Welcome back to part 2 of what if Ahsoka never saved Tarkin. Thank you to those of you who
watched the first part! To recap what happened in the first part, in case you haven’t seen
it, Tarkin had died at the hands of Osi Sobeck on the planet of Lola Sayu. The death of the
Admiral had halted the progress of Palpatine’s plans for the construction of the Death star,
and he had appointed Anakin to represent the Republic military. As a result, Ahsoka never
went on trial for the bombing of the Jedi temple, as they had found Barriss early into
her betrayal of Ahsoka and the Jedi order. Now the newly anointed master and knight,
celebrate their rise through the ranks of the Jedi, and think of a way to defeat the
Sith… After they had received their respective promotions,
Anakin and Ahsoka ambled from the steps of the Temple with Obi-Wan, and together they
entered into a speeder to go to the apartment of senator Amidala. To their surprise, Padme
had organised a small gathering to celebrate their promotions, along side some of the clones
and senators, but as with most events Anakin had been involved in, events did not proceed
as he had foreseen. For once in his life, he had actually followed the suggestions of
Obi-Wan to observe his surroundings, and to his disgust, he found senator Clovis growing
closer to senator Amidala. The Jedi master silently gestured for his padawan to cause
a disturbance, and Ahsoka used the Force to lift the senators in the air, accidentally
cutting off the power supply. But once the lights had been turned on, the occupants of
the room gasp, as some of their contemporaries had vanished. The Jedi ignited their blades
in caution, and Anakin and the clones lead the senators to the safety of the Jedi Temple,
as Ahsoka and Obi-Wan begin to investigate the disappearance of a number of high-profile
politicians. The Jedi notice that a window had been left open by the assailant, but they
must have had some kind of help from one of the attendants, to alert them of the power
cut. Ahsoka goes through Padme’s datapad to uncover the list of guests, and curiously
the number of clones did not match the number that had been inside the room, from the security
footage. The Jedi leave the investigation in the apartment to the Coruscant underworld
police, and rush off back to the Temple, and begin to search the clones. One of them attempts
to sneak off, but the Jedi pursue the fugitive into the streets of Coruscant. To their shock,
they ignite a couple of red blades, and attacks them at speed. The Jedi are forced to retreat
from this dark side entity, and back to help the local police force at Padme’s apartment.
Anakin is full of concern at the safety of Padme and the other senators, and is immediately
suspicious of Clovis, so barges into his apartment on Coruscant. Anakin’s instincts had been
correct again, as the senator had been talking to Dooku, and he used the Force to crush the
holotable in front of him, then lift the traitor into the air. Clovis pleads with Anakin to
let him explain the situation, and the voice of his master from behind him encourages him
to drop him to the floor. The senator of Scipio reveals that he had been offered by Dooku
to capture the Republic senators, in return for a favourable rise in interest rates for
his banking clan, and he had used his previous relations with Padme to receive an invite
to the gathering. But before the identity of the fugitive could be revealed, a dart
from outside penetrated the chest of Clovis, and he slumped to his desk. Anakin leapt outside,
and onto a passing speeder, as Obi-Wan walked to the turbolift and descended to the bottom
floor, and ordered the clones to lay a trap. The 212th Battalion surround the perimeter
of the district, and as Anakin dislodged the boot of the attacker the clones trapped them
in a large shield, revealing that it had been the Duros bounty hunter Cad Bane. The Jedi
thought that they had successfully apprehended him, but they had not been alerted to his
release from the Republic military base. Anakin uses his position at the head of the military,
to transfer Bane to his previous confinement, and bringing a group of a Jedi, begins his
interrogation. The mind of the bounty hunter is resistant to the Jedi attacks, but they
manage to discover that he had been employed Darth Sidious, whom Obi-Wan had heard from
the start of the clone war, from his capture on Geonosis. The Jedi master deduces that
the lightsaber wielding duellist must have been this mysterious Sidious, and Anakin is
frustrated that they had let him escape. Returning to the Temple, the Council dispatch most of
themselves to find the lost senators, as outside of the Temple, the population of Coruscant
was again protesting over the Jedi’s failures. As the other Jedi entered into their Republic
cruisers, Anakin and Ahsoka decided to head to the underworld, and there they manage to
track down the former Sith Asajj Ventress. The Dathomirian hated Dooku as much as the
Jedi, but did not have much to offer, other than the location of several key Separatist
bases, and that had been when Anakin had a brainwave. The Jedi master’s mind instinctively
turned to the past, and the death of Tarkin on the horrible planet of Lola Sayu. The citadel
was still active, and torturing prisoners, so the three of them go to the planet in a
bid to rescue the senators, or fall into Dooku’s trap.
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