A/N: This was originally part of "Vader's Empire". I highly recommend that you at least read the prologue of that to understand what'll be going on in this AU.

These flashback chapters once appeared every other chapter in "Vader's Empire". However, I've decided to separate them, a main reason being that Part 1 of "Vader's Empire" is nearly complete and there's not nearly enough room for all the backstory ideas I have.

So, this "story" will mostly consist of separate stories (not in chronological order) that take up anywhere from one to four chapters. They are all set before "Vader's Empire", and after the "death" of Anakin.

They will mostly be very short at first, since they made up ~2/3 of the original chapters in "Vader's Empire". I'm not sure if they'll get longer later; I might just decide to keep them this length.

Anyways: Disclaimer stuff... Star Wars is Disney's... And the following scene is mostly taken from The Force Unleashed game, presumably owned by LucasArts? I'm not actually sure *_*

8 years ago

Darth Vader strode out of the shuttle, black cloak billowing out behind him and shadowy hood obscuring his face, with dramatic imperial march music playing in the background... er... nevermind. His destination was clear: the spies had located another Jedi on this planet of Kashyyyk. He could sense their location in the Force. He ignored a random Imperial officer's reports on the war on Kashyyyk, telling him he didn't care about the officer's failures and that he was here on a different matter, Force-choking the man to emphasize his point.

Before long, he reached a shabby hut of a house. The Jedi stepped out to meet him. They fought; the Jedi was disappointingly weak. Then what is that bright presence I sense? He wondered.

The Jedi was nearly finished now. Vader slammed him around with the Force effortlessly, ending with the Jedi flying into his own house.

"I sense someone far more powerful than you nearby. Where is your master?" The Dark Lord demanded, Force choking him.

"The Dark Side has clouded your mind, traitor. You killed my master years ago!" He gasped out.

"Then now you will share his fate!" He raised his sabre, ready to make the final strike...

When he suddenly found himself empty handed, the sabre snatched out of his hand with the Force. He looked behind him. "A son," he realized aloud.

The boy, who seemed around the age of 10, raised the sabre threateningly. "Let my father go!"

"No, Galen!" The older Marek yelled, "Run!"

They were his last words. His distraction cost him, and Vader snapped his neck with the Force, letting the body crumple to the ground.

"No!" The boy yelled, swinging the stolen sabre at the Sith.

Just then, the Imperial officer from earlier arrived on the scene with a few stormtroopers. Seeing Lord Vader in "danger", he motioned for his men to fire on the boy.

Surprisingly, the boy-Galen-managed to block most of the blaster shots, before Vader decided that was enough and Force-pushed the stormtroopers to the ground. He took back his lightsaber with the Force, and killed them all-he wanted no witnesses. No one will know about this boy, so powerful in the Force... Starkiller. He will be known as Starkiller, and he will assist me in taking down the Emperor...