Darth Desolous

"A thousand Jedi died cursing Darth Desolous. Now you too shall scream my name."

- Darth Desolous

Darth Desolous was a male Pau'an Dark Lord of the Sith. Before falling to the dark side of the Force, he was a revered Jedi Master whose name has been long forgotten.

Biography
Desolous was born nearly 3500 years before the Clone Wars. His lust for battle led him to the dark side and in search of Sith teachings. He was expelled from the Jedi Order, took on his Sith name and vowed to have his revenge.

After returning to his homeworld of Utapau, Desolous began training an army of Pau'ans in his own style, using cortosis alloy shields and melee weapons. He eventually rallied his army against the Jedi, ambushing Jedi Knights across the galaxy, leading to the slaughter of nearly two thousand Jedi. With each victory, he grew more reckless and bold, his hatred against the Jedi eclipsing all his other emotions. He was lured into a trap at Yaga Minor, his army engaging a small force of Jedi Knights. A large Jedi fleet emerged from hyperspace, preventing his retreat, and, outnumbered and outmatched, Desolous' army was destroyed and the Sith himself killed.

Desolous fought with a single-bladed red lightsaber and a shield, similar to the design his people, able to resist a lightsaber.

As part of the Jedi Trials program at the Jedi Temple on Coruscant, a simulacrum of Desolous fought Darth Vader's secret apprentice, Galen Marek, inside the ruins of the Jedi Trials Chamber. He attacked Marek with Force lightning and told the aspiring boy that a thousand Jedi died cursing him and that Galen would also scream his name, then he swiftly attacked. After a brief lightsaber duel, Galen used the Force to slam Desolous into the large statue of Emperor Palpatine and pulled it down onto the long forgotten Sith Lord, crushing the Pau'an and ending the program.

Behind the scenes
This character was first mentioned on Leland Chee's blog in 2006, where his name was said to be inspired by the word desolate.

In March 2008, an advance review of the game Star Wars: The Force Unleashed described Desolous as a Sith Lord who Galen Marek fights to earn Darth Vader's approval. This review also states that Desolous was one of the Pau'an species. A second review, a few weeks later, announced that the character is the first-level Boss in the Wii version of the game, located in the decayed Jedi Temple on Coruscant, but spelled the character's name "Desolus".

An image of Desolous, apparently from a German TV program,was posted online in March 2008. This depiction of Desolous is likely to be broadly accurate, as the same image also includes a picture of Darth Phobos, whose appearance has now been confirmed from one of the advance reviews.

In the video game, if you enter PAUAN as a cheat code, you can play as Darth Desolous.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: The Force Unleashed game

Notes and references
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