Making his way towards one of the Imperial hangar bays, he fought his way through dozens of Imperial troops, as well as clearing out a group of snipers harrying Rahm Kota and his squad. [6], Needing a shortcut across the facilities interior towards the base of the cloning spires, Starkiller climbed on top of the hangar doors and leapt onto a passing Y-wing. Engaging a number of Sith Training Droids imitating Rebel Alliance soldiers, Starkiller cut them down with brutal efficiency, falling into a trance-like state. Faced with what were essentially alternate versions of himself and his template, Starkiller was forced to truly accept his identity as a clone in the face of this overwhelming proof. For some, the answer would be an obvious yes since the game begins at the cloning facilities on Kamino, Starkiller is wearing a clone uniform, and Vader outright tells Starkiller that he is a clone, since Vader wanted to harness the original Starkiller’s abilities but wanted the clone to be programmed with absolute loyalty, similar to the clones of Jango Fett. As a final part of his trial, Galen is confronted by a mysterious Sith Warrior clad in a sinister armor. Like the failed clones created by Darth Vader, Starkiller was programmed with the knowledge and skills of Galen Marek via memory flashes. Starkiller was initially loyal to Vader until the Sith Lord deemed him another failed clone. The Shadow met up with a formation of Rebel cruisers above Kamino, all arrayed in different directions to throw off pursuit, and was the last to leave. This apprentice, Galen Marek, known by his codename Starkiller, eventually realizes he is a mere pawn of Darth Vader and the Emperor and gives his life saving a group of people who go on to form the Rebel Alliance. It was also during this time when Kyram reexecuted Order 66 on a Jedi, on Starkiller's orders. Content in video is expressed using PG-13 rated movies and Teen + rated comics, TV shows, video games, and books; and is not intended for children. [6], Within the cave, Starkiller experienced a vision. Species Knowing that Rahm Kota would most likely be a valuable asset in tracking down Juno, Starkiller decided to rescue his progenitor's former Jedi ally. Vader managed to dodge, blasting her back with a powerful Force push, seemingly killing her. Kota was enraged that Starkiller would not immediately commit to the Rebellion, believing that the clone was putting one woman and his own inner conflict above the needs of the galaxy. They were long since dead, and hence neither mattered to him. However, his relaxed attitude quickly vanished when the rancor was seized and consumed by a massive Gorog, and he ignited his second blade. Making it to the hangar, Starkiller arrived just in time to see Boba Fett and a very shocked Juno Eclipse board Fett's ship. [1], Starkiller evidently found his Imperial flightsuit garment on board Darth Vader's fighter when he stole the vessel. [6], Though his abilities and Force techniques relied on the dark side of the Force, Starkiller's emotional attachment to Juno Eclipse caused him to struggle with his own anger and hatred. [1], Starkiller also demonstrated an aptitude for improvised weapons and disarmament techniques; in particular, he would often deprive riot stormtroopers of their Electrostaffs and attack them with the weapons. "Starkiller," designation Subject 1138, was a clone of Galen Marek, a Force-sensitive Human male trained by the Sith Lord Darth Vader as his secret apprentice. Although he knew better than to believe he was free, Starkiller further gave in to his imprinted feelings by dedicating himself to finding Juno Eclipse.[6]. Engaging the Imperial forces that boarded the Salvation, Starkiller systematically eliminated them before returning to the bridge. Again, the Dark Apprentice was trained and programmed in the Dark Side, and in typical Sith fashion, allows his master to fall. [1] Most of the other supplementary material is fairly straightforward in identifying Starkiller as a clone. Starkiller found PROXY, the original Starkiller's training droid, who informed them that Juno had likely been taken to the Deck 7 docking bays. Having escaped from Kamino, Starkiller embarked on a quest to find Juno Eclipse. Starkiller's momentary confusion allowed Vader to knock him down and quietly retreat. These motion comic-style cinematics depict the training and development of the Dark Apprentice, and shows Vader displaying Galen Marek's corpse to the clone. Kota, believing the clone was in fact Marek, tried to convince him to rejoin the Alliance to Restore the Republic, but "Starkiller" was neither concerned with the Rebellion nor interested in assuming his progenitor's identity. The only thing that is canon is All 9 movies, clone wars and whatever books comics and other media that has come out since 2014* level 2. [6] Within, he engaged Imperial Saber Guards and Sith Acolytes, and finding to his horror that most of the cloning tanks within the spire contained more clones of Galen Marek. The last thing that Starkiller saw before snapping out of the vision was water as Vader telekinetically pushed the imperfect clone's body into the vast ocean of Kamino. Starkiller tracked down General Rahm Kota on Cato Neimoidia, hoping that the General can lead him to Juno Eclipse. With Kota's strategic assistance, Starkiller managed to use the Gorog's restraints built into the arena to pin the beast's arms, before leaping onto its head and cutting into its brain. [Ed. Starkiller journeyed to Dagobah where he encountered Yoda, the exiled Grand Master of the Jedi Order. [1], One of Starkiller's unique abilities was a variant of mind trick. That's because, as cool as Starkiller's story was, it went off the rails faster than a mynock on hyperfuel in the rushed sequel. However, they were ambushed by an Imperial fleet upon their arrival, and forced to flee. Managing to survive the fall onto the facility, Starkiller briefly lost consciousness.[6]. Starkiller allowed it to do so, hoping it would fall with the rest of the arena. At an Imperial facility on the planet Kamino, Darth Vader observes the training of a renegade clone of his former apprentice Starkiller, whom Vader considers a failure in his quest to create a perfect apprentice. Starkiller regained his feet and came on swinging. An interesting aspect of “Distant Thunder” is that it shows Darth Vader and the Dark Apprentice looking at the apparent dead body of the original Starkiller, floating in a stasis chamber (presumably for DNA retrieval for the cloners). Even as they fought across the top level of the tower, Starkiller sensed that Vader was still testing him, and attempted to keep a handle on his emotions. Brown[1] [6], However, Starkiller remained unconvinced that he could be the real Starkiller, believing that Vader found a way to successfully clone Force-wielders with the aid of Kaminoan technology. Physical description [6], Starkiller returned to the hangar just in time to see the Rebel fleet arrive at Kamino. [6] Then Starkiller absorbed a lightning bolt from one of the lightning rods surrounding the platform upon which they were fighting and used the energy of the lightning in conjunction with his own powers to launch an incredibly powerful blast of Force lightning at Vader. [6], Carving his way through the eastern archway of Tarko-se, Starkiller eventually reached a public tramway to the western arch where the arena was situated. Highly proficient at telekinetic lightsaber combat, he would often direct his lightsabers to seek out specific enemies. As Starkiller looked at the face of the man who killed him, he saw that it was his face, only pale and visibly corrupted by the dark side. One such appearance was in the Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II official game website, where unlockable videos showed parts of his missions during the game. Once freed, Kota used his comlink to contact the Rogue Shadow, which swept in on autopilot and caught them before landing hard on the rocky terrain below.[6]. An unstable clone of Galen Marek, Starkiller became fixated on Juno Eclipse. Ignoring Kota's pleas to take Darth Vader alive as a prisoner for the Rebellion, Starkiller gave into his anger and hatred. He declared to Vader that by letting him live, he had broken the Sith Lord's hold over him. The Starkiller clone designated as Subject 1138[5] was just the latest in a long line.[6]. However, throughout the final level of The Force Unleashed II sees Starkiller having to fight through numerous clones of Starkiller who are feral and insane. Ultimately, the renegade clone was able to save Eclipse and, in the process, defeated the Dark Lord of the Sith in a lightsaber duel. [1], The clone would also adopt a worn-out training suit[1] that was used by the original Starkiller.[9]. Due to the Xbox/PC/PS3 versions' closer similarity to the rage power, this article considers that version of the power canonical. En route, he was forced to defend the vehicle against an assault by Imperial air forces, destroying most of the opposition. Gender However, he was halted at the last second by Rahm Kota and his squad. Starkiller retained the powerful Force connection of his genetic template, advancing quickly thanks to both Darth Vader's brutal training methods and memory flashes of the original Marek's experiences. Furthermore, he remained committed to finding Juno and also stated that he simply needed a quiet place to meditate on his situation. This belief was ultimately broken, however, upon viewing the aberrant clones with his own eyes. [13], The Distant Thunder cinematics take place before the ending of the game and have no impact on the game's progression. Change ), Tom Clancy’s Pacific War: Japan and Korea, Enemy Helicopters: Strange Lights in Vietnam. In a somewhat controversial turn, Starkiller -- or rather, a clone of him -- returned as the protagonist of 2010's Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II. An incredulous Kota turned to him, plainly surprised, but expressing his certainty in Starkiller's survival. For example, in the novel Star Wars: Republic Commando: Hard Contact, a Jedi padawan encounters a squad of clones for the first time. Starkiller mastered the art of Jar'Kai—a lightsaber combat form designed for the use of dual blades. The developers of The Force Unleashed used feedback from focus test respondents and executives at LucasArts in order to make Starkiller. 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. Starkiller later replaced the red crystals with a set of blue crystals provided by Rahm Kota. Throughout the comics, the Dark Apprentice is shown executing Vader’s every command, exactly as intended. Starkiller's lightsabers were modified versions of the stock lightsabers provided to the clones of Galen Marek. In the early marketing of The Force Unleashed II, the clone is wearing a different costume known as the "combat arena" costume in the PS3, PC, and Xbox 360's unlock of costumes. Due to the inherent difficulty in cloning Force-sensitives, many of the initial clones were deformed and aberrant monstrosities. Kota revealed that he didn't know where she was, as the Rebel fleet had been scattered. Like Galen Marek, Starkiller favored the Shien-style reversed grip. Starkiller was originally the family name of Anakin (then Annikin) and his children, Luke and Leia, in the drafts of The Star Wars. Since then, Sam has stuck around with Star Wars, and that is unlikely to change. Rendezvousing with Kota, they broke into one of the Imperial command centers, hoping to use it to open the hangar doors, but the controls were destroyed by an Imperial bombing run. [6], Dropping Kota off on Malastare, Starkiller then followed up on both his Force visions and hints Kota had inadvertently dropped. [2], With the battle won and Vader captured, the Rebel attention was turned to cleanup the Timira City facilities. His prowess with telekinesis would be boosted to the point where he could seize AT-STs and crush them, and then hurl the wreckage as a weapon, all with minimal effort. When an opening came, Starkiller moved to take it, only to be hit by a vision of a dead Juno Eclipse in his arms. When the original Starkiller stormed the Death Star in a bid to rescue the captured Rebel Alliance leaders, Emperor Palpatine presented him with the opportunity of killing Darth Vader and replacing him as Palpatine's Sith apprentice. Galen Marek, also known as Starkiller, is a minifigure in the Star Wars theme based on the main character in the video games Star Wars: The Force Unleashed and Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II. [4], Now earnestly pursuing the idea of a secret apprentice to help him assassinate Palpatine, Vader preserved Starkiller's body, taking it to Kamino and extracting cells to clone the Force Adept. He was also subjected to numerous brutal tests by Darth Vader, such as having to spend thirteen days in isolation without food or water, forced to survive by relying on the Force. First off, Vader programmed the clones with absolute loyalty. The pilot, Wedge Antilles, obliged to Starkiller's request for a ride, flying him across the dome. Most notably, Starkiller's Force repulse unleashed sufficient energy to disintegrate enemies within a certain proximity, the only protection against this ability being either heavy armor or advanced Force abilities. At the end of “Distant Thunder,” it is shown that the Dark Apprentice watched the final duel between Starkiller and Vader, but instead of intervening as planned should Vader appear defeated, the Dark Apprentice merely watches and does nothing. [6] Unknown to Starkiller, Boba Fett had been preparing to kill him with a sniper rifle, but relented out of sympathy when Juno awoke. In Star Wars: Episode II: Attack of the Clones, Obi-Wan Kenobi is informed by the Kaminoans that the Clone Army is grown in half the time it takes a normal human. When he awoke on the Kaminoan battlefield, he tried to shrug it off and focus on the task at hand. The clone overpowered the Dark Lord of the Sith, having inherited his genetic template's raw strength in the Force. [1][2] Ultimately, Starkiller chose to spare Darth Vader, thus heeding Kota's advice rather than succumbing to Vader's insistence that the clone fulfill his destiny.[6]. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. The process of speed cloning was also a major part of the novel Star Wars: Heir to the Empire, in which Grand Admiral Thrawn recovers “Spaarti cloning cylinders” which allow him to quickly raise an army of Stormtroopers to counter the New Republic. Juno Eclipse was part of the militarist camp, calling for an aggressive strike, even for only a symbolic victory. Starkiller was set to return in the cancelled game Star Wars: The Force Unleashed III, which was meant to conclude The Force Unleashed saga. While Kota remained on the bridge to take command of the ship, Starkiller continued on alone, following the destructive trail left by Vader's bounty hunter and the Imperial forces.[6]. Vader bestowed two lightsabers upon Starkiller. level 1 ( Log Out /  As he had not changed the transponder in Vader's ship, he was believed to be the Dark Lord and was directed to an executive landing pad, where he was greeted by a full retinue of stormtroopers and Baron Merillion Tarko, the Imperial governor controlling the world from Tarko-se, a city that he named after himself. However, the tram finally malfunctioned and fell out of the sky just before reaching the western arch, forcing Starkiller to leap the distance to the tram station. However, the Disney merger came before a third game in the series could be released, which unfortunately left one of the biggest questions in Star Wars unanswered. Without Juno, both Vader and Starkiller knew that he would no longer be motivated to resist the lure of the dark side. Height Starkiller then kills each enemy one by one with a single hit in slow motion. [1] He first appeared in the game's announcement trailer, released during the 2009 SPIKE TV Video Game Awards on December 12. If the player chooses the dark-side ending, Starkiller is killed by the Dark Apprentice before he can strike Vader down. The outfit consisted of simple slacks and short-sleeved shirt, basic boots, all dark colored, topped off by a brighter sleeveless tunic with a low neckline. Snoke is the Starkiller's withered clone and he is waiting for a replacement to reach maturity to make 'a transfer'. Although X2 did not go insane, this may be attributed to his longer development process he and his brother enjoyed like the rest of the Clone Army. The revelation that Vader had told the truth about their creation led Starkiller to accept his origin as a clone; a copied version who was superior to his imperfect precursors, but still an overall failure by Vader's standards. 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