Dark Reaper



The Dark Reaper was a superweapon crafted during the Great Sith War (4,000 BBY).

The Dark Reaper worked by harvesting the Force using the Force Harvester and focusing the energy into beams that dealt massive damage to any object. Due to that, it required tremendous amounts of power in order to function. This massive power was given by the Force Harvester.

The Reaper was also equipped with dark side-powered turbolasers. Another factor that made hard to defeat was that this Force Harvester, by absorbing the Force, killed anything within a certain range. In order to defeat the Dark Reaper, an ancient Jedi Knight named Ulic Qel-Droma taught the Jedi Knights how to withstand the Dark Reaper's effects.



During the Clone Wars, Count Dooku and his mercenary Cydon Prax scoured Raxus Prime for the Force Harvester. It was a vital part in reconstructing the Dark Reaper to destroy the Galactic Republic. He used Cydon Prax to activate the Force Harvester to destroy the forest on a Kashyyyk moon as a test of its power. The wave of energy given off killed half of the thriving forest on the moon.



Count Dooku took off and found the pieces of the Dark Reaper. The exact locations are not mentioned, but Mace Windu mentioned that it was separated into the furthest reaches of the Galaxy. He went to Thule and Activated the Dark Reaper in an ancient Sith city on the planet. On Rhen Var, Anakin Skywalker went to the grave of Ulic Qel-Droma for information on how to withstand the effects of Dark Reaper and Harvester. Shortly after the Dark Reaper was revived, he led an attack on the city and destroyed it, disobeying an order from Obi-Wan Kenobi to wait for backup.

Anakin eventually defeated it single-handedly, but the knowledge he had gained caused him to act more arrogantly towards Obi-Wan.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars