After Clone Wars Season 7 Episode 12 released and tied the series perfectly into Revenge
of the Sith, many of us still have one big question remaining.
What if Anakin fought Maul on Mandalore, instead of going to Coruscant to rescue Chancellor
Palpatine.
What if Maul got his wish, in fighting the newly chosen apprentice of his former master,
Darth Sidious.
I’m going to break down exactly what would happen if Maul fought Anakin on Mandalore,
and what the impact would be on the rest of the Galaxy.
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As Ahsoka and Anakin discuss her potential mission to Mandalore, Obi-Wan Kenobi comes
rushing into the barracks of their Republic Cruiser.
A panicked Kenobi tells the two that the Capital of the Republic, Coruscant, is under attack
and that the Chancellor had not been heard from at all.
Anakin is clearly distressed by this move from the Separatists and is concerned that
his long time friend and mentor, Palpatine, would be in real danger.
Despite this, Ahsoka begs her master to join the attack force on Mandalore, to which he
cannot refuse.
He agrees with Ahsoka, and joins Captain Rex and the 332nd company on their voyage to Mandalore.
The other half of the 501st are swiftly sent to Coruscant to aid Obi-Wan and his 212th
in the Capture of Grievous.
This leaves Obi-Wan to stage a rescue mission for the Chancellor alone.
Luckily for him however, the Jedi council offer the support of Mace Windu, who will
travel with Kenobi to rescue the Chancellor.
Back on the cruiser, Ahsoka and Bo Katan discuss their attack strategy and the path forward
to victory.
The group eventually come to the decision that Ahsoka and Captain Rex will lead the
501st legion in the liberation of Mandalore against Maul’s Mandalorian Super commandos,
while Anakin will take an elite unit of Clones to personally confront Maul and capture him
for return to the Jedi temple on Coruscant.
These elite Clones are not Arc Troopers however, and they have worked with Anakin on major
missions in the past.
They are instead, the Bad Batch.
Anakin makes a transmission to Hunter, who is leading his men on a rescue mission on
the remote world of Stewjon, which happens to be the homeworld of Obi-Wan Kenobi.
“Seargent Hunter, it’s been a while!”
“That is has, General - pleasure serving with you on Skako Minor”.
Despite struggling with the horrific storms and rain on the surface of Stewjon, Hunter
is able to answer the transmission.
After experiencing overwhelming success on Anaxes and Skako Minor, the Bad Batch gladly
agree to help Anakin in his mission, and are secretly excited to be facing a Sith Lord,
up close.
Or at least, a former one.
Hunter, Crosshair, Wrecker, Tech and Echo board their ship and jump to hyperspace, en
route to meet Anakin above the surface of Mandalore.
As Maul gets word of the incoming invasion, he orders his Puppet, Prime Minister Almec
to send a warning to the incoming republic troopers.
Anakin and Ahsoka’s men ignore the order and continue their blazing path towards Mandalore.
While the Bad Batch and Republic forces are making their way to the planet, Maul sends
his supercommandos into their attack positions and readies them for the biggest fight Mandalore
has seen in a thousand years.
Rook Kast and Gar Saxon prepare to go head to head with Ahsoka and Rex’s men, as Anakin
mentally prepares himself to face the former Sith Lord, Maul.
Ahsoka and Rex then touch down on Mandalore, driving their forces fiercely through the
hordes of Mandalorian super commandos, in hopes of eventually reaching the royal palace.
While they are doing this, Anakin remains in orbit of the planet, awaiting the arrival
of the Bad Batch.
After only moments of waiting, the Bad Batch emerge from hyperspace and dock with Anakin’s
cruiser.
As the crew make their way onto the bridge of the ship, Wrecker surprises Anakin by hugging
him with joy, remembering the time on Anaxes where Anakin handed him the trigger to detonate
a massive explosive.
“Huuhah, General Skywalker - Long time no see!
I’m hoping for more explosions!!”
They swiftly begin their briefing around the Cruiser’s holotable, where Anakin and Admiral
Yullaren inform the Bad Batch of the Roles that they will play in Maul’s capture.
Echo will use his enhanced mental capacity and experience with the Separatist algorithm
to attempt to track down the approximate location of Maul within the sewers of Sundari.
Tech will use his specialized equipment to send out electromagnetic pulses as they move
closer towards the former Sith Lord.
Anakin and Yullaren hope that Maul’s metal legs will reflect a magnetic pulse allowing
Hunter to use his enhanced sensory ability to pinpoint his exact location.
Crosshair will set his blaster rifle to an “enhanced stun mode”, which will allow
a more simple capture of Maul, once located.
After agreeing to the briefing and preparing for their roles, the crew, along with Anakin
board a gunship and make their way to the surface of Mandalore.
The group land in the same spot as Ahsoka and Rex were supposed to make their landing,
but they are long gone and fiercely fighting Maul’s supercommandos towards the palace.
Anakin leads the Bad Batch towards the sewer systems of Sundari, where they begin tracing
the location of Maul.
Echo’s analysis of the tunnel system gives the team a basic idea of the direction to
travel in, and Tech begins to release electromagnetic pulses from his tracing equipment.
At first they have very little success in tracing Maul’s location, but after hours
of searching, Hunter senses an electromagnetic pulse reflecting from the metallic legs of
Maul.
“Pulse out!”
“We got him sir, Maul has been located!”
Anakin sighs a breath of relief, finally tracking down the dark presence they have long been
searching for.
I’m ready to stun that monster in place.
Back on the surface, Rex and Ahsoka’s 332nd company are having great success in beating
back Maul’s super commandos, forcing Gar Sax and Rook Kast to retreat their men to
a final defence of the Mandalorian Royal Palace.
They know that if the palace falls, the war would end and they would be harshly defeated.
Another awesome thing to note is that because Clone Trooper Vaughn is not fighting in the
tunnels of Sundari, and instead on the surface, he has survived the encounter up to this point,
unlike the original timeline, where he dies.
So if you’re a big fan of Vaugh, leave a comment down below.
While following the traced signal to Maul, Anakin begins to further strengthen his relationship
with the Bad Batch after Anaxes, even becoming very good friends with each of them.
Above all, he respected their strength, resolve, loyalty and willingness to fight.
“You guys are the perfect Clone Troopers!
You are the type of troopers that the Grand Army is sorely lacking…”
Make sure Remember this friendship, because it will become very important towards the
end of the story.
After much time had passed, Anakin and the Bad Batch reach their destination, but they
don’t know it yet.
Maul is watching Anakin’s movements, hoping to lure him and the squad into the perfect
position for an ambush.
As Tech continues to send pulses from his tracking equipment, Hunter gets a firm hold
on Maul’s location and moves quickly to track him down.
With Tech’s enhanced vision, the group manage to reach Maul and confront him.
The Bad Batch draw their weapons on the Former Sith Lord, who this time is flanked by 10
Zabrak Nightbrothers.
These are not just any Nightbrothers.
These are the best warriors of the Clan and from the village that Maul called home on
Dathomir.
This will not be an easy fight for the Bad Batch, despite their incredible combat Skill.
As the Bad Batch focus on the Zabrak bodyguards, Anakin draws his blue blade and ignites it.
Maul does the same, with two crimson blades protruding form each end of his blade, emanating
a strong glow.
Maul unleashes a horrific Sith Scream, temporarily severing Anakin’s connection to the force.
This doesn’t last long however, as Anakin moves towards Maul and locks blades with him.
The chosen one and the phantom apprentice fight a fierce duel, as the Bad Batch prevent
the Zabrak bodyguards from protecting their master.
Despite being in such close quarters within the sewers of Sundari, the Bad Batch utilise
their abilities to ensure that they have the ultimate advantage over the Zabrak Nightbrothers.
Crosshair is able to stun three of the Zabrak warriors, while Wrecker is able to overwhelm
their attacks by charging into them with extreme force.
This is to be expected from Wrecker, he’s such a cool character.
Anakin clearly has the upper hand on Maul as he is the vastly superior force user and
lightsaber duelist.
Maul taps deeper and deeper into the dark side, just so that he can stay in the fight
and continue to survive.
Anakin has multiple chances to kill Maul, but his orders are simply to capture him and
bring him to justice at the Jedi temple on Coruscant.
As Anakin has Maul clearly on the backfoot, the Bad Batch decimate their Nightbrother
opponents, killing each one of them, before turning their weapons on Maul.
At this point, Maul is clearly defeated, with the Bad Batch and Anakin surrounding him from
every angle.
Maul locks his glowing red Blade with Anakin’s, but is unable to overpower his sheer strength
in the force.
Unknown to Anakin, Palpatine is sensing the ordeal take place on Mandalore, and is tapping
into the force to use the situation to turn Anakin to the Dark, right then and there,
while Dooku is still alive.
Anakin forcefully pulls Maul’s saber from his hands and drops him to his knees.
He is about to direct hunter to place electro cuffs on Maul, but a voice enters his head.
Dew it Anakin, kill him now.
Anakin hears the voice of Palpatine in his head, and ponders on the decision.
Moments late, Anakin also hears the voice of his future.
“Don’t do it or this will be your fate, Anakin”.
Anakin is completely torn, and the Bad Batch are confused at what is happening.
Anakin crosses his blades over the head of Maul, just as he did to Count Dooku in the
original timeline.
While contemplating this tough decision, the voice of Palpatine again enters his head “I
can save the one you love!”.
“Sidious is not the solution to your problems, he will betray you!”
Carefully considering both voices, Anakin chooses the trusted voice over the unknown
one.
He chooses to take Palpatine’s advice and brutally slices the head of Maul cleanly off.
This moment allows Anakin to embrace a small amount of the Dark side, preparing him for
his eventual turn, coming very soon.
Anakin’s eyes glow yellow for the briefest moment, leaving Each member of the Bad Batch
stunned in silence, but deep down they respect the actions of Anakin.
The Bad Batch collect Maul’s body and transport it back up to the cruiser with Anakin.
While this is going on, Rex and Ahsoka continue their fight before being contacted by Anakin
for one final time.
“Good luck Ahsoka!
I’m counting on you!”.
At this point, the rescue Mission for Chancellor Palpatine is going more slowly than anticipated,
with Kenobi still unable to board the invisible hand.
Because Palpatine is pulling all of the strings anyway, he is able to stall for a full 5 rotations,
just enough time for Anakin to return.
Palpatine is stranded above Coruscant with Grievous because the Republic are blockading
his escape, while the casualties on the surface of the planet continue to mount.
This pressures Anakin into making a swift return to Coruscant, where the normal timeline
will continue.
Now in this timeline, Anakin’s mission to Mandalore serves to build the relationship
with the Bad Batch and give him a small taste of the darkside before his full turn.
Skipping ahead to after Darth Vader’s turn, where he is in the suit, Palpatine asks him
to form a task force to continue hunting Jedi survivors.
Anakin turns to the Bad Batch, forming Task force 99 - Also known as the Scar Squadron.
Despite Vader’s great trust in the Bad Batch and Hunter’s leadership, Palpatine insists
that Vader place a different leader in charge of the group.
The SCAR Squadron now consists of Echo, Tech, Hunter, Wrecker, Crosshair and is led by Sergeant
Kreel, a soldier hand picked by Palpatine.
And that is the story of “What if Anakin Fought Maul on Mandalore?”
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with the events of the Revenge of the Sith and how the new fall of Anakin Skywalker would
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