Star Wars: The Force Unleashed/Characters

As the details for The Force Unleashed differ for each form of media it is presented in, this guide mostly uses the novel and the PS 3 versions. However, some characters exclusive to other consoles are considered canon, and will be described. A lot of this information is All There in the Manual or according to Word of God.

Starkiller / Galen Marek


""He is no Jedi. A Jedi controls his emotions and his powers. But Starkiller... he does not know restraint. He will bring down an entire Star Destroyer on your head, if that is what it takes to kill you.""

- Juno Eclipse, after being kidnapped by Boba Fett, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II comic

Born Galen Marek on the Wookie homeworld of Kashyyyk, he was found and adopted by Darth Vader as a small child, after Vader had murdered his father. All his life, he was trained as Vader's secret apprentice, Starkiller. He is Vader's personal assassin, his identity kept secret from all in The Empire. According to Vader, all his training and missions are to prepare him for his greatest task, to destroy Emperor Palpatine, so Vader and Starkiller can rule the galaxy as Master and Apprentice, the way the Rule of Two dictates.


 * The Ace/The Gift/Born Winner: His first sign of greatness? Stealing Darth Vader's lightsaber with The Force, as a small child. He also somehow learns how to use Force lightning, despite Vader being unable to demonstrate it due to his mechanical body.
 * Achilles Heel: In the sequel,

"Juno: Why did you defy your Master to rescue me?
 * Action Genre Hero Guy
 * Always Save the Girl: He disobeys a direct order from Vader to "sever all ties to his past" and rescues Juno from the Empirical.
 * Lampshaded by Kota in the sequel, as Starkiller's only motivation is to rescue Juno.
 * Anti-Hero: Type V->Type III
 * Awesomeness By Analysis: He was given no formal lightsaber training by Vader. The reason why he is a Master Swordsman was that he observed and reverse-engineered Vader and PROXY's moves... while struggling to survive them during his Training From Hell.
 * Back From the Dead: Twice.
 * Badass
 * Bad Powers, Good People: In the sequel he still can use lightning and his use of Jedi Mind Trick borders dangerously close to Mind Rape, considering that he uses it to make mooks attack each other or even commit suicide. Despite all of this he has still turned away from the Dark Side and is dead set against going back.
 * Battle Aura: While using Force Fury.
 * Becoming the Mask:
 * Black and Gray Morality: Starkiller was never a shining example of high morality but he sure comes off that way compared to Darth Vader and the Emperor.
 * Brown Eyes: When he's not Sithing out like in the picture above, he usually has Sam Witwer's big puppy dog eyes.
 * Cannot Spit It Out:

Starkiller: I needed someone to fly the ship!

Juno: We both know that's not true."

"Vader: Your feelings for her are not real."
 * Chewing the Scenery: He has a few moments of this in the second game.
 * Child Soldier
 * Cloning Blues: In the sequel.

"(kicking a dozing and hungover Kota, waking him up)
 * Code Name
 * Combat Pragmatist: Especially in The Ultimate Sith Edition.
 * Covered With Scars: Sith training is rough.
 * Deadpan Snarker: Usually in his interactions with Kota.

Starkiller: I was beginning to worry you died in your sleep.

Kota: I'm starting to wish that I had."

"Juno: They're fortifying all positions to try to keep you out.
 * Determinator: His steely resolve to find Juno at any cost in the sequel certainly makes him this. It's pretty much the direct opposite of his hesitant and conflicted attitude in the first game.
 * In the second novel, he's dead set against using the Dark Side to help him if only because he knows if he does he'll become Vader's slave again.
 * Doomed By Canon/Too Cool to Live: If there was a super powerful Jedi running around post A New Hope, we probably would have heard about it.
 * The Dragon to Darth Vader's Big Bad
 * Dual-Wielding: In the sequel.
 * Dying Moment of Awesome
 * Early-Bird Cameo: Starkiller appeared in Soul Calibur IV before the release of The Force Unleashed.
 * Mr. Fanservice: Let's see: Dark and Troubled Past? Check. Troubled but Cute? Check. Looks good with his shirt off? Check. I believe we have Mr. Fanservice here ladies.
 * Everyone Calls Him The Apprentice: At least in the first game, not so much in the second.
 * Evil Counterpart: He's what Luke Skywalker would have been if he had joined or been raised by Vader.
 * Good Counterpart: Let's see: a person found as a child to be incredibly powerful in The Force, forced to leave his home behind and subjected to rigorous training and pressure, has a droid as a companion, driven by a love for a non-Force sensitive but extremely beautiful Action Girl... yes, he's Anakin Skywalker if he hadn't been ruled by hubris, hate, and ambition.
 * Fate Worse Than Death:
 * Genetic Memory: His clones got all his memories.
 * Genre Savvy: The novelization of the second game makes a point that while Starkiller's purpose is still to Always Save the Girl no matter what, he is careful to avoid falling onto The Dark Side, as Juno most likely would not want to remain with a monster it will make of him.
 * The Gump: He seems to be present at a lot of really large events in Star Wars canon as well as rubbing elbows with a lot of really important and fan favorite characters.
 * Heel Face Turn
 * Heroic Sacrifice:
 * Hunting the Most Dangerous Game: Hunting Jedi for the first half of the game.
 * Idiot Ball: In the sequel,  He kicks himself about it later but that's no excuse.
 * I'll Kill You!:
 * Improvised Weapons: With his over the top Force powers, he could turn a paperclip deadly.
 * In a Single Bound
 * Ink Suit Actor: Modeled after his voice actor, Sam Witwer.
 * In the Hood: His Jedi outfit at the end of the game.
 * I Surrender, Suckers: A gambit he pulls in the novelization of the sequel.
 * Jedi Mind Trick
 * Laser Blade
 * Lightning Bruiser
 * Limit Break/Super Mode: Force Fury in the second game. Normally, it only lasts about 20 seconds, but it lasts indefinitely in the Final Battle, which is understandable as it runs on Unstoppable Rage and
 * Love At First Sight: Upon seeing Juno for the first time, though it takes him a while to understand his feelings.
 * Made of Iron
 * Master Swordsman
 * Meteor Move
 * Mind Over Matter: Move a Star Destroyer? No problem.
 * Mundane Utility/When All You Have Is a Hammer: He can solve nearly any obstacle with the Force.
 * Mythology Gag: Starkiller was originally meant to be Luke Skywalker's last name.
 * Neck Lift: The Force Choke.
 * And in the non-canon Endor DLC, he does this to Chewbacca, with his bare hands.
 * Neck Snap: The Reaction Command to kill a Shadow Guard (done with his bare hands).
 * One-Man Army/Person of Mass Destruction
 * Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner
 * Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner

Starkiller: Let them try..."

"Darth Vader: This is your last chance.
 * And in the sequel...

Starkiller: I make my own chances."


 * Raised By Orcs: More like raised by Sith but close enough.
 * Reverse Grip: His standard stance. While he has studied all seven forms of lightsaber combat, he favors the Shien style.
 * Shock and Awe
 * Sphere of Destruction: Force Repulse.
 * Turned Up to Eleven in this trailer for the sequel (the first video), where Starkiller can disintegrate Mooks with his mind.
 * Talking to Himself: Sam Witwer also voiced Emperor Palpatine.
 * That Man Is Dead: When he officially turns to the Light Side, he tells Juno his real name.
 * In the novel for the sequel this is his reaction to Kota calling him Galen.
 * There Is No Kill Like Overkill: Where to begin: electrocuting people, squashing them, holding them in the path of the Death Star's laser...
 * Too Many Belts: Some of his outfits in the first game.
 * The training gear he starts off with has no fewer than five belts.
 * Training From Hell: Being raised by Darth Vader, or any Sith, is not good for your childhood.
 * As a child, Vader once injected him with a paralyzing drug and dumped him into a wilderness, all to force him to quickly figure out how to do the Jedi Mind Trick to get the predators to leave him alone.
 * That time Vader kept him shackled in a dark pit with no food or water for 13 days.
 * To perfect his Dual-Wielding style, he worked his arms out like a maniac so each arm would be as strong as two.
 * Throwing Your Sword Always Works: The Saber Throw technique.
 * Tsundere: Can be considered something of a type A towards Juno, seeing how he attempts to act tough and aloof to her during their first conversation.
 * Tyke Bomb
 * Unwitting Pawn:
 * Up to Eleven: The feats he can do with The Force are incredible even by Star Wars standards.
 * Villain Protagonist: Starts out as one.
 * What the Hell, Hero?: In the first game, Juno gives him one for  In the second game, Kota gives him one for thinking that Juno is more important than the rest of the galaxy.
 * World of Cardboard Speech: In the sequel, Starkiller pretty much gives one of these to Vader.
 * Would Hit a Girl
 * Yin-Yang Bomb: Starkiller blends Lightside and Darkside techniques in battle, like an unrefined version of Vaapad.
 * You Have Failed Me: In The Ultimate Sith Edition, he pulls this on the incompetent Captain Keenah, Force Choking him to death over the radio.
 * You Have Got to Be Kidding Me!: In the novel for the sequel,.

Juno Eclipse


"PROXY: Captain Juno Eclipse. Born on Corulag, where she became the youngest student ever accepted into the Imperial Academy. Decorated combat pilot with over one hundred combat missions and commanding officer during the Bombing of Callos. Handpicked by Lord Vader to lead his Black Eight Squadron, but later reassigned to a top-secret project--

Juno: Is there a psychological profile in there, too?

PROXY: Actually, yes, but it's restricted."

- Star Wars: The Force Unleashed

Born on Corulag, Juno was raised to believe The Empire's propaganda of Palpatine's rule being benevolent and of the Jedi being evil traitors. She is one of the youngest cadets in The Empire's history, being accepted at age 14. After graduating, she rose through the ranks in the Imperial fleet, until joining the Black Eight Squadron, Darth Vader's personal elite unit of TIE fighters. Recently she was reassigned to a top-secret mission: to be Starkiller's personal pilot for his ship, The Rogue Shadow.

"(to Boba Fett) "He is no Jedi. A Jedi controls his emotions and his powers. But Starkiller... he knows no restraint. He will bring an entire Star Destroyer on your head, if that's what it takes to kill you."
 * Ace Pilot
 * Action Girl: Juno gets to do some covert ops work for the Alliance and knock Boba Fett on his ass in the novel of the sequel.

(to Boba Fett) "Your contract with Vader will last only as long as it serves The Empire. Eventually, you will be an outlaw too. And then, Vader will be hunting you.""


 * . Also survives fifty meter falls with nary a scratch to be able to pilot a ship scant hours later. Looks good in uniform, Rebel or Imperial.
 * Anti-Villain: Type I at first.
 * Blue Eyes: Starkiller remarks how beautiful two lightsaber crystals are by comparing them to Juno's eyes.
 * The Captain: Though she holds the rank in the first game, she actually has a crew who listens to her as the boss in the second.
 * Child Soldier
 * Clingy Jealous Girl: She gets jealous when Starkiller's battle against Maris Brood is described to her by Bail Organa, just because Maris is a girl and really hot.
 * Cool Ship: She is the principal pilot for The Rogue Shadow and by the end of the game she pretty much owns it.
 * The frigate Salvation in the sequel.
 * Dark Chick: Starts out as an Imperial fighter pilot loyal to the Empire and willing to help Starkiller in his goals to exterminate Jedi.
 * Dying Declaration of Love: Close to it when she kisses him after he tells her she probably won't see him again.
 * Distressed Damsel: Starkiller rescues her from imprisonment on the Empirical.
 * The Gump: In the second novel, the more Juno is involved with the Rebellion the more she becomes this.
 * Heel Face Turn: Can't really blame her given that in exchange for her life long service of unwavering loyalty, the Empire brands her a traitor only because she followed orders.
 * Hollywood Hacking
 * Improbable Aiming Skills: In the novel of the sequel, she is pretty much the only non Force-sensitive character to kill Terror Troopers. Terror Troopers are invisible.
 * Ink Suit Actor: Modeled after her voice actress, Nathalie Cox.
 * Living MacGuffin: The whole second games seems to be one big race to find Juno.
 * Love Interest: For Starkiller. She was most likely the first woman he met who wasn't an assassination target.
 * Minion With an F In Evil: Rare dramatic example at first.
 * Ms. Fanservice: Her shirt is a little too low cut for an Imperial uniform.
 * Mythology Gag: Juno Eclipse was originally meant to be Asajj Ventress' name.
 * Also she gets the quintessential Star Wars line "I have a really bad feeling about this."
 * Now or Never Kiss: Gives one to Starkiller before his final mission,
 * Shallow Love Interest: Let's just say that the majority of her characterization comes from the two novels while in the actual games she's not much more than a Voice With an Internet Connection, the Living MacGuffin, and a Distressed Damsel.
 * Shell-Shocked Veteran: While in the Black Eight Squadron, she bombed Callos under Vader's orders, and ended up wiping out all life on the planet.
 * Took a Level In Badass
 * Violently Protective Girlfriend: See Action Girl.
 * Voice With an Internet Connection: Shares the task of guiding Starkiller with PROXY.
 * Well Done Daughter Girl: Her years of service to the Empire were all to get her Jerkass father (an Empire and Palpatine Fan Boy) to be proud of her. It didn't work, and he never even showed up to her graduation ceremony.
 * White-Haired Pretty Girl: Better picture here.
 * Wrench Wench
 * Wrench Wench

PROXY


""I had hoped using an older training module would catch you offguard and allow me to finally kill you. I'm sorry I failed you again, Master.""

- PROXY, on being defeated by Starkiller after using his Obi-Wan module

A droid Vader gave to Starkiller as a training aid/assistant. Helping Starkiller is only his secondary directive; as Vader is the master of giving Training From Hell, his objective is to kill Starkiller. Every once in a while, he ambushes Starkiller, only stopping if Starkiller lands a death blow. It is explained in the novel that his usual reasons for ambushing the Apprentice are to help Galen blow off steam when he's upset since There Are No Therapists. It is also briefly mentioned that PROXY is the one who raised Galen after the boy had been kidnapped from his home by Vader.

PROXY can use holographic technology to imitate nearly any being, and uses this to impersonate Sith Lords and Jedi Knights while dueling Starkiller, give information on assassination targets, or relay messages from people.

""I have one module you've never seen. An enemy I've stored for years.""
 * Adorkable
 * All Your Powers Combined: The fighting styles of many Sith Lords and Jedi Knights are at his disposal. He can also imitate telekinesis with clever tractor beam and repulsor technology.
 * Anti-Villain: Type III, to hilarious results. He's a combination of C-3PO and HK-47.
 * Badass Adorable: Effectively an innocent child who treats battle like a game and is too naive to understand what "death" means.
 * Battle Butler: To Starkiller on occasions.
 * Brainwashed and Crazy: In the novel, as well as some versions of the game, PROXY patches into The Core, a computer intelligence that runs the junkyard planet they were on. The Core retaliates and takes over PROXY making him attack Juno.
 * Freudian Slips: PROXY's holograph malfunctions in the novel of the sequel could be considered this.
 * Heroic Sacrifice:
 * I Am Not Left-Handed: Saves one fighting module for last:


 * Laser Blade: A lot of them.
 * Master Swordsman
 * Nice Guy: Being not programmed to understand the consequences or even the concept of death, he is a truly sweet fellow who loves his friends dearly even when following his primary directive to kill them.
 * Obliviously Evil: Though it's hinted many times in the novel that PROXY has a genuine fondness for Starkiller (and later Juno too), he still falls under this category because he really is trying to kill Galen every time they fight.
 * Plucky Comic Relief: PROXY is the principal source of humor in the game.
 * Robot Buddy: As sad as it is, he is Starkiller's best friend.
 * Shapeshifter Guilt Trip: He gets the upper hand on Boba Fett by turning into Jango Fett, his beloved father.
 * Though unintentional, he does it to Vader too in the first game by attacking him as Obi-Wan Kenobi so Starkiller can escape. It doesn't do much in the game but in the book it catches Vader off guard.
 * Voice With an Internet Connection

General Rahm Kota


""Vader thinks he's turned you. But I can sense your future--And Vader isn't a part of it! I sense-- I sense only... Me?''"

- Kota,

Born on an unnamed war-torn planet, General Kota had fought in the trenches since he was 10-years-old. A Jedi commander in the Clone Wars, Kota distrusted the competence of clone soldiers and preferred to rely on his own men as his troop. Because of this, he escaped execution from the infamous Order 66. After years of hiding where he still kept in contact with surviving Jedi, Kota finally surfaces to wrack havoc on the Empire and try to draw out Darth Vader.

"Kota: You're running out of executioners, Baron!"
 * A Father to His Men: His militia are loyal to the end for him, and he specifically chose natural soldiers recruited from even the Separatists because he felt that clones were untrustworthy, which ended up being well founded due to Order 66.
 * The Alcoholic: Descended into alcoholism when his sight was taken from him.
 * Badass Grandpa: Stealing  takes guts.
 * Survives endlessly fighting in a gladiator's arena for seven days.

"Kota: You're a Jedi, boy! Size means nothing to you!"
 * Blatant Lies: He keeps on claiming that his link to the Force was severed but he blatantly uses it throughout the game.
 * Blind Seer: He is blind but he has no trouble getting around or fighting off enemies.
 * Brown Eyes -> Gray Eyes: When he was blinded, his brown irises were burned off, leaving nothing but a silvery outline of where they once were.
 * Captain Obvious
 * Child Soldier
 * Drowning My Sorrows: For quite a long time after the incident.
 * Eye Scream: Being blinded by your own lightsaber has got to hurt.
 * Fallen Hero: A mild case. After he's blinded, he doesn't turn Dark Side but instead just complains a lot and wallows in self pity.
 * Four-Star Badass
 * General Ripper: Obsessed with destroying The Empire.
 * Good Scars: Picks up quite a few badass facial scars from his time in the arena.
 * Handicapped Badass
 * He's Back
 * Ink Suit Actor: Modeled (though with some added hair) after his voice actor, Cully Fredricksen.
 * Laser Blade
 * Made of Iron: Had to have been to survive that fall.
 * Master Swordsman
 * Mind Over Matter


 * Obfuscating Stupidity: Even after being blinded and binge-drinking, he's actually as wise and as powerful as he ever was.
 * The Obi-Wan: Guides Galen to the light side of the Force.
 * Old Soldier
 * One-Man Army: He may not be as powerful as Starkiller, but his performance in Tarko's gladiator arena speaks volumes.
 * Properly Paranoid: Not trusting the clone troops saved his life.
 * Small Name, Big Ego: He was pretty arrogant until Starkiller beat the tar out of him.
 * Sticks to The Back: His lightsaber.

Darth Vader


As The Emperor's Apprentice, his mission is to hunt down any Jedi who escaped Order 66, as well as any rebels. Finding a powerful, Force-sensitive child named Galen Marek, Vader violated the Rule of Two by taking him as his secret apprentice, Starkiller. He is preparing Starkiller for the day he destroys his own Master, and takes over as Emperor of the galaxy.

""I've trained you well, but you still have much to learn."
 * Abusive Parent: Throughout teaching Galen the ways of The Dark Side and the Sith, he never gave him one ounce of encouragement or kindness.
 * Badass: It's Darth Vader, what did you expect?
 * Badass Boast: Many.

"Your journey ends here!"

"I will show you true mastery of the Dark Side!"

"Now you will surrender to me or die where you were created!"

"I made you and now I will destroy you!"

"I will destroy you a thousand times!"

"I will replace you again and again!"

"You are mine to command!"

"Your live is mine!"

"I will always be your Master, and you will always be a slave!"

"Starkiller couldn't kill me. What makes you think you can?""

"Imperial Commander: Lord Vader? We were ambushed upon arrival, but I have the situation well in- (is Force Choked)"
 * Badass Cape
 * Bad Boss: For example, upon arriving at Kashyyyk:

""You are only as strong as I allowed you to be, my Apprentice."
 * Also subverted in the same quote, as he actually spares the commander in question (although the Wii version makes it a bit more ambiguous as it cuts to right behind Vader after releasing his grip), although only because he arrived at Kashyyyk for a very different reason.
 * Because Destiny Says So: Tries to impress this on Starkiller every chance he gets.
 * Big Bad
 * Boss Banter: See Badass Boast above.
 * Casting Gag: Is voiced by Matt Sloan, aka Chad Vader.
 * This is even Lampshaded in an achievement/trophy unlocked by killing 12 stormtroppers called "Worst Day-Shift Manager Ever."
 * Chronic Backstabbing Disorder
 * The Corrupter: He wants Starkiller on the dark side and will allow nothing to get in the way of that goal.
 * Determinator/The Ubermensch/The Unfettered: Nothing can stop him from having his own apprentice, not even death itself. Also, credits, starships, and Imperial lives are all meaningless to him, he will expend any resources he has to complete a goal.
 * Evil Sounds Deep
 * Flunky Boss: In the sequel, has reinforcements in the form of
 * Get Back Here Boss: In the sequel, the first stage of his battle has him jumping from platform to platform.
 * Hannibal Lecture: Gives these non-stop in the sequel.

"You were created to do my bidding!"

"Look around you. You are expendable!"

"You are not a man. You are a thing, an experiment."

"And yet you fail to defeat me. If you wish to play at being a Jedi, so be it."

"She loved a dead man. She would have never loved you!""


 * Hoist By His Own Petard: In the Wii version of the sequel, he throws one of his cloned mooks at Starkiller, only for him to miss and blow up a power pylon. He then attempts to kill Starkiller by throwing him right into the pylon's energy spike, only Starkiller to evade it and shove him into the pylon. Surprisingly, he survives this.
 * Idiot Ball: Vader, given that
 * According the the sequel's novel,
 * I Lied:
 * Technically it was a half-truth. He did plan on betraying the Emperor, that much was true, but he wasn't planning on having Starkiller do so.
 * The bios and some statements by those involved in Lucas Arts imply that Vader did genuinely intend to betray the Emperor with Starkiller on his side, but he apparently chickened out at the last moment.
 * In the sequel,
 * I've Got Your Girl:

"Starkiller: The Force gives me all I need.
 * In a Single Bound
 * Insistent Terminology:

Vader: The Force?

Starkiller: The Dark Side, my Master."


 * Jerkass
 * Kamehame Hadoken
 * Kick the Dog:
 * Everything he does to Starkiller and Juno in the sequel.
 * Kneel Before Zod:

"(while giving Starkiller his next mission) "My spies have located another Jedi. Kazdan Paratus is far more powerful than you. I do not expect you to survive. But if you destroy him, you will be one step closer to your destiny.""
 * Lack of Empathy: Towards Starkiller and Juno.
 * Large and In Charge: Even moreso than in the original trilogy. He's a full head and shoulders taller than everyone.
 * Laser Blade
 * Love Is a Weakness: He's so disgusted that Starkiller loves Juno that he
 * Which is also quite ironic, since love was also one of the reasons why Vader ended up turning to the Dark Side in the first place.
 * Maybe thats why he sees love as a weakness.
 * Made of Iron
 * Master Swordsman
 * Mind Over Matter
 * Mighty Glacier: He does not run, he stomps forward.
 * Neck Lift: The classic Force Choke.
 * Ominous Walk
 * One-Man Army
 * Perfect Play AI
 * Shapeshifter Guilt Trip: In the sequel, he tests Starkiller's commitment to The Dark Side by having him battle robots disguised as members of the Rebel Alliance. Starkiller can't bear to attack the Juno droid and fails the test.
 * In the sequel's novel, Vader sends the droids against Starkiller when he returns to Kamino, but he finally realizes they are just enemy droids and destroys them all.
 * Shows Damage
 * The Slow Walk
 * Throwing Your Sword Always Works: The Saber Throw technique.
 * Though in some versions of the sequel, this bites him in the ass when
 * Turns Red
 * Vader Breath
 * Villain Ball: After your apprentice had
 * Everything about Vader's Villain Ball acts are oh so gloriously lampshaded, and I would go so far as to say deconstructed, in the second novel.
 * Villainous Demotivator: It's amazing Starkiller never tried to assassinate him during his training.


 * We Have Reserves
 * Would Hit a Girl
 * Xanatos Gambit:
 * You Have Failed Me
 * You Have Outlived Your Usefulness:  It didn't end up well for him.

Emperor Palpatine


The dark Sith Lord who founded the Galactic Empire and nearly exterminated the Jedi. Also goes by Darth Sidious. Considered by many to be the most powerful Sith Lord that ever lived. He turned the young Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker to the dark side and named him, as his apprentice, Darth Vader.

""The Rebellion ends here!"
 * Always Accurate Attack: His Force Lighting always hits, even if you're hiding behind a wall behind him.
 * Badass Boast:

"You will scream like your father!"

"You're just a worthless Jedi now!"

"Hope makes you weak!"

"You will never escape The Dark Side!"

"I have always been your true master!""

""Yes! Kill him! He was weak!""
 * Badass Grandpa
 * Bad Boss: Of course.
 * Black Cloak
 * Deflector Shields: Sometimes he conjures a force barrier during his fight with Starkiller.
 * Electric Torture
 * Evil Is Hammy: And how!
 * Evil Laugh
 * Evil Overlord
 * Finish Him!


 * Flash Step
 * Flunky Boss: His Royal Guard and Shadow Guard will step in and help him.
 * For the Evulz
 * Hero-Killer:
 * In the Hood
 * Kick the Dog
 * Lack of Empathy
 * Large Ham
 * Laser Blade
 * Made of Iron / Implacable Man: He freaking survives
 * The Man Behind the Man
 * Master Swordsman: You can only lightsaber duel him in the Wii version, though.
 * Mind Over Matter
 * Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: His Xanatos Gambit kind of backfired. It did provide important information that would be used in the trilogy but the main goal of  was a total bust.
 * "The Reason You Suck" Speech: In the non-canonical Dark Side Ending.


 * He gives another awesome one in the non-canon Endor DLC.

""You are all traitors to The Empire. You will be interrogated. Tortured. You will give me the names of your friends and allies. And then you will die."
 * Shock and Awe
 * Shout-Out: You know the badass boast above, "You will scream like your father!"? Well, that's almost a direct paraphrase of what Andross said to Fox before fighting him in the easy path of Star Fox 64.
 * Talking to Himself: Voiced by Sam Witwer (Starkiller), who does a shockingly good impression of Palpatine from the movies.
 * To the Pain:

"Your very public and painful executions will serve as an example to the rest of the galaxy.""


 * We Can Rule Together:
 * We Have Reserves
 * Xanatos Gambit/Xanatos Roulette:
 * You Have Outlived Your Usefulness:
 * You Killed My Father: Although Vader was directly responsible for actually killing Galen Marek's father, Palpatine confirms Marek's suspicions that Palpatine was actually behind Kento Marek's death in the first place.

Shaak Ti


A Togruta Jedi Knight who survived Order 66 by taking refuge on the jungle world of Felucia. Noting the natural Force-sensitivity of the natives, she struggles to train them, along with her padawan, Maris Brood, in order to resist The Empire.


 * Barrier Maiden: She was all that was keeping Felucia from falling to The Dark Side.
 * The Beast Master: Gains control of a Sarlacc and several Rancors.
 * Does Not Like Shoes
 * Dying Moment of Awesome
 * Flunky Boss: Her Felucian allies and a Sarlacc assist her.
 * Four-Star Badass
 * Going Native
 * Grandma, What Massive Hotness You Have!: Judging by the timeline, she has to be at least 60 years old.
 * Justified in that Jedi age slower than normal thanks to the Force.
 * Hot Amazon
 * Laser Blade
 * Master Swordswoman
 * Mind Over Matter
 * Nubile Savage
 * Red Skinned Space Babe
 * Training the Peaceful Villagers: What she tried to do with the Felucians.

Maris Brood


The Zabrak (that's Darth Maul's race) padawan of Shaak Ti. She spent many years in hiding with her Jedi Master on the planet Felucia. After her master's death, she turns to the Dark Side of the Force, along with the rest of the planet.


 * The Beast Master
 * Cute Monster Girl
 * Dark Action Girl
 * Dirty Coward: While she is anything but weak, after turning to The Dark Side, everything she does is in the name of her own survival.
 * Dual Tonfas: Her lightsabers.
 * Everything's Better With Spinning
 * Going Native
 * Horned Humanoid
 * In a Single Bound
 * Ink Suit Actor: Modeled after her voice actress, Adrienne Wilkinson.
 * Invisibility
 * Karma Houdini: Subverted: Although he did let her escape, to which Senator Bail Organa called Starkiller out on, Starkiller mentioned that she would still have the memories of what she did on Felucia haunt her for the rest of her life.
 * Laser Blade
 * Mind Over Matter
 * Monster Pet: She has a Bull Rancor for a pet.
 * Ms. Fanservice
 * Nubile Savage
 * Shadow Archetype: Starkiller sees himself in Brood and lets her go because he wants to give her a chance to redeem herself like he hopes he can do someday.
 * Throwing Your Sword Always Works
 * Villain Teleportation
 * What Could Have Been: She was originally meant to be a space pirate that The Rogue Shadow crew (Starkiller, Juno, and PROXY) would have to contend with during their travels.

Kento Marek


A Jedi Knight who quietly resigned from the Order after falling in love and marrying a fellow Knight named Mallie (the Jedi Order forbids romantic relationships), thus escaping Order 66 by sheer coincidence. Settling on the Wookie homeworld of Kashyyyk, he had to raise his son Galen alone after Mallie died, but became a respected comrade to the Wookies. Sadly, when Darth Vader arrived, Kento was defeated and killed. Vader abducted Galen, making him his apprentice. Eventually, his Force Ghost appears before Starkiller to apologize for his failure to protect his son, and to face him in battle for Galen's Trial Of Flesh.


 * Ancestral Weapon: Starkiller eventually finds his broken lightsaber, and uses its blue focusing crystal when constructing a new one.
 * Blood Knight: In his backstory, he eagerly joined the Clone Wars, seeing the conflict as a chance to test his skills, and relished in the fighting. When he met Mallie, she called him out on this, leaving him ashamed of his foolishness and un-Jedi-like behavior.
 * Death By Origin Story
 * Going Native
 * In the Hood
 * Laser Blade
 * Mind Over Matter
 * Papa Wolf
 * Posthumous Character
 * Unskilled but Strong: He only knew Shii-Cho, the beginner's lightsaber style taught to younglings, along with a little bit of Makashi. However, he was so strong that he could pull TIE fighters out of the sky with The Force.
 * You Shall Not Pass: Pulls this when Vader tried to enter his house.

Senator Bail Organa
Served in the Galactic Senate as the Senator of the Alderaan and now serving in the Imperial Senate after the founding of the Galactic Empire. He has earned a reputation for speaking out against the Emperor and his policies. He is Princess Leia Organa's adoptive father and a friend of Jedi Masters Obi-Wan Kenobi, Yoda, and Rahm Kota. ""It is settled then. My wealth will fund the Rebellion, while Garm provides our fleet, and Mon Mothma our soldiers. And with you leading us, we have the power of the Force on our side. Therefore let this be an official declaration of rebellion! Today, we all vow to change the galaxy, and one day the galaxy will indeed be free!""
 * Ambadassador: He's a wicked good shot, apparently.
 * Distressed Dude: After Galen saves Organa's daughter, he then has to save Organa himself.
 * Humans Are Diplomats
 * Rebel Leader
 * Rousing Speech

Princess Leia Organa
Daughter of Senator Bail Organa and a princess of Alderaan. She has a forceful personality and bright intellect, sharing her father's attitude in defying the Empire. Leia is no stranger to danger is willing to risk her life in what she believes in, doing all she can to help her father.
 * Distressed Damsel: Was being used as a hostage by the Empire to ensure her father's corporation and had to be rescued by Starkiller.
 * Humans Are Diplomats
 * Improbable Piloting Skills/Informed Ability: Leia says she can fly her own way out of Imperial space.
 * Plucky Girl
 * Rebel Leader
 * Took a Level In Badass:

Boba Fett
A Mandalorian warrior and bounty hunter who is a clone of the famed Jango Fett but was raised by Jango as his son. When Jango was killed by the Jedi Mace Windu in battle, Boba took up his father's mantel despite his youth. Years later, he is regularly employed by Darth Vader and the Empire to track down particularly tricky targets and bring them in alive. "(to Juno) "The Starkiller you knew? The one who could pull starships out of the sky? He's dead. Vader had him cloned. That's who is searching for you... a half-mad copy who only thinks he loves you.""
 * Badass
 * Badass Normal: He's fully capable of fighting a Force-sensitive person.
 * Bounty Hunter
 * Combat Pragmatist
 * The Dragon: To Vader.
 * Even Evil Has Standards
 * The Faceless: Wears his helmet at all times.
 * I Want Them Alive
 * Kick the Dog

""I want to be as far away from here as possible when Starkiller shows up. I've seen what he can do.""
 * Know When to Fold'Em: When it became apparent that Starkiller was to arrive at Kamino. See Screw This, I'm Outta Here.
 * Lima Syndrome: Implied in the comic, if the scene where he cups the face of Juno's hologram is any indication.
 * Not So Different/Worthy Opponent: Sees Starkiller as this in the comic,
 * Proud Warrior Race Guy
 * Punch Clock Villain
 * Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Tried this, but Vader refused to pay him until the battle was over.


 * The Stoic
 * The Unfought: He and Starkiller do have a brief confrontation in the novel and the Wii version, though.
 * Villain Protagonist: Of the comic for the sequel, which is from his point of view.

Senator Mon Mothma
One of the founders and the face of the Rebel Alliance. She often frustrates her associates with her insistence of caution and the desire to never take risks.
 * The Chick
 * Rebel Leader

Senator Garm Bel Iblis
One of the founders of the Rebel Alliance who favors an aggressive approach.
 * Distressed Dude: In some versions of the game, Starkiller has to save him before the leaders can meet.
 * Rebel Leader

Kazdan Paratus
A disgraced Aleena Jedi Knight who only survived Order 66 because he fled in fear, abandoning his comrades to be slaughtered. Settling on the junk planet Raxus Prime, his guilt and isolation has caused him to descend into madness, building a replica of the Jedi Temple and speaking to statues of the Jedi Council as if they were alive.
 * Blade On a Stick: His lightsaber.
 * Flunky Boss: Animates droids and golems of junk to aid him.
 * Gadgeteer Genius: He had a natural affinity for machines.
 * Laser Blade
 * Loners Are Freaks
 * Mind Over Matter
 * The Napoleon: Why he gave himself Spider Limbs.
 * Sanity Slippage
 * Spider Limbs: Via a harness he wears.

Ozzik Sturn
A sleazy Imperial officer who was put in charge of an Imperial-controlled Kashyyyk.
 * Egomaniac Hunter
 * Fantastic Racism: Of Wookies and other non-humans.
 * Hunting the Most Dangerous Game: He's fond of hunting sentient beings, and his greatest dream is to hunt a Jedi.
 * Ink Suit Actor: Modeled after his voice actor, Tom Kane.
 * Psychic Static: In the novel, he is so choked with hate and pride that the Jedi Mind Trick has no effect on him.
 * Smug Snake/Too Dumb to Live: Even armed with a BFG and a Humongous Mecha, did he, a non Force-sensitive guy who's not General Grievous or Boba Fett, really think he could defeat a Jedi?
 * Trophy Room: Holds the remains of creatures he has hunted throughout the galaxy.

Baron Merillion Tarko
The commander of the Imperial outpost on Cato Neimoidia. He uses his influence and power to run a successful slave-trade business, which helps create the bulk of the Empire's laboring workforce used to build outposts on subjugated planets. To further increase his wealth, Tarko established gambling casinos on Cato Neimoidia. He used the money generated from that venture to fund and build a massive arena, which features gladiator combat for both sport and profit. ""Troopers' lives are cheap, but that Neimoidian architecture is expensive.""
 * Bad Boss/Lack of Empathy

""You can have all the wine, women, and blood you want!""
 * Bald of Evil
 * Evil Foreigner
 * Going Native
 * Gladiator Games
 * Hoist By His Own Petard:
 * Smug Snake
 * We Can Rule Together: When he sees how powerful Starkiller is, he tries to recruit him as a gladiator.


 * We Have Reserves

Yoda
One of the most renowned and powerful Jedi Masters in galactic history, who is known for his legendary wisdom, mastery of the Force and skills in lightsaber combat. When the Republic collapsed and was replaced with the Galactic Empire, Yoda went into hiding on the remote swamp world of Dagobah. He was a past teacher for Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Rahm Kota.
 * Eccentric Mentor
 * Incorruptible Pure Pureness: In the novel, Starkiller notes how Yoda is unaffected by the dark energy the Dark Side Cave is emitting.
 * One-Scene Wonder

The Core
An intelligent scrap gathering computer that runs the junk planet, Raxus Prime.
 * AI Is a Crapshoot: What other explanation can there be for a salvage AI deciding it wants to take over the universe?
 * Brainwashing: Does this to droids (including PROXY) and uses them as his minions.
 * Genius Loci
 * Hacker Cave: This is essentially what The Core is, just without a person running it.
 * Hollywood Hacking: It's plans for galaxy domination pretty much boiled down to this.

Darth Desolous
A long dead Pau'an Sith Lord from ages past. He was once a Jedi, but turned to The Dark Side, his true name forgotten. He gathered an army, savagely waging war until he was finally overwhelmed and killed. He lives on as a Force projection in the abandoned Jedi Temple on Coruscant. Darth Vader eventually sends Starkiller to face him in battle for his Trial Of Skill. ""A thousand Jedi died cursing Darth Desolous. Now, you too shall scream my name!"
 * Badass Boast:

"It took the entire Council to kill me, boy. You have no hope!"

"I am more powerful in death than I was in life!"

"Your hatred cannot defeat me."

"The dark side is truly your ally, but I am its master.""


 * The Berserker
 * Blood Knight
 * Combat Pragmatist: Before he even appears onscreen, he attacks Starkiller from behind.
 * Fallen Hero
 * God Guise: He is known in legend as the Anthropomorphic Personification of hatred and rage.
 * Hot-Blooded
 * I Shall Taunt You
 * Laser Blade
 * Luckily, My Shield Will Protect Me: In addition to a lightsaber, he wields a cortosis alloy shield that can withstand lightsabers.
 * Master Swordsman
 * Meaningful Name: Desolate, as in how he is nearly forgotten by Starkiller's time despite his infamy.
 * Mind Over Matter
 * Proud Warrior Race Guy
 * Shock and Awe
 * Small Name, Big Ego
 * Unstoppable Rage

Darth Phobos
A long dead Theelin Sith Lord from ages past. She nearly conquered the galaxy, and was so dangerous that the Jedi and Sith were forced into an Enemy Mine in order to take her down. She lives on as a Force projection in the abandoned Jedi Temple on Coruscant. Darth Vader eventually sends Starkiller to face her in battle for his Trial Of Insight. ""When Sith have nightmares, I am the face they see."
 * Badass Boast:

"I will crush you, and your terror will sustain me for another millenium!'"

""I know your kind. Confused. Alone. And I will learn what you fear most!"
 * Cute Monster Girl: In her true form.
 * Double Weapon: Her lightsaber.
 * The Dreaded
 * Emotion Eater: "Your terror will sustain me for another millenium!"
 * God Guise: She is known in legend as the Anthropomorphic Personification of fear.
 * Hannibal Lecture

"Look inside yourself. You do know fear!"

"You stupid boy. Your ENTIRE life has been a lie!""

""You have a lot to learn, boy.""
 * I Know What You Fear: In Starkiller's case, it is watching Juno Eclipse die.
 * Laser Blade
 * Master of Illusion
 * Master Swordswoman
 * Meaningful Name: Phobos is the Greek God Of Fear.
 * Me's a Crowd
 * Mind Over Matter
 * Mind Rape
 * My Sensors Indicate You Want to Tap That: She probes Starkiller's mind and discovers his attraction to Juno Eclipse, taunting him for it.
 * Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner:


 * Red Baron: The Hidden Fear.
 * Shapeshifter Guilt Trip: When Starkiller arrives, she imitates an injured Juno, then attacks him when he tries to help her. She adopts Juno's form a few more times to try to get Starkiller to hold back. When she's defeated, she takes the disguise one more time in a desperate attempt to stop him from killing her, which fails miserably.
 * Shock and Awe
 * Throwing Your Sword Always Works
 * Villain Teleportation
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair

Drexl Roosh
A leader of the scavengers on Raxus Prime.

Captain Ackbar
A Mon Calamari from the water world of Dac, Ackbar was the leader of the resistance against the Empire there long before the Rebel Alliance formed. He was captured when his people were betrayed by an insider and he was force to serve as a slave to the high ranking Imperial officer, Wilhuff Tarkin. In a raid by the Rebel Alliance, Ackbar was eventually freed and is now serving under their crest to try and free his planet and the galaxy from the Galactic Empire.
 * Distressed Dude: In the backstory, it's mentioned that Ackbar was rescued from slavery by the Rebellion.
 * Rebel Leader
 * Made a Slave: At one point.

Berkelium Shyre
A member of the Rebel Alliance who works at a repair shop on Malastare, passing on intelligence and repairing ships and droids.
 * Artificial Limbs: Has mechanical legs.
 * Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": Known as "The Repairman".
 * Heavyworlder: Malastare's gravity is extremely high, so he's become very strong from living there for over a decade.
 * Laser-Guided Amnesia: Starkiller is trying to avoid news of his resurrection getting out but Shyre figures out who he is causing Galen to panic and use the Jedi Mind Trick on him to force him to forget.
 * Love Hurts: Tried to convince Juno Eclipse to stay with him, and was heartbroken when she refused.

Wedge Antilles
A Rebel Corellian pilot with a daredevil attitude and the skills to match.
 * Ace Pilot
 * Badass Normal: He's not Force-sensitive but he can pilot like the best of them.
 * Badass Bystander: He meets Starkiller during a battle when the rogue apprentice randomly jumps on his Y-Wing for a ride. Any other pilot would have gotten themselves killed doing the stuff Galen asked of him.
 * Improbable Piloting Skills

Xasha
Boba Fett's lover and occasional partner in bounty hunting.
 * Badass Normal
 * Bounty Hunter
 * Genki Girl
 * Honey Trap:
 * It Meant Something to Me
 * Ms. Fanservice
 * Screw This, I'm Outta Here
 * Xtreme Kool Letterz
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair

Jabba The Hutt

 * Karma Houdini: He is never seen again after dropping Lord Starkiller in the rancor pit.
 * One-Scene Wonder

Obi-Wan Kenobi

 * Badass Grandpa
 * Deader Than Dead: As if
 * And he's still "alive" enough to not only encourage Luke to run, but also teach him a bit about being a Jedi!
 * Determinator
 * Last Stand/You Shall Not Pass: He faces Starkiller to buy time for the Millennium Falcon to take off and escape. And it does.

Captain Keenah
"Lord Starkiller: You've failed me for the last time, Captain Keenah.
 * Captain Ersatz: Of Admiral Kendal Ozzel from The Empire Strikes Back.
 * Killed Mid-Sentence

Captain Keenah: (over the radio) If that is the case, I assure you I take full- (choking sounds)"


 * Mission Control
 * Too Dumb to Live: Oh sure, admit to a guy known for executing minions for failure that you made a mistake.

Lieutenant Marsen

 * Captain Ersatz: Of Captain Firmus Piett from The Empire Strikes Back.
 * Field Promotion
 * Hypercompetent Sidekick
 * Mission Control
 * You Are in Command Now

Luke Skywalker
""I won't run from my destiny... or from you.""
 * Badass Boast:


 * Fallen Hero:
 * Luke, I Am Your Father: He finds out, from Starkiller, that Darth Vader was his father. Of course, in the DLC timeline, Luke never met Vader, so he is far less distraught by the revelation.
 * Unskilled but Strong: He is absolutely no match for Starkiller in terms of saber skills, but that doesn't mean he can't put up one good fight for his troubles when relying on the Force.

Han Solo

 * Impaled With Extreme Prejudice:

Chewbacca

 * Bulletproof Human Shield:
 * Humongous Mecha: Engages the Dark Apprentice with an AT-ST.