Echon Tarkin

Echon Kenobi (Eck-on) is a clone of Obi-Wan Kenobi made before the events of Star Wars: A New Hope and is used in the Star Wars Roleplaying Game, Death Watch Revival, by me and my friends.

Creation
In 19 BBY, Emperor Palpatine began his experimentation with cloning Jedi for Sith use. He had collected samples of Jedi before the Clone Wars and choose Obi-Wan Kenobi since he had been able to defeat Darth Maul and just recently, Darth Vader. He ordered for the clone to age normally, like Boba Fett. In 18 BBY, the young Kenobi clone was completed. The child was placed in the care 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. Grand Moff Tarkin 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. In order to protect the Empire and himself, Tarkin never told Echon about his origins, or Obi-Wan for that matter.

Imperial Life
Not wanting to cause any disruption in the Empire, Tarkin had Echon start his life at the Imperial Academy. There, he was trained to be an Imperial Officer. He worked his way from a Cadet to General in a matter of years. He served his father well, defeating Rebel forces wherever they hid. For reasons unbeknown to him, he was able to sense where the Rebels were. He would never be able to discuss it with Tarkin, for the Battle of Yavin ended with the destruction of the Death Star, and the death of his father.

Star Wars
After his adopted father was killed in the attack on the Death Star, Echon personally served under the Emperor. Taking note of his ability to find Rebels, Palpatine used Echon as a mere tool, seeing him as low as the rest of the clones. Echon had no quarrel, he followed the Emperor's word. 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 lightsaber and cloak, the only things he had left behind after his death.

An Unlikely Alliance
In 2 ABY, during a rebel scouting mission on Dra III, Echon and his troops were ambushed by a herd of Nashtah. The Nashtah struck quickly, and killed some of Echon's troops. After they were able 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 battle on Endor's moon, Echon was almost successful in stopping the rebels from destroying the shield of the second Death Star, but ended up suffering a crushing defeat to Han Solo and his team. Echon, unable to admit defeat fled to his TIE Hunter and raced to the Death Star, where he spotted the Millennium Falcon entering the space station. He attempted to chase it down, but when the Falcon struck the core, he had to escape. As he fled with the rest of the Empire, he was forced to watch the second Death Star explode.

Unable to cope with the pain of losing everything, he left the Remnants of the Empire.

New Republic
Echon, now no longer a General of the Imperial Army, returned to his home on Coruscant. There, he found his place trashed by forces of the New Republic. Infuriated, he took what remained of his stuff and fled. On his journey, he took 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 Cerea in 6 ABY, he watched as a pair of Bounty Hunters named Siena and Helms chased after a young Miraluka 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 joined up with him to see if it would come true. She tagged along until the Death Watch attacked Onderon.

Attack on Sulis Von
When Onderon was invaded by the Death Watch forces in 18 ABY, Echon sent Aurea to his home on Coruscant and began to search out other planets that the Death Watch would try to capture. After a while, he stopped at a Space Station orbiting. As he rested, he and two others were attacked by the Death Watch. Echon, with his incredible luck, was able to convince a Death Watch member 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 Jawa, digging through the trash. The Jawa introduced himself as Skoll, and had no clue how he got there. They were then attacked by a Dianoga. 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 Rancor. 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 crash 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 headed 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 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 Naboo. 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 Von. 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 Leia Organa about the incident at Naboo. She asked them to go look at some problems at Kamino as well.

Revelation
Upon landing on Kamino, they were greeted by Koa We, the Kaminoian who had taught 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 snuck 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 been searching for was him. As Death Watch troopers swarmed the main frame, Echon, in one burst of fury, 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 choke the trooper to death.

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 ghost that looked strangely familiar. 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
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 Moff took it for himself as a trophy. Using the help of the citizens, they were able to remove the Moff from power, by planting explosives around the Imperial Outpost, and detonating them, blowing the Moff and most of the Stormtroopers with it.

They spent a couple of more days collecting more cash, until a giant avian creature 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. 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.

To Be Completed
As our game hasn't been finished yet, Echon is still not a completed character. This article on him shall be continued on as our game goes on.

Appearances

 * Death Watch Revival
 * Failure at Cerea