History Characters / DarkForcesSaga

* MasterSwordswoman: A talented lightsaber combatant. In combat she forgoes the more gimmicky combat styles used by Gorc & Pic, Maw, and Boc, or the heavy usage of offensive Dark Side powers used by Boc and Jerec, and focuses more on straightforward swordplay.

* MasterSwordswoman: A talented lightsaber combatant.

* GoodPowersBadPeople: While a Dark Jedi, he uses the Lightside powers Persuasion and Blinding.

* EvilGenius: A weapons maker in the Dark Trooper Project; the Repeater Rifle was one of his designs meant for the dark troopers before they went with something bigger.
* MadScientist: Not so much in the science itself though. His weapons are pretty sensible and practical. But for reasons best known to himself he lives alone with droids and monsters in a sewer.
* ModestRoyalty: Moffs are effectively Imperial nobility. Rebus dresses in dirty wifebeater and lives in a sewer.

* HomingProjectile: In addition to the standard Dark Trooper {{BFG}} rifle, Mohc's Phase III armor also has a backpack that launches a swarm of homing rockets at you.

-->''"I'm no Jedi; I'm just a guy with a lightsaber and a few questions."''

-->''"8t88, meet Jan. She's cranky sometimes. But very good looking. Not something you could relate to."''
-->--'''Kyle Katarn'''

* SacrificialLion: Killed by Jerec in the first cutscene of the game.

* EnergyWeapon: [[spoiler: During her boss fight she can unleash a deadly beam from the Scepter's tip and swipe it across the room. While powerful, she's also left vulnerable to attacks and force powers when using it.]]

* CanonImmigrant: The only ''Dark Forces'' villain not to be created for the series, originating in the Old Republic comics.

* FinalBoss: [[spoiler:Only on the Light Side route.]]

A droid appearing in ''Jedi Knight'' as a ruthless dealer of information and knowledge. He's hired by Kyle Katarn to learn the truth about his father and is later hired by Jerec in order to find out the location for the Valley of the Jedi. [[spoiler: He gets decapitated by Pic and Gorc when he asks for his reward.]]

* AnArmAndALeg: Kyle was able to retrieve his stolen disk by shooting 88's arm clean off. He get's a replacement arm though.

* OffWithHisHead: [[spoiler:Which is later used by Kyle to see the map to Ruusan.]]
* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: [[spoiler:Pic and Gorc do this to him after he outlives his usefulness.]]

* SmugSnake

** In a cutscene after level 1 of ''Jedi Knight'', he gets shot by a TIE Fighter. It doesn't leave much of a mark on him, though he ''does'' end up spending some time in the medbay of a New Republic ship after Jan gets him away from Nar Shaddaa.

* ManlyFacialHair: By ''Jedi Knight'', he's grown a thick beard that serves to accentuate his development into one of the most skilled Jedi of his age in personal combat.

* BroughtDownToNormal: After falling to the Dark Side in ''Mysteries of the Sith'', he cuts himself off from the Force until ''Jedi Outcast'', where he powers himself back up to take on Desann.

* HeroicSelfDeprecation: He seems to have somewhat of a problem with low self esteem. After ''Dark Forces 2'' he cut himself off from the force, worried that he would not be able to resist the temptation of the Dark Side. At the end of ''Jedi Outcast'' he outright calls himself a failure as a Jedi.

** The first time he's fought in ''Mysteries of the Sith'', [[spoiler:he's a straight example; you have to SheatheYourSword to win]].

* IconicItem: Not his lightsaber, lots of people have those. Rather, it's his Bryar pistol, a weapon used by literally no-one else in the Star Wars universe.

** In an cutscene after an early level in ''Jedi Knight'', he gets shot by a TIE Fighter. It doesn't leave much of a mark on him.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: After [[spoiler: killing Maw in anger.]]

* OneManArmy: The amount of enemies he hacks, blasts, and punches his way through over the course of the series is quite immense. Compared to the ''Film/RogueOne'' crew's ordeal and HeroicSacrifice in that film, Kyle steals the Death Star plans alone in about five minutes during ''the first mission of the first game''.

* SheatheYourSword: [[spoiler:In ''Mysteries of the Sith'', this is how you beat him. Even the corrupted Kyle cannot bring himself to murder a defenseless Mara in cold blood.]]
* SuperpoweredEvilSide:

A space pilot and partner of Kyle Katarn. She helped him in many situations. She's the only other person who knows the location of the Valley of The Jedi.

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: has bad dreams about his mother and sister, and cares about Sariss.

* UnwittingTestSubject: According to source books he and Gorc were altered by both the Sith sorcerer Cronal and Project Chubar from the ''Literature/XWingSeries'', the former causing the two to share DNA (which is why they consider one another "brothers") and the latter increasing their intelligence while bringing it more in line with human thinking patterns.

* UnwittingTestSubject: According to source books he and Pic were altered by both the Sith sorcerer Cronal and Project Chubar from the ''Literature/XWingSeries'', the former causing the two to share DNA (which is why they consider one another "brothers") and the latter increasing their intelligence while bringing it more in line with human thinking patterns.

* HeelFaceTurn: Supplemental material reveals that he used to be a particularly selfish member of the Jedi Shadows (an investigator corps who tried to wipe out all Dark Side artifacts) who was obsessed with rooting out darksiders, until Jerec manipulated him into turning to the dark side.

* BackstabBackfire: [[spoiler:Trying to attack Kyle after he offered him mercy was a just plain ''stupid'' thing to do.]]

* GoodPowersBadPeople: Can use Persuasion and Blind.
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: If you choose the Light Side.]]

* HumanAliens: He's actually an Epicanthix, an alien species with resistance to telepathy.

* RecurringBoss: [[spoiler:On the Dark Side route, instead of fighting Sariss, you correct your previous mistake and kill him.]]
* TookALevelInBadass: [[spoiler:If you fall to the Dark Side, a beefed-up Yun fights you in Sariss' place.]]

A Kowakian monkey-lizard who was sensitive to the Force even before being modified by Sith alchemy. He's a tiny Jedi warrior who's always seen with Gorc. He and his "brother" attack Kyle on the Suulon's Star when he tries to recover 8t88's head. Wields an orange lightsaber.

* LaserBlade: His orange lightsaber, which is sometimes described as a light''club'' instead.

One of the vilest Dark Jedi, was cut in half by Rahn but managed to survive. He uses the Dark Force to float in the air and fights with a blood red lightsaber. He fights Kyle on Russaan and gets killed, almost pushing Kyle towards the Dark Side.

* EvilerThanThou: Albeit mainly as the result of a {{Retcon}}. The prequel trilogy establishes red lightsabers as linked to the worst of the dark side, and the corruption of the users (something which hadn't been established at the time of the ''Dark Forces'' games and novellas). Maw is the only one of Jerec's six followers to have a red lightsaber (albeit one with an orange tint to it); even Sariss's is blue. This, combined with his general personality, establish him as the vilest one of the group, and the most in tune with the Dark Side.

* KillHimAlready: He taunts Kyle into killing him and is successful.

->''His heavy brow overshadows the empty recesses that normally embrace eyes. Jerec has the uncanny power to absorb and overshadow one's connection to the Force...like a dark cloud. A deep, empowering grasp of your will is what you need.''

* CoolOldGuy

* SpiritAdvisor: He appears to Kyle in ''Jedi Knight II'' when he arrives at the Valley of the Jedi, trying to warn him about what will happen if he gives in to his feelings of anger and revenge

* BroughtDownToNormal: After falling to the Dark Side in ''Mysteries Of The Sith'', he cuts himself off from The Force until ''Jedi Outcast'', where he powers himself back up to the on Desann.

* GoodOldFisticuffs: His fist is his emergency weapon in the games, and he's ''required'' to use it to kill the first Kell dragon (and to some extent the next few, if he can't get his hands on a few thermal detonators). He also uses it during the dark-side ending boss fight with Jaden in Academy.

* BondVillainStupidity: [[spoiler: Subverted; his NotWorthKilling sparing of Kyle seems like a textbook case of this, though he actually does need him alive to lead him to the Valley of the Jedi, and while provoking Kyle into becoming a Jedi again does come back to bite him, he doesn't do anything to help Kyle beat him]].

* PoweredArmor: His battlesuit. Includes a very large barrier shield, a repeater cannon, a lightning beam, and a big claw for punching Jedi.

* HighClassClass: He is a blue-blooded governor with a fancy monocole.

* DistressedDamsel: Pretty much OncePerEpisode with her:
** In ''Dark Forces'', Jabba the Hutt's goons capture her and Kyle has to bust her out.
** In ''Jedi Knight'' she's captured by Jerec and kept as a hostage.
** In ''Jedi Outcast'', [[BigBad Desann]] fakes her death to draw Kyle out and keeps her hostage.

* InformedAttribute: Rahn's narration claims that Boc lacks teeth. He's apparently speaking metaphorically, because Boc's razor-sharp fangs can be seen in many a cutscene.

* BigBad: Of the first game.

A modified Kowakian monkey-lizard who became sensitive to the Force. He's a tiny Jedi warrior who's always seen with Gorc. He and his "brother" attack Kyle on the Suulon's Star when he tries to recover 8t88's head. Wields an orange lightsaber.

* UnwittingTestSubject: According to source books he and Gorc were altered by both the sith sorcerer Cronal and Project Chubar from ''Literature/XWingSeries''.
* VenturousSmuggler: The empire first found him acting as the pet/co-pilot of a smuggler, Az-Iban.

A modified Gamorrean who became sensitive to the Force. He's a huge warrior who fights with Pic. Wields a gargantuan orange lightsaber.

* {{BFS}}: Called a [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Lightclub lightclub]].
* BoomHeadshot: How Kyle disposed of him in the books.

* UnwittingTestSubject: According to source books he and Pic were altered by both the sith sorcerer Cronal and Project Chubar from ''Literature/XWingSeries''.

* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: Courtesy of Rahn.

* BigBad: Of ''Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II''.

* PowerArmor: The Phase III Dark Trooper armor.

* PowerArmor: His battlesuit. Includes a very large barrier shield, a repeater cannon, a lightning beam, and a big claw for punching Jedi.

* EvilCostumeSwitch In the Dark Side ending of ''Dark Forces 2'', [[spoiler:he switches to a black cloak and gloves after becoming Emperor]].

* IconicItem: Not his lightsaber, lots of people have those. Rather his Briar pistol, a weapon used by literally no-one else in the Star Wars universe.

* ActionGirl: Handy with a blaster, and makes a good dogfigter.

* FacialMarkings: He has some thin lines on his face. This is not a trait of his species so they are presumably tatoos.

'''Kyle''': ''[[[CaughtMonologuing throws his lightsabre into the shield generator]]]'' Your ''shields will fall.''

* FlatCharacter: They have no character traits distinct from any other follower of Tavion beyond appearing in cutscenes. They don;t even get named in the game.

* GoodOldFisticuffs: He even uses it during the dark-side ending boss fight with him in Academy.

** In ''Dark Forces'', the Empire captures her and Kyle has to bust her out.

* EvilCannotComprehendGood: [[spoiler: When Kyle offer him redemption, he simply refuses and calls him weak.]]

* HopelessBossFight: The first encounter with him.

* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: He grew up on a ''very'' benighted backwoods world that knew nothing about the Force and thus thought his force powers were evil and treated him like shit. Despite Luke and the other Jedi "adopting" him and trying to teach him to be a Jedi as well, he couldn't let go of his anger and eventually [[FaceHeelTurn turned to the Dark Side.]]

* ContractualBossImmunity: Actually averted in ''Jedi Academy'' when she's using the scepter's beam attack, as she can't deflect regular attacks with her lightsaber or force powers while using the beam.

* DirtyCoward: Send Mara Jade to retrieve some stolen equipment on his behalf so he wouldn't do it. Also refusing to let Jade in first claiming letting a Jedi in is what killed Jabba.