Galen Marek (pronounced /ɡeɪlən ˈmæɹɛk/) was a Force-sensitive human male who became an accomplished warrior during the Imperial Era. Trained in secret by the Sith Lord Darth Vader, and given the codename "Starkiller", Marek was one of Vader's deadliest assassins—but later turned to the light side just shortly before his death. Marek was the son of two Jedi Knights, Kento and Mallie Marek, born on the Wookiee homeworld of Kashyyyk in the aftermath of the Clone Wars.
