Confronted with the choice of revenge or redemption, Galen leaps to Vader and resumes his furious assault. Although the Dark Lord fights for his life, he is ultimately defeated and killed by Galen. Returning to Sidious, Galen is given one final test to prove his devotion to the Dark Side: kill Master Kota and sever his ties to the Jedi.
Igniting his light saber, Galen quickly turn to strike at Sidious, who was prepared for his betrayal. Easily blocking the attack and hurling Galen across the room, the Emperor gripped The Rogue Shadow and brought it down on Galen, mortally wounding and disfiguring him. Waking up on a surgical table, he found that he was encased in the sinister armor that the Sith Warrior at the Jedi Temple was wearing. The Emperor informed him of his failure, and how he could have been the successor to the Imperial throne.
However, the Emperor had no plans to kill Galen yet. He told Galen that he would be kept alive only until a new apprentice was found. In the meantime, Galen would do the Emperor's bidding and assassinate his enemies. At some point, after reconstructing Galen Marek's body, the Emperor apparently decided that no suitable apprentice was to be found, and Galen was officially declared Sidious' new apprentice. Dubbing him Lord Starkiller, the Emperor sent his apprentice on a number of missions.
One of his most important missions was to travel to Tatooine in search of the stolen Death Star plans contained within an astromech droid.
His search takes him to the palace of Jabba the Hutt, whose spies were the only reliable source of intel on the remote planet. Using is powers to enter the palace, Starkiller was attacked by a number of Gamorrean Guards. Easily slaying them, he apparently impressed Jabba, who admitted Starkiller into his throne room. Stating his desire to find the droids and promising Imperial compensation for any information, he realized that Jabba was attempting to deceive him.
Before Starkiller could strike, however, Jabba activated the trap door that dropped him into the Rancor Pit. Having killed dozens of rancors during his apprenticeship under Darth Vader, Starkiller effortlessly butchered the rancor and fought his way through Jabba's forces to find the missing droids. Using the droid's holographic capabilities to his advantage, Starkiller continued through the palace to the hangar.
The famous bounty hunter, Boba Fett, confronted him in the hangar, informing him that he was collecting the bounty Jabba had just placed on Starkiller's head. Fett proved to be a formidable opponent, having fought both Jedi and Sith over the course of his career.
However, his skills were not enough to save him from Starkiller's wrath, and the bounty hunter was killed. Tracking the droids to Mos Eisley, Starkiller made his way to the hangar where the Millennium Falcon was preparing to take off, with his targets onboard. Before he could intercept the ship, he was confronted by the elderly but still phenomenally powerful Jedi Master, Obi-Wan Kenobi.
Relishing his opportunity to finally destroy the former master of Vader, Starkiller ferociously dueled Obi-Wan. Shortly after giving birth to Galen, Mallie was killed by a group of Trandoshan slavers while protecting both her family and the Wookies, forcing Kento to raise his son on his own until Vader eventually found him. There are several powerful Force users in the Star Wars canon, but Starkiller's abilities may outstrip them all.
While still an inexperienced child, he was able to tear Vader's lightsaber from his hands with little effort, but that is just the tip of the iceberg. One of the more famous scenes in The Force Unleashed is when Starkiller pulls an entire Star Destroyer out of space using just the Force, all while fighting off tie-fighters that are also trying to kill him, a feat that hasn't been replicated before or since.
After seeing the raw potential Galen had in terms of his connection to the Force, Vader adopted the boy and trained him in secret under the name Starkiller, hoping to use his strength to overthrow Palpatine once he had become strong enough. In reality, Palpatine knew about his existence from the very beginning and waiting to see how powerful he would truly become, with the possibility of replacing Vader eventually.
In the "bad" ending of The Force Unleashed, Vader is defeated and Starkiller is turned into Palpatine's new apprentice, wearing a similar style armor to Vader following his injuries in battle.
Due to the Rule of Two as well as the fact that Vader tried to keep his existence a secret, Starkiller was never granted the title of a Sith, with the only exception being his "bad" ending, which wasn't canon to the story as he was brought back as a clone in The Force Unleashed 2. Despite not having the official title, Starkiller was more than powerful enough to be labeled as one if players follow the Sith route of gameplay.
Most protagonists in the Star Wars series have a droid companion in one form or another, either as comic relief or as an essential character to drive the plot forward.
In Starkiller's case, his droid companion, PROXY, was built and programmed by Vader to help train the young man by consistently trying to kill him. Eventually, they had a son, but the mother passed away in a fight against Trandoshan Slavers.
Kento had to raise Galen on his own. Poor Galen was orphaned. But because he was a prodigy when it came to the Force, Vader took him in as his secret apprentice and his private hitman. Growing up as a Sith, he only knew himself as Starkiller. He even lost memories of his parents.
But during his redemption arc and demise, he regained some of his memories. Looking at it without the whole concept of being on the dark side, learning from a Jedi prodigy and a Dark Lord is a rare opportunity.
In fact, he only taught him the basics of fighting. What Vader focused on was cultivating hatred and rage in Starkiller by using agonizing training techniques and repressing his memories. Of course, Vader had to do this if he wanted Starkiller to use the dark side of the Force and be committed to the Sith.
After this, he urged his apprentice to figure out fighting techniques of his own. PROXY could accurately copy Jedi fighting styles and would often attack his master to keep his guard up.
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