Jerec

Jerec is a fictional character in the Star Wars universe, appearing in the computer game Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II. Jerec is the leader of the seven Dark Jedi that the player must face in the game.

Physically blind, he perceives the world around him thanks to the Force, similar to Darth Traya (he is able to do this because he is a , the same species as Visas Marr). He serves the Galactic Empire and murders .

In Dark Forces II, he tries to absorb the power of the Valley of the Jedi and begin his own empire. However, Kyle Katarn defeats him in an epic lightsaber duel inside the Valley's inner sanctums on the planet of .

Biography
Jerec originally came to the attention of , a Jedi who worked for the Jedi Exploral Corps. She immediately took him on as a Padawan. Nu's training gave Jerec several traits, not least among which was an insatiable hunger for knowledge, and supercilious manners. He advanced to Knighthood, and took on Ameesa Darys as his own Padawan. Soon she became a Knight herself, and Jerec a respected Jedi Master. His thirst for knowledge unabated, and unsatisfied by the resources available a Jedi Master, he sought outlets for his curiosity. He sat out the Clone Wars and instead travelled with a group of Jedi 'artifact finders' to the Unknown Regions, supposedly in search of wisdom unknown. His studies ended with the birth of the Galactic Empire, however, as the Jedi were slaughtered in the thousands. The Imperial Inquisitor Tremayne eventually caught up with Jerec and brutally slaughtered his fellow Jedi. He prepared to do the same to Jerec — until the Jedi Master promised to join the Empire as an Inquisitor himself.

Jerec continued his studies, but this time with the dark side. Jerec was trained by Emperor Palpatine under Darth Vader. Jerec often studied from one of the Emperor's many dark side texts, the enormous Dark Side Compendium. Jerec loathed Vader, coveting the Dark Lord's status for himself. Palpatine sensed the antipathy between Jerec and Vader, and ruthlessly blocked Jerec from further access to his dark side corpus, or indeed, any advanced training at all, and used Vader to threaten him if he became unruly. After Palpatine's death, Jerec completed his experiments and bound the minor characters Boc, Gorc, Pic, Maw, Sariss, Yun.

Eventually, he would learn from the Prophet of the Dark Side Lord Cronal. By this time, Jerec had become a billionaire through savvy investments, and many wealthy backers such as Grand Moff Ardus Kaine. After the Battle of Endor, when Kaine formed the Pentastar Alignment, Jerec and his followers went to work for the Alignment as the Great InQuestors of Judgment. A year later, Lord Cronal came to the Pentastar Alignment, and informed Jerec that the Emperor was alive and well on Byss, his plans for transferring his consciousness into clone bodies a success. Further, the Emperor, through Cronal, commanded his allegiance, and charged him to search for the Valley of the Jedi. Jerec had already arranged for the Alignment to dispatch him on that mission. The Prophets of the Dark Side wanted him to find the Valley as well.

Jerec had captured and executed the Jedi Master after forcing his way into Rahn's mind, and learned that was the only other person who knew where the Valley was. He served a short term as governor of Sulon. After killing Morgan in anger, Jerec waited for years before an information broker provided him with the location. En route, he lost all his followers to Kyle Katarn, but backed by three major factions (the Empire Reborn, the Pentastar Alignment, and the forces of Ysanne Isard), he gained entrance to the Valley. Drawing upon the stored Force energies, Jerec realized all the wildest promises of the Valley:

:and for one lucid moment, absolute omniscience was his. The will of the Force, Chaos, the ancient civilizations of the Rakata and Xim, what lay beyond the galactic barrier, and the origins of the universe - - Jerec understood them all, and endowed with Force powers beyond imagination, he would have ruled accordingly.

His megalomanical plans were defeated, however, when Katarn, cut Jerec off from the Valley and indeed, the Force at large. At last Jerec lay defeated, torn from the source of his power, but he refused to surrender. Katarn threw Jerec's lightsaber back to him, and Jarec attacked. Katarn shifted slightly to the side, but left his lightsaber in Jerec's path. In the end, Jerec charged through Kyle's lightsaber, severing his right shoulder and arm, finally dying.

Appearances
Although realized by a fully digital character in the game itself, Jerec is portrayed by actor Christopher Neame in the cut scenes after completion of certain levels.

Jerec is briefly referred to in Dark Horse Comics' Clone Wars series.

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