User:Jedi Kasra/First Project

"You're a Skywalker, Cade! Act like one!"

- Kol Skywalker

Cade Skywalker was a Human male that served as a Jedi Padawan. Being a direct descendant of Anakin and Luke Skywalker, he was the son of Jedi Master Kol Skywalker and Nyna Calixte, who was going under the guise of an Imperial spy named "Morrigan Corde", and was also the half-brother of Calixte's daughter, Gunn Yage. He was also the nephew of Nat Skywalker&mdash;who, after leaving the Jedi Order went by the alias "Bantha" Rawk&mdash;and his wife, Droo, and was the stepcousin of their children Ahnah, Skeeto, and Micah.

Skywalker trained briefly under the Zabrak Jedi Master Wolf Sazen, who was his father's former Padawan, before the devastating events of the massacre at the Jedi Praxeum on Ossus after the end of the war between the Galactic Alliance and the Fel Empire. His father, who ordered Skywalker and his fellow Padawan Shado Vao to escape Ossus with a shuttle of Jedi younglings, was slain by the Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Krayt's Sith forces.

After the battle, Skywalker apprenticed himself to the Feeorin pirate Rav, taking his oath and becoming a member of his crew on his flaghship, Crimson Axe. During this time, Skywalker becam close friends with fellow crew member Jariah Syn. He eventually became a bounty hunter, flying the light freighter Mynock along with Syn and the Zeltron female Deliah Blue, who was his on-and-off lover. Seven years after the massacre,

Early life and Jedi training
"Listen to the Force, Cade. A Jedi's first concern is to preserve life."

- Kol Skywalker

Cade Skywalker, a human male, was the son of Jedi Master Kol Skywalker &mdash;a powerful member of the Jedi Council&mdash; and Imperial spy Morrigan Corde. However, Corde, who had married Kol, left him and Cade, telling Kol that they had different paths to follow, and that she thought Cade was better off going with him to the Jedi Praxeum on Ossus. From an early age, Skywalker was trained as a Jedi by various teachers, including the Whiphid Jedi Master K'Kruhk, who had served during the Clone Wars about a century before. He eventually came under the tutelage of his father's former Padawan, the Zabrak Jedi Knight Wolf Sazen.

Skywalker spent some of his childhood at the New Jedi Temple on the galactic capital of Coruscant, where he explored the secrets of its foundations and the outer city with the young Twi'lek Jedi Shado Vao. He believed that his father was unaware of this, despite the fact that he and Vao once fell asleep at the midday meal. On Ossus, Skywalker became close to fellow Padawan Azlyn Rae, once kissing her on the cheek. He and Rae pulled pranks together, which included putting live gullipuds in Sazen's boots. As punishment, Sazen forced Skywalker and Rae to clean a nerf stable for a week.

Massacre at Ossus
"I will not let you go, Master!"

- Cade Skywalker using the Force to revive Wolf Sazen.

In 130 ABY, at the end of the war between the Galactic Alliance and the Fel Empire, Skywalker was involved in the battle to defend the Ossus Jedi Praxeum from the Sith and Imperial forces under their command. Sazen ordered Skywalker and Vao to evacuate the planet in a shuttle full of younglings. However, Skywalker desperately wanted to stay and fight with his father. He argued the point, but eventually obeyed Kol and went to the shuttle. Just after boarding the shuttle, Skywalker sensed that Sazen had been struck down, and that his father was now fighting the Sith alone. Much to Vao's dismay, Skywalker left the shuttle to fight by his father's side. As soon as he joined Kol however, he was ordered to take Sazen back to the shuttle. Skywalker was devastated, but did as he was told. Sazen died in his Padawan's arms aboard the shuttle which was now leaving Ossus. However, Skywalker could not accept this, and focused his anger to the point where he used the Force to successfully revive his Master.

At that point, Skywalker felt the death of his father. Overwhelmed with anger, he promised revenge on Darth Nihl, the Nagai Sith Lord that had murdered Kol. Skywalker left the shuttle one final time in a X-83 TwinTail starfighter, in an attempt to kill the Sith. He cleared a path for the shuttle so that it could escape into hyperspace. Skywalker's fighter was shot down by a Predator-class fighter, though he managed to survive by sealing his flight suit and jettisoning just as his ship exploded. Withdrawing from the Force so the Sith wouldn't sense his presence, he fell into deep meditation in order to conserve oxygen. He awoke three days after the massacre, and the Feeorin pirate Rav found Skywalker floating in the debris around the planet. A crewman named Jariah Syn managed to convince Rav to rescue Skywalker. After he guided Rav and his crew through the ruins of the Jedi Praxeum, Skywalker apprenticed himself to Rav and joined his crew, taking the Feeorin's oath of loyalty.

After Skywalker used the dark side of the Force to revive Sazen, the Dark Lord of the Sith and Dread Lord Darth Krayt&mdash;who was also the leader of his One Sith Order, and had just proclaimed himself Emperor after seemingly killing Emperor Roan Fel&mdash;sensed a dark murmur in the Force, recognizing that it came from a Jedi. Krayt vowed to find this Jedi and lure him completely to the dark side, calling him a dark light in the Force.

Exile
"Please. I do not fear death. Death is the least of what the Sith can do to one like me. There are reasons the Sith like to take us alive. [&hellip;] In doing this, you serve the Sith! I don't deserve what will happen to me after you turn me in for the bounty. No sentient does! Please&hellip;" "It's a hard galaxy."

- Hosk Trey'lis and Skywalker

Some years passed after the Ossus massacre, and Skywalker had freed himself from Rav's debt, becoming the captain of a light freighter called the Mynock, whose crew included the Zeltron Deliah Blue, a former party girl and the ship's mechanic, and Jariah Syn, his longtime friend and co-pilot. He hid both his surname and his Jedi abilities from everyone who knew him, especially his crew mates. One of Skywalker and his crew's favorite haunts during this time was Rik's Cantina on Coruscant, a meeting place for various underworld denizens.



In the year 137 ABY, the Mynock's crew was contracted by Rav to locate Sakiyan bond-skipper Naxy Screeger on the planet Lok, at the Advosze Brogar's cantina. After locating Screeger, the group also came across the Bothan Jedi healer Hosk Trey'lis. Skywalker prevented Syn from killing the Jedi, seemingly because Jedi were worth more alive than dead. The group left Lok with both Screeger and Trey'lis in tow. After turning in their bounties on Rav's base in Socorro, the Feeorin paid them in death sticks, which, though pleasing Skywalker, enraged Syn and Blue. Around this time Skywalker was being haunted by the Force ghost of his ancestor and former Grand Master of the Jedi Order Luke Skywalker, who was pleading for his descendant to return to his Jedi legacy. However, Skywalker was growing increasingly agitated with these visitations, using death sticks to block them out, and even going so far as threatening to end his own life.

As the Mynock's crew prepared for liftoff from Socorro, they were approached by the Imperial Princess Marasiah Fel and the Imperial missionary Astraal Vao, who were being pursued by the Twi'lek Sith Lord Darth Talon. Princess Fel demanded passage to the planet Vendaxa, attempting a mind trick on Skywalker. However, because he was a former Jedi, he was resistant to her Force powers. However, when he saw the Twi'lek Sith, he initiated emergency take-off procedures, and set a course towards Vendaxa. He intended on delivering Princess Fel to her father, Emperor Roan Fel, so that he could get paid. Skywalker would then betray both of them to Darth Krayt's Empire, earning enough credits to be out of Rav's debt.

Reunion on Vendaxa
"One-Arm is right. You have no chance against me, boy. Lie down and die, like your father. I'll give you the mercy of a quick death." "He never lay down! You killed him and it took half a dozen Sith to do it! I'm not looking for mercy! You destroyed my life! And I will kill you!!!"

- Darth Nihl and Cade Skywalker

Astraal Vao, having pre-arranged a rendezvous with her brother Shado if ever they were in trouble, guided the crew of the Mynock and Princess Fel to the crash site, where Shado and Astraal's parents died. There, they came under attack from an acklay, and only the timely arrival of her brother and Wolf Sazen saved Astraal from being impaled by the acklay's fore-claw. With the immediate danger over, Princess Fel set about arranging safe passage with the two Jedi, revealing that she knew of the Mynock crew's intention to turn her in for the bounty on her head. Not wanting to be recognized by his former Master, Skywalker stayed in the shadows and did not argue with Princess Fel. However, Syn called him on his wanting to cut his losses, using Skywalker's first name as he did so, which attracted the attention of the two Jedi. Turning to face the Jedi, he calmly stared down his former Master and admitted his name was Cade. Sazen gave no indication that he recognized his former pupil, electing to direct Princess Fel to where he and Vao had secreted their own ship. A sudden explosion signaled that ship's destruction, however, and that was quickly followed by an attack from Darth Talon, who used the dark side to provoke a number of native fauna into attacking alongside her. Talon singled out Sazen and brought him down with Force lightning, intending to kill him, but Princess Fel intervened, hoping for revenge for the death of her Master, Imperial Knight Elke Vetter. Princess Fel was no match for the Sith, and Talon swatted her away with the Force. Wrapped in Force lightning, Sazen asked Skywalker to take Princess Fel to safety, but the Mynock's captain merely stood by, his mind flashing back to when the Sith attacked Ossus.

Snapping back to the present with an expletive, Skywalker unloaded both barrels of his modified double-barreled blaster carbine, the Rawk chopped special, at the Sith. Both Blue and Syn joined him, but Talon easily deflected their blasts, disarming the three with a wave of her hand. Talon then advanced upon them, her lightsaber at the ready. With an angry cry, Skywalker used the Force to lift some nearby wreckage and hurled it at Talon, sending her into the nearby forest. Retrieving his blaster, Skywalker directed the stunned onlookers to head for Mynock. However, they soon discovered that Talon had sabotaged the ship, forcing them to remain on Vendaxa until repairs could be made. Meanwhile, Talon remained hidden in the shadows nearby. After the battle, Skywalker had a conversation with Sazen, telling him that he wasted years looking for a man that no longer existed. That was followed by an argument with his friends, with Syn pulling a blaster on him. Princess Fel approached the former Jedi, saying that she knew he was a Skywalker, and went on to say how she wished could disappear from her destiny. She also told Skywalker that she would not run away from her responsibilities.

Eventually, the Imperial Knights Antares Draco and Ganner Krieg arrived in order to rescue Princess Fel, but they were shot down by the Sith. They survived the crash, and the battle with the Sith began. Skywalker rushed to battle with his blaster, telling Syn and Blue to lift off. When Skywalker entered the battlefield, he was flooded with the memories of the massacre at Ossus. The former Jedi was so dazed that he did not see a Sith approaching from behind. It was Princess Fel that saw the Sith and charged at him, cutting down the Sith and saving Skywalker's life, but not without injury. When Skywalker, holding her injured form in his arms, asked her why she saved him, she told him that she had to make it right, even if it was only one life, and fell silent. Using the Force, Skywalker called her lightsaber to him and ignited it, ignoring his oath to never pick up a lightsaber again, and proclaimed that he had enough. Skywalker then attacked Darth Nihl; during the fight, Skywalker told the Nagai that he saw him kill his father at Ossus, and told Nihl&mdash;who said he killed a lot of Jedi that day&mdash;that his father was Kol Skywalker, and began to use his rage against Nihl, despite warnings from Sazen. Syn entered the fight and hit the Sith with a blaster bolt, but promptly got Force pushed away. Afterwards, Skywalker kicked Nihl off a cliff, and got everyone on board the Mynock and took off. While aboard the ship, Skywalker heard that Princess Fel was dying. When the former Jedi offered his help, Draco attacked him, blaming him for the condition she was in. Draco eventually stood down and let Skywalker help her. He healed her with the same Force technique he used to heal Sazen seven years earlier, despite Sazen's objections.

Vendaxa aftermath and further Jedi training
"Who I am&hellip; what I am&hellip; is also part of your legacy&hellip; and your destiny!" "Kark this "destiny" sludge. I make my own way!"

- Skywalker to Darth Vader's Force ghost

After the group arrived on the Imperial planet of Bastion, which had been recaptured by the Emperor-in-exile Roan Fel's forces, Skywalker slipped away and left Blue and Syn on their own, stating to Sazen that he could not trust Syn anymore. Skywalker offered a ride to Sazen and Vao, but told them to not get any ideas regarding him rejoining the Jedi Order. Skywalker later found out that Emperor Fel, who was wary of Krayt finding him, had ordered five homing beacons placed on the Mynock. Emperor Fel expected Skywalker to find one or two, but Skywalker managed to find and disable all of them.

Later, Skywalker, Sazen, and Vao traveled to a space station called The Wheel, located in the Besh Gorgon system. Unknowingly, Skywalker was being pursued by numerous agents of Krayt's faction of the Galactic Empire, including his mother, Morrigan Corde&mdash;an undercover Imperial agent who had been reactivated by Moff Nyna Calixte&mdash;and Jor Torlin, who accompanied Corde. The two Imperial agents suspected he was either going to Hapes, which was neutral during the Sith-Imperial War, or Ossus. But Corde decided to stop hunting her son, so when they landed on Ossus, she killed Torlin. Skywalker proceeded to the ruins of the Ossus Jedi Praxeum, where, after ingesting several death sticks, he had visions of his ancestors Mara Jade and Anakin Skywalker, who then transformed into Darth Vader, and warned him of the perils of falling to the dark side. He was then found by the Whiphid Jedi Master K'Kruhk, a former teacher of Skywalker's, who healed his mental trauma. After Sazen and Vao arrived, Skywalker asked Sazen to complete his Jedi training. Sazen accepted, and Skywalker began his training again under the tutelage of both Sazen and K'Kruhk. During a sparring session with Vao, they both fell into a repository of priceless Jedi artifacts, whereupon they were attacked by the Yuuzhan Vong warriors Liaan Lah and Choka Skell.



The Yuuzhan Vong Master Shaper Nei Rin ordered both Lah and Skell to cease their attack on the two Jedi. Rin&mdash;once a friend of Kol Skywalker and the leader of the terraforming project championed by Kol and the Jedi&mdash;revealed herself as the keeper of the Jedi artifacts left on Ossus after the massacre, and claimed that Skywalker should become their keeper. Skywalker refused, and after being confronted by Sazen about his fears, was once more visited by his ancestor Luke Skywalker, who told him to fix his mistake of turning in fellow Jedi Hosk Trey'lis by rescuing him on Coruscant. As Skywalker prepared to leave, Rin gave him his father's lightsaber, and K'Kruhk gave him the utility droid R2-D2&mdash;who had served the Skywalker family for generations&mdash;to serve aboard the Mynock.

In the Claws of the Dragon
"You came willingly here&hellip;why risk yourself to save me? You look for forgiveness. You look for healing." "You want the truth? I turned you in so nobody'd know I was a Jedi. Which didn't work out anyway. I'm saving you because I got this rule&mdash;no one dies for me."

- Hosk Trey'lis and Skywalker

Skywalker's approach to Coruscant was detected by both Imperial forces and Darth Krayt himself, but Skywalker was able to elude a squadron of Imperial fighters known as the Skull Squadron, and hid in the depths of the planet's underworld. Leaving R2-D2 in charge of the Mynock, Skywalker walked towards Rik's Cantina, blasting a would-be mugger and scaring off his cronies in the process. At the cantina, Skywalker encountered two old friends, the Wookiee Chak and the Devaronian Kee, who asked where Chak's ship, the Grinning Liar, was. Skywalker said had no clue where Syn and Blue had taken Chak's ship, and his impertinence offended the Wookiee, but amused the owner of the establishment, Queen Jool the Hutt. He left the access codes to his ship with Jool in case he did not return, instructing her to turn them over to his former crew mates if they showed up.

Skywalker entered the Temple of the Sith using secret routes that he discovered when he lived there, and found Hosk Trey'lis manacled to a wall inside the structure by reaching with his Force senses. When he released Trey'lis, the Bothan attempted to warn him that he had given in and betrayed his would-be rescuer, but Skywalker would have none of it, retorting that no one died for him. As they made their way out, they were ambushed by Darth Talon, who waited for them by a long causeway. She subdued Trey'lis with a Force push, and enraged Skywalker by telling him he and his quarry were both wanted alive. Skywalker's eyes shifted, signifying his enthrallment by the dark side, and he overpowered the Twi'lek Sith. His victory faded fast, as Darth Nihl suddenly appeared, using the Force to choke him into submission. Nihl went on to inform Krayt of his victory. Meanwhile on Ossus, during his meditations, Sazen received a vision of Skywalker turning toward him, with his face half in shadow, and the dark side gleaming in his eyes.

Encounter with Darth Krayt
"The way of the Jedi failed you&mdash;as it failed me. The way of the Sith can show you how to make use of all that you are. If you wish it." "I do wish it. Teach me the ways of the Sith&hellip;Master."

- Skywalker and Darth Krayt

Following his capture, Skywalker was tortured by the Devaronian Sith Darth Maladi, who used a lethal dose of ixetal cilona&mdash;a chemical that was used to make death sticks&mdash;though the poison had no effect due to Skywalker's past usage of death sticks and powerful Force abilities, boosting his immunity to it. Darth Krayt acknowledged that Skywalker had more power than he had ever seen in any Jedi. Krayt wanted Skywalker to join him, but the former Jedi refused the offer from his father's true murderer. Krayt had imprisoned Syn and Blue, and while they were in the Sith's hands, Maladi implanted Yorik-Kul seeds into them. She then used Force lightning on them, which mutated their bodies. Skywalker had no option but to help both of his friends by using his anger to heal them. After the Sith let them go, Krayt invited Skywalker with Talon and his most loyal Sith advisor, Darth Wyyrlok, to his chambers. There, Krayt surprised Skywalker by showing him his father's lightsaber encased in transparisteel, giving Kol Skywalker a place of honor. Skywalker was further surprised when Krayt revealed his knowledge about the Jedi, and his former identity of the Jedi Master A'Sharad Hett, who served during the Clone Wars.



Krayt then recited the story of the duel on his homeworld of Tatooine against Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi&mdash;who mentored Skywalker's ancestors Anakin and Luke&mdash;near the Lars homestead where Luke Skywalker was raised, and how he was cast out of both Tusken and Jedi society. After finishing his story, Krayt found Skywalker to be barely moved. Talon then attacked Skywalker after he mocked Krayt, and she was nearly killed when he used the Force to slam her in a pillar. He then use his healing ability to re-open her recently healed wounds. Krayt, however, prevented the Twi'lek's death, and asked Skywalker that he allow the Dread Lord to focus his anger into strength through the Sith teachings. Skywalker agreed, and was then ordered to heal Darth Talon, as she would become his Sith Master. During his Sith training, Skywalker developed an intimate relationship with Talon, as well as a deep bond that was created when he healed her. After they slept together, Talon informed Krayt that he was just pretending to be a Sith. Regardless, Krayt was sure that he would fall to their side permanently.

Escape from the Dragon
"There is no escape through that window&mdash;it's a sheer drop! If you jump, you die&mdash;and you doom the galaxy to chaos!" "The galaxy can look after itself."

- Darth Krayt and Skywalker

The next day, in an attempt to ensure his fall, Krayt placed Skywalker in the Embrace of Pain&mdash;a Yuuzhan Vong torture device&mdash;while he continued to tell him about his own fall to the dark side. Later, Skywalker was able to free himself and tried to escape the Temple, but was caught by Talon. He was taken back to Krayt, where he was ordered to kill Hosk Trey'lis or die. After Skywalker refused to kill the Bothan Jedi, Krayt then killed Trey'lis himself, evoking Skywalker's anger. But Skywalker then received a vision of his father, telling him that which can heal can also break. Using his power, Skywalker shattered the transparisteel case containing his father's lightsaber, and stabbed Talon through her stomach as she tried to attack him. When he engaged Nihl in a lightsaber duel, he drew on his anger, and his eyes changed to the sulfuric red they had been once before.

Skywalker bested Nihl by severing his arm and throwing him against a wall, finally defeating the Nagai Sith. Krayt ordered Skywalker to kill his Hand in an effort to tip the former Jedi over to the dark side permanently. However, Skywalker refused, because that was what Krayt wanted him to do, and started fighting the Dark Lord. During their duel, Skywalker said that he saw through the Force just how sick Krayt really was, and questioned whether the rest of the Sith would be willing to follow him if they knew of Krayt's true condition. He taunted Krayt, saying that if he died, he would die as himself, but if Krayt killed him, then he would condemn himself to death not as Darth Krayt, or even A'Sharad Hett, but as a mindless Yuuzhan Vong growth. Just as their duel was reaching its climax, Skywalker's mother, Morrigan Corde, blasted open the window behind them and shot Krayt in the back, and telling Skywalker to run. He then jumped out and was rescued by Syn aboard the Mynock, who pulled him inside. The Mynock then escaped the planet and jumped to hyperspace, but not before Corde revealed to Skywalker that she was his mother over a comlink. When Skywalker demanded some answers, she replied that he would not be getting any. After Skywalker's escape, Krayt was planning on breaking Skywalker and using his power to heal himself, and then would kill Skywalker.

Loyalties
"Rav. You need to settle some accounts. Time t'pay what you owe."

- Skywalker to Rav

Shortly after he escaped the Sith's clutches, Skywalker, accompanied by Chak, Kee, and Syn, went after Rav on his base on Soccoro in an attempt to recover Chak's ship Grinning Liar. After a brief fight, the crime lord handed the ship over and was forced to swear the Bloody Bones oath to Skywalker. However, after they left, Rav reported their actions to Darth Maladi. After placing Naxy Screeger&mdash;who helped the crew infiltrate Rav's base&mdash;in the cargo hold, Skywalker set course for Rawk's Nest, on the planet Iego. During the journey, Skywalker apologized to Blue for what happened with Talon. When they made it to Iego, they assisted "Bantha" Rawk&mdash;who was a chief mechanic of the Selonian Shipyards&mdash; and his family in defending his home against a group of mercenaries working for the Black Sun criminal syndicate.

Later, while the others enjoyed a pool party, Skywalker conferred with Rawk&mdash;whom he knew as his uncle, the former Jedi Master Nat Skywalker&mdash;and told him that he had run into his mother. Rawk told him about the history between his parents, and how Corde had abandoned them. When Skywalker saw the news about the massacre of the Mon Calamari, he also saw an arrest warrant for him that said he was a terrorist who had attacked the Sith Temple. When the report also mentioned the fact that he was a Skywalker, Skywalker confirmed his identity to his cousins Ahnah, Skeeto, and Micah, a Cathar whom the Rawks adopted after rescuing him from slavers. Rawk then berated his nephew for not thinking, and the two attacked each other. Later, Skywalker woke up during the night, and Blue commented that he looked like he had seen a ghost. Skywalker told her that he needed to go check something on the Mynock, and that he would be right back with her. When he arrived on his ship, Luke and Kol Skywalker's Force ghosts tried to counsel Skywalker. When Luke suggested that his great-grandson use Jedi meditation techniques to clear his head, Skywalker mentioned that he learned Sith methods as well, and asked if he should try some of those. His father then warned him of the dark side, telling him that the technique that he showed Skywalker in the Temple of the Sith was for defense. When Skywalker asked Kol how he could he could show up after seven years and start dictating what he did, he explained to Skywalker that his anger blocked him from appearing to the former Jedi during that period. Luke then warned him of events that he must be ready for. When their spirits departed, Skywalker used his one of his death sticks to get relief for one night. He disembarked the Mynock, under the drug's influence, and was attacked by a masked figure who followed him from Socorro. He was saved by the intervention of his uncle. But the figure was Azlyn Rae, an old friend of his and fellow Padawan before the Sith attacked Ossus.

The next day, a scouting party of Imperials showed up looking for Skywalker, having heard from the surviving Black Sun mercenaries. Skywalker was determined to leave, but Rawk told him to hide. After Rae sent the Imperials off when she used a mind trick on their captain, Rawk suggested that his nephew change his name, appearance, ship, and friends, and advised Skywalker not ever to use the Force again. But Skywalker determined that he had to kill Darth Krayt in order to end the Sith threat. Again, Rawk berated him for trying to do something stupid. But Skywalker pointed that the current Sith Order was having internal conflicts, and with Krayt dead, they would turn on each other, and everyone would leave him alone. But he needed allies; he did not trust either Emperor-in-exile Roan Fel or the Galactic Alliance Chief of State and Admiral Gar Stazi, and he believed that there were not any other Jedi to find, until his uncle revealed the existence of a hidden Jedi Temple.

The Hidden Temple
"Maybe it's the will of the Force that the Jedi destroy this monster who was one of their own&mdash;before he destroys them!"

- Skywalker makes his case for assassinating Darth Krayt to the Jedi Council

Skywalker, along with his uncle, Rae, and the crew of the Mynock, traveled to the planet of Taivas, and went to the hidden Jedi Temple, which was founded by Rawk back when he was a Jedi Master as a refuge for the Jedi Order during a worst case scenario. When the Mynock landed, Skywalker and his crew discovered that not only were Sazen and Vao in the Temple, but that they were followed by the Imperial Knights Marasiah Fel, Antares Draco, and Ganner Krieg, who were secretly guided there by Rae. After a brief confrontation between the Jedi and the Imperial Knights, both parties put away their weapons and began to talk at Sazen's request. Skywalker immediately realized it was Rae who betrayed them, and after he demanded to know why, he was told by Princess Fel that Rae was in fact an Imperial Knight. When the Imperials explained that they were on a mission of peace, Sazen informed them that the Jedi Council would receive them. This new Jedi Council was formed by the Clone Wars veterans K'Kruhk and the Neti Jed Master T'ra Saa, as well as the Chadra-Fan Jedi Master Tili Qua.

When they met with the Council, Skywalker informed the Masters of Darth Krayt's former identity of Jedi Master A'Sharad Hett&mdash;who served Masters Saa and K'Kruhk during the Clone Wars&mdash;and told them that he was dying. He proposed his plan to assassinate Krayt, arguing that Sith Lord had no heir to his throne, and that it was Krayt's will alone that kept his followers from turning on each other. The Council at first refused, saying that assassination was not the Jedi way, and as such, they respected all life&mdash;even that of a Sith. Skywalker retorted that Krayt had already killed countless innocents in an attempt to achieve his "vision" of a unified galaxy, arguing that perhaps it was the will of the Force that Krayt be destroyed, and that perhaps assassination should become the Jedi way before Krayt tracked him down and forced him to use his healing powers. The Council said that they would meditate on his plan.

Later that night, Vao took Skywalker for a tour around the Temple in a speeder. They stopped in a field near the Temple, and Vao, believing that Skywalker could no longer choose between the light and dark side, intended to bring the truth out of his old friend and make him realize that he had gone down the dark side further then he realized. Vao attacked, but Skywalker eventually gained the upper hand, using the Force to push Vao away. Skywalker stated that Vao had no idea what he was, and that his father had shown him how to use his healing powers another way. The former Jedi explained, while healing Vao, that he could see where a being was weak or broken, and could pour the Force in those "breaks" just enough to heal. Skywalker then started to use the Force to open Vao's wounds, saying he could kill him. Skywalker then stopped, with Vao asking him if he thought the dark side did not control him, stating that Cade used a power which should heal as a weapon, and that he used his anger. Skywalker retorted that he chose to do what he did, and that he chose not to kill Vao, stating that he was under control, whatever Vao thought.

After Vao and Skywalker returned to the Temple, they found that Sazen was waiting for them. Sazen said that because there was a bond between the three of them, he could feel what Skywalker was doing to Vao, just as he could feel Skywalker's usage of the dark side. He asked his former Padawan to swear not to use any of the teachings he learned during his time with the Sith. Skywalker refused, stating that he was neither Sith or Jedi, and that the ways of the Force were tools, and that the dark side had its uses. Sazen told the former Jedi that every word Skywalker spoke made him fear more for the former Jedi. The Zabrak Jedi then revealed the true reason that he met both Vao and Skywalker, informing the former Jedi that the Council had reached its decision. The Council ultimately decided not to go through with the assassination plan, fearing that if Krayt died, another Sith would take his place, or that the Sith might fracture, making them more dangerous. They preferred to let the Sith undermine each other. Despite this, Skywalker decided to do it with the help of his crew. Draco, Krieg, and Rae joined him under orders from Princess Fel, and Vao also decided to come with them, in order to make sure that Skywalker would not "become" Krayt.

An Ancient Threat
"You know exactly what must be done. Without anger. Without fear." "Yeah, I know the song. We take what we are given. We do what we must."

- Celeste Morne and Skywalker

Skywalker and his allies headed for the Deep Core; while journeying there, Rae tried to talk to him, but he refused to listen to her. During his meditations, he received a vision of a Jedi. After this, the Mynock was pulled out of hyperspace and into the path of the Iron Sun, a Pellaeon-class Star Destroyer. Once inside, Skywalker and his allies split up to explore the ship. He and his party eventually came across a group of rakghouls, mindless beasts that plagued the planet of Taris back in the days of the Old Republic. During a brief skirmish with them, he and Rae were wounded, and the skirmish was ended when the woman Skywalker had envisioned, Jedi Master Celeste Morne&mdash;who was born around the time of the Great Sith War&mdash;regained control of the rakghouls. When Morne saw that Skywalker and Rae had been infected by the Rakghoul plague, she imprisoned them and explained her past, such as her meeting with the Jedi Padawan Zayne Carrick, how the Muur Talisman&mdash;a Sith device that was created by the ancient Sith Lord Karness Muur&mdash;attached itself to her, and her confrontations with Skywalker's ancestors, Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker. When the plague began to transform Skywalker and Rae, he asked Morne if the plague was a disease or the work of the Force. She told him that it was an affliction, and the former Jedi realized that he could cure it. He then used his healing power to rid himself and Rae of the plague, impressing both Morne, who agreed to join Skywalker and his allies in their quest to assassinate Darth Krayt, and Karness Muur's spirit.

The party journeyed to the planet of Had Abbadon, where they attacked the local Imperial base. During the battle, Morne allowed the Devaronian Sith Lord Darth Reave&mdash;who was injured by the rakghouls Morne had transformed from the troops under his command&mdash;to escape so that he could inform Krayt of the attack. The party then settled in to wait for Krayt; during this time, Rae tried to kill Morne and destroy the Talisman, believing that Morne was evil. Skywalker prevented her from doing so, however. During an argument, Skywalker and Rae both realized that their old feelings for each other had resurfaced. They spent the night together, until Muur's voice interrupted them. The former Jedi went to confront Morne, and told her Muur was playing mind games with him and his friends, and if he did not stop, he would shove her and the Talisman into a rocket and send it into a black hole at the center of the Core. Later, Morne sent Krayt a message using Muur's voice, showing Krayt that Skywalker was her prisoner. She claimed that Muur had the power to heal him. Krayt took the bait, and traveled to Had Abbadon with Darths Wyyrlok, Maladi, Talon, and his new Hand Stryfe. Once there, Skywalker and his allies sprang the trap, with Morne unleashing her rakghouls on Krayt while Skywalker dueled with Talon. The Twi'lek Sith told him that the bond they shared was driving him closer to the dark side. However, Skywalker managed to defeat Talon once more, using the Force to shove her against a pillar.



Unfortunately, Morne, who was under Muur's influence, declared that Skywalker and his allies' usefulness was over, and turned the rakghouls against them. Skywalker fought Stryfe and quickly defeated him with assistance from Syn's explosives. Soon after this, Morne, under Muur's influence, blasted both Krayt and Rae&mdash;who impaled the Dark Lord through his back with her lightsaber&mdash;with Force lightning. Morne then regained control, and used the Force to throw Krayt over a cliff. After the battle's conclusion, Skywalker was enraged that Rae had been hurt, but Morne asked him if he actually thought he and his team would escape unscathed, saying that Rae, knowing the risks when she struck against Krayt, accepted her destiny. When Skywalker retorted that he made his own destiny, Morne told him to keep fooling himself. The Jedi Master then admitted that she was losing control of Muur, telling Skywalker that she had never met anyone like him, amazed that no matter how close he walked to the dark side, he was not tempted by the Talisman or the power it could give him. She asked Skywalker to kill her, saying that he knew what had to be done, without anger or fear. He told her that he understood, igniting his lightsaber and thrusting it through her chest, killing her. As Morne's body dissolved into dust, the Talisman attached itself to him, and Muur said he was finally free. However, Skywalker proved to truly be above Muur's influence, and used the Force to obliterate the Talisman, vanquishing the ancient Sith Lord for good.

He then rushed to Rae and attempted to use his healing powers on her, but she was too wounded for it to completely work. Syn and Vao advised Skywalker to let her go, but he refused, saying he would keep trying until he could find a medical facility. Blue suggested taking Rae to his aunt Droo, and Skywalker agreed. As they tried to leave, Krieg and Draco tried to prevent the former Jedi and his crew from taking Rae, but since they tried to secure the Talisman for Emperor Fel, Skywalker refused. Vao used the Force to push away the Imperial Knights when the Mynock was taking off. Skywalker and his crew then set a course for the Kiffar homeworld Kiffex, which was also his aunt Droo's homeworld.

A Desperate Plan
"Bantha! You have to promise to save her. No matter how. Promise!"

- Skywalker to his uncle "Bantha" Rawk

Skywalker continued to use his healing powers to keep Rae alive until they reached Kiffex. At one point, Rae regained consciousness, and told Skywalker to allow her to die. But he refused, saying that he could not lose her again. After the Mynock was forced down by a storm, Bantha and Droo came to get them. Droo put Rae in a healing pod, and Bantha promised his nephew they would save her. Skywalker then collapsed from exhaustion of constantly using his healing powers. While he slept, Skywalker dreamt about the night he and Rae spent together on Had Abbadon. The dream morphed into a nightmare, in which Rae was wounded, and Krayt asking Skywalker to heal him. When he woke up, he went to help Bantha and Droo. However, Bantha refused to allow him to help, since his healing powers were pushing him to the dark side. With nothing else to do, Skywalker and Syn decided to go to a local town to relax. He also told Vao, who was returning to the Hidden Temple, to tell the Jedi Council that Darth Krayt was dead.

Meanwhile, Droo and Bantha could not heal Rae because she was pushing their attempts away. Droo was ready to give up, but Bantha refused, saying his nephew had seen too many broken promises. He decided on a desperate plan: to encase Rae in a life-saving suit that he had built, which was similar to the armor worn by his and Skywalker's ancestor, Darth Vader. Meanwhile, Skywalker and Syn ended up starting a fight with a gang called the Uggli Brothers outside a spacer's bar called Busted Blaster, located at the edge of the Trostlos Waste in the Ven Karya Spaceport. When a squad of Kiffu Guardians arrived&mdash;with Ahnah among them&mdash;Skywalker would not stop fighting. He even went as far as to turn his blaster on Ahnah. The only thing that prevented the former Jedi from killing her was Syn standing in between them, which eventually caused Skywalker to calm down. To prevent Ahnah from arresting both of them, Syn distracted her by kissing her, and then knocked her out using a dart.

When Skywalker returned the Rawk compound, Rae confronted him. She had been placed in a life-preserving suit that was constantly pumping bacta through her system. Rae was furious that Skywalker had not let her go, and condemned her to live in a suit of armor. Blue then pointed her blaster at Rae, and told her to let Skywalker go. Rae then released him from her grasp. Droo and Bantha walked in the room, and Droo berated her nephew for lying to her about Rae wanting to live. She stated that while she loved him because he was Bantha's nephew, she told Skywalker that he had to leave and not come back to the Rawks for a long time, perhaps never again. Bantha then gave his nephew a deadline of two days to make the Mynock space-worthy, and then he wanted them gone. Later, while he was talking to Syn, Skywalker came to the conclusion that perhaps Rav was right about not caring about anybody but one's self. Skywalker, Syn, and Blue determined now that Krayt was dead, they could go to the Outer Rim and engage in smuggling, piracy, and bounty hunting. They then left Kiffex without saying any good-byes to the Rawk family.

Stranded on Tatooine
Sometime after leaving Kiffex and the Rawks, Skywalker and his crew went to the 5709-DC shipping lane of the Tiellus Trade Route, and boarded an Imperial Star Destroyer which had been boarded by Black Sun captain Gorvin and his mercenaries. When Gorvin sent three of his henchmen to investigate the noise that Skywalker and his crew had made, they dealt with the henchmen. Skywalker then used the Force to throw one of the henchmen, causing Gorvin to fire at him with his blaster. Skywalker easily redirected the bolt at the Cathar captain, killing him. The Imperial captain Piard, under the impression that Skywalker was a Jedi, thanked him and his crew, and Skywalker asked Imperial officer Guerno to bind the rest of the Black Sun mercenaries. Skywalker then informer Piard that he would be taking his cargo, and when the baffled Imperial captain stated he was supposed to help, Skywalker replied that the galaxy helped those who helped themselves. He then used a mind trick on Piard and Guerno, making them believe that Skywalker was never there and that they never saw him, and that Black Sun took their cargo. After taking Piard's cargo and leaving the Star Destroyer aboard the Mynock, Skywalker, Blue, and Syn were celebrating their recent acquisitions, and the fact that this was the sixth time they had accomplished taking Imperial cargo. When Blue asked Skywalker if she could get new boots, he became distant, and left the cockpit.

Sometime after taking Piard's cargo, Skywalker traveled to Kaer, a gas giant in the Siskeen system in the Arkanis system. He placed Naxy Screeger on an abandoned tibanna gas mining platform which was now the fortress of the Black Sun Vigo Lun Rask. Skywalker charged the Sakiyan with monitoring Rask's actions. Skywalker and his crew traveled to where the Skywalker lineage began: Tatooine. After arriving in the spaceport of the Mos Eisley settlement, Blue told Skywalker that the Mynock needed a new trivalve assembly, and Skywalker promised to buy the part when he sold the cargo to the Muun Muz, known as "the Fence". He went to go see Muz, who told Skywalker that he could only purchase the cargo for a quarter of what he normally paid for it. When Skywalker inquired as to why the Muun could not pay him in full, Muz said that the cargo was too hot, and that Black Sun was looking for them. Skywalker then fired his Rawk-chopped special, intimidating the Muun, who told him that the offer was the same, minus the damages Skywalker had caused when he fired his blaster. Skywalker agreed, and Muz told him to leave Tatooine while he still could and before Black Sun tracked him and his crew down.

After meeting with Muz, Skywalker was contacted by Screeger, who fled Vigo Rask's base. The Sakiyan told Skywalker that he was not going to monitor Rask's actions anymore. Skywalker met with Blue and Syn, and told them they were stuck on Tatooine due to the fact that Muz would not pay the normal rate for the cargo, hence, they would not be able to purchase a trivalve assembly for the Mynock. Syn suggested that they steal one, bit Skywalker noted that there was not a trivalve assembly available to steal on the planet. They eventually decided to disguise Blue as an Imperial missionary, so that they could run a scam on the locals. After she put on the disguise, Blue expressed her fears that Muz would betray them to Black Sun, but Skywalker told her that he had told the Muun that he was "Luke Skywalker". However, Muz did in fact betray Skywalker and his crew to the Black Sun, informing Vigo Lun Rask that "Luke Skywalker" had come to him intent on selling the Muun the cargo Skywalker had apprehended. Rask then dispatched three assassins to kill Skywalker and his crew: the Blood Carver Ku Vrat and the Anzati couple Sint and Nakia Yoru.

Personality and traits
"You don't give a damn about the galaxy. You went after Krayt because he was after you. Azlyn? You weren't doing all that for nobody but you."

- Jariah Syn

Cade Skywalker was a human male who was known for his independent nature, and his adversity to having others sacrifice themselves for him. Like Anakin Skywalker before him, Skywalker was reckless, headstrong, and often led by his emotions. He walked a fragile line between the light and dark sides of the Force, frequently unnerving his friends and Jedi companions with displays of his dark side abilities. Furthermore, Skywalker exhibited a lack of respectfulness to others, especially towards those in positions of power, to the point where he would openly mock them in public. After becoming a bounty hunter, he developed an addiction for death sticks, which the Feeorin pirate Rav used to keep him in his debt. Skywalker was, again like Anakin Skywalker, unwilling to let those he cared about go.



As a Padawan, Skywalker used a lightsaber with a blue crystal. Seven years later, during the skirmish on Vendaxa, he used Princess Fel's blue-bladed lightsaber after she saved him from a Sith. After he left Blue and Syn on Bastion, he went to Ossus, where he was armed with a green lightsaber resembling an Imperial Knight's, with which he battled a vision of his ancestor Darth Vader. After he met with the Yuuzhan Vong Master Shaper Nei Rin, she gave him his father's lightsaber, which used a green lambent crystal of her shaping, due to the fact that his father's blue crystal was charred from the intensity of the battle in which he was killed. He used this lightsaber against Darth Talon in the Temple of the Sith before he was incapacitated and captured by her and Nihl. After his capture, Darth Krayt had Kol Skywalker's lightsaber encased in transparisteel. During Skywalker's apprenticeship to Talon, he used a Sith lightsaber containing a red crystal. He later recovered his father's lightsaber after Kol's Force ghost appeared to him; Skywalker used the Force to shatter the transparisteel the lightsaber was encased in, and used it to fight the Sith, grievously wounding Talon and cutting off Nihl's arm.

In Skywalker's pirate years, he owned a collection of antique and modified blasters, his favorite being a custom double-barreled blaster carbine&mdash;called the Rawk chopped special&mdash;built for him by his uncle Nat Skywalker, who was going by the alias "Bantha" Rawk.

Powers and abilities
"Cade, the Force is too powerful in you for you to just walk away! Healing me like you did was not something you were taught&mdash;you did that by instinct alone!"

- Wolf Sazen to Cade Skywalker on Vendaxa

Having been both a Jedi and a bounty hunter, Cade Skywalker spoke and comprehended Basic, Huttese, and Shyriiwook. As a Padawan, he showed great potential in the ways of the Force, and was able to hold his own against a large number of stormtroopers and Sith during the massacre of Ossus. Perhaps his most impressive power was his instinctive ability to use the Force to revive the recently deceased, allowing him to revive Wolf Sazen from death. To do so, Skywalker tapped into the power of the dark side, and both he and Sazen felt the effect as the power, which appeared similar to Force lightning, coursed over their bodies. The power he exerted even caused Skywalker's eyes to glow with Force energy. Within moments, Sazen had been revived, and he was soon able to talk and walk on his own accord. Seven years later, Skywalker would later relate to Sazen that the price for bringing his Master back from death was high, admitting that he "tapped into all the fear and rage" within him. He also told Luke Skywalker's Force ghost that he was afraid that the hunger for power he felt that day was "not a good place for a Skywalker to be".

Skywalker's use of the dark side to heal Sazen was even felt by Darth Krayt all the way from the New Imperial Palace on Coruscant. Krayt believed that this power would enable him to escape death, and began a search for what he called "a dark light in the Force". In addition to being able to heal people with this power, it could be used to kill those that suffered a previous injury, allowing Skywalker to focus it into a point where their wound was. He even used this power to destroy the Muur Talisman, vanquishing Karness Muur. Skywalker was skilled practitioner of lightsaber combat, having defeated both of Krayt's Hands Talon and Nihl. He even held his own against the Dark Lord himself. When he and the Mynock's crew went to Rav's base on Soccoro to reclaim Chak's ship Grinning Liar, Skywalker disabled most of Rav's henchmen single-handedly when the Feeorin ordered them to attack. During Skywalker and his crew's successful assassination attempt of Krayt, he defeated Talon once more, and also defeated Krayt's new Hand Darth Stryfe, albeit with help from Syn's explosoives.



Skywalker's Force powers did not appear to atrophy in the years he spent in Rav's crew, despite rarely drawing on the Force in that time. During a confrontation with Darth Talon on Vendaxa, he used the Force to hurl a crashed starship at the Twi'lek, once more tapping into his anger to fuel his abilities. Skywalker later admitted to Sazen that he could sense the Sith nearby, showing that his Jedi senses were as attuned as ever. When he attempted to rescue Hosk Trey'lis from the Temple of the Sith on Coruscant, he was able to sense the Bothan's presence from outside the structure. In addition to his Force powers, Skywalker was a capable pilot, being able to evade the Skull Squadron on Coruscant. He was proficient in ranged combat, using his modified blaster carbine, the Rawk chopped special. Skywalker also displayed his skills in unarmed combat when he combated a group of thugs, along with Syn, outside the Busted Blaster cantina on Kiffar.

Behind the scenes
"I can't say that Cade is a cross between Anakin and Luke. I don't think it does the character justice. What I would say is that he is a man who feels the burden of both of those guys. Between Anakin and Luke, there are twin legacies there&mdash;one to the light side, one to the dark. And Cade has both within him."

- John Ostrander

Cade Skywalker was created by John Ostrander as the main protagonist for the Star Wars: Legacy comic series, also written by Ostrander. He was first mentioned in the article New Force Rising, which was featured in the eighty-seventh issue of Star Wars Insider. Skywalker was also featured in the articles Legacies of Future Orders in Star Wars Insider 88 and The Art of War, in Star Wars Insider 89.

An action figure of Skywalker was released in 2008 as part of Hasbro's Comic Pack line, paired with his temporary Sith Master Darth Talon. A miniature of Skywalker was featured in the Legacy of the Force set of Star Wars Miniatures, released in March 28, 2008.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 25: Vector, Part 1
 * Star Wars Legacy: Broken
 * Star Wars Legacy 8: Allies
 * Star Wars Legacy: Trust Issues
 * Star Wars Legacy: Ghosts
 * Star Wars Legacy: Claws of the Dragon
 * Star Wars Legacy 22: The Wrath of the Dragon
 * Star Wars Legacy: Loyalties
 * Star Wars Legacy: The Hidden Temple
 * Star Wars Legacy 27: Into the Core
 * Star Wars Legacy: Vector
 * Star Wars Legacy: Storms
 * Star Wars Legacy: Tatooine

Non-canonical appearances

 * Star Wars Miniatures: Legacy of the Force ad