18 Facts About Starkiller

Starkiller, born Galen Marek and known as The Apprentice, is the fictional protagonist of the Star Wars: The Force Unleashed video games and literature, part of the now non-canonical Star Wars Legends expanded universe; however, his first appearance was as a guest character, alongside Darth Vader and Yoda, in the fighting video game Soulcalibur IV.

Now known as Lord Starkiller, he becomes instrumental in helping the Empire eliminate the Rebellion over the following years, during alternate depictions of the events from the original Star Wars trilogy.

Starkiller's character was conceived as a powerful Force user, with abilities that far exceed those seen in the Star Wars films.

Starkiller has had a mostly positive reception from fans and critics.

Starkiller was designed as Luke Skywalker's photo-negative, and is named after "Annikin Starkiller" .

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The developers wanted to avoid making Starkiller seem irredeemably evil, and used elements of his backstory and his relationships with other characters to balance it, while trying not to explain too much of his backstory.

Starkiller was voiced by and given the likeness of Samuel Witwer.

Starkiller's expressions are based on Witwer's, which Blackman described as "a new approach for LucasArts", noting that it "affected the way we handled casting for The Force Unleashed" and comparing it to how people see Bill Nighy as Davy Jones in the Pirates of the Caribbean movies.

Haden Blackman noted that in the first Starkiller was a hunter, while in the second Starkiller is more a fugitive.

Starkiller is initially kept in secret, but he is discovered by Emperor Palpatine, he is seemingly betrayed and killed by Vader.

Starkiller reappears in this suit in the game's Ultimate Sith Edition, which continues the dark-side path as a "what if" story.

Starkiller's clone is haunted by visions of the original Starkiller's life.

Outside of Star Wars, Starkiller made his debut as a fighter in Soulcalibur IV, alongside Darth Vader and Yoda.

Starkiller appears in Star Wars: Visions of the Blade, an Infinities comic focusing on the Soulcalibur and Star Wars crossover.

Starkiller was added as a playable character in Electronic Arts' free-to-play mobile turn-based role-playing game Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes, along with several other memorable characters from the now non-canon Star Wars expanded universe, to celebrate Lucasfilm's 50th anniversary in 2021.

Starkiller was voted the top 10th Star Wars character by IGNs readers.

Starkiller was eliminated in the first round after being put against Niko Bellic, the main character of Grand Theft Auto IV, with Starkiller garnering 44.

Starkiller was voted as the 17th top video game character by Game Informer's readers.