Warrior Soul Reborn.
Starkiller, apprentice, assassin, jedi. This young force wielder has been called many things in his young life. But his real name is Galen Marek. To say Galen's life has been hard would be a drastic understatement. His life has been real hell, with only a few parts to help lift his spirit. But to understand that, we need to go back to the very beginning of his life.
Born on the Wookiee home planet of Kashyyyk as the sole offspring of two Jedi Knights, Mallie and Kento Marek, who deserted the Jedi Order during the Clone Wars. At some point after building their home on Kashyyyk, Mallie gave birth to a son, Galen. Not long afterward, Mallie fought a group of Trandoshan slavers in defense of the Wookiees and to protect her family. Sadly she died in the battle and never lived to see her son grow.
Her subsequent death forced Kento to raise their only son on his own. They did have a rather good life... but it all changed when the Sith Lord, Darth Vader, arrived on the planet along with a massive invasion fleet. After carving his way through the wookie army, Vader found his target: Kento Marek.
Kento bravely fought against Vader, but was ultimately no match for the powerful sith lord and was killed right in front of a young Galen.
But in a twist of fate, Vader abducted the younger Marek shortly after he killed the boy's father and a squad of stormtroopers in order to keep Galen's existence a secret. Despite his outward loyalty to Palpatine, Vader harbored much hatred toward his Sith Master and intended to overthrow him with Marek as his secret apprentice. As such, he endeavored to teach the ways of the dark side of the Force to his new disciple, whom he first controlled through fear before training Marek to harness his anger and other base emotions.
Galen would train under Vader for several years. When he was finally ready, Vader sent him out to hunt down and kill any jedi who had survived order 66.
Before his first mission. Galen would meet his new pilot. A young woman named Juno Eclipse, who he later would develope romantic feelings for. But that is a story for another time.
Galen was successful with killing some notable jedis. But his life would take a drastic turn when Darth Sidious discovered his existence and ordered Vader to kill him.
While Galen was unconscious, his body was collected from the vacuum by Vader's droids and brought to the Dark Lord's science vessel, the Empirical. While Starkiller's body was rebuilt, he remained unconscious, believing himself dead as he experienced a multitude of visions and memories. When he finally awoke, he was relieved for the end of the visions, but he screamed when he realized the nature of his circumstances; he was restrained on a laboratory table, with Darth Vader standing above him. Galen accused Vader of trying to kill him, but Vader told him that his "execution" was Palpatine's demand, which forced the Sith Lord's hand.
Darth Vader elaborated that with Palpatine's spies watching his every move, he needed a distraction to divert attention away from him. While the laboratory droids provided him with a new lightsaber, Galen suggested an assassination, though Vader dismissed it, as no single act of that kind would gain Palpatine's notice. Instead, Vader made clear that Galen would have to raise an army to oppose the Emperor; an alliance of rebels and dissidents. Vader gave Galen free rein in how to pursue his objective, leaving only the order that he was to sever all ties to his past.
While Galen was successful in gathering the emperor's enemies, including General Kota, a jedi master he was ment to kill, they were just about to create the rebellion, the mountaintop temple ruin they were using as their meeting place was attacked by the Imperial Military. Darth Vader marched into the chamber, ordering his troopers to take the Rebels alive for personal execution by the Emperor. Kota drew his lightsaber and rushed Vader, but the Sith Lord simply caught him in a telekinetic stranglehold and tossed him aside. With Kota disabled and the Rebels surrounded by snowtroopers, Vader advanced on Starkiller, complimenting his pupil's performance and revealing his status as the Dark Lord's secret apprentice to the shocked Rebels. Vader then cast the stone table at the center of the chamber at Galen, driving him outside into the snow. Galen managed to survive, thankful that his reconstruction on the Empirical had drastically increased his physical endurance. Attempting to regain his feet, Starkiller angrily questioned Vader for interfering as the Sith Lord had agreed to stay away. Vader revealed that he had lied, and not just about Starkiller's "mission," but from the very beginning.
Galen quickly deduced that the "very beginning" referred to the start of his apprenticeship, and thus he realized that his entire life had been a sham, and that Vader never intended to destroy the Emperor. Darth Vader confirmed this, though he added that he didn't intend to dethrone the Emperor with Galen specifically. Falling down a cliff, Galen was left to die on the snow planet, but was saved by Juno.
Infuriated by these repeating betrayals, Galen rejected the Sith all together, reclaiming his birth name and reformed himself as a jedi. With Juno's help, Galen located the Death Star, where he would find Vader and the Reble leaders.
After a loving kiss with Juno, Galen fought his way through the Death Star, where he finally faced and defeated Vader. But once again Galen was in for another shock as he found out that Sidious had ordered Galen's abduction, for the soul reason of replacing Vader as Sidious' sith apprentice.
Enraged by finding out that Sidious was the one responsible for all the suffering he had gone through, Galen attacked the emperor and at some point managed to get the upper hand. But before he could kill the evil tyrant, Kota reminded him about the jedi way and Galen spared Sidious life.
This proved to be a mistake as Sidious was not even close to being defeated. The Emperor got to his feet and fired a blast of lightning into the Jedi Master's back. Without hesitation, Galen immediately stepped into the stream, taking the full brunt of it himself. Overcoming the pain just enough to absorb and gather the energy, Galen advanced on Sidious as the two remained locked in the chain of lightning. With no other option left, Galen grabbed the Emperor's shoulders and redirected the lightning into the Dark Lord, causing Sidious to share in the agonizing pain of his own power. Driven by concern for his friends, Galen embraced the Force completely and released all of the pent up energy, resulting in a massive shock wave... and that was the last Galen ever saw before everything went black.
This should have been the end of Galen Marek. But destiny had other ideas.
Right now, Galen felt like he was floating, floating in the force. He wondered if this is how it felt to become one with the force. But then he heard a voice.
"Galen... my son... your death has not arrived just yet" Galen looked around until he saw a familiar man walk up to him "You still have your own destiny to fulfill".
"Father!?" Galen said in shock.
Kento smiled at him "It's good to see you again, my son".
"Where are we?" Galen asked as he looked around.
"This is the realm between worlds. I brought you here just before your death so you could have a new chance at life" Kento explained.
"I don't understand" Galen admited.
"When I became one with the force, I discovered our galaxy was not the only one in need of light" Kento said before motioning for Galen to look down.
When Galen did he saw a planet he had never seen before "What is this?".
"This planet is not like any of those we have. It is the only planet in this galaxy that has life on it. In fact it is very primitive in the our eyes, due to the lack of technology. Despite that, the people has been able to thrive and create many different cultures. Truly amazing".
"But what does this have to do with me?" Galen asked.
"I sense a great darkness on this planet. It's not like the dark side of the force. This feels... different, like a creature created by pure hate and malice... even Vader's darkness don't feel so burning painful. This creature is unlike anything I have ever felt" Kento explained.
"What is this, creature?" Galen asked.
"That... I don't know. I can't interact with the planet directly. Nor can I send my ghost to it, like I can in our galaxy" Kento said.
"Father... what do you want me to do?" Galen asked.
Kento moved his hand and then Galen felt himself falling towards the planet. When he regained his composure, he looked around and saw that they were in some kind of cave. Then he saw a forge in the middle of the place.
"You have two choices my son. This place has a very strong magic, it will allow you to be fully reborn and you will live again, you can forge your own weapon and head out in to this new world and your new life. Or you can choose to die, and be one with the force" Kento said.
"Why are you telling me all this? Why do you want me to make this choice?!" Galen asked in desperation.
"My son... you have done more than enough for your old galaxy. Your sacrifice inspired the rebles. You helped create what just might free the galaxy from the empire's tyranny. But this planet has it's own evil, and not just that monster I mentioned. The people of this planet needs something they can belive in, someone to protect them from the evil. Someone that gives them hope in their dark times. And I know, that person can be you, my son" Kento said as he places a hand on Galen's shoulder "You walked a dark path, but you managed to save yourself and come back to the light. I am so proud of you my son, and your mother is too".
"Father..." Galen said as he felt tears in his eyes.
"I will not force you to do anything, Galen. This is your choice, and yours alone" Kento finished.
Galen closed his eyes and thought for several minutes. Then his eyes opened, full of determination. Then he walked towards the forge and picked up the magic hammer.
Kento smiled warmly at him 'That's my boy'.
Energy flew around the place as Galen brought the hammer down, over and over and over again. Each time hr brought the magic hammer down, he felt that it was becoming harder and harder to hold his weapon in place with all the the power that flew in to the weapon. But Galen held strong and continued to forge it.
After 3 hours of non stop work, the weapon was finally finished. The sword looked like a katana, only a little wider, a mild blue colored while the sharp end was white, and it had a more devine look to it.
"Well done my son. This blade will serve you well" Kento said.
Galen swung his blade around, testing it with a few of his fighting styles "It feels so light...".
"It is a devine blade. And from now on it's bonded to you. Only you will be able to use it at it's full potential" Kento explained.
Galen put the blade in a sheath before looking at his father "How do I get out of here?".
Kento points at a portal "The moment you step through it, your new life begins. You will face many enemies on your travels. But I feel that you will gain new allies aswell".
Galen bows to him "Thank you father... for everything".
Kento walked up and hugged him, knowing he would never be able to hold his son like this again. Galen hugged back and they remained that way fo several moments.
"I could not be more proud of you Galen" Kento said as he stepped back.
Galen "I will never forget you father... I will remember everything you have tought me".
"Walk well, my son" Kento said and with that Galen walked through the portal "And may the force be with you".
When Galen stepped out of the portal, he looked around to see was indeed in a new world. And he could already feel that it was a lot different from anything in his old galaxy. The portal closed behind him, signaling the end of his old life.
Galen took a deep breath "Watch over me, mother, father".
And with that, Galen began walking down the path, to begin his new life. His life as a warrior of justice and light.
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Well there you have it. A while back I made a voting poll, where I allowed you readers to vote on what Soul Calibur crossover you would like to see.
The choices was between Star Wars: The Force Unleashed or Warcraft. And boy was it close!
At first, Warcraft took the early advantage and it looked like it would be a one sided voting. But then Star Wars managed to catch up and, I kid you not!
Star Wars won by only ONE vote! Just ONE!
So here you have it, Galen's life will change alot from now on and alot of things will happen along the way.
Tell me what you think.