Confronted with the choice of revenge or redemption, Galen leaps to Vader and resumes his furious assault. In a vain attempt to prevent the Emperor from turning Galen to the Dark Side, Master Kota rips Sidious' light saber from his sleeve and attacks him, only to be easily overpowered by the Emperor's superior Force abilities.
Confused by the message, Galen departs from the Jedi Temple.įollowing his defeat of Darth Vader, Galen is tempted by Darth Sidious to kill Vader and replace him as Sidious' new Sith apprentice. Galen is told that he cannot escape this fate. Shocked at seeing his own disfigured face, Galen backs off. After a heated duel with the Sith, Galen manages to dislodge his helmet, revealing his own face.
As a final part of his trial, Galen is confronted by a mysterious Sith Warrior clad in a sinister armor. This evil incarnation of Starkiller is first introduced canonically in the Jedi Temple DLC for Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, in which Galen Marek travels to the ruins of the Jedi Temple on Coruscant at the command of Jedi Master Rahm Kota.
