Assault on Kamino The assault on Kamino was fought in 1 BBY during the Galactic Civil War . In a desperate move to galvanize their fledgling rebellion , the Alliance to Restore the Republic launched a full - scale attack against a key target in the Galactic Empire — the cloning facilities on the planet Kamino . Aided by Starkiller , a renegade clone of the late Galen Marek , the Alliance forces secured their first major victory under the leadership of Jedi Master Rahm Kota , a Rebel general and one of the few surviving Jedi veterans of the Clone Wars . In the aftermath of the fighting , the Timira City Cloning Facility was destroyed and the Sith Lord Darth Vader was taken prisoner by the Rebels , an accomplishment which Princess Leia Organa regarded as a turning point in the civil war . After Marek ' s death aboard the Death Star in 2 BBY , the surviving founders of the Rebel Alliance — fugitive senators Bail Prestor Organa , Garm Bel Iblis and Mon Mothma — committed themselves to open rebellion against Emperor Palpatine and intended to fully restore the Old Republic that had been overthrown by the Empire ' s New Order . However , the Alliance leadership remained deadlocked in circular debates over what courses of action to take . While Bel Iblis advocated for bold but risky strikes against major Imperial targets , Mothma remained hesitant to engage the Empire in open battle due to the Alliance ' s limited resources . Organa ' s moderate stance on direct conflict and guerrilla warfare rendered him unable to completely support either side presented by his two colleagues , and so the Alliance remained relegated to small scale hit - and - run attacks . At the same time , Darth Vader was determined to create a stronger and more obedient version of Marek , who had been secretly apprenticed for years to the Dark Lord of the Sith until his redemption as a Jedi and subsequent demise . As such , Marek ' s body was moved to Timira City where it was preserved as a source for cloning purposes . Although the creation of a perfect clone , based on the genetic code of a Force - sensitive template , had been considered impossible to achieve at the time , Vader proceeded to create a new acolyte via a new " accelerated cloning process " . This refined version of the Kaminoan method enabled clones to complete their growth process in just under a few weeks rather than a full decade . Unfortunately , the procedure was far from flawless , and it resulted in numerous failed subjects — all of whom were undermined by genetic defects and residual memories that they inherited from their progenitor , and ultimately driven to madness . Though the Dark Lord eventually achieved his goal with the creation of a fully stable clone , who he trained as his new secret apprentice , he was also confronted with the dilemma of hunting down " Starkiller , " the rogue clone who had escaped from Kamino shortly after Vader judged him to be another failure . Due to his inability to overcome the memory imprints , Starkiller became obsessed with locating Captain Juno Eclipse , the Human woman whom Marek developed feelings for toward the end of his life . This soon led him to make contact with General Kota in the hope of finding Eclipse . However , Vader anticipated this and tasked the bounty hunter Boba Fett with abducting the Rebel officer , knowing that the clone would follow Eclipse back to Kamino . Starkiller responded as expected , but brought with him the entire Rebel fleet . The Imperial Star Destroyers were initially able to hold the Rebels at bay until Starkiller crashed the Rebel flagship , " Salvation " through Kamino ' s planetary shield , allowing Rebel troopers and commandos to attack Timira City . Huge numbers of casualties resulted on both sides , particularly for the Rebels as Starkiller only killed the Imperial soldiers directly in his way ; focused solely on rescuing Eclipse , he ignored Kota ' s pleas to rejoin the battle proper . Despite significant losses , Kota ' s troops held their ground against the Imperials while Starkiller fought Vader in a lightsaber duel at the top of the city spire . Enraged by Vader ' s attack on Eclipse , the clone managed to trick Vader into lowering his guard and defeated him , but reluctantly spared Vader ' s life when Kota urged him to consider how valuable the Sith Lord could be to the Rebellion as a prisoner of war . With Vader captured and the Imperial garrison defeated , the Rebels sought to capitalize on their first major victory by transporting Vader to the Alliance hidden base on Dantooine . They also intended to crash a Star Destroyer into Kamino ' s ocean - covered surface so that the resulting tsunami would destroy Timira City . Soon afterward , the Alliance fleet left the system , unaware that they were being tracked by Vader ' s mercenary , Boba Fett . Background . The Battle of Kamino was an indirect result of Darth Vader ' s attempts to clone his deceased apprentice , Galen Marek . Through a new cloning process , the Sith Lord was able to accelerate a clone ' s growth to full maturity in a few short weeks , far quicker than the Kaminoan method and even faster than Spaarti technology . But such an unprecedented level of growth acceleration , combined with the inherent difficulty in cloning from a Force - sensitive template , lead to numerous defects in the first subjects . After the initial attempts produced a wave of aberrant monstrosities , Vader painstakingly endeavored to wipe out the emotional imprints that drove many promising clones to utter madness . Over the next six months , Vader and the cloning technicians were successful in ironing out many of the process ' s flaws , and had begun to produce superficially stable clones . These clones , while exhibiting no physical or mental defects , still suffered from the problem of being unable to emotionally compartmentalize the original Marek ' s memories . However , during this time , Vader managed to produce a new clone of Galen Marek who showed a great deal of promise . Not only was he more stable than the clones who had preceded him , he had also survived the trials that most of his predecessors had failed . However , despite the clone ' s progress , he ultimately suffered from the same problems that undermined his clone brothers . In order to spare himself the time and effort of training a new apprentice all over again , Vader resorted to the accelerated cloning procedure so that the " new Starkiller " would biologically reach Marek ' s age — prior to his death — in less than a month . To train the clones in such a short period of time , the cloning procedure utilized memory flash es from the original Marek , which essentially served to download the original Marek ' s memories and behavioral patterns into the clones . This part of the procedure allowed the clones to utilize their genetically - inherited command of the Force . But as a consequence , every clone experienced an identity crisis which eventually drove them insane . The latest clone , though more perfect than those before him , ultimately proved to be afflicted by the same emotional imprints that were passed on by his genetic donor . Disappointed once again , Vader intended to eliminate his latest failed experiment , but failed to do so when the clone lashed out in a desperate attempt to escape from his creator . After successfully fleeing from his homeworld , the clone embarked on a single - minded quest to find Captain Juno Eclipse . Although the clone did not exhibit any of Marek ' s other emotional attachments , such as his commitment to the Rebel Alliance , he did develop the same feelings for a woman that he technically never met . As such , his artificial feelings forced him into an obsessive pursuit of Eclipse . Unwilling to allow a renegade clone of Galen Marek to roam free , Darth Vader hired the bounty hunter Boba Fett and tasked him with locating " Starkiller , " as the clone subsequently became known as . Vader instructed Fett to find and capture Eclipse , predicting that Starkiller would come back to Kamino with Eclipse there as bait . Shortly after Fett and his partner Xasha tracked the clone to Cato Neimoidia , the two discovered that they had arrived too late . Starkiller was not only gone , but he had also left a trail of destruction and mayhem that brought about the complete ruin of the city of Tarko - se . Starkiller , after rescuing General Rahm Kota from Imperial captivity , failed to learn any sufficient information from the Jedi fugitive about Eclipse ' s whereabouts . His journey then took him to worlds such as Dagobah and Mon Calamari , until finally tracking down Eclipse ' s location to the Itani Nebula . Traveling with Rahm Kota on Marek ' s old starship , the " Rogue Shadow " , the two arrived at the secret location of the Rebel fleet , including Captain Eclipse ' s Nebulon - B frigate , the " Salvation " . Unknown to either of them , Vader ' s bounty hunter also discovered where Juno Eclipse was hiding . Upon the Sith Lord ' s order to lure Starkiller back to Kamino by capturing Eclipse , Boba Fett and his Imperial strike team launched a surprise attack on the unsuspecting Rebels . Bypassing all of the other ships and fighters , Fett and his forces infiltrated the " Salvation " , stormed the bridge and captured Juno Eclipse . Although Starkiller annihilated most of Fett ' s Imperial troops , the clone failed to stop the bounty hunter from taking Eclipse to Vader on " Slave I " . Outraged at having failed to save Eclipse , Starkiller threatened to go to Kamino with or without Kota and the Rebels . With Starkiller willing to fight , the Jedi General saw a golden opportunity to launch a major offensive against the Empire , and complied with Starkillers wishes before warning the clone that Eclipse ' s abduction was virtually certain to have been part of a trap . Starkiller naively assumed that his creator would not expect the entire Rebel fleet to arrive at Kamino as well ; Kota reluctantly agreed . However , both were wrong and Vader had indeed anticipated Starkiller ' s moves . Far from being caught unprepared , he positioned an entire fleet of Imperial Star Destroyers outside of Kamino ' s orbit in order to destroy the Rebel starships . The battle . Immediately after exiting hyperspace , the Battle of Kamino commenced as Rebel ships were attacked by the Imperial fleet that had been awaiting their arrival . The " Salvation " itself was assaulted by numerous boarding parties . Before he could return to the bridge , Starkiller was forced to eliminate all of the Imperials that had infiltrated the Rebel flagship ' s hangar and engine sections . Upon arriving at the bridge , Kota informed the clone that the battle was going poorly for the Alliance ; Timira City ' s deflector shield prevented the Rebels from launching any sort of ground assault the facility , and the Rebel fleet was being decimated by Vader ' s forces in space . In light of the Alliance ' s grim tactical position , Starkiller devised a desperate plan to destroy the shield generator by crashing the " Salvation " into Timira City . As the surviving crew members abandoned the ship at Kota ' s command , all systems were diverted to the bridge as Starkiller plotted a course straight through Kamino ' s atmosphere . As the ship plummeted to Timira City on autopilot , Starkiller cleared debris from the battle out of the ship ' s path , allowing it to smash through the shield . During its descent , the " Salvation " broke in half ; the rear half plowed into the shield generator , while Starkiller directed the front half at the spire where Darth Vader was holed up . Realizing too late that Eclipse was also being held in the spire , Starkiller used the Force to destroy the entire forward section of the " Salvation " . Managing to survive the fall onto the facility , Starkiller proceeded to infiltrate the same city where he was " created " along with the other clones of the Marek template . Making his way towards one of the Imperial hangar bays , he killed everything in his path , and dealt with a group of snipers harrying Rahm Kota and his squad . Rendezvousing with Kota , they broke into one of the Imperial command centers , hoping to use it to open the hangar doors , but the controls were destroyed by an Imperial bombing run . While Kota and his men looked for a security hub to prevent any more security lockdowns , Starkiller made his way to an alternate command center only to find the controls locked . Instead , he used telekinesis to wrench the doors open . Needing a shortcut across the facility ' s interior towards the base of the cloning spires , Starkiller climbed on top of the hangar doors and leapt onto a passing Y - wing . The pilot , Wedge Antilles , obliged to Starkiller ' s request for a ride , flew the clone across the dome . Leaping off the craft , Starkiller began his ascent to the top spire of Timira City . Within the vast chambers that contained countless developing clones , he fought with Imperial Saber Guard s and Sith Acolytes , and discovered to his horror that most of the cloning tanks within the spire contained more clones of Galen Marek . Wondering if the original Starkiller ' s corpse was located somewhere in Timira City , the clone was forced to accept that Vader did not lie about the existence of Marek ' s other imperfect clones as he originally believed . As he ascended higher and higher , he attempted to do so stealthily and with as little bloodshed as possible , but was given away by an unnoticed Terror Trooper , forcing him to kill it and the reinforcements it had alerted . Around this time in the battle , he approached the cloning tank of Subject 1157 and hit it with a Force push , killing the other Galen Marek clone . From the time Starkiller had broken off from Kota and his Rebel forces , the Jedi General had become increasingly frustrated with the clone ' s obsession with Juno Eclipse . Despite the initial successes of the Rebel ground assault , the Imperial forces had managed to regain control of the city ' s security centers , and had begun a devastating counterattack . With his troops in danger of being completely wiped out , he implored Starkiller to aid the Rebel forces , arguing that one life — even Eclipse ' s life — was not worth letting the entire Rebellion be destroyed . However , as the clone grew ever closer to the woman who had become the sole focus of his existence , he made it clear to Kota that his only priority was to save Eclipse ; neither the Rebel Alliance nor was its war against the Empire was of any concern to him . Without Starkiller ' s aid , PROXY calculated that the Rebels would suffer severe casualties against the Imperial counterattack . PROXY ' s calculation proved accurate and Kota ' s troops were barely able to avoid being completely wiped out . The confrontation with Darth Vader . Though Kota warned Starkiller via comlink against facing Darth Vader alone , the clone had reached the end of his patience in his quest to find Juno Eclipse . He ignored the Jedi ' s advice and proceeded forward , knowing that a fight with his former master was inevitable at this point . As he wandered through the smoke - shrouded corridors , he was suddenly attacked by what appeared to be Vader . Starkiller managed to fend off the assault , but was struck by a sudden and violent Force vision before he could counter , allowing his attacker to slip away . Tortured by his own mind as he wandered the corridors , Starkiller was attacked twice more before reentering the larger interior spaces of the spire . As the clone looked around , the figure of Darth Vader appeared on one of the tank platforms , declaring that Starkiller would either surrender to him or die in the very chamber where he was created . Starkiller leapt up to engage Vader , but the armored figure evaded him . Fending off Starkiller ' s attacks while sending Sith Training Droid s in the guise of various figures from Galen Marek ' s past to fight him , Vader sought to break the clone ' s resolve with psychological warfare , but Starkiller easily held them off and turned on Vader . However , the Vader he had been fighting turned out to be just another holodroid , and Starkiller leapt further upwards in search of the real Sith Lord . As he prepared to face the true Darth Vader , Starkiller found himself confronted by many more aberrant clones of Galen Marek , validating Vader ' s claim that he had created other clones of Marek before Starkiller . As he fought his " brothers , " Starkiller could sense that all of the clones were virtually the same as him — not only because they possessed the same skills as him to varying degrees , but also because they had inherited the same Force potential and identity crisis as Starkiller . Though Starkiller had always professed to knowing that he was a clone of the original Marek , he had secretly harbored hope that this was not the case . However , faced with what were essentially alternate versions of himself and Galen Marek , Starkiller was forced to truly accept the fact that he too was a clone . His aggressive counters against the aberrant clones were reluctant , as he was essentially committing fratricide by killing clones that shared the exact same genetic makeup as himself . Eventually however , Starkiller destroyed all the other clones with a Force Repulse so violent that it reduced his opponents to bloody mist . His emotions in turmoil after being forced to confront the aberrant clones , Starkiller rushed at Vader in a rage . However , the Sith Lord casually defended himself with his lightsaber and then telekinetically threw Starkiller off his feet as the platform bucked . Starkiller rebounded and continued his attack . Even as they fought across the top level of the tower , Starkiller sensed that Vader was testing him , and attempted to keep a handle on his emotions . When an opening came , Starkiller moved to take it , only to be hit by a vision of an apparently lifeless Juno Eclipse in his arms . Starkiller ' s momentary confusion allowed Vader to knock him down and quietly withdraw . Starkiller pursued him , and reached the very top of the spire . The battle continues . While Vader and Starkiller fought in the main cloning spire , all of Timira City became a battlefield between Imperial and Rebel forces . Boba Fett , who had been ordered to remain at Timira City by the Dark Lord , retreated deep into the cloning facility to escape from the Rebel invaders . As the battle fell further into the Rebel Alliance ' s favor , Boba Fett found the same cloning technician that he had spoken with during his first visit to Timira City . He demanded that the scientist remain behind and protect the undeveloped clones , which Boba viewed as the legacies of Jango Fett . However , the frightened scientist revealed that the clones were not created from Jango Fett — their genetic donor was Boba Fett , their fellow clone . He then explained to the stunned mercenary that Vader hired Xasha to secretly extract DNA samples from Fett , and to also obtain a copy of his brain patterns to create the memory flashes that would be used to train the clones . Outraged by the deception of Vader and Xasha , Fett killed the cloning technician and proceeded to burn all of his clones . Even though he felt betrayed by Vader ' s duplicity , Fett chose to remain on Kamino in order to fulfill his contract by terminating Starkiller , who was locked in a lightsaber duel with his creator . Before Fett could get a clear shot at the clone with his sniper rifle , he was intercepted by Rahm Kota , PROXY and a squad of Rebel troopers . Although he killed the troopers with ease and even held the Jedi Kota at bay , the bounty hunter was caught off guard by PROXY when the holodroid used its ability to take on the appearance of the long dead Jango Fett . The distraction worked and Boba was defeated by the faux " Jango . " As Kota and PROXY attempted to apprehend him , Fett threw a sonic detonator at their feet and used the distraction to escape to higher ground . Darth Vader ' s defeat and capture . Starkiller managed to reach the topmost spire without further incident , and found Vader standing silently before an enormous ovular window . When Starkiller demanded Eclipse ' s location , Vader sidestepped and revealed her standing behind him . Vader took her up in a telekinetic chokehold , demanding that Starkiller surrender to him in exchange for her life . Starkiller agreed , casting aside his lightsabers and dropping to his knees . With the clone in submission , Vader commanded Starkiller to locate and kill Rahm Kota , to embrace the dark side of the Force , and to hunt down and execute the Rebel leaders upon the completion of his training ; failure to meet any of the Sith Lord ' s demands would result in Eclipse ' s death . However , while both Vader and Starkiller were distracted , Eclipse retrieved one of the clone ' s lightsabers and attacked the Dark Lord . Vader barely sensed Eclipse ' s intention in time to dodge the attack , but not without sustaining damage to his armor ' s chest panel . In retaliation , Vader blasted her through the tower ' s window with a powerful Force push . She landed on the roof of a power generator a considerable distance away , apparently dead . Starkiller retrieved his weapons fell on Darth Vader in a blind rage , only to be thrown out of the tower as well . He landed on the same power generator that Eclipse had been blasted onto , and immediately rushed towards her to ascertain her condition . Before he could reach her however , he was intercepted by Vader , and the duel began anew . As they fought across the rain - slicked generator roof , Starkiller realized that this had been Vader ' s plan all along ; to use Juno Eclipse ' s death to bring about his own fall . With his newfound understanding , Starkiller attempted to reason with Vader , even as their fight increased in intensity . He ultimately went so far as to suggest that his master join the Alliance in order to destroy Emperor Palpatine , but Vader simply redoubled his own attack in response , making it clear that he wanted nothing to do with the Rebellion . At the same time , Starkiller also realized the absurdity of his suggestion ; he knew that the Alliance would sooner execute Vader for war crimes before they ever forgive him , much less accept him into their ranks . As they continued to fight , Vader tried to encourage Starkiller to rise above his artificial feelings for Eclipse , stating that she meant nothing and was only holding him back . Starkiller continued to press his attacks in order to get to Eclipse , but Vader stayed firmly between the two and reminded the clone that Eclipse had loved the " real " Galen Marek — and for that reason would have never loved Starkiller , a mere clone . As the duel progressed , Starkiller came to the conclusion that he could not best his former master . Having realized how powerful the original Marek had been , and by extension how powerful Starkiller was , Vader had been determined not to make the mistake of underestimating the clone as he had Marek . As such , Vader had refrained from engaging in the sort of reckless offense that had nearly gotten him killed while dueling Marek . Instead , he had been utilizing a more defensive , controlled set of tactics and swordplay against Starkiller . Unable to penetrate Vader ' s defenses , Starkiller realized that , despite his memories of defeating Vader as Marek , the best outcome he could hope to achieve against Vader was a stalemate . To make matters worse , Starkiller knew that Vader wanted him alive , and as such was not even fighting to kill . With his newfound understanding , Starkiller formulated a plan to feign defeat at Vader ' s hands , hoping that Vader ' s desire to keep him alive would provide him with a decisive opening . Starkiller was eventually forced onto his back foot and disarmed , his weapons destroyed by a Force Blast from Vader . Vader then gave the clone one final chance to surrender , and Starkiller appeared to capitulate . As Vader dropped his guard , Starkiller seized the opportunity he had been waiting for and suddenly absorbed a lightning bolt from one of the rods surrounding the battleground . Starkiller then channeled the energy of the lightning bolt into a powerful barrage of Force lightning . Vader was taken completely off guard and struck directly in his chest panel by the blast , which had already been damaged by Juno ' s earlier attack . Vader ' s life support systems were compromised by the barrage to the point where he could no longer defend himself , and Starkiller used the opportunity to pull the stunned Sith ' s lightsaber from his hand . Sweeping Vader ' s own lightsaber up at his throat , Starkiller prepared to execute Darth Vader even as the apparently unconcerned Sith Lord continued to try turning him . However , he was halted at the last second by Rahm Kota and his squad . Kota wanted to take Vader prisoner in order to interrogate and formally execute him . To this end , he reminded Starkiller that Vader was the only one who knew for sure whether or not he was truly a clone , and that as such , Vader was the only person capable of answering Starkiller ' s questions . Unknown to Starkiller , Vader had instructed both Boba Fett and a fellow surviving clone of Galen Marek to intervene if Starkiller attempted to kill Vader . Ultimately , Starkiller chose to spare Darth Vader , thus heeding Kota ' s advice rather than succumbing to Vader ' s insistence that the clone " fulfill his destiny " . Aftermath . With Darth Vader overcome , Starkiller rushed to Eclipse , whom PROXY had been attempting to revive . Unsuccessful , PROXY apologized for his failure but Starkiller was quick to forgive him , stating that the fault was his own for seeking out Eclipse in the first place . Holding her body in his arms , Starkiller began grieving when Eclipse inexplicably awoke and kissed him . As this occurred , Boba Fett , who had been preparing to kill Starkiller with a sniper rifle , relented out of sympathy . The Dark Apprentice stayed his hand as well , presumably basing his decision on Vader ' s order not to interfere unless Vader himself was in immediate danger . With the battle won and Vader captured , the Rebel attention was turned to cleanup . Vader would be transported on board the " Rogue Shadow " to keep his whereabouts secret , with Starkiller supervising his transport . Kota saw to Vader ' s " accommodations " aboard the " Rogue Shadow " , telling Starkiller that he hadn ' t said a word during this process . Starkiller was skeptical that Vader would give in to interrogation , believing that the Sith Lord ' s own experiences had already pushed him past his breaking point . As the Rebel Alliance claimed its first significant victory in the Galactic Civil War , Rebel morale soared amongst its members , despite the clear fact that their losses had been great . Vader was heavily restrained in preparation for his transference to a secret base on Dantooine . Shortly before leaving Kamino , Starkiller confronted his creator in an effort to get information about himself , only to receive nothing except Vader ' s silence . As Starkiller turned to leave , Vader reminded him that as long as Juno Eclipse was alive , Vader would always control him . Soon after , Starkiller met up with Eclipse in the cockpit of the " Rogue Shadow " and left Kamino with the rest of the Rebel fleet . Eclipse readied the ship for hyperspace , unaware that Boba Fett ' s " Slave I " had emerged from the wreckage orbiting Kamino and followed them into hyperspace . Behind the scenes . Alternate ending . After defeating Darth Vader in combat , Starkiller is presented with the option of striking down his creator in anger , or sparing the Sith Lord ' s life and giving him up to Alliance custody . In the non - canon dark side ending of the " " video game , Starkiller is overcome by his hatred and chooses to kill Vader in cold blood . As he raises his lightsaber to deliver the final blow while General Rahm Kota and the Rebel troopers look on in shock , the clone is suddenly stabbed in the chest by a red - bladed lightsaber . Starkiller , caught completely by surprise , falls to the floor in agony as Vader watches on . A hooded figure , having used a cloaking device to get near the clone without being detected , appears behind the fallen body of Starkiller . Rahm Kota activates his own saber and attacks Starkiller ' s murderer , only to see his attacks easily deflected . In the short duel , the assassin wounds Kota by slashing him across his armored torso . Lifting the Jedi fugitive with the Force , he throws Kota at PROXY and the remaining Rebel troops . Before any of them can react , he pushes all of them off of Timira City ' s top cloning spire and into Kamino ' s vast oceans with a powerful Force push . In Starkiller ' s dying moments , he struggles to lift himself up , only to fail due to the fatal wound in the center of his chest . Darth Vader recovers enough to approach Starkiller just before the clone breathes his last breath . As he reveals that the cloning process was finally perfected prior to the Battle of Kamino , the dark - armored warrior walks over to Vader ' s side and lowers his hood . To Starkiller ' s shock , he and his killer shares the exact same face — the face of Galen Marek . Starkiller realizes that he has been mortally wounded by his own clone brother , Darth Vader ' s Dark Apprentice — the only perfect clone that the Dark Lord painstakingly endeavored to create after so many failures . With this revelation , Starkiller stares at the dead body of Juno Eclipse , who failed to recover from her own ordeal , succumbs to his fatal injury and dies . As a group of Terror Trooper s secure the area , Darth Vader congratulates his new apprentice for passing the final test in his training . The dark clone , having fully overcome the emotional imprints of his genetic template to prove his loyalty to Vader and his total conversion to the dark side , falls on one knee and loyally awaits his next orders . Vader commands the clone to commandeer the " Rogue Shadow " in order to search the far reaches of the galaxy . His primary objective is to hunt down and destroy the last remnants of the Rebel Alliance . The Dark Apprentice obediently obliges his master , rises and turns to leave on his new mission . As he walks away , he takes a moment to stare at Juno Eclipse ' s body . The expression on his face , which has been altered with a pale skin color and yellow eyes , is filled with hatred and contempt . Pulling his hood back up , the Dark Apprentice prepares to depart from his homeworld as the lone success of Vader ' s entire project to clone the original Starkiller . As the " Rogue Shadow " , piloted by the Dark Apprentice , flies through the debris of Imperial and Rebel starships with an escort of TIE fighters , the Battle of Kamino ends as an Imperial victory ; the Rebels fail to destroy the world ' s cloning facilities , much less capture Darth Vader . The alternate concludes with the " Rogue Shadow " jumping into hyperspace . The Battle of Endor : Alternate version . In a DLC attachment that follows the dark side ending , the Dark Apprentice participates in the Battle of Endor in 4 ABY while Darth Vader and Emperor Palpatine oversee the construction of the second Death Star . Landing the " Rogue Shadow " on the forest moon of Endor , not far from the location of the battlestation ' s shield generator bunker , Vader ' s now veteran assassin slaughters his way through a combined force of Rebel soldiers and Ewoks . Upon reaching the bunker ' s secret entrance , the dark clone is confronted by the ex - smuggler Han Solo and the wookiee Chewbacca . Utilizing a commandeered AT - ST , Chewbacca attempts to kill their opponent while Solo utilizes his blaster and several thermal detonators . All of their attempts end in failure and both are killed by the Dark Apprentice , who then enters the bunker to prevent its destruction . After killing a group of Rebels , the clone fights his way through Rebels and Imperials while both sides are locked in combat . Once all who stood in his way are properly disposed of , he finds Leia Organa in the process of planting a few explosive charges . Using the Force , he detonates the explosive , throwing Leia back . To his surprise , the young woman reveals that she had been trained as a Jedi after her twin brother was killed in the Battle of Hoth . Utilizing their respective lightsabers and Force powers , the dark clone and the Jedi engage in a climactic duel to the death . Despite her promising abilities , which the apprentice acknowledges , Leia is no match for her opponent and tries to retreat . The Dark Apprentice prevents her from leaving , thus forcing Leia to continue the fight . She ultimately fails to overcome the clone ' s fury , and perishes as he stabs her in the abdomen with one of his sabers . As the Dark Apprentice looks on in victory , the last living offspring of Anakin Skywalker dies . Meanwhile , in the Emperor ' s throne room , Palpatine gloats over the Rebels ' decisive defeat while Darth Vader stands at his side . He then reveals how he knew all along about Vader ' s plan to overthrow him by using a clone of the late Galen Marek . With his treachery revealed , Vader activates his lightsaber in a last ditch attempt to finally kill his master . However , Palpatine easily defeats Vader by using Force lightning , forcing his hobbled disciple to his knees . Contacting Captain Sarkli , the Emperor orders his forces to destroy the clone . On Endor , the Dark Apprentice sits in meditation near the body of Leia Organa . At that point , a group of Star Destroyers converge on his location . Mere moments after the Imperials arrive , he opens his eyes — at which point the DLC version of the Battle of Endor reaches its conclusion . Dark side ending : novelized version . In the novelization of " Star Wars : The Force Unleashed II " , the dark side ending appears as a Force vision to Starkiller during the Battle near the Itani Nebula . Though confused and unsure of how to interpret the vision of a possible future , Starkiller realizes that he and Juno Eclipse would die if he gave into the dark side once more . As a result , the Dark Apprentice makes a canonical appearance in the novel as well . The novel refers to the dark clone as the " reborn Starkiller " — a superior and far more powerful version of Galen Marek , especially in comparison to his imperfect clone brother . Wii version . In the Wii version , the final battle was depicted differently . When Starkiller attempts to submit to Vader , Vader slams Juno down on the ground , instead of being knocked out of the window , causing Starkiller to feel enraged . Starkiller then fights Vader as well as several aberrant clones that Vader summons . After the battle is two - thirds of the way through , Vader hurls a Marek clone at an energy tower , causing the surface to explode and exposing a massive energy ball . Starkiller then attempts to finish off Vader , but Vader manages to trap him in a force choke , and attempts to hurl him into the energy ball , but Starkiller manages to jump back and then throws Vader into the energy ball , electrocuting and seriously injuring Vader in the process before the Sith Lord collapses . Similarly , there were numerous differences in the battle itself . One difference was that Starkiller remained onboard the bridge of the " Salvation " and then detonated it after getting through the shield with a Force repulse . He then used a large chunk of the " Salvation ' s " remains as a makeshift " bridge " between the hangar section and the main facility itself . In addition to repelling various Imperial forces , he also had to reactivate communications equipment that were in the process of being fried by Incinerator war droid s .