Senator Padme Amidala of Naboo was firmly opposed to the Military Creation Act, which
would allow Supreme Chancellor Palpatine to form a Grand Army of the Republic, and instigate
the war the disguised Sith Lord wanted. As a result, Padme became the target of an assassination
attempt by bounty hunter Zam Wesell, employed by the Sith, and even though she survives,
Jedi knight Anakin Skywalker is assigned to protect her on her journey back to her home
planet of Naboo. Their peaceful retreat is firstly interrupted by Anakin’s visions
of his mother suffering on his former home of Tatooine, and soon after, his master Obi-Wan
Kenobi had discovered the existence of a droid army on Geonosis before his capture. Anakin
and Padme go to rescue the Jedi, but quickly join Obi-Wan in being sentenced to death in
the Petranaki Arena, With the help of Mace Windu and a strike team, the trio manage to
escape, and find themselves pursuing Dooku. Unfortunately, the gunship is struck by a
cannon blast, and Padme fell with a clone trooper into the sand below. Anakin wanted
to rescue her, but his master orders him to continue their pursuit of Dooku, convinced
his capture could end the war. Eventually, neither Padme is seriously injured or Dooku
captured, and the war proceeds as the Sith had foreseen. But what if Padme died when
falling off of the gunship? Would Anakin turn to the dark side or learn to let go? What
would happen to Naboo? All your questions are going to be answered…
Obi-Wan ordered the clone pilot to pursue the speeder of Dooku, and as they navigate
the fire of the Geonosian starfighters, Anakin senses imminent danger, but he cannot react
as Padme fell out of the ship. As she began to fall, the Senator looked to be descending
to the safety of the soft sand, until a Separatist speeder ran into her path, sending her flying
into some rocky terrain. Obi-Wan cannot stop Anakin from his personal feelings taking over
his judgement, as he leapt onto chasing Republic gunships. Finding Padme on the floor, Anakin
roared as he felt no life from her, and the sand around him swirled viciously, as the
Jedi became fuelled by the dark side just as he had been on Tatooine. Yoda on a passing
gunship felt the darkness and ordered him to stop, but it was too late, as Anakin ignited
his lightsaber, and began a rampage on any droid he could see. Further ahead of the enraged
Anakin, his master had caught up to Dooku, and felt the former Jedi master’s dark side
mastery around his secret hangar. Obi-Wan still bravely ignited his blade, and blocked
Dooku’s lightning attack, then engaged in lightsaber combat. Obi-Wan was not match for
Dooku’s Form II and he fell to the floor, watching helplessly as Dooku sauntered to
his solar sailer. But suddenly, Dooku’s ship fell of the slanting cliff face, and
the Sith apprentice was pushed back into one of the pillars. Obi-Wan looked up through
his pain, and his eyes widened at the sight of Anakin. His padawan was possessed with
hate, and Obi-Wan knew that Padme had perished from her fall. Again Anakin was reckless,
surging at Dooku before Obi-Wan could warn him, and he is struck by a lightning attack.
Anakin however, embraced the pain that the lightning caused, lifting several wall mountings
away from their positions, and pushing them into Dooku, who sliced them with his blade.
Then he locked blades with the Jedi, and although he was full of anger, it was unrefined and
Dooku disarmed his opponent. Anakin persisted, lunging at Dooku and the Sith was almost impressed,
but still knocked him into the wall, and his opponent was finally unconscious. A Separatist
fighter arrived to take Dooku away, and he decides to also carry Anakin, as it would
strike the first major hit into the side of the Republic. Leaving the hangar, Obi-Wan
had recovered from the damage inflicted during the battle, to report to the clones and Yoda
of Dooku and Anakin’s escape. The Grandmaster instructs the new army to pursue the Sith,
but more out of sympathy for Obi-Wan losing his padawan, as he knew Dooku was too clever
for them. The Jedi and clone troopers return to Coruscant, aware that a new war had begun,
and inside Mace Windu’s quarters Obi-Wan and Yoda discuss Dooku’s claim that a Sith
Lord controlled the Senate, before working out a plan to recover Anakin. The clones were
gathering intelligence on the scale of the Separatist army, and they figured out that
Dooku’s army would likely be near his allies. The Jedi divide their resources to scope out
territories of known allies, and discover a fleet above the planet of Cato Neimoidia.
The determined Obi-Wan heads the clone squadron, and is supported by General Mace Windu, who
has taken charge of one of the first produced Venator Class star destroyers. The Jedi find
the fleet as their intelligence had reported, and Obi-Wan swoops vertically to the massive
dreadnought firing at him. The Jedi master suddenly found himself and his squadron suspended
in the air in a purple bubble, before fading into darkness.
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