As the Clone Wars began to draw to a close and the Jedi were falling deeper and deeper
into corruption in order to stay on top of the separatists, many Jedi began to feel that the
Order had begun to lose their way. This of course included one of the Jedi’s greatest healers,
Barriss Offee. Barriss Offee became so upset and disgusted at what the Jedi were doing
that she horrifically attacked the Jedi temple, and framed her best friend, Ahsoka Tano for it,
leading to her being expelled from the Jedi Order.
But which battle finally caused Barriss to turn to the Dark Side
and forever turn away from the Jedi path? Lets find out…
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So the story begins in the war torn and sacred world of Phorose,
deep in the Colonies region of the Galaxy.
Phorose was home to many ancient temples and sacred locations very important to the Republic,
but just like many of the other planets of the galaxy,
it soon came under harsh attack by General Grievous and his separatist forces.
As the invasion began on the surface, Jedi General Plo Koon, along with his good friend Ahsoka Tano,
and Barriss Offee were sent to repeat the advances of the battle droid forces.
Master Plo is dropped straight down to the surface of the planet with his Clone Troopers, but Barriss
and Ahsoka are left on the gunship, hovering above and writing for the perfect moment to strike.
Eventually, the two Jedi ignite their lightsabers and leap from their gunship,
onto a droid tank Below. A single B-1 battle droid is terrified when he sees the two Jedi
girls leap down and he screams out to his droid brothers, but Barris cleanly slices his head off,
while Ahsoka chops the cannon off the front of the tank.
Following this, the battle droids seem to have their programming modified by their commander,
and Ahsoka voices her concerns about this to Barris, believing that the Battle droids
have had a maniac mode activated by Count Dooku or general grievousness.
Barriss agrees that they do seem far more accurate and much more motivated to push
forward compared to other battle droids, but quickly warns Ahsoka that they need to find cover.
As the two Jedi move to a nearby corner, they are very quickly corned by a large pack of Droidekas,
which Ahsoka knows is far too many and will very quickly overwhelm them. Barris however
suggests that they leap up to a nearby ledge as Droidkeas rarely ever think to look up.
Ahsoka and barriss then continue rushing through the charred and smouldering rubble, with Ahsoka
complimenting her friend, but warning her that there are far more droids now coming for them.
This worries Barriss even further as she knows that the way this battle is going,
there won’t be much left of this city to defend themselves with. Barriss is
completely disgusted that a whole city on this sacred planet is being destroyed
for a war she believes is completely pointless and against the Jedi code.
Following this, things get even worse for the two Jedi as a swarm of separatist Tri-fighters
immediately rush in and open fire at their location, detonating a massive blast behind them.
This blast then tears a massive hole into the ground and sends the two Jedi plummeting down,
deep below the surface until they eventually land in the brightly lit catacombs of the ancient city.
Barriss immediately moves over to see if Ahsoka is ok,
but she has unfortunately hit her head, leaving her vision spinning.
Luckily however, her injuries are only temporary and the two quicky begin moving forward. Ahsoka is
then relieved that the two are out of line of fire for the droids, but knows that they must
get moving immediately if they want to have any chance of saving the city from total destruction.
The two Jedi Padawans then begin desperately searching for a route back to the surface,
but Ahoska notes that these tunnels don’t look like any natural rock formation that
she’s ever seen. Barriss agrees with this and very quickly realizes that there are no tunnels.
There are burrows. Something is alive down here.
Ahsoka hopes to the force that whatever these creatures are are more friendly to the public
to the separatists, and very soon after, Barriss connects deeply with the force and immediately
senses something not far ahead. Ahsoka can’t feel this mysterious presence in the force as much,
but instead feels a complete stillness, just like the Jedi temple on Coruscant.
As the two Jedi move forward, they are shocked and amazed to find a group of tiny fluffy creatures.
Barris is in awe at how beautiful and cute the creatures are, but Ahsoka is confused,
asking her good friend, “What are they”? Of course, barriss has done more homework for her
mission than Ahsoka, so she immediately regociznes them as the Ru species. The Ru are native to this
planet and can often be found scavenging for scraps around the marketplaces of Phorose.
Barriss then recalls during her research for the mission that the locals on the planet regard
these cute creatures as pests, which disgusts her considering they are smarter than they look.
Unfortunately their little gathering is interrupted, as Ahoksa notices the loud, clanking
sound of Battle Droids approaching the area. The group of B-1 battle droids, along with a B-2 unit
begins storming towards Ahsoka and Barriss, and they report to their tactical droid commander that
they are reading multiple life forms, knowing that the Jedi are nearby. The tactical droid
then orders the B-1 units to exterminate both the Jedi and the local Ru creatures.
Ahsoka dmeands that the two begin running, or they will caught and killed by the Battle droids,
but Barriss refuses to leave, telling Ahsoka that the Ru have evolved their own spiritual culture,
and they are just as important to protect as the human locals of Phorose.
Immediately after this, one of the little Ru creatures begins communicating to Barris,
and she quickly understands that it is trying to point the two Jedi to the surface.
Ahsoka then tells Barriss to take the creatures to the surface, while she remains in the tunnels
to fight back the Battle droids, hoping that the Ru will survive this dangerous encounter.
As Barriss exits the cave with her new tiny friends,
Ahsoka leaps into the air, calling the lead B-1 unit a Pan-face.
Unfortunately, because the battle droids on this planet had their commands modified, they
were far more fierce, and their blasters fired much faster, putting Ahsoka in severe danger.
Ahsoka however was still far too smart for them, ripping down the room,
and crushing each of the clankhas under the glowing vines and falling rocks.
Unfortunately this destroys the sacred underground temple.
Moments later, Ahsoka is shot back up to the surface with tremendous force
and Barriss is very happy to see that her friend made it out ok.
Ahsoka then delivers the tragic news about the destroyed temple below, and Barris is further
disgusted. She says “this endless war sees us destroy so much, and all in the name of the
Republic -- in the name of the Jedi”, absolutely seething at how far the Jedi have fallen.
Ahsoka however defends the order, telling Barriss that they only fight in this war because they
must. Barriss is about to fire back at her good friend, but they are quickly interrupted
by Plo Koon on their comms device, who orders them to lead an assault on the nearby, southwest ridge.
Ahsoka is immediately ready to go, but Barriss is still stunned,
asking “what now? We can’t just abandon the Ru here. They’ll be slaughtered in the crossfire”.
Ahsoka then tells barriss that their orders are to get to the evacuation point on the ridge,
before offering to take the Ru with them. This is a perfect compromise for barriss,
so she brings the tiny creatures with her and begins loading them onto the republic gunship.
HIlariously the Clone Pilo walks out and sees barris loading up the creatures… worried that he
will get in trouble for going against his orders. Barriss however offers to take full responsibility
for going against the orders, before ordering the Clone Pilot to take the safest route possible.
Barriss then pledges that once the fighting is over, she will help to
rebuil their underground temple and bring them back to a peaceful life, without war.
Unfortunately however, a group of Vulture droids immediately swarm their gunship as they take off,
very quickly shooting down the vessel, sending it towards the surface in a fiery blaze.
As the ship crashes into a massive fireball, ahsoka is unharmed and
begins frantically searching through the rubble, scared to death. Luckily,
she does eventually find barriss, and thankfully the Ru creatures have survived.
Ahsoka quickly informs barriss that No not a single clone trooper made it out alive from
the crash, which sends tears streaming down Bariss’ face, as she angrily says.’
No. This is our fault -- every jedi carries the burder of responsibility. We brought
the war here and we destroyed everything. Ahsoka puts her arm on Bariss’ shoulder,
but she continues saying “Anger, fear, hatred…
these are the emotions of which a Jedi must be wary. But what about out guilt?...
Not long after this story… Unfortunately Barriss turned on her good friend
and framed her for the attack on the Jedi temple, completely falling to the dark side.
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