19 Facts About Kyle Katarn

Kyle Katarn is a fictional character in the Star Wars expanded universe, who appears in the five video games of the Jedi Knight series, the video game Star Wars: Lethal Alliance, and in several books and other material.

Kyle Katarn was originally a member of the Galactic Empire, before becoming a mercenary for hire.

Kyle Katarn has been well received by most critics, with GameSpot including him in a vote for the greatest video game character of all time, where he was eliminated in round two, when facing Lara Croft.

Kyle Katarn first appeared in Star Wars: Dark Forces, where he was introduced as a former Imperial officer who became a mercenary-for-hire after learning the Empire was responsible for the death of his father.

The game begins shortly before the events of the film A New Hope, with Kyle Katarn single-handedly infiltrating an Imperial facility on the planet Danuta to retrieve the plans for the first Death Star.

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One year later, Kyle Katarn is employed to investigate the "Dark Trooper" project, a secret Imperial research initiative manufacturing powerful robotic stormtroopers to attack Alliance strongholds.

Kyle Katarn learns that seven Dark Jedi are attempting to use the power found in the Valley to rebuild the Empire.

Kyle Katarn eventually kills all seven Dark Jedi and saves the Valley.

Jaden and Kyle Katarn escape and conclude that Tavion is storing the stolen Dark Force energy in the scepter in order to use it to resurrect an ancient Sith master, Marka Ragnos.

Kyle Katarn speaks his mind during a Master's Council session, where he stands up to Chief of State Cal Omas.

Kyle Katarn appears in Karen Traviss' Legacy of the Force novels Bloodlines, Sacrifice, Exile and Fury, as a Jedi Master participating in Council meetings.

Kyle Katarn plays a much larger role in Fury, leading a team of Jedi against Jacen Solo in a capture-or-kill mission.

Kyle Katarn appears in the Star Wars Roleplaying Game and is a premiere figure of "The New Jedi Order" faction in the Wizards of the Coast Star Wars Miniatures.

Kyle Katarn was made non-canon in 2014, following the acquisition of Lucasfilm by Disney.

On November 24,2021, Kyle Katarn was released as a playable character in Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes.

Kyle Katarn was then made an instructor in the academy and integral to the plot to ensure that Jedi Academy built upon the existing Jedi Knight series storyline.

Kyle Katarn was voiced by Nick Jameson in Star Wars: Dark Forces.

In Mysteries of the Sith, Jedi Outcast and Jedi Academy, Kyle Katarn's appearance is exclusively a polygonal model, without any FMV scenes, in which he is designed to look like a slightly older Court.

In GameSpot's vote for the all-time greatest videogame hero, Kyle Katarn was eliminated in round two when he faced Lara Croft, garnering 27.