor , and had a red and gray color . Ten years after her death during the Mandalorians ' genocide of the Cathar people on their homeworld in 3973 BBY , the mask was claimed by the Jedi Knight Revan and was immediately donned by the Jedi . Revan continued to wear the mask as he led the Galactic Republic to victory against the Mandalorian Neo - Crusaders . After becoming a Sith Lord under the tutelage of a Sith Emperor and eventually declaring himself the new Dark Lord of the Sith , Darth Revan wore the mask as part of his personal armor , up until his capture by the Jedi Order and Republic forces in 3957 BBY . Revan wore the mask once more on Dromund Kaas when he confronted the Sith Emperor . History . During the early battles of the Mandalorian Wars , this mask was worn by a Mandalorian female who was present during the Mandalorian Neo - Crusaders ' devastation of the Outer Rim world Cathar . After driving the Cathar people into the sea , the woman tried to convince Cassus Fett — who led the attack against the planet — not to kill the Cathar , believing that they had been sufficiently defeated . However , Fett refused and ordered his Mandalorians to exterminate the Cathar ; the woman died trying to defend the Cathar as they were slaughtered , and her mask washed up on the shores of the planet . Ten years later , the Jedi Knight Revan , his friend and fellow Jedi Knight Malak , and their faction of Jedi were on Cathar searching for evidence of the Mandalorians ' slaughter of the Cathar people . Vrook Lamar , a member of the Jedi High Council , and a team of Council loyalists arrived on planet and confronted the Revanchist s , ordering them to abandon their efforts . During the discussion , Revan noticed the mask which had belonged to the Mandalorian woman and picked it up . When light shone on the mask , all of the Jedi present experienced a vision through the Force of the battle that had taken place a decade prior . After the vision ' s completion , Revan recognized that the Mandalorian female tried to defend the Cathar and perished as a result of the Mandalorians ' desire to massacre defenseless civilians . In honor of her sacrifice , Revan donned her mask , vowing not to remove it until he and his followers brought the Mandalorians to justice . Revan continued to wear the mask throughout the conflict , which concluded with the near extermination of the Mandalorians in the war ' s final battle at Malachor V in 3960 BBY . The two Jedi Knights then fell to the dark side of the Force under the guidance of the Sith Emperor ; although Revan eventually declared himself Dark Lord of the Sith , with Malak becoming his Sith apprentice , and thus establishing their own Sith Empire . Revan continued to wear the mask during the Jedi Civil War until Malak betrayed and left his Master for dead in 3957 BBY . When Revan ' s comatose body was recovered by the Jedi strike team sent to capture him , the Jedi Council repaired the Sith Lord ' s damaged mind and saved his life , but also reprogrammed him with an artificial persona , one who was loyal to the Galactic Republic and the Jedi Order . Unbeknownst to even the Jedi Council , Bastila Shan , the leader of the Jedi strike team that captured Darth Revan , recovered the mask and hid it for many years . She feared that the mask would not only cause Revan to regain all of his lost memories , but would also restore his original persona , as well as the dark side within him . After Revan disappeared , the Jedi Exile Meetra Surik set out to find him . Before she left , Shan gave the mask to her with instructions to give it to Revan . Surik eventually found Revan on the Sith world Dromund Kaas . After the mask was given to Revan by Surik , all of his memories came back to him . After Revan ' s defeat at the hands of the Sith Emperor , the mask remained the property of the Sith for centuries . During the Cold War era , it was in possession of the rogue Sith Lord Grathan until it was stolen by the Revanites , a Sith cult dedicated to emulating the life and teachings of Darth Revan . After Revan was freed from his prison he reacquired the mask and wore it once more , until he was confronted by a Sith strike team at The Foundry . The mask was damaged during his defeat , with a deep vertical scratch scarring the left part of the mask and crossing the eye slit . His body controlled by the dark half of his spirit , Revan wore the mask with his tattered robes until being confronted by Republic and Imperial champions on Yavin 4 . After he was defeated and the two halves of his spirit were reunited , Revan ' s physical body faded away as he became one with the Force , leaving his mask , lightsaber , and tattered robes behind . Behind the scenes . Revan ' s mask first appeared in the 2003 Xbox and PC video game " " , developed by BioWare . The backstory of how Revan acquired the mask was explained in the standalone comic " " , which was the forty - second issue of the , written by John Jackson Miller . The mask was featured in a preview for BioWare ' s upcoming PC game " " that was released on the game ' s official website . In the video , the player - controlled character fights to shut down an ancient complex that was constructed by Darth Revan during his tenure as a Sith Lord . Near the end of the video , the scene cuts to what appears to be a tomb and Revan ' s mask lying in front of it . While both " Star Wars : Knights of the Old Republic " and " Masks " portray the helmet as having been colored red and gray , various artwork depicts the mask as having been only red . Revan ' s mask was featured on Hasbro ' s action figure of Darth Revan in the third quarter of 2007 . The mask was also featured on Revan ' s miniature figure in " " set of " Star Wars Miniatures " , released on November 16 , 2007 . In 2009 , the mask was a part of Mighty Muggs ' figure of Darth Revan . A minature bust of Darth Revan , which features the mask , was released in January 2011 by Gentle Giant Studios .