[Following the opening credits, a group of Star Destroyers are seen beyond the
orbit of Kashyyyk. A shuttle drops from one and flies to the planet, which is
overrun by an Imperial invasion. The shuttle lands on the service, and the Dark
Lord of the Sith, Darth Vader steps out.]
Imperial Commander: Lord Vader? We were ambushed upon arrival, but I have the
situation well in–
Darth Vader: I have no interest in your failures, Commander. I am here on a
mission of my own.
[Darth Vader cuts down all in his path and comes to a small hut. A Jedi in
yellow robes steps out.]
Rogue Jedi: Dark Lord… Whatever you want, you won’t find it here.
Darth Vader: You cannot disguise yourself from me… Jedi.
Rogue Jedi: Turn back.
[The Jedi uses Force Push to blow away Vader’s Stormtrooper escort, but it has
no affect on the Dark Lord himself. A battle begins. The Rogue Jedi is no match
for Darth Vader and is eventually thrown into his home. Darth Vader grips the
Jedi with Force Choke.]
Darth Vader: I sense someone far more powerful nearby. Where is your master?
Rogue Jedi: The Dark Side has clouded your mind. You killed my master years
ago.
Darth Vader: Then now you will share his fate.
[Darth Vader raises his blade to strike, but his Lightsaber is suddenly
plucked from his hand and flies into the grasp of a very young child.
Darth Vader: A son.
Rogue Jedi: Run!
[Vader crushes the Jedi’s neck with the Force, then confronts the child holding
his Lightsaber. The Commander and a small unit of Stormtroopers arrive at the
door.]
Officer: Lord Vader?
[The officer sees the confrontation and turns to his men. He orders them to
shoot, but Darth Vader lunges in front of the boy and deflects all the blaster
fire by reclaiming his Lightsaber. The Stormtroopers fall and the Dark Lord
approaches the frightened child.]
Darth Vader: Come with me. More will be here soon.
[The events move forward 10 years and the scene transitions to onboard the
Executor, Darth Vader’s personal starship. The now grown Starkiller kneels
before Darth Vader.]
Darth Vader: You were weak when I found you. Now your hatred has become your
strength. At last, the Dark Side is your alley. Rise, my apprentice.
Starkiller: What is your will, my master?
Darth Vader: Your training is nearly complete. It is time to face your first
true test.
Starkiller: Your spies have located a Jedi?
Darth Vader: Yes. Master Rahm Kota. He is attacking a critical Imperial
shipyard. You will kill him and bring me his Lightsaber.
Starkiller: As you wish, my master.
Darth Vader: The Emperor must not discover you. Leave no witnesses. Kill
everyone aboard, Imperials and Kota’s men alike.
Starkiller: I… As you wish, my master.
[Starkiller departs. The scene shifts to the hangar. Starkiller walks in and
is suddenly ambushed by Obi-Wan Kenobi. They engage and Starkiller stabs him
through the chest. The form of Kenobi fades to reveal a droid.]
Proxy: Ah, master! Another excellent duel!
Starkiller: You caught me by surprise, Proxy. I haven’t fought that training
program in years. I thought you’d erased it.
Proxy: I hoped that using an older training module would catch you off guard
and allow me to finally kill you. I’m sorry I failed you again.
Starkiller: I’m sure you’ll keep trying. But do me a favor, don’t ambush me–
[They walk through the hangar together, where Starkiller catches a glimpse of
a female Imperial.]
Starkiller: Proxy!
Proxy: Yes, why are we whispering?
Starkiller: Who is that?
Proxy: Ah, yes. Your new pilot has finally arrived, master. Accessing Imperial
Records…
[Proxy uses his ability to mimic the full appearance of the female Imperial,
down to the voice.]
Proxy (as Juno): Captain Juno Eclipse. Born on Corulag, where she became the
youngest student ever accepted into the Imperial Academy. Decorated combat
pilot with over one hundred combat missions and commanding officer during the
bombing of Callog. Handpicked by Lord Vader to lead his Black Five Squadron,
but later reassigned to a top-secret project…
Juno: Is there a psychological profile in there too?
[Proxy changes back.]
Proxy: Actually yes. And it’s restricted. But Master, I can tell you she’ll
be impossible to reprogram.
Starkiller: Do you know why you’re here?
Juno: My orders are clear. I am to keep your ship running and fly you wherever
your missions require.
Starkiller: Did Vader tell you that he killed our last pilot?
Juno: No. But I can only assume that he gave Lord Vader good cause to do so. I
will not.
Starkiller: Let’s hope so. I’m sick of training new pilots.
[They board the Rogue Shadow.]
Starkiller: What is this? What have you done to my ship?
Juno: I’ve taken the liberty of upgrading the Rogue Shadow’s sensor array. Now
you’ll be able to spy on any suspect ships across an entire system. That *is*
your mission profile? You *are* one of Darth Vader’s spies?
Starkiller: You don’t need to know anything about my missions except where I’m
going. Now we need a jump to Nar Shaddaa. Can you handle that?
Juno: Of course.
Mission One – TIE Fighter Factory [ch01]
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[The Rogue Shadow leaves the Executor. The scene shifts to the cockpit.]
Starkiller: Proxy, give me the target.
[Proxy assumes a new form of an elder looking man.]
Proxy (as Kota): According to Imperial records, Master Rahm Kota was a
respected general in the Clone Wars.
Juno: You’re hunting Jedi.
Starkiller: I bring Darth Vader’s enemies to justice. And now, so do you.
Proxy: Master Kota was a military genius, but felt the clone soldiers were
unfit for battle. Instead, he relied on his own militia.
Juno: So there were no clones in his squad when Order 66 was issued.
Proxy: And after Order 66, he vanished. Official Imperial records actually
claim he’s dead.
Juno: Why come out of hiding and attack the Empire now?
Starkiller: He wants to be found.
Juno: Then we are walking into a trap. How many pilots have you lost before
me?
Starkiller: Seven.
Juno: Excellent. The coordinates for Nar Shaddaa are locked. Prepare for
lightspeed.
[The scene shifts to inside the facility. General Kota and his men are just
taking over the factory.]
Kota: Lock down the command center and get that hologram projector up and
running.
Militia: Yes, sir!
Kota: Tell all squads to fan out and funnel any opposition toward us. Explosive
charges on levels two, five, and ten, just like we planned.
Militia: General Kota, he’s here!
[They see an image of the Rogue Shadow.]
Kota: I’ve finally drawn you out of hiding… Lower the containment field on
hangar twelve and tell the men to get into position.
Militia: Yes, general.
[The Rogue Shadow closes in on the facility. Starkiller drops into a hallway.]
Juno: Eclipse to Starkiller. I’ll be moving the Rogue Shadow out of firing
range while you attend to your mission. The onboard scanners should be able to
track your movements, and I will provide whatever intelligence support I can
via your commlink. Captain Eclipse out.
[The mission begins. Starkiller proceeds down the first hallway and into the
hangar where the Imperials and Kota’s militia are duking it out.]
Militia: Secure the bulkhead door!
Juno: Readouts are showing the hangar bulkhead has been sealed. You’ll need to
find a way through that door.
[After some fighting, Starkiller opens that door.]
Juno: Eclipse to Starkiller. I’ve sliced into the facility’s communications
grid. Imperial reports indicate General Kota has already taken over the
command bridge, several floors above you. I’ll do my best to guide you to him.
[Starkiller approaches the door to a large area.]
Juno: Eclipse to Starkiller. I’ve intercepted a message from the flight tower.
The Imperials have mobilized a TIE Fighter squadron in your sector. Keep your
eyes open.
[Starkiller enters a tower.]
Juno: Schematics show a lift nearby that can take you to the upper levels.
[Starkiller crosses to the other side of the area and approaches the exit.]
Juno: I’m picking up a lot of commlink chatter just a few levels above you.
You’re nearing General Kota.
[Starkiller enters a circular shaped room where an ambush awaits.]
Militia: He’s here! Raise the laser gates!
Juno: I’m picking up a major energy surge! There must be a generator close to
your location. Destroy it, and those laser gates should drop.
[Starkiller approaches a final lift.]
Juno: This is it, Kota is just above you now.
Starkiller: I’m ready.
[Starkiller enters the bridge. Kota is waiting.]
Kota: A boy? Months of attacking Imperial targets, and Vader sends a boy to
fight me?
[The fight begins.]
Kota: You’re stronger than I thought. But I can’t let you live, boy. I’ll be
sure to send your ashes back to Vader.
[Kota uses the Force to detach the top part of the facility, sending it
plummeting toward the nearby planet. The fight resumes and then soon enough,
ends. Starkiller and Kota have their Sabers locked, with Kota, visibly
weakened.]
Kota: Vader thinks he’s turned you… But I can sense your future… And Vader
won’t always be your master… I sense only… Me?
[With their blades still locked, Starkiller presses Kota’s own Saber into his
eyes.]
Kota: AAAGH!
[Kota falls down the hole created in the floor, falling thousands of feet.
Starkiller grabs Kota’s saber and also jumps down, but the Rogue Shadow drifts
underneath to catch him.]
Mission Two – Raxus Prime [ch02]
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[Starkiller enters and kneels]
Darth Vader: Master Kota is dead?
Starkiller: Yes…
Darth Vader: His Lightsaber.
[Starkiller presents the Lightsaber. Using the Force, Vader pulls it from his
grasp and into his own hand.]
Darth Vader: My spies have located another Jedi. Kazdan Paratus is far more
powerful than you. I do not expect you to survive. But if you destroy him, you
will be one step closer to your destiny.
Starkiller: The Emperor.
Darth Vader: Yes. Only together can we defeat him.
Starkiller: I will not fail you, my master.
[Scene shifts to the Rogue Shadow landing at Raxus Prime.]
Juno: Amazing… it looks just like the Jedi Temple on Coruscant.
Starkiller: Proxy, are you picking up any communications?
Proxy: Too many to decipher. I can hear thousands of droids, all calling out
to each other…. This is where all droids go to die.
Starkiller: Set us down as close to that thing as you can.
Juno: I will do my best, but there are not many clearings. You will need to
approach the “Temple” on foot.
[The mission begins]
Juno: I’m returning to low orbit. Scanners show you’ll need to make it through
that large hyperdrive core in front of you. Once on the other side, you should
be able to reach the Junk Temple… Good luck.
[Starkiller makes his way toward the hyperdrive core.]
Juno: I’m picking up scraps of Rodese communication. You’re approaching some
sort of salvage operation…
Starkiller: I’ll deal with them.
[Starkiller approaches the opening to the hyperdrive core.]
Juno: Eclipse to Starkiller. We’re picking up a lot of movement beyond that
hyperdrive core.
[Starkiller reaches a large canyon with a downed starship and a battle going on
between Rodians and droids.]
Starkiller: Juno, I’m not sure what I’m looking at here… Are you picking up
anything?
Juno: Just some panicked transmissions. The scavengers didn’t expect any droid
resistance.
[Starkiller approaches a large canyon on the other side of the starship.]
Juno: Eclipse to Starkiller! Watch your step! Readouts are showing a massive
river of toxic hyperdrive plasma nearby.
Starkiller: I copy.
Juno: You’ll need to find a way to the scavenger’s camp nearby. Head through
the bottom of that Blockade Runner.
[Starkiller goes a long way to reach the Junk Temple. He takes the lift up to
the top of the temple and confronts his target.]
Starkiller: Kazdan Paratus at last.
Kazdan Paratus: Don’t worry, masters. I’ll defend you from this Sith trash.
[The fight ends.]
Kazdan Paratus: I’m sorry, masters. I’ve failed you again…
Starkiller: Juno, I’m done here.
Mission Three – Felucia [ch03]
———————–
[Starkiller uses the Force to put his Lightsaber together, but loses his
composure when he hears a familiar breathing sound.]
Starkiller: My master. Kazdan Paratus is dead.
Darth Vader: Then there is but one more test.
Starkiller: I’m ready now!
Darth Vader: No. You have defeated an old man and an outcast! You must face a
true Jedi Master
Starkiller: Who?
Darth Vader: Master Shaak Ti. One of the last of the Jedi Council. You will
need the full power of the Dark Side to defeat her.
Starkiller: Yes, my master.
[The scene shifts to Felucia. Shaak Ti and Maris Brood watch the Rogue Shadow
fly by overhead.]
Shaak Ti: Assassins.
Maris: Darth Vader has found us?
Shaak Ti: Perhaps. Maris, gather your belongings and go into hiding, just as
we’ve practiced. Do not return until I summon you.
Maris: But master, this is what I’ve been waiting for! Let me fight!
Shaak Ti: No! I will lead this assassin to the Ancient Abyss alone. You are not
ready to face a Sith. You would surely be killed. Maris, we are among the last
of the Jedi. While we live, the Order survives. I cannot allow you to be
captured or killed by the Empire. Now please, go to the graveyard and wait for
my summons.
[Maris runs off. A nearby Felucian makes an incoherent communication to Shaak
Ti.]
Shaak Ti: No. She hasn’t been corrupted. Not yet… She’s just afraid. May the
Force be with you, Maris Brood.
[The scene changes to the Rogue Shadow and Starkiller descending from the
loading ramp.]
Juno: I’m tracking your location. Just ahead you should find a hollow fungus
tower. You’ll need to make your way through it.
[The mission begins. Starkiller walks forward a ways.]
Juno: Locals are inbound.
Starkiller: I sense them. They are strong in the Force…
Juno: The Felucians seem to be more organized and… powerful than Imperial
records would indicate.
Starkiller: Hmm… A Jedi’s hand is at work.
[After climbing up through a large cavern, Starkiller approaches a group of
Felucians.]
Juno: These aliens might be well-trained. But if you could identify and
eliminate the leader of each group, you might be able to demoralize the rest.
[Starkiller starts down a long trail, drawing closer to his target.]
Proxy: Master, records indicate that you are approaching the site of a major
conflict from the Clone Wars.
[Continuing on this path, Starkiller reaches a ledge and drops down to a large
area. A Rancor is seen approaching from one direction.]
Proxy: Master, scanners indicate creatures… very large creatures… headed
in your direction.
Starkiller: Yeah, I’ve noticed.
[After a long way traveled with many enemies vanquished, Starkiller leaves a
cave and enters another large area.]
Juno: Sensors are picking up massive lifesigns ahead. I would advise caution.
[Starkiller defeats all the enemies in this area and approaches the exit.]
Juno: Eclipse to Starkiller. Any sign of the target?
Starkiller: She is… close. Very close. I sense her presence.
[Starkiller confronts his target at last.]
Shaak Ti: Vader’s assassin. Welcome to the Ancient Abyss. A place of sacrifice
since time immemorial. Are you prepared to meet your fate?
[The fight begins.]
Shaak Ti: You are Vader’s slave. But your power is wasted with him. You could
be so much more…
Starkiller: You will never convince me to betray my master.
Shaak Ti: Poor boy, the Sith always betray one another. But I’m sure you’ll
learn that soon enough.
[Shaak Ti falls down a Sarlaac pit.]
Mission Four – The Empirical [ch04]
—————————-
[Starkiller bows before Darth Vader’s projection in the training room of the
Rogue Shadow.]
Starkiller: My mission is complete, master.
Darth Vader: Then you are ready to stand with me against the Emperor. Return to
my ship at once. We will at last control the galaxy!
[Proxy deactivates the projection and collapses into Starkiller’s arms.]
Proxy: It seems that you are about to achieve your primary programming,
master.
Starkiller: Yes, finally.
[The Rogue Shadow flies to the Executor. Starkiller stands by Darth Vader’s
side.]
Darth Vader: The Emperor’s fleet has arrived.
Starkiller: You have lured the Emperor to us… When do we strike?
Darth Vader: I did not summon him.
[The door opens and the Emperor appears. Starkiller turns and is suddenly
impaled from behind by Vader’s Lightsaber.]
Darth Vader: His spies followed you here.
[He falls as the Emperor approaches.]
Darth Vader: What is thy bidding, my master?
The Emperor: You have forgotten your place, Lord Vader. By taking this boy as
your apprentice, you have betrayed me. Now, you will kill him, or I will
destroy you both.
Starkiller: Master… we can defeat him together…
The Emperor: Do it now, Lord Vader! Strike him down and prove your loyalty to
me!
[Darth Vader uses the Force to easily toss Starkiller’s body across the room,
slamming him violently into the wall.]
The Emperor: Yes! Kill him, Lord Vader!
[Vader throws Starkiller out the window, and the vacuum pulls him out into
space. The shutter closes immediately afterwards. The Emperor sees that the
task is done, and leaves. Starkiller is seen floating helplessly in space as a
small droid flies in to rescue him. It fades to black.]
Empirical Staff: Lord Vader, he’s regaining consciousness.
Darth Vader: Keep him restrained.
Empirical Staff: Yes, sir.
[Starkiller awakes on a medical bed onboard the ISS Empirical.]
Starkiller: AAAGH! YOU! YOU KILLED ME–
Darth Vader: No. The Emperor wanted you dead. I salvaged your body and brought
you here, to be rebuilt.
Starkiller: Why?
Darth Vader: Once he discovered you, the Emperor would never have allowed you
to live. But now that he believes you are dead, you are even more dangerous to
him. You can have your revenge. And fulfill your destiny.
[Starkiller calms down and seems to agree, reluctantly.]
Starkiller: What is thy bidding, my master?
Darth Vader: The Emperor’s spies watch my every move. We must provide them with
a distraction.
[Darth Vader releases the restraints on the bed.]
Starkiller: What sort of distraction? An assassination?
Darth Vader: No single act will gain the Emperor’s notice. You must assemble an
army to oppose him.
Starkiller: An army?
Darth Vader: Yes. An alliance of rebels and dissidents. When these rebels have
distracted the Emperor and his spies, we will strike.
Starkiller: Where should I start?
Darth Vader: Your destiny is now your own. Sever all ties to your past. No one
must know that you still serve me. Now go. And remember that the Dark Side is
always with you.
[Darth Vader’s form dissipates and reveals Proxy. Proxy is visibly shaken up
from being Vader.]
Starkiller: Proxy?
Proxy: Ah, master. I am pleased to see that you are not dead! I was afraid that
I wouldn’t be able to kill you myself.
Starkiller: I’m sure you’ll get your chance, once we get out of here…
Proxy: Yes, but before I kill you, I am to do everything I can to help you
vanish. Should I ready the Rogue Shadow for launch?
Starkiller: Yeah, you go ahead. I’ll meet you there.
[Proxy leaves.]
Proxy: Master, I’ve accessed the ship’s main computer.
Starkiller: Where’s Juno?
Proxy: Ah yes, the pilot. She’s still aboard the ship I believe, in a holding
cell. Captain Eclipse has been accused of treason, and Lord Vader gave explicit
instructions to sever all ties to your past. You aren’t planning to rescue her
are you?
Starkiller: I… I don’t know yet, Proxy. Just get the ship ready for launch.
Proxy: As you wish, Master.
[Starkiller escapes the containment cell.]
Empirical Captain: Alert! Specimen containment field in sector 10 has
malfunctioned. Nearby squads are ordered to investigate.
[Starkiller leaves the medical room.]
Stormtrooper: Check out that noise! I think Lord Vader’s experiment just got
loose…
[Going down the hall, Starkiller enters the next room.]
Empirical Captain: Security breach in sector nine! Subject 1138 has escaped!
Set blasters to kill!
Stormtrooper: Forget the specimens! We’ve got to get out of here!
[Starkiller clears the specimen room, then enters the next hallway.]
Empirical Captain: Alert! Ship navigation systems have malfunctioned! Repeat,
ship navigation systems have malfunctioned!
Starkiller: Proxy, what did you just do?
Proxy: I’ve set the Empirical on a collision with a nearby star.
Starkiller: You what?!
Proxy: It seemed like the quickest way to wipe out all witnesses. Lord Vader
did clearly specify that no one must know of your existence…
Starkiller: I knew you were still trying to kill me…
Proxy: No, No. Not yet, anyway. You should have plenty of time to reach the
ship before it hits that star.
[Down a few more corridors, Starkiller approaches the escape pod room.]
Empirical Captain: Empirical security systems are off-line! All crew members
are advised to secure escape pods!
Stormtrooper 1: Get to the escape pods!
Stormtrooper 2: They aren’t accepting our security codes!
Stormtrooper 1: Never mind. We got a bigger problem… blast him!
[Starkiller enters the escape pod room.]
Stormtrooper 3: Did you enter the code correctly? Try it again!
Stormtrooper 4: I’ve tried twice. It’s not working.
Stormtrooper 3: Try again!
[After clearing this room, Starkiller enters the next hall.]
Empirical Captain: All escape pods have been jettisoned. Empty. Uh… await…
um… await further orders.
Stormtrooper: Oh, that’s not good.
Starkiller: Proxy? Did you launch the pods?
Proxy: Of course, master. It pays to be thorough.
[Starkiller defeats the Purge Trooper and approaches the door to the bridge.]
Proxy: Master, hurry. We’re rapidly approaching the sun.
[The door is opened and Starkiller enters.]
Starkiller: Juno!
Stormtrooper: The traitor dies with the rest of us! Don’t let him reach her!
Juno: Vader said you were dead… But you came back…
[Starkiller helps Juno up.]
Juno: I’ve been branded a traitor to the Empire.
Starkiller: It doesn’t matter. I don’t care about any of that. I’m leaving the
Empire behind.
Mission Five – Cloud City [ch05]
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[The Rogue Shadow is seen escaping before the Empirical inevitably explodes.]
Juno: No sign of any pursuit. We’re already light years away from any Imperial
forces.
Starkiller: Then what’s wrong?
Juno: We have the entire galaxy in front of us. And yet, for the first time in
my life, I don’t know where to go… I hope you have a plan.
Starkiller: We need to rally the Emperor’s enemies. And I need to find someone
who can teach me the things that Vader couldn’t…
Juno: Sounds like we’re still hunting Jedi.
Starkiller: And I know one that might still be alive.
Juno: General Kota?
Starkiller: Yes. When I fought him, he said he’d be part of my future. Well,
let’s hope he was right. Head to Nar Shaddaa.
[The scene shifts to Kashyyyk, now under heavy Imperial occupation. A shuttle
lands in front of a legion of Stormtroopers and an Imperial officer. An escort
of the Emperor’s guards are followed by Princess Leia and the astromech droid,
R2-D2.]
Ozzik Sturn: Princess Leia. It’s an honor to have a senatorial observer…
Leia: You can drop the charade, Captain Sturn. You and I both know I was sent
here as a hostage to keep my father from speaking out against the Empire.
Ozzik Sturn: Then we both understand the situation, Senator. If your father
keeps his mouth shut, I’ll keep you out of harm’s way. If not… you’ll become
the unfortunate victim of a Wookie uprising.
[A group of Wookies are shown, being led in chains by Imperials.]
Ozzik Sturn: These slaves are mindless brutes, you know.
Leia: Show me to my quarters
Ozzik Sturn: As you wish, Princess.
[The scene shifts to a bar on Cloud City. Starkiller approaches a familiar old
man with bandages over his eyes.]
Starkiller: General Kota?
Kota: I’ve paid for this table. So whoever you are, get lost.
Starkiller: I’ve tracked you across the galaxy, from Nar Shaddaa to Ziost.
Kota: What are you? A bounty hunter?
Starkiller: Not exactly, but I think we can help each other, Jedi.
Kota: I’m no Jedi now. Not since… this.
[Kota makes a gesture to his eyes.]
Starkiller: I don’t need your eyes, just your mind. And everything you know
about fighting the Empire.
Kota: Nobody fights the Empire and wins, boy.
[Stormtrooper’s voices are heard from behind. Starkiller turns around.]
Starkiller: You’d better hope you’re wrong about that, General.
[Stormtroopers begin to approach them. Starkiller ignites his Lightsaber, now
blue.]
Starkiller: Juno, we’re going to need a pick up outside the vapor room. Right.
Now.
Juno: I’m on my way.
[Starkiller and Kota make their way from the bar and through Cloud City.]
Kota: Are you giving up already?
[They leave the bar area.]
Kota: This is crazy… A blind man and a fool, against the Empire…
[Shortly after that, Starkiller and Genera Kota reach a large platform.]
Juno: We have a problem here… Imperials are everywhere.
Starkiller: Where can you set down?
Juno: There’s a dock on the adjacent platform.
Starkiller: We’re on our way.
[After dealing with more Imperials, Starkiller and the General cross walkways,
heading toward the next platform.]
Starkiller: General, can’t you move any faster?
Kota: I prefer to walk to my death. Your ship better be around here
somewhere…
[They finally reach the platform.]
Kota: Looks like you’ve angered the locals…
[Starkiller escorts Kota to the Rogue Shadow. They prepare to board.]
Kota: It’s a fool’s errand, boy. The Empire’s army is infinite. You’ll
eventually be killed… or worse. And nothing will have changed.
Starkiller: Wouldn’t you rather die on your feet than drown in some cantina?
Kota: I don’t know. But I do have a contact in the Senate who could use your
Lightsaber. Where’s your ship?
Mission Six – Imperial Kashyyyk [ch06]
——————————-
[Starkiller enters the cockpit of the Rogue Shadow and trips the sleeping Kota
to abruptly wake him up.]
Starkiller: I was beginning to worry that you had died in your sleep.
Kota: I’m starting to wish that I had.
Juno: We’ve reached Kashyyyk. I still think this mission is too dangerous. The
planet is completely controlled by the Empire.
Starkiller: Your contact had better be reliable…
Kota: I trust him. He smuggled me to Cloud City, and he’s an old ally to the
Jedi Order. But all you need to know is that there’s very valuable to him down
there. You get it, and maybe he’ll agree to help you fight the Empire.
Starkiller: Get… get what?
Kota: Patience, boy.
Starkiller: Have we been spotted?
Juno: No. The clocking device is fully functional
Starkiller: Then take us down.
[The Rogue Shadow drops off Starkiller on the surface and the mission begins.]
Starkiller: So what am I looking for, General?
Kota: You’ll know when you see it.
[Starkiller approaches a familiar looking hut.]
Starkiller: Kota… I… I think I found something.
Kota: What?
Starkiller: Just an old hut but… it feels… familiar. I feel… I feel great
darkness here. And sadness.
Kota: Turn away. Get on with your mission, there are some things you aren’t
ready to face.
Starkiller: What’s inside?
Kota: How should I know? My link to the Force has been cut. But if you go
inside, you’ll face whatever’s in there alone.
[Starkiller looks around the dark hut. He senses an ominous presence and
ignited his Lightsaber. A ghostly apparition appears.]
Kento: I never wanted this for you. I never wanted any of this for you… I’m
sorry, son.
[The ghost vanishes.]
Starkiller: Wait! Father! No!
[After that, Starkiller is back outside the hut again.]
Juno: Juno to Starkiller. Are you alright? We lost contact with you for a
moment…
Starkiller: I’m… I’m fine, Juno. I’m just a little bit turned around.
Juno: Well, I’m picking up a major Imperial facility right in front of you.
Whatever you’re looking for is likely to be inside…
[Entering the facility, Starkiller makes his way through the area.]
Proxy: Master, there’s a communications tower nearby. Destroy it, and you’ll
cut off Imperial transmissions in this system.
[As advised, Starkiller disables a device on the comm tower.]
Proxy: That’s strange… The signal is faint, but I can still read it. There
must be a backup generator somewhere.
[Starkiller reaches a small, trophy like room in the facility.]
Proxy: Master, Imperial records indicate that you are in the personal quarters
of Captain Ozzik Sturn. Disciplinary reports show that he was re-assigned to
Kashyyyk, due to his… extracurricular activities.
[Starkiller enters the next room and encounters a young woman in white.]
Leia: I should have expected the Emperor would send an assassin. It’s a
coward’s tactic.
Starkiller: I do not serve the Emperor. I’m here with Master Kota–
Leia: Master Kota is dead. Killed above Nar Shaddaa. My father–
Starkiller: Your father? He’s Kota’s contact… How long has your father been
feeding Kota information about Imperial targets?
Leia: How do you know–?
Starkiller: Because Master Kota survived! And he was sent to find you. Let’s
go.
Leia: I cannot leave while this planet is still enslaved. If you are truly a
Jedi, then you will destroy that.
[Princess Leia points to a structure in the distance.]
Leia: Once that skyhook is complete, the Empire will start shuttling Wookie
slaves into space. Entire villages will be taken off-world in a matter of days.
Starkiller: The Empire will just rebuild it.
Leia: Eventually, maybe. But you will give the Wookies a chance to disappear.
You can take that lift down to the forest floor. It will be crawling with
Imperials.
Starkiller: What about you?
Leia: Is there still an Imperial transport on the landing platform?
Starkiller: Yes, but I think the pilot may be dead.
Leia: And what makes you think I need a pilot?
[Starkiller finds himself on the forest floor, leading to the next Imperial
facility.]
Starkiller: Juno, I found what we’re looking for.
Juno: Excellent. I can be at the drop off point in–
Starkiller: Wait, I have to disable the Skyhook before we leave.
Juno: I don’t suppose I can talk you out of that?
Starkiller: Probably not.
Juno: Right, well… I’ll see what I can do from here.
[Starkiller walks down the first path going away from Sturn’s quarters.]
Juno: Be careful. I’m picking up Imperial chatter. You’ve got snipers in the
nests above you.
[After dealing with many Imperials, Starkiller enters the prison facility.]
Ozzik Sturn: Attention, intruder! This is Captain Ozzik Sturn, and you, my
friend are in violation of quite a few Imperial codes… But I’m guessing you
don’t care. I should like to arrange a personal meeting… if you’re game…
Kota: Captain Sturn? Be careful, Sturn’s a madman. I’m surprised they gave him
another command post after that nasty business on Malastare.
Starkiller: Give me the history lessons later, General.
[Starkiller clears the facility and approaches the Skyhook.]
Starkiller: Uh, Juno, I’m going to need a little help here.
Juno: Just a moment… Proxy is accessing the schematics now…
Proxy: Master, if you can disrupt that tractor beam, the shockwave might be
enough to destroy the skyhook. I would start by disabling the traction hooks.
But I should warn you, it will be… violent.
Ozzik Sturn: Well, now, this is a surprise… A Jedi. I always hoped to be able
to hunt one of your kind.
[Starkiller disables one Skyhook pin.]
Kota: Nice work.
Proxy: That’s it! Just a few more, master!
[A second Skyhook pin is disabled. An energy field in the structure fades and
a specially equipped AT-ST lumbers out.]
Ozzik Sturn: Are you ready Jedi? I’m tired of hunting these filthy Wookies.
[Starkiller decimates the AT-ST and delivers the killing blow.]
Ozzik Sturn: Wait! Let’s be civil-AAGH!
[Starkiller continues to disable all but one of the Skyhook pins.]
Juno: You’re overloading the tractor beam… Just one more power surge, and the
Skyhook should be finished!
[Starkiller disables the last pin and the Skyhook falls. The Wookies rejoice
and the mission ends.]
Mission Seven – Imperial Felucia [ch07]
——————————–
[The scene shifts to back onboard the Rogue Shadow.]
Starkiller: Who was she?
Kota: Princess Leia Organa. Her father is Bail Organa. My contact in the
Senate.
Starkiller: I want to talk to him.
Kota: You can’t.
Starkiller: I just rescued his daughter on a planet overrun by Stormtroopers!
Kota: You can’t talk to him because I can’t find him! He’s gone missing, boy!
Starkiller: What? When?
Kota: Bail tried to recruit me to rescue Leia. I refused, and he went in search
of another Jedi… Master Shaak Ti. I warned him it would be too dangerous but
the fool went after her anyway, alone… And vanished as soon as he landed on–
Starkiller: Felucia…
Kota: The force *is* strong in you, my boy, to be able to sense my thoughts.
Starkiller: You’re just easy to read, old man.
Kota: Then you should already know our next mission: We’re going to Felucia, to
rescue Senator Organa.
[The scene shifts to Felucia. Senator Organa sits alone as Maris Brood drops
a foreign slab of food in front of him.]
Maris: Eat up, Senator.
Bail: Why are you keeping me here, Maris? Your master would be disgusted with
you.
Maris: You’re something to trade if Darth Vader finds me. Now shut up and eat.
And if you’re thinking about escaping, just remember that my new pet is very
hungry.
[The Rogue Shadow drops Starkiller off, and the mission starts. After fighting
through various valleys, Starkiller approaches a giant chasm where a great deal
of Imperial construction is going on around a Sarlaac pit.]
Juno: Oh… How could they?
Starkiller: Juno… are you seeing this?
Juno: Yes, I have a visual… What could possibly possess the Empire to do such
a thing?
Starkiller: They don’t need a reason, but I’d wager that they’re pursuing the
last of the Felucians.
Proxy: Master, Imperial schematics show that the central lift is powered by
generators located on each of the crane platforms. Power up those generators,
and the lift will be back online.
[Starkiller activates one such generator, then crosses the chasm toward another
one.]
Starkiller: Juno, I sense… I can feel the creature’s suffering.
Juno: It’s horrible. Is there any way you can… lessen the creature’s pain?
Can you destroy those cranes that are holding it down, perhaps?
Starkiller: I can try.
Juno: Thank you.
[With the three generators online, Starkiller takes the lift into the Sarlaac’s
stomach.]
Juno: Are yo- –ere? — you —right? –‘ve lost you — —scan—- I — not
read— , ease resp—- — —-‘s not good.
Starkiller: Perfect. Juno, can you hear me?
[Starkiller proceeds down one tunnel of the Sarlaac’s innards.]
Stormtrooper: Quickly men, get those lights turned back on before –AUUUUWAGGH!
[A Stormtrooper rushes Starkiller, but is suddenly sucked into an opening of
the Sarlaac. Starkiller enters the next open area.]
Juno: You —– — stay awa- —- — —– digest —– —– — — — very
danger—-
[Starkiller goes even further into the Sarlaac.]
Juno: – —-hear me? – –peat, — —- me?
[Starkiller is expelled from the Sarlaac’s insides.]
Juno: Are you there? I repeat, do you copy?
Starkiller: I’m here, Juno.
Juno: Oh thank- Are you all right? Are you hurt?
Starkiller: I’ll live.
Juno: Good… your signal looks strong again. But I’m picking up more lifesigns
headed your way.
[Starkiller ascends a hill and approaches another small, open area.]
Juno: Any sign of Senator Organa?
Starkiller: Not yet, but he’s close… I can feel it.
[Starkiller finds the Rancor graveyard, as well as the Senator.]
Starkiller: Senator Organa. Master Kota has sent me to rescue you.
Bail: Hah. I knew he couldn’t stay out of the fight for long. But, I thought
he’d be angry at me for ignoring his advice.
Starkiller: Oh, he’s angry. But I think he wants to yell at you in person.
Bail: Hurry. Shaak Ti’s apprentice has gone mad…
Starkiller: This whole planet has gone insane.
Maris: Oh we’re not crazy…
[Starkiller ignites his Lightsaber as Maris Brood approaches, wielding two
modified Lightsabers.]
Maris: We’ve just embraced the power of the Dark Side.
Starkiller: Stand aside, Girl. Don’t make me hurt you.
Maris: Hah. You won’t. He won’t let you.
[From out of the mist, a giant gray rancor with protruding horns appears.
Starkiller fights and defeats it. In the pit left behind in the wake of the
Rancor’s defeat, Maris charges Starkiller. They fight, and again, Starkiller
emerges victorious.]
Maris: Okay, you’ve won. The Senator is yours. There’s no need to kill me now.
Starkiller: You’re a slave to the Dark Side. I’d be doing the galaxy a favor.
Maris: It’s not my fault. Shaak Ti abandoned me here. This planet is evil.
It corrupted me. But you… you can save me. Just let me get away from here and
I’ll turn my back on the Dark Side.
[Maris walks away without any hindrance.]
Bail: That one… She reminds me too much of another young Jedi who turned to
the Dark Side. You shouldn’t have let her go free.
Starkiller: You really think she’s free? She’ll carry the memories of what
she’s done here, forever.
[The mission ends.]
Mission Eight – Imperial Raxus Prime [ch08]
————————————
[Starkiller, Senator Organa, and Master Kota are gathered in front of a shuttle
on Felucia.]
Bail: Open rebellion is too dangerous, Master Kota. I know I owe you my life,
but…
Kota: You don’t owe me anything. I told you on Cloud City that I can’t help
you, not since I lost my sight. He’s your hero, and it’s his rebellion. Join
us because he’s asking you to.
Bail: You are the first to really fight the Empire. We’re not prepared to go to
war yet. We need weapons and starships, and people with the courage to use
them. I don’t know how many others will stand with us…
Starkiller: But surely you know some who will.
Bail: Well, yes. There are other senators who have spoken out against the
Emperor, but they will be hard to convince…
Kota: We just need to show them the Empire is vulnerable.
Starkiller: Let me meditate on that. I’m sure I’ll find the right target.
In the meantime, Senator, gather your friends. We’re going to need all the help
we can get.
[The scene shifts to the training room of the Rogue Shadow. Proxy stands before
Starkiller.]
Proxy: Master… he’s here…
[Proxy changes to Darth Vader.]
Starkiller: You have received my message?
Darth Vader: Yes. Your mission goes well, my apprentice.
Starkiller: I have recruited others to my cause. But, now I need your counsel.
My allies seek a major strike against the Empire.
Darth Vader: The Emperor rules the galaxy through fear. You must destroy a
symbol of that fear. The Empire is building Star Destroyers above Raxus Prime.
That shipyard is your next target.
Starkiller: Thank you, Lord Vader.
Darth Vader: There is much conflict in you. Your feelings for your new allies
are growing stronger. Do not forget that you still serve me.
[Darth Vader’s visage dissipates and Proxy stands in his place, almost
collapsing from the projection.]
Proxy: Ugh. I hate being him…
Starkiller: I think he does too.
Proxy: Master…
[Starkiller senses a presence behind him.]
Starkiller: Juno.
Juno: I came to find out where you wanted to go next. But it looks like you’ve
already been told.
Starkiller: Juno, this isn’t what it looks like.
Juno: Of course it is! You’re still loyal to Vader. After he branded me a
traitor and tried to kill you, you’re still his… his…
Starkiller: His slave.
Juno: Then why did you defy Vader to rescue me?
Starkiller: I needed someone to fly the ship.
Juno: We both know that’s not true. My being here has never been about my
piloting. Sometime soon, you will decide the fate of the Rebellion, not your
master. And When you are faced with that moment, just remember that I too was
forced to leave behind everything I’ve ever known. Please, don’t make me leave
another life behind.
[Juno walks away. The scene shifts to show the Rogue Shadow flying below a
large space station. The mission then begins.]
Juno: This is the closest I can get you. Once you find a way to the processing
plant, we can use the ore cannon to attack the shipyards directly.
[Starkiller leaves the site of a big battle with Rodians and Imperials.]
Juno: Eclipse to Starkiller… We have a small situation here.
Starkiller: Go ahead.
Juno: Proxy has left the ship. I have no idea why.
Starkiller: I do… I know why. Thanks for the advanced warning.
[He proceeds down a tunnel to a large valley with a downed Imperial dropship.]
Starkiller: Juno, I’ve reached an Imperial dropbase. Can you override the
hangar door?
Juno: I’ll try, but it might take me a moment.
Starkiller: Take your time. I got plenty to keep me busy here…
[After leaving the dropbase, Starkiller enters the ore facility.]
Juno: That tower is maintaining the alignment of the cannon. If you can destroy
it, maybe it will disrupt the firing pattern.
[Starkiller arrives at the central ring of the facility and encounters a
Shadow Guard. A battle begins, and after a while, the Shadow Guard sheds its
form to reveal Proxy.]
Proxy: My onboard tactical computer suggests that this is the best time to
attack. I am certain that I will finally fulfill my programming.
[Proxy assumes another form and the fight continues for a while.]
Starkiller: Shut down, Proxy. There is no one inside you that I haven’t already
defeated.
Proxy: Give me some credit, master. I have one module you’ve never seen. An
enemy I’ve stored for years.
[Proxy changes form to mimic that of one of Darth Sidious’ earliest
apprentices, Darth Maul. They duel and Starkiller eventually emerges the
victor. He leaves Proxy behind and ascends the lift to where the cannon is.]
[Starkiller electrifies all of the rail guns. The cannon fires and destroys
the space station. A Star Destroyer descends to Raxus Prime. The Star
Destroyer descends very close and a squadron of TIE Fighters swoop in on
Starkiller.]
Kota: What’s going on out there, boy?
Starkiller: One of the Star Destroyers is headed right for me. I’ve got to get
out of here.
Kota: You’ll never get clear in time! You need to pull it into the cannon.
Starkiller: What?! You’re insane! It’s massive!
Kota: You’re a Jedi, boy! Size means nothing to you. Reach out with the
Force and grab that ship, or you will die on this trash heap!
[Starkiller fends off the TIE Fighters.]
Kota: Reach out with the Force and grip that Destroyer!
[And again.]
Kota: Pull it out of the sky!
[Using The Force and his own great will and strength, Starkiller wrestles the
Star Destroyer to the ground. It comes down and toward him, forcing him to
jump to safety.]
Kota: You there, boy? Has the starship been destroyed? I repeat: has the
starship been destroyed? Respond. Boy?!?
Starkiller: Relax, General. I’m still here.
Kota: Good… Good. We’ll see you back at the ship.
[Some junk is overturned and Proxy appears from beneath it.]
Proxy: Master?
Starkiller: Proxy? Are you ok?
Proxy: Yes, I think so, but I think it may be best if you leave me here…
Starkiller: What are you talking about?
Proxy: The shockwave… it burned out portions of my processor of my primary
programming. I’m useless now…
Starkiller: Proxy… you’re not staying here. Come on.
Mission Nine – Death Star [ch09]
————————-
[The scene shifts to the Rogue Shadow.]
Darth Vader: Your actions on Raxus Prime have left the Emperor most…
displeased.
Starkiller: The Emperor’s enemies are still scared. I am just now earning their
trust. If I am ever discovered talking to you, if they even suspect my past…
all that will be destroyed.
Darth Vader: Do not wait too long to contact me.
[The image of Vader vanishes and Proxy, walks off, shaken up.]
Juno: Can you trust him?
Starkiller: Vader won’t risk my mission, even if he has doubts about me. Have
we arrived?
Juno: We’ve reached Corellia. They’re all h ere, Bail and his allies. You have
your Rebel Alliance. Now what are you going to do with it?
Starkiller: Just trust me, ok? I’m doing the right thing, for both of us.
[The scene shifts to Corellia, where within a small temple battered by the
harsh snow, a group of Rebels gather. They include Bail Organa, Princess Leia,
Mon Mothma, and Garm Bel Iblis, as well as Starkiller.]
Bail: We agree that the time for diplomacy and politics has passed. It is time
for action. If you’re willing to lead us, then we’ll join your alliance.
Kota: As will I.
[Kota appears and approaches the group, sporting a new set of transplanted
eyes.]
Starkiller: I thought you were passed out in the cargo hold.
Kota: I finally came to.
Bail: It is settled then. My wealth will fund the Rebellion, while Garm
provides our fleet, and Mon Mothma our soldiers. And with you leading us, we
have the power of the Force on our side. Therefore let this be an official
declaration of rebellion! Today, we all vow to change the galaxy, and one day
the galaxy will indeed be free.
[There is a sudden explosion that shakes the temple.]
Starkiller: No…
[An entire fleet of Imperial starships are seen overhead. Suddenly, the door
to the temple bursts open and a squad of Snowtroopers storm in and begin
firing.]
Bail: Proxy! Cut transmission
[Proxy sheds the appearance of Princess Leia. Darth Vader appears.]
Darth Vader: Take them alive. The Emperor wants to execute them personally.
[Master Kota ignites his Lightsaber and charges Vader, but Vader uses Choke and
throws him aside. Snowtroopers surround the Rebels.]
Darth Vader: You have done well, my apprentice.
[Surprised, Senator Organa sneers at Starkiller. Darth Vader uses the Force and
throws the stone table at Starkiller, violently propelling his body outside the
temple, into the snow.]
Starkiller: YOU AGREED TO STAY AWAY!
Darth Vader: I lied, as I have from the very beginning.
[Darth Vader uses Force Choke on Starkiller.]
Starkiller: You never planned to destroy the Emperor.
Darth Vader: Not with you, no.
[He throws Starkiller back, almost causing him to fall off the cliff, but
Starkiller hangs onto the ledge.]
Starkiller: Without me, you’ll never be free.
[Obi-Wan Kenobi appears and attacks Vader, but the Dark Lord parries the attack
and stabs him through the chest. Proxy’s illusion fades and he falls to the
ground, deactivated. Darth Vader looks back to the cliff. Starkiller is gone.]
[The scene shifts to the bottom of the cliff. The Rogue Shadow is seen landing
near Starkiller’s body. The scene quickly shifts again to the cockpit.]
Starkiller: They’re gone… Vader took them all… to the Emperor.
Juno: I don’t understand. Then why would Vader allow us to attack so many
Imperial targets?
Starkiller: To sell the deception. Credits, starships, Imperial lives–they’re
all meaningless to Vader. Vader needed me to find the Emperor’s enemies, no
matter the cost. And I did just what he wanted…
Juno: Yes you did. But now, the fate of your alliance rests only with you. What
are you going to do?
Starkiller: We’re going after Vader, and the Rebels.
[Starkiller lays back and relaxes. Objects in the cockpit begin to levitate
around him.]
Juno: What are you doing?
Starkiller: Meditating. Jedi can sometimes see visions of the future.
Juno: Have you done this before?
Starkiller: Never been a Jedi before.
[Starkiller concentrates deeply for a while.]
Starkiller: No.. No! Kota!
Juno: What? What did you see?
Starkiller: A massive… space station.
[The scene shifts to the Death Star, nearing completion. The Rogue Shadow flies
within and stops amidst a collection of pipes and pillars. Starkiller and Juno
stand on the loading ramp.]
Starkiller: Keep the ship cloaked and wait beyond scanner range.
Juno: I have a really bad feeling about this…
Starkiller: Well then maybe we’re doing something right.
Juno: Am I going to see you again?
Starkiller: If I can free the Rebels, they’ll need extraction.
[Starkiller turns to Juno.]
Starkiller: Probably not, no.
Juno: Then I’ll never need to live this down.
[Juno embraces Starkiller and they kiss.]
Starkiller: Goodbye, Juno.
[Starkiller lets himself fall backwards off the ramp and plummets into the
bowels of the Death Star. The mission begins.]
[After fending off a horde of Imperial opponents. Starkiller enters the laser
tube of the Death Star.]
Starkiller: I’m inside.
Juno: Be careful. I can see the beam cycling in regular intervals. You’ll want
to find cover whenever it fires…
[Starkiller traverses the first few passages.]
Juno: Imperial comm chatter is overloading the scanners… They’re fortifying
all positions to try to keep you out.
Starkiller: Let them try…
[He enters the next passage.]
Stormtrooper 1: Plug that one in on the left. No, my left.
Stormtrooper 2: Got it. Any sign of him?
Stormtrooper 3: Not yet, but the moment he sticks his head out, we’re going to
vaporize him.
[Starkiller enters the next area.]
Imperial Officer: Seal the bulkhead doors!
Stormtrooper: Careful men, TK-331 was vaporized by these compressors yesterday.
[Starkiller enters the tube again, approaching some large spinning rings.]
Juno: You’re in an amplification chamber. There should be a pair of spinning
conductors that amplify the beam as it passes through the area. This station’s
laser… it is more powerful than anything the Empire has built before.
[Starkiller enters a very large chamber with many beams channeling into one
dish.]
Starkiller: Juno, where am I?
Juno: Some sort of convergence array. According to my schematics, there are
seven others just like it spread around the stations dish. The firing tube you
were in is just one of sixty-four, all being directed into a single, massive
beam. I can’t even imagine what the Empire could do with this sort of power.
You must find a way onto that central platform. The Emperor’s observation dome
is just beyond it. The schematics show a series of graviton beams in that
chamber. Can you find a way to activate them?
[After some considerable work, Starkiller opens the door leading to the
observation dome.]
Starkiller: Juno… I’m close. I can sense Vader nearby.
Yes. The Emperor’s observation dome should be just beyond that lift.
Starkiller: …I’m ready.
Juno: Then may the Force be with you.
[Meanwhile, the Emperor confronts his captives with Darth Vader watching.]
The Emperor: You are all traitors to the Empire. You will be interrogated.
Tortured. You *will* give me the names of your friends and allies. And then
you will die.
Bail: Our deaths will only rally others.
The Emperor: Your very public and painful executions will serve as an example
to the rest of the galaxy.
[An alarm goes off.]
Kota: There may be a rebellion yet.
[A display screen shows a holographic image of Starkiller approaching the
observation dome.]
The Emperor: Lord Vader, deal with the boy.
[Starkiller runs down a corridor. The doors at the other end open and Darth
Vader steps out.]
Darth Vader: I’ve trained you well, but you still have much to learn.
Starkiller: You have nothing left to teach me.
[The fight begins. After some time, Vader pushes Starkiller back, and retreats
into the previous chamber. The fight resumes in there. Starkiller eventually
emerges victorious and completely decimates Vader, destroying parts of his
armor in the process and knocking him into the Emperor’s chamber.]
The Emperor: Yes! Kill him! He was weak, broken! Kill him and you can take your
rightful place at my side.
[Kota uses the Force to grab the Emperor’s Lightsaber.]
Kota: No!
[Before he can strike, The Emperor fights back with Force Lightning, unleashing
a powerful wave of it on Kota who falls down, helpless.]
Bail: Help him!
[Starkiller sees Kota in pain, then looks down to the ledge below where Vader
lays. Starkiller appears unsure.]
Jedi Ending
———–
[After a grueling fight, The Emperor appears beaten. Starkiller stands over
him, ready to deal the finishing blow.]
The Emperor: You were destined to destroy me. Do it! Give in to your hatred!
[Starkiller ignites his Lightsaber.]
Kota: He’s beaten. Let it go….
Starkiller: It’s a trick! He’s more powerful than you know. And he deserves to
die for what he’s done to me.
Kota: Maybe so. But, if you kill him now, out of hatred, then you will be right
back where you started.
[Hesitating, Starkiller finally agrees and stands down.]
Starkiller: Get Bail and the others out of here. I’ll be right behind you.
[The Emperor sneers and unleashes a sudden volley of Force Lightning at Kota.
Starkiller immediately stands in and resists it.]
Starkiller: Go! Hurry! Protect the Senators!
[Kota recovers, and he and the Senators flee, as the Rogue Shadow is seen just
outside. A group of Stormtroopers and Darth Vader approach. Meanwhile,
Starkiller presses harder against the Emperor’s lightning.]
Starkiller: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOAGGGH!
[There is a big explosion. The Rogue Shadow is seen flying away from the Death
Star where a small fiery explosion has been created in it’s crater. Inside the
Emperor’s observation dome, Darth Vader walks over to Starkiller’s motionless
body.]
Darth Vader: He is dead.
The Emperor: Then he is now more powerful than ever. He was meant to root out
the Rebels. His sacrifice will only inspire them.
Darth Vader: But now we know who they are. I will hunt them down and destroy
them, as you always intended, master.
The Emperor: You must be relentless, Lord Vader. If even a single Rebel
survives, this alliance that we have unwittingly created will be our undoing.
[The scene shifts to Kashyyyk. The Senators have gathered for a nighttime
meeting.]
Bail: Are we ready to finish what he started? Then at last, the Rebel Alliance
is born. Here, tonight.
Leia: We need a flag to rally behind. A symbol… A symbol of hope.
[Leia wipes dust off the table, revealing the Kento and Starkiller’s family
symbol, which later becomes the symbol of the Rebel Alliance. Meanwhile, Juno
gazes out at the night sky. Kota approaches her.]
Kota: He’s at last one with the Force.
Juno: You always knew who he was, didn’t you?
Kota: I suspected, yes.
Juno: Then why did you help him? After all the things he had done?
Kota: When he came to me in the bar, among all his dark thoughts, I glimpsed
one bright spot. One beautiful thing he held onto, even at the end.
Juno: What?
Kota: You.
[The camera pans up into the sky slowly, then the screen goes black and the
credits roll.]
THE END
Sith Ending
———–
[Starkiller pursues Vader and overwhelms him, killing him. He jumps back up to
the platform above, where a weakened Kota is zapped again by the Emperor.]
The Emperor: Excellent. Lord Vader was a broken shadow of his former self. I
knew that one day, you would replace him. You have just one final test. Destroy
your ties to the Jedi, and at last you will be a Sith Lord.
[Starkiller turns to Kota. He ignites his Lightsaber as Kota, disoriented,
looks about him. Starkiller hesitates and finally turns his Lightsaber on the
Emperor instead. The Emperor, expecting this, blocks it with his own.]
The Emperor: You have betrayed your masters and your allies both. I knew that
one day you would betray me too. And now you have doomed yourself and your
friends.
[The Emperor wins the lock and pushes Starkiller outside the window. There he
finds the dead body of Senator Organa. The Rogue Shadow begins to descend above
him.]
Starkiller: No… No!
[The Emperor sees the Rogue Shadow and using the Force, he plunges it down on
top of Starkiller.]
Starkiller: AAAAAAAAAAAAGGHHH!
[The scene shifts to a strange room. A transformed Starkiller, now with pale
skin and most of his body replaced my metallic prosthetics and armor, is lifted
on a medical bed.]
The Emperor: You had such promise. You could have been my successor, my equal.
But now… But, I may still have some small use for you. I still have enemies
to find and destroy. You will do my bidding until I find a new apprentice. And
then, like Vader, you will be cast aside. Finish him.
[The camera switches to Starkiller’s view through the visor in his helmet. As
the Emperor walks away, a pair of droids begin poking and prodding his body. He
lets out an inhuman groan as the screen fades to black.]
THE END
