Gorse Bendak

Bendak Starkiller was a Mandalorian professional duelist who lived on Taris during the Jedi Civil War.

During the course of his career as a mercenary due to the many deaths he had caused - although some of them were the result of inexperienced challengers - Bendak found himself a wanted man. A large bounty was placed on his head, and he fled to the remote world of Taris.

Bendak often fought in the gladiator arena owned by Ajuur the Hutt, but only when an opponent had beaten all the rest of Ajuur's gladiators, because only then would he or she be a interesting challenge to Starkiller. A legend on Taris Bendak retired from the sport of dueling when death mathches were banned, simply because he thought non-death matches were boring and unchallenging. It is probable that, because of the Mandalorian code of values, he thought that only death matches were honourable. When Revan became the dueling champion of Taris, however, Bendak came out of retirement, wanting to duel Revan in a death match.

Ironically, any option could prove fatal, as Revan had all the prerequisites to vanquish him, and whether Bendak duelled or not, Taris City was soon to be destroyed by Darth Malak in a planetary bombardement.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

Behind the Scenes
Bendak's last name is likely based on the original name for Luke Skywalker.