Visas Marr

Visas Marr (born 3,976 BBY) is a fictional character in the Star Wars video game Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords.

History

Visas is from the planet Katarr and is the lone survivor of its destruction when it was drained of the Force by her master, Darth Nihilus when he learned a secret jedi conclave assembled on the planet. Her species, the Miraluka, is a race that lacks physical eyesight but possesses the ability to see through the Force. This ability is called Force Sight. Feeling echoes in the Force, silent screams of the innocent, seeing all life around her becoming worse than dead—becoming nothing but absence in the Force—feeling drained, broken, having lost everything she was bound to... it was incredibly painful for Visas, and still, against all odds, she survived. And then, walking through the ashes of Katarr, she was approached by Nihilus himself.

The Sith Lord made her see—for the first time see the galaxy as a whole, and having experienced it, she wished to die. The galaxy, stripped of the Force, appeared as a lifeless conglomerate of flesh and rock, touched by swarms of ignorant living beings—the plague of life. As Nihilus explained, he wanted Visas to believe in his cause—that all life must be exterminated.

This vision severely damaged her Force Sight—which she, as a Miraluka, had to solely rely on, having no physical sight. Nevertheless, being valuable as Force-sensitive, she was taken by Nihilus as an apprentice and servant.

About a year later, Visas, as well as Nihilus, felt a disturbance in the Force caused by the Jedi Exile and her stern devotion to the light side. However, Nihilus was unaware that the Exile was its source, as it did not feel like originating from a living being. After that discovery, Nihilus sent Visas to trace the unusual disturbance.

Visas infiltrated the Exile's ship, the Ebon Hawk, during her absence and engaged in fight with her when she returned — only to be defeated, wounded and have her lightsaber broken. This caused Visas to abandon Nihilus and pledge her life to the Exile as she, to the displeasure of certain crew members, took her to the medbay instead of finishing her.

Impressed by the Exile's compassion, Visas embraced the light side and told her her entire back story, as well as taught her to use Force Sight. She refused, however, to guide her to her master, as she felt she was not ready to face such a threat at that time. However, she foresaw that they would eventually meet in the near future.

From that moment, Visas aided the Exile during her search for the remaining Jedi Masters. In a final test of allegiance to her, Visas—along with the Exile himself—confronted and destroyed her old master, Darth Nihilus, aboard his vessel, the Ravager.

Her fate ended up solely resting on that of the Exile, who inspired her to stand up against her former master. She followed her to the dead world of Malachor V in her quest to stop the Wound in the Force that the Mass Shadow Generator had created, and, as well as her other companions, escaped the planet on the Ebon Hawk just before its collapse.

Little is known of Visas' ultimate fate. She was hinted to be vital in the subsequent restoration of the Jedi Order; also, according to Darth Traya's final predictions, she returned to her homeworld, Katarr, and, looking upon its surface, finally saw what she was meant to see.

Possible endings

If the player is using male character and plays light, despite some turbulence, he can eventually fall in love with her. She stands with the protagonist against her former master Darth Nihilus and achieves a victory. Her ending is hinted by Darth Traya's dying words, who says of her that she will revisit her homeworld. But since the protagonist will have to follow the path of Darth Revan he will be obliged to leave her behind. If the player is female and lightside, Visas can also be spared, although no romance would occur.

If the player is using a light side character, Visas can be brought to the light side.

If the player plays darkside, Visas can be convinced to sacrifice herself on the Ravager in order to win the battle.

Visas is also hinted at by Darth Traya as being one of the key individuals involved in the reformation of the Jedi Order following the departure of the Jedi Exile.

Behind the scenes

• Visas was voiced by Kelly Hu, and was probably modeled after her appearance.
• Visas Marr's name most likely originates from the Latin word visus (meaning sight) and the English word marred (meaning impaired), a clear reference to her lack of physical sight.
• If the Exile chooses the path of the dark side, then Visas will forget about Katarr and will have an unstoppable vengeance against anyone that has ever hurt her physically or emotionally. Alternatively, the player can sacrifice Visas on the Ravager to weaken Nihilus, but only if she is wearing standard clothes and wielding a melee weapon.
• If the Jedi Exile asks Visas what has she done to the Ebon Hawk crew, they will still be intact and can help fight her. The developers planned to have her stun them in the same way Bastila Shan and Darth Malak would do in Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (freezing them in some sort of stasis field), but the cutscene was removed in the final product.
• In Wizards of the Coast soon-to-be released Champions of the Force miniatures set, the Jedi Sentinel miniature resembles that of Visas Marr.

Romance

If the player is using a male light side character, despite some turbulence, he can eventually fall in love with her—which will, if the player is not careful, make him lose influence with the Handmaiden.

Technically, however, it is not possible to have a romance with Visas Marr. She, like Mical, will come to the Exile—if male—and "proclaim" her love for him. This, however, is different from the romance in KOTOR I, where the PC is able to return those feelings.

The same is true with the romance with the Handmaiden. Though she reveals her name and she is, ironically, supposed to be a romantic interest, she does not state her love for the Exile or vice versa, causing a huge disappointment for many fans of the game.

Cut content

Like with many other characters, Visas' role was originally greater, but some details and scenes were not implemented the final game due to short development cycle.

• According to developer comments in her conversation file, she was supposed to render all of the Ebon Hawk crew unconscious; during his/her encounter with Visas, the player would (formally) control his/her current party members, but Visas would put them into a Force stasis similar to the one cast by Juhani, Darth Malak and Bastila Shan in the first KOTOR. Also, in the middle of the battle, she would somehow use her Force Sight to blind the player. Also, the player would have the choice to spare Visas or simply kill her.
• Visas exchanges dialogue with Canderous Ordo, thanking him for accompanying her to defeat Nihilus on the Ravager and then later, would heal him after an injury. Visas would then leave the Ebon Hawk and walk upon the surface of Malachor V together with Canderous. A glimpse of this can be found at one of the loading screens.
• The player would get a second chance to murder Visas when he chooses to learn to use the Force as Nihilus does. The player would then "dispose of the unloyal one". Also, the player would be able to lie to Nihilus and with Visas, attack him by surprise.
• In at least one possible ending for a male character (presumably the dark side ending), a scene of Visas being provoked into fight by Handmaiden would take place when the player entered the Proving Grounds of the Trayus Academy on Malachor V. After Darth Traya's defeat, the Exile would leave either Visas or Handmaiden (whomever he has more influence with) on the planet to guide future visitors.
• In the cut ending, Visas participates in the deed of trying to kill Kreia alongside the other party members, but she gets hit by Force Crush and is imprisoned by Sion.
• Some cut content reveals that Visas probably was intended to join the party only if the player was dark sided. The promotional poster shows Visas on the Dark Side icon, opposed to the Handmaiden on the light side. Cut content in the Dantooine modules (number 650) shows how Visas was intended to bring Kreia to Nihilus. This content was scrapped during late development stage.

Appearances

• Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lordsit:Visas Marr

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