Star Wars : The Force Unleashed Star Wars : The Force Unleashed is a 2008 multimedia project created by LucasArts , in collaboration with Dark Horse Comics , Del Rey , LEGO , Hasbro Inc . , and Palace Press . It was originally slated for release in 2007 , and billed as " the Expanded Universe multimedia event of 2007 " . However , problems in game development caused the project to be delayed until 2008 . The project was created with the direct input and guidance of " Star Wars " creator George Lucas . Similar to " " over a decade earlier and " Clone Wars " a few years earlier , it features products across different lines , all covering the same story . This includes two games , , a novel , , , , a Miniatures set , and an RPG supplement . A sequel to the video game , " " , was announced during Spike ' s 2009 Video Game Awards . The video game , as well as an accompanying novel and , were all released in October 2010 . Plot summary . " The Force Unleashed " features a young man by the name of Galen Marek ( codenamed " Starkiller " ) , the secret Sith apprentice of Darth Vader , and his missions as such in the year 2 BBY . At the beginning of the game , Darth Vader led the forces of the Galactic Empire against the revolting Wookiees on Kashyyyk , searching for a Jedi Knight that Vader had sensed . After finding and murdering the Jedi , Vader discovers his force - sensitive son ( young Starkiller ) , choosing him as his apprentice . Starkiller is dispatched by Vader to eliminate several Jedi who survived Order 66 . His first target is General Rahm Kota , who used a private militia instead of clones and thus survived Order 66 . Starkiller sets out with his pilot Juno Eclipse and droid PROXY in order to track Kota down . This first level takes place on board a TIE - Fighter construction station in orbit around Nar Shaddaa . After defeating a large number of both militia and stormtroopers alike , Starkiller finds the general , and defeats him in a fierce saber duel . However , as he is about to be executed , Kota predicts that Vader won ' t always be Starkiller ' s master , and that someday Kota will be instead . Starkiller casts Kota out of the burning space station and leaves , taking Kota ' s lightsaber as proof of his defeat and apparent death . Vader , still not convinced of Starkiller ' s ability , turns him loose on the junk world Raxus Prime , where he hunts down an insane Jedi Master who has constructed an army of junk monsters and titans . Destroying these with his new - found Force lightning abilities and killing a large number of scavengers in the process , Starkiller ascends an enormous junk tower to find the Jedi Master Kazdan Paratus talking to junk statues of the jedi council , saying he will defend them against this ' Sith trash ' . After defeating Kazdan Paratus , Starkiller insists that he is ready to confront Emperor Palpatine , but Vader rejects this idea . Instead the Dark Lord orders his apprentice to undertake one final test before he can fulfill his ' destiny , ' sending Starkiller to hunt and kill former Jedi Council Member Shaak Ti . This third test takes place on the world of Felucia , a gargantuan landscape dominated by enormous mushrooms , plants and the mouth of the oldest living Sarlacc . After fighting his way past Felucian natives trained by Master Shaak Ti , Starkiller makes his way past rancors and the occasional shaman to the mouth of the Sarlacc , making use of his newly discovered repulse abilities . There he encounters the Jedi in question and defeats both her , her Felucian allies , and the Sarlacc itself . Returning with another lightsaber to add to his collection and Shaak Ti ' s ominous final words ' The Sith . . . always betray one another , but you ' ll learn that soon enough ' ringing in his ears , Starkiller returns to Vader ' s ship . Vader tells him they will now face Emperor Palpatine , who has just arrived . This turns out to be a trap , as it is quickly revealed that Palpatine knows all about Vader ' s ' secret apprentice . ' The Emperor orders Vader to kill the young Sith to prove his loyalty , and Vader apparently does so ; after impaling Starkiller on his lightsaber , Vader throws him around the room and then blasts him through a window into space . Apparently dead , Starkiller ' s body is recovered by a medical droid shortly after the incident . Starkiller awakens on board an enormous medical station which PROXY has set on a collision course for a nearby sun . Vader instructs him to escape the facility and to begin building an army of dissidents and rebels to distract the Emperor ' s attention , and allow the two of them another opportunity to attack him by surprise . Vader claims that this was his original plan all along , and that it was necessary so that he could avoid arousing suspicion from Palpatine ' s spies . Grudgingly accepting this , Starkiller fights with EVO trooper s who can resist his lightning based abilities and large heavy troopers resembling large robots , then escapes with his pilot Juno for whom he is developing feelings against the advice of PROXY . Starkiller heads to Cloud City where he encounters Master Rahm Kota , now blind after his near fatal battle . Together they escape , following an encounter with new , force - sensitive , armored opponents . They resemble Imperial guards but with less cloak , more armor , and single lightsaber blades mounted on Imperial guard - style staffs . After rescuing Master Kota , Starkiller travels to Kashyyyk based on his information about an important contact in the Senate . Kota tells him that ' something very valuable ' to his contact is being kept the Wookiee homeworld , but does not say what it is . After battling troopers through a large , well - defended building , Starkiller is surprised to discover that the ' something ' is none other than Princess Leia , the daughter of Kota ' s contact Bail Organa . Leia insists that she will only leave if he destroys the ' Sky Hook ' transportation project being constructed under slave labor first . Starkiller murders the Imperial military leader of the encampment , a hunter of Wookiees , destroys the Sky Hook facility and wins the freedom of the Wookiee nations . Back on the Rogue Shadow , Kota explains that Senator Organa , his ' contact , ' has vanished , having traveled alone to Felucia to look for Master Shaak Ti . Starkiller returns there to find the planet has become corrupted by the dark side . He battles his way past dark Felucians and a large garrison of Stormtroopers . He heads inside the Sarlacc from earlier in the game and after passing through its digestive system , emerges to find Organa being held captive by Shaak Ti ' s now Dark - Side - corrupted former apprentice , Maris Brood . After defeating both her and her ' pet ' ( an enormous bull rancor ) , Starkiller spare ' s Maris ' life and she flees to places unknown , vowing to renounce the dark side forever . Finally , after a meeting of rebel leaders is arranged by the now - freed Bail Organa , he attempts to exclaim the beginning of a Rebellion against the Empire . However , Organa ' s speech is cut short by the sudden arrival of Lord Vader and several stormtroopers , who detain the rebels . Vader expresses his satisfaction at his apprentice ' s efforts to bring all of ' the Emperor ' s enemies ' together where they could be all arrested at once , then attempts to kill Starkiller once more , this time at the edge of a mountain cliff . However , before Vader delivers the fatal blow he is briefly distracted by PROXY , allowing Starkiller time to drop off of the ledge and escape . After being brought back aboard the Rogue Shadow , he and Juno discover the Rebels are being taken to a giant space station where they will be presented to the Emperor . After a level on the Death Star which is nearing completion , Starkiller confronts Vader , as the captive Rebels and Emperor Palpatine look on . Vader is defeated , but not yet dead , when Palpatine attacks General Kota ; Starkiller must then choose whether to kill his master Lord Vader or try to prevent the Emperor from killing the Rebel leaders . If Vader is attacked , Starkiller kills Vader , the rebels die , and he becomes an assassin for the Emperor . If the Emperor ' s attack is interrupted , Palpatine is defeated but not killed by Starkiller . Instead , as the rebels escape , Starkiller dies from an explosion of Palpatine ' s intense Force Lightning and becomes a martyr for the Rebellion .