Echon Tarkin

Echon Kenobi (also known as Echon Tarkin) (Eck-on) was a clone of, created in secret by and raised by  as his son, before his untimely death at the. He became a General of the Imperial Military and later left the Empire after the death of the Emperor at the. Echon is mostly famous for his part in the battle against the Death Watch in 18 ABY.

Creation
In 19 BBY, began his experimentation with cloning Jedi for Sith use. He had collected samples of Jedi during the and choose Obi-Wan Kenobi since he had been able to defeat  and just recently,. In 8 BBY, the young Kenobi clone was completed. The child was placed in the care of a Kaminoian by the name of Koa We, who taught Kenobi the ways of combat, like the other clones.

When the clone was of age, Palpatine tested to see if he was Force Sensitive. When the clone failed the tests Palpatine prepared to have the young child killed. who felt pity, intervened and took the child in as his own. He named the child Echon, after Vader's comment that he could feel an echo of Obi-Wan in the child. Upon taking him to Tarkin learned that by removing the age accelerant, his force sensitivity might emerge. Tarkin had the accelerant removed and secretly plotted to train Echon to defeat the Emperor. In order to protect the them both, Tarkin never told Echon about his origins, and he never allowed the Kaminoian information to reach Palpatine. Soon after, Palpatine scrapped the cloning Jedi experiment.

Childhood
Once he was placed under the care of Tarkin, Echon lived on the planet. He was taught proper mannerisms and further trained in combat. He befriended Celeste Ial, the daughter of the former. The two became inseparable, going everywhere together.

Imperial Life
In a vain attempt to please his father, Echon joined the Imperial Academy. There, he was trained to be an. Tarkin was furious that Echon had joined and forced him to leave. He would never be able to discuss why with Tarkin, for the ended with the destruction of the, and the death of his father.

The Galactic Civil War
With Tarkin's death, Echon had no one to stop him from joining the Galactic Empire, rejoining. During his training, he excelled in his tests, showing an unforeseen sense of perception. This would placed under the watchful eye of Palpatine. Echon would be promoted to General in matter of two years, mostly due to Palpatine's orders. Thinking that Palpatine would one day see that Echon was force sensitive, Vader realized that he would have to battle the clone of his friend and former master. As a sort of joke, Vader gave Echon Obi-Wan's old and cloak, the only things he had left behind after his death.

An Unlikely Alliance
In 2 ABY, during a rebel scouting mission on, Echon and his troops were ambushed by a herd of. The Nashtah struck quickly, and killed some of Echon's troops. Once they got the chance to open fire, they heard someone order the Nashtah to stop. Expecting to see a Rebel, they instead were surprised to see a red Nashtah before them. The Nashtah introduced himself as Redneb, and he realized that Echon and his troops were not the same who had taken refuge in his lands. He then decided to forge an alliance with Echon to drive the Rebels away. With their combined forces, the Rebels were easily defeated. After their job was done, Echon thanked Redneb for the help and returned to Emperor Palpatine to inform him of his success.

End of the Empire
In 4 ABY, during the, Echon was almost successful in stopping the rebels from destroying the shield of the , but ended up suffering a crushing defeat to and his team. Echon, unable to admit defeat fled to his and raced to the Death Star, where he spotted the  entering the space station. He attempted to chase it down, but when the Falcon struck the core, he had to escape. He was able to flee before the explosion took out half the fleet, and was assumed to be dead.

Unable to cope with the pain of losing everything, he did not join the newly formed Imperial Remnant and instead embarked on a personal journey.

New Republic
Echon, now no longer a General of the Imperial Army, returned to his home on. There, he found his place trashed by citizens of the New Republic. Infuriated, he took what remained of his stuff and fled for the stars. On his journey, he began to take note of how some worlds thrived with the New Republic, while others fell into massive depressions. He also observed how the bounty hunting business soared.

On his observation on in 6 ABY, he watched as a pair of Bounty Hunters named Siena and Helms chased after a young  girl. Echon knew from his time in the Empire that Miralukas were able to see into the Force and were sometimes used to track down Jedi. Knowing that someone wanted her for that very reason, he took pity and defended her, killing Helms in the ensuing battle. The girl, Aurea Hali thanked him, but before she could leave, she felt a vision. "In time, the echo within you will become a grand orchestra and with it, you shall overcome the next rebellion."

- Aurea to Echon

She decided to join up with him to see if what she predicted would come true.

Imperial Treachery
"Echon Tarkin, now that's a name I haven't heard in a long time"

- Celeste Ial, meeting Echon in Eriadu

In 7 ABY, while in his old home world of, Echon encountered his childhood friend, Celeste Ial. She convinced him to join her on a mission from. Upon reaching the target location of Voltar, their ship was disabled and crashed to the surface below. Echon and the rest of the crew managed to escape via the escape pods, but were imprisoned upon landing.

Deadly Information
"Guess I'll go out with a bang."

- Echon, right before killing the leader.

When was invaded by the Death Watch forces in 18 ABY, Echon sent Aurea to his old home on  and began to seek out information on the Death Watch. He was contacted by a who told him he had valuable information regarding the Death Watch. Echon met him in a cantina located in the lower levels of Coruscant. It had turned out to be a trap, and Echon was attacked by the Rodian's swoop gang. Echon fought back, killing all but one, but suffering serious injuries. As he lay dying on the ground, the Rodian leader mocked him, about to deliver the final blow, when Echon raised his blaster and shot the Rodian in the head, killing him, and saving his own life. Echon patched himself up at his apartment and soon left to find answers.

Attack on Sulis Van
After a while, he stopped at Entrench Station, a Space Station orbiting. As he rested, Death Watch assassins marched into the cantina to speak with him. They called him a traitor and attacked him and a couple of others. Echon, with his incredible luck, was able to convince an assassin to give up.

Later, when he and Cloak, one of the other people attacked, were unable to pay for a bar tab, they were attacked by enforcers. Echon and Cloak dove into the trash compacter. Upon landing inside, they found a, digging through the trash. The Jawa introduced himself as Skoll, and had no clue how he got there. They were then attacked by a. After defeating the creature, Skoll joined Echon and Cloak in finding a way out. After almost getting sucked out of space, the group found themselves face to face with a who had somehow gotten trapped inside the station during construction. Cloak and Skoll fled though a tunnel as Echon prepared to battle it. After the Rancor was killed, they made their way back into the bar and faced the enforcers, killing them in the process.

Soon after, the Death Watch, with a combined effort from the Imperial Remnant, attacked the space station. The group fled to their ship, which carried all the ships that they had arrived in. As they fled they witnessed a strange ship appear from Hyperspace, attack the station, and immediately get sucked back in. The station couldn't take anymore punishment and began it's final decent to the surface of the planet. The group attempted to get to open space but was struck by debris, causing them to crash to the surface as well.

Seeing that none of them were harmed, the group immediately set out for a settlement they had seen while falling from orbit. Noticing lights in the distance, the group made their way towards what turned out to be a Death Watch scout camp. Echon and Silas Skirata led the group into battle, killing the scouts. They searched the camp and found old battle plans for an attack on Naboo. They quickly restocked and made repairs to the ship, utilizing supplies from the camp, and made their way to a well-known friend of Cloak, who would provide new transponder codes and paint job for a minimum fee.

Stealing from the Empire
Upon arriving, they found instead of a fee, they would have to recover a prototype bound for. The group realizing Naboo was going to be attacked, they rushed after the transport ship hoping to cut it off before it reached Naboo.

Sadly, the ship landed on Naboo, so the group landed and prepared to steal it. Upon landing, however, they noticed that the palace was under Imperial control. They fought their way through, while Echon used his former position as an Imperial General to get around the city. He came across a Death Watch member sleeping. He quickly killed the man and took his comlink, and prepared to eavesdrop on their activity.

After successfully stealing the hyperdrive, the group escaped back to their ships, where they returned to Sluis Van. Upon completion of the mission, Skoll, who had encountered many near-death experiences, decided that it was the end of the line for him and went on his way. The remaining members left for Coruscant.

Upon reaching the New Republic capitol, they group decided to stay at Echon's apartment. After meeting Aurea, the party then decided to contact about the incident at Naboo. She asked them to go look at some problems at as well.

Revelation
Upon landing on Kamino, they were greeted by Koa We, the Kaminoian who had trained Echon as a child. Throughout the tour of the facility they learned that since the fall of the Empire, numerous clients have expressed interest in creating clones for various purposes. After the tour, they sneaked into the mainframe and began to hack the system. Dagger found out that the Death Watch had paid to have their own clone army. He also found a list of known Jedi clones, only to find Obi-Wan Kenobi. Upon accessing the data, Echon learned the sickening truth; he was the failed clone of a Jedi. The "impostor" he had heard about in rumors was him. As Death Watch troopers swarmed the main frame, Echon, in one, decimated the troops with a blast of. However, it wasn't enough, and they were captured.

Capture and Escape
The entire group was placed on board a prison freighter headed for, the Death Watch's base of operations. On the way, the two Mandolorians, Kex and Davral, approached Echon to gloat that their leader had finally gotten what he wanted, Aurea. They left, smug with themselves and soon left the ship towards their next target. It wasn't long after that that the main power on the ship went down, allowing the group to make their escape. They found a sleeping Stormtooper, blissfully unaware of what had just happened. Echon used his new found Force Powers to the trooper until Silas killed the guard by snapping his neck.

Dagger forced the group to split up, him going to shut down the engines, and the rest of the group to get to the escape pods. After making their way through the ship, Echon was stopped by a that. The ghost told him that if he continued to use his powers for evil, he would be lost to the dark side, like countless others before him. Suddenly, the freighter rocked from an explosion, ending the conversation early. The three of them rushed to the escape pods, but as the doors closed, Cloak shoved Silas and him forward as the blast doors closed, trapping him within the freighter. As their escape pod entered the atmosphere of, they watched as the freighter exploded, killing both Cloak and Dagger.

Trapped on Tatooine
"From this day forth, I will no longer be known as Echon Tarkin, but as Echon Kenobi!"

- Echon, accepting his birthright

Upon crashing on Tatooine, Silas and Echon traveled until they reached a small outpost. Upon reaching it, they searched for small jobs to help raise money to buy a ride off the planet. Sadly, they found out that the area was controlled by a former. They were paid to kill a creature that was attacking the local farm, but after killing the creature, the Imperial took it for himself as a trophy. Using the help of the citizens, they were able to remove the officer from power, by planting explosives around the Imperial Outpost, and detonating them, blowing the former Imperial and most of the with it.

They spent a couple of more days collecting more cash, until a attacked during a sandstorm, killing a large number of people and destroyed communications to other establishments. Silas and Echon had no choice but to attack it themselves. While Silas was trapped in a storage shed, Echon fired round after round into it, attempting to get the creature's attention. Once it did, it lunged at Echon, only to give time for Silas to deliver the final blow with a well placed. The citizens once again thanked them, and rewarded them with a ship recovered from a group of slavers. They departed immediately for Coruscant to warn of the incoming Death Watch threat.

Back to the Imperials
"This isn't going to look good on your report."

- Echon to Imperial Guards, right before attacking them

As they departed Tatooine, they came across a Wolf Star Coalition cruiser. Echon went to activate the hyperdrive in an attempt to ignore it, but Silas opened a hail. After some talking, they were ordered to dock onto the cruiser. They were forced to remove their weaponry and meet in the conference room, where they met with an old familiar face; Dagger. They talked with Dagger about what happened on the prison frigate and ended up being hired to do some work the WSC. The Coalition wanted them to steal information from an Imperial Field Commander on board an old space station. Echon, remembering that the news of his leaving the Imperial Remnant never went far, and that most of the people who knew he left were dead, he figured his status would be the perfect opportunity to get in there and get the information they needed without a fight. They agreed to the job but Echon had one condition, find where Aurea was being held. After they stocked up on supplies, Silas and Echon departed for the space station.

Upon landing on the space station Idle Serpent, Echon used a surprise inspection as the reason for his arrival. He and Silas (on the cover as Echon's bodyguard) toured the facility while they waited to speak with the Field Commander, who was having a meeting with Death Watch officials. When they finally got the chance to speak with the Field Commander, they were greeted by Kex and Davrel, who then activated their cloaking devices and fled the scene. The Field Commander was dead. Imperial Guards barged in to find Echon and Silas standing over the Commander's dead body, taking a holotube from his body. They were quick to blame Echon and Silas for the murder, which resulted in a battle against the guards. After wiping them out with a grenade, Echon and Silas were attacked by New Republic soldiers. The whole base was under attack by New Republic forces. After another quick battle, more Imperial soldiers entered, Echon was quick to blame the Republic for the Commander's death. Due to Echon's rank, he was the given command of the space station, to which he ordered an evacuation of the station. The group of Imperials followed Echon and Silas towards the communications room in order to call for help. After giving the order, the group fled to their awaiting ship.

Stopping Production
They returned to Dagger, acting as they were caught by the Wolf Star Coalition. The Imperials they had saved were captured and taken in for questioning. As they informed Dagger of what happened, Dagger gave them bad news; the Death Watch had uncovered the lost planet of, a planet controlled by droids who could, and would make an entire army for them, and with an army like that, they could take down the New Republic. Dagger joined up with them in order to hope that help them prevent the Death Watch's control.

They arrived too late, the Death Watch had already activated the planet's production line. As they entered the main facility, they came face to face with Theta. After taunting them, Theta blocked the path to the elevator, and ordered a squad of Death Watch to kill them leaving the group to their fate. Before they could react, the squad was killed. Kex and Davral appeared, stating they didn't like Theta's plan. They soon disappeared and after attempting to enter the correct password, they made their way through the facility encountering some of the early production. After making it to the elevator, they encountered a large amount of Death Watch soldiers. Kex and Davral softened up most of the squads and helped the group make it to the elevator to confront Theta.

The Final Battle
Upon entering the small room housing the droid M4-78 and Theta, the group prepared for battle, Theta taunted Echon with the kidnapping of Aurea, prompting Echon to attack. It was largely a one sided battle, but before they could deliver the final blow, Theta managed to escape, taunting Echon once more, this time, telling him the name of the ship she was on, the Dar'yaim. After M4-78 was awakened, and realizing the Death Watch and the group were not the original colonists of the planet, shut down production. Kex and Davral gave the location of the Dar'yaim, and Echon left the group to rescue Aurea.

Rescue on Dar'yaim
Echon took his Modified TIE Hunter and made his way to the Dar'yaim, encountering little resistance. But once he had entered the ship, he encountered an impressive amount of Death Watch forces on board. Echon forced his way through, using as much power he had at his disposal. He blew through most of the defenses, only slowed by the guards. His progress came to a complete stop upon encountering a legion of Juggernaut War Droids in the cargo hold. Echon, realizing that he could take them all out, sneaked his way to the main control room. He quickly opened the doors and sent the droids and various soldiers into space. He shut the doors and continued on his trek.

He finally made it to the cell block on the ship, finding it guarded by a pair of super-soldiers similar to the ones he had encountered on Kamino. Echon, activated his shield deflector and prepared himself for battle. He struck fast, injuring one before the other could strike. Once he was able to subdue one, he took his blaster and began a long and drawn out battle between the other one and him. Jumping from cover to cover, the two were unable to even strike one another. Knowing that Death Watch reinforcements would be there soon, Echon made a desperate attempt to kill the soldier. Jumping out of cover, Echon aimed his gun right where he hoped the soldier would appear. Echon fired as the soldier appeared, taking him down with a head shot.

Echon approached the doors, trying to figure out how to open them, that's when he noticed the control panel had been destroyed during the gun-fight. Realizing he could never jury-rig it in time, he realized he would have to rely on his latent powers. Focusing on his surroundings, he pinpointed the cell Aurea was in. Making his way to the cell, he began to focusing on opening the door. Using what strength he had, he was able to, revealing Aurea. "Aurea, it's me, Echon. I'm here to rescue you."

- Echon

Once he and Aurea made it out of the Dar'yaim, they attempted to jump to hyperspace, but were ambushed by the Death Watch. They were able to escape, but the TIE Hunter was unable to take them far. Echon, knowing the location they were in, decided to hide at his deceased uncle's old home on.

Red Barchetta
"My uncle had a country place that no one knows about."

- Echon, discussing his uncle's farm

The two arrived at run down farm once run by the Tarkin family. The place had been neglected since his uncles death, but he had remembered his "father" talking about it. Hiding the damaged TIE Hunter, they arrived and made refuge at the farm. Hiding out for days, the two talked about what to do next. Echon wondered if, with time, he could learn to control the Force. Aurea wanted to hide, never to encounter the Death Watch again. Echon was reluctant to hide, but decided to agree with her, hoping he'd never have to fight again.

The two explored the farm, coming across a run down barn. The began to examine the contents of the barn until they found a secret elevator amongst the debris. Jury-rigging the elevator, they took it down to the basement level, where they encountered a ship lost from time; the Red Barchetta. They explored the ship, realizing it was deep in disrepair. They began to work fixing it the best they could.

While they were fixing the ship, they heard explosions coming from above the Death Watch had traced the TIE Hunter's location and began to attack the planet. Echon, realizing they didn't have a lot of time, activated the Red Barchetta and prepared to escape with Aurea.

The Red Barchetta proved to still be a fast fighter even after centuries of neglect. The two were able to dodge the Death Watch's barrage and made their way off the planet and into space. Realizing that they could never make it to open space, Echon prepared to activate the hyperdrive. Before he could, they were attacked. Spotting an asteroid field, Echon flew towards it, hoping to lose his assailants. Once he reached the asteroids he began to fly through it, dodging asteroid after asteroid. Once he came to two about to collide, he flew through them as fast as he could. He barely made it through, destroying the fighters behind him. He then escaped the field, making the jump to hyperspace.

The Master becomes the student
The Red Barchetta arrived at Coruscant. The two returned to the destroyed apartment, only to find it ransacked yet again. Echon searched through the rubble and found his storage locker, untouched. He quickly opened it and grabbed two prized possessions; a and an old cloak. He then packed up the rest of his stuff and returned with Aurea to the Red Barchetta to travel to the on  in order to train in the ways of the Jedi.

A Quick Apprenticeship
Upon entering the Jedi Praxeum, Echon was met with confused stares. He approached the, who met him with a confused stare as well. Echon told him of his past, and how he wished to become a Jedi to perhaps redeem himself for what he had done as an Imperial. Luke, a little skeptic about Echon, took him in as his to carefully watch him, in case it was nothing more then, while Aurea, due to her Force Sensitivity, became an  to the Praxeum. Echon, already knowing the Force, spent his time training to control his powers.

Knighthood
"Step forward. Echon Kenobi, by the right of the Council, by the will of the Force, I dub thee, a Jedi Knight of the Republic."

- Luke, granting Echon a Jedi Knight

In 19 ABY, Echon was brought before Luke and the rest of the Council. He told Echon and the rest of the council was told that Echon was worthy of becoming a. After a deliberation, the council agreed and Luke performed the. And with that, Echon Kenobi became a Jedi Knight. As he prepared to leave Yavin IV on his own, Aurea approached Echon, asking him to take her as his Apprentice. Echon discussed it with Luke, who sensed more to her motives, but decided to allow it. Echon took Aurea as his first Apprentice and prepared to rejoin the New Republic's battle against the Death Watch.

Theta's Assassination
Upon returning to the front lines of battle, Echon was shocked to find out how much the Death Watch had taken over. He didn't have much time to observe, when he was hailed by the Secret Destiny, the Wolf Star Coalition's flagship. There, he and Aurea were asked by Dagger to help the WSC assassinate Theta, but due to the importance of the mission, Echon would have to stay behind, enlisting the help of Aurea instead. Echon watched as Aurea, Silas, and a former stormtrooper by the name of Trhin Voss'on't leave.

Death Watch Invasion
As they waited to hear back from Silas and crew, the Secret Destiny was attacked by Death Watch forces, led by Theta's, Lucian Orca. Echon, Cloak and Dagger battled the Death Watch forces and quickly sent out a distress signal back to the ground team. Within minutes, everyone had returned, and saved the Secret Destiny, with Lucian's crippling retreat. Once the ship was safe, Dagger had a new mission for the team: capture Lucian.

Lucian's Capture
"I would destroy you in a heartbeat, but they want you alive, so that will have to do, for now."

- Echon, after shattering Lucian's arm

Echon joined Silas' son Myles, and Trhin in the mission, breaking into a Death Watch base and met Lucian within, where he fled into a tram. As the three battled Death Watch forces on board two trams, Lucian stunned both Myles and Echon and jumped off the tram, escaping into the tunnels. But all was not lost; Trhin chased after Lucian while Silas dropped Aurea and rescued Myles and him.

But as they raced to help Trhin and Aurea capture Lucian, Echon felt a disturbance in the force. His fears would come to fruition when Trhin frantically informed the group of an emergency: Aurea was down. As they touched down, Echon leaped out of the ship, ignoring that Trhin had stabilized her. He rushed towards Lucian and as he was stunned once more, drove all of his rage into his blade, shattering Lucian's arm, almost killing him as well. Before he could kill him, he was reminded that he was only good to them alive, and thus let Silas take him in.

Corrupted
While Lucian was transported to the Secret Destiny, Aurea approached Echon and confronted him about how he had attacked Lucian. He refused to listen to her, causing her to leave. After she left, Echon was once again confronted by the Force Ghost of Obi-Wan. But something was wrong, even as Obi-Wan chastised him for giving into the, he told him to try harder, to kill Lucian. Echon then realized that something was very wrong, Master Skywalker had told Echon that Obi-Wan's spirit had departed from this realm, what he was speaking to was not Obi-Wan, but a dark side spirit trying to turn Echon to the dark side. He purged the spirit from his mind, and quickly sought out Aurea. He asked for forgiveness, telling her that the dark side is just too powerful for him. She forgave him, and they quickly returned to the matter at hand, Lucian.

Personality and Traits
"Guess we have to do this the hard way then."

- Echon, prepared to fight Helms

Echon was a man of honor. He only at first wished to serve his father and the Galactic Empire diligently. His sense of honor later stemmed off his will to protect the innocent, and later, his friends. When Aurea was captured, Echon temporarily shifted into a darker persona, attempting to kill all those who got in his way to save her. He became fueled by his need to save her that he was blinded by the, with Obi-Wan's help, Echon was able to suppress his rage. Without the help of his friends, Echon would have surely fallen to the dark side.

Echon was a first attempt to create a force sensitive clone. Due to complications, Echon was believed to be a normal clone, without any force sensitivity. Echon lived his life without knowing about Obi-Wan and believed himself to be adopted from a family killed by the Jedi. Darth Vader was thought to have said that he could feel an echo of Obi-Wan within Echon. Aurea later commented that Echon's aura was just flickering, unlike other people. Once Echon found out the truth, his force sensitivity erupted, allowing full power over the Force. He had no control at first, but was able to take control little by little.

Appearances

 * Death Watch Revival
 * Failure at Cerea
 * Imperial Treachery