As the Clone Wars came to an end and Order 66 put an stop to the Jedi order’s reign,
the few remaining survivors were forced to scatter out across the galaxy to the only
worlds which would take them in and not turn them over to the empire.
On one strategic imperial manufacturing world, the Empire’s vehicle factories kept coming
under attack by angry locals…
Darth Vader quickly realized however that the locals weren’t acting alone.
A Jedi was among them, and one who believed he was smarter than Darth Vader and could
take him down with a simple trick…
So, lets find out what went down…
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So, the story begins out on the lush and thick forest world of Otavon 12, where the Empire
has built a brand new base dedicated to the construction of AT-AT walkers.
There aren’t many natives living here on the planet, but the few who remain still fight
to drive the imperials away from their world.
Unfortunately for them however their attacks have grown enough to attract the vengeful
gaze of Darth Vader, who senses that there may be someone leading these natives.
Moving out onto the front lines, the Ovoni are locked in an intense firefight with the
imperial Clone troopers who are taking things pretty casually, and coldly stating… “more
target practice”...
As they continue blasting without regard for the natives, the lines of attack eventually
converge and hand to hand combat even breaks out.
The Ovoni are now planning to plant blast charges on the territory of the Clone Troopers
before retreating and taking out as many as possible, but a dark and cold presence suddenly
washes over the battlefield.
As one of the Ovoni looks up, chills are sent down her spine as she realizes its all over.
Darth Vader has arrived.
Igniting his bright red lightsaber, Vader leaps down from the city wall and begins an
absolute rampage, slicing through every rebel fighter he sees, some without even looking.
He manages to choke anyone who comes to him from the front and impale anyone who attacks
from the back.
Vader continues slicing and dicing, letting the pure rage flow through him and fuel his
darkness…
He is quickly snapped out of it however once the general in charge of the planet, General
Crik rushes down with more clones and warns Vader that he can’t be talking these unnecessary
risks.
Vader however brushes this concern off telling the general that these pathetic Ovoni pose
no threat to him.
As the general takes him into the AT-AT factory, Vader tells him that the Ovoni are a dying
species and their attacks are futile.
The general doesn’t really agree with this because no matter how many of them are killed,
they just keep throwing themselves back at the factory, which is making all of the workers
nervous.
Vader then tells him that he’ll be dealing with the natives.
The general’s only concern are the walkers, and the emperor will not accept any delay.
Following this, Vader receives a holo call from his master and informs him that he has
lost contact with the squad who were searching for the Ovoni leader.
Palpatine tells him that he was sent to ensure the production of the walkers was on time,
not to chase down the natives…
Vader however believes this is an utter waste of his training, but Palpatine tells him that
he forgets his place.
His obsession with the Jedi is clouding his judgement…
With one final warning, Palpatine tells Vader that if he does not continue to oversee the
production of the walkers, he may never lead Tremor Base.
Many days later, Vader is summoned out to the front of the base being warned that motion
has been detected on the perimeter.
Vader points out into the wild forest and the General orders his Clone Troopers to fire
at will… but Vader puts a quick halt to it.
Out of the heavy greenery walks a badly injured clone trooper with severe damage to his arm.
The brave trooper collapses to the ground and in his dying breaths, he warns Lord Vader
that the Ovoni have a Jedi Leading them.
With Vader’s suspicions now confirmed, he is determined to put an end to this Jedi’s
little game.
General Crik then cries out to Vader, warning him that he should probably get back inside
because of the enhanced threat (and because he’s scared for his own life), but Vader
won’t back down.
He demands that his probe droid be released and the hunt begins for this devious Jedi.
As he walks off into the dark first, Vader tells the General that Tremor base is very
well defended.
He won’t be in any danger… unless he fails to complete the walkers by the time he returns.
Moving to the Rebel base camp, their numbers have dwindled greatly and a young Jedi Padawan
named Dendro is attempting to guide them in their fight against the Empire.
The young Jedi survivor warns that the Dark Lord will eventually catchup to them, and
before he can even finish the sentence a shadowy figure emerges and a red blade is ignited.
In an instant, the Dark Lord lunges forward and kills one of the natives, and is quickly
met by the Jedi Padawan’s blue blade.
Vader then force pushes the rest of the Ovoni into nearby trees and clashes his red blade
against the Padawan’s saber.
As the two continue their battle, the Padawan tells Vader that by surviving this long he
has already won.
After a flurry of swings, Vader manages to clip the Padawan’s leg, scorching through
his skin and causing him to gasp out in pain.
The Padawan is then knocked to the muddy ground in a very dangerous spot and Vader demands
to know what his name is…
The Jedi simply tells him “Jedi”, and manages to pull Vader towards him.
Vader however won’t be defeated by trickery and instead lifts the young Padawan up high
into the air, ready to reveal his identity.
As Vader lifts the Young Jedi up by the throat, he realizes that it is just a Padawan, before
demanding to know where his master is.
The padawan then tells Vader that he is en route to his starship and is about to escape
out into the galaxy where Vader will never find him.
At this point, Vader is done bickering with the young boy and slams him into a nearby
tree.
Vader commends the young Padawan’s resolve and strong will, but tells him that it’s
not strong enough, before chopping his head off Dooku style.
ON the hunt, Vader is warned by the General that if he has a starship, he must be heading
to mount Dijandi, since the peak is beyond imperial scanning range.
If he launched from there it would never be detected.
The general then tells vader that the Walkers are behind schedule because he doesn’t have
the same commander over the workers that Vader does.
Vader simply tells him that they believe the General is a coward.
He then orders Crick to execute the inefficient workers and the others will double their efforts.
As this is happening, Vader is ambushed by a group of Ovoni natives and manages to redirect
a blast rocket away from him with just seconds to spare.
This little trick manages to make the natives flee and he immediately orders his droid IK-48
to analyze the device…
Before he can even get the results however, the Dark Lord is attacked by a savage wild
beast, one with a hide so thick his lightsaber can barely even dent it.
Vader is then genuinely put into danger as the creature attempts to gobble up the Sith
Lord, leading him to show a rare bout of weakness, begging the creature to stop…
This weakness soon turns to rage however, as Vader demands the creature to release him,
restoring to his dark side animal bond ability to stop the foul beast…
Using this dark side force ability, Vader tames the beast and uses it to scale Mount
Dijandi.
Moving to the peak of Mount Dijandi, the waiting Jedi master is simply meditating and notices
Vader’s cold presence.
He immediately says ‘I didn’t expect you to find me so quickly’, but Vader snaps
back telling him that he had help.
The master can’t help but laugh at Vader’s tactics, resorting to animal bond and Jedi
mind tricks once his saber couldn’t cut through the creature.
He then realizes that Vader is no Jedi…
Vader refuses to answer the question, instead demanding to know where the Master’s starship
is.
The master instead tells him that there never was a starship, but Vader should be concerned
about his ride leaving without him.
As Vader turns his back to see what’s going on with his tamed beast, the Master leaps
through the air and ignites his green blade before diving at the Sith Lord, attempting
to strike him down.
The two engage in a fierce showdown and the Master manages to challenge the Dark Lord,
but only moments later, Vader manages to slice the green saber in half, leaving the master
defenceless.
While on the ground, the Master respects Vader’s precision in slicing his blade, but ultimately
Vader tells him that he meant to take off his whole hand, not just the saber.
The master then looks to the ground and smiles, eagerly telling Vader that he has a trick
up his sleeve.
He believes he has outsmarted Vader and will take the Dark Lord down…
The master then swings out a hidden, second blade, attempting to chop the arm of Darth
Vader off.
Surprisingly, he manaages to cause some damage to the mechanical man, but Vader smiles under
his mask and moves up to the Jedi Master’s face…
He tells him “So Have I”, before impaling the Ovoni Jedi master through the stomach,
finally putting an end to him.
In his dying breaths, with a saber scorch mark piercing him, the Master still can’t
stop laughing, but Vader demands to know his name.
He tells the Dark Lord that his name is Hylon, which in the language of his people, means
“trickster”.
As Master Hylon is about to collapse, Vader asks him why he came up to the top of the
mountain with no hope of escape…
His final words tell Vader that he should go back to the factory and his reasons will
become clear.
Vader then delivers one final blow to end the master’s misery.
Returning back to the Factory, Vader realizes that he has made a grave mistake.
The beast which he thought he tamed had escaped back to the factory and destroyed all production
of the walkers, and severely injured General Crick…
And to end the story, Vader’s Master Darth Sidious arrives flanked by two royal guards
and filled with anger…
Vader attempts to begin explaining, but Palpatine simply looks out uat the damage and tells
Vader to meditate on his failure here today…
Vader looks up at his master’s ship with worry flowing through him…
So that is the Jedi who thought he was smarter than darth vader… and maybe he just was.
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