Star Forge The Star Forge was a giant automated shipyard , designed to create the most powerful army of all time . It was constructed by the Rakata n Infinite Empire in 30 , 000 BBY , five thousand years before the rise of the Galactic Republic . The Star Forge drew energy and matter from a nearby star which , when combined with the power of the Force , was capable of creating an endless supply of ships , droids , and other war material . The Rakata , also known as " The Builders , " constructed the massive space station through the use of slaves from many subject worlds including Belsavis , Corellia , Coruscant , Dantooine , Drall , Duro , Kashyyyk , Manaan , Selonia , Sleheyron , Malastare , and Tatooine . This technological marvel came at a terrible cost , as the Rakata were by nature a cruel and savage species ; the Star Forge began feeding off these negative traits inherent in its creators . As a result the Star Forge became an immense tool of dark side power . The Star Forge , now a fusion of technology and dark side energies , began corrupting the Rakata in order to gain the immense power it required to operate itself and ultimately caused the collapse of the Rakatan Empire . While unaware of the semi - living superweapon ' s ability to corrupt its users , Darth Revan nevertheless limited his contact with the dark side artifact to avoid allowing it to control him as it did the Rakatans . His apprentice Darth Malak , on the other hand , planned to explore deeper into the Star Forge after disposing of his Master . Description . The size of the Star Forge was extraordinary for its time . Capital ships could easily move between the gaps of the three " fins " that radiated outwards from the central spherical structure . The fins extended downward to draw matter from the star of the Rakata system , using it to produce weapons and armament . While having few apparent docks for capital ships , many fighter craft and smaller freighters were able to dock at bays located on each of these fins . Externally , the Star Forge possessed very little defensive weaponry , save for several turbolaser batteries positioned near its hangar bays . Instead it depended entirely on its massive ship production capability as a means to defend itself . Internally , it was also capable of manufacturing thousands of battle droids for defense , and possessed numerous heavy blast doors that ran throughout the entire factory . It was also protected by a deadly ship - disabling energy field projected from Lehon ' s Temple of the Ancients on the Rakata homeworld nearby . The field caused ships to malfunction and be captured in the planet ' s gravity well , sending them spiraling down to the world below . History . Construction and early usage . As was the case with all apparent products of Rakatan dark side energy engineering , the Star Forge managed to survive several tens of thousands of years idling and without an operational crew by relying on its built - in automated repair systems . This trait was replicated in certain artifacts , such as the Star Map s . The Rakatan Builders destroyed the Star Maps after the completion of the Star Forge , but these slowly repaired themselves with the Star Forge ' s technology . While the data in each one was incomplete by the time the reformed Revan discovered them , their combined information was enough to reveal the location of the Star Forge . As an artifact of the dark side , the Star Forge corrupted those who used it , feeding its desire for death . Ajunta Pall hinted that it may have been known to , and used by , the early Sith . The Star Forge was sought after by the Sith Emperor . When Revan and Malak visited Dromund Kaas after the Mandalorian Wars and were corrupted by the dark side , he bid them to find it for him . However , the Star Forge came into their service , after discovering the Star Map s leading to the location of the ancient dark space station , thus resulting in the birth of their own new Sith Empire . Jedi Civil War . After having his memory erased by the Dantooine Enclave Council , Revan was directed to rediscover the location of the Star Forge , while it was under Malak ' s control who used it to strengthen the Sith fleet with a massive number of ships . Revan boarded the Star Forge to confront and kill Malak . It was destroyed at the end of the Jedi Civil War ( 3956 BBY ) by a Republic fleet aided by Bastila Shan ' s battle meditation . Darth Malak ' s experiment . Immediately prior to his defeat at the hands of Revan , Malak attempted to harness a heretofore unexplored property of the Star Forge . Using Jedi captured from the destroyed enclave on Dantooine , Malak was able to incorporate them into the Star Forge itself , which was seemingly capable of harnessing the power of Force - sensitives and channeling the power into a particular subject — in this case , Malak himself . The Jedi in the Star Forge were unable to become one with the Force while in this state , and Malak could use the energy inside the nearly lifeless bodies to regain his strength . The drained Jedi were apparently killed in the process . Revan sabotaged the system during his battle with Malak on the Star Forge Viewing Platform and it was subsequently destroyed along with the rest of the Star Forge . Legacy . After its destruction , the Star Forge fell into obscurity within the galactic community . The Republic , at the urging of the Jedi , felt it was unnecessary and detrimental to the rebuilding of the Republic to have the knowledge of the previously unknown Rakata surface . In their opinion , a reemergence of a culture that had once enslaved much of the known Galaxy would incite panic or fear . As a result , the Lehon system — with the wreckage from the final battle of Jedi Civil War , including the remains of the Star Forge — were quarantined . Only scant and obscure mention of the system and the Star Forge were known . Sometime after 3956 BBY , Revan led a group of Ongree - slaves to a complex on Nar Shaddaa . He gave them the Infinite Engine , which at the time , only was the size of a fingernail , but later grew to the size of an Ongree . Revan taught them to sacrifice their dead bodies and dedicate their newborn to the machine , and it would give them food , water , shelter and droids to defend them in return . Just like the Star Forge , the engine could create almost anything from almost nothing . In his diary , Revan claimed that sooner or later , they would create their own galaxies . In 1000 BBY , Darth Bane had begun traveling the galaxy looking for information about the Sith predecessors to the Brotherhood of Darkness . His inquiries took him to the Valley of the Dark Lords on Korriban and then to the Lehon system while seeking information regarding Revan and Malak . During his approach to the Lehon system , he saw the still untouched remains of the Star Forge and the wreckage of the final battle . Large pieces of metal had fused together , creating a ring - like construct around the planet Lehon . The remaining pieces littered the system similar to an asteroid field . Important locations on the Star Forge . Deck 1 . Deck 1 was a hangar in the Star Forge . During the Battle of Rakata Prime , the redeemed Jedi Revan , aboard the Ebon Hawk , landed on Deck 1 . There , several Jedi told him to find Bastila Shan , but were soon attacked by Dark Jedi . Revan helped defeat the Dark Jedi , and continued deeper into Deck 1 until Darth Malak sent droids to kill the Jedi on board . Revan defeated the droids and more Dark Jedi , before proceeding into Deck 2 . When Malak learned that Revan was on board , Malak sent all available troops to fight Revan . After defeating Malak on the Viewing Platform , Revan returned to Deck 1 , where he informed the crew of the Ebon Hawk that Malak was defeated . Revan escaped the Star Forge aboard the Ebon Hawk . Deck 2 . Deck 2 had an elevator leading up to the Command Center . Although the Star Forge was an artifact of the dark side , a console on Deck 2 could create light sided Star Forge Robe s . Shortly after the redeemed Jedi Revan entered Deck 2 , Darth Malak was told that Revan was on board . In response , Malak sent a garrison of Sith trooper s and Dark Jedi to attack Revan . Malak knew that his Sith underlings would be no match for Revan , but they would be able to slow Revan down , giving Malak enough time to set up the Star Forge ' s defenses , which were infinite battle droids constantly created by the Star Forge . Revan defeated the garrison , and took the elevator to the Command Center . Before the final battle , Revan managed to use the unique powers of the Star Forge to construct a set of robes that would distinctly power Revan to greater heights in the Force than Malak even knew was possible . Command Center . Located on the Star Forge , the Command Center which had elevators connected to Deck 2 , and the Viewing Platform . It contained a large hologram of the Star Forge itself . After being turned to the dark side of the Force by Darth Malak , Bastila Shan used her battle meditation from within the Command Center , to aid the Sith fleet in the Battle of Rakata Prime . However , Revan fought his way into the Command Center , and , after a lightsaber duel , was able to convert Bastila back to the Jedi . She then used her powers to help the Republic Navy , and turned the tide of battle in the Republic ' s favor . The Command Center was ultimately destroyed along with the rest of the Star Forge at the conclusion of the battle . Viewing Platform . Built near the summit of the Star Forge , the Viewing Platform was used to observe what was going on outside the space station . It was accessible via turbolift from the Command Center . During the Jedi Civil War , Darth Malak brought Jedi he had nearly killed on Dantooine to the Viewing Platform , placing their bodies into cells to prevent them from becoming one with the Force and augmenting his own dark power . When the redeemed Revan confronted Malak on the Viewing Platform , Malak used the captured souls to replenish his life , killing them in the process . To defeat Malak , Revan allowed the Jedi to become one with the Force , and mortally wounded his former apprentice . Malak died on the platform , which was destroyed shortly thereafter , along with the rest of the Star Forge , following Revan ' s escape . Behind the scenes . In the non - canon dark - side ending of " " , the reborn Darth Revan and his apprentice Bastila trick the Republic into attacking the Star Forge in order to distract Malak ; once they arrived , Bastila and Darth Revan fought throughout the station to the command center , where Revan faced Malak ' s three most powerful Dark Jedi Masters ( each with different robes ) . Malak promises that the one who delivers the killing blow to Revan will become his new apprentice . Revan and Bastila fought and killed all three of them . Bastila remains in the command center in order to turn the tide of the battle in favor of the Sith fleet , while Darth Revan fights his way to the observation platform , where he confronts and brutally slays his former apprentice Malak and the Sith fleet destroys the Republic fleet . Darth Revan returns to Lehon , where the celebrating Sith officially recognize him as the Dark Lord of the Sith . Revan then takes control of the Star Forge , and he ' s poised to unleash the Sith fleet on the Core systems . However , Revan relocates back to Korriban , where he experiences an increasing number of visions of what he ' d seen of the True Sith between the Mandalorian Wars and the Jedi Civil War . He then abandoned his conquest of the Republic and instead ventured into the Unknown Regions to face this threat , nominally leaving Bastila Shan in charge . Without a strong dark - side user to protect it , the Star Forge went dormant and stopped all production or activity . There was also a deleted scene where the Star Forge was to fire a beam that could control gravity . This beam was to be shot at one of the Republic ships and drag it into a " Hammerhead " - class cruiser , destroying both . This was cut in the end .