Welcome back to the finale of what if Ahsoka never saved Tarkin. Thank you for your support
on the first two parts of this video! To recap what happened in those, in case you haven’t
seen them, the death of Tarkin had ruined Palpatine’s initial plans for the construction
of the Death star, and the Jedi had avoided the Barriss Offee trial for the bombing of
the Jedi temple, making Anakin a Jedi master, and Ahsoka a Jedi knight. The subsequent celebrations
had not gone to plan, as a number of senators had been captured, and the Jedi had enlisted
the help of Asajj Ventress, on their return to the planet of Lola Sayu…
The Jedi and Ventress entered into the largely empty hangar of the Temple, and chose an acclamator
class assault ship to take to the Separatist region. As they had expected, they were met
by stern opposition upon their arrival to the planet’s atmosphere, in the form of
a formidable Separatist fleet. Ventress knew this to be one of Dooku’s strategies, and
warned them to turn back, but Anakin and Ahsoka were determined to rescue the senators. Anakin
attempts to relay their position to the Republic fleet, but Ventress folded her arms as their
communications had been cut off, and they had to fight alone. This was merely an inconvenience
for the Jedi, as Anakin dived through the missile fire aimed in his direction, and as
the ship erupted into flames, they crashed into the lava. Before they burned, they leapt
out of the inferno, and ignited their blades as they were met by droids and anoobas. Dooku
had obviously been waiting for the Jedi, and they struggled to advance on the Citadel,
until R2-D2 decided to used rocket boosters to fly to through the battle and to the temporary
Separatist missions room, and reprogrammed the tactical droids to turn against themselves.
The Jedi progress to the inside and after the obstacle of the BX series commando droids,
they spilt up to successfully free the prisoners from their torture. Padme is quick to reveal
that they had to leave for Coruscant, as she had overheard a conversation between Dooku
and Palpatine, confirming that the Chancellor had been the Sith they had been looking for.
Anakin looked at her in shock, but they had no time to argue, as they heard lightsabers
igniting. General Grievous pushed forward the sadistic Osi Sobeck to attack them, but
Ventress casually crossed her lightsaber across his neck, and killed him. Grievous mocked
the Nightsister for stooping to the level of working with the Jedi, but Anakin ignored
him and lunged at his four blades. The cyborg moved at immense speed, and Anakin had to
back off slightly to absorb the strikes, then relaunched into a counter strike. The Jedi
master requested for R2-D2 to reprogramme the droids again, and after a short while,
they began to fire at Grievous. The Kaleesh Jedi killer did not expect the droids to fire
at him, and he collapsed to the floor with his organs burning brightly. The Jedi and
Ventress the safely guided the senators off of the planet, as the droids took the hits
from the fearsome anoobas, and they speed off to Coruscant, as Padme had suggested.
Ventress eagerly ran off the ramp of the ship, hoping to avenge Dooku but is stopped by Anakin
who is concerned about the power of Palpatine, and they finally manage to send an emergency
signal to the rest of the Council to return. As they arrive on Coruscant’s landing platform,
Palpatine had immediately been suspicious in his office, and after sensing the death
of Grievous, he found his apprentice in his castle’s throne room. The Sith Lord did
not tolerate failure, and casually lifted Dooku into the air from across galaxy, then
slammed him to the floor, remarking that soon he would have a new apprentice, one that was
much more powerful. Turning his door, he had been about to execute Order 66, but he had
been interrupted by a group of Jedi masters and Ventress. Palpatine knew he had been exposed,
and displayed the hologram of the corpse of Dooku, in a show of his power, but the Jedi
were not deterred. Igniting their blades, Palpatine fired a spread of lightning across
the room, and the ceiling then floor began to crack. The Jedi cushion their fall onto
the floor of the senate building, and back off into the streets, where Windu organises
the attacks into groups. Palpatine let out a demonic roar, and in an extraordinary feat
of the Force, pulled several buildings down to the Jedi, but Anakin’s group managed
to avoid the debris, to allow the Jedi master to strike the old Chancellor to his knees.
Palpatine told Anakin that if he were to kill him, he would take his place at his side,
and also be committing treason. As he briefly hesitated, the Chancellor gasped as a blaster
bolt entered into his back. Padme had returned from her apartment at kill the Chancellor
responsible for her capture, and the Jedi breathed in relief. The senators gather around
Anakin to protect him from the senate security force, but the Jedi is put on trial for the
death of Palpatine. The evidence is overwhelming, as it had been shown that Palpatine had been
corrupting the Republic’s finances, and manipulating senators to his personal cause.
After Anakin had been acquitted, the Jedi master is not made a Council member, rather
a Grandmaster, as Yoda decided to step away from his duties, and for a new Order to be
established. As Anakin stood by the Great Tree, and gazed at the students training near
him, all was well. That is it for what if Ahsoka never saved
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