#The 12 Best Star Wars Characters Who’ve Never Appeared On Screen

“The Force Unleashed” was one of the most popular “Star Wars” video games of all time, letting players test out groundbreaking Force abilities through the game’s central character Galen Marek. The orphaned son of a Jedi survivor of Order 66, Galen was captured and raised by Darth Vader, who trained him as a secret apprentice under the codename Starkiller.

Vader tasked Starkiller with hunting down surviving Jedi, including prequel trilogy character Shaak Ti and the newly introduced Rahm Kota, a Jedi warrior who had survived Order 66 because he chose to train his own men instead of relying on clones. Although successful in wiping out many Jedi, Starkiller was betrayed by Vader after Emperor Palpatine suspected the two would attempt to overthrow him. Left for dead by his former master, Starkiller started down a path of redemption and trained under Kota to become a force for good.

Retiring the name Starkiller, Galen Marek helped the early Rebel Alliance secure the plans for the Death Star and shielded Bail Organa from a surprising Imperial assault. Ultimately, Marek paid the ultimate price and sacrificed his life during a battle against Vader and the Emperor on the bridge of the newly constructed Death Star. Vader still had a strong connection to his former apprentice, however, and cloned him in an attempt to rekindle their relationship; Starkiller’s clone was the protagonist of “The Force Unleashed II.”