PROXY

"I can hear thousands of droids all calling out to each other."

- PROXY

PROXY was a prototype holodroid who served as a companion and long time friend of Galen Marek and traveled with him on the Rogue Shadow. Despite their friendship, PROXY would routinely try to kill Marek during training as this was his prime directive provided by Darth Vader. PROXY was equipped with advanced hologram technology that, when coupled with its built-in servos, would allow it to change appearance and adopt a wide range of disguises. He could also present messages: he would turn holographically into the sender, and the sender would say the message. Also, when Galen wanted information on an individual, PROXY would turn into that person and access databases to confirm his/her identity. He was also capable of holding his own in lightsaber combat against Marek for a short time.

Missions with Starkiller
"I hate being him." "I think he does, too."

- PROXY and Galen talking about PROXY being Darth Vader

PROXY was the only known witness to his master being knighted by Darth Vader. Shortly afterwards, he traveled with Galen when he was sent to eliminate Jedi Masters Rahm Kota, Kazdan Paratus, and Shaak Ti.

Accompanying a Rebel
When Vader seemingly killed Galen after the Emperor discovered his presence, it wasn't until six months later that he was recovering on the Empirical. Through PROXY, Vader told Galen to gather an army of the Empire's enemies so that they could distract the Emperor's spies, and ordered that all ties to his past, save for PROXY, were to be severed. PROXY did everything he could to make his master disappear, by sending the Empirical into the nearby sun, ejecting all escape pods. He advised Galen to leave Juno, who was being held captive aboard and branded a traitor, but he chose to rescue her.

When Galen returned to Raxus Prime to destroy a Star Destroyer factory, PROXY and many other robots on the garbage planet were under the control of the core of Raxus Prime, and Galen was forced to fight PROXY, who had red photoreceptors. The holodroid then faced his master in the forms of the Emperor's Shadow Guard, Maris Brood, the temporarily-blinded General Kota, the late Shaak Ti, and lastly, one of Vader's predecessors: Darth Maul. Galen managed to destroy the core, freeing PROXY, but critically damaging him in the process. He begs his master to leave him, as the Core erased his primary programming, but Galen refused to leave his childhood friend behind.

After many missions, including rounding up the Rebel leaders, PROXY eventually accompanied Galen and Juno under the guise of Bail's adopted daughter, Princess Leia, to the signing of the Corellian Treaty. Darth Vader and Imperial troops ambushed Senators Garm Bel Iblis, Bail Prestor Organa, and Mon Mothma. But Bail managed to have PROXY cut off Leia's image, so that Vader wouldn't know that she was involved. PROXY in a bold move managed to save the lives of Galen and Juno by using his hologram capabilities to disguise himself as Obi-Wan Kenobi. Vader was momentarily distracted by the assault, enough for Galen and Juno to get away. Vader, being immensely superior to PROXY in lightsaber combat destroyed the droid and succeeded in capturing the Senators.

After Death
Some time after Galen's death, the deactivated PROXY was recovered from the snow and harsh winds on Corellia by Senator Organa and Juno Eclipse. They were recovering records of the birth of the Alliance, and wanted PROXY because he held the records of the Alliance founder, Galen Marek. PROXY related exactly the events that led Galen down the path of redemption, up until his own deactivation at the hands of Darth Vader. Galen had also left specific standing orders that in the event of his death, ownership of PROXY would pass to Juno. All the while repairing PROXY, the droid recounts about Marek's adventures, up to the point where the Alliance is born and destroyed and when he sacrifices his life to save Marek. Juno then tells him how Marek went valiantly to save Kota and the Senators' lives and sacrificed himself so they could escape. As they arrived on Kashyyyk, PROXY said that since Vader and Palpatine had survived, his master's death was meaningless. Bail, however, said it made all the difference to him and the other rebels, since his sacrifice had saved them.

Personality
"My onboard tactical computer suggests that this is the best time to attack. I am certain that I will finally fulfill my programming."

- PROXY to Starkiller during the Mission to Raxus Prime.

Programmed to specific directives, PROXY was primarily programmed to randomly attack Marek in attempts to kill him as a way to keep him alert and to test his skill. Though friendly with Marek, he enjoyed every attempt to fulfill this primary function. With each failure in fulfilling this function, PROXY, loyal to his friend as well as his programming, apologized to Marek for his inadequacy.

PROXY hated becoming Vader, whose form he assumed whenever Vader communicated with Galen. This experience left PROXY fatigued.

Abilities
"Give me some credit, Master! I have one module that you've never seen. An enemy that I have stored for years."

- PROXY, moments before turning into Darth Maul.

As a holodroid, PROXY was capable of assuming the appearance of nearly any humanoid life form and duplicating his/her voice. He could also access information on any person Marek asked him about.

Programmed with different training modules, PROXY could battle Marek in a lightsaber fight, utilizing the images of many past Jedi, even Obi Wan Kenobi, whom PROXY did not know was Darth Vader's master during his time in the Jedi Order. His repulsors enabled him to fight like a Jedi. However, as a droid, he could not imitate the Ataru form without the Force. At one point, PROXY even took the form of Darth Maul in an attempt to kill his master. It is not revealed how PROXY managed to record this data, only that PROXY had the program stored for years without using it as a way of taking his master by surprise.

During Darth Vader's betrayal of Marek, when PROXY tried to save him, he took the form of Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi.

Over the course of his activation, PROXY held within him a number of combat stances and fighting skills from various fighters which included:
 * Obi-Wan Kenobi
 * Anakin Skywalker
 * Qui-Gon Jinn
 * Rahm Kota
 * Maris Brood
 * Shaak Ti
 * Emperor's Shadow Guard
 * Darth Maul
 * Juno Eclipse

Behind the scenes
PROXY was conceived by The Force Unleashed producers as "not C-3PO, not HK-47, but somewhere in between." PROXY was voiced by David W. Collins.

In a G4 exclusive interview with Project Lead Haden Blackman revealed that PROXY is an unlockable playable character in the video game. The code "PROTOTYPE" in the Xbox 360 version, and "HOLOGRAM" in the Playstation 3 and Wii version, enables the player to resemble PROXY.

You are not able to Fight PROXY as Darth Maul or use the force to pull a Star Destroyer out of the sky (displayed as a cutscene instead) on the Wii version.

In the graphic novel of the The Force Unleashed, PROXY's duel with Galen Marek on Raxus Prime is one of the sequences that was not included.

Although in the Xbox360/Playstation 3 version, in his battle with Vader disguised as Obi-Wan, PROXY is stabbed in the torso and not seen again even at the ending but he appears in other console version endings and in the graphic novel.

Appearances

 * The Force Unleashed novel
 * The Force Unleashed comic
 * The Force Unleashed video game

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