Rakatan Ruins (Dantooine)
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The Rakatan ruins were all that remained of an ancient structure built on Dantooine by the Infinite Empire. Although its original purpose would remain unknown, the structure housed a Star Map that stored the location of other planets within the Empire during its height.
After the fall of the Infinite Empire, the building was abandoned and forgotten for thousands of years. Before the outbreak of the Jedi Civil War, the Jedi Revan and Malak discovered the ruins and found the star map located inside. At the time, they were on a quest to find the secret location of a superweapon known as the Star Forge. Although the map was heavily damaged, they were able to retrieve the coordinates of other planets that were once ruled by the Rakata. By investigating each world, they hoped to find more relics of the Infinite Empire that would provide clues to the Star Forge's location. Eventually, the pair found what they desired.
Following the conclusion of the Mandalorian Wars, Revan and Malak fell to the dark side and became Sith. They would make use of the Star Forge to create fleets of warships with which they would attempt to conquer the Galactic Republic. During the resulting Jedi Civil War, Darth Revan was captured by a strike team led by the young Jedi Knight Bastila Shan. He was gravely injured during the event and the Jedi Council used the Force to erase all memories of who he was and replaced them with another identity.
Placed under the care of Bastila, Revan redeemed himself and, in time, he became a student at the Jedi Enclave on Dantooine. While there, he rediscovered the Rakatan Ruins while on a mission to investigate the disappearance of the Jedi Nemo. Inside, he and is companions located the Jedi's corpse as well as an ancient droid Overseer. After cycling through several alien dialects in an attempt to communicate, it informed Revan that he had to prove himself worthy of activating the star map by finishing a puzzle correctly. It was apparent that the Jedi Nemo failed this task and was killed as a result.
Revan was able to destroy the few remaining droid guardians and successfully complete his task. He activated the Star Map and thus began a journey to retrace his own steps towards the Star Forge and there confront his apprentice Darth Malak. An amateur archaeologist by the name of Casus Sandral also made an effort to discover the source of the ancient ruins, and found some correlation between them and something called the "Rak". Near the close of the Jedi Civil War, a Sith battle group under the command of Malak attacked the nearby Jedi Enclave and destroyed it. During the fighting, the Rakatan Ruins were also bombarded and obliterated, likely in an attempt to prevent others from discovering the Star Forge's location.
[edit] Appearances
- Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (First appearance)
- Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords (Mentioned only)
