Starkiller

Starkiller was a clone of Galen Marek.

Creation
Six months after the death the original Starkiller, Darth Vader took his body to Kamino and cloned him, hoping for a more powerful and obedient version of his deceased apprentice. After a series of deranged and deformed clones resulted in numerous failures, Vader finally created a stable clone of Starkiller. However, due to the fact that the accelerated cloning process was incomplete, the clone began to experience visions, including the sound of the rustling forests of Galen's home planet, a warning from someone during a past battle his template took part in, and a woman's voice.

Decision to leave
Vader however, warned him that he was going to be abandoned if he didn't ignore the visions and gave him a small training mission; kill several Holodroids disguised as Rebel Troopers and Juno herself. Starkiller easily dispatched all of the Rebel Troopers, but having inherited the memories and feelings from his genetic template, he was unable able to strike at the droid impersonating Eclipse. Vader destroyed the droid, and informed the confused clone that he was suffering from the same side effects of the accelerated cloning procedure just like all of the other clones before him. Just as Starkiller asked what would happen to him then, he experienced another vision; the original Starkiller being stabbed in the back by Vader himself on board the Executor. Now fully convinced that Vader was going to kill him, Starkiller unexpectedly unleashed a bolt of Force lightning at his master before blowing a hole in the wall and escaping. After killing numerous Stormtroopers and destroying TIE fighters on his way, Starkiller found the one way to get off Kamino, his master's TIE fighter. After quickly disposing of the Stormtroopers and AT-STs guarding it, he took the ship and flew to Cato Neimoidia, to seek out Rahm Kota in order to find out where Juno Eclipse was located.

Rescuing General Kota
After arriving on Cato Neimoidia, Starkiller immediately found out that Kota had gone missing during a mission. After fighting his way through Imperial forces, he took part in the gladiator matches, eventually saving Kota from a Gorog. Kota was under the impression that this was the same Starkiller he last saw on the Death Star, while Starkiller insisted that he was not him but a clone grown to take his template's place. Kota found this impossible, as he said that no one has ever attempted to clone Jedi. When Kota insinuated that Starkiller was too afraid to be Galen Marek, the clone adamantly refused to be called by that name, believing that it wasn't technically his name. Aside from Starkiller's identity, Kota was more interested both in how to use Starkiller's power for the Rebel cause and his knowledge of the cloning facilities on Kamino, as he explained the fragile situation with the Rebel Alliance; their leadership is deadlocked, unwilling to commit resources and personnel to large targets or hit-and-runs. He firmly believed that with someone as powerful in the Force as him, they can pull a major blow to the Empire. However, Starkiller's only concern was finding Juno. More over, he was unsure about what to do with himself and desired to find a place to meditate and think. The Jedi General snapped at him for putting his personal feelings ahead of the needs of the Galaxy but relented and asked to be dropped off at a spaceport while the Rogue Shadow remained with Starkiller.

Meeting Yoda
After leaving Kota on Malastare, he traveled to Dagobah, where he met a small green sentient creature in front of a dark cave. After a short conversation, he entered the cave, where he found other clones of himself reaching for him, which he quickly disposed of. He then saw Juno, who was commanding a ship, and was injured by a green armored man with a T-visor helmet.

Failed rescue attempt
Having seen what would happen to Juno, Starkiller quickly left Dagobah for Malastare, where he picked up Kota, before passing him the layout of the cloning facilities. As they made their way to Juno's ship, the Salvation, Kota counseled him that Force visions are rarely wrong. And Starkiller's vision proved right, as Terror Troopers and Terror Droids, led by bounty hunter Boba Fett, assaulted the ship and captured Juno. Though Starkiller was successful in purging the Salvation of the Imperials, he was unable to stop Fett from escaping with Juno.

Attack on Kamino


Knowing that the bounty hunter must have taken Juno to Kamino, where Vader was obviously setting a trap, Starkiller impulsively decided to dive into the fray. But even with an entire blockade in orbit, it wasn't enough to stop him from sending the Salvation crashing into Timira City, taking down the planetary shields and allowing Kota's forces to land. Starkiller fought his way through the facility, until he came face-to-face with other defective clones before Vader himself. But the Dark Lord revealed his secret weapon: Juno. He threatened her life if Starkiller did not submit to him, complete his training and hunt down the Rebel leaders. Unwilling to see harm come to Juno, Starkiller surrendered. However, Juno, refusing to see him submit to Vader once again, grabbed one of Starkiller's lightsabers and attempted to use it against Vader, only to be defenestrated onto a lower platform. Starkiller's reaction was pure rage, as he assaulted Vader with everything he had. He was close to killing his former master when Kota ran up to reason with the clone. Kota argued that they should take the Sith Lord prisoner first, for interrogation as to learn the Empire's secrets, including the mystery behind Starkiller's origins, before they publicly execute him. Reluctantly, Starkiller relented and spared Vader.

Starkiller then ran to Juno's inert form. PROXY told him that he was unable to revive her. Distraught, Starkiller cradled her body in his arms, lamenting that he should have stayed on Kamino. But miraculously, Juno awoke and kissed him.

As Vader was secured aboard the Rogue Shadow, Starkiller approached him, telling him that he was no longer his slave. But as Starkiller turned his back, Vader promised him that he would always control him so long as Juno was alive. The Rogue Shadow then took off for Dantooine, unaware that Fett's ship, the Slave I, was tailing them.

Clone's lightsabers
After his creation, the clone was provided with two red-bladed lightsabers by Darth Vader in order to test his apprentice's willingness to strike down holographic droids in the images of Rebel soldiers and Juno Eclipse. Some time after escaping from Vader and leaving Kamino, Starkiller replaced the red crystals with blue ones.

Behind the scenes
Starkiller's clone was created for the 2010 video game Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II, and was played by Sam Witwer like the original Starkiller.

It is implied throughout the game that he is the real Starkiller and has just been led to believe he is a clone so that Vader could break him into his tool again. Although he is proven to be a clone in the dark side ending by way of another clone of Starkiller dispatching him and Vader revealing that he had lied when he said the cloning process was imperfect, it is worth noting that the dark side ending is speculatively non-canon. This speculation is because the clone responsible for killing the supposedly imperfect clone of Galen Marek does not show up in movie canon, although it is possible he met his end sometime later.

However, the Distant Thunder cinematics, which illustrate the origin of the Dark Apprentice, take place before the ending of the game, and the light or dark side endings do not change what happened during the game since they only show two different versions of how the game ends. The Distant Thunder scenes also reveal that Vader showed the dead body of the original Starkiller to the Dark Apprentice for progressing much farther in his training than his predecessors, thus further implying that the player character is a clone of the original.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II
 * Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II novel
 * Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II comic