KREIA - THE COMPLETE STORY

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Published 2021-05-02
Kreia was once a Jedi master, a mystic and historian whose unused eyesight waned as she relied on marathon meditations to penetrate the mysteries of the universe. This video focuses on the known story of Kreia, built around the most critical points in her existence, collected from various sources, primarily from Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords, and various texts, scriptures, articles, game descriptions, manuals, guidelines, and holocrons.

Kreia is a controversial individual in the Star Wars universe, in that she is one of the few characters that veer away from either of the extremes of the Force. Is Kreia a Jedi or a Sith? Unlike either of those, Kreia views the Force as a dominator which enslaves us all. And that is what makes her teachings so controversial. Kreia's teachings are very polarizing, and most of them are not covered in this video, for, in order for this to truly be a complete story, it would be several hours long.

The character of Kreia/Darth Traya is one of the characters I value most, not only in the Star Wars universe, but in general. When it comes to Star Wars, I would argue that Kreia is easily the best-written character of all, for she doesn't fall into fixed patterns generated by the canon storyline. She carves her own path, and to me personally, it always felt forceful the way the universe worked in the general Star Wars universe, where killing someone who has done something evil would somehow punish us. It is a ridiculous thing, in my opinion, for sometimes such methods are justified. The Force, and life in general (outside of the games) cares little about our individual ethics. And sometimes, not always, harsh and brutal actions are a means to an appropriate end. Kreia is not at all phased by the struggle of falling to the dark side or ensuring to stay on the path to the light. She walks reality, and all choices shape the path ahead. The path has many directions, but those directions unlock only once an appropriate viewpoint is established can one see them. The Jedi and the Sith are blinded to these paths by their beliefs, and the Light/Dark viewpoint is far too simplistic to grasp reality.

"And to think once there were no Jedi at all. Perhaps the Force defies such rigid classification of its followers." - Kreia

The teachings found in the video above are the most critical ones. For more, I would highly encourage you to venture into the world of the game, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords (SWKOTOR I is focused more on Revan, so if you wish to explore that story too, begin there!)

Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
01:53 Chapter I - Revan
12:49 Chapter II - Kreia
17:50 Chapter III - Kreia's Fall
25:01 Chapter IV - The Exile
45:21 Chapter V - Atris I
53:40 Chapter VI - Becoming the Master
1:03:38 Chapter VII - The Blinded Seer
1:15:32 Chapter VIII - The Path to Nihilus
1:22:10 Chapter IX - Revenge: Jedi Council
1:35:35 Tobin's Report
1:36:44 Chapter X - Atris - Part II
1:50:14 Chapter XI - Revenge: Darth Nihilus
2:01:57 Chapter XII - The Master Returns
2:13:55 Chapter XIII - Darth Sion
2:17:53 Chapter XIV - Darth Traya
2:26:17 Final Chapter - Exile's Gift
2:35:59 The End

KREIA - THE COMPLETE STORY Scene playlist
   • Kreia -  The Complete Story - SWKOTOR...  
This is a shortened link (in case the one above is cut off by the description trim)
tinyurl.com/yyjwjzub

- Video of Bastila by the Jedi Temple by Unreal Cinema.
   • BASTILA returns in my KOTOR Adaptatio...  
#kreia

Music:
Dark Sorrowful Cello "Soul's Departure" Royalty Free Music by Darren Curtis.
   • Dark Sorrowful Cello "Soul's Departur...  
Voss - Mysteries -    • SWTOR Music - Voss Ambience - Mysteries  
Trayus Academy -    • KOTOR 2 Music Track 18 Trayus Academy  
Kreia -    • Kreia - Star Wars: Knights of the Old...  
Kreia's Fall -    • Kreia's Fall - Star Wars: Knights of ...  
The Sith Lords -    • The Sith Lords - Star Wars: Knights o...  
The Ghost Ship -    • The Ghost Ship - Star Wars: Knights o...  
Restoration Zone -    • Battle in the Restoration Zone - Star...  
Atris -    • Atris - Star Wars: Knights of the Old...  
Laigrek Infestation -    • Laigrek Infestation - Star Wars: Knig...  
Ruins of the Jedi Enclave -    • Ruins of the Jedi Enclave - Star Wars...  
The Ebon Hawk -    • The Ebon Hawk - Star Wars: Knights of...  
Darth Sion -    • Darth Sion - Star Wars: Knights of th...  

Many backing visuals from:
youtube.com/c/dvdangor2011

Darth Nihilus, The Lord of Hunger
tinyurl.com/yc3usz6b

All Comments (21)
  • @Noxxarian
    Check out REVAN'S COMPLETE STORY: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haC3IyJgk7I Huge thanks to anyone providing positive feedback. It's so inspiring, so a huge THANK YOU for that! - To access specific scenes that you want to share/easily access/place in your own playlists, take a look at the playlist in the description as it has key scenes divided into separate videos. This includes one scene that wasn't in this video! - Join my Discord server, there is plenty of room for Star Wars discussions, though it's League of Legends focused at the moment since I was making League content in the past discord.gg/kBMp7R9Fy2 See you soon!
  • @Shadowrunner340
    I wonder if the writers intended for Kreia to have such a profound influence on our perception of the franchise.
  • For a game that was incomplete, this game had incredibly well written characters
  • @jonnygraham2372
    The fact that this guy took the effort to “get into” his character, and narrate the story as if he was written into it, I cannot say just how much I appreciate it. Subscribed.
  • I listen to this religiously I’ve downloaded it to my phone so I can have it off-line while I am working you have done gods work sir thank you
  • @Nihoolious
    I was expecting just a narration with some related images or scenes from the game but this was much more. The effort and quality in this is very impressive and you should be proud of what you've made here. Kreia is probably the best character in Star Wars history yet so many don't know about her still. While this video is long, it serves as an entry into her character for people who havent/wont play Kotor 2 in a very easy to digest format.
  • @RobertoBlake
    If you make more “Complete Story videos” such as one on Revan and even characters from SWTOR and other Star Wars games your channel could explode.
  • Kreia: I hate the force Also Kreia: Eyesight drools, force sensing rules
  • @sharangcool
    God damn, this is like an audiobook, such skill in narration but also super mellow, great for listening to those who struggle to sleep. A wonderful STAR WARS story tastefully told to send you to snoozecity
  • @oddolim
    new game: take a shot every time the phrase, “it creates an echo, a wound in the force,” is said
  • Kreia is by far my favorite character from any game, movie, story whatever... She is such a complex and profound character it’s hard to believe that she isn’t based on a real person!
  • As much as one can love a fictional character, I love Kreia. She's so driven to tear down the whole galactic system,but one sympathizes. She's as evil as good,but that's part of the appeal.
  • @orboakin8074
    Absolutely amazing video friend 🤩👍 As someone who got into Star Wars via the Lucas movies as a kid in Nigeria, these videos of the EU lore always blow me away with how vast and grand the world building of Star Wars is! Compared to the lackluster disney star wars, Lucas era Star Wars was great. I am just starting to experience it myself via the KOTOR games in PC and the EU novels I am currently buying.
  • @Vayatir
    Always down for some good Kreia content.
  • @JayB2
    The more i read & learn about Kreia the more she intrigues me. She was stunningly intelligent & insightful. She's another one of those characters who seems more interesting than the mainstream characters like Darth Sidious. If Disney was smart they would make movies about the Old Republic.
  • In my old age I wonder what ever could be that still interests me. Getting to know Kreia's wisdom here put words and order to the deepest parts of me that I call art and meaning. Thank you.
  • Kreia is not only my favorite Star Wars character, but up there for my favorite “villain” character of all time.
  • @crispymaggot
    I haven't played too many games with strong a storyline, but from what I know, Kreia is the most developed character that I've ever seen. The game did her true justice with how they presented her, and at the end, we found out all the reasons as to why she did what she did. She was strong, resilient ,intelligent, cunning and brave. I wish that in the future we could get more story about her, only as long as Hollywood don't mess it up, as that's what they are notorious of doing :)
  • Honestly, this is one of the best Star Wars videos I’ve ever watched. The way you portray the story of probably the most complex character in Star Wars history is absolutely extraordinary. Phenomenal job 👏🏻👏🏻