Galen Marek's lightsaber

Galen Marek's lightsaber was the weapon created by the Sith Acolyte Galen Marek during his tenure as Darth Vader's secret apprentice. The lightsaber was of a skeletal and utilitarian design, and served Marek well over the course of his apprenticeship, and saw use against such notables as Rahm Kota and Shaak Ti. The weapon was ultimately lost after Marek was blown out into the vacuum of space by Vader, on Emperor Palpatine's orders.

Specifications
Marek’s first lightsaber appeared to be based on the design utilized by Darth Vader, featuring an emitter shroud and a mostly solid casing. However, rather than follow the over-sized, bulky design of his master’s weapon, Marek opted for a considerably more skeletal make. His weapon featured an exposed crystal chamber, and rather than include a handgrip, the whole of the weapon was sheathed in somewhat tarnished looking bare-metal. The blade utilized a set of red crystals supplied by Vader.

History
Like much of Galen Marek's training, the circumstances of the lightsabers creation were brutal. As a child, Marek once ordered PROXY to chain him up and not give him food or water until he could take apart and rebuild the lightsaber using only the Force. He did not succeed, and PROXY was forced to release him from his bonds. While this early effort was a failure, Marek did eventually succeed in crafting a lightsaber, and it saw frequent us in training duels with his droid, PROXY, and even with Vader himself. One such match lasted for hours, with Vader simply holding off Marek until the apprentice collapsed from exhaustion. At one point, Marek was sent on a mission to Yuzzem homeworld Ragna III, where he discovered that Vader had sabotaged the lightsaber, forcing Marek to fight off the Yuzzem with his Force powers.

Marek wielded the lightsaber against a Jedi for the first time when he was sent to eliminate Rahm Kota, who was attacking an Imperial shipyard above Nar Shaddaa. Carving his way through the facility, killing Imperials and Kota's men alike, as per Vader's orders to leave no witnesses, Marek finally engaged Kota within the command center of the shipyard. After a heated duel, Marek bested Kota by blinding him with his own blade, pushing it into his face during a blade-lock. The lightsaber would subsequently see use against Kazdan Paratus on Raxus Prime, though Marek would be forced to best Paratus with his Force abilities, due to Paratus' lightsaber skills.



On his way to reporting back to Vader, Marek telekinetically dismantled and reassembled his lightsaber while in meditation, though he was interrupted by a communication from Vader, breaking his concentration and scattering the lightsaber components across the floor of his ships onboard training room. Marek was ordered to travel to Felucia and eliminate Shaak Ti, one of the last serviving members of the Jedi Council. Confronting Ti, Marek only narrowly managed to defeat her, impaling her with his own blade while only barely blocking her attack with telekinesis. Returning to Vader to report his success, Marek was betrayed, his existance having been found out by Emperor Palpatine. On Palpatine's orders, Marek was thrown into the vacuum of space, and lost the lightsaber to the void.

Galen Marek's near dead body was quickly retrieved, and after a recovery period, he resumed his service to Vader, wielding Rahm Kota's lightsaber as a replacement for his original weapon.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (video game)
 * Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (novel)
 * Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (comic)
 * Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II (novel)