The secrecy of the marriage between Senator Padme Amidala and Jedi knight Anakin Skywalker,
was bound to cause tension, as they sought to end the clone war and avoid Anakin’s expulsion from
the Jedi Order. After an escape from the planet of Scipio, the marriage almost broke completely.
Padme, Anakin and the shady senator Rush Clovis, had obtained information exposing the corruption
of the Intergalactic Banking Clan, and escaped to Coruscant. Upon arrival, the trio are escorted
to Palpatine’s office by Jedi Grandmaster Yoda, and Padme is assigned to investigate the scheme
with Clovis, angering Anakin, as Clovis had constantly sought a relationship with Padme.
Despite attempts from Obi-Wan to ensure Anakin did not let his feelings cloud his judgement, Anakin’s
dark side exploded when he saw Padme with Clovis after a dinner. The Jedi knight proceeded to choke
Clovis, then nearly kill him in hand-to-hand contact, before their fight is broken up by
Captain Typho. Anakin subsequently apologised to Padme, but the lack of trust between them
meant Padme wanted separation from Anakin. But what if Anakin and Padme had actually divorced?
How would Anakin react? Would it change Palpatine’s eventual manipulation of
Anakin to the dark side? As you are going to discover, everything will be different…
Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker leaned on the balcony of Padme’s balcony, gazing into the night sky of
Coruscant. Turning to the voice of Padme, he apologised for how he had destroyed Clovis.
Padme however, was not willing to listen Anakin’s excuses. The lack of trust from Anakin regarding
her professional relationship with Clovis, was too much, coupled with their constant time apart,
as Anakin was constantly on the battlefield. Regrettably, Padme asks for a divorce, and not
wanting for the news to get out, she informs a trusted official on her home planet of Naboo,
and the procedure is soon completed. Padme walked away from Anakin to the outdoors,
leaving Anakin in totally stunned. The Jedi knight was forgetting all of his Jedi teachings, as his
mind was full of emotions, all of them negative, and he followed Padme in trudging to the outdoors.
Anakin continued aimlessly through the streets of Coruscant, until he found his way to the
Uscru District, and its lower-level entertainment sector, an area he recognised from his pursuit of
bounty hunter Zam Vessell. Entering the dubious Outlander Club, Anakin began to drink heavily,
and engaged in various games of Sabacc. Walking out, Anakin chose to accept numerous death sticks
from criminals outside, relieving some of his emotional pain, and he used the force
to ensure that there were no long-lasting effects. Sleeping in one of the narrow side streets, Anakin
was falling down. Morning rose on the Jedi Temple, and Obi-Wan’s usual meditation was disturbing.
He had sensed Anakin’s anger the previous day concerning Clovis, but now he could not sense
him at all. Running to the quarters of Grandmaster Yoda, the Grandmaster is sharing his concern, and
he asks Obi-Wan to look for Anakin and bring him back to the Temple. The Jedi master goes straight
for Padme’s apartment, as she is about to leave for a Senate meeting. Senator Amidala knew that
Obi-Wan would sense her lies, and told him that Anakin had gone for a walk the previous night,
but she had not seen him since. Obi-Wan knew that there was more than Padme was telling him,
but did not push her for more information, going to the Jedi Temple. The Stewjon master went to
the Temple’s chief investigator Tera Sinube, who was equipped with a vast database of the criminal
underworld, and the former Council member had been on the case, since an unusual disturbance near the
Galaxies Opera House. The two Jedi venture to the Entertainment district, curious and wary of the
criminals around them. Approaching the Outlander Club, they are blocked by a group of death stick
dealers, who had seen Obi-Wan’s lightsaber dangling from his belt. The dealers all crowd
around them, murmuring about the Jedi yesterday who had bought their entire stock, and they wanted
Obi-Wan and Master Sinube to buy today’s death sticks. Master Sinube wisely leaves the area,
and goes back to the Jedi temple to search for the details of the dealers, whereas Obi-Wan is
in a panic, knowing the effects of Death Sticks. The Jedi master runs to the lower levels, ordering
Commander Cody to send a search party to look for the lost Anakin. Entering an underground portal in
his speeder, Obi-Wan descends through the levels of the underworld, passing through the ships and
speeders, Obi-Wan lands by the warehouse, where ARC Trooper Fives had perished, and was suspicious
that it was well lit. Obi-Wan took cautious steps as he walked inside, scoping every small space,
looking for clues, until he found himself trapped in a ray shield. Elsewhere, Commander Cody and
his searching forces were unaware of Obi-Wan’s location, looking around the Galaxies Opera House.
Inside, Chancellor Palpatine had been watching their every move, having heard of the wonderings
of young Skywalker. For once, Palpatine had not sensed the change in mood from what he hoped to
be his future apprentice, only receiving news of his disappearance at the same time as the Jedi.
From some of his allied bounty hunters, the Sith Lord had discovered Anakin was already
off of the planet, but it was a mystery as to where. Sidious quickly ordered Dooku to
ensure everything on Scipio went according to plan, and secure their control over the
Banking clan. Darth Sidious would not fail. That is it for part 1 of what if Padme
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