Attack on the Endar Spire The Attack on the " Endar Spire " was an event that took place during the Jedi Civil War , in 3956 BBY . Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Malak set up an ambush for the young Jedi Padawan Bastila Shan , whose talents with battle meditation had been crucial to the Galactic Republic ’ s effort against the Sith Empire . Malak successfully ambushed the " Hammerhead " - class cruiser " Endar Spire " above the planet of Taris by using his flagship , " Leviathan " , to pull it out of hyperspace and attack it . Meanwhile , Darth Bandon , Malak ' s apprentice , led a boarding party of Sith trooper s and Dark Jedi onto the " Endar Spire " . Malak ' s former Master , the amnesiac ex - Sith Lord Revan , was serving aboard the " Endar Spire " , believing himself to be nothing more than a Republic soldier . Also on board were Republic soldiers Trask Ulgo and Carth Onasi , in addition to Revan and Shan . The Sith troopers , intent on capturing Shan alive for Malak , attacked the various military personnel on board . An evacuation order was called by the Republic , and the soldiers on board the " Endar Spire " attempted to make their way to the escape pods . While doing so , Revan and Ulgo encountered Darth Bandon . Ulgo sacrificed himself to give Revan time to escape the encounter , and Revan , eventually reaching Onasi and the final escape pod , fled from the ship with the others who had reached the pods . Shortly after , the Sith destroyed the " Endar Spire " . History . Prelude . During the Jedi Civil War , when the Galactic Republic came under attack from the Sith Empire , the Republic " Hammerhead " - class cruiser " Endar Spire " was assigned to transport former Sith Lord , the amnesiac Revan , around the galaxy . This was in an attempt to trigger the return of Revan ' s memories of the Star Forge , the superweapon used by the Sith Empire . Darth Malak , Dark Lord of the Sith , aimed to pull the " Endar Spire " out of hyperspace with his flagship , " Leviathan " , and attack it with his forces . Revan , also on board , had been enlisted as a soldier for the Republic , and assigned to the " Endar Spire " . Republic ensign Trask Ulgo explained the situation to Revan , who had no recollection of his past life , instructing Revan to follow him to the bridge . The battle . When the " Leviathan " carried out Malak ' s plan , the Sith fleet attacked . Darth Bandon , Malak ' s apprentice , led a boarding party of multiple Dark Jedi and Sith trooper s aboard the " Endar Spire " , in an attempt to capture Shan alive so that Malak could turn her to the dark side of the Force . Were Shan to turn to the dark side , she would willingly use her talent with Jedi battle meditation for the benefit of the Sith Empire and help coordinate Sith ships against those of the Republic in combat . Ulgo and Revan , meanwhile , came under attack from Sith troopers as they fought their way towards the bridge . The Sith fleet , not wishing to kill Shan , did not direct firepower that would destroy the " Endar Spire " . Arriving on the bridge , Revan and Ulgo found several Republic soldiers fending off a Sith squad . Despite their efforts , the Sith cut down the Republic soldiers before Revan and Ulgo could reach them . A group of Sith soldiers caught up to the pair and attacked them . Fending them off , they knew Shan would be attempting to flee in an escape pod . Realizing that with Shan gone the Sith would make no hesitation to destroy the " Endar Spire " , they headed for the escape pods in the starboard section of the ship . As they left the bridge , however , the two were ambushed by Malak ' s apprentice Darth Bandon . In order to save Revan , Ulgo instructed him to flee for the escape pods , while he held off Bandon . Revan fled , and having received word from Onasi that Shan had departed in one of the pods , made his way to the bay where the escape capsules were situated . Met by Onasi , Revan was informed by the commander that all the other capsules had been jettisoned , and that the last one was for them . Revan and Onasi boarded the pod , and fled to the planet ' s surface . With Shan having escaped the ship , the Sith fleet destroyed the " Endar Spire " . Aftermath . With Shan , Onasi , Revan and other Republic soldiers having fled to the surface of Taris , the Sith pursued them . In order to stop any of the fugitives from escaping , the Sith used their fleet to blockade the planet . Deploying troops to the surface , they searched for the escape pods and those who had occupied them . Revan and Onasi landed safely and used an apartment in the Upper City of Taris as their base of operations to search for Shan , the former passenger on the " Endar Spire " . Shan had been captured by a Swoop gang known as the Black Vulkars , who offered the Jedi Knight as the prize for the Tarisian Season Opener swoop race . She was later rescued by Revan and they escaped Taris just before it ' s bombardment by Malak . At some point after the bombing the " Endar Spire " crashed on Taris . The ship was visited by many generations of Tarisian survivors , and by the time of the Great Galactic War it had become a pirate refuge . By 1032 BBY , a fusioncutter that had been used by a Sith trooper to board the " Endar Spire " was amongst the artifacts on display in a museum on the planet Syned . Behind the scenes . The Attack on the " Endar Spire " was the first level featured in " " . The attack is a plot device that formally introduces the characters of Trask Ulgo , Revan , Darth Malak , Darth Bandon and Carth Onasi . It features tutorial points as to the general gameplay in " Star Wars : Knights of the Old Republic " . It also introduces the conflict featured throughout the game . For the plot to continue , the escape pods must be reached by the player . Unlike in later locations in the game , there is very little that the player can do to change the course of the game through gameplay options . Furthermore , nothing the player says or does can influence the light or dark sides of the Force , and gain the player light or dark side points . The sole role play options open to the player in this level involve choosing what to say and how to kill the enemies featured on the " Endar Spire " . Although the ship is completely destroyed during the opening act of " Knights of the Old Republic " , Republic players in " " can visit and clear out a largely intact wreck that survived both the initial attack and Malak ' s bombardment .