Why this Planet was SO IMPORTANT & Why it Didn't Survive the KoToR Era

Malak probably destroyed Taris because he was sick of losing to Deadeye Duncan in the dueling ring five times in a row

Lore aside, Taris is one of the coolest planets of SWTOR if you played KOTOR. Perfectly captures the vibe of a city planet centuries after its destruction. Very interesting concept aswell.

shoutout to my boys over at Geetsly's for the consistent KOTOR content.

Taris: I exist! The Sith: You're f***ed.

Taris was a world that had a large impact on the Galactic Republic’s history, and no doubt that Darth Malak destruction of it mark a dark day in its history. Taris was supposed to be a beacon of what the Outer Rim could be, but time and time again it is struck with disaster after disaster, and no doubt that the people of the Galaxy remember those glory days of the planet and not it’s sad state it is in.

Ah yes, Taris, the rakgouhl infested hellscape my bounty hunter character may, or may not have, assisted in keeping in such a perpetual stat or uninhabitableness

"But my lord, what about our forces?" "What about them? They're Sith, they probably knew what they were getting conscripted into."

This was my favorite part of KOTOR. I was actually sad when it was destroyed. You do all that work to help the people and the planet improve, only to have it destroyed anyway. Even if you rob people and make life worse for everyone, it still gets destroyed.

I just realized something. I visited Taris in KOTOR and in swtor, so I could see the before and after. Taris was so destroyed It didn’t even cross my mind that they were the same planet

I just finished Kotor for the first time. I didn't complete every quest on Taris, particularly the arena. I thought I would be able to come back when I had leveled up more. I didn't see the planetary destruction coming. I thought maybe I could still go back even if most of it was gone. It finally hit me when it wasn't on the galactic map on the Ebon Hawk. The starting area that gave me my first taste of the game was just, gone. The people that tried to reach the Promised Land, gone.

I honestly wonder if Rukil and his friends survived the destruction of Taris because they were below the city. Imagine spending years searching for the promised land then getting bombarded into bits because some angry Sith Lord wanted to find a single Jedi

So Tarus became an ALMOST Corusaunt and with STRATEGIC VALUE... You'd figure the Republic whom if remember still had standing intergalactic Military forces at this time woulda thought to place SERIOUS defenses and even give so important and developing a place even some good offensive ability as well... It might've made it to the Movie series times... Woulda been interesting to see which side this planet woulda went with in both the CIS/GAR Civil War and the Rebellion Era. Could've become the one place that might've been key to controlling the Outer Rim seeing as in the Civil War an Rebellion an Post Rebellion Eras the Outer Rim is nearly IMPOSSIBLE to tame.

You’ll always be superior in the Star Wars community for the original battlefront intro!

Taris rebuilt by the time of the Clone Wars though some areas were still walled off and infected with rakghouls ; it wasn't untill the time of the Empire that it was brought back into prosperity and was fully populated. Once the Empire fell it's economy fell into despair and became full of crime, poverty and corruption. Boba Fett owned a Penthouse in the Upper City.

The Sith Lords from old were extremely brutal with the Galaxy. The Jedi Order was once again brought down to it's knees at that time. Then you have Emperor Valkorion and his sons singlehandely battling both the Republic/Jedi Order and the Sith Lords of Old while being themselves the Sith.

Can it be said here that Taris is Constantinople of Star Wars? After all, if was sort of the last stronghold in the Outer Rim for the Republic while also used to be such a prosperous planet as well during its heyday.

Talk about the planet Manaan and the Selkath and how their Neutrality position was eventually their downfall particularly when Bacta became the main healing agent over Kolto. 😎👍🏿

Taris has an interesting and dark history for sure and there's several things I find interesting about it. First and foremost is how Saul Karath and Malak defending the planet leaving as heroes, only to return years later as conquerors and destroyers. Next, the Tarisian government had froze themselves in Carbonite to survive the bombardment. (This part wasn't in the video, I don't think, but it's from Swtor.) Then there's the multiple restoration attempts on Taris. The first attempt occured around 300 years after the planet was destroyed, this project nearly succeeded until the Sith once again invaded the planet and halted the efforts of the Republic. The second occured sometime after the Battle of Yavin and was a success. Finally, there's the tale of the people who searched for the Promised Land. They were able to find it's location thanks to Revan's help sometime prior to the bombing, and managed to survive the bombardment. Unfortunately, once they finally reached the Promised Land, the first settlement, they discovered it had been rendered useless due to the bombardment and they slowly died off due to the various diseases, with Radiation Sickness being one of the prime causes and it also prevented them from having offspring.

Taris was one of my favorite locations when I played KOTOR. It was the Coruscant of the outer rim. I didn't like how the people were so racist to aliens and how posh and stuck up the higher ups were. But what can you do. It deserved better then what happened to it.

I'm surprised he didn't cover the swtor era stuff that happened there