Bastila Shan Bastila Shan was a Human female who served as a Jedi Padawan during the Jedi Civil War . Born on the planet Talravin to Helena Shan and a treasure hunter , her mother gave her up to the Jedi Order , believing that their lifestyle of travel and exertions was not suitable for her daughter . Shan was found to have an exceptional gift with a Force power known as battle meditation ; which increased her allies ' morale while demoralizing her enemies . Shan sided with the Jedi Council when the Jedi Knights Revan and Malak rebelled against the Council and joined the Galactic Republic in its war against the invading Mandalorian Neo - Crusaders . One year after the final battle of the Mandalorian Wars , Revan returned from the Unknown Regions as the new Dark Lord of the Sith , with Malak as his apprentice , at the head of a new Sith Empire . Two years into the Jedi Civil War , Shan was the leader of a Jedi strike team sent to capture Darth Revan and Darth Malak . When her team boarded Revan ' s vessel , they managed to corner the Dark Lord on the bridge . Before they could engage Revan in combat , Malak , who was separated from his Master during the battle , betrayed Revan by ordering the guns of his flagship " Leviathan " to fire on Revan ' s vessel in an attempt to destroy both the Jedi and Revan . However , Shan survived and managed to use the Force to stabilize Revan , who was near death . This act created a bond between the two and Shan brought the comatose Revan to the Jedi Council . Both the Council and Shan came up with a plan and temporarily erased Revan ' s memories , reprogramming Revan with an identity of a soldier loyal to the Republic . The Council hoped that Shan , through her bond with Revan , would be able to coerce Revan into revealing the location of the Rakata n space station called the Star Forge , which was now under the new Dark Lord Darth Malak ' s control . In the final year of the war , Shan ' s Republic warship " Endar Spire " was ambushed and attacked by Malak ' s fleet above the Outer Rim planet Taris . She managed to flee the ship aboard one of its escape pods , assisted by Republic commander Carth Onasi . Shortly after her pod reached the surface , Shan was captured by a swoop gang known as the Black Vulkars . After Revan and Onasi landed on Taris , they managed to track down and rescue Shan . She , Revan , and their companions teamed up with the Mandalorian Canderous Ordo , managing to steal both the launch codes necessary to escape Taris and the Exchange crime lord Davik Kang ' s light freighter " Ebon Hawk " , killing Davik and nearly doing the same to Calo Nord , who Revan , Bastila and one of their companions would later kill on Kashyyyk . Shan and her companions escaped during the Sith ' s bombardment of Taris , and headed to Dantooine , where a Jedi Enclave was located . After Shan met with the Dantooine Jedi Council , they began retraining Revan in the Jedi ways . After finding a Rakatan Star Map in the burial mounds near the Enclave , the Council tasked Shan , Revan , and their companions with finding the Star Forge . During their travels , Shan watched Revan closely to ensure that he did not fall to the dark side . Shan eventually fell in love with Revan , who , despite his past , was able to remain true to the Jedi Code . After Revan found a fourth Star Map — which was necessary to locate the Star Forge — Shan was captured by Malak and fell to the dark side after a week of torture at her new Sith Master ' s hands . However , Revan eventually confronted Shan aboard the Star Forge and she was redeemed from the darkness to which she had succumbed . To prove her reclaimed faith , Shan aided the Republic in the Battle of Rakata Prime through the means of her battle meditation . Revan then vanquished Malak , and the Republic fleet successfully destroyed the Star Forge , routing the Sith forces . Sometime after this , Shan and Revan married , and started a new life together . However , within the next two years , Revan left for the Unknown Regions , seeking to eliminate a hidden Sith threat that Revan had discovered during his time as the Dark Lord . He left all whom he cared for behind , including Shan due to her pregnancy , as he did not wish to put the life of their child at risk . She went on to survive the era of strife that followed the Jedi Civil War . Biography . Early life . Bastila Shan , daughter of Helena Shan and a hunter , was born on Talravin . Shan shared a loving and powerful relationship with her father . Despite this relationship , she was not on good terms with her mother , Helena , believing that her mother pushed her father into dangerous hunts so they could live in wealth . As a child , Shan was discovered to be exceptionally gifted with the Force . She did not wish to leave her father behind and join the Jedi Order , but her mother felt that the life she and her family led — one full of relentless travel and fruitless exertions — was not a good life for Shan . She believed that her daughter ' s life would be better with the Jedi and gave her to them . Shan was separated from her family and began her training , quickly proving to be an exceptional Jedi Sentinel . Shan was discovered to be gifted with a Force power that would gain her considerable renown later in life : Battle meditation . It was a rare skill that increased the morale of her allies in battle and reduced her enemies ' will to fight . This ability would make her a considerable asset in the Galactic Republic ' s plans to defeat the Sith Empire during the Jedi Civil War . As a young Padawan , Shan was present when Malak , on behalf of his best friend and mentor Revan , delivered a passionate speech that denounced the inaction of the Jedi High Council against the invading Mandalorian Neo - Crusaders . Though Shan refused to join Revan ' s growing rebellion , she witnessed several Jedi , including Meetra Surik , the future Jedi Exile , willingly submit to Malak and Revan ' s cause . Later , when those same Jedi returned as Sith during the Jedi Civil War , she became one of the most active supporters of the Jedi Order . Jedi Civil War . In 3957 BBY , the Jedi Council sent Shan and a strike team to capture Darth Revan . Along with at least three other Jedi , Shan managed to board his flagship and fought their way to Revan . Her team had just cornered the Sith Lord on the bridge , but before they could engage him in combat his apprentice , Darth Malak , betrayed him and fired upon the ship . Revan was left clinging to life . Shan , remembering that a Jedi seeks to preserve all life , was able to keep him alive and preserve his mind using the Force . This act resulted in a powerful Force bond between them . Shan then brought Revan to the Jedi Council . The Council then decided that they would use the Force to temporarily wipe his memory , even though this was considered an immoral use of the Force . Revan was then reprogrammed with a new identity , one that was loyal to the Republic . They hoped that , with time , his submerged memories would cast some light on the many mysteries surrounding him . They were especially interested in finding the Star Forge and stopping the legions of Sith invaders that were attacking Republic affiliated planets . Following Revan ' s apparent death , Darth Malak declared himself the new Dark Lord of the Sith . He knew that the Republic fleet had been saved from certain destruction by Shan ' s gift with battle meditation . His primary objective became either to eliminate Shan , or ideally to capture and turn her to the dark side of the Force . He would then use her skills with battle meditation to crush the Republic . Destruction of Taris . One year later , Shan and a reprogrammed , amnesiac Revan , assumed by everyone to be a simple Republic soldier , were on board the " Hammerhead " - class cruiser " Endar Spire " over the planet of Taris . Revan had been assigned to the ship , where Shan was the commander , at the last minute so that Shan could maintain a vigilant watch over him . Without warning , part of the Sith fleet ambushed the cruiser . A small assault team of Sith soldiers and Darth Malak ' s apprentice , Darth Bandon , attacked the ship . Bandon ' s mission was to capture Shan alive , but he was prevented from doing so by Ensign Trask Ulgo . Shan , Revan , and Republic pilot Captain Carth Onasi , were forced to evacuate the ship in escape pods just before the " Endar Spire " was destroyed . Shan ' s pod crashed in the Undercity of Taris , and she was quickly captured by a Taris swoop gang known as the Black Vulkars . She later revealed that the reason she had been captured so easily by the Vulkars was due to her lightsaber being " misplaced " during the crash . She elaborated , with embarrassment , that it must have fallen from her belt and rolled under her seat in the escape pod . Without her lightsaber , Shan was able to keep her status as a Jedi a secret , and the Vulkars assumed she was a Republic officer . She was imprisoned by the gang to be used as a prize in the Tarisian Season Opener . Onasi , who had crashed in the Upper City with Revan , informed him of Shan ' s importance to the war effort , and the two began a search for her . The Sith were also searching for Shan on the surface of the planet , and had blockaded Taris to prevent her escape . Revan , seeking to rescue the Jedi , made an agreement with Gadon Thek , the leader of the Vulkars ' rival gang , the Hidden Beks , and entered the swoop race on their behalf . He managed to win the swoop race by using a prototype accelerator designed by the Beks that he retrieved from the Vulkars ' base with help from Twi ' lek Mission Vao and Wookiee Zaalbar . This helped the Beks to maintain their control of the Lower City . By the end of the swoop races , the Vulkars had realized that Shan was a Jedi , and had fitted her with a neural disruptor . Unwilling to give up such a valuable prize , Brejik , the leader of the Vulkars , accused Revan of cheating and tried to keep Shan so he could make a large profit selling her on the slave market . Shan managed to free herself and , with the help of Revan , fight and kill Brejik and the nearby Vulkars . Shan was shocked to see that her rescuer was the former Sith Lord , and clashed with Onasi over the lack of a plan to escape Taris . She expressed a sense of pride that aggravated Onasi , but Revan managed to keep the peace between the two of them , and Shan apologized for her behavior . She was impressed that Onasi and Revan had managed to locate her , but was disturbed to discover that Revan was having flashbacks of his capture . Following Shan ' s rescue , Revan was soon contacted by Canderous Ordo , a Mandalorian mercenary in the employ of Davik Kang , a local crime lord for the Exchange . Impressed with Revan ' s performance , Ordo offered a proposal for getting past the Sith blockade and asked Revan and Shan to retrieve the launch codes from the local Sith base . Shan was wary of trusting the mercenary , but sensed no deceit from him . She and Revan infiltrated the base with the assistance of the droid T3 - M4 Kang had commissioned from Janice Nall , and managed to steal the codes after defeating the Sith Governor that Malak had placed in charge of Taris . Ordo then took Shan and Revan to Kang ' s base , telling Kang that they were potential recruits . Ordo ' s intention was to steal Kang ' s ship , the " Ebon Hawk " , which would be able to outrun any Sith pursuers once they used the launch codes to bypass the blockade . Frustrated with his fruitless searching , Malak ordered Admiral Saul Karath to destroy the planet . If he wasn ' t able to find Shan and take advantage her abilities , he wanted to be sure the Republic would not have the opportunity to do so either . The urban centers of Taris were utterly obliterated in a hail of indiscriminate turbolaser fire while Shan ' s group was still in Kang ' s base . After defeating Kang , Shan , Revan and Ordo barely managed to escape with their companions aboard the " Ebon Hawk " before Taris was completely leveled by the bombardment . Searching for the Star Forge . Shan suggested they seek refuge at the Jedi Enclave located on Dantooine where they could also seek the advice of the Jedi Council located there to determine their next steps . The Council decided to re - train Revan as a Jedi . He and Shan often sparred together and he would come to Shan for advice and aid when he needed it . After only a few weeks , Revan had recovered a great deal of his former skill and power with the Force . During this time , Shan and Revan shared a dream of Revan and Malak discovering something in the nearby ruins . Shan rushed to the Jedi Council in the Enclave and discovered that she and Revan shared a very powerful Force bond that had been forged when she saved his life . Soon after , the Council sent her and Revan to the ruins that she and Revan had been receiving visions of . Inside they found a partial Rakata n Star Map , an artifact that had been discovered by Revan and Malak five years earlier . Its data , when combined with that from the four other such Maps , would reveal the location of the Star Forge — an ancient factory of immense power that was being used by Malak to build the seemingly infinite Sith fleet . The Council sent Revan on a mission to find the Star Forge and stop Malak , with Shan guiding him along the way . Calo Nord , a bounty hunter and former associate of the late Davik Kang , was hired by Darth Malak to kill Revan and the others , while bringing Shan before the Dark Lord alive , if at all possible , but was killed by Revan shortly after they found the first Star Map . While searching on Tatooine for clues about the Star Forge , Shan would be reunited with her estranged mother , Helena . She was saddened to learn that her father had been killed while hunting a canyon krayt dragon for its pearl , which he thought would provide enough credits to pay for the treatment of an unknown fatal illness that Helena suffered from . With Revan ' s encouragement , they were finally able to reconcile . Shan gave her mother 500 credits to pay for treatment from a doctor on Coruscant . The reconciliation brought Shan much peace , and she expressed gratitude to Revan for his help . During their quest , Shan would closely monitor Revan , searching for any possible signs that he might have been slipping back to the dark side . She still held a dislike for the man who had caused so much damage to the galaxy , yet she was also attracted to the man he had become after his mind was wiped . Instead of being the monster she imagined and feared he would be , Revan proved to be a true servant of the light side , and displayed many acts of kindness throughout their journey together . Though this may have been attributed to the programmed identity that replaced his former persona , Revan ' s compassionate nature may have also been caused by subconscious aspects of his former personality before his fall to the dark side . She soon found herself admiring his passion and unrivaled power and , despite her best efforts , began to slowly fall in love with him . She resisted such feelings , partly because it was forbidden for Jedi to fall in love and partly because she was unable to come to terms with whom he really was . Shan later noted that it caused her a great deal of pain and guilt . Though he was now a true Jedi and a good , honest man for whom she cared deeply , he could still return to the dark side of the Force . If that were to happen , Shan would be forced to stop him before he could rejoin Malak . Shan also worried about what would happen when he found out whom he really was . Revan tried to convince Shan that she could love him , and they even shared a kiss aboard the " Ebon Hawk " before Bastila swore she would not allow herself to fall in love . Malak ' s final apprentice . During the quest to find the Star Forge , the " Ebon Hawk " was captured by the " Leviathan " , Malak ' s flagship . Shan , Revan and Onasi were placed in their own cells apart from the others and tortured . Saul Karath , knowing Revan cared for Shan , proceeded to make her suffer in an attempt to get Revan to tell him where the Jedi Enclave was , what they were looking for , and what their mission was . Although his will weakened upon seeing her tortured , Revan refused to tell Karath anything . After they were freed by one of their crew members , Shan , Onasi , and Revan headed to the bridge to release the tractor beam . When they reached the bridge , they battled Karath , his troops and Dark Jedi . Mortally wounded , Karath told Onasi of Revan ' s true identity . Onasi then demanded answers from Shan . She promised to answer his questions once they escaped . Just before reaching the docking bay , however , Darth Malak halted their escape . Onasi attempted to shoot him but was cast aside with ease . Malak told Shan that he had spent far too much energy arranging her capture to let her escape , and he wanted to see his old Master in person . He told Revan about his former life as the Dark Lord , and Shan was forced to come clean to him , telling him about his mind - wipe by the Jedi Council . Malak told Revan that he had been a mere puppet of the Jedi Council . Revan struggled to understand with both Shan and Malak giving him a different story . Malak made it seem as though Shan was using Revan to indulge her own interest in the power of the dark side , while Shan told Revan that she was trying to redeem him and save the galaxy . After Revan told her that he understood and forgave her , Malak was enraged , and used Force stasis on Shan and Onasi , preventing them from helping Revan while Malak engaged him in a duel . Revan managed to hold his own for the majority of the duel but was soon caught in Force stasis by Malak , wherein Shan intervened , sacrificing herself by attempting to distract Malak so that Revan and Onasi could escape and find the Star Forge . After a duel , Shan was defeated and captured by Malak who took her to Lehon , where she rejected Malak ' s continued attempts to turn her . But after subjecting her to torture for a week , Malak eventually succeeded in forcing her to give in to her hate and fall to the dark side . She became convinced that the Council was holding her back , using her , and so she took her place as the Dark Lord ' s apprentice , replacing the slain Darth Bandon . In time , she would reunite with Revan atop the Temple of the Ancients on the world of Lehon , though under unexpected circumstances . Shan told Revan , Jolee Bindo , and Juhani that she had sworn allegiance to Malak and was now his apprentice , declaring that she would aid Malak in taking over the galaxy . She engaged all three of them in a lightsaber duel , but was no match for the three Jedi . Shan threw a Force wave at the three in order to save herself from defeat . After seeing how powerful Revan was despite what the Council had done to him , she came to believe Revan deserved to be the Dark Lord of the Sith . Shan attempted to persuade him to reclaim his former title , reminding Revan of all the Jedi Council had done to him . Revan was forced to grapple with the dark legacy of his former self , with Shan reminding him that she could sense his thoughts through the Force bond linking them . Revan stated that there was something more than the bond between them : love . Shan denied this , however , claiming that the only thing between them was the Force and power . Shan beckoned Revan to join her , to reclaim the Sith Empire and take revenge on Malak . Revan demanded to know how he could trust her after she had already betrayed him . Shan informed him that she need not deny herself anything anymore , and would stand by his side gladly as his lover and apprentice . Claiming that she would be " utterly yours , " she told Revan that they could defeat Malak together . Revan calmed himself , made the choice of a true Jedi , and rejected Shan ' s offer of power . Angered at her failure to turn Revan , Shan retreated to the Star Forge where she and Revan eventually had their final battle . Return to the light . Shortly after Revan and his crew boarded the Star Forge , Malak summoned Shan , who was using her battle meditation against the Republic fleet , enabling the Sith to predict their enemy ' s move and strategies . Malak told Shan that if she killed Revan then she would prove herself worthy of being his apprentice . Despite the inner conflict she felt , she assured Malak that she would not fail him again . Shan did not have to wait long . Revan and his companions reached her swiftly and Shan lashed out with the Force , disabling Revan ' s companions and launching a vicious attack on Revan , which he quickly countered . Shan eventually withdrew and began to curse Revan for his refusal to reclaim the mantle of Dark Lord of the Sith , only for Revan to attempt to turn her back to the light side of the Force . Shan angrily attacked two more times , only to meet the same results . Even with the full power of the Star Forge behind her , she was still unable to defeat Revan . Realizing she was no match for him , Shan yielded , pleading with him to quickly end her life for her betrayal . Revan refused , however , telling her that she could return to the light side . Shan didn ' t believe that she was strong enough , feeling there was too much anger , hatred and fear inside her to ever find peace in the Force again . Revan persuaded her to use their bond , to take her strength from him , and confessed to Shan that he loved her . Shan admitted that she harbored feelings for him as well , and despised herself for keeping the truth about his true identity from him , but asked what good was love in her situation . However , Revan told her that she could redeem herself by helping the Republic defeat the Sith , and displayed his trust for her by leaving himself open to her attack , as he did not think that she would take his life , because he loved Shan and believed in her . Swayed by his words , Shan could not bring herself to kill Revan and returned to the path of the light , renouncing the dark side and confessing her love for him . Redeemed , Shan used her battle meditation to turn the tide of the battle in the Republic ' s favor . Revan , meanwhile , went after Malak and dueled his former apprentice in the Star Forge ' s command center , where he defeated the Dark Lord . Revan caught up with the rest of the crew , including Shan , shortly before they left the station . The Republic fleet destroyed the Star Forge moments later . After the battle , Shan and Revan , along with their companions Carth Onasi , Mission Vao , Zaalbar , T3 - M4 , Canderous Ordo , Juhani , HK - 47 , and Jolee Bindo , were honored as the saviors of the galaxy . Quiet life . Sometime after the war ended , Revan and Bastila married and settled on Coruscant . However , their relationship with the Jedi Council failed soon after this : the Council didn ' t agree with their marriage , and came to see Revan as a heretic because of his views of love . Some refused to forgive him for his fall to the dark side and others believed that he had led Bastila , whom they had considered their finest student , away from the standard ways of the Jedi . Bastila sided with her husband in the debate with the Council , and the two sides came to an arrangement : the Council would not attempt to speak out against their marriage , and in return , Revan agreed not to attempt to spread his new philosophy to the rest of the Order . Bastila was at first unwilling to accept the Council ' s terms , but was convinced by Revan that an ideological war with the Council served no purpose . Two years after the Star Forge ' s destruction , Bastila ' s husband started to recall the existence of the True Sith Empire and his meeting with the Sith Emperor . He set out alone into the Unknown Regions , leaving his loved - ones , including his wife Shan and his soon - to - be born child , behind , knowing that to take them to the places he had to go would bring destruction to them all . Before Revan and T3 - M4 left known space , Shan secretly programmed the droid to return to known space and find her should something happen to Revan . Should T3 - M4 have been unable to locate her , the droid was to find any Jedi who could help . At some point , this command became active , and T3 - M4 discovered the Jedi Exile , Meetra Surik . Shan remained behind with the rest of the " Ebon Hawk " former crew , keeping the Republic safe as Revan had asked them to , and waiting for the day when he would return . In 3954 BBY Bastila gave birth to Revan ' s son , Vaner Shan . In the aftermath of the war , as the Sith Triumvirate and G0 - T0 , among others , hunted the remaining Jedi Knights to near extinction , she was one of the few to escape their notice , staying hidden so she could protect Vaner . When Meetra Surik , the new owner of the " Ebon Hawk " , came to Citadel Station after defeating Darth Nihilus , she spoke to Bastila and Revan ' s old friend Carth Onasi . After their conversation , Bastila approached Carth and asked if Meetra knew anything of Revan . Carth told her that Meetra knew nothing . Bastila lamented that she would never know why her husband left or what he was trying to protect them from , but Carth reminded her that Revan had asked them to stay behind . Bastila would soon after get her wish , because shortly after Meetra triumphed over the Sith Triumvirate and reunited the surviving Jedi , T3 took her to Bastila . The droid informed the two Jedi of what had become of Revan : he had been captured by a duo of true Sith . When Meetra decided to leave known space to search for Revan , Shan agreed and trusted Meetra with Revan ' s mask , the key to unlocking his last , forgotten memories . According to the Jedi historian Gnost - Dural , Bastila served as a Jedi Master at some point in the years that followed , although she took it upon herself to spend the rest of her life with her son , and their family grew in the following years . Bastila never saw Revan again , and missed her husband dearly , though Revan would secretly watch over her through the Force in her dreams from his prison in the Maelstrom . However , she was convinced that whatever threat Revan went to fight , he had put a stop to it because their family never had to deal with war like they did . Legacy . Revan and Bastila ' s family line eventually led to Satele Shan , the Grand Master of the Jedi Order during the post - Great Galactic War era and Satele ' s secret son Theron Shan , a Republic spy . A holostatue of Bastila was erected in the Leisure Garden section of the Axial Park in the Coronet City on Corellia , along with the statues of Revan and his other companions in memory of their deeds . During Satele ' s time , the Kel Dor Jedi Master Gnost - Dural created a series of records to update the Jedi Archives about the Sith Empire . In the holorecording discussing the Jedi Civil War , Bastila was incorrectly referred to as a Jedi Master during her role in the capture of Darth Revan . The holorecord also incorrectly depicted Bastila at Revan ' s side when the former Dark Lord confronted Malak aboard the Star Forge . At some point late in her life , Bastila ' s appearance and thought patterns were recorded into the Noetikon of Secrets , as she was a Jedi Master who had experienced both the light and dark sides of the Force . This holocron - recording would later aid the Barsen ' thor in saving Jedi Master Yuon Par from a maddening dark side illness created by the Sith Lord Terrak Morrhage . With the assistance of the noetikons , the Barsen ' thor learned a shielding technique to free those inflicted by Terrak Morrhage ' s maddening disease . However shortly after their consultation , the Noetikon of Secrets , the Noetikon of Science and the Noetikon of Light were seemingly destroyed by an unidentified Sith Lord within the Jedi Temple on Coruscant . Their charred remains were salvaged by the Jedi Order and returned to Tython where the Jedi Engineers attempted to repair them Once repaired , the noetikons further assisted in raising an army to combat the Children of the Emperor . The replica of Bastila pointed the Barsen ' thor toward a hidden army of Esh - kha imprisoned in stasis by the Rakata could be found on Belsavis . Personality and traits . Shan possessed many qualities that set her apart from her peers and destined her for greatness , but these same traits and the inexperience of her youth set her down the path that would eventually lead to her fall . Brash , impulsive , and somewhat overconfident ( due in no small part to the rare gift that was her battle meditation ) , Shan acted as though she were unstoppable , though she was constantly aware of the responsibility resting on her . Despite the warnings of her masters , Shan continually sought to prove her worth by devoting herself to defeating the Sith . Shan ' s relations with the Jedi Council and the Jedi Code were complicated . During the Mandalorian Wars , she trusted the Council ' s wisdom , rejecting Malak ' s proposal to join the fight — and years later , when the Jedi Civil War was at its culmination , she still believed it was the right decision . Nevertheless , she thought the Jedi Masters were self - absorbed and stodgy — and in her youth , she swore to herself that she would never adopt these traits . Although much to her own chagrin , she felt she was becoming more like the Jedi Masters in her adulthood , and because of this , she strived to change and become more understanding and compassionate towards others . Shan initially thought the Council intended to use the quest for the Star Forge to test her abilities and determine if she was worthy of the rank of Jedi Master — only to discover that she was , in the end , far from it . Shan tried to follow the Jedi Code as strictly as possible , to the point of expressing even more radical views than some Jedi Masters — she believed that no one deserved death without a chance of redemption , a belief that would later result in Revan ' s return to the light side . However , she was not always able to suppress her emotions , and sometimes disregarded the very idea that love should be outlawed among the Jedi . Seeing Revan , once the Dark Lord of the Sith , maintain the path of the light apparently without any trouble or internal struggles made her question her own devotion to the Jedi Code , even though she and Revan agreed to prevent each other from diverging from that course — and the development of this self - doubt later played no small part in her eventual downfall to what she feared most : the dark side . Bastila ' s redemption saw a change in her personality as a Jedi . Instead of living a life of non - attachment and controlling emotions , Bastila took on a much grayer way of thinking , which led to a deterioration of her relationship with the Jedi Council . Along with Revan , Bastila saw that positive emotions such as love and happiness actually strengthened a Jedi ' s connection to the Force and helped them battle the dark side rather than increasing the risk of falling . She was also very defensive of Revan towards the Council . In fact , by the time Bastila learned of her husband ' s capture by the true Sith , she had come to believe that the members of the Council were ignorant , and wrong more often than they were right . Powers and abilities . Despite her youth , Bastila Shan was exceptionally skilled in the rare power of battle meditation and through the Force , she could affect the outcome of a battle by thought alone . Through this power , one side was granted strength and a boost to their morale , in addition that side would be granted perfect coordination and the ability to respond instantly and perfectly to the enemy ' s every change in formation and strategy . These effects caused significant damage to enemy morale and fighting effectiveness thus causing two important shifts in the battle towards the user ' s favor . Shan had a very strong Force sense and could sense disturbances in the Force such as Darth Malak ' s presence , although this might have been merely telepathy or an extension of her Force bond with Revan . She could also use Force Stun and was capable of using the Jedi Mind Trick on Hutts , such as Motta . During her short time as a Sith apprentice , she was capable of using Force powers such as Force Insanity , Force choke , Force Wave , Force lightning , Force Plague , Force Breach , Drain Life , and Force Stasis Field . From her point of view , she was more powerful than all but a few Jedi Masters , Malak , and of course , Revan himself . Additionally , Shan was a skilled lightsaber duelist , and wielded a double - bladed lightsaber in combat . She proved capable of dueling the redeemed Revan , Jolee Bindo , and Juhani atop the Temple of the Ancients and emerging relatively unscathed , albeit defeated . Shan also managed to hold her ground against Darth Malak long enough for Revan and Carth Onasi to escape . It should be noted that Malak was considered to be one of the greatest swordsmen of his time . Equipment . As a Jedi Sentinel , Shan used a single yellow - bladed lightsaber for a time . After Revan ' s " death , " she exchanged the weapon for a double - bladed lightsaber . After the attack on the " Endar Spire " , Brejik found it when he salvaged her escape pod , and when Revan killed Brejik during the aftermath of the Taris swoop race , he returned it to Shan . When she became a Sith apprentice , she replaced the yellow crystal inside the lightsaber with a red crystal . Shan preferred wearing a tight and flexible full - body suit , kept in the color scheme of the traditional Jedi robes . As a Sith apprentice , she wore a suit of black Dark Jedi robes . Behind the scenes . Bastila Shan was voiced by Jennifer Hale . In " " , during a conversation between the Jedi Exile and Mical , Shan ' s name is twice subtitled as " Bastilla . " Also in that game , during an influence - based conversation between the Jedi Exile and HK - 47 , the droid mocks both Onasi and Shan . Further , if the player decides that Revan was male and did not stray from the light side , which was the canonical ending of the original game , Shan appears on Citadel Station after the Exile speaks with Admiral Carth Onasi . If the player defines Revan as having taken the dark path , Shan appears in a hologram in the Sith Academy on Korriban . Shan does not appear in the game at all in case of a light side female Revan besides portraying a non - speaking vision of herself during a test the Exile faces while on Korriban . Bastila Shan was nominated among 25 other " Star Wars " Expanded Universe characters as a figurine design in the Hasbro and Toyfare 2006 Fan ' s Choice Poll . In the 2009 poll , Bastila Shan was selected as the fan choice winner . The character that was to become Bastila Shan was originally going to be Vima Sunrider , connecting what Vima Da - Boda said in the " Dark Empire " trilogy about her ancestor Vima Sunrider ' s great skill of battle meditation ; she was apparently changed due to trademark issues over the name " Sunrider . " The character was then renamed Sareth Dorn , and then finally Bastila Shan — the name originally given to the Cathar Jedi Juhani . Shan , along with Zaalbar , Carth Onasi , Canderous Ordo , and Mission Vao , was inspired by James Ohlen ' s work on roleplaying campaigns for West End Games . Bastila is seen wielding all three types of lightsabers available in " Knights of the Old Republic " in official material . In - game , she initially has her ( canon ) double - bladed lightsaber . In the in - game cutscenes detailing the capture of Darth Revan , she is seen wielding a single - bladed lightsaber ; she also does so in early concept art . Finally , on the cover of " Knights of the Old Republic " , she wields a short - bladed lightsaber . It should also be noted she is seen with multiple lightsaber colors . Her initial weapon has a gold crystal , though she switches this to a red crystal during her time as Malak ' s apprentice . Furthermore , she wields a blue lightsaber in concept art , and is seen with blue double - bladed and single bladed lightsabers in the , and a green - bladed lightsaber on the cover of " Knights of the Old Republic " and in concept art . Alternate endings . If Revan is set as female or did not play the romance as male , the player can still turn Shan back to the light side . However , this solution is harder than the romance option available for the male Revan . If the player is unable to convince Shan to stop fighting , either by failing at persuasion or not choosing certain dialogue options , then Shan attacks Revan and is killed . Alternately , she begs to be killed , believing herself beyond redemption , and Revan grants her wish . Two endings were available in " " in which Shan would appear . The LucasArts - established canon is the light side path outlined above — the dark side ending is as follows : Revan gave in to the dark side . He and Shan killed Jolee Bindo and Juhani . When returning to the " Ebon Hawk " , Revan and Bastila offered the rest of the team the choice to join them . The droids HK - 47 and T3 - M4 were already programmed to do so , and Canderous Ordo pledged his loyalty to the man he believed would bring him battles in which he could find honor , as he had in the Mandalorian Wars . Carth Onasi refused and fled . Mission Vao refused to believe that Revan had returned to the dark side and did not run away . Zaalbar initially agreed to join the dark side as he owed Revan a life debt and even agreed ( via a mind trick from Revan ) to kill Mission to prove his loyalty . ( Note that the player could fail to persuade Zaalbar to attack Mission ; in this case , the player must personally engage Mission , and kill Zaalbar as well . ) Before approaching the Star Forge , Shan persuaded the Republic to attack the Sith fleet there as a measure to defeat the Republic . The Republic believed that she would use her battle meditation against the Sith , but she turned it against the Republic just before Revan faced Malak . Master Vandar Tokare realized the truth after Shan applied her battle meditation against the Jedi , but could do nothing to stop her . After Revan defeated Malak , he re - assumed the title of Dark Lord of the Sith and made Shan his apprentice and lover . Together , they set out to conquer the galaxy . However , Revan soon left the known galaxy for the Unknown Regions , leaving the Sith and Shan behind on Korriban . Before his departure , Shan installed secret commands into T3 - M4 . She knew that Revan would not take her into the Unknown Regions , fearing their bond would be a weakness . She also knew that Revan would take T3 . She ordered the droid to return to known space should something happen to Revan . If T3 was unable to locate her , the droid was to find anyone , Sith or Jedi , who could help . She ordered T3 to keep this last command a secret from Revan . Shan , left behind , seeing disorder among the Sith — and seeing none left with the power to control the Star Forge , devouring those too weak to harness its power — realized that Revan never intended to keep the Star Forge operational . She recorded her concerns in a Sith holocron placed in the Sith Academy on Korriban — shortly before the Sith Empire , along with most of the Order , completely collapsed . At the end of the holocron , Shan stated that she was leaving for the Unknown Regions to find and bring Revan back . It had not yet been proven if she left before Korriban fell into ruin , or died there before leaving . Also , in the dark side ending , on the Command Deck , instead of facing Bastila , Revan faced Malak ' s three most powerful Dark Jedi ( each with different robes ) . Malak promised that the one who delivered the killing blow to Revan would become his new apprentice . Revan and Bastila fought and killed all three of them .