Dark Guard Journals: Entry 9

"Lord Vader must be quite determined to recreate his fallen apprentice, Starkiller, judging by all the trouble he's going through. Another member of the royal guard and I were sent to accompany a high ranking imperial officer to Kamino to oversee the progress in the cloning of Starkiller. The results we saw were disturbing, to say the least. The attempted clones were often quite deformed physically, leading to creations that could only be considered human through quite a stretch of one's imagination. Arms and legs were often out of place, and they often emitted ear piercing screeches, despite the fact that many often lacked any sign of a visible mouth. The physical deformities, however, paled in comparison to the mental issues the clones of Starkiller had. They're mindless monsters, often attacking anyone that attempts to approach them. One of them escaped yesterday, and although it was eventually killed, the damage it did to parts of the facility, and to those who attempted to apprehend it, were considerable. The imperial officer we've been guarding insists that attempting to clone Starkiller is pointless, and that Lord Vader should keep his focus on finding the rebel alliance. The once small group of rebels brought together by the original Starkiller has now turned into the largest resistance to the empire by far. They're the most organized, and are starting to become a point of concern for the emperor. Meanwhile, Lord Vader continues hoping to have a perfect servant appear out of one of the cloning vats here on Kamino. Now, both Vader and the Kaminoans insist that they have yet to succeeded in getting anywhere close to a perfect clone of Starkiller. They insist that they haven't even created a clone that was sane by any stretch of the imagination. However, on multiple occasions I've seen a shadowy figure walking around the top floor in the cloning area of the facility. Although I know it might simply be a member of the shadow guard, present simply to provide extra security, the figure I've been seeing doesn't appear to be one of them. Perhaps I'm just paranoid, but I think it's possible that Vader has already succeeded in creating a sane, and loyal, clone of his former apprentice. If that's the case, though, why does he continue with the tests, trying to create another sane clone of Starkiller? It wouldn't make any sense to make another if he already has one, but I've learned in the past that the sith are interesting individuals, and always seem to have underlying motives in everything they do..."

-Davis Yoodum