Galen Marek

The Secret Apprentice was a Human male secretly taken as an apprentice by Darth Vader during the Great Jedi Purge.

Biography
Darth Vader spent years training the young Human in the ways of the dark side in secret, even from his own master, Palpatine. When Vader deemed his training complete, he sent his apprentice on a series of trials to destroy his enemies. When those trials were complete, Vader finally sent him on a mission to hunt down a single rogue Jedi. Vader hoped that this mission would deem him ready to stand with him to confront and destroy Palpatine.



On this mission, Vader hand-picked a young cadet named Juno Eclipse to pilot his apprentice's ship, the Rogue Shadow and allowed for him to take his long-time droid companion, PROXY. Though it is unlikely, Vader suspected that his apprentice would fall in love with the pilot.

Skilled with telekinesis and Force lightning, he was a Sith apprentice in all but name. The Rule of Two prevented him from becoming the official apprentice, as Vader himself occupied that position. This made Vader's apprentice officially nothing more than a Dark Jedi. His existence was meant to be kept a secret, so he would make a point of leaving few witnesses to his work, going as far as eliminating Imperial stormtroopers who saw him in action.

Powers and abilities
The secret apprentice was powerful enough to pull an entire Star Destroyer out of the sky and send it crashing on the surface of a planet.

He was also able to use Force powers such as Force lightning, Force push, and Force repulse.

Behind the scenes

 * Vader's apprentice is the main protagonist of the video game Star Wars: The Force Unleashed.


 * Haden Blackman, writer of The Force Unleashed, has said that he has a name, but that they cannot release it yet.


 * Vader's apprentice is portrayed by Sam Witwer, best known for his role as Lt. Crashdown in Sci-Fi's Battlestar Galactica.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: The Force Unleashed game
 * Star Wars: The Force Unleashed comic
 * Star Wars: The Force Unleashed novel