Showdown at starforge event info confusion

I’m a little confused as well. I understand you need both Revans to access the event, but then do you unlock him at 5* using both?

If I understand the KOTOR history correctly you could choose which path you wanted to go down, light side or dark side.

Since I don’t have 2 toons at 17.5k power on the Jedi Revan side, I’m hoping you can unlock Malak using only one side.