History TearJerker / TheForceUnleashed

* Kazdan Paratus' death. He was left insane by the trauma, guilt, and isolation he experienced after Order 66, and with his dying breath, he apologizes to his dead masters for failing them again. However, Paratus' body promptly becomes one with The Force upon his death, implying he may have found some peace before his demise.

* [[spoiler: Starkiller]]'s [[TheHeroDies death]] at the end of the first game, [[HeroicSacrifice sacrificing his life against the Emperor to save the leaders of the Rebel Alliance]], with even Vader visibly and audibly saddened in the aftermath, who despite everything else he was and had done, had been the closest thing to a father that Starkiller had. And subsequently Princess Leia choosing the family crest of the now extinct House of Marek, the Starbird, to serve as the Rebel Alliance's symbol of hope, honoring Galen Marek's memory as [[OurFounder their founder]] and savior.

** In the Light Side Ending, Vader looks and sounds somber as he slowly walks to Galen's body, even announcing "He is dead" in a matter that sounds more sad than frustrated or angry, perhaps hinting that he had some kind of fondness for his apprentice. All while looking longingly at Galen's body, and keeping his almost exclusive attention at Galen, mostly ignoring Palpatine. One could easily see him as mourning for his apprentice, who had deep down filled the role of the son Anakin might have had, despite all the abuse and cruel training he had heaped on Galen.

** In the Light Side Ending, Vader looks and sounds somber as he slowly walks to Galen's body, even announcing "He is dead" in a matter that sounds more sad than frustrated or angry, perhaps hinting that he had some kind of fondness for his apprentice. All while looking longingly at Galen's body, and keeping his almost exclusivele attention at Galen. One could easily see him as mourning for his apprentice.

** On a meta level, Sam Witwer revealed in an online interview that he got the role of Starkiller by understanding what the meditation scene was about, even more so than the creators of the game. He portrayed the scene as Starkiller 'white knuckling' it, attempting and having great difficulty with meditating, not understanding how to do it and only having a vague idea of meditation. When asked after why he was depicting Starkiller as struggling and tense during meditation, Witwer asked in turn if they teach meditation and finding inner peace at 'Sith school', noting that Darth Vader would never teach his apprentice to find inner peace, would want him to be in as much pain and emotional turmoil as he is.
* Shaak Ti's death. After losing her duel with Starkiller, she tries to convince him that [[{{Foreshadowing}} he could be]] [[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre so much more]]. When Starkiller stubbornly insists on his loyalty to Vader, she sadly remarks that he will eventually find out the [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder harsh reality]] of the Sith before falling backwards to her demise.

** When the Emperor commands Vader to kill his apprentice, Starkiller desperately appeals to his master, insisting that they can defeat Palpatine together. Vader looks from his master to his student, [[CallForward just like he will]] [[Film/ReturnOfTheJedi when he finally chooses to redeem himself]]. Here, however, he [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown savagely beats]] the helpless Starkiller while Palpatine laughs sadistically and cheers him on, ultimately throwing him out into space to ([[NotQuiteDead apparently]]) die.

-->'''Kento''': TheDarkSide has clouded your mind. You killed my Master years ago.

** In the novelization, Galen wields his father Kento Marek's original blue Kyber Crystal in his new Lightsaber to honor him with, using it to fight and defeat Darth Vader, bringing at least some justice to his father's murderer. In the wake of Galen's turn to the Light Side and sacrifice, an injured Vader spitefully crushes it beneath his boot.

** During their duel aboard the Death Star in the novelization's finale, Galen's pity is such that he even calmly tells his former Master that he intends to kill Vader not out of hatred or revenge for everything he did to Galen and his father, but out of pity, in order to [[MercyKill free him from his enslavement to the Emperor]].

* This exchange between Starkiller and PROXY shows that, even in the eyes of his apprentice (who knows nothing about Vader's backstory, life or identity as Anakin Skywalker), Vader's existence is an agony that [[SympathyForTheDevil Starkiller pities]].

* This exchange between Starkiller and PROXY shows that, even in the eyes of his apprentice (who knows nothing about Vader's backstory, life or identity as Anakin Skywalker), Vader's existence is an agony that [[CryForTheDevil Starkiller pities]].

-->'''Kento''': TheDarkSide has [[EvilMakesYouForget clouded your mind]]. You killed my Master years ago.

-->'''Kento''': TheDarkSide has clouded your mind. You killed my Master years ago.