Welcome back to part 2 of what if Padme was a Jedi. Thank you to those of you who watched
the first part! To recap what happened in that episode, in the event you haven’t seen
it, Qui-Gon had discovered that Padme had been Force sensitive on their retreat to Tatooine,
but after the Council had postponed their decision to allow for her training, they follow
the Queen to Naboo. The Galactic Republic had fallen into the trap of Darth Sidious,
and Maul had left with both Padme and Anakin, so the Jedi have to retrieve them before they
were exposed to the dark side… Having heard the transmission from Chancellor
Palpatine, the Jedi immediately turn from the palace grounds, to the Naboo plains, searching
the fallen battle droids for any clues as to the location of Maul, as Obi-Wan ran to
the Gungan army, who were completing their victory. Captain Tarpals had personally taken
care of the leading double O M9 battle droid, and summoning R2-D2, the astromech examines
its programming, then removing the back plating, establishes previous communications between
the command droid, and the central control computer on the Trade Federation’s ship.
The Neimoidians had discussed the capabilities of the battle droids of Maul, and whilst the
Zabrak was sceptical, he agreed that it would be a sufficient distraction, whilst he took
the Jedi prospects back to his home planet. The Jedi know that a transmission could have
tampered with, in a bid to deceive the Jedi, and they rush back into the palace throne
area. The leaders of the trade federation are comfortably seated in a circular formation,
unmoved by the Jedi igniting their lightsabers, until Qui-Gon began to intrude into the mind
of Gunray. The Jedi could not extract the exact details required, but managed to find
that Maul had been telling the truth, and leapt into respective N-1 Starfighters out
of the planet. With Qui-Gon leading the way, the Trade Federation abandoned their pursuit
of the Jedi on the orders of Sidious, as the Sith Lord had ordered his apprentice to imbue
the Force sensitives with the dark side. Arriving back on his home in his Scimitar, the apprentice
dragged the unconscious bodies of both Padme and Anakin through the red mist, where Mother
Talzin and the Nightsisters welcomed the brother back to his planet. The clan lifted Padme
and Anakin whilst chanting the words to an ancient ritual, until they are interrupted
by the ships of Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan. The Jedi padawan ignited his blade and surged towards
the Nightsisters, before being met by the blade of Maul, and the entire clan started
to fire their energy bows at the Jedi. Qui-Gon used the distraction that his padawan caused
to find a blind spot in the clan, and Force pulled the two bodies towards him, before
the two Jedi leapt back into their ships. Watching them disappear from his planet, Maul
roared in fury, but Talzin remained calm, and told the Zabrak that everything was going
to plan, before ordering him to return to Sidious. The Jedi that Maul had lost, had
travelled to Naboo to partake in the celebrations, led by the Gungans, but quickly afterwards,
Padme had been brought back to Coruscant and the Jedi temple. Despite their initial reluctance,
Yoda allows Qui-Gon to train Anakin, hoping that the Jedi master could control the fear
within the Jedi, and Obi-Wan is given the status of a Jedi knight, which gave him the
opportunity to train Padme. The Sith Lord Darth Sidious was displeased at Maul’s failure
to kill the dangerous Qui-Gon, and switching on his holoprojector to summon his apprentice,
he regarded this to be his last failure before choking the Zabrak from his office. Maul began
to lose control of his ship, spiralling back down towards his home planet, and crashing
amongst his brothers. The Chancellor did not tolerate failure, and asking for Mas Amedda
to prepare his ship, he calmly walked into his executive shuttle, and set course for
the planet of Serenno. Calmly landing by the pillars outside of the largest palace, his
new apprentice Dooku bowed to him, having been disapproving of many of the Jedi Council’s
decisions, and sought more power. Beginning his training in the dark side of the Force,
Padme and Anakin were making progress in their Jedi training at the Temple, and in spite
of the best efforts of the Council to separate them, they became dangerously attached during
Padme’s latter stages of her reign as Queen of Naboo. After resigning from her role to
become Naboo’s representative in the Senate, Yoda knew the dangers of Padme and Anakin
turning to the dark side, and invited Qui-Gon’s padawan to his quarters. Anakin remained closed
to Yoda, but the Jedi Grandmaster could sense the darkness rising in the Jedi, and decided
he would have to face his worst fears for him to become a Jedi knight. Travelling to
the planet of Dathomir for the first time since his abduction by Maul, the Jedi knight
ignited his blade in caution, wondering what the Jedi had sent him here for, when he felt
a chill run through his spine. Through the muddy swamps, the rebuilt figure of Maul appeared
in front of him, and ignited his lightsaber, asking Anakin to walk towards him, and become
his apprentice to fulfil his potential. The Jedi leapt over the swamp and clashed blades
with Maul, fuelled by the hatred from his initial abduction from Naboo, and managing
to disarm him, he placed his blade at his throat. Maul begs Anakin to end his suffering
but the Jedi pushed him back into the mist, and Qui-Gon emerged from a cave to applaud
the Jedi, until they heard the voice that they thought they would not hear again.
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