Star Wars Fans Think Marrok Is Starkiller In Ahsoka Series
In the third episode of the Ahsoka Disney Plus series, Inquisitor Marrok finally spoke, and fans were quick to point out that he sounds like Sam Witwer, who has been credited under additional voices.
Witwer has played a lot of Star Wars characters, but fans believe that Marrok sounds like his performance as Garen Malek, AKA Starkiller, the protagonist of The Force Unleashed games. He gives a gravelly, distorted voice thanks to his medieval-styled helmet, which sounds uncannily similar to a scene from a non-canon Force Unleashed DLC in which Malek goes full-Sith and comes face-to-face with Luke Skywalker.
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As reported by GamesRadar, this has led to speculation that Disney is finally making Starkiller canon. However, the series takes place five years after Return of the Jedi, so if this is Starkiller, the timeline will be completely different to the Force Unleashed games. They're set during the Original Trilogy, with Starkiller taking the role of Darth Vader's secret apprentice. By the time of Ahsoka, Vader is dead, and Marrok spent his time during the Empire's reign as an Inquisitor, not a Sith.
Witwer has played many roles in a variety of Star Wars properties, so his mere appearance isn't a confirmation that Starkiller is in Ahsoka. He's the voice of Darth Maul, Hugh Sion in Resistance, a Rodian Prisoner in The Book of Boba Fett, a Shoretrooper in Andor, and Palpatine across several games and TV shows - even in The Force Unleashed.
What's unique about Starkiller is that the character is based on Witwer's likeness, so it all comes down to who is under Marrok's helmet.
If Witwer himself is playing the character,
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