Captain Blackstar

"However, no previous adventure could have prepare Qwark for his encounter with the dread pirate Blackstar and his crew of...oh please tell me this isn't a typo."

- Comic Narrator

"That's Robotic Pirate Ghosts. Guess reading wasn't your subject, eh, professor?"

- Qwark

Captain Blackstar was Captain Qwark's first major enemy. He was leader of the Robotic Pirate Ghosts that were defeated by the aforementioned hero. He was originally meant to be the boss of the first Qwark vid-comic but was cut from the game due to difficulty with his animation. Even after being cut from the final game, the Narrator clearly says Captain Blackstar is the leader of the Robotic Pirate Ghosts that Qwark faces in the opening cinematic of Booty is in the Eye of the Beholder, hence-forth making him it's unseen antagonist. He was replaced by a giant robotic space eel that was said to haunt the ship (which was later found to be true) as the final boss. He could be seen in the Insomniac Museum on Burbank where the player could fight him using the Game Pyramid. The fight was fairly easy, as Qwark went into the room, Blackstar's body was dormant, until his spirit flew in and possessed the body. Blackstar moved slowly and swung his sword, whereas a punch from Qwark really hurt him. After you bunched out his health bar, his body was destroyed but his spirit picked up the sword and tried to plunge you with it. The body put itself back together and the spirit repossessed the body. After you destroyed it a second time, space rats would come in and you had to punch them as well as Blackstar's spirit while avoiding the plunging sword. After this, Blackstar was vanquished forever more.

The radio tower on Planet Ardolis that was shaped like a giant skull was known, according to Rusty Pete on his Pirate Tour, as "Blackstar Memorial Radio Tower" in memory of Captain Blackstar.

Blackstar's armor, which he created and wore because he was not well liked by his crew and was prone to mutiny, can be bought and worn by Ratchet in Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction.

Appearances

 * Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal
 * Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction