Star Wars : The Force Unleashed ( comic ) Star Wars : The Force Unleashed is the graphic novel version of " " video game , announced in the March 2007 issue of . Along with the book , it features the canonical storyline of the game . Publisher ' s summary . " LucasArts ' game " " , is poised to be the Star Wars event of the year . The game - play promises to be stunning , but we think it ' s the story that will blow you away . " Revealed here are the origins of Darth Vader ' s secret apprentice , the deadly missions on which he was sent to track down and destroy Jedi , and the awesome decision he is forced to make that will , literally , change the way you look at the Star Wars saga ! " Scripted by the game ' s author , Haden Blackman , this graphic novel can be enjoyed alone , or as a companion to the amazing new game . " Synopsis . In 2 BBY , the droid PROXY is found on Corellia by Captain Juno Eclipse and Senator Bail Organa . PROXY is asked to tell the story of the Dark Jedi Starkiller , Darth Vader ' s apprentice , who was trained by Vader in order to help the Dark Lord stand against the Emperor . PROXY was Starkiller ' s companion and training droid , whose primary directive ( as provided by Vader ) was to constantly try to kill him . PROXY was also a holodroid , capable of changing his appearance holographically , in order to present messages and information to Starkiller , or to disguise himself . PROXY explains that Starkiller , after much training , was sent to kill General Rahm Kota — a Jedi Master whose lack of fondness and distrust of the clone troopers enabled him to sense , and therefore survive , Order 66 — and to take his lightsaber . Before the mission , Starkiller met the new pilot of his ship , Juno Eclipse . After finding Kota , who had attacked an important Imperial TIE Fighter Construction Facility over Nar Shaddaa , Starkiller engaged him in battle . The fight ended with Kota being blinded by Starkiller ' s saber . He was thrown out of a window into space , yet managed to survive by falling onto a ship . Starkiller retrieved Kota ' s lightsaber and told Vader that the Jedi Master was dead , though Starkiller knew he was not . The next mission that Vader gave Starkiller was to find and kill the Togruta Jedi Master Shaak Ti , a member of the Jedi High Council who was in hiding on Felucia . Vader told Starkiller that , if he successfully completed the mission , he would be ready to help the Dark Lord destroy the Emperor . After fighting his way to the Jedi Master , Starkiller engaged Shaak Ti herself at the maw of the Ancient Abyss . At the end of the fight , she taunted Starkiller and told him the truth : he was merely Vader ' s expendable slave . Then , seeing no way out , she killed herself by purposely falling into the Ancient Abyss . Starkiller attempted to reach for her , but he was too late . PROXY is unsure whether Starkiller reached out because he wanted to kill her himself , or if it was because he sensed truth in her words . With Shaak Ti ' s death , Felucia fell into darkness . When Starkiller reported back , Vader told him that the Emperor ' s fleet had arrived , as Starkiller was followed by spies . As Palpatine walked in , Vader impaled Starkiller from behind , severely wounding him . The Emperor demanded that Vader kill him , because having a secret apprentice was an act of betrayal . In compliance , Vader pushed Starkiller out of a viewport to his apparent death . However , his body was secretly recovered by a Viper probe droid . Six months later , Starkiller woke up in pain aboard Vader ' s scientific vessel , the " Empirical " . Vader walked into Starkiller ' s room and explained that he betrayed Starkiller , and faked his death , in order to trick the Emperor into believing that the secret apprentice was no longer a threat . This would permit Vader and Starkiller to secretly form a rebellion against the Empire as a distraction for the Emperor . Vader was not actually aboard the " Empirical " , however ; it was merely PROXY projecting a hologram , and it became apparent that PROXY had been sent to destroy any evidence that Starkiller was aboard the ship . This meant freeing Starkiller , and destroying the vessel and all crew aboard . After freeing Starkiller , PROXY set the ship on a course into a nearby star . On the way to the " Rogue Shadow " , Starkiller and PROXY also freed Juno Eclipse , who had been branded a traitor by the Emperor for assisting Vader ' s apprentice . Successfully escaping , they headed towards Nar Shaddaa in hopes of finding Rahm Kota , so that Kota could train Starkiller to become stronger in the Force by learning things Vader did not teach him . After six months of searching , they finally found the blinded , washed up Kota in a Cloud City cantina . Starkiller arrived in the cantina and , without revealing his true identity , asked Kota to help him fight the Empire . Kota refused his offer . Suddenly , a squad of Stormtroopers appeared and attacked Starkiller . He killed them all , and officially started his vendetta against the Empire . Starkiller was also attacked by a member of the Emperor ' s Shadow Guard . Starkiller managed to defeat the guard by using the environment around him , trapping the guard within a block of carbonite from a cut pipe . Afterwards , Kota was finally convinced to come with Starkiller , train him , and help him start a rebellion against the Empire . They then flew to Kashyyyk , the Wookiee homeworld , as Kota had told Starkiller there was someone important imprisoned in an Imperial base on the planet , who had to be freed if Starkiller was to start a rebellion . PROXY then tells Senator Organa that Kota had brought Starkiller there to save Organa ' s daughter — though Starkiller was unaware of this at the time . Disembarking the ship upon landing , Starkiller saw a wooden hut in which he sensed darkness . Kota suggested that he not enter , but Starkiller did so anyway . When he opened the door , he noticed a prominent symbol . Whilst looking through the house , Starkiller entered a room , and started having a vision of a hooded man standing in the middle of it , fighting Vader . Vader drew his lightsaber , about to kill the hooded figure . Suddenly , the lightsaber disappeared from Vader ' s hand , to his surprise . It is revealed that a young Starkiller was the one who pulled Vader ' s lightsaber away from him ; Starkiller notices how his younger self nervously holds it in his hand . The hooded man ( revealed to be Starkiller ' s father ) was then Force choke d to death , and Vader took his lightsaber back from the young Starkiller . However , when Stormtroopers attempted to kill the young boy for attacking Vader , he defended Starkiller , killing them swiftly . Starkiller watched as his younger self was then taken away by Vader . His vision ends with his father apologizing to him . Starkiller left his old home , his vision having turned him into a different person , according to PROXY . He was stronger and more intimidating from that point on . Carving his way through the Imperial base , he rescued the young female imprisoned inside , and revealed that he had come with Kota , whom she had believed dead . Starkiller angrily saw her off , and then confronted Kota . He was shocked that they had to go all that way to save a girl . However , Kota told him that Senator Bail Organa had recruited him to save his daughter — Princess Leia Organa . Kota also told him that Bail would be able to help Starkiller begin a rebellion . Starkiller asked where Bail was , and Kota told him he was on Felucia , attempting to find Shaak Ti and recruit her into the rebel cause . Traveling to Felucia , they discovered that Bail had been imprisoned by Maris Brood , Shaak Ti ' s former Padawan who had fallen to the Dark Side . Maris imprisoned Bail so she could use him as a " bargaining chip " if she ever got any trouble from Vader . Starkiller soon found Maris , but before he could attack her , he was halted by the onslaught of her bull rancor . As Starkiller jumped over the rancor to get to Maris , she threw both of her lightsabers at him . He caught the first and deflected the second , and then plunged his and Brood ' s sabers into the back of the rancor ' s throat . While he was distracted , Maris recovered the deflected saber and hid herself by using the Dark Side . After the rancor ' s demise , she jumped at Starkiller ' s back with her saber drawn . He hastily turned around and stopped her by using Force lightning . She then admitted defeat . She gave Starkiller the Senator , and told him that since Shaak Ti ' s death , the planet had led her to the Dark Side . Despite Bail ' s warnings , Starkiller let her go . After getting back to the " Rogue Shadow " , Bail and Starkiller made a plan to create an organization focused on the destruction of the Empire ; Bail said he would recruit more Senators to their cause , and he would try to broker an alliance between all of the Emperor ' s enemies . Afterwards , Starkiller went to meditate , and then talked to Darth Vader , via PROXY . Vader told Starkiller that he did not want Starkiller to become too fond of his new allies . Vader then assigned Starkiller a new mission , telling him that the shipyard above Raxus Prime had to be destroyed , as the Empire was building Star Destroyers there . After the conversation ended , an upset Juno revealed that she had eavesdropped on Starkiller ' s talk with Vader . She argued that Starkiller was still Vader ' s slave , and that Vader was completely evil . Starkiller fired back , telling Juno that he only saved her because she could fly the ship . However , she replied that she knew that wasn ' t true . She then told him that he had control over the fledgling Rebellion , and that he had a decision to make : remain Vader ' s slave , or help the Rebellion overthrow both the Emperor and Vader . She said that he needed to make up his mind soon . Afterwards , Starkiller went to Raxus Prime to destroy the Star Destroyer Factory . To destroy it , he redirected an Ore Cannon to shoot the shipyard itself . During the assault , he was attacked on all sides by Imperial forces , so he attempted to overload the cannon via Force lightning , instead of redirecting it . The gambit worked , but a Star Destroyer was sent towards Starkiller and commenced firing at the cannon . Kota , via comlink , told Starkiller to use the Force to make the ship crash into the cannon . At first , he was skeptical because of the ship ' s large size , but he attempted it anyway . Though his struggle to do so was great , he succeeded in crashing the Star Destroyer into the cannon , which caused the entire shipyard to explode . PROXY explains that he is shocked that Starkiller survived , and says he does not understand the powers of the Force . The Emperor ' s enemies then met on Corellia and formed an alliance . Bail agreed to fund the Rebellion , Garm Bel Iblis would provide ships , and Mon Mothma would provide soldiers . Starkiller was chosen to lead the Rebellion . The group was then attacked by TIE fighters and a Star Destroyer . Vader came into the room , surrounded by Stormtroopers . Vader ordered that the Senators were not to be killed , as the Emperor wanted to kill them himself . It then became apparent that this was the Emperor ' s plan all along , and Vader had never intended to kill him with the aid of Starkiller . After the Senators were taken prisoner , Starkiller confronted Vader , who Force pushed Starkiller off the side of a snowy cliff . However , Starkiller managed to grab onto the cliff ' s edge . Just before Vader could strike him down , a mysterious man told Anakin to lay down his weapon . The mysterious man is shown to be Obi - Wan Kenobi , who immediately attacked Vader . Vader fought and defeated him with ease . It is then revealed that this was not the real Obi - Wan , but merely one of PROXY ' s training exercises ( one that was used against Starkiller earlier ) . Though PROXY is highly resilient to lightsabers , he was heavily damaged in the fight . Vader then turned back to the cliff ' s edge , but his secret apprentice was gone . PROXY ' s distraction had given Starkiller enough time to either escape , or fall to his death . This is the point where the flashback narrative catches up to the " present " ; thus , PROXY can no longer narrate the story . It is here where Juno takes over as the narrator . She explains that they find Starkiller by using the " Rogue Shadow ' s " advanced sensors . Starkiller is weak , but manages to tell her that Vader has captured all the Senators , and that Starkiller is going to find him . After recovering , he meditates to find out where Vader is , telling Juno that he is using a Jedi trick in order to see the future . After having a vision , he says that he has seen a huge space station under construction , and that they must go to the Outer Rim . They approach the space station , revealed to be the Death Star . Starkiller tells Juno to stay on the ship while he goes to free the Rebels . He tells her that they may not meet again , and they share a kiss . He says goodbye and jumps into the heart of the Death Star . Starkiller makes his way towards the Emperor ' s observation dome , where the Senators are , destroying Stormtroopers in his way . When Starkiller reaches the observation dome , he finds that Vader and the Emperor are there to greet him . He instantly starts a duel with Vader . Starkiller states that he is no longer Vader ' s apprentice , as there is nothing left for Vader to teach him . As their bout escalates , Starkiller rips two of Palpatine ' s massive statues out of the bulkhead and flings them at Vader , crushing the hapless Sith Lord . Though he survives , Vader is massively damaged , with the left side of his helmet bashed off . He then tries to convince Starkiller that this was all just a test , but Starkiller refuses to believe him . Throughout this struggle , the Emperor tries to manipulate Starkiller into killing Vader , and taking his place at the Emperor ' s side . However , Kota , who was also one of the prisoners , manages to break free and intervene , stealing Palaptine ' s lightsaber and killing the guards . He then jumps towards the Emperor , who hits Kota with a wall of Force lightning . Starkiller cries out , and decides to face the Emperor in order to save his friend , rather than taking revenge by killing Vader . During this final showdown , the Emperor tells Starkiller it was on the Emperor ' s orders that Vader killed his father , and taught the young Starkiller the powers of the Dark Side . Vader was never truly Starkiller ' s master , and Starkiller was never kept as a secret from the Emperor . Starkiller manages to defeat the Emperor , and is about to destroy him when he is stopped by Kota . Kota convinces him to let Sidious go , because if Starkiller kills him , he will still be an assassin , as he was from the beginning . Starkiller agrees and tells Kota to take the Senators to safety . The Emperor then tries to use Force lightning on Kota again , but Starkiller stops him by using the Force against the lightning . The Force battle grows larger as the Senators and Kota escape onto the Juno - piloted " Rogue Shadow " . As they fly away , a blue explosion is seen behind them . Kota tells Juno that Starkiller is gone . Back on the Death Star , Vader and the Emperor stand in the fiery aftermath of the battle , both extremely damaged . Starkiller is seen dead on the floor . The Emperor explains to Vader that Starkiller is much more of a threat dead than he was alive . He has given the new Rebellion something to fight for , and his sacrifice will make them stronger . Returning to the perspective of the rebels , Bail Organa explains to PROXY how important Starkiller ' s death was . The Senators gather around a table , and Bail announces that the Rebel Alliance has been born . Leia then rolls out some parchment with the symbol of the Rebellion on it , which is the Marek family symbol Starkiller found in his old home on Kashyyyk . The symbol was adopted as a tribute to Starkiller ' s sacrifice . We then see Juno and Kota talking outside . She asks him if he always knew that the apprentice he fought on Nar Shaddaa and Starkiller were one and the same . He says that he knew who Starkiller was as soon as he approached Kota in Cloud City . The reason he decided to go with them , was because he saw some light inside Starkiller ' s darkness — his love for Juno . Behind the scenes . Copies of the first printing of the Titan ( UK ) edition are missing the narrative box saying " . . . he knew that the Jedi had survived . . . " during PROXY ' s tale of Starkiller ' s fight with Kota on page 30 . Starkiller only uses his signature reverse grip on five pages : the front cover , pg . 3 , pg . 14 , pg . 37 , and pg . 112 .