Galen Marek

Jedi Order

Alliance to Restore the Republic

Galen Marek was a Force-sensitive Human male codenamed **Starkiller**, he was taken by Darth Vader as his secret apprentice and his personal assassin. The son of Kento Marek and his wife Mallie two Jedi Knights. Galen was born on Kashyyk Wookie homeworld in the aftermath of the Clone Wars.

He is the main protagonist of the game Star Wars Force Unleashed.

He is motion captured and voice by **Sam Witwer**.

## Powers and Abilities

### Powers

* **The Force:** Galen had a strong conection to the force. Even as a child, Galen Marek was already exceptionally powerful in the Force, with immense potential that would have allowed him to become one of the most powerful Force-users of all time. His power proved great enough to impress Vader enough that he risked sparing him to mold him as an apprentice, believing that he had the potential to, alongside Vader and when at the height of his abilities, defeat Darth Sidious, who was considered the most powerful Dark Lord of the Sith in history. Even Sidious himself acknowledged that Marek's strength in the Force could rival his own.  As a young adult, having been trained extensively to be a living weapon capable of helping Darth Vader in defeating Sidious, Marek became an immensely powerful and proficient Force Adept, with his power being acknowledged by the Jedi he had faced and defeated and Vader believing him to be ready to aid him in executing Sidious. However, while his usage of the Force's combative nature, especially that of the dark side, was outstanding, his solely combative training rendered him unable to use less aggressive Force powers but after fully turning to the light, he had overcame this limitation as he finally became capable of voluntary farsight while he could not when he still submerged himself in the dark side despite frequent attempts. At the same time, he fully retained his exceptional skill in applying the Force in battle, as shown by his ability to best his former master and even eventually Sidious himself in single combat; although when he was using the light side, he seemingly could not defeat the Dark Lord, only match him, once Marek got enraged by the revelation that it was Sidious who was his master, he was able to channel the dark side and gain enough power to make short work of the Emperor soon after, although it briefly overrode his self-control to the point he would have killed Sidious had Kota not stopped him. In his final stand, although it cost him his life, Marek ultimately managed to overpower the Emperor's full strength by drawing power from his concern for his allies and unleashed a burst of power that nearly killed both Sidious and Vader and heavily damaged the Death Star I
	+ **Force Push:** Marek's skills with telekinesis were considerable, and he often cleared entire hallways and rooms with powerful Force pushes and even caught TIE fighters in mid-flight.
	+ **Force Deflection:** displaying great skill in the use of Force Deflection and Tutaminis. He was more than capable of aptly deflecting blaster bolts by imbuing his free hand with the Force whenever he could not rely on his Lightsaber to protect him. The most prominent display of his outstanding skills in using the Force for defensive purposes was shown when he was even capable of absorbing the lightning of Darth Sidious, although not without immense effort, and redirecting it back at the Sith Lord, causing Sidious to share the same agonizing pain Marek was feeling, eventually unleashing all the pent-up Force energy in a devastating explosion that nearly claimed the lives of his enemies and destroyed much of the terrifying Death Star I.
	+ **Force** **Repulse:** Galencan create powerful Force repulses And hurl his enemies and other objects far away and he often cleared entire hallways and rooms
	+ **Force Pull:**  Even as a child, he was skilled enough that he managed to disarm Vader of his lightsaber without him even knowing, impressing the Dark Lord visibly. As a adult Galen was able pull **Imperial I-class Star Destroyer** from the sky and force it to the ground
	+ **Force Lightning:** As a trained Sith apprentice, Marek became extremely proficient in Force lightning, with his skill rivaling even that of Darth Sidious. He could cast energy so powerful that it would kill an opponent with a single blast, and could target more than one opponent at a time. He was also able to channel lightning attacks through his lightsaber, thus amplifying blade attacks with dark side energy.
	+ **Force Vision:** Galen can see the future, past and present. He use it to find his rebel alies on Death Star I
	+ **Force Sence:** Galen was able to feel other people's or creatures's fealings hapines, fear and pain. He was able to feel sarlacc's pain in his second mission (saving Bail Organa) on felucia.
	+ **Force Speed:** He possessed a version of the Force speed ability, which enabled him to dart quickly across short distances.

### Abilities

* **Lightsaber skills:** Galen Marek's early lightsaber training consisted of a simple tutorial in the basics, before Darth Vader took to fighting him in brutal sparring matches, the goal being to encourage his apprentice to develop his own methods. He sparred frequently with his master, as well as engaging in many vicious duels with his training droid, PROXY, and won every single time. An incredibly skilled lightsaber duelist, Marek was able to defeat the droid's training programs replicating some legendary duelists such as Obi-Wan Kenobi and Darth Maul. Marek was able to defeat Rahm Kota, Kazdan Paratus and Maris Brood, and he even managed to overwhelm Shaak Ti and his former Master Darth Vader, both of whom were two of the greatest duelists of their time.
	+ **Form III:** Galen is skilled in **Soresu.**
	+ **Form V:** Galen also is skilled in **Shien / Djem So.**
	+ **Form VII:** Galen also is skilled in **Juyo/Vaapad.**

## Equipment

* **Galen Marek's lightsaber:**
* **Rahm Kota's lightsaber:**

## Appearences

**Star Wars Force Unleashed** video game

**Star Wars Force Unleashed** novel

**Star Wars Force Unleashed** comic

**Star Wars Force Unleashed II** video game (mention and in flashbacks only)

**Star Wars Force Unleashed II** novel

**Star Wars Force Unleashed II** comic