The fall of the Separatist leader Count Dooku at the hands of Jedi knight Anakin Skywalker,
marked the beginning of the end of an arduous war. Whilst the Jedi order believed that the
destruction of droid commander General Grievous, would be the key to the end of the war, Supreme
Chancellor Palpatine had blinded them all, by seducing the promising Jedi Knight Anakin
Skywalker to the dark side of the Force. Pledging him the ability to save his allegedly dying
wife Senator Padme Amidala of Naboo, by the time the Jedi had discovered the real identity
of Palpatine, it was too late. Master of the Order Mace Windu, who had shown continuous
criticism towards Anakin, was ultimately betrayed by the Jedi knight, and in a show of Sith
strength, Palpatine unleashed a torrent of Force lightning, and declared that his power
was unlimited. But what if Palpatine had only limited power? How would Anakin react? Would
he have doubts about joining the Sith? All of these questions, are about to be answered…
Anakin stood in the vicinity of Palpatine who was engulfing Mace Windu in a wave of
Sith fury, having chosen to cut off the Jedi master’s hand. The Sith Lord began to boast
about bis powers, when he curiously remarked that they were limited. It soon dawned upon
Anakin that the powers of the Sith, were just as restricted as the Jedi, except that the
path to attaining it was much easier. Watching as Windu began to lose his resistance and
balance, Anakin took a step forward, which Palpatine thought was to mutilate the Jedi,
but dropping out of the window, Anakin used one of his hands to hold him in the air. Palpatine
scowled at this display of weakness, something that would not be tolerated were he to become
his apprentice, and knocking Anakin’s grip from Windu, he ordered him to bow before him.
Outside of the office, Anakin’s hesitation had most certainly saved Windu’s life, as
he held on with one hand to the ledge of the building. The master of the Order began to
lose his grip, still feeling massive amounts of pain from the Sith’s attack, and calculating
his fall, he landed perfectly on top of a police speeder. Rolling onto one of the pavements,
Windu looked despairingly at Palpatine’s office in the distance, but this gave him
an idea. Using his remaining hand to pull a passing speeder out of the traffic, he put
his head down and surged towards the apartment of Senator Amidala. Out of the corner of his
eye, he could still see Palpatine and Anakin arguing, and knew he had enough time. Docking
just outside of the senator’s veranda, the Naboo politician rushed out in surprise, but
Windu has no time for pleasantries, and escorts her into the speeder, setting his course for
Palpatine’s office. Anakin was being presented as Darth Vader, and with his first mission
to destroy the Jedi Temple’s inhabitants, Windu and Padme dived through the open window,
much to the shock of the Sith. Palpatine tried to push his apprentice out of the doorway,
but he had already seen that Padme had entered the room, and was in a great amount of pain
from the fall. Palpatine hid his internal disgust, and knew he could not execute Order
66 as he had planned, until Anakin was fully engrossed in the dark side, so he decided
to take the speeder the Jedi had left behind, and travel to the senate building. With Mas
Amedda and two of his guards guiding him into his senate pod, the Sith Lord addressed the
remaining senators, and declared that the Jedi had attempted to assassinate him, then
placed a bounty on all of those who were seen supporting them. The mixed reaction from the
senators was a surprise to Palpatine, but what he didn’t know, was that Senator Organa
had been told about the truth behind Palpatine, when Windu had made his visit to Padme’s
apartment, and he had warned all of his allied senators. After the senate meeting, Bail Organa
is soon informed by one of Padme’s guards, that she was headed for the Grand Republic’s
medical facility, but that Anakin was nowhere to be found. Palpatine had made use of a resident
shapeshifter to confuse Anakin on his journey to the medical centre, and guiding him into
Coruscant’s landing platform, Anakin soon realises the deception, but he is stunned
by two Royal guards. Padme had been confused when Anakin veered off in front of her, but
this was soon taken over by her physical pain, and Bail Organa quickly carried her into the
medical centre. Whilst the medical droids helped Padme’s birth of her children, the
events on other worlds such as Utapau, had been much less dramatic. After Jedi master
Obi-Wan Kenobi had killed General Grievous, he had been leading his 212th Attack Battalion
to a successful victory over the Separatists, until he received an incoming transmission
from fellow Jedi master Mace Windu. The Council member was unlike anything that Obi-Wan had
seen, and clutching his broken hand, he ordered all of the Jedi to stay away, until the bounties
from their heads had been lifted. Obi-Wan turned to the holoprojector inside of the
communications unit, and in front of him, the hologram of Palpatine appeared to broadcast
the Jedi becoming new enemies of his Empire. The Jedi master’s thoughts soon turned to
Anakin, who he knew was close to the Supreme Chancellor, and asking Cody to try and find
him, his signal was nowhere to be found. Immediately preparing his ship for the journey to Coruscant,
the Jedi master entered into a hyperdrive docking ring, when he sees his radar being
filled with activity, and with his astromech, they swerve to avoid the incoming turret fire.
Soon seeking help from his clone troopers on the ground, Republic gunships rise from
the surface to fend off the attackers, but this was a sign that the war had not finished
with the death of Grievous. That is it for part 1 of what if Palpatine
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