potential scenario restored by the TSLRCM mod, turned to be a profoundly sad and moving moment for him. He remarked that if he had persisted on winning the boss fight as Atton and deliberately refused to lose, he would have missed out on that experience, and that a deliberate choice to lose a gameplay challenge made for a better story than a win "ever possibly could" for him. Matthew Byrd from Den of Geek considered Atton to be one of the game's most important characters, and praised the fan-restored encounter with Darth Sion for providing a proper conclusion to the most enjoyable character story arc of The Sith Lords in his view. Rothery revisited The Sith Lords 15 years after her last playthrough with TSLRCM installed, and remarked that while the mod gave her closure as she had declined to finish the game due to her discovery of Atton's endgame content being removed in the final release, she did appreciate the original release of the game just as deeply during her younger years and that she funneled the emotional impact the game had on her "through the lens of romantic obsession". Byrd as well as Luke Winkie from Paste Magazine cited the TSLRCM project as proof of the dedication from the game's fanbase to salvage unused assets buried within the game's code and fix the narrative arcs for characters like Atton, with Winkie remarking that "It seems almost criminal that players didn’t get to watch these scenes pay off on the disc. These characters meant something to people. Putting them out to pasture in crunchtime isn’t fair". Nicky Katt's performance as Atton Rand has been praised. Dunn praised "the sheer snark" Katt projected through the character's "arsenal of quick-draw one-liners". Jen Rothery from PCGamesN recalled that Katt's performance was a major part of the character's appeal and got her interested in his body of work as an actor. Analysis Travis Annabel from IGN noted that redemption is a core theme to any Star Wars story; while characters like Atton have the opportunity to redeem himself for his past crimes, Annabel remarked that few of the game's main cast members are truly altruistic, which makes their narrative journey through the story of The Sith Lords much more interesting. Alexandra Jekic from Norwegian website Gamer claimed that Atton is an unreliable man with villainous traits yet comes across as strangely sympathetic at