Star Wars : Knights of the Old Republic II : The Sith Lords Star Wars : Knights of the Old Republic II : The Sith Lords is the sequel to " " , which was widely regarded as a major commercial and critical success . The original game , however , was developed by a different company , BioWare . According to the game ' s producers , the change of developers was primarily due to BioWare ' s occupation with other titles , such as " " and " " . BioWare is understood to have recommended Obsidian Entertainment as an alternative developer , having worked with many of Obsidian ' s key members when they were part of the now - defunct . " The Sith Lords " was constructed using an updated version of the original " Knights of the Old Republic " , which Obsidian obtained from BioWare . Conception . Development of " The Sith Lords " began at approximately the same time that the original " Knights of the Old Republic " was released for the Xbox , on July 15 , 2003 . From the beginning , the production team had decided that the general atmosphere of the universe would be much darker than in " Knights of the Old Republic " and that the situation for the Jedi would be grim . Chris Avellone , Lead designer for the project , felt that it would be a challenging task to create a sequel to what he felt was an amazing story that BioWare had developed for the original " Knights of the Old Republic " and that there would be a lot of pressure created for the team . He began with determining what was considered fun in the gameplay elements and what kind of story would have to be developed to complement those elements . The next step was to watch every Star Wars movie , read every book and comic book about the Expanded Universe and even sitting through " The Star Wars Holiday Special " . To him , it was vital to understand what adventures had already been created , the parameters of the EU , and which bad ideas it was prudent to stay away from . Only then did he feel it was time to look at the overall vision of the project . The first phase involved distinguishing the character , or the hero ' s motivation , from player motivation and how the story would develop to integrate the two . In " The Sith Lords " , the character was a disgraced veteran of the Mandalorian Wars who was the last known Jedi in the galaxy and the target of dark side assassins who were determined to eradicate all Jedi . Certain circumstances had severed the hero ' s connection to the Force , but the character was being given a chance to slowly regain that connection and rediscover what it meant to be a Jedi or Sith . The player motivation involved providing the teasers that would stimulate the player into wanting to continue the game and encourage the player to explore the story and locations fully . For example , this could have been accomplished by revealing critical information , introducing a new companion or acquiring new special abilities . It was felt that each stage of the game should ask " and " answer the question " Why should the player care ? " The following phase involved devising the critical story points and filling in the story to link those points together . The purpose was to throw the player for a loop , but allow enough foreshadowing so that the player would stay interested . After the overall story had been developed , the game outline was divided up between the designers who would then go about filling in the details of their particular section of the storyline . The main goal was to give the player high adventure , lots of alien races and new worlds to visit . The development team also wanted to create a story that would pull the player into seriously thinking about the difference in using the Force for good and evil and the consequences of those actions . Plot summary . The game takes place approximately five years after the conclusion of the first game , and during the times of the Dark Wars , and focuses on a mostly different set of characters . The conclusion of the first game varied depending on the choices of the player , with either the light side or dark side of the Force emerging triumphant — at the beginning of " The Sith Lords " , players specify which of these outcomes they wish the sequel to follow . Regardless of how the original game ended , however , the beginning of " The Sith Lords " sees the Sith having almost completely destroyed the Jedi Order . The character whom the player takes control of is a Jedi Knight banished from the Order after she went to fight in the Mandalorian Wars . The Sith believe her to be the last remaining Jedi , though in the beginning known simply as the Exile or Jedi Exile by characters in the game due to a customizable name . Although the Exile is by default a female character , players can also choose to set the Exile as a male character . Among the characters who join the main character are Kreia , who acts as a mentor to the Exile ; Mira , a bounty hunter ( she only joins if the player is light - side aligned on Nar Shaddaa ) ; Hanharr , a Wookiee bounty hunter ( he joins only if the player is dark - side aligned on Nar Shaddaa ) ; Atton Rand , a former elite operative for the Sith during the Jedi Civil War who turned to smuggling after leaving the Sith , having found out that he was Force - sensitive ( Atton is the love interest of a female Exile ) ; Bao - Dur , a Zabrak engineer ; Brianna , an Echani Handmaiden ( she only joins if the Exile is male and is one of the two love interests of a male Exile ) ; Mical , a former Jedi Initiate turned historian ( another love interest for a female Exile ) ; Visas Marr , a Miraluka Dark Jedi apprentice to Darth Nihilus ( she is the other love interest of a male Exile ) ; and G0 - T0 , an interrogation droid . Several characters featured in the first game are also brought into this sequel , and a few can join the main character ' s party : T3 - M4 , an astromech droid ; HK - 47 , an assassin droid ; and Canderous Ordo ( as Mandalore the Preserver ) , a Mandalorian . Enemies include Darth Sion , a Sith Lord with a shattered body , held together with the Force and Darth Nihilus , a being of hunger that fed on Force - sensitive energy . The new planets which the character may visit include Telos IV , the environmentally destroyed home of Carth Onasi ; Nar Shaddaa , the Smugglers ' Moon ; the planet of Onderon ; Onderon ' s jungle moon Dxun ; and Peragus II . Korriban and Dantooine , which also appeared in the original " KotOR " , are also revisited . The " Ebon Hawk " , the ship used by the main character in the first game , once again is the main method of transportation . Major characters . This is based on the canon ical female light side version of the game . Meetra Surik . Meetra Surik ( also known as the Jedi Exile ) is the protagonist of " Knights of the Old Republic II : The Sith Lords " . Ten years before the events of the story , Surik fought as a Jedi General in Revan and Malak ' s crusade against the Mandalorians in the Mandalorian Wars . During the climactic Battle of Malachor V , Surik activated the Mass Shadow Generator , which caused over a thousand instantaneous deaths during the battle . While this event ended the war , the traumatic strain of experiencing so many deaths through the Force caused Surik to instinctively sever her connection to the Force , and she was subsequently exiled from the Jedi Order . After wandering the periphery of the galaxy for a decade , Surik is pulled into the conflict between the Republic and the Sith . Gathering companions and healing the dying Jedi Order in her journey , Surik ultimately eliminates the Sith Lords one by one , encountering the shadows of her past along the way and conquering her inner demons . She eventually defeats Kreia in the Trayus Core on Malachor V , thus ending the threat she posed . Darth Sion . Darth Sion ( also known as the Lord of Pain ) is one of the three Sith Lords in the Sith Triumvirate . Formerly a warrior serving under Exar Kun , he was killed in battle during the Great Sith War . However , he harnessed his hatred through the Force , allowing him to rise from the dead whenever he is defeated . His immortality comes at a great cost , however , because his wounds never heal and he constantly experiences pain and agony . During the Jedi Civil War , Sion sided with the Sith against the Republic and helped form the Sith Triumvirate with Darth Traya . However , he betrayed Traya when he believed she was growing too weak for the Sith , and led his forces on a five - year long extermination of the Jedi . When Meetra Surik returns to the galaxy after ten years of absence , Sion becomes obsessed with hunting her down , yet she evades him during each encounter . Eventually , Surik confronts Sion in the Trayus Academy on Malachor V , where she overcomes the Sith Lord and convinces him to abandon his hatred and willingly accept his death . Darth Nihilus . Darth Nihilus ( also known as the Lord of Hunger ) is one of the three Sith Lords in the Sith Triumvirate . His past life is almost completely shrouded in mystery , apart from the fact that he was once a Jedi who served under Revan in the Mandalorian Wars . During the catastrophic end of the Battle of Malachor V , the man who became Nihilus miraculously survived Meetra Surik ' s activation of the Mass Shadow Generator , though the experience left him scarred . The strain of experiencing so many deaths through the Force caused Nihilus to crave Force energy , and he kept himself alive on the dead planet by draining the Force from whatever vessel he came across . This misuse of Force power caused Nihilus ' physical form to degenerate until he has to encase his spirit inside his mask and armor in order to stay alive . He was eventually found by Darth Traya , who trained him and Darth Sion as her apprentices and led a five - year long galactic extermination of the Jedi . Nihilus later aided Sion in overthrowing Traya , and actually detached from Sion later on , causing major destruction , and taking on an apprentice of his own , Visas Marr . Nihilus is later lured to Telos IV by Traya under the false pretense that there are Jedi on the planet for him to consume . He is drawn into a confrontation with Meetra Surik and a redeemed Visas Marr , who fight him on board the " Ravager " and eventually slay him . Kreia ( Darth Traya ) . Kreia is a mysterious old woman whom Meetra Surik meets in the Peragus Mining Facility after eluding Darth Sion and his Sith assassin s . A powerful Force sensitive , Kreia acts as Surik ' s mentor throughout her journey to restore order to the Republic , helping her reestablish her connection to the Force . While her motives are initially shrouded in mystery , Surik gradually learns of Kreia ' s origins as Revan ' s original master . She was blamed for Revan ' s fall after the Mandalorian Wars and exiled from the Jedi Order as punishment . Turning to the dark side , Kreia became Darth Traya , took control of the remnants of Revan ' s Sith Empire , and formed the Sith Triumvirate . Before she could begin her revenge against the Jedi , Kreia was betrayed by her two conspirators , Darth Sion and Darth Nihilus , who cut off her connection to the Force . A maddened Kreia attempts to use Surik as a wound to destroy the Force , thus ending both the Jedi and the Sith . Her plan fails in the end and she is slain by Surik in the Trayus Core on Malachor V . Atton Rand . Atton Rand is a former Republic soldier who served under Revan in the Mandalorian Wars and Jedi Civil War . After the wars , Rand became a smuggler . He was captured and imprisoned in the Peragus Mining Facility , until Meetra Surik finds and frees him . After escaping from Peragus on the " Ebon Hawk " , Rand travels around the galaxy with Surik as the ship ' s pilot . Along the journey , Surik learns more about Rand ' s past and his aversion to the Jedi ; he has past experience in killing Jedi . She also discovers that Rand is Force - sensitive and decides to train him to be a Jedi Sentinel . Bao - Dur . Bao - Dur is a Zabrak mechanical and technical expert from Iridonia . He served under Meetra Surik during the Mandalorian Wars and was responsible for creating the Mass Shadow Generator during the Battle of Malachor V . He carries with him the guilt and shame of being ultimately responsible for so many deaths , both on the surface and in the orbiting fleets , when the device was activated to end the battle . After the war was over , Bao - Dur wanted to use his skills to help people as a means of atoning for his " sins , " so he participated in the Republic - sponsored Restoration Project on Telos IV . He meets Surik again when she crash - lands en route to a Restoration Zone , and decides to follow her around the galaxy . During their travels , Surik discovers that Bao - Dur is Force - sensitive so she trains him to be a Jedi Guardian . Bao - Dur has replaced his left arm with an energy - arm that allows him to break through force shields and deal more damage . He is also accompanied by a small , spherical remote droid which helps him with repairs . Mical ( Disciple ) . Mical ( also known as the Disciple ) is a Force - sensitive Human who was briefly trained in the Jedi Enclave on Dantooine as a Jedi youngling . By the time he was ready for further training , the Jedi Order had fallen apart due to the Mandalorian Wars and Jedi Civil War , so his training was discontinued . He sought to preserve the Jedi ' s legacy by becoming a historian and soldier in the service of the Republic . He also picked up some medical skills . While exploring the ruins of the Jedi Enclave on Dantooine , Disciple encounters Meetra Surik , who is searching for the surviving Jedi Masters . She welcomes him to join her when he offers to use his knowledge and skills to help her . Although Disciple is initially reluctant to reveal his past , he eventually tells her about his Jedi training and how he met her before in his childhood . He accepts her offer to train him again and becomes a Jedi Consular . Visas Marr . Visas Marr is a Miraluka , a race of Force - sensitives who can " see " through the Force , but are otherwise effectively blind . During the Dark Wars , the Jedi Order tried to hold a meeting on Katarr ( Marr ' s homeworld ) , hoping that their presence would be masked by the Miralukas ' strong Force sensitivity . However , the meeting was disrupted when Darth Nihilus showed up and used his Force drain to destroy all life on Katarr . Marr , the sole survivor , was taken prisoner by Nihilus , who forced her to become his apprentice . As Meetra Surik rebuilds her connection to the Force , Nihilus senses her growing presence and sends Marr to hunt down and kill her . Marr ambushes Surik on the " Ebon Hawk " but Surik defeats her and spares her . Impressed by Surik ' s skill and her perceived destiny , Marr abandons the dark side and pledges allegiance to Surik . Mira . Mira is a Human female raised and trained by the Mandalorians , who destroyed her home and enslaved her during the Mandalorian Wars . She lost her adopted family when the Mass Shadow Generator was activated during the Battle of Malachor V . After the battle , she ended up on Nar Shaddaa , where she became a bounty hunter . During this time , she got into conflict with the Wookiee bounty hunter Hanharr , who relentlessly tries to hunt down and kill her . After Meetra Surik arrives on Nar Shaddaa , Jedi Master Zez - Kai Ell secretly engages Mira to protect Surik from the other bounty hunters , who are seeking to collect Goto ' s bounty on Jedi . When Visquis , the local Exchange boss , tries to lure Surik into a trap , Mira knocks out Surik and goes in place of her . However , she ends up being captured by Visquis and forced to fight Hanharr in the arena . She defeats Hanharr and leaves him apparently dead before escaping . She joins Surik ' s companions in rescuing Surik from G0 - T0 ' s yacht and accompanies Surik on her quest after that . Surik discovers Mira ' s Force sensitivity later and trains her to be a Jedi Sentinel . G0 - T0 ( Goto ) . G0 - T0 is a planning droid created by the Aratech Repulsor Company to assist in rebuilding the Republic after the Jedi Civil War . After some time , the droid found itself unable to follow both of its directives — rebuild the Republic " and " follow all Republic laws — at the same time , so it chose to follow only the former . It set up a smuggling ring on Nar Shaddaa and pretended to be a proxy for a man called Goto , who does not exist in reality and appears only in holograms . G0 - T0 placed a bounty on live Jedi with the intention of getting them to help rebuild and stabilize the Republic , but bounty hunters misinterpreted the bounty and simply killed Jedi . G0 - T0 also reactivated a hidden HK Manufacturing Plant on Telos IV which started producing HK - 50 series assassin droid s to hunt and kill Jedi . When Meetra Surik comes to Nar Shaddaa , she is captured and taken on board G0 - T0 ' s yacht , where the droid reveals its plans for the Republic and seeks her help . After Surik escapes , G0 - T0 presents itself on the " Ebon Hawk " as " Goto ' s gift " and insists on accompanying Surik and watching her stabilize Telos , Dantooine , and Onderon . T3 - M4 . T3 - M4 is a utility droid which accompanied Revan on his search for the Star Forge . After the Battle of Rakata Prime , Revan left for the Unknown Regions and gave T3 - M4 special instructions to seek any Jedi for help if they lost contact with each other . Five years later , T3 - M4 finds an injured Meetra Surik on board the heavily damaged " Ebon Hawk " . It manages to repair and navigate the ship to the nearby Peragus Mining Facility . After Surik awakens in the Peragus medical bay , T3 - M4 helps her gain access to the fuel depot before it is attacked and disabled by a HK - 50 assassin droid . Surik saves T3 - M4 and they escape from Peragus together just before the system is destroyed . Since then , T3 - M4 has remained in Surik ' s team and followed her on her journey around the galaxy . HK - 47 . HK - 47 is an assassin droid created by Revan after the Battle of Malachor V to assassinate his enemies . The droid was damaged and captured on a mission shortly before Revan was taken captive by the Jedi Order and reprogrammed with a new " good guy " identity . HK - 47 reunited with its master on Tatooine later and accompanied him on his search for the Star Forge . Some time after Revan left for the Unknown Regions , HK - 47 was damaged and left on board the " Ebon Hawk " , which eventually comes into the possession of Meetra Surik and her companions . Surik repairs HK - 47 , who recognizes her as its new master and follows her around the galaxy . Canderous Ordo ( Mandalore ) . Canderous Ordo ( also known as Mandalore ) is a Mandalorian who fought in the Mandalorian Wars against the Republic . He joined a redeemed Revan on his quest for the Star Forge and fought in the Battle of Rakata Prime against Darth Malak . After the Jedi Civil War ended , Ordo claimed the position of Mandalore ( leader of the Mandalorians ) with help from Revan . He built his base on the forest moon Dxun and started working on reuniting the scattered Mandalorian clans and rebuilding Mandalorian power . When Meetra Surik is forced to land on Dxun en route to Onderon , she comes across the Mandalorian base and meets Mandalore . Mandalore promises to help her secure passage to Iziz ( Onderon ' s capital ) if she can prove herself worthy . Surik manages to impress the Mandalorians through her achievements on Dxun and earns their respect . In return , Mandalore keeps his word and accompanies her to Iziz to find Jedi Master Kavar . After that , he decides to join Surik on her quest to reunite the surviving Jedi and defeat the Sith . Brianna ( Handmaiden ) . Brianna ( also known as Handmaiden ) is a Human - Echani female who served as a handmaiden to Jedi Master Atris at the secret Jedi academy on Telos IV . She has five half - sisters , who also serve as Atris ' s handmaidens . When Meetra Surik arrives at Citadel Station , Atris sends Handmaiden to steal the " Ebon Hawk " and lure Surik to the academy . Surik shows up and convinces Atris to join the fight against the Sith and find the other surviving Jedi Masters . Before Surik leaves , Handmaiden speaks to her and expresses her interest in the ways of the Force . If the player sets Surik as a male character , Handmaiden will sneak on board the " Ebon Hawk " and accompany him on his quest . After gaining sufficient influence with Brianna , the player can train her to be a Jedi Guardian . Hanharr . Hanharr is a Wookiee male from Kashyyyk . A ruthless hunter and brutal sociopath , he slaughtered his entire village in cold blood , believing that this would prevent them from being enslaved by the Czerka Corporation . He eventually ended up on Nar Shaddaa and became a bounty hunter . He also got into conflict with Mira . When Meetra Surik arrives in Nar Shaddaa and is about to walk into a trap set by Visquis , the local Exchange boss , Mira knocks out Surik and goes in place of her . She is captured by Visquis and forced to fight Hanharr in the arena . She defeats Hanharr and leaves him apparently dead . Hanharr is secretly revived by Kreia , who manipulates him to do her bidding . He appears for the last time on Malachor V , where he fights Mira again and dies by her hand . If the player sets Surik as a dark side character , Hanharr will kill Mira and join Surik ' s party . Atris . Atris is a Jedi Master who served as a member of the Jedi Council during the Mandalorian Wars and Jedi Civil War . She was deeply committed to the Jedi Code and felt betrayed when Meetra Surik defied the Council and followed Revan to fight in the Mandalorian Wars . When Surik returned after the Battle of Malachor V to face the Council ' s judgment , Atris was the first to condemn her and call for her to be exiled . During the Dark Wars , Atris called the Jedi to attend a secret meeting on Katarr . She then leaked out information about the meeting and hoped that doing so would lure the Sith out of the shadows . However , her plan backfired when Darth Nihilus showed up and used his Force drain to destroy all life on Katarr - - leaving only Visas Marr alive . Atris retreated into seclusion on Telos IV , where she established a secret Jedi academy in the polar regions and recruited the Echani Handmaiden Sisters to be her bodyguards . Gradually and unknowingly , she fell to the dark side as she immersed herself in studying the Sith holocrons she had collected in her efforts to better understand the Sith . When Surik arrives at Citadel Station , Atris sends Handmaiden to steal the " Ebon Hawk " and lure Surik to the academy . She initially blames Surik for the destruction of Peragus , but later reluctantly accepts Surik ' s offer to help her defeat the Sith . She instructs Surik to find the other surviving Jedi Masters and reunite them in the Jedi Enclave on Dantooine . Synopsis . " ( Note : This is based on the canon ical female light side version of the game . Gender , Force alignment , order of planets visited and other variables can differ depending on the input of the player . ) " Escape from Peragus . In 3951 BBY , five years after the Jedi Civil War , and four years after Revan , the redeemed former Dark Lord of the Sith , departed for the Unknown Regions . Revan ' s ship , the " Ebon Hawk " , emerged badly damaged in the Peragus system , with six passengers on board : two droids that formerly belonged to Revan , T3 - M4 and a disassembled HK - 47 , two other droids , 3C - FD and a HK - 50 assassin droid , and two Humans , Meetra Surik , and an old woman named Kreia , both unconscious . T3 - M4 managed to dock the ship into the Peragus Mining Facility , where Surik was put into a kolto tank in the medical bay , while Kreia , mistaken for dead because she was in a deep trance to survive the flight , was placed in the morgue . After awakening , Surik found Kreia , and a smuggler , Atton Rand , locked in a prison cell . The three of them seemed to be the only people alive in the entire facility , which was covered with dead miners and crawling with assault - programmed mining droids , which started " mining " organics . Eventually , Surik discovered that the HK - 50 assassin droid was responsible for the damage done to the facility , and destroyed the droid . Meanwhile , another ship arrived at Peragus : the " Harbinger " , the Republic capital ship that was transporting Surik to Telos IV before a series of events that resulted in them ending up in Peragus . When Surik , Kreia , and Rand — in an attempt to escape from Peragus — boarded the " Harbinger " , they discovered that the ship had been overrun by the Sith , led by Darth Sion . As Kreia approached Sion , in an attempt to distract him , Surik and Rand escaped through one of the ship ' s fuel pipes . Meanwhile , Sion severed Kreia ' s hand with his lightsaber , and Surik discovered her newly formed Force bond with Kreia when she unexpectedly felt her pain . Surik and Rand continued and met up with T3 - M4 , and after reaching the hangar bay , boarded the " Ebon Hawk " . As they were trying to stop the Sith from boarding , Kreia caught up with them after escaping from Sion , despite the loss of her hand . As they tried to escape the Peragus system , flying through an asteroid field surrounding Peragus II , the " Harbinger " fired at the " Ebon Hawk " and missed , hitting one of the asteroids , which caused a sequence of explosions that completely destroyed the mining facility , asteroid field , and the Peragus system itself . Refuge on Telos . Using the astrogation charts recovered from the " Harbinger " containing only the Telos system , which was slowly recovering after the Sith bombardment during the Jedi Civil War , the three had no choice but to go to Citadel Station . There , they were immediately disarmed and detained by Lieutenant Dol Grenn of the Telos Security Force for the duration of the investigation on the destruction of the Peragus Mining Facility — not coincidentally , the main fuel supplier for Citadel Station , without which the station would not be able to maintain its orbit around Telos . During the investigation , a mysterious woman stole the " Ebon Hawk " with T3 - M4 locked onboard . Chodo Habat , the leader of the Ithorian team responsible for the restoration efforts on Telos , offered Surik to restore some of her lost connection with the Force , and provided a shuttle off Citadel Station in exchange for fending off their rivals , Czerka Corporation . Despite Kreia ' s disapproval of an alliance with the Ithorians , Surik accepted his offer , uncovered some details about Czerka ' s illegal business ( certainly enough for the Telosian Council to drive them off the planet ) and , together with her companions , flew to the surface of Telos IV . On Telos IV , the shuttle was attacked and damaged by a Czerka air defense turret and crash - landed in a restoration zone , miraculously near the Zabrak mechanic Bao - Dur , who formerly served under Surik in the Mandalorian Wars . He refused to call her anything but " General . " He also designed the Mass Shadow Generator , which played a significant role in the Mandalorians ' ultimate defeat in the Battle of Malachor V , and currently worked for the Ithorians . Fighting their way through Czerka mercenaries , Surik and her companions reached an abandoned Republic military base , where Bao - Dur pinpointed a breach in the planetary defense system in the polar regions as the most likely location of the " Ebon Hawk " . Having boarded a yet another shuttle ( in the process discovering the base was swarming with hostile droids ) , Surik , Kreia , Rand and Bao - Dur headed to the polar regions of Telos . Hidden Academy . Upon arrival , the shuttle once again crash - landed on a polar plateau as a result of being shot down by three HK - 50 assassin droids . After dealing with them , Surik discovered a Jedi academy hidden within the plateau . When they entered it , Surik ' s companions were locked in prison cells , and she was brought before Atris , one of the Jedi Masters ( and the only Jedi in the academy ) who previously banished Surik from the Jedi Order for fighting in the Mandalorian Wars . Surik offered her help against the new Sith threat that had revealed itself on Peragus by finding any Jedi who may have survived the purge after the Jedi Civil War . Impressed that Surik held no grudge against her , Atris allowed her to take back to the " Ebon Hawk " ( which Surik found out was stolen by one of Atris ' s handmaidens ) and freed her companions . When the party assembled once again on the " Ebon Hawk " , T3 - M4 " told " Surik that he downloaded a holorecord of her trial from Atris ' archives . It turned out that there were four Jedi Masters in hiding — the Jedi Council members who exiled her , namely Zez - Kai Ell , Kavar , Vrook Lamar , and Lonna Vash . She decided to find them to discuss a plan of action against the Sith and maybe even figure out why she lost her connection to the Force . Nar Shaddaa . The first stop on their search was the moon Nar Shaddaa . According to Rand , Nar Shaddaa was the " " gaping maw of Nal Hutta . " " The massive population and large cityscape of the moon made it easy for one to hide and lay low for a while . Unfortunately , Surik did just the opposite . In her attempt to find Jedi Master Zez - Kai Ell , Surik made an effort to cause much anger and distress to the Exchange ( a galactic - wide criminal organization ) , and get the bounty hunters off her back . When Surik was captured , the bounty hunter Mira joined up with her party and they rescued her on G0 - T0 ' s yacht . During the rescue , the yacht ' s cloaking was sabotaged and Vogga , one of the local Hutt crimelords whose freighters were being raided by G0 - T0 ' s yacht , quickly seized the opportunity and destroyed it , right as the " Ebon Hawk " escaped . Finally , Surik came back to Nar Shaddaa and found Zez - Kai Ell . The Jedi Master confessed that he felt that the Jedi Order had much to take responsibility for , and their inability to do so at Surik ' s trial caused him to leave . He answered her questions and taught her a lightsaber form . He then agreed to go to Dantooine and wait for her there . Dxun . Immediately after Nar Shaddaa , Surik sought out Jedi Master Kavar on Onderon . As the " Ebon Hawk " entered the Onderon system and joined the long line into the starport on Iziz ( Onderon ' s capital ) , Onderon forces led by Colonel Tobin fired on the ship and began a massive space battle above the planet . The " Ebon Hawk " took damage during the battle and was forced to crash land on the jungle moon Dxun . In their explorations of the moon in search of passage , Surik encountered a group of Mandalorians led by Canderous Ordo , now known as Mandalore . Mandalore promised to provide her with passage to Iziz if she managed to impress them . Surik did so through her achievements on Dxun and gained the Mandalorians ' respect . Mandalore accompanied Surik to Iziz on his own shuttle . Onderon . Once Surik landed on Onderon , she grew knowledgeable of the crisis that was brewing in Iziz . General Vaklu had declared martial law in the city and began subtly rallying support for his revolution against his cousin , Queen Talia . Mandalore ' s friend , Dhagon Ghent , after being cleared of charges for the murder of Captain Sullio , thanks to Surik ' s investigation , found Jedi Master Kavar and made contact . At the time , Kavar was serving as a bodyguard and adviser to the queen , and he left the palace to meet Surik in the cantina . Their meeting was immediately interrupted by Colonel Tobin and a squad of soldiers . Kavar helped Meetra escape the cantina , and she then retreated back to Dxun . Dantooine . Surik left Dxun on the repaired " Ebon Hawk " and departed the Onderon system , to be away until Kavar contacted her . The third stop on their search was the grassland planet Dantooine . Dantooine was devastated by the attack perpetrated by Darth Malak several years before . The surviving populace had established a government in the former home of the Matale family which they named Khoonda , with Terena Adare as their Administrator . The people of Khoonda were fearful of the Jedi , who they associated with the Dark Jedi responsible for attacking them in the past . Surik came to the world in search of Jedi Master Vrook Lamar . Once on Dantooine , she heard rumors that Adare was in contact with a Jedi , and she approached her to inquire about his whereabouts . Adare realized some time ago that the Khoonda Militia would not provide sufficient protection , so she had maintained secret contacts with the Jedi Master . Adare granted Surik permission to search the Enclave ruins for Lamar . In the ruins , she fought through several waves of laigrek s , but found no trace of Lamar . She ran into Mical , a former Jedi Initiate whose Jedi training was disrupted by the Mandalorian Wars . He had been sent by Carth Onasi to find and protect any Jedi artifact s he can find . He agreed to join her group and help find the Jedi Masters with her . Surik also found the corpses of several mercenaries in the library , and a datapad found on one of their bodies indicated that Lamar had been captured . Surik led her party to the mercenary enclave in the crystal cave not far from Khoonda , where they found the mercenaries preparing to sell Lamar to the Exchange . Surik approached the group and asked for his release , but her pleas fell on deaf ears and she was forced to defeat the mercenaries to rescue Lamar . Unexpectedly , the freed Jedi Master chastised her , telling her her that her actions just caused an all - out war , and revealing that he had allowed the mercenaries to capture him so that they would not attack Khoonda . As Surik left the caves to return to Khoonda , she met Azkul , the leader of the mercenaries . He asked her to join him in his campaign against Khoonda , but Surik refused and fought the mercenaries . Back at Khoonda , Surik bolstered the stronghold ' s defenses by activating droids and security systems , as well as recruiting extra members for the militia . Azkul and the mercenaries attacked , precipitating a long and hard - fought battle that culminated with the defeat of Azkul at the hands of Surik and Lamar . With the mercenary threat averted , Lamar answered Surik ' s questions and taught her a new lightsaber form . Surik left Dantooine , taking the gratitude of its people with her . Return to Dxun . As Surik left Dantooine , she received word from the Mandalorians on Dxun that Kavar had just made contact , and that she was needed back immediately . The morning of that day , General Vaklu declared Queen Talia guilty of treason and started a revolt against her . But the situation had now become far more complicated , because the Sith , led by Darth Nihilus , had become involved and offered aid to Vaklu ' s faction . The Onderon Civil War had begun . The Sith were using the tomb of Freedon Nadd on Dxun as their base . After repairing the telecommunications array , the Mandalorians located the tomb and planned to stage an assault . Surik handpicked a group of her party members to infiltrate the tomb and destroy the Sith forces there , while she would go to Iziz to stop Vaklu and save the queen . The group hiked through the jungle , engaged the Sith on the field , and cleansed the tomb . Return to Onderon . Surik , along with Kreia , flew a salvaged Basilisk war droid into Iziz and participated in the battle . They fought their way up the Sky Ramp and into the palace . With the help of Kavar , they got to Queen Talia before Vaklu could kill her , and ended the Onderon Civil War . Immediately afterward , Kreia secretly revived Colonel Tobin from his state of unconsciousness and had him deliver a message to Darth Nihilus , informing him to go to Telos IV , and destroy the last of the Jedi . Korriban . After ending the Onderon Civil War , Surik went to Korriban , the last world she needed to visit , in an effort to find Jedi Master Lonna Vash in the Sith Academy located in the Valley of the Dark Lords . Unfortunately , Surik was too late to save her from Darth Sion . Sion sealed the door to the academy and attempted to kill Surik . With Kreia ' s help , Meetra fended off Sion and his Sith assassin s and escaped from the academy . Rebuilding the Republic . Surik learned much about her companions ' past , learning that many of them were Force - sensitive , and trained them in the ways of the Jedi . Surik ' s apprentices would later restore the Jedi Order known as the Lost Jedi . Furthermore , she discovered that Kreia was Revan ' s first master , exiled by the Jedi and later by the Sith , and that Revan had gone to the Unknown Regions to counter an unseen threat from his past that continued its existence beyond the Outer Rim . When visiting Dantooine and Onderon , Surik was caught in the middle of conflicts between the weakened Republic and two powers aiming to weaken it further — the Exchange and Onderon separatists . By G0 - T0 ' s request ( and having no other choice if they needed to contact the Jedi Masters ) , she stabilized the political situations on these planets , preventing the Republic from losing them , even though the resolutions led to two bloody conflicts known as the Battle of Khoonda and Onderon Civil War . Kreia ' s fall . Finally , three of the surviving Masters — Kavar , Vrook and Zez - Kai Ell — gathered on Dantooine , in the rebuilt Jedi Enclave . Surik learned from them that the Jedi Council did not cut her off from the Force ( as Kreia led her to believe ) . She instinctively caused herself to become desensitized to the Force after activating the Mass Shadow Generator on Malachor V and being unable to withstand the wound in the Force that she created by doing this . However , Surik failed to persuade the Jedi Masters to unite against the Sith . The Jedi Masters explained that this new Sith threat , which caught them unprepared , fed on Force users , so that whenever Jedi gathered , they inevitably died , and everyone and everything around them shared the same fate . This was what happened on Katarr , Visas Marr ' s homeworld and the location of the previous conclave . The Jedi Masters explained to Surik , whom they believed would eventually cause the death of the Force , that they feared that she would lead the Sith to them . Therefore , they refused to accept her back into the Jedi Order and decided to cut off Surik ' s connection to the Force permanently . Kreia then intervened , forcing the three Jedi Masters away from Surik and declaring their arrogance and lack of understanding , before forcing them to undergo the same loss Surik had felt on Malachor with an extreme form of Force drain . The Jedi Masters , unable to live without the Force , died almost immediately . Surik retained her connection to the Force , but remained unconscious as Atris ' s handmaidens ran into the Enclave and took Kreia to their mistress as a prisoner . This left Surik with no choice but to return to the secret Jedi academy on Telos IV , as she believed that the Force bond between her and Kreia was fatal ; this meant that if Atris executed Kreia , Surik would die as well . However , Atris did not execute Kreia , for while Kreia revealed her Sith name , Darth Traya , she also revealed to Atris that she had already unknowingly fallen to the dark side herself while studying the Sith holocrons . Kreia departed for Malachor V ; when Surik arrived , she found only Atris , who revealed that Darth Nihilus was about to attack Telos , an event also orchestrated by Kreia through her manipulation of Colonel Tobin . Surik confronted the now fallen Atris and defeated her , but spared her life . Atris told Surik that Kreia threatened to destroy the Force by sacrificing herself in the Trayus Core on Malachor V , and Surik departed to face the more immediate threat of Darth Nihilus . Battle of Telos . Surik arrived on Citadel Station and learned that the Sith attack had already begun . Fighting their way through Citadel Station , Surik and her companions managed to reach an orbital shuttle which they used to board Darth Nihilus ' s ship , the " Ravager " , with the help of the Mandalorians . Once on board , Surik , accompanied by Mandalore and Visas Marr , planted charges on the ship before heading to the bridge to confront Nihilus . During their duel , Nihilus attempted to consume Surik as he did to other Jedi , but it proved to be his undoing — rather than draining the Force from Surik , he was weakened by the void in the Force , the echo of the Mandalorian Wars that she carried , and was defeated in combat . Surik and her companions escaped from the " Ravager " just before it blew up , thus saving Citadel Station and Telos . Upon her return , Carth Onasi arranged an appointment with Surik , and retold the story of " " and asked her to search for Revan , to tell him that " Admiral Onasi is following his orders " to keep the Republic safe . After Surik left , Onasi met Bastila Shan , who had followed him to Telos . The final battle : Malachor V . Surik traveled to Malachor V , where the war - torn planet ' s unstable environment caused the " Ebon Hawk " to crash land . Surik found and fought her way through the Trayus Academy to reach the two remaining Sith Lords — Kreia , now as Darth Traya , the headmistress of the academy , and Darth Sion , his will broken . Despite Sion ' s regenerative abilities , Surik eroded his will through words , and during their duel convinced him to give up the Force , and his pain , as she had , thus ending his immortality . Surik confronted Traya in the Trayus Core . Traya refused redemption and challenged Surik to silence the echoes of Malachor V , to kill her former master , lest all she had accomplished " be as nothing , as empty , and as violent as Malachor itself . " Surik then dueled Traya and emerged victorious . Upon defeat , Kreia gazed into the future , revealing the future of Surik ' s companions , of the planets they had visited , of the Mandalorians , and even of the Republic itself . She also revealed that Revan had come to Malachor V , after the Mandalorian Wars and again after the Jedi Civil War , where he discovered evidence of the " true Sith , " whom he had gone to fight " in his own way . " Meanwhile , on Malachor V ' s surface , Bao - Dur ' s remote powered up and reactivated the Mass Shadow Generator , despite G0 - T0 ' s attempts to stop it , destroying them both . As Malachor V collapsed upon itself once again , the " Ebon Hawk " arrived in time to rescue Surik , while Traya plunged to her death in the Trayus Core . Surik then headed to the Unknown Regions to search for Revan . Appearances . An asterisk ( * ) indicates a character who is essential to forwarding the game ' s plot . Two asterisks ( * * ) denote a character whose first appearance or mention was elsewhere in Star Wars continuity . Continuity . Alternative stories . If the player chooses to follow the dark side , they can throw Kreia into the core of Malachor V and assume the throne of headmistress of Trayus Academy . Meanwhile , G0 - T0 destroys Bao - Dur ' s remote and deactivates the Mass Shadow Generator , keeping the planet intact . Sequels . Both Obsidian and LucasArts have expressed a desire to yet again expand upon the franchise , LucasArts ' representatives stating they have no intention of abandoning " Knights of the Old Republic " . " " was in development , but was cancelled sometime in 2004 due to a difficult period for " LucasArts " . In March 2007 , news of a was made official when " Aristotle , " owner of a " Knights " fansite , interviewed several staff members of LucasArts . Later in the year , " " reported in the rumors section of their May 2007 issue that BioWare had hired an online team for work on a massively multiplayer online role - playing game based on the " Knights of the Old Republic " series . The game , " " , was finally and officially announced in July 2008 by EA CEO John Riccitiello . It was finally released December 20th , 2011 , and was generally well received by the critics . Behind the scenes . In June 2009 , in Kotaku Australia interview Chris Avellone revealed the " true Sith " planned to be remnants of Naga Sadow ' s Sith Empire , " orchestrating the collapse of the Republic from behind the scenes , interfering with key events to cause echoes through the Force and leave it ripe for invasion – hopefully without a shot even being fired . " Although the game did allow the game character be named freely , " " — Drew Karpyshyn novel released November 2011 — did reveal her canonical name to be Meetra Surik , and appearance that didn ' t match any of the available female appearances on the game . On July 21st 2015 , over ten years after the original release of " The Sith Lords , " Aspyr Media released a port of the game for both Mac and Linux . Aspyr also added several new features to the game including : These features were also passed onto the PC Windows version . An official petition has been started on Aspyr ' s website for those interested in a potential mobile version of the game . Game mods . Because of the flexibility of the game ' s Odyssey game engine , " The Sith Lords " is often a subject of modding in the gaming community . A number of modding groups have attempted to recreate and restore missing or left in the game files . Team Gizka ' s project was the first of these , founded in 2004 to promise restored content and save the cut M4 - 78 Droid planet . In early 2008 their project reached closed beta stage . Other modders , using the handles DarthStoney and Zbyl , created a restoration mod inspired by Team Gizka which accomplished all of Team Gizka ' s initial goals , including a restored HK factory and various bug fixes . As of late 2010 , the Team Gizka site was disbanded . However , in 2014 , a full - scale mod known as The Sith Lords Restored Content Mod was released that restores most of the cut content .