Dark Apprentice


 * "You were cast from the mold of a dead man. You have inherited his skills, but also his weaknesses."
 * ―Darth Vader[src]

The "Dark Apprentice" was a clone of Galen Marek, a Human male taken on by the Sith Lord Darth Vader as his secret apprentice. Following Marek's death, Vader embarked on a quest to create a perfect, obedient duplicate of the man to take Marek's place. Within the cloning facilities of Kamino, hundreds of failures were produced before the Dark Lord of the Sith succeeded in creating a clone of the deceased apprentice that was able to overcome his template's emotions and submit himself entirely to the dark side of the Force.

As his training progressed, the Dark Apprentice surpassed all those who had come before him; he was able to store Marek's memories independent from his own and suppress the dead man's feelings. Vader planned to have the apprentice face a final test against a rogue clone of Marek during the Rebel attack on Kamino, but the Dark Apprentice mysteriously did not participate in the battle, and his Sith Master was captured by the Alliance.