Welcome back to the finale of what if Savage Opress was Palpatine’s apprentice. Thank
you to all of you who watched the other parts of this video! To recap what happened in those
episodes, in the event you haven’t seen them, the presence of Savage had given rise
to the demise of Obi-Wan, and Anakin’s apprenticeship under Qui-Gon. The resigning Dooku had been
busy without Sidious, beginning his creation of Grievous and the clone army, which is now
in the hands of the Republic, and he now seeks to strike a killing blow, to both the Jedi
and the Sith… Once the Grand Army of the Republic had been
instated by the senate, Dooku set about implementing the next stage of his plan, and standing in
front of the Separatist senate, in the headquarters of the planet of Raxus Secundus, he was able
to easily convince the other senators, that the only way to defeat the corruption in the
Republic, was to wage war against their new army. Dooku restrained a devilish grin as
the senate roared in approval, but he immediately received a transmission from one of his associates,
that the operation on Grievous had failed on Geonosis. Dooku quickly leaves the planet,
and headed across the outer rim to the desert planet, where he heard a great rumbling from
beneath his feet. Igniting his blade on landing, he sees the mutant forms of Grievous and Obi-Wan
rising from the sands, and together they walked towards Dooku in a synchronistic march. The
former Jedi orders them to stop their attack, and they robotically bow to his feet, as the
Geonosians explain that Grievous had somehow acted as a conduit to revive Obi-Wan, and
in return, the former Jedi had given Grievous the blood that Dooku had initially wanted.
This was an unexpected surprise, but not one that was unwelcome, and ordering for them
to wait in his ship, he made a half-hearted attack on a Republic hyperspace lane, hoping
to lure the Republic. The Jedi had been expecting this however, and quickly mobilising their
new clones and destroyers, General Plo Koon led his fleet to the Separatist signal, much
quicker than Dooku had expected, which did not give them any time to retreat. Nevertheless,
the Republic were curious enough to not stop their advancement, and pushing into Separatist
territory, Qui-Gon can sense the presence of his old master. The Jedi are worried this
that could be a trap, but before they could form an escape, the ship of Savage quietly
drifted to the surface, on the other side of the planet. Anakin leads a squadron of
ARC 170 Starfighters down to the surface below, whilst Qui-Gon and Plo Koon tried to surround
the Separatists, whilst waiting for reinforcements. Dooku had anticipated such a move from the
Jedi, having tracked Savage to one of the many entrances of Geonosis’ catacombs, and
keeping the droid army away from the surface, he waited for the Jedi and the clones to arrive
on the dry land, before ambushing them with his army. The first line of clone troopers
was vaporized by their opponents, and just as they recovered to retreat to their command
base, Savage emerged from his hideout to cause chaos. Dooku cackled with Sifo Dyas until
they both felt a presence much darker than that of the Zabrak’s, and the shuttle of
Darth Sidious landed on the tallest rock face, then glided to join the battle. The attention
of the Separatists was heightened to its fullest, and ordering for Grievous and Obi-Wan to join
the battle, Dooku felt a shockwave in the Force, at the fall of his old padawan at the
blade of Savage. Fuelled by an unrivalled hate for the Sith, Dooku executed his own
version of Order 66, pertaining to all members of the Sith Order, and Sidious had been challenged
at his own game. Using all of his Force abilities and lightsaber skills, the dark lord of the
Sith and his apprentice parried all of the blaster fire, as the Jedi were concerned of
falling to the crossfire. Soon they had greater concerns, as the ship of Maul had arrived
from Dathomir to support his brother, and the two mutants of Grievous and Obi-Wan were
growing out of control, killing everyone within their sight. Yoda orders a full-scale retreat,
but trapped in by a planetary shield, the Jedi decide to battle the Sith, leaving Dooku’s
power unchallenged, and watching with smugness at the eventual fall of the Sith. With the
Separatists and the Republic in a stalemate, Maul is forced to retreat back to his home
planet, taking the body of his fallen brother, and Senator Amidala steps out from the smoke
to formulate a peace treaty with the Separatists. It would take several years for all of the
tariffs and hyperspace lanes to be redistributed, and in the meantime, Anakin and Padme had
been married at the Jedi Temple, after a dramatic change in the structure and code of the Jedi
Order. Grievous and Obi-Wan are deactivated by Dooku, as they were not needed any more,
and the Jedi padawan is ceremoniously burned alongside his master, where they are part
of a memorial in a room of a thousand fountains. On Dathomir, the demise of Savage took a toll
on Mother Talzin, and returning to the same quiet seclusion as before, Maul continued
to seek vengeance, behind the eyes of the Republic and the Separatists, where he began
to create a network of dissatisfied politicians and crime lords. Rising to rebel against the
galaxy’s leaders, Maul’s power is short lived, as he failed to garner any major support,
and with Anakin helping to dissolve slavery across the galaxy, the Zabrak retreated back
to his home planet, and their existence became a footnote in the Jedi archives.
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