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TheCipherNine wrote: ...some members of star wars community exaggerates his abilities/importance. Could be because a good deal of his fans played KOTOR. In other words, they were Revan. And since many SW fans are at least somewhat nerdy/geeky, many of them let their personal ego make Revan (in other words, themselves) be much more awesome than he actually was.

The same happens to other characters in fiction. Like Commander Shepard, whose abilities are truly exagerated.