In the months after the Clone Wars were sparked at the first Battle Geonosis, many planets
from the Republic soon became sympathetic to the separatist cause and believed they
were justified in wanting to split off from the Republic.
This deeply worried the Jedi council, and their concerns soon became even greater as
there were rumours circling on Kashyyyk that a faction of the native Woookieees on Kashyyyk
wanted to leave the Republic and join the separatists.
In response to this, the council sent Obi-Wan Kenobi and Master Yoda to the jungle world
to oversee a meeting between the different wookiee factions which would decide the fate
of the planet, and if they would join the separatists..
While overseeing the meeting, things went south very quickly and Obi-Wan lost control
of the situation, almost letting it spiral into a Wookiee civil war.
So how did Obi-Wan almost start a civil war between the wookiees?
Lets find out!
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So the story begins in the tree top cities of Kashyyyk, home to many wookiees with a
huge range of opinions on the war.
Some of them absolutely despite the separatists and some absolutely adore them.
The Jedi council has sent Master Yoda to deal with the politics of the meeting, while Obi-Wan
has been placed in charge of security, to make sure nobody gets assassinated while debating
the controversial and highly contested issue of whether or not to continue Kashyyyk’s
alliance with the Republic.
Obi-Wan tells Master Yoda that he is very proud to have been appointed to this assignment
by the council and hopes that Master Yoda doesn’t have too much trouble negotiating
with the locals.
As the meeting is about to begin, each of the Wookiees who are attending line up, ready
to be put through a scanner, just to make sure none of them are smuggling in a bowcaster
or blasters that could be used to kill their political opponents.
While this is happening, Master Yoda tells Obi-Wan that he is deeply concerned by the
rumours of the wookiees realigning themselves with the separatists and hopes that they can
keep the meeting under control, without too many seppie voices speaking up and making
the case to cut Kashyyyk off from the republic.
Before they can go any further into the discussion however, a blaring alarm rings out through
the treeline, shocking Obi-wan and master yoda, leaving them wondering what could possibly
be going on near the conference room.
As the two Jedi turn around they see the Wookie security officer roaring and groaning in his
native language, warning Obi-Wan that a weapon has been detected on one of the Wookiees trying
to enter the convention centre.
This is of course very alarming to Obi-Wan and he knows that the holo-scanner doesn’t
lie, so he ignites his lightsaber in an instant and orders the Wookiee inside of the scanner
to slowly step out and keep his hands over his head.
Master Yoda then warns Obi-Wan to keep calm, telling him that his vigilance is commendable,
but he should loosen up, because the wookiee inside oof the scanner is none other than
Chewbacca himself, someone Yoda considers a very loyal ally to the Republic.
After realizing that the whole situation is just a massive misunderstanding, both Chewbacca
and Master Yoda burst out into laughter, with the Jedi Grandmaster noticing that the problem
was a small toy that got caught in Chewwies fur… before suggesting “perhaps belonging
to a young, eh”...
After clearing the misunderstanding up, Master Yoda tosses the small toy back to Obi-Wan,
telling him to carry on with his security work, before gleefully walking off With Chewbacca
and laughing about the whole situation.
Following this, Obi-Wan is called over to the Wookiee security officer’s desk, where
he calls out in his native language that a local leader named General Attimun is about
to enter the security scanner.
Obi-Wan tells the security officer and the General that there is no need for such a decorated
hero of the wookiee people to go through security, before directing him to step right into the
conference room.
The general however is not one to be above any of the other wookies and refuses the special
treatment.
Obi-Wan of course accepts this and waves General Attimun right into the scanner, before shutting
the wooden door behind him.
Once inside, the security officer gives the General the all clear and Obi-Wan annoyedly
says “of course he’s clean!”.
The Wookiee general then thanks Obi-Wan, and Obi-Wan returns the favour, thanking him for
his service.
At this point, tensions between the two wookiee factions are so high, that even the slightest
mistake or insult from either side is likely to spark a civil war and mass fighting among
the wookiees.
Following this the conference is only a few minutes away from beginning and Obi-Wan, as
the head of security for the whole event, radios over to the security officer to activate
the ray-shields.
The ray shields are put in place so that the wookiee can speak freely, again, without fear
of being assassinated on the spot for having controversial views on their alliance with
the Republic.
After the shield is fully activated and powered, Obi-Wan ignites his lightsaber once more to
demonstrate the ray-shield will actually serve its intended purpose.
He plunges his blue saber right into the ray-sheild and just as he expected, the field disperses
the energy blade of a lightsaber, telling the wookiees that if it can stop a lightsaber
blade, it will have no trouble with blaster bolts.
After this is in place, Obi-Wan finally gives the all clear to begin the meeting telling
him that his safety is now assured…
Yeh, we’ll see how that goes.
, The first wookiee speaker of the night stands up and begins reading his speech, before suddenly
Master Yoda and Obi-Wan sense a horrific disturbance in the force, troubling them greatly.
Following that, General Attimun, the renowned War Hero of kashyyyk and the one that spoke
to Obi-Wan earlier manages to slip away from the conference and into the tall treelines
of Kashyyk, where he watches from a distance.
The prestigious wookie then begins to prime his weapon with explosive charges, knowing
that the Ray-Shield won’t be able to stop those effectively.
He also knows that his actions will very likely lead to a massive conflict and war, but is
so steadfast in his beliefs that he will not change.
Before the wookie even aims his weapon at the conference however, he opens up a holo
globe, where he look at his family, who were each killed in the war, fighting for the Republic.
This sends the wookiee into a deep ragne and a tremendous anger, leading him to roar out
into the dense jungles of Kashyyk.
Immediately after this, he channels his anger and range into his weapon, sending a stream
of frag shells right at the conference, sending everyone their into a panic and causing pretty
sever damage.
After seeing this go down, Obi-Wan immediately leaps into action with his lightsaber and
knows that the ray-shield won’t be stopping these explosive charges, so he has to go straight
to the source and eliminate as quickly as possible, to save lives.
Because of this, Obi-Wan leaps through the trees using the force, eventually confronting
General Attimun and knocking him to the ground with sheer force.
Before Obi-Wan can even hold him down however, the general throws more blast charges towards
the conference, causing even more damage the area and striking fear into the hearts of
the Wookiees.
Obi-Wan in response, picks up the wookie’s weapon and attempts to shoot the blast devices
out of the air using it, but unfortunately doesn’t manage to hit the target, erupting
the entire area into fierce conflict.
A conflict that could easily boil over into a civil war.
If Obi-Wan was to hit the wrong Wookiee, the fighting would erupt on the spot and plunge
the entire planet into a large-scale war.
Moments later, the wookie grabs Obi-Wan by the next and thrashes him around, before attempting
to rip his limbs off… but the Jedi master is far too quick and far to agile, leaping
through the air, and eventually kicking the general in the face, leaving his unconscious,
with no way to escape.
Obi-wan uses his momentary pause in the action to cuff the wookie general and prevent him
from putting any more lives in danger for hten ear future.
And to end the story, Master Yoda is very sympathetic for the young wookiee general,
as he lost his entire family in the war.
He was deeply enraged at the republic for their loss and this great tragedy led him
to take his anger out on pro-republic politicans and advocates, sadly resulting in him firing
upon them.
Finally, General Attimun is marched away from the area, to the nearest Wookiee prison, while
Obi-Wan shares some wise words with Chewbacca and Master Yoda.
Obi-Wan tells them that
they can all learn a valuable lesson from this tragic day, that it is not only Jedi
who can tempted by the dark side, but any soul that the force touches… which is pretty
much every living being in the galaxy, with a few very minor and unique exceptions…
So that was how Obi-Wan almost sparked a civil war on Kashyyyk.
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