Flint

Flint was a male Human native to Belderone. Flint was the son of a Jedi Knight killed in the Jedi Purge and a woman named Zana. Zana worked the evening shift as a waitress in a cantina to support herself and her son. Flint dreamed of being a Jedi like his father.

Biography
Belderone was home to an AT-AT factory which drew the attention of Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa. Flint wished to become Luke's Padawan, but Luke refused, afraid of the responsibility of keeping an apprentice from falling to the Dark Side. Flint and his best friend, Barney, decided to help fight the Imperial presence. When the Galactic Civil War came to Belderone, Flint brashly tried to help the Rebellion. Unfortunately, the Empire did not attack the Rebel base on the neighboring world of Kulthis, as the Rebels had predicted. Vader ordered an AT-AT assault on Flint's home village on Belderone itself. Flint's mother, Zana, was killed in the attack.

Flint blamed the Rebels for the attack, and especially despised Luke for not training him to be a Jedi, believing that if Luke had done so, Zana would have survived. Flint was discovered by Vader, whom could relate to the boy's state of mind, doubtless recalling how he had blamed Obi-Wan Kenobi for his own failure to save Shmi Skywalker. Vader offered Flint the chance to become a stormtrooper and receive training by Vader himself in the Jedi ways.



Following the death of Vader and Palpatine at the Battle of Endor, former Emperor's Hand Lumiya and self-declared Dark Lady of the Sith, took Flint on as her apprentice. He went by the title Dark Lord of Belderone and wore extravagant armor, wielding a red lightsaber. Lumiya sent Flint to oversee the subjugation of Naldar, a planet where many Belderonian refugees had fled.

Luke Skywalker was warned by the Force ghosts of Obi-Wan Kenobi, Yoda, and Anakin Skywalker that only he could redeem Flint. Anakin pleaded with Luke to undo the damage to Flint that he had done as Vader and was now unable to undo himself. Shortly after Luke's vision, a starfighter landed on the Forest Moon of Endor, piloted by Prince Denin of Naldar, whom wished to be trained as a Jedi by Luke to save his people from Flint's forces. Luke, Leia, and Barney accompanied Denin to Naldar. There, they learned that Denin was actually Princess Vila impersonating her Force-sensitive brother, whom had been killed by the Empire two years before the Battle of Endor.

When the Dark Lord subjugating Naldar was revealed to be Flint, Luke apologized for not training him as a Jedi. Barney explained that the Empire, not the Rebels, had killed Zana. Flint repented and was redeemed, but his Imperial troops reported his betrayal to Lumiya, whom ordered his execution. An Imperial blaster bolt meant for Flint was intercepted by Vila, mortally wounding her. Vila's Force spirit was reunited with that of Denin.

After the destruction of the Crystal Star in the Crseih system, the New Republic sought to find a new home for the dislocated Firrerreo people freed by Leia and Rillao. With a passionate plea, Flint persuaded the Belderonian people to accept the Firrerreos to their world, although the two groups would later develop a rivalry which the Yuuzhan Vong manipulated to lead to the mutual extinction of both peoples. Whether Flint survived the Yuuzhan Vong invasion is unknown.

Appearances

 * Marvel Star Wars Annual 3: The Apprentice
 * Marvel Star Wars 92: The Dream