Morgan Katarn

Morgan Katarn was a Force sensitive and close friends with Jedi Qu Rahn. He was also a leader in the Alliance to Restore the Republic and father to Kyle Katarn.

A farmer, a faulty perimeter droid killed his wife, Patricia. Despite Morgan's allegiance to the Rebellion, he nevertheless sent his son Kyle to an Imperial academy in hopes of giving him a proper education.



In an attack on Baron's Hed on Sulon by Imperial forces disguised as rebels, Morgan was captured, and eventually killed aboard Vengeance by Jerec, who beheaded him with a vibroblade. Morgan's head was placed on a stake outside the walls of Baron's Hed. This led Kyle to despise the Rebellion. Only when Jan Ors revealed the truth did Kyle follow in his father's footsteps.

What Jerec didn't know at this time was that Morgan, a Jedi sympathiser, had in his possesion a secret map to the ancient Valley of the Jedi. Situated at an ancient battle site on the planet Ruusan the valley was a source of almost unimited power. Later found by Jerec the map was hidden wiithin the roof of Morgan's home.

Morgan was entrusted with the Lightsaber of his Jedi friend Qu Rahn which he placed within a hidden compartment in the homemade family droid, WeeGee. Along with this Morgan stored within the memorybanks of the droid a holorecording for his son Kyle Katarn, giving Rahn's Lightsaber to him, as well as telling his son of his Jedi potential and of the importance of protecting the location of the Valley of the Jedi.

He is the only known non-Jedi to have appeared as a Force ghost - to his son Kyle, probably formed by the Force powers surrounding the Valley of the Jedi. Given that he was Force sensitive, it is possible that he was able to learn this ability from his friend Rahn in the afterlife.

Behind the scenes

 * Morgan Katarn was portrayed by Jacob Witkin for the live-action sequences of Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II and all other appearances of Morgan are based on Witkin's looks.

Appearances

 * Dark Forces: Rebel Agent
 * Dark Forces: Soldier for the Empire
 * Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II (hologram)
 * Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast (ghost)