Rescue of Rahm Kota A rescue mission to free the Rebel Alliance Jedi General Rahm Kota from the Galactic Empire was performed in 1 BBY , during the early stages of the Galactic Civil War . Captured on a failed raid on the planet Cato Neimoidia , Kota was taken to the city Tarko - se , where he was placed in the Tarko - se Arena , the local gladiatorial stadium , for execution . While Kota endured an onslaught of monsters and gladiators , Starkiller , a rogue clone of the late Jedi Galen Marek , escaped from the Sith Lord Darth Vader on the ocean world of Kamino . Unbeknownst to Kota , Vader had initiated a clandestine project to create a more powerful version of his former Sith apprentice Marek — a perfect clone that possessed all of Marek ' s strengths and none of his weaknesses . However , the cloning process was imperfect and resulted in numerous failures , including Starkiller . Pursuant of information inadvertently provided by Vader , Starkiller traveled to Cato Neimoidia to rescue the captured Kota . However , his motives were more influenced by a desire to find Captain Juno Eclipse , the woman with whom his progenitor had fallen in love . Starkiller fought against Baron Merillion Tarko ' s forces on his way to the arena , where he found an exhausted Kota . The desperate Tarko unleashed a beast known as the Gorog on the two Force - wielders , and the creature broke free of its restraints as it attempted to kill Starkiller . In the chaos , Tarko was devoured by the monster , and the arena , along with Tarko - se itself , was destroyed . Starkiller and Kota were retrieved from the falling wreckage by the starship " Rogue Shadow " , which was on autopilot . Prelude . In the early days of the Galactic Civil War , around 1 BBY , Rebel Alliance Jedi General Rahm Kota often acted without authorization from the Rebels in his military raids against the Galactic Empire as though he managed his own militia , rather than as a part of a larger organization . During one such raid on the planet Cato Neimoidia , Kota ' s squad was killed , and he was captured . The local Imperial Governor , Baron Merillion Tarko , planned to execute Kota by placing him in the Tarko - se Arena , a gladiatorial arena located in the bridge city of Tarko - se . However , Kota was able to survive for several days as he fought off the monsters and gladiators sent to kill him . Meanwhile , on the ocean world of Kamino , the Sith Lord Darth Vader was secretly engaged in a project to recreate his slain apprentice , Galen Marek — whose codename had been " Starkiller " before he became a Jedi . The inherent difficulty with cloning Force - sensitives resulted in many that were abject failures , either very deformed or falling prey to clone madness . At the time of a training session , Vader informed Starkiller , one of the clones of Marek , of Kota ' s capture on Cato Neimodia , and ordered the him to eliminate Kota at the conclusion of his training . However , the clone ultimately failed Vader ' s tests , unable to overcome the memory imprints from the original Marek . Before Vader could execute him , Starkiller lashed out at the Sith Lord and escaped from the facility . Starkiller hijacked Darth Vader ' s TIE Advanced x1 after fighting his way through the local Imperial garrison and escaped from the planet . With Vader ' s information , Starkiller traveled to Cato Neimoidia to rescue Kota , with hopes that the Jedi General could lead him to Captain Juno Eclipse , who had been Marek ' s lover when he was alive . The rescue . Having not changed the transponder signal on the TIE fighter that he had stolen , Starkiller was identified as Darth Vader and was directed to an executive landing platform on Cato Neimoidia . He received a full TIE fighter escort , was presented with a stormtrooper honor guard detail , and was greeted by Tarko himself . When Starkiller disembarked the fighter and demanded Kota ' s location , Tarko became suspicious and quizzed Starkiller on the local Imperial security codes . Starkiller ignited his lightsabers , and Tarko ordered the troopers to attack before retreating himself . Starkiller made short work of the stormtroopers , but Tarko escaped . After he destroyed a bipedal All Terrain Missile Platform walker and killed two Imperial Sith Acolyte s who stood guard at the entrance to the landing platform turbolifts , Starkiller descended into the hanging city of Tarko - se . The clone Jedi initially followed the streets , all the while chided by Tarko through a loudspeaker system , but Imperial resistance — including scout troopers , riot stormtrooper , and jumptroopers — prompted him to ascend to the rooftop ledges to save time . As Starkiller continued on , he used mind tricks to turn enemies to his side or to make them kill themselves . However , he was soon driven down by the sudden attack from a " Nemesis " - class gunship , and he charged into the Infinite Nebstar Casino . As most of the patrons scattered out of his way , Imperial forces flooded in . Defeating the Imperial forces in several of the rooms , Starkiller descended to the lower levels of the casino through the turbolift shafts , where he fought more Imperial resistance before he left the casino . Finding a passenger tram to the western arch of Tarko - se , Starkiller leaped onto the vehicle ' s roof and used it for transport . However , the tram was attacked by Imperial air forces , including several TIE fighters and the " Nemesis " - class gunship . Despite Starkiller ' s best efforts to repel the " Nemesis " own concussion missiles back to their original source , the tram sustained heavy damage . Starkiller was nevertheless able to destroy the gunship . Due to the damage , Starkiller was forced to leap the remaining distance to safety . Starkiller then fought his way through the rest of the Imperial forces and destroyed a second " Nemesis " - class gunship that had joined the battle . The Gorog . Entering the Tarko - se Arena floor , Starkiller walked over to a surprised Kota . Despite being exhausted and injured after several days of combat in the arena , Kota opted to continue fighting to settle his score with Tarko . Tarko himself was desperate to defeat the resilient Starkiller , and he ordered his Neimoidian aide to release the massive arena beast known as the Gorog . The creature consumed a bull rancor released into the arena before hauling itself out of its holding pit . Kota departed to hunt down Tarko , leaving Starkiller to contend with the beast . Starkiller initially harassed the beast with Force lightning and telekinetic attacks at its feet , but both had little effect . Following tactical advice from Kota , Starkiller used the restraint systems built into the arena to snare the Gorog ' s arms , and leapt onto the creature ' s head . With a combination of lightsaber strikes and concentrated blasts of Force lightning , Starkiller was able to injure the beast . In its pain , the Gorog burst free from its restraints and swiped Starkiller off its head , sending him flying into the arena supports above . The Gorog aggressively pursued , and Starkiller got the creature to destroy the beams and cables supporting the Tarko - se Arena in an attempt to bring the whole hanging city down . He succeeded , and the structure broke apart before falling off of the Tarko - se city arch . Expecting the Gorog to fall with the arena , Starkiller headed straight for Tarko ' s executive box , which had its own separate support beam . Rendezvousing with Kota , the two Force - wielders made quick work of the Baron ' s guards before advancing on him . Before Starkiller and Kota could capture or kill Tarko , the Gorog grabbed hold of the box in an attempt to avoid falling , causing it to tip and dump Tarko into its mouth . The Gorog reached in and seized Kota before it lost its grip and fell . Starkiller leaped after the Gorog , using the Force to increase his velocity and dodging falling debris . He propelled himself onto the Gorog ' s back , from where he fired a concentrated blast of Force lightning into its torso that stopped one of its hearts . The Gorog went limp and released Kota . As Kota and Starkiller fell , the Jedi General activated a remote transponder that he had concealed on his person , summoning the starship " Rogue Shadow " , which was flying on autopilot . The ship swooped beneath Starkiller and Kota , allowing the pair to make it safely away . Aftermath . Soon afterward , the bounty hunter Boba Fett — who had accepted a bounty put on Starkiller ' s head by Vader — arrived on Cato Neimoidia with his partner , Xasha . The two entered the ruins of Tarko - se , where they found the Gorog still alive . Although the creature was seriously wounded , it attacked Fett . The bounty hunter fired a back - mounted rocket at the Gorog ' s second heart and used his jetpack to fly through the wound in the Gorog ' s torso , finally killing it . The encounter with the beast discouraged Xasha from pursuing their prey any further , and she parted ways with Fett , who continued with his assignment . Meanwhile , unaware that Marek ' s former ship , the " Rogue Shadow " , was flying on autopilot , Starkiller charged into the cockpit , expecting to find Juno Eclipse . Kota revealed that he did not know where she was , as the Rebel Fleet had been scattered , but he did agree to provide the rendezvous coordinates with the Rebel Fleet in the Athega system . Upon their arrival , they were ambushed by an Imperial fleet and forced to flee . Kota tried to convince Starkiller to join the Rebellion , hoping to use Starkiller ' s powers in a full - scale counterattack against the Empire . However , Starkiller refused to go along with Kota ' s plan because his sole wish was to find Eclipse . Kota disregarded Starkiller ' s claims of being a clone with the supposed certainty that cloning Force - sensitives was impossible , and he tried to drill Starkiller for information on the Kamino cloning facilities . Despite Kota ' s claims , Starkiller remained unconvinced that he could be the real Starkiller , Galen Marek . However , he remained committed to finding Eclipse and stated that he simply needed a quiet place to meditate on his situation . Realizing that he could not convince or force Starkiller to change his mind , Kota gave the " Rogue Shadow " to Starkiller , as he felt that the ship was rightfully his . Kota then demanded to be let out at the nearest spaceport before Starkiller continued on his personal quest . Starkiller dropped Kota off on the planet Malastare before following up on one of the hints that Kota had inadvertently dropped , which led to the planet Dagobah . Making his way through the swamps of the world , Starkiller encountered a Jedi Master – in – exile , Yoda , who was watching over the planet ' s Dark Side Cave . Yoda convinced Starkiller to enter the cave , where he experienced a vision of Eclipse being attacked and wounded on the bridge of her warship , the " Salvation " . Determined to prevent that outcome , Starkiller retrieved Kota on Malastare , and the two rendezvoused with the Rebel Fleet near the Itani Nebula . The two were too late , however ; Eclipse was captured by Boba Fett , who had been hired by Vader to bring her to Kamino in order to lure Starkiller there . Behind the scenes . The rescue of Rahm Kota first appeared in author Sean Williams ' s novelization of the " " video game ; the novel was published on October 5 , 2010 . An opportunity to play through the mission was presented in one of the levels of the video game , which itself came out on October 26 , 2010 . The Wii version of the game follows the novel ' s basic storyline , but differs from the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions in the city layout and gameplay . Since the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions stay closer to the book than the Wii version , this article has been written according to their versions . The Cato Neimoidia portion of the Wii version takes place over two missions , " City of Bridges " and " Baron Tarko ' s Palace . " The intro to the first mission is identical to the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 version . The scene from the novel is slightly different from the one in the game . The dialogue is adjusted and when Starkiller arrives , he finds Kota facing a stormtrooper , not gladiators . After the intro , Starkiller arrives and fights through Tarko ' s first line of stormtroopers , which is led by a stormtrooper commander . Imperial riot stormtroopers then arrive . After dispatching the Imperials , Starkiller steps onto the elevator to rise to the next level , where he faces more stormtroopers . Starkiller chases the Baron , who has escaped across a retractable bridge . Starkiller uses the Force to re - extend the bridge , and then fights through the next bridge . However , the Baron escapes onto a passenger tram . The nearby door opens into Tarko - se and Starkiller is met by riot stormtroopers . Starkiller throws his lightsabers at a panel on the far wall , which unlocks it and drops the door , turning it into a platform . Starkiller gets on it and then uses saber throw again on the next platform , which he jumps onto to gain access to the far platform . At that point , Starkiller is ambushed by jumptroopers . After defeating them , Starkiller Force jumps across the next platforms , and uses the Force to extend another bridge . Once in the city , Starkiller fights through more stormtroopers and reaches a bridge which is protected by the city ' s defense turrets . The turrets destroy the bridge while Starkiller dashes across . In the next room , Starkiller Force jumps across three platforms . Once outside , Starkiller is met by reinforcements from a dropship . Starkiller crosses another bridge while a defense turret fires on him . Once across , Starkiller turns to the left and Force - jumps up three columns to the next part of the city and uses the Force to bring down another dropship . He then crosses another bridge , which was also destroyed by a laser turret , and turns to the left . He blows apart a door with a Force push and faces more Imperial troops , and then enters another elevator . On the next level , he destroys a large turret and the resulting explosion blows him down to the casino level . In front of the casino , Starkiller dispatchs a carbonite war droid , and then uses his Force powers to unlock the door . Inside , Starkiller fights through more stormtroopers . He then takes an eleveator to the next level and fights another carbonite war droid . At the end of the casino , Starkiller uses Force Repulse to blow through the roof and goes outside . He uses his Force lightning to charge an elevator and rides it to the next level , where he faces a group of Ugnaughts . Starkiller then rides a passenger tram to the other side of the city while jumptroopers harass him . A TIE fighter blows the end of the track , and , as the tram crashes , Starkiller leaps off the tram and lands on the western edge of the city . Starkiller fights his way through the assembled Imperials and ascends to another level of the Baron ' s Palace where he duels another carbonite war droid . Continuing along the corridor , the Imperials block the entrance . Starkiller uses Force Repulse to expand a crack in the floor and falls through it . In that room , Starkiller faces more Ugnaughts and Imperial troops . Starkiller then proceeds deeper into the palace and fights two more carbonite war droids . At the end of the room , Starkiller uses the Force to unlock the door . In the next chamber , he destroys another carbonite war droid , and then rides an elevator down . Starkiller then arrives in the Tarko - se Arena , and the Baron orders the Gorog to be released . Down in the main arena , Starkiller reunites with General Kota who had just struck down two gladiators with his lightsaber . The duel with the Gorog proceeds similarly to the other versions , except that Starkiller does not jump onto the Gorog ' s head , and the Gorog grabs and eats Tarko deliberately . The Gorog also lacks the head covering seen in the other versions . In 2012 , the mission was mentioned in " The Essential Reader ' s Companion " , a guide to " Star Wars " books . In the book , it mistakenly states that PROXY was flying the " Rogue Shadow " during Starkiller ' s escape from Cato Neimoidia with Kota ; " The Force Unleashed II " novel states that the ship was on auto - pilot .