James Starr

James Starr is a major protagonist in Mike and Revio Adventures. He is a divorcee with two children, Jamie and Jake. He is the estranged older brother of Jane Starr Saber, as well as a Jedi Padawan operating under the Sentinel class, being the apprentice of Tagen SMBF. He joined the Jedi Order some time after the *Namus Arc*.

## Biography

Growing up, James and Jane had very different upbringings. Their parents, Max and Sadie Starr, treated James like a prince, and Jane like some peasant. This was almost entirely because the Starr family is entirely Force sensitive, and while James carried this trait, Jane didn't. Their parents were unable to see past this, despite the fact that Jane made all of the right decisions, marrying Jedi Knight Mike Saber and becoming a scientist for the Jedi Order, while James made all the wrong decisions, marrying a woman named Karen Brown, with whom he had two children, Jamie and Jake. However, she only loved him for the absurd amount of money his parents lent him. Their parents hated Mike, and tried literally everything to drive a wedge between him and Jane, to no avail. Finally, they attempted to travel to the past to make sure Mike would be killed during Order 66, only to be stopped by Lord Gavio Walkerino, who erased them using the Hakai technique. After this, the money James had gotten from them ran out, resulting in Karen divorcing him, and later becoming a Sith warrior known as Darth Sadistia. By his first appearance in the series, James was still strained with Jane.

James first started getting involved with the Jedi Order's affairs when Blario, a highly powerful android created by the mad scientist Gustavo, began absorbing everyone, including Jamie and Jake. Jane tasked him with scoping out Gustavo's lab after discovering a hint as to where it was. When he finally made it there, he witnessed Mike and everyone else destroying Blario. Very shortly afterward, he was reunited with his freed children. Three days later, however, he got a call from Jane stating that the lab he found was a decoy, and became annoyed with him for misleading her, further splitting them apart. Jane at some point told him to stay out of the conflicts for his own safety and that of his children. The danger caught up with the Starr family anyhow, as they were living in Glowshire, a town close to the Wizardry Hub, which is where Namus released his toxins. They all survived, and after Namus was contained, they decided to join the Jedi Order, all under the Sentinel class. James was taken in by Tagen SMBF, and Jamie and Jake became younglings. It was here that James got the chance to patch things up with his sister, but this would be delayed.

Very soon, James ended up in his first conflict, as Mike saw visions of a Dark Timeline, in which he killed all of the members of YouTube Rangers and became a Sith Lord. James became his second-in-command, Darth Gnash, while Matt, Jacinda, Rosie, Lucy, Schm2000, Homer Kyber, LMG and IJosh64 became his Executors. The James of the main timeline had to face a dark reflection of himself to start out his days in the Jedi Order.

## Personality and Traits

He has a tendency to be brash and overconfident, and he's not afraid to go off the books. He's terrified of flying, and avoids piloting a starship if he can. When people ask too much of him, he gets annoyed and exhausted very quickly. When confrontation arises, he's one of the first to whip out his lightsaber. Despite how much of a wildcard he is, the council places trust and faith in him, and most of the time, it's not wasted. He tries his best to respect the Jedi Order's wishes, and follows orders if possible, but if he needs to, he's the first to diverge from the exact objective he was originally given. He does have his limits, though, as he thinks very lowly of Homer's attempts to murder Gustavo. He has almost non-existent limits to wanting to spare his enemies' lives, sharing Schm's mentality that as long as they are capable of feeling empathy (i.e. not being an emotionless robot/Cyberman like Blario or Executor Grimm), they can be saved.

## Powers and Abilities

He's an expert tracker, hence his occupation as a Jedi Sentinel, successfully scoping out Gustavo's laboratory for his sister Jane. He has the ability to use PSI techniques, such as PK Fire, PK Freeze, PK Thunder, PK Beam, generally all offense PSI. He's also well-versed in Shield and Counter, and he carries a Franklin Badge on his person, which comes in handy when dealing with opponents who have electrokinesis. While he prefers to utilize Kaio-ken in combat, he has the ability to go Ultra Instinct, but he's very inexperienced at using it, and can't hold it for very long. Often, he can only maintain it long enough to use his finishing move, PK Starstorm, which is considered unreliable at best, and detrimental at worst. The stars fall randomly, and can't be directed, meaning James has to aim directly at where the enemy is right off the bat. The stars could potentially hit some of James' own allies. Despite this, James is considered a very strong and invaluable warrior among the Jedi Order.

## Trivia

* He is the first character in the series to wield a yellow lightsaber. This was a request from his creator, SecretBlue64.
	+ Blue was surprised to learn that nobody else had a yellow lightsaber despite its apparent popularity. He was worried that people would think Gavin was giving him special treatment because of this, and hoped more people would ask for yellow. Gavin then decided to give tons of characters yellow lightsabers.
* His ability to use PSI techniques originates from Blue's love of the Mother series, and his Ultra Instinct form came about because Blue thought it was weird that nobody had it.
* His formal introduction to the series came earlier than initially planned. Blue had originally planned for him to first appear in an arc that hadn't been started yet, but he then thought of the character of Darth Gnash, a dark version of James. The only time for this character to possibly come up would be in Alternate Reality Arc, so Gavin decided to give him an earlier introduction than initially planned.
	+ In order for his introduction to feel less out of nowhere, Blue decided to take advantage of the fact that they were releasing the series out of order by writing in an early bird cameo for James and his children in Lost Men's Madness.
	+ James was later written into Cold War DX and Namus Arc DX along with his children, and he has a large enough role to not feel like an out of nowhere new main character.
* The story of his family is based on a common trope that Blue refers to as misplaced favoritism, where parents favor a child for the things they should be favoring the other child for, if anything.
	+ The best example of this is in Lord of the Rings, where Denethor's perception of Boromir and Faramir is completely backwards. He thought Boromir could resist the One Ring's influence and bring it to him, and would never turn on him, but this ended up being the exact opposite of what actually happened, and Faramir turned out to be the one who met his expectations (except for the fact that he didn't bring him the ring.)