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Starkiller , also known as Galen Marek and The Apprentice , is the anti-hero main protagonist of the Star Wars: The Force Unleashed project including a video game, novel, and comics , who first appeared in the game Soulcalibur IV. He is voiced by Sam Witwer , who also gave his likeness to the character. The character's name is taken from Star Wars creator George Lucas' working name for Luke Skywalker , "Annikin Starkiller"; [4] [5] the character is designed to be a "photo-negative" of Skywalker. However, GamesRadar has criticized Starkiller's design. George Lucas motivated the team working on The Force Unleashed to make a brand-new character a friendly Sith.

Starkiller

Following his mother's death, Kashyyyk was invaded by the Galactic Empire as a target of the Great Jedi Purge , Kento was confronted and slain in a lightsaber duel by the Dark Lord of the Sith , who discovered the fugitive Jedi's son in the process. Gauging the orphan's raw strength in the Force , Vader abducted and ultimately raised Marek, who became Starkiller, to embrace the dark side of the Force. In time Marek forgot his past and even his birth name, having been taken from his home as a child by the Dark Lord. Though trained in the ways of the Sith , the Rule of Two dictated that there could only be two Sith at a time, and therefore Starkiller could not consider himself a true Sith while his master was still apprenticed to Darth Sidious. As such, Vader kept his existence a secret, bestowing to him the call sign "Starkiller. For years , Starkiller aspired to truly become a Dark Lord of the Sith , believing it was his destiny to help Vader overthrow Sidious and usurp his throne as Galactic Emperor. As his training neared completion, Starkiller was formally acknowledged as an apprentice by Vader after surviving his trials, and was ordered by Vader to kill the few remaining members of the fallen Jedi Order —specifically the Jedi Masters Rahm Kota , Kazdan Paratus , and Shaak Ti. The secret apprentice completed his missions, prevailing against his more experienced targets, only to be betrayed by his master after the Emperor confronted them. Stunned by this turn of events, Starkiller nevertheless remained loyal to Vader, and began fomenting a rebellion against the reign of the Galactic Empire as part of his master's plan to depose Sidious. The mission was another ruse, however. After the apprentice convinced Bail Prestor Organa , Garm Bel Iblis , and Mon Mothma to join him, Vader had the senators arrested and left Marek for dead, betraying him once more, revealing he was but a tool in a plot by Sidious and Vader to crush the rebellion before it even began, however he lived. Resolving to rescue his allies, he managed to infiltrate the Death Star before the Emperor could execute them.

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Starkiller

While it may have had some issues even when it was first released, The Force Unleashed games went a long way in re-invigorating interest in the Star Wars franchise following the luke-warm reception of the prequel trilogy. Gamers have had a chance to play as powerful wielders of the Force before, but Starkiller turned all of these powers up to 11 and was capable of decimating armies of clone soldiers and Jedi alike with little trouble through the use of both Jedi and Sith powers. In the opening sequence of The Force Unleashed, players control Darth Vader as he casually walks towards the source of a powerful Force-sensitive Jedi, casting Wookies aside like ragdolls. After easily defeating the man, Kento, who Vader assumed was the person he was searching for, he discovers Galen and takes him in. Although he doesn't recall his family until much later in his life, it is revealed that both of his parents were Jedi and married in secret, not unlike Anakin and Padme had to in Attack of the Clones. Since both of Starkiller's parents had broken the Jedi code to remain unmarried as well as having to hide from the Empire following the Clone Wars and Order 66 , Kento and Mallie Marek bounced around the galaxy searching for a safe place for their son before settling on Kashyyyk. Shortly after giving birth to Galen, Mallie was killed by a group of Trandoshan slavers while protecting both her family and the Wookies, forcing Kento to raise his son on his own until Vader eventually found him. There are several powerful Force users in the Star Wars canon, but Starkiller's abilities may outstrip them all. While still an inexperienced child, he was able to tear Vader's lightsaber from his hands with little effort, but that is just the tip of the iceberg. One of the more famous scenes in The Force Unleashed is when Starkiller pulls an entire Star Destroyer out of space using just the Force, all while fighting off tie-fighters that are also trying to kill him, a feat that hasn't been replicated before or since.

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Travelling to the Horuz system , they used the Rogue Shadow ' s cloaking device to approach the massive battle station, entering the thin atmosphere maintained for the workers and slaves building the behemoth. In a way, Marek and Kota helped to save each other. Having survived his trials, Starkiller was formally acknoweldged as an apprentice by Vader. Then his vision took on a different tone—a contest within himself rather than an image of the past. This one was more able than the first, though Starkiller ultimately dismembered him with a giant fan blade. He delivered the coup de grace with the Jedi's own lightsaber, stabbing him through the heart. As the hologram weakened, it began adopting more desperate tactics, teleporting around the room and projecting illusionary copies of itself to double up on Starkiller. Unknown to "Starkiller," however, Darth Vader did indeed perfect the cloning procedure as shown by the progress made by the latest clone he activated. The Star Destroyer smashed into the surface just short of the ore cannon, spreading a literal tsunami of junk across the surrounding area. His subjugation to Vader even displayed itself in his voice and manner, as he affected a formalized and faintly aristocratic accent whenever he was in Vader's presence, in stark contrast to his usual behavior. Arriving at the groundside moorings for the skyhook, Starkiller plowed his way through the Imperials' security and fortifications.

After the death of Marek, the original Starkiller, Vader endeavored to create a more powerful and obedient version of his fallen disciple, using a cloning facility on the planet Kamino to carry out this agenda. However, the procedure was imperfect, resulting in a series of unstable clones that succumbed to madness. Though initially impressing Vader with his progress, Subject was affected by the emotional imprints that he inherited from his template and consequently developed a fixation on Captain Juno Eclipse , a former Imperial officer whom Marek fell in love with.

To that end, they resolved to find Rahm Kota, who had survived his duel with Starkiller. With tactical updates from Juno, Starkiller carved his way through the facility, all the while the warring forces became progressively more alarmed by his presence. In addition, due to his life-long isolation from all but a few individuals, Starkiller was reclusive, and emotionally remote to all but PROXY, and only began to open up to Juno Eclipse after a great deal of time, though his feelings of compassion for her would continue to confuse him. Upon his return to the Rogue Shadow , Starkiller sat down with Kota and attempted to discuss the events within the Temple, though Kota quickly ended the conversation by asserting that it was none of his business. Starkiller then found himself was back in the hut, confronted by the ghost of his father. Impressed by Galen's potential in the Force [6] as demonstrated by his reflexive use of telekinesis , [3] Vader abducted the younger Marek shortly after he killed the boy's father and a squad of stormtroopers in order to keep Galen's existence a secret. He considered her not worthy of the dark side. Game Informer. Informed by Eclipse via comlink that the command center had been stormed by Kota's militia, Starkiller made that his destination. He dealt with them quickly and efficiently, saving his energy for his ultimate target. Seeing that he was being driven back, Kota broke off and complimented Starkiller's skills before telekinetically wrenching the entire command center free of the shipyard and sending it plummeting into Nar Shaddaa's atmosphere. This redesign was reused in the Ultimate Sith Edition of the game.