I've been thinking lately that if I were to ever play in a SW based RPG, I would probably try to create a character that was a force sensitive Mandalorian.
The character ideas I had (some of which he might have to work up to, depending on which RPG mechanics are being used) are/were:
* Human from Mandalore, aware of the Death Watch and their lore (and thus their dark lightsaber relic).
* had initially been trained as a Jedi, but did not finish his training.
* encountered Darth Maul before Ep1, and was coerced/convinced to become his apprentice (similar to the way Vader had an apprentice that he hoped to serve as his second Sith if/when he usurped Sidious' position... and later offered the same to Luke in Ep4) (probably the encounter was: Maul killed his Mentor, and that's why he didn't finish his Jedi training; Maul then gave him the choice of becoming his apprentice, or being killed; the Jedi assumed he was also killed in the confrontation). Darth Maul focused on combat techniques in his training, so he's got a great deal of martial arts training.
* He was away on a mission that Darth Maul had assigned to him, during the events of Ep1. When Darth Maul was killed, he had not yet come to Sidious' attention, and decided to pursue his own path (neither Jedi nor Sith).
* As a symbol of being on his own path, and his connection to Mandalorian culture, he sets out to both assemble his own Mandorian Armor, as well as a new lightsaber. His armor is shades of black and very dark grey (for stealth), and (after a lengthy period of research/quest) he wields twin curved handle lightsabers with black blades. His armor has a jetpack, and light repeating blasters on the backs of the forearms (more to put people on the defensive than for hard hitting). He also carries a blaster rifle, for heavier and longer-range work.
* To make his living, he works primarily as a mercenary, private investigator, and body guard, but sometimes as a bounty hunter (if work is scarce).
* Avoids both Jedi and Sith where he can, and doesn't acknowledge his force sensitivity nor past force training (with either group) ... both to avoid being targeted by the Jedi or Sith, and as a "secret weapon" to use when he needs it. If confronted by a Jedi, that he has a strong sense of the force about him, he would simply say "that's what I've been told." He never takes his helmet off around Jedi, so that he wont be recognized by one of his former colleagues.
* His force skills mainly revolve around short-term premonitions (good instincts for investigation, anticipating enemy moves in dogfights, fire fights, and melee, things like that (it's like he always knows his opponent's next move, and is ready to defend against it, before the opponent even knows their own next move)), misdirection (for stealth), and light telekinesis.
* After Ep3, he is even more careful about concealing his Jedi past. He also never takes any of the jobs related to tracking down fugitive Jedi. (though, it's possible he might have interfered in some of the bounties, if it was someone he had befriended in his early life, and he was sure he could keep his involvement secret).
* If he's still around after Ep6, I'm not sure if he would have come forward to help Luke re-build the Jedi, or stayed in the shadows.
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