I bring Darth Vader's enemies to justice.
—Starkiller
"Starkiller" was the codename of a Force-attuned Human male who made a name for himself as a reviled Sith assassin, an operative of the Imperial Inquisition as well as a successful Jedi-killer. His origins clouded in mystery, he was taken early on by the Sith Lord Darth Vader to be trained as his secret apprentice - in hopes of eventually helping him overthrow his own Master, Darth Sidious. Excelling in the arts of lightsaber combat and immersed in the ways of brandishing the dark side enough that his abilities almost equaled those of Vader, Starkiller was ferried time and time again by his unique starship, the Rogue Shadow, on missions to prove his worth in trials that required him to hunt down surviving Jedi Knights or silence those that his strings-puller had no further use for.
During the Galactic Civil War, Starkiller found himself more frequently at the beck and call of Darth Vader. Still, the existence of this peculiar agent was known only to a private few of the Galactic Empire's higher-ups - for Starkiller rarely left any witnesses in his wake - and even less guessed Darth Vader's purposes for him. Indeed, the merciless Sith assassin often slaughtered insurgent and loyalist alike to ensure the secrecy of his involvement.
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Ambiguous origins[]
The origins of the man who became "Starkiller" are as unknown as is his former identity prior to his corruption to the dark side. Rumors claimed he was the son of a rogue Jedi Knight who survived the Great Purge by fleeing to Kashyyyk, where he found shelter with the local Wookiees and was later hunted down by the vile Sith Lord Darth Vader. The young boy was then taken by his father's murderer and molded into one of his "pets". Other say that he was one of those unfortunate Force-sensitive children abducted by the Imperial Inquisition as part of Project Harvester.
How Starkiller came into being is an open mystery and ultimately irrelevant: what matters is that he was one of Darth Vader's most fearsome agents and most talented disciples. Though nominally an agent of the Imperial Inquisition, he was kept under the wing of Darth Vader himself; the Dark Lord hoped to perhaps one day supplant his Master, Darth Sidious, as Emperor with Starkiller at his side. The man's early training mainly focused on lightsaber combat and was carried out as sparring matches with the Grand Inquisitor at Fortress Inquisitorius. Later, however, Darth Vader had Starkiller moved to his then-in construction new flagship, the Executor-class Star Dreadnought called Executor, far from the eyes of Darth Sidious. There, the Dark Lord saw to personally teaching Starkiller the ways of the Force and completing his immersion in the wielding of the lightsaber.