Malachor V
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| Region | Outer Rim Territories |
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| Population | Unknown |
| Official language | Basic |
| Affiliation | Sith Empire |
Malachor V is a fictional planet in the Star Wars universe. It is featured in the game and mentioned in . It is the planet where the conflict of the Mandalorian Wars concluded.
A perverted graveyard world resonating with the dark side of the Force, Malachor V is where the most terrible atrocity of the Mandalorian Wars took place. Malachor was a world taboo in Mandalorian culture, something the fallen Jedi Darth Revan used against them in order to win the war. Revan amassed an enormous fleet (composed, not coincidentally, of Jedi and Republic soldiers whose loyalty to Revan was in question) at the planet, providing the Mandalorians with a target too good to pass up. Directing his forces from the heart of Malachor, an ancient Sith learning center called the Trayus Academy, Revan used a Mass Shadow Generator weapon developed by Iridonian engineer Bao-Dur to literally crush his enemies - Mandalorian, Jedi, and Republic soldier alike. Malachor was nearly wiped out as upon its surface countless beings died in a cataclysmic explosion that engulfed the planet. In the resulting destruction, almost the entire Mandalorian fleet was obliterated—as well as many Republic vessels. Left orbiting the planet was the wreckage of countless Mandalorian and Republic warships. All that remained on the surface was a desolate graveyard echoing with the deaths of thousands of Jedi and Mandalorians, littered with destroyed ships, and inhabited by vicious Storm Beasts. The survivors of the Battle of Malachor were few, but most were fated for legendary status: Darth Revan, Carth Onasi, Canderous Ordo, Bao-Dur, Atton Rand, and, most telling of the atrocities of the battle, Darth Nihilus and the Jedi Exile.
The concentrated deaths of so many Jedi, Mandalorians, and Republic soldiers all at once sent a powerful shockwave throughout the Force, resulting in the Jedi Exile purposely severing all ties with the Force. More sinisterly, it was Malachor that had marked Revan's final descent into darkness, a journey that would at last be completed when the former Jedi hero declared himself Dark Lord of the Sith. His fall sent his Jedi Master, Kreia, in search of answers. She found them at the Trayus Academy.
From the ashes of Malachor V arose three immensely powerful Sith Lords: Darth Nihilus, Darth Traya, and Darth Sion. They nearly brought about the complete and utter destruction of the Jedi Order.
Their plans were finally foiled, however, by the Jedi Exile. Nine years after the end of the Mandalorian Wars, Malachor V was at last completely destroyed, along with the Trayus Academy, Darth Sion, Darth Traya, and, for the moment, the future of the Sith.
Yet, in the alternate Dark Side ending, Malachor V still exists. Malachor's fate ultimately depends on the alignment of the Jedi Exile. Malachor V is also present and inhabited in the game
The Trayus Academy
The Trayus Academy is a Sith academy on Malachor V established thousands of years before it was found by the Sith Lord Darth Revan. Both Revan and Kreia were corrupted by the dark teachings of the Sith in the academy. Here the Sith Lord Traya taught Darth Sion and Darth Nihilus, who eventually betrayed her and cast her out of the Sith, after stripping her of her powers.
When Darth Traya returned to Trayus Academy, she used Darth Sion to test the Jedi Exile, who eventually overcame both Sion and Traya, and either destroyed Malachor or took the throne of Dark Lord of the Sith, depending on whether the player chose to go light side or dark side.
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