Juno Eclipse

**Juno Eclipse** was a Human female officer and pilot in the Alliance to Restore the Republic. Prior to her service in the Alliance Fleet, Eclipse served in the naval forces of the Galactic Empire. A graduate of the Imperial Academy on Corulag, her homeworld, she ultimately attained the rank of Captain after making a name for herself as an exceptionally skilled TIE pilot. At the height of her military career, the young Imperial officer was personally chosen by Darth Vader—the Dark Lord of the Sith and Emperor Palpatine's apprentice—to lead the Black Eight Squadron. Although she was initially honored to serve under Vader's command, Eclipse was disturbed by the Sith Lord's tactics which she considered excessively brutal.

In the aftermath of the Bombing of Callos in 6 BBY, Eclipse was reassigned to an experimental stealth vessel called the *Rogue Shadow*. In this capacity, she would serve as the personal pilot to Darth Vader's secret apprentice, code-named Starkiller. Initially unaware of her passenger's purpose, she learned that the apprentice was an assassin who hunted the Jedi that survived the initial purge of Order 66. After the apprentice betrayed by his Sith Master, Eclipse was arrested and accused of treason
 due to her association with Starkiller. Disillusioned with the Empire,
Eclipse supported the apprentice's efforts to organize a rebellion
against the Emperor, but later discovered that Starkiller was still
loyal to Vader. This revelation came as a surprise to her, given
Starkiller's near death
 experience and Eclipse's imprisonment, both of which resulted from
Vader's plotting. Nevertheless, Eclipse remained faithful to Starkiller
but also implored him to reconsider his intentions concerning their
newfound allies.

Following a second betrayal by Vader, who captured the Rebel founders and left Starkiller for dead on Corellia, Eclipse and the apprentice pursued the latter's master to the Death Star in order to rescue the senators Mon Mothma, Bail Organa, and Garm Bel Iblis as well as Jedi Master Rahm Kota.
 Their mission was successful, but at the cost of the apprentice's life.
 Eclipse mourned the apprentice, whom she had grown close to during
their short time
 together, yet also remained with the Alliance to honor his legacy.
Retaining the rank of Captain, she was granted command of the Rebel flagship *Salvation* during the onset of the Galactic Civil War. Unknown to Eclipse, Vader had his late apprentice cloned multiple times in an effort to create a more powerful and loyal version of Starkiller. In addition to numerous unstable subjects, the experiment produced Subject 1138—a clone who inherited Starkiller's emotional attachment to Eclipse.

## Bio

### Personality

Outwardly, Juno Eclipse was an exceptional member of the Imperial
Navy. But her moral sense of right and wrong conflicted with the
ruthless attitude that defined the Empire and its Sith masters.[1]
 Her conscience would ultimately play a large part in the formation of
the Rebel Alliance and the fate of the Galaxy. In addition to her strong
 moral guidelines she was also a gifted student, skilled pilot, talented
 mechanic and model officer.[13]

Being among the first generation born under the Galactic Empire,
Juno Eclipse was virtually a product of the Imperial propaganda that
sought to bind the citizens of the former Republic to the New Order. As a child, Juno was exposed to her father's anti-Jedi
 sentiment and fierce loyalty to the Empire. But despite such
influences, Juno never developed a strong sense of hatred for the Jedi
or fanatical loyalty to the Empire; her only desire was to obtain her
father's approval. But even with all of her achievements at a young age,
 as well as graduating as one of the youngest students ever accepted
into the Imperial Academy, she failed to impress her father. Believing
that her dedication and perseverance had been invested in an
unobtainable goal, and convinced that her father had turned his back on
his own daughter, Juno likewise turned her back on him and looked to the
 Imperial Navy as her "family."[2]

While serving as the commanding officer of Darth Vader's Black
Eight Squadron, Captain Eclipse was well aware of how her meteoric rise
through the Imperial hierarchy culminated to a position directly under
the second most powerful man in the Empire, and thus she was filled with
 a great sense of pride. But despite her loyalty to the Empire, Juno
also carried a strong sense of morality, even to the point where she
questioned Vader's ruthless tactics during the Battle of Callos.
Although she followed her orders to the letter, Juno was shocked and
horrified at the extent the Empire had gone to make an example of
traitors. Her role in the planet's destruction burdened Juno with guilt,
 but did not prevent her from continuing her service to the Empire. Even
 then, however, she came to wonder if the Empire wasn't what she
initially believed it to be.[2]

When she was secretly reassigned to ferry Darth Vader's secret
apprentice throughout the galaxy, Juno was somewhat curious about the
young man, known to her only by his callsign "Starkiller." Although
uncomfortable around each other at first, Juno gradually developed a
rapport with Starkiller. Her relationship with the apprentice would grow
 as they embarked to form the Rebel Alliance to fight the tyranny of the
 Empire. Eventually, she fell in love with Galen Marek (Starkiller's
birth name), a feeling which he reciprocated, thus causing Juno to be
the most responsible factor behind the apprentice's redemption from the
Sith. When Marek died saving the Alliance leadership from certain death,
 Juno mourned Marek's death, causing her to commit her life to the
Alliance in the hopes of ensuring that Marek's sacrifice was not in
vain.[2]
Regarding PROXY, Juno was not particularly fond of the holodroid.
 She found it strange that Marek considered the droid as a friend,
despite the fact that PROXY was programmed to kill his Master.[2]
 Her initial discomfort with PROXY faded after Marek's death. After
repairing the holodroid and learning that Marek had left it to her in
the event of his death, Juno kept PROXY at her side when she became the
commanding officer of the *Salvation*. In effect, she apparently perceived the droid as the only thing she had left of Marek.

As with PROXY, Juno Eclipse did not care much for General Rahm Kota.
During her time with the Empire, Kota was just another fugitive and
enemy of the Empire as far as Juno was concerned. Working with Marek,
she aided the apprentice during his mission to hunt down and execute the
 Jedi General. When they discovered that Kota survived, Juno hesitated
with Marek's plan to enlist the Jedi's help, fearing that he would
discover who they truly were. She tried to remain as distant from Kota
as possible and was evasive with his questions. After Marek's death,
Juno took solace in the knowledge that Marek was one with the Force and
that she was the most responsible for his conversion to the light side of the Force, as revealed by Kota.[2]
 When the two went on to serve in the Rebel Alliance, Juno viewed the
general as a close friend and indispensable ally. She even went to
extreme lengths to cover up his unsanctioned missions, if only to ensure
 that Kota's disagreements with the Alliance leadership did not lead the
 general to turn his back on the Alliance altogether.[10]
Upon discovering a renegade clone of Galen Marek, she was both
stunned and elated, believing at first that the secret apprentice had
somehow overcome death itself. She was shocked when Boba Fett revealed
that the man she saw was just a clone whose artificial feelings belonged
 to the dead man that loved her.[7]
 Juno refused to believe that the clone was anyone else other than the
real Marek, mainly out of desperation and desire to believe that Galen
was alive again. She stubbornly clung to her delusion until Darth Vader
revealed a batch of failed clones that were based on Marek's genetic
code. The revelation caused Juno to feel all of the sadness and remorse
she felt over Galen's death once more. Nevertheless, she forced herself
to believe that the clone who sought her out would turn out to be the
same hero as the original Starkiller. But even as she redoubled her
faith in the clone, she was saddened by the fact that her original
theory—Galen Marek's survival against all odds—was proven to be false
and that a clone had essentially taken his place.

## Trivia

* Juno Eclipse makes her appearance in The Force Unleashed: The Rebel Alliance is Born