Alex Matthews

"I've survived so many things. I've seen my Master killed, everything I love destroyed, but those were merely trials. Now I have a new life with all of you. I will always remember before the Purge, the fun I had, but now, my life is with you guys. And I plan to make the best of it."

- to the crew of Hotshot

 was a Jedi Master who lived during the Clone Wars, the Great Jedi Purge, the Rebellion and the years after the Emperors defeat. Matthews was 13 during the start of the Clone Wars having just been picked as a Padawan by Master Salon Trisea. Trisea was about to start his training when his long time friend, Mace Windu, had Trisea accompany him to Geonosis to rescue Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Padme Amidala. Trisea took Alex with him as his first mission. There they confronted Dooku's Dark Jedi Apprentice Kylan Saes who was formerly Trisea's Jedi Apprentice but vanished on a top secret mission. Alex was later captured by Kylan who converted him to the dark side. A year later in 21 BBY Alex confronted his master on a mission to Aagmar where Trisea successfully redeemed his former apprentice stating that facing the dark side had made him a better Jedi. A month later Alex was given temporary command of one of Commander Jay's squads to lead a defense of Klatooine while Trisea commanded the star destroyers in space. Alex and Alpha Squad successfully rescued the Hutt Ajuur but lost Alpha Squad's commander in the process. They then met with Ajuur's Mandalorian mercs headed by Kaleran. They then assaulted the main base however the mercenaries were all killed save one and Kaleran was executed by none other then Kylan Saes who had wanted revenge. Alex dueled Saes but lost, just barely escaping with Alpha Squad on a gunship. In 19 BBY Trisea and Alex participated in the Battle of Coruscant, providing cover for Anakin and Obi-Wan as they inflitrated the Invisible Hand. They then returned to the Jedi Temple. Alex was present in the Temple when Vader attacked it and just barely escaped, seeing Trisea captured. Later, Alex witnessed Trisea's execution on the Holonet. Alex devoted himself to defeating the Emperor and Vader by enlisting the help of two smugglers: Lyrin Doneran and his first mate Kale Zarrow. After many disastrous events, Alex learned that Kylan and a Senator named Faran had cloned him. After stopping Faran, Alex learned his parents had created him using the Force. Accompanied by Kylan who seeked redemption and Hunter, one of the clones of Alex, Alex traveled to his homeworld of Cathros and stopped his mothers plans. He also took on two new apprentices. Sarah, the lone survivor on Cathros and his twin sister Alexia, who was created by his mother. In 6 BBY Alex and the crew of Hotshot found the last clone of Senator Faran who was revealed to be his son Tyris Faran. Alex successfully redeemed him and took him on as his last apprentice. They then returned to Cathros where Alex formed the Cathros Jedi Order. He constructed an academy and gathered force sensitives all across the system to prepare for the time a Rebellion was needed. Eventually in 0 ABY, Alex and his Jed Order joined the Rebellion. However Alex cut ties as the presence of so many Jedi alerted Vader to his presence. Alex was not present when the Emperor and Vader were defeated but he did agree to join the New Republic. Alex later joined Luke Skywalker's Jedi Order where he became a Jedi master. Alex then disbanded the Cathros Order and had them all join Skywalker's Order. Alex fought in the Yuuzhan Vong War many years later. In 27 ABY however, a devastating battle injured Alex greatly causing the loss of his right arm and a dozen other injuries. As Alex grew older he suffered from an illness due to his advanced force powers. Alex treated many of this with implants due to the fact doctors couldn't do anything to help him. Alex later broke off from the new Galactic Alliance when Jacen Solo took control and reformed the Cathros Jedi Order separating himself from Luke's Order. Although sad at his departure Luke accepted and Alex promised their two Orders would remain allies. Alex was to ill to participate in the Second Galactic Civil War but sent numerous Jedi to help Skywalker's Order among them his son and Hunter. Alex later passed away partly of old age and partly of his being an experiment in 42 ABY.

Early life
Alex Matthews was a human male Force Experiment of Seelah Matthews and born or created on Cathros in 35 BBY by Seelah Matthews. Seelah planned to raise Alex into a loyal Force using warrior to conquer the system but in the process of creating Alex, Seelah caused a powerful Force Storm destroying half of the planet causing the citizens to flee. During the escape Alex was taken by a Jedi Master who was sent to stop Seelah's plans. Alex from then on was trained as a Jedi. Alex excelled quickly due to his immense force connection caused from the experiment. However, due to Seelah's experiments, no Jedi could sense the power the young boy had in him. In 22 BBY Alex was chosen as a Padawan by Salon Trisea who, unlike the other Jedi had sensed the untamed power in him and wanted to tame it to use it for a good cause.

The Battle of Geonosis
Arriving on Geonosis Alex did not talk to anybody, not even his master on the journey. He was fearful since this was his first mission. Trisea assured him this would be a simple rescue operation. They took their position in the crowd and when Master Windu gave the order they revealed themselves. After destroying a couple of droids, Trisea and Alex entered a stronghold in search of Dooku's Dark Jedi. Eventually they split up with Alex heading for the prison and Trisea to the Dark Jedi's quarters. When Alex reached the prison it was revealed to be a trap and the Dark Jedi incapacitated him from behind. Alex woke to find himself bound. The Dark Jedi revealed himself to be Kylan Saes, Trisea's former apprentice who had been believed to be dead. Kylan offered Alex a chance to join the dark side in which he point blank refused. Soon after, Trisea arrived and a duel erupted between Trisea and Kylan. The duel eventually led outside leaving Alex bound. An hour later Kylan returned, injured and took Alex with him offworld telling the 13 year old that he had slain his master leaving Alex shocked and angry at Saes.

Prisoner of War
Alex was taken to a CIS prison labor camp on Count Dooku's homeworld of Serreco. For three months Alex was forced to work none stop. When he did get a break he was being tortured for information by Kylan and Dooku himself. However all these tasks were a ruse to break Alex so he would submit to Dookus will. Eventually it worked as Alex began to think the Jedi had betrayed him by not rescuing them. As his hatred grew, Dooku started secretly planting Alex lies about the Jedi that made his anger grow. Another month later, Alex was on the verge of the dark side. However, only one thing was still keeping him connected to the light side. Trisea's death. In order to fully corrupt him, Dooku told Alex that Trisea was alive and well. Dooku told Alex that Trisea knew he was alive but thought him a disgrace and weak. This completed Alex's fall and he lashed out attacking Dooku. Dooku easily defeated the 13 year old and proclaimed him a Dark Jedi. He then apprenticed Alex to Kylan Saes. ===Dark Jedi=== Alex learned quickly under Saes simply converting his light side abilities to dark side abilities. Soon Kylan declared him ready for a mission. Together, Kylan and Alex would travel to the world of Aagmar and conquer it by any means necesary. Alex excelled killing dozens of clone troopers and also killed his first Jedi. In the middle of the campaign, Alex was called to a labor camp by Kylan. As a test of his faith Alex was told to kill a young boy. Alex killed him but reluctantly in the process. Kylan then told Alex that a group of clones led by a Jedi Master were planning to capture the reactor core of Aagmar's military base. The two Dark Jedi proceeded to secure the reactor only to find Master Trisea their with the clone commander. Alex revealed himself to Trisea who was shocked to find him alive. Ignoring his former master's pleas that Alex return to the light side, Alex engaged his former master in a duel. They fought long and hard traveling throughout the reactor core. The duel finally ended when Alex unleashed force lightning on Trisea knocking him to the ground. At Alex's mercy Trisea declared that he had not only failed Kylan but also Alex as well. He explained that if Alex struck him down, he would live to regret it plus added that the Sith always betray each other and that even now, Kylan was planning to bomb the facility. With Alex's resolve weakened, Trisea finally persuaded him to return to the Jedi which Alex accepted. Alex was mad at what he had done but Trisea forgave him saying Alex would be a better Jedi due to falling to the dark side. Together, the master and apprentice confronted Kylan and successfully beat him and freed Aagmar from control of the Seperatists.

The Battle of Klatooine
Alex was forgiven by the Jedi Council for falling to the dark side stating that he had been tortured and had made up for it by reclaiming Aagmar for the Republic. While Master Trisea led campaigns against the Seperatists along with Clone Commander Jay, Alex took up independent studying at the Temple. A year later in 20 BBY Alex rejoined the field much wiser and more skilled. Though the clones were wary of him they respected him. Trisea however, welcomed Alex with open arms. He then explained that they would be leading a liberation of the planet Klatooine. The planet had been seized by the Seperatists in a sudden swift attack. They had captured the Hutt in charge of Klatooine, Ajuur, and imprisoned him and his guards while also driving back, Ajuur's Mandalorian Mercenaries onto the outskirts of the city. Trisea tasked Alex to take the best clone squad in Jay's arsenal and free Ajuur. They would then regroup with the Mandalorians and together they would reclaim the planet. Alex picked Alpha Squad led by Sergeant Dan to carry out the task. Sneaking onto the planet, Alex and Alpha Squad inflitrated the Prison bulding. They then split up with Alex and Ace freeing Ajuur while Charger and Gunner would planet explosives on the reactor core. Sergeant Dan and Fixer would defend the building. Alex and Ace successfully managed to free Ajuur and convince him to help the Republic. As they met up with Charger and Gunner, Dan and Fixer reported a large number of droids. Alex told Dan to flee but he refused stating he would hold them. As they fled in Ajuur's airspeeder, the prison exploded killing Dan and Fixer much to Ace, Charger and Gunner's sadness. When the reached the Mando camp, the leader revealed himself to be Barkuun. Barkuun agreed to help the Jedi but for extra credits. As Trisea and Jay showed up for an assault, Trisea recognized Barkuun as the Mandalorian who had slaughtered hundreds of Jedi on a mission to. Barkuun replied angrily saying that Trisea's Jedi Taskforce had cause the near extinction of Barkuun's army. Trisea pulled aside Alex to explain that 6 years ago in 28 BBY Trisea had led a Jedi Taskforce to the world of Concord Dawn to stop Mandalorian terroist group that wanted to take over the planet. Barkuun had led the Mandalorians wishing to become Mandalore. However his plan had failed when Trisea's taskforce destroyed the Mandalorians leaving only 50 remaining Mandos out of over 500 and 20 remaining Jedi out of 300. Barkuun, who was injured had then fled capturing Kylan and forcing Trisea to flee. Trisea then concluded that Kylan was leading the army and that this was a personal mission. He didn't care about Klatooine or Ajuur, he only cared about Barkuun and his mercs. With this, they allied and stormed the city. It was a ruthless battle. Alex fought beside the rest of Alpha Squad until, Kylan personally entered the battle. Once again, Trisea faced Kylan however this time, Alex fought with him. Even with their combined strength, Kylan was still able to best them. Alex then watched helplessly as Kylan massacred the Mandalorians, personally beheading Barkuun as his small son watched. Kylan then left taking his army with him. After the battle, Trisea and Alex savored their victory and negotiated a truce with Ajuur. They then left with Alex wondering what had became of Barkuun's son.

The End of the War
By 19 BBY Alex had participated in many battles. His last assignment before the war ended was flying in the Battle of Coruscant. Trisea and Alex were tasked to cover Anakin and Obi-Wan as they made their assault on the Invisible Hand. The mission was a complete success and the master and padawan w ere recalled to the Temple for leave. Alex spent this time reflecting on the war and the impact it will have on the galaxy. When General Grievous was finally defeated, Alex rejoiced but Trisea sensed that the true conflict had only just started.

Order 66
When Master Windu left to confront Chancellor Palpatine, Trisea and Alex wanted to go with him but he refused, tasking Trisea and Shaak Ti as leaders until he got back. As Shaak Ti left to meditate Alex was tasked by Trisea to get the Youngllings to bed. Once that was done, Alex joined the watch team in the main hall along with his master. At midnight, Anakin arrived in the Temple with the 501st Leigon. When Trisea went up to confront him, Anakin immediantly engaged him in battle. Ales rushed in to help his master but got cut off by Commander Jay. After incapacitating the clone, Alex looked only to find Trisea get slashed in the chest by Skywalker. Trisea's last word was for Alex to run. Shocked Alex obeyed only to be force pushed out the window by Skywalker. Luckily Alex managed to catch a speeder and escaped into the Underworld of Coruscant. Still shociked Alex assured himself that the Jedi had probably beaten the clones and that Trisea would surely be kept alive because of his expertise with dark side relics. However Alex was right about one thing and wrong about the other. Master Trisea was being kept alive and in custody by the Emperor. However, the Jedi were all but extinct and Palpatine vowed to hunt them down. Alex wanted to rescue Master Trisea and make the Emperor and Darth Vader pay but decided to obey Trisea's last order and hide. Alex sneaked upworld but before catching a shuttle he attempted to contact Master Windu thinking he was also alive. When he didn't answer, Alex presumed him dead and left Coruscant.

On the Run (19 BBY-9 BBY)
Alex traveled to Taris and lost himself in a cantina. He booked a room their and stayed for a year. During that time he was getting lost in a round of juma juice when he witnessed the Emperor condemn Master Trisea to death. In horror, Alex watched as Trisea escaped, killed Commander Jay and his clones and battled the Emperor only to be beheaded by Darth Vader. Furious at Vader and Palpatine, Alex promised himself he would defeat the Empire. When he tried to leave without paying he mind tricked the bartender. For the next 3 years, Alex spent the time looking for one man: Kylan Saes. Alex knew that Kylan was alive and wanted to kill him thinking that Kylan had told Palpatine to execute Trisea. In 15 BBY Alex found Saes on Coruscant. Kylan was representing his homeworld of Seartrist as Senator and heir to the throne. When Alex revealed himself, Kylan engaged him in a duel. When Kylan was on his knees, he revealed that he had nothing to do with Trisea's death. Confused Alex relented the killing stroke and asked who the real culprit was. Kylan tricked Alex saying it was Senator Faren of Aagmar. So Alex went to assassinate Faren. Alex sneaked into the Senator's office and stuck a blaster to his head. Faren told Alex he was being deceived by Kylan and promised Alex a reward if he killed Kylan. When Alex confronted Kylan again, the former Dark Jedi was about to send Alex back to Faren when Faren himself arrived. Faren revealed himself to be force sensitive and battled Kylan. Alex fled in the fray angry with both Faren and Kylan for lying to him.

Rebelling Against the Empire
By 9 BBY, Alex was considered dead by the Emperor and Vader along with the Imperial Inquisitors since he hadn't been seen since Vader pushed him out the window. However, Alex was not dead. Now older, wiser and more skilled, Alex had taken to hunting down Dark Jedi and capturing them. He recruited smuggler Lyrin Doneran and his first mate Kale Zarrow to help him, lying to them that he was a bounty hunter. He used their ship, Hotshot, to imprison the Dark Jedi. After capturing a mad Dark Jedi, Kale noted the ship was full. Alex then suggested they find a base to put them in. The two smugglers obliged. When Alex was sleeping, Lyrin and Kale discovered that the mad Dark jedi was a clone of Alex! They confronted Alex who admitted to nothing. Kale then had Alex AND Lyrin tell the truth about their past. When both refused, Kale went first. He revealed that he was from Aagmar and that he had had two brothers and a sister. His younger brother and sister had been killed in the Clone War and his parents and older brother had been killed by Senator Faren. Kale knew Faren could use the Force and wanted to get revenge on Faren for killing his family. Lyrin went next and revealed himself to be the Prince of Alderaan. His true name was Rylan Ronedan. His father had disappeared during the Clone Wars and his mother had died of a sickness. When the Emperor took over Onderon, Lyrin fled, taking Hotshot, his father's old ship. Lyrin also wanted revenge on Faren. Alex then revealed he was a former Jedi surprising the smugglers. Alex revealed that when he had seen his master die it had broke him. He had wanted to track down Dark Jedi and kill them to make amends. He then told Kale that he had the Force in him which was why he was able to make repairs very well. Alex also told Lyrin that he had the Force in him due to his ability to sense weakness points in Hotshot. Both smugglers asked Alex to train them. Alex was reluctant as he blieved that more than one light force presence could draw the Emperor and Vader. But he accepted in the end. He began with instructing them on basic force abilities and techniques and lightsaber forms. He also taught them how to purify their crystals. After training was done and Kale and Lyrin retired, Alex went to his quarters and meditated on his role as one of the last of the Jedi. The Force then gave him a vision. One of a man holding a pure green lightsaber aloft with over 1000 Jedi standing behind him. Taken aback, Alex knew what he had to do. In the dark Alex ignited his saber and swiftly cut his padawan braid off declaring himself a Jedi Knight

Hunting Senator Faran
Now that Alex knew his destiny, he was determined to keep training Kale and Lyrin. When their basic training was complete, Alex announced his intention to find out the truth behind Senator Faran. Alex was curious as to why Senator Faran was reported to have died on multiple occasions but come back alive and well. First they set course for Coruscant where they planned to find Kylan and ask him what he knew. In hyperspace, they were secretly boarded by a clone named Blade. While on board, Blade released the mad clone of Alex. When Lyrin didn't return after investigating, Alex went looking. Alex found Lyrin beaten from battling the mad clone. As Alex was fighting the clone, Blade toppled over all the Dark Jedi chambers just as Kale arrived to investigate. Luckily, Kale saved them and also managed to incapacitate the two clones. Locking Blade in the hold and the mad clone back in the stasis chamber Alex and his apprentices discussed what happened. Kale revealed Blade to be another clone of Alex. This shocked Alex as Jedi and Sith clones were extremely rare. While they were talking another inflitrator revealed himself on Lyrin's scanners. This time Kale and Lyrin went to investigate while Alex made sure they were still on course. However they didn't return. As Alex was about to go looking for them, the inflitrator knocked him out. Alex woke tied to the wall and was even more shocked to find the inflitrator was yet another clone of Alex! The clone revealed himself to be working with Kylan and the other clone: Blade, was working for Senator Fyran. Hunter had battled Alex's apprentices and jettisoned them and the mad clone out in a escape pod. As Hunter contacted Kylan to join them, Alex slipped out of his binds and pickpocketed his saber. When Kylan joined them after landing on Coruscant, Alex was about to make his escape when the escape pod Hunter jettisoned crashed into Hotshot. Alex awoke to find Hotshot buried under debris. Kylan was missing and so was Hunter but Alex did manage to find Blade. After securing him in the cockpit Alex proceeded to carefully pilot Hotshot out from under the debris. He drove up to see Kale and Lyrin waving their arms. Alex was going to pick them up when Hunter reappeared. Alex watched as Kale and Hunter fought while Lyrin held together Hotshot. Going outside, Alex told Lyrin and Kale to jump but Kale refused and bought some time for Lyrin and Alex to escape by tackling Hunter and causing them both to fall to Coruscants depths.

Skirmish on Vjun
After Kale and Hunter's fall, Alex and Lyrin were to sad to say anything. They got Hotshot prepared and continued to track Faran in Kale's memory. They found out that Faran had a secret stronghold on Vjun so they traveled their. Before they landed they woke Blade up and convinced the clone of Alex to work with them in order to rescue Kylan who had been captured by Faran. The three then landed and approached Faran's stronghold. As soon as they got inside they split up with Lyrin heading to a section that read: Force Artifacts, Blade to the prison area and Alex to a section called: Cloning Experiments. When Alex saw inside, he was astonished to see that Faran had achieved immortality through cloning! They were about 20 clones of Faran inside all the tanks. Inside the next room Alex found more clones but they were different...more younger. What Alex saw next shocked him to the core of reality. Faran had cloned Alex! Continuing to the next room Alex reunited with Blade who said that Faran had Kylan locked up in the prison cell. Alex agreed to go rescue Faran and asked where Lyrin was. Blade did not know and assumed he was still in the artifacts section. Together, the clone and his template went to rescue Kylan. Arriving at the prison section, Alex and Blade freed Kylan from his chains. Kylan explained that Faran had probed him in order to find out how he had successfully cloned Alex. Alex admitted that Jedi like himself were hard to clone but not that hard. At that moment Faran himself arrived and congratulated the three on finding out his secret. Alex asked Faran to surrender but the mad force user just laughed. Faran then told Alex a horrifying secret. Alex was just an experiment, not really human. Alex did not believe him however Kylan did. Faran then explained that he had been trying to capture Alex in order to study him in order to create an army of powerful force experiments. Further explaining his power he pulled out a jar full with someones conciousness and memories. He then tossed Lyrin's body to the three. Faran told Alex that he had took Lyrin's conciousness and memories and encased them in a jar. Alex ignited his lightsaber and stated that Faran was to evil and powerful to live. He, Blade and Kylan then attacked Faran. After a short battle, Blade managed to decapitate Faran. Moving quickly, Alex smashed the jar over Lyrin's body and he was resurrected. The four then raced to the cloning chamber where they destroyed Faran's clones. In the chaos Lyrin spotted two familiar figures in tanks. Kale and Hunter. After a brief reunion with Kale, they grabbed Hunter and fled the stronghold while it exploded behind them.

Farans Last Stand
After putting Hunter in a stasis chamber to ensure he wouldn't harm anyone, Alex gathered Lyrin, Kale, Blade and Kylan to track down Faran. Kale was confused as he thought Faran was dead. After explaining everything, they concluded Faran must have more clone somewhere and they have to stop them. First however they discussed Alex being a possible experiment of the Force. Kylan could sense the power in Alex growing. He encouraged Alex to not let the raw power escape him. Alex assured Kylan they would find out more of this as soon as Faran was defeated for good. Tracking Faran to a cloning facility on Kamino the group decided that Lyrin and Kale would stay on the ship while Alex, Kylan and Blade went in to find Faran. They decided not to bring Hunter as Kylan had revealed that he had installed a loyalty chip in the clone to make him loyal to Kylan. Entering the facility, the three traveled to the Faran Clone section where they found thousands of clones of Faran. They were all being trained to one day host Faran's spirit but half of them were mad. While observing, Kylan and Blade grew tired of waiting and launched an attack on Faran who had just entered the room and posessed a clone. As they battled Alex jumped in and engaged Faran in a deadly battle. However in the end they were forced to submit. As Faran was about to kill them, Kale entered the fray having followed Alex. With Faran distracted, Alex managed to break free of the clones grasp and stab him in the chest. As Faran's spirit broke free, trying to find another host, Blade suddenly told everyone to go. Kylan obliged but Alex and Kale decided to stay and help Blade. Suddenly, Blade exploded in a burst of force energy and the facility started exploding. Blade told Alex and Kale to go. Both did not want to leave Blade but Blade forced them. As master and padawan obliged Kale turned back to see the facility explode in a burst of energy, killing Faran for good as well as his clones and Blade. Before fleeing, Alex spotted a strikefighter fleeing and wondered if all the clones had been destroyed.

Aftermath
Nobody spoke for a long time on Hotshot, all grieving the lost of Blade. Alex realized if Blade had the power to do something like that, then he and Hunter certainly did too. Releasing Hunter from the stasis chamber, Alex successfully destroyed the loyalty chip and convinced Hunter to join them. Kylan witnessed this and revealed himself to Alex. As Hunter excused himself, Alex told Kylan they would drop him off at the next spaceport. Kylan however refused. He told Alex that he needed all the help he could get and offered himself as Alex's third apprentice. Alex reluctantly agreed. Soon after Alex called the crew together and explained that before tracking down Faran's last clone, he wanted to find his parents and see if they knew anything about Alex being an experiment of the Force. They all instantly agreed and set out to find Alex's homeworld.

Experiment of the Force
A year later in 8 BBY Alex successfully found his homeworld of Cathros. When they landed on the planet they found it to be ruined. The group then split upp again with Alex and Hunter investigating Alex's home and Kylan and Kale investigating the ruined city while Lyrin watched the ship. Arriving at his house, Alex entered the building to find tons of equipment and objects he had never seen before. Alex was then surprised to be knocked out. He awoke later on a table being overlooked by a mad woman who revealed herself to be Alex's mother. Shocked Alex revealed himself to be her son and asked what was going on. The woman introduced herself as Seelah Matthews, a scientist. She knew who Alex was and wanted to study her son. She told Alex that when she created him, it had caused an explosion of energy that caused the inhabitants of the planet to flee. In the chaos, a Jedi had took Alex away from Seelah leaving her unable to make more experiments. Seelah also wanted to study Hunter wanting to know how an experiment could be cloned perfectly as Hunter and Blade had been. Seelah had created Alex because she wanted an army of powerful force users plus she wasn't able to make a child with Durn, her husband. When Hunter asked why, she revealed she had created Durn using clone DNA and something else which made him mad. She had only been able to make one child with him named Pedro but he had not been force sensitive.