| Juno Eclipse | |
|---|---|
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| Biographical Information | |
| Status | Alive |
| Homeworld | Corulag |
| Hometown | Curamelle |
| Born | c. 19 bby |
| Died | 2 bby |
| Physical Description | |
| Species | Human |
| Gender | Female |
| Height | 1.75 meters |
| Weight | 140 lbs |
| Eye Color | Blue |
| Hair Color | Blonde |
| Age | 26 |
| Title(s) | * |
| Chronological information | |
| Affiliation | Galactic Empire (former) Imperial Navy (former) |
| Father | unknown |
| Mother | unknown |
| Children | none |
| Spouse | Galen Marek (love interest, deceased)
Starkiller (boyfriend, alive) |
Juno Eclipse is a major supporting character in both The First Star Wars: The Force Unleashed and Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II. She is voiced by/portrayed by Nathalie Cox. She stands 5'.7" tall and weighs 140lbs. She is human with caucasion skin, and blue eyes.
She was born on planet Corulag. She served the Galactic Empire as an Imperial officer and pilot during the Great Jedi Purge. Her exceptional skills in leadership and combat were noticed by several high-ranking officials in the Imperial Military, including the Sith Lord Darth Vader. Rising through ranks in record time, Captain Eclipse was personally chosen by Vader to lead his Black Eight Squadron. Although she initially considered service under Emperor Palpatine's right-hand man to be the highlight of her career, her role in the Bombing of Callos caused her to doubt some of the Empire's policies. Although her beliefs wavered due to the mass genocide and complete sterilization that rendered Callos uninhabitable, Captain Eclipse was unwilling to abandon her allegiance to the Empire, nor her hard-earned position under Darth Vader's command. However, Vader came to the conclusion that Juno lacked a certain quality in ruthlessness that he found necessary in those who served him. As a consequence, he reassigned her to a highly confidential detail. Hence, in 3 BBY, Juno became the latest pilot of the Rogue Shadow, a stealth vessel that was piloted by several individuals in turn. The purpose of her top secret assignment was to transport Darth Vader's agent to wherever his missions required him to go. During that time, she was unaware that the mysterious young man was Vader's secret apprentice, codenamed "Starkiller."
Although she learned that Starkiller was a Force-sensitive assassin, who was tasked with hunting down the last of the Jedi, her attempts to learn any personal information about him were met with failure. Upon inadvertently discovering Vader's plot to kill Emperor Palpatine with Starkiller's aid, Juno's loyalties became divided between her Emperor and immediate superior. Nevertheless, she continued to carry out her orders to the letter, and took great care to not allow the apprentice to learn of her accidental discovery. But when Vader unexpectedly betrayed his disciple at the behest of the Emperor, the Dark Lord branded Captain Eclipse as a traitor due to her association with Starkiller. Stripped of her rank and all that she worked hard to gain, Juno was imprisoned on the Empirical.
Six months later, Juno Eclipse was freed by Starkiller, who's apparent death was faked by Darth Vader in order to continue their assassination plot against Palpatine. Juno, forced into the life of a fugitive, reluctantly renounced her allegiance to the Galactic Empire and joined with Starkiller on his mission to create the Rebel Alliance. However, she was unaware of the fact that the apprentice remained loyal to his master; nor did she realize that the Rebellion's purpose was to distract the Emperor's attention in order to create a new opportunity to kill him.
During their adventures, Juno and Starkiller gradually developed a rapport that eventually turned into love. When Vader betrayed the apprentice for a second time, Starkiller denounced the Sith and embraced his Jedi heritage. By that time, Juno learned that the apprentice's birth name was "Galen Marek." Before Marek went to face Vader, Juno revealed her feelings for him with a kiss. However, their relationship was brought to an untimely end when Marek perished in battle against Emperor Palpatine by sacrificing his own life in order to save the founders of the Rebel Alliance.
Shortly after Marek's death, Juno witnessed the official founding of the Alliance to Restore the Republic on Kashyyyk. She chose to honor the fallen apprentice's legacy by joining the Alliance Fleet as one of its first officers. Later she revived the damaged PROXY and less than a year later, Juno Eclipse was commissioned as the captain of the Rebel flagship, the Salvation.
One day, the Rogue Shadow exited hyperspace and was heading for the ship; Juno was stunned to see the ship, having believe it had been destroyed on Cato Neimoidia. Although it became apparent that she was really seeing the Rogue Shadow, she did not believe that Rahm Kota had survived.
Instead, Juno believed the ship had been captured by Imperials and were using it as a means to infiltrate the Salvation and the Rebel fleet.
Before she could order that the ship be taken down, Kota's voice came through the comm, requesting permission to dock. Realizing that Kota had indeed survived after being taken prisoner in Tarko-se, she felt guilt for giving him up for dead.
Whilst still waiting for the Rogue Shadow to dock with the Salvation, Kota transferred valuable info to Juno's datapad on a cloning operation on Kamino.
The info included everything the Rebellion needed to launch a successful attack on the Empire, including floor plans, security systems and troop deployments.
And, more importantly, was the fact that this cloning facility was located too far out in the Outer Rim for Imperial reinforcements to intercept the attack in time.
When Juno asked Kota about the source of such invaluable data, Kota urges her to wait and see for herself when he arrived on the bridge with the "source" of the data.
Around the same time, the Rebel fleet was surprised by an attack from the Empire, which was mainly focused on the Salvation. The ambush was a total success, Imperial Stormtroopers soon entered the Salvation and commenced an attack.
When the bridge came under fire, Juno and her crew attempted to defend their position, but, ultimately, it was a futile effort.
After watching PROXY get shot in chest and the rest of her crew fall to the ground dead around her, Juno was shot in the shoulder; although she managed to shoot down the trooper who had attacked her, she was unable to defend herself from a green-armoires figure, who tranquilized her with his blaster, causing her to fall unconscious.
When Juno came to, she realized she was still on the Salvation, though she was restrained by a pair of Stormtroopers and the figure who had tranquilized her, unbeknownst to the fact the he was the notorious Bounty Hunter, Boba Fett.
Although Juno attempted to probe him for information as to why he was abducting her, Fett only gave her cryptic answers in return.
After figuring out that her captor was a Bounty Hunter, Juno attempted to bribe him by suggesting the Rebellion would double whatever the Empire was paying him; Fett was slightly amused and declined her offer, stating that he only worked with people who would likely hire him again.
As she was forced to accompany Fett to his ship, Juno caught a glimpse of a ma who looked exactly like the man she believed she would never see again; Galen Marek. In her befuddlement, Juno concluded that Galen had somehow returned from the dead, although she had no way of explaining it to herself.
Despite the terrible pain it cause her shoulder, Juno struggled against Fett yet again, but to no avail. Fett took her aboard the Slave I and made a hasty journey to Kamino, where Vader awaited their arrival in Timira city.
On the way to the planet of Kamino, Juno attempted to intimidate Fett by telling him Galen would kill him for abducting her.
Fett shrugged off her threat and stated he had dealt with Jedi in the past.
Juno hastily pointed out that Galen was not a Jedi and did not possess their patience or restraint.
Juno also slyly implied that no mercenary could match a Force-wielder who could rip Star Destroyers from the sky. Fett retorted against Juno's statement by telling her of the Starkiller she saw on board the Salvation; he was nothing more than a clone created by Darth Vader.
Juno was filled with doubt, Fett went on to say that "he was nothing more than a half-mad copy who only thought he was in love with her."
In desperation, Juno assumed that even a person like Boba Fett ought to have loved someone in the past, thus, she implored him not to allow Vader to user her just to hurt Galen.
Although somewhat affected by her desperation, Fett nevertheless continued their journey to Kamino.
When Fett arrived on Kamino and landed the Slave I in Timira City, Vader was awaiting him and as his prisoner.
Upon seeing Vader for the first time since had branded her a traitor the Empire, Juno's body tensed with fear, fully aware of who Fett's employer had been.
After handing Juno over to Vader, a pair of troopers forced her to accompany the Sith into the depths of Timira city's cloning facility.
Juno, believing Vader hadn't taken all the trouble to capture her just to kill her, began to taunt Vader, reminding him of he was bested by his former apprentice.
Juno continued to mock Vader, stating that he was nothing more than the Emperor's slave with nothing but a minuscule piece of the Empire to maintain his obedience.
Juno accused the Sith of being a coward who was acting out of desperation by abducting her. She also voiced her belief that Vader wasn't responsible for Galen's return, going on to say she believed he accomplished that feat on his own.
Although Vader had been ignoring her the entire time, he nonetheless signaled a trooper to gag Juno with a sealant patch to keep her silent.
As they made their way to the top of the cloning facility, Juno noticed multiple cloning tubes containing specimens that that all possessed a distinctly familiar face.
It then dawned at her that each specimen was a clone of Starkiller. Shocked and dumbfounded, Juno's hopes that Galen had survived, again was virtually shattered by the discovery that the Bounty Hunter had told her the truth after all.
Juno began putting the pieces together and then realized that Vader was indeed responsible for Starkiller's return, although it was only a copy of the original Starkiller she had seen on the Salvation.
As much as she didn't want to, Juno was forced to admit that it was the most logical explanation, one that made way better sense then her idea that Galen had staved off death itself.
Juno's mind drifted back to the clone of Galen she had seen on her ship, causing her to think about the inherent dangers and unreliability of cloning.
Considering the fact that many clones went insane in the past due to identity crisis, Juno was fearful that the first clone she had seen might not be so different.
Juno was also repulsed of the thought that the clones were so obviously created from the original Starkiller, or, more specifically, his corpses cells.
Despite all of her doubt and uncertainty, Juno decided to believe that the clone she had seen on her ship would eventually turn out to be the same kind of hero the original Starkiller had been.
After Juno persuaded herself not to judge the clones' feelings as counterfeit, she desperately hoped that Vader would fail on his efforts to mold the clone into a monster, just as he had failed to do so with his first apprentice.
Whilst being held captive by Vader in the top of the cloning facility, Juno took notice of the Salvation, broken into two, massive fragments, falling from the sky and set on a collision course with Timira city.
While the Stormtroopers aroun sing her were becoming increasingly as nervous as she was, Juno noticed how Darth Vader showed no signs of fee whatsoever, crediting his confidence to his incredible strength in the Force.
When the first half of the Salvation rammed into the facility, Juno felt as if she would not survive, and the irony of a captain being killed by her own ship was not lost on her.
Before reaching its destination, however, the clone of Starkiller obliterated the second fragment of the Salvation to avoid causing damage that would have either harmed or killed Juno.
When Vader was left to face the clone, Juno was left in the tower while her stormtrooper guards created a defensive perimeter around her.
When Vader returned, the clone of Starkiller was not far behind. Juno’s eyes widened at the sight of the clone. Despite this, Vader would not relinquish his best means of controlling his former apprentice. He grabbed her by the throat and lifted her from the ground.
Vader threatened to choke Juno to death unless Starkiller returned to his side as his apprentice and submit completely to the dark side. Juno tried to free herself, but all she connected with was her neck.
Despite being on the verge of death, Juno attempted to warn the clone not to give into the Sith's demands by mouthing no to him. It was lost on Starkiller's clone, however, for he could not hear her, and Juno knew even if he had heard her, he wouldn't have done as she said.
While Juno didn't want to be the one responsible for his turning to the dark side, she accepted his decision, being that she would also have done the same thing for Starkiller just to be with him.
Starkiller, not being able to bear the thought of Juno dying, fell to his knees and dropped his sabers in submission.
When Vader released Juno from the Force grip, she noticed one of the clones Lightsabers had rolled near her.
Picking it up and activating it, Juno attempted to assassinate the Sith Lord while his back was turned to her, still not wanting to be responsible for Starkiller's fall to the dark side.
At the last second, however, Vader's instincts warned him, he just barely managed to deflect to the attack, though Juno also managed to damage his chest plate.
In retaliation, Vader pushed her in the same exact way Starkiller had pushed the Stormtroopers. The counterattack was so fast and powerful, Juno was barely able to register it in her mind what had happened.
Juno could not tell how far Vader had pushed her, she just knew that she had been pushed out of the tower and the impact of her fall would hurt.
When she landed upon a platform, the last thing Juno felt was the rain falling into her eyes. Before losing consciousness again, she caught a glimpse of Vader defending himself against an enraged Starkiller.
When Juno awoke again, she found she was being cradled in Starkiller's arms. Without saying a word, Juno slipped her gloved hand to his cheek and kissed him.
In the aftermath of the battle, Juno and Kota delivered a report about the Rebellion's victory on Kamino to Leia Organa, who was able to communicate with them through PROXY.
They also related their additional success in capturing Vader and preparing for transfer him to Dantooine for his trial and interrogation.
However, they did not disclose the details regarding Starkiller's clone and his place in the Rebellion.
With Vader heavily secured in the Rogue Shadow, Juno resumed her position as captain of the ship, telling Starkiller to prepare for lightspeed.
However, Juno was unaware that her formed abductor, the Bounty Hunter Boba Fett, had concealed his ship, the Slave I, in the debris of an Imperial Class Star Destroyer.
When the Rogue Shadow entered hyperspace, Fett was quick to give chase.