Even at an early age, Revan's insatiable hunger for knowledge and mastery over the Jedi arts drove him to be the Order's most powerful champion against the Mandalorian threat.
Revan became far more powerful as a Jedi than as a Sith Lord, and yet he still lost decisively against Darth Vitiate, the most powerful Sith Lord from that time.
#1 - Darth Revan
Darth Revan was the most powerful and influential of all of the Sith Lords in the Knights of the Old Republic series. Their actions helped end the Mandalorian War and birthed the Jedi Civil War.
As a result of his time as both a Jedi and a Sith, Revan was able to combine what he learned into a true balance of the force. This has allowed him to become one of the most powerful characters to ever live during his era. Not only that, but he is able to switch between the two as easily as breathing.
1 Darth Vitiate
Hands down the greatest Sith of all time, Darth Vitiate was one of the galaxies most feared and dangerous threats. His power was so great that he himself was a danger to every living thing that surrounded him.
Vader, on the other hand, has won a podrace only at the age of nine, is one of the best pilots in the final years of the Republic, and can still outmaneuver and destroy enemy fighters in his TIE Advanced with ease, after his fall to the dark side. In a dogfight, Vader would probably crush Revan like a bug.
killed by an Imperial strike team, his dark side, like many Seth before him, refused to let go of life.
He was then found by Jedi Knight Bastila Shan and taken to a Jedi Enclave where the Jedi Council brainwashed him with a false identity in hopes that he would return to the Light Side and to stop the threat that Revan had become after the Mandalorian Wars.
1 Darth Sidious
There has been no Sith, as powerful, meticulous, nor as evil as the Emperor himself, Darth Sidious. As previously mentioned, Sidious trained in the Dark Side by Darth Plagueis before Sidious killed Plagueis in his sleep, making Sidious a Sith Master.
Intense fight but Yoda would prevail. It's easy to underestimate just how good Yoda really is since he has had so few chances to shine in the movies.
Revan is hard outclassed in lightsaber dueling skills. And even though Revan emphasized the Force, Yoda blows him out of the water there too.
Master Yoda has risen above all others to claim the top spot as the most powerful Jedi of all time and the true chosen one according to IGN's audience. He won pretty handily as well, as he was victorious in 89,756 of his 95,243 battles and had a win percentage of 94.2%.
While their stories are similar, Darth Revan went even further than Vader. Whereas Vader bowed to Darth Sidious, Darth Revan was so powerful that he bowed to no one, becoming the sole leader of the Sith. He was able to do what Vader did but even greater.
Revan was a villain when he invaded the republic as a sith lord. Revan was then redeemed and became a hero again, but it was in stopping what he helped create. Revan is perhaps the original gray jedi. Using both the light and dark sides of the force.
Darth Revan's real name is Revan.
Following the Jedi Civil War, legendary Jedi Knights Revan and Bastila Shan were married.
That person was Darth Traya, or as she was once known, Kreia. Kreia's story begins with Revan's, teaching him in the ways of the Jedi. Long had she forsaken her eyesight and taught her students more in mental skills. She used her spare time to learn more about the deeper mysteries of the Force.
In his prime, Revan was an unstoppable force on the battlefield, skilled in multiple forms of lightsaber combat, and regarded by many as the greatest warrior of his age. He accumulated respect from a vast range of different cultures from the Mandalorians to the Echani—the Rakata to the ancient Sith.
They were originally led by Darth Maul (who claimed to be the one chosen to seek out Revan's descendant) until he "stepped down" when he took Ezra (who was revealed to be Darth Revan's descendant) as his apprentice and appointed him Mandalore and the offical leader of the Revanchists under the name Keneh Heru (when in ...
After becoming a Sith Lord under the tutelage of a Sith Emperor and eventually declaring himself the new Dark Lord of the Sith, Darth Revan wore the mask as part of his personal armor, up until his capture by the Jedi Order and Republic forces in 3957 BBY.
Revan Skywalker was a Jedi Knight and twin brother of Cade Skywalker. His father was Kol Skywalker and his mother was Morrigan Corde. He was apprenticed to Jedi Master K'Kruhk.
Revan is popular for a couple of reasons. He is a very complex interesting character, his story of light and dark, his rise to galactic hero, fall to the Sith and his redemption and rise back to once again be a hero of the republic. It's a very compelling story arc and gives ample opportunity to show his humanity.