Galen Marek: Star Wars' Ultimate Mary Sue?
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Oh yeah, and his codename is Starkiller.
I had to look him up. Main character of The Force Unleashed, apparently.
He doesn't meet Yoda until TFU 2 and he only inspires the Rebellion, ironically as a ploy of Palpatine's to gather all his enemies in one place so they can be more easily wiped out (backfires, obviously).
He only kills a handful of Jedi left over from Order 66. He wins a duel with Vader (Luke was essentially untrained in lightsaber combat and beat Vader, Marek has a lifetime of training), but spares him and he barely overcomes Palps before having the tables turned and is killed, similar to Mace Windu vs Palps.
And seriously, who hasn't saved Princess Leia?
In the Infinities Ending/Dark Side Follow-on to TFU, he kills Obi-Wan, banishes Obi-Wan's Force Ghost and then turns Luke to the Dark Side.
Starkiller is the shit.
He only kills a handful of Jedi left over from Order 66. He wins a duel with Vader (Luke was essentially untrained in lightsaber combat and beat Vader, Marek has a lifetime of training), but spares him and he barely overcomes Palps before having the tables turned and is killed, similar to Mace Windu vs Palps.
And seriously, who hasn't saved Princess Leia?
In the Infinities Ending/Dark Side Follow-on to TFU, he kills Obi-Wan, banishes Obi-Wan's Force Ghost and then turns Luke to the Dark Side.
Starkiller is the shit.
It's a video game, and like many video games, it's first and foremost a power fantasy for boys and grown-up boys. The main character is not a "Mary Sue", however. A Mary Sue is not just any character that seems over-powered or far-fetched. It's a character that is created to stand up for its author's fantasies or delusions of grandeur.
What and you think the bit where he makes love to Leia while Han cries in the background is not wish-fulfilment?
That little story does seem to fulfill someone's wishes, but I suspect it's yours.
Huh??
I'm reading The Force Unleashed novelization right now. It's not great, but 60 pages in, it already beats the entirety of the NJO.
If he's killed, how does he meet Yoda in TFU 2?
He beat up Vader? That ain't so hard. /Jayne Cobb
Meh. Marissa Amber Flores Picard could wipe the floor with him.
Hey now...if it was OT Vader, you'd be good and proper fucked.
EU Vader?....huh...okay you've got a point
One of the reasons if didn't pick up Force Unleashed was after reading the novel and the comic and watching some of the BTS stuff on starwars.com I was "Oh for fuck damn sakes...really? We're getting this shit again?"
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