With the death of Count Dooku at the hands of Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker, the Jedi
rescue the captured Chancellor Palpatine, oblivious to his real intentions. The Invisible
Hand is suddenly rocked by an attack from a Republic cruiser, and as Anakin carries
the unconscious Obi-Wan, they attempt to leave. But very quickly, the trio are trapped in
a ray shield by the Supreme Commander of the Droid Army General Grievous. Guided to the
bridge of his ship, Grievous was relishing the additions to his lightsaber collection,
but the astromech droid R2-D2 created a diversion, allowing the Jedi to regain their lightsabers,
and fight their way through Grievous’ stationed droids, as the General takes his usual way
out through an escape pod. Without any escape pods left, Anakin wrestles control of the
ship as it free falls to Coruscant. As half of the ship remained, emergency firespeeders
were desperately trying to put out the raging inferno, until the ship finally came to a
stop with the help of an impact with a control tower. As those aboard sighed in relief that
they were alive, Obi-Wan remarked that this was another happy landing. But what if it
was in fact a sad landing? What would happen to Obi-Wan? As you will discover, the sad
landing will have consequences for those outside of the dreadnought…
As Anakin wrestles control of the ship, Obi-Wan looks back to the litany of escape pods with
which Grievous had used to escape. There would be time to deal with the cyborg later. The
more pressing issue at hand was Anakin at the helm of a free-falling half of a ship.
Not that he didn’t trust Anakin’s immense piloting skills, but Obi-Wan was reticent
about flying in general. However, as Anakin struggled with the controls the crumbling
of the ship became severe and Obi-Wan sensed something was wrong in the Force. But before
he could do anything, he was too late. The ship had not maintained an adequate angle
of approach and had nose-dived into the ground despite Anakin’s best efforts. The three
human passengers lay slumped on the controls of the ship, entangled in amongst the debris,
but the astromech droid R2-D2 uses his rocket boosters to find a way out via a small hole
in the roof, and speeds off to the temple. Behind him, emergency firespeeders are attempting
to put out the inferno, as the three humans remained stuck inside. Fortunately for R2-D2,
the Jedi Temple had already been put on alert, and most of the Jedi Council intercepted R2
before he reached the temple. Grandmaster Yoda rushed towards the wreckage at speed,
and alongside several other masters, they used the Force turned the wreckage upside
down, giving space for the Jedi to cut their lightsabers through the ship, and Mace Windu
to use shatterpoint to retrieve the unconscious trio. Anakin and Obi-Wan are rushed off to
the Halls of Healing in the Jedi temple, whereas Palpatine is taken to the Coruscant Medical
facility. However, as Palpatine is being stretchered away, the clones notice something unusual,
as the Supreme Chancellor begins to emit sparks and energy from his body, with some of his
wounds beginning to lighten in their colour. Carrying him with even greater speed, he is
left in the hands of medical droids and medics. Upon closer examination of the damage to the
internal organs, the medics notice something odd. The organs appeared to be healing themselves,
not only the wounds. This was the characteristic of a powerful Force sensitive. The medics
looked at Palpatine’s medical records, but they failed to show anything significant,
they were even vague. This was now out of their hands. The medics transport Palpatine
to the temple. However as they pass the original wreckage, Palpatine’s eyes flicker open.
Sensing the situation and ensuring no other people were around him and the medics, he
uses the Force to push away the medics and staggering to his feet, heads back to his
office, reapplying his Force stealth which he had lost in his moments of unconsciousness.
He thought he could trust the legendary flying skills of Anakin Skywalker, but clearly, he
had been mistaken. Perhaps he was not worthy of becoming his future apprentice, as it had
required intense Sith meditation to focus on the pain to his body, in order to heal
his wounds. Anakin’s failure meant Palpatine would now need to eliminate any loose ends.
Back in the Halls of Healing, news of Palpatine’s miraculous recovery had not reached their
ears, as they were now tending to two of their most esteemed members. Placing them in bacta
tanks to accelerate their healing process, the duo were fortunate that the front of their
ship had taken most of the impact. As a result, they were released the following morning and
summoned to the Jedi Council to give a summary of the events. It was then that the Council
remembered the whole purpose of the mission. To rescue the Chancellor. The Council had
made some mistakes recently, but this surpassed all of them for stupidity. Quickly, the duo
head to the Coruscant Medical Facility, but to their surprise, they found that he was
absent. Heading to his office, the Chancellor was sitting there as if nothing had happened,
much to the suspicions of Yoda. Less than a day ago, the Chancellor had been seen unconscious
and in a sea of his own blood. Even though Coruscant had some of the most advanced medical
facilities in the galaxy, this was beyond their capabilities. Yoda asks for Palpatine
to come to the Jedi Halls of Healing for a secondary check, which he disagreed to stating
that the opinion of the medics at Coruscant’s Medical Facility should be enough for the
Jedi. As the Jedi grandmaster departed with disappointment, Palpatine gathered his needed
possessions. It was time to retrace his steps to avoid the prying eyes of the Jedi. Asking
a member of his Coruscant guard to prepare his speeder, and very soon, he headed to the
smouldering wreckage with Mas Amedda. The secret Lord discreetly tracked the trail of
his own blood, and special equipment to vanish all of the evidence, before he hears the calling
of his name. The clone medics who had carried him had returned to the scene, and Palpatine
had to think quickly, using a bout of Force persuasion to make them forget about his health,
and they walked away. Palpatine now had to focus upon destroying the Jedi. Back in the
Jedi Council tower, the Jedi masters along with Anakin Skywalker discussed what had happened
aboard the Invisible Hand, and along with Palpatine’s miraculous recovery, Mace Windu
declared that the Chancellor was less innocent than he seemed. Anakin argued that Palpatine
was not capable of such an act, but he was blinded by his close ties to the old man.
The Jedi knight stomped out, and headed for Padme’s apartment, where she announced her
pregnancy, much to his delight. With Anakin out of the way, the Jedi Council go back to
the scene of the crash, not realising that Palpatine had been one step ahead of them,
in covering his evidence. The Jedi however, do find one thing, that being a number of
scorch marks far away from the wreckage, pointing towards either a lightsaber or an uncontrolled
use of the Force. With Quinlan Vos off planet from his loss on Saleucami, the Jedi have
difficulty tracing these pieces of evidence, and even worse, Palpatine is watching from
his office with a devious smile. Turning to hear a knock on his door, the timing is perfect,
as Anakin Skywalker entered. From Anakin’s conflicting demeanour, Palpatine is able to
sense that the Council were growing suspicious of him, and decides to appeal to Anakin’s
hatred for the Council members, including their failure to present him with the rank
of master. Whilst Anakin agrees he should be made a master, he understands the hesitancy,
as he had almost killed both Palpatine and Obi-Wan, and Palpatine is having serious doubts
about choosing Anakin to be his apprentice. Even if he could turn to the dark side, he
would be as Plagueis had predicted in destroying the Sith, for he was too embroidered in the
light. Summoning General Grievous’ holographic figure from across the galaxy on Utapau, he
instructed the droid General to be prepared to attack the Jedi, and not to fail him again.
Following the discussion with Grievous, Palpatine next informs the Jedi Council of Grievous’
location, aiming to lure a many of them as possible out of Coruscant, and begin to purge
the Jedi Temple. The plan partially works, as Obi-Wan is nominated to go Utapau, and
guide the 212th Battalion to defeat Grievous. However, as Palpatine watched Obi-Wan go to
his cruiser, the doors to his office slide open, revealing almost the whole Jedi Council.
After hearing that Palpatine had known the location of Grievous, even Anakin had to admit
that something was not right with Palpatine. As Mace Windu entered, Palpatine did not turn
around in his chair, and heard numerous lightabers ignite. Executing Order 66, the Jedi stared
in confusion, before hearing rapid footsteps from all direction, as the clone entered the
building, and Yoda sensed their betrayal. Having not travelled to reinforce the Wookiees
on Kashyyyk, Yoda was determined to make his presence count, and flew towards Palpatine,
who blocked the lightsaber in time. The other Jedi soon join the fight, with a number killed
by the arriving clone troopers, and Palpatine cackles grew louder with each strike. The
Jedi were struggling, until different footsteps entered the office. Anakin Skywalker had been
considering helping Obi-Wan on Utapau, but felt the Force calling to Palpatine’s office.
With his blade already ignited, Anakin leapt to the Sith Lord, scraping the ceiling, and
vertically cut his body into two. Although it had cost many Jedi, at least Obi-Wan had
survived, and Anakin’s poor landing was not as costly as it could have been.
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