Battle on Death Star I

"Poor boy. The Sith always betray one another…I’m sure you’ll learn that soon enough"

- Shaak Ti to Galen

The Duel on Death Star I was a conflict during the Great Jedi Purge, in which Darth Vader and Galen Marek, his former apprentice, dueled against one another onboard the Death Star I.

The Battle
After the Rebel leaders were captured by Darth Vader for personal execution by Emperor Palpatine, Galen Marek and Juno Eclipse set out to rescue them. Juno Eclipse set down their ship, the Rogue Shadow, inside the Death Star I, which was still under construction. Galen incited a riot amongst the Wookiee slave workers, being held there as a distraction, rescued Rahm Kota, and then proceeded deeper into the space station seeking the Rebel prisoners. The former Sith apprentice fought his way into the Emperor's tower, where he found Palpatine and Vader interrogating the Rebel leaders. Galen confronted the Sith, allowing the Rebels enough time to escape, and prompting Palpatine to order Vader to destroy him. Galen engaged Vader in a lightsaber duel, resulting in Galen's defeat of the Sith Lord. Vader was severely injured, but not killed in the battle.

After witnessing the defeat of Vader, Palpating used force suggestion to tempt Galen into destroying his former master, and taking his position as apprentice to the Emperor. Kota's arrival freed Galen from the Sith's influence by stealing Palpatine's lightsaber, disrupting the Emperor's concentration. Palpatine, thus turned his attention to Kota and struck him with a furious barrage of force lightning. Galen attacked using the force to strike Palpatine with nearby objects in an attempt to save his friend. The Emperor foretold that it was Galen's destiny to destroy him, surrendering to his anger, and thus completing his descent into the dark side. However, Galen refused. The Emperor, in frustration, attempted to destroy Rahm Kota with another blast of force lightning, but Galen quickly threw himself in front of the blast to save his friend. Galen grabbed hold of the Sith Lord, thus channeling the lightning back into the Emperor.

In the process of battling the Emperor, Galen sensed through the force, that a recovered Vader and a platoon of stormtroopers were attempting to halt the escape of the Rebel leaders still onboard the Death Star. Galen, in a desperate attempt to aid their escape, opened his body to the Force, and released a mass of energy resulting in an immense explosion, that nearly destroyed the Emperor's tower.

Aftermath
Juno, Rahm, Bail, Garm, and Mon Mothma fled aboard the Rogue Shadow. Palpatine and Darth Vader managed to survive Marek's force explosion, but the completion date of the Death Star was set back to allow repair of the structural damage suffered by the blast. The Rebel leaders, along with Juno and Kota, organized on Kashyyyk, where they found the abandoned home of Galen and his father, Kento Marek. Inside, they discovered the Marek family crest. It was decided that, it was Galen Marek's heroic sacrifice that had saved their lives and allowed for their congregation, the crest would become the official symbol of the Rebel Alliance, in honor of Galen and his family.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: The Force Unleashed

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