was Nomi Sunrider a Revanchist

http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=starwars/article/Onderon

Am I reading too much into this?

 

The miniatures scenarios often use "named" pieces as stand ins - check out the Dark Forces saga, for example, or the Valance missions. Nomi - and her stats - are simply representing "an effective commander who has the ability to aid others in her squad.". By the same token, it's probably not Candy there, either, but just a "generic" Mandalorian leader who uses his miniatures game stats.

 

This has been brought up before, yeah. It's a stand-in, otherwise it would be rather obvious that Boba Fett would not be allowed in this battle because it takes place 4,000 years before his birth. What's more, Nomi pretty much seems to have been one of the hardliners of orthodoxy and the primacy of the Council, so it's unlikely she'd join with Revan.

 

What Matt just said. (My being "late to the party" and all -- couldn't have put it any better myself).

No way in hell she'd have sided with Revan, at least at that point in the war. Vima, on the other hand...perhaps a totally different story. Especially since she was one of the Jedi Exile's mentors. And we all know what she pulled over on the Council.

(Also, Mr. Module-Author: it's "Dxun," not "Duxon." )

 

That misspelling comes from the crazy mispronunciation in the game. Am I the only one who used to read it "Dzun"?

 

Ditto. It fast approaches "Exar KOON"-territory.

 

I doubt that she was.

 

Well, IIRC Abel has mentioned he wants the Exile to be a Sunrider, and the Exile was a Revanchist, so... putting two and two together. Perhaps the hints are remnants of some of his work which may have flowed over into a published piece?

 

Or...which may yet turn up in a future one (i.e., a certain Alex Irvine novel-in-the-works).

 

post TOTJ Nomi was "head of the Jedi Order". If the Head of the order went off on the crusade, it would be rather difficult for the order as a whole to be described as opposing the Revanchists.

Vima, on the other hand, makes sense. Sort of defying her mother, sort of thing, and she had no personal experience of the horrors of war.

 

What exactly is a Revanchist? What does it mean to be one?

I know there is Darth Revan who is apparently Revanchist from KOTOR -- who is some Rogue Jedi like Qui-gon, kind of.

 

The Revanchists are the faction of Rogue knights following Revan and Malak into the Mandalorian Wars against the wishes of the Council, fanboy. Revanchist is the name given to Revan at about this time, and it's presumably where he got the name Darth Revan.

 

revanchist is a real word

dictionary.com defines "revanche":
:the policy of a state intent on regaining areas of its original territory that have been lost to other states as a result of war, a treaty signed under duress, etc."

a revanchist is someone who supports such a policy

thus, the "revanchists" are the Jedi who want to actively fight to regain lost territory from the Mandos, as opposed to those Jedi who do not want to get involved

the head of this faction was called the "Revanchist Leader," eventually shortened to "the Revanchist", and finally just "Revan", ie, Darth Revan. Thus, Revan is not his true proper name any more than the name you give the poor amnesiac dope when you start playing the game (in my case, "Poki D'poni"). Thus, "Darth Revan[chist]" is derived on a real word with aggressive or dark meaning, similar to Darth [In]Sidious, Darth Maul, Darth Stryfe, etc.

Quentin: Vima defying her mother again? didn't she already go through that phase and get over it

 

Sweet. That's a cool division.

 

its not so much they are called Revanchists because they follow Revan, rather he is called Revan because he leads Revanchists