Darth Starkiller, formerly Galen Marek, was a Human male Sith Lord who served under the Galactic Empire and Emperor Palpatine. He chose to strike down his former master, Darth Vader during his rescue of the future leaders of the Alliance to Restore the Republic.
The son of Kento and Mallie Marek, both whom were Jedi, Galen Marek was born strong in the Force. Galen Marek was a child during the early years of the Galactic Empire and the Great Jedi Purge. The son of Kento Marek and Mallie Marek, Galen was born with an extremely powerful connection to the Force.
It is also outright stated that Sidious was feigning weakness to goad Starkiller into striking him down and to turn him to the Dark Side. He didn't beat Sidious. He even went oneness and then died to Sidious.
Darth Vader was Starkiller's master. He gave Starkiller tasks and missions to complete, and was hoping to use him to overthrow Darth Sidious and take over the Empire. But he was NOT Starkiller's friend or father figure. He was abusive, starving Starkiller and forcing him to fight when starved or...
Subject 1138, also known as "Starkiller," was a clone of Galen Marek, a Force-sensitive Human male trained by the Sith Lord Darth Vader as his secret apprentice.
It's a pretty well known piece of “Star Wars” lore, but Luke's original name was Luke Starkiller. Lucas changed it because he thought Starkiller sounded a little too aggressive, specifically reminding him of Charles Manson, so he changed the name to Skywalker.
Galen Marek, better known as Starkiller, was the main protagonist of the Legends games before Disney bought Lucasfilm. He displayed incredible control of the Force, from moving a Star Destroyer to defeating both Vader and Palpatine in succession.
Cal Kestis and Starkiller come from vastly different places, but they may be two sides of the same coin. One was forged by Vader while the other one was forged by rebellion, but they both ultimately do what is right in the end.
Given what is known of Vader's story, this did not happen in Star Wars canon. As such, this is another element of Starkiller's story that would need to be changed if he were made canon. Of course, the easiest possibility for integrating Starkiller into Star Wars canon would simply be to completely rewrite his story.
Starkiller replaced his lightsabers' synthetic crystals, changing the color of the blades to blue. While traveling throughout the galaxy in an attempt to locate Eclipse, Starkiller had numerous occasions to use his dual-lightsabers in combat.
Starkiller shot Force Lightning at him and ended the fight as he threw his lightsaber at him, splitting Kylo Ren into two and launched his remains out of the base.
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As a Grey Jedi independent of the Jedi Order, Galen followed the force how he saw fit, relieving himself from being blinded by either of the main ideologies of the Jedi or Sith Orders.
Actually the name Starkiller was originally going to be Luke's last name instead of Skywalker. But they decided not to use it as it doesn't sound right for a heroic protagonist. So the name Starkiller is a reference to Luke's original last name before it was changed.
Darth Starkiller, formerly Galen Marek, was a Human male Sith Lord who served under the Galactic Empire and Emperor Palpatine. He chose to strike down his former master, Darth Vader during his rescue of the future leaders of the Alliance to Restore the Republic.
Galen Marek died in a massive explosion of force energy brought on by his battle with Palpatine. The severely injured Palpatine and Vader found his body, lamenting that his sacrifice had made him a martyr to the Rebel Alliance. In honor of his sacrifice, the Alliance took on marek's family crest as their emblem.
In the Ultimate Sith Edition DLC, Lord Starkiller can be seen with his old lightsaber on his belt, along with the lightsabers of Darth Vader, Rahm Kota, Darth Maul, and the top portion of Kazdan Paratus's lightsaber pike. By this point, the Sith Lord has taken to using a new lightsaber.
As a Padawan, Kestis learned the ways of the Force and simultaneously served as a Jedi Commander in the Republic Military alongside his master, Tapal, who commanded the 13th Battalion as a Jedi General of the Grand Army of the Republic.
It's a fascinating idea, but Filoni eventually passed on the opportunity to reinvent Starkiller as an Inquisitor. It's possible he sensed Starkiller was too powerful an enemy for Kanan and Ezra, at least not without lessening his power levels and thus not doing him justice.
However, Starkiller still managed to best Kenobi - defeating him in combat and causing his spirit to disappear with a blast of Force Lightning. Unable to battle Starkiller, Kenobi's spirit told Luke to run, with the Millennium Falcon fleeing Mos Eisley.
Speaking for Legends, the best Sith Lord to rival Palpatine is Darth Vitiate, also known as Valkorian and “the Sith Emperor”. He consumed all Force energy and all living things on Nathema and Ziost, turning them into Forceless and lifeless voids.
Although it's not fully clear where the Darth moniker originated, Darth Andeddu is thought to be the first character to use the title in-universe. Having originated in Legends, Andeddu was mentioned in the new canon in the comic Star Wars Adventures: Return to Vader's Castle 2, which referenced "Andeddu's flames".
