Chancellor Palpatine walked calmly through his office, and alongside him was Jedi Knight
Anakin Skywalker. The secret Sith lord stops what he hoped to be his future apprentice,
and appoints him to be his representative on the Jedi Council. Anakin is conflicted
about the appointment, knowing that the Council would not like it, but it would surely make
him a master. Leaving the Chancellor’s Office, Anakin goes back to the Council chamber, feeling
the eyes of the Jedi boring through him. Anakin’s attention is diverted to Master Windu, and
the Master of the Order allows the appointment, but does not grant him the rank of master.
Anakin claims that it was outrageous and unfair, before stropping to his seat, and soon he
would fall under the trappings of the dark side. But what if Anakin was made a master?
Would this affect how he viewed his nightmares of Padme? As you going to find out, the rank
of master will alter the fate of the Jedi… Anakin stood in the centre of the Council
chamber, looking at the masters around him. Obi-Wan smiled at him reassuringly, and Anakin
turned to Master Windu. The Korun Master points Anakin to his seat, and Yoda declares that
he would he made a master. Bowing to the Jedi, Anakin takes his new seat, and for his first
task, he would protect the Chancellor, and Yoda would go to Kashyyyk. After the meeting,
Obi-Wan asks Anakin to spy on the Chancellor, and Anakin is reluctant, but the Jedi Council
had just given him the rank of master, so Anakin decides to return the favour. The Jedi
master is soon invited to the Galaxies Opera House by his mentor, and Palpatine begins
his manipulation. But whilst Anakin agrees with Palpatine, that the Jedi Council are
trying to overthrow the Republic, he is not too interested in the Tragedy of Darth Plagueis
the Wise, as he is now Jedi master, so is free to access all of the knowledge in the
Jedi archives. Palpatine senses this lack of interest from Anakin, and realises that
the risk to try and get Anakin onto the Jedi Council, had not proceeded as he had foreseen.
Palpatine needed a change of strategy. As Obi-Wan then departed for Utapau, he remarks
to Anakin how they are both masters, and Anakin is free to become a far more knowledgeable
Jedi than Obi-Wan could ever wish to be. On this last comment, Anakin rushes off to the
Jedi archives in his bid to find the knowledge to save Padme. As Anakin scours the archives,
he does not sense any artefacts calling to him, however he senses that the Force is tugging
at his senses. Anakin immediately heads to Padme’s apartment asking if anything is
wrong and despite saying she is fine; Anakin summons a medical droid. The medical droid
confirms that Padme as it no risk from death at childbirth and nor are her children. Anakin
is reassured, and upon hearing that Grievous is based on Utapau, reports to Palpatine.
Entering the Chancellor’s office, he senses something is amiss. He sees numerous items
out of place and his usually paper-covered desk barren. There was only one conclusion.
The Chancellor had escaped. Anakin quickly contacted Mace Windu, the most senior Council
member at the time, and an emergency meeting was declared. Mace Windu, Yoda and Obi-Wan
expressed their view about the dark side possibly surrounding Palpatine, but Anakin was defiant
that Palpatine was not the Sith Lord. Just as the Jedi Council were about to conclude
their meeting, the central hologram appeared with Darth Sidious, holding Senator Amidala.
Darth Sidious requests that the Jedi Council go to the planet of Naboo. As the hologram
disappeared, finally it clicked for Anakin. Naboo was the home of Palpatine and Padme,
and Sidious wanted the children. Acting on instinct, Anakin sprints away from the Council
chambers to the hangar bay and into his starfighter with Mace Windu in pursuit. Setting the coordinates
to Naboo, he knows that is a trap, but from his experience he knew it was best to spring
the trap. Meanwhile, Obi-Wan has just defeated Grievous and is swiftly cleaning up the Separatists
with his 212th Attack Battalion. Suddenly, he senses Anakin’s mood is intensifying
through their bond, and knows he needs to go to help. Retrieving his lightsaber, he
speeds off with his starfighter and into orbit. As he approaches Naboo, he senses an overwhelming
darkness hanging over the planet like a large cloud. Landing in the capital of Theed, he
uses the Force to rush into the Royal Palace, where he can hear and see blades clashing.
Immediately igniting his blade, Obi-Wan rushes over towards the battle, and begins to defend
against Palpatine’s attacks, much to the surprise of Windu and Anakin. He had thought
Grievous’ attacks were fast, but this was on another level. Obi-Wan gave himself some
space to allow Windu and Anakin to attack, rushing off to another room, where he sees
Padme in a corner, looking in a torrid state. Untying her binds with his lightsaber, he
makes a precise cut in the window to go to a nearby medical facility undetected. Leaving
Padme in the hands of the medical droids, he sees Sidious escaping in his shuttle. Anakin
is annoyed, but refocuses upon hearing Padme is about to give birth. Obi-Wan now has confirmation
as to the identity of the father. As Padme gives birth to Luke and Leia, Obi-Wan senses
the happiness radiating off of his former Padawan, and cannot help but wonder if attachments
were such a bad thing after all. Just then, Obi-Wan and Windu see a flashing from a device
nearby, and he sees the hologram of Ahsoka Tano. The padawan warns them of Order 66,
and having just saved Rex, the Jedi Order was in danger. Anakin’s previous face of
delight had become one of concern, turning to relay a message to the rest of the Jedi,
and the politicians. But if they had thought they were safe on Naboo, they were mistaken.
Swarms of Republic ships loomed over them, and they had to escape if possible. The group
run to the palace hangar, and look for a ship to house them all, but to their dismay, it
was empty. The Republic gunships homed in on their location, and fired without mercy.
The Jedi scale down the side of the palace, and hide themselves amongst the limited foliage,
before they see smaller Jedi starfighters landing behind some buildings. It seemed Master
Skywalker’s message had been received just in time. Reuniting with Yoda and Plo Koon,
the Jedi are able to defend the clones, but Sidious had clearly diverted everything to
them, and they could not find a way off of the planet. Suddenly, they hear some sort
of stampede from the River near them, and they see a massive collection of Gungans arriving
to aid their cause. The clones turn to meet the Gungan army, but their defences are strong,
allowing the Jedi to work their way forward, when they are thrown back in a blast of power.
The Jedi opened their eyes, and saw Sidious showing his displeasure at the failure of
his clones. This would be the last mistake of the Sith Lord, as Anakin refused to let
the Sith Lord anywhere near Luke and Leia, ferociously pushing him back into a tree with
his lightsaber. Sidious cackled until his final breath, as all of the Jedi combined
for one strike on the Sith Lord, shaking the ground beneath them. The Jedi walked back
to the centre of the area, and found the remaining clones were no longer firing at them. Yoda
transfers the remaining Jedi back to Coruscant, leaving Jedi Master Skywalker with Padme,
Obi-Wan, Ahsoka and his children. Anakin finally had everything he wanted.
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