Note: This is all about Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader, his story as told by himself. This is also an AU where he achieved wonders. I, nor Skywalker/Vader own star wars but we do own this story and the alternate universe and whatever wasn't created by George Lucas. Also thanks to the IMSDB for the various Star Wars transcripts.
Rating: This is rated M, there may be some disturbing scenes, obscene language and sexual scenes, viewer discretion is advised. Don't say you weren't warned... Seriously there is some dark stuff in this chapter. But not all chapters will be like this... I promise! There is child abuse here but nothing obscene or graphic but some child abuse but I didn't overdo it, neither did Vader.
Also I would like to mention WritteninStone, I got some ideas from their story, the Sith and the Senator but the plot for this will be very much different but Padme may be involved maybe even romantically...
As I look back at my life from the time I was a little slave on Tatooine to the present which is only thirty years later, I realize that I achieved what no other person, regardless of species, was able to accomplish. I came from nothing, a poor world, a slave nonetheless, and here I sit in my Imperial Palace as the Emperor of the Galactic Empire, the First and Only. It wasn't easy but it was worth it, I changed a lot but I didn't have a choice. It was either change and adapt or die.
I chose the former and I changed and adapted. I thought I knew everything but my overconfidence almost became my undoing. It was a wonderful life and although I do regret some of my actions, I achieved my goals and I conquered most of the known galaxy. I was the Chosen One and throughout my autobiography, you will see what made me become the man, the Emperor, I am today.
This is my life, I hope you enjoy it as much as I did and do.
Life was and is a very funny thing. One second you are a slave on Tatooine to an insect who thought he was intelligent then the next second that insect is dead at my very hands for abusing my mother and myself. We were slaves to no one and if they thought I would just stand by and allow it to happen, they couldn't be more wrong. It was the most satisfying day of my life. Up until then I was always a slave, my mother and I, were. We had two owners, or at least during my time. The little Toydarian that owned us, Watto, won us in a podracing bet. Nice isn't it? Gardulla, the Hutt, our previous owner lost us in said bet.
Isn't that nice?
Making a bet that has nothing to do with money or assets, but people?
Slaves?
That word never sat right with me, but then again that was because I am... was one.
But that all changed when I turned nine and decided that he placed his grubby little hands on my mother one time too many.
I lashed out with all of the anger and hatred building within me and I killed him by striking him repeatedly, he was scared and totally caught off-guard, he tried to reach for a blaster but he couldn't. I kept hitting him and hitting him until he didn't move. I kept hitting him even after and I eventually stopped when I realized he was definitely dead and that I was covered in his blood, so wasn't the room. It felt so right and the anger within me... it felt... good.
My mother was more scared then than ever before. Not me, maybe I was too naive or didn't understand it but what I did was right, she knew it but that wasn't why she was afraid.
She was afraid of what the Hutt's would do.
Would they kill us to make an example?
Would they reclaim us?
Would they...?
They tried to make an example out of us, out of me but their attempts failed as I saw visions of what was to come and I planned accordingly.
I slaughtered their goons, their bounty hunters, their mercenaries.
I didn't stop there, I continued to go further and I was on my own, nothing new there.
I stormed the Hutt's territory and Palace on Tatooine and slaughtered them all.
I didn't spare any.
Following that day, I was the legend and I was the undisputed leader of Tatooine, everyone was terrified of me.
Ha, me leader at the age of nine?
I had no idea where the strength or anger came from but it was there and I was grateful for that.
Everyone else was terrified of me and always got out of my way and never bothered my mother or I and I enjoyed it. The fear I felt from them, terrified of a nine year old? It was pathetic but they had every right to be after what I did.
Freedom was great, people started to do what they wanted and we started to prepare for an invasion by the rest of the Hutt's, surely they wouldn't just let us... me overthrow one of their family members and get away with it. Surely, they'd try to make an example out of us, out of me...
But we waited and nothing happened, they sent more goons but no Hutt's. Nevertheless, we were prepared and we trained and we knew desert warfare better than anyone. It was our planet and we knew it better than anyone, even them.
"I am so proud of you." My mother said crying tears of joy, she wanted us to be free. For me to be free. She didn't care about herself as much as she cared for me. I was her one and only child and she wanted the best for me.
I decided to continue my passion, I was and am still an excellent engineer and I decided to take over Watto's shop and my mother and I moved in there and we expanded the facility and added a home to it. It was quite nice, I even impressed myself, but that wasn't my only home as I took over the Palace and we completely transformed Tatooine into a planet that people would want to visit rather than a backwater planet with no water...
I eventually destroyed Watto's shop, burning it to the ground and made a new shop within the Palace, it was larger and nicer and it was of my own design and making and it had nothing in it that belonged to that old creepy insect.
I sat in my shop one day when a man and a woman walked in along with another sentient being that I didn't recognize. I was still nine and the man, I didn't know him but I could sense something about him. Something familiar, something calming, something strange.
"Excuse me, I was looking for parts for a J-type 327 Nubian." The man said looking at me like he had the same feeling I did.
"What parts do you need? We have a ton of parts for a J-type." I replied.
"My droid has a readout of what we need." The man replied as he looked at the little blue and white astromech droid. He was a tall man with long brown hair and a beard. He was wearing robes that made him appear as though he wasn't from around Tatooine, and I knew he wasn't, not just because of the ship but because I knew most of the people and if he came to my shop he wouldn't ask if I had the parts, he would know I had the parts.
"Come with me." I said. "We have to go out and see if we can find your parts." I said as I directed them out of the palace and to my spaceship junk yard nearby as we looked for the required parts.
"Is this your shop?" The woman asked. She was quite beautiful, dressed in a red robe and most likely from Naboo considering the ship they were in.
"Yep." I simply replied. "My mother and I were slaves but I killed our slaver owners and now the whole planet is free from slavery and the Hutt's."
"You killed them all?" The man asked as I kept walking looking for the parts, not even looking at him.
"Yeah, I did. He hit my mother too many times and I lashed out in anger and killed him. He's only a Toydarian, it wasn't hard to do." I waved it off like it was nothing, it wasn't. All I had to do was hit him, repeatedly... it was... different. I didn't feel bad or disturbed, I felt like... I felt exhilarated. We were free. And he was dead. And I was glad. "But I didn't stop there, I knew it was only a matter of time before the Hutt family came and made an example out of me, they tried and failed then I went and attacked them, I won and they all died."
"I see." The man said as I could feel his eyes watching me, it was disturbing. "You are very strong in the Force, aren't you?"
"I don't know what the Force is." I replied, I really had no idea what it was, at the time.
"It's midi-chlorians." He said and sighed. "Without midi-chlorians, life could not exist, and we would have no knowledge of the Force. They speak to us, telling us the will of the Force. When you learn to quiet your mind, you'll hear them speaking to you, guiding you."
"I see." I said, not completely understanding it. "Is that how I could sense your arrival before you arrived? I could feel everything around me and know what is happening without actually seeing it or even understanding it. I see things before they happen."
"Exactly." He replied. "That is the Force. Now if you were in the Republic, you'd be training to be a Jedi, but since you are out here, there was no way for us to know about you. The Force is really strong in you, I could sense you before I even arrived on the planet. What is your name, son?"
"Anakin." I said. "Anakin Skywalker." Did he really call me son? I had and have no father, unless you're speaking about the midi-chlorians but they don't count.
"Anakin, I am Master Qui-Gon Jinn. I am a Jedi Master." He said, that didn't surprise me, I noticed the lightsaber even though he tried to conceal it under his robe, he wasn't very good at it.
"I knew you were a Jedi." I said. "I saw your lightsaber. Here we are." I said as we reached the section where the parts were for that specific type of ship.
"Do you mind, Anakin, if I take a sample of your blood?" The man asked and I turned to look at him like he was crazy. "I just want to see what your midi-chlorian count is. I've never felt the Force presence as strong as I do now, at least not with just one person."
"Sure." I said as he reached into his robe and pulled out a small grey thing and took my arm and it pricked my skin, "ow."
"All better." He said as he placed his hand over my arm where he took the blood from and the pain was gone and no blood was visible.
"So, what are you doing here on Tatooine?" I asked as I finished getting the parts on their list.
"We were on our way to Coruscant but we had some engine problems. This was the closest planet and we needed the parts." The man said as he pulled out a comlink and started to talk to someone.
"We're on our way to Coruscant to speak with the Senate. My people are in trouble and we need their help." The woman said. "I am Padme, by the way." She said with a smile, it was intoxicating. I never felt like that before, but I liked her.
I nodded and smiled. "I understand. We aren't part of the Republic, we had to stand up for ourselves because the Republic doesn't care about us, neither do the Jedi." I said with a sigh but not regretting anything. I began to realize that if the Force within me was why I was the way I was and am, maybe that was why I could defeat all of those whom I slaughtered so easily.
"I am sorry." Padme said and she looked like she meant it.
"It's okay. You couldn't have known or done anything about it. It was a problem that I had to solve on my own. Sometimes that is the only way to do it. Everyone else was scared, but I wasn't." I said as I had everything I needed on the list and the man walked back.
"Anakin, you have the highest midi-chlorian count ever on record. That is why the Force is so strong with you, you have more than even Master Yoda." He explained, and I just shrugged, what was that supposed to mean? "I would like for you to come back with us to Coruscant."
"I can't." I said with a sigh, not a sad sight, it was just a sigh. Why would I want to help the Republic and the Jedi? What did they ever do for me? "My life is here just me and my mom."
The man and woman both smiled. "Well think about it. You have the potential to become one of the strongest Jedi ever." Master Qui-Gon said with a smile but I knew that smile wasn't real, there was something else on his mind but I didn't know what he was thinking.
"I'll think about it, but I can't leave my mom here. I need to stay here with my people, I have no doubt that the Hutt's will come back to try and reclaim this planet and us and they will try and fail to kill me, again." I explained.
"Who is the leader of your people?" He asked.
"I am." I stated as a matter-of-fact. "They chose me to lead them. That is why I have to stay. I am the only strong one here, without me they will fail." Technically they didn't choose me to lead, I just lead them but no one tried to overthrow me or tried to lead. There was no democracy, it is overrated and the Republic showed that it ultimately fails.
"That must be a heavy burden." The man said and looked like he meant that.
"I can handle it. I am Anakin Skywalker. If anyone could do something, it's me." I said and the man and woman laughed. "Do you need me to install these parts on your ship?"
"Do you know how too?" The woman, Padme asked, obviously surprised that a nine year old could repair starships.
"I can build and fix anything." I said and everyone that heard of me, knew that to be true.
"Sure." The man said and we started to walk back to their ship with the weird animal sentient being and the astromech droid followed behind us.
"Hey, be careful." I said as the sentient being, or so they call them, knocked over one of my work in progress protocol droids.
"I'sa sorry." He said, basic probably wasn't his first language, I thought to myself. And they called themselves intelligent... having the ability to speak doesn't make you intelligent it just makes you less stupid sometimes more stupid.
From there we took the short trip to their silver ship and I uninstalled the parts that needed to be replaced and I installed the new parts.
"Now, how are you paying?" I asked as I saw some more people on the ship but didn't pay them any attention.
"I have twenty thousand Republic Dataries." The man replied and that didn't do me any good, maybe it should be policy to pay first then install the parts... that will have to be a mental reminder to myself for the future...
"Republic credits mean nothing out here." I said but before they replied, I continued. "But since you are a Jedi and you are both nice, I will accept them. I may be able to use them in the future." I said as he handed them over and I accepted. "Have a safe trip." I said as I left their ship feeling them all looking at me as I departed.
"Wait." The man said running out to meet me as I left the ship. "I want you to stay in touch with me. If you won't join the Jedi, I want to guide you, I want to help you learn the ways of the Force, its the least I can do."
"Ok." I simply said as he handed over a holocomm.
"This is mine, I know the frequency to it. I will get a new one and call you when I am done with my mission. I will check in with you time to time to make sure you are safe from the Hutt's. If you need me, you'll know the number, soon enough. It was a pleasure meeting you, Anakin Skywalker."
"It was a pleasure meeting you too, Master Jedi Qui-Gon Jinn." I replied with a smile, "just remember next time that Republic Credits mean nothing out here."
After that I went back to the shop and they took off.
A couple of days later was when my sweet life ended and I don't even remember how it came to be.
I woke up cold and in a dark room. I didn't know what happened or where I was or how long I was there before waking up. I just knew I was not on Tatooine. That was when I felt a presence, it made me shiver as it was different not like it was with Qui-Gon, it's uncomfortable, not warm or comforting as it was with the Jedi Master but cold like it was with me but way colder and more powerful, way more powerful.
"Ah, you are awake. Excellent." A man said as he opened a door and walked into the room I was in. He wore a dark cloak that was covering his body and a hood covering his face.
"I... I hoped I was having a nightmare." I said as I sat up and scooted back until I couldn't anymore.
The man laughed, "amusing you are, Anakin Skywalker. They were right, the Force is strong within you."
"Then leave me alone before I have to use it." I said hoping it'd work then I started shaking as pain jolted through my body. It hurt so much that I kept convulsing and screaming.
"You will learn in time." He said as he closed the door and left. I lied there on the ground for who knows how long. The crying stopped but the sensation it didn't go away for quite a while.
"Have you learned anything yet?" The voice asked as I still lied there on the ground, I had nothing to say to him and I wasn't going to indulge him.
"I see." He said as he did it again sending the sensation through me and again forcing me to shake violently. That time I held in my screams but I couldn't stop the tears from flowing down my face, not yet. What did I do to deserve this? I didn't know.
The torture happened for I don't know how long and it wasn't just the Force lightning, he beat me within an inch of my life, several times with the Force and weapons, he never used his hands. He was clearly trying to break me and I wasn't going to allow him to do that, if I did then I wouldn't be Anakin Skywalker, the one who could do anything, even stay strong when I was being tortured and brutalized.
I was there for years eating barely any food, drinking barely anything and I forced my captor to shove the food and water down my throat as I was not participating in his games. If I kept it up, he would break and I would be free but I would have to kill him first and I wasn't yet ready to do that nor was I strong enough to do that, but I was learning and he didn't realize it, yet.
"Five years." The man said. "Five years to the day. I see you enjoy pain and suffering. We can continue this for as long as you wish."
"I won't capitulate." Whatever that word meant, I didn't know at the time but it sounded right and was.
"Oh, but you will. Everyone always does." He said as he laughed. "Nobody defies the Dark Lord of the Sith!" He shouted then struck me down again and again and again, it however didn't have any effect on me anymore, but I let him think it did.
"Ha...ve fu...n." I said as I was able too as I smiled only making him more angry and making the jolt continue longer than usual but all I felt was a tingling sensation, the pain wasn't there.
"How long are we going to do this!" He shouted out as his face turned red and eyes even more yellow, I sat up and couldn't help but laugh so hard that I started crying. "Funny is it?" Then the lightning continued but I still laughed, my body was used to it and I knew I was getting to him. He was prone to making a mistake and I was learning far more than he knew, too bad for him, his reign of terror would end soon enough. I was more powerful than him already but I was weak and didn't know how long I'd be able to last, I had to wait and get stronger.
It seemed like its been a few days now when I felt two presences, one is the Sith Lord who wasn't very good at being a Sith and the other... its not... it couldn't be...
The door opened and the old man came in with no, mom.
"Anakin?" My mom said as I was overwhelmed with emotions, both incredibly angry and sad. What did she have to go through? I could handle it but my... mom.
"You wanted to play with me?" The man shouted. "Well let's see how you enjoy this!" He said as he pushed her closer to me and I stood and screamed as I charged at him. He laughed as he hit us both with lightning. All I could hear was his evil twisted laugh. My mom lied across from me with tears in her eyes and cried, not sure if it was pain from the lightning or the pain of seeing me locked up in a cave or room or wherever the Force I was and in my condition, which wasn't very good.
I fought the lightning as it had no effect on me as I filled up with anger and felt like the Force was definitely helping as I started to stand and fight against the lightning even though he tried to add more intensity to it. That was when he laughed some more and stopped Force lightning me and decided to send me flying backwards I crashed into the wall and that was all I could remember. I must've blacked out.
I started to wake up after who knows how long and the Sith Lord and my mother were at the doorway. My mother's mouth was gagged and her hands bound together. The Sith Lord held a lightsaber in his hand and activated it, it lit up red. He laughed as he held the saber in his right hand and got ready to behead her.
I let the anger overwhelm me and I listened to the midi-chlorians within me and gathered the Force with all of my might feeling the cold building up within me as it tried to overwhelm me. He tried to hold me in place using the Force but I raised my hand and summoned the Force as I repelled his hold, I pushed it back and it overwhelmed him and sent him flying backwards as he screamed, totally caught off-guard. I moved closer and ran, my mom was so close and that was when he surprised me with Force lightning and sent me flying backwards as I convulsed for a moment, I fought it but he got back up with anger written all over his face.
He took his lightsaber in his hand after summoning it from the ground and he quickly activated it and swung it with perfect precision.
I was helpless as I watched the worst possible scenario occur right in front of me. He laughed as he closed the door leaving us both in the room. I lost my mind after that. He found my weakness and used it.
I couldn't stop the crying, if I only gave in, I could've saved her.
That didn't have to happen.
I kept trying to tell myself it wasn't my fault.
He abducted me.
He tortured me.
He starved me.
He killed my...
I can't even say the word, couldn't then and still can't now.
I couldn't save her.
He won.
That was the defining moment that changed my life forever, everyone has one and that was mine.
The Jedi didn't help.
The Republic didn't help.
No one helped us.
No one ever cared about us.
The Jedi could've done something.
He found out about me because of the Jedi.
If I didn't help the Jedi, I wouldn't be there in that mess.
Was this their fault?
I didn't know.
But the first thing I remembered was him saying...
"Amusing you are, Anakin Skywalker. They were right, the Force is strong within you."
They were right.
The Force is strong within you.
No way was that a coincidence, I was abducted days after they departed and the Jedi Master said that the Force was strong within me, stronger than everyone ever in the Jedi.
Was this Sith Lord... a Jedi?
Who did the Jedi tell?
How did he know?
They were responsible for this.
For my mom.
For me.
They will pay...
...With their lives.
He entered the room, and just stood in the doorway letting his shadow cast toward me. I just sat there with my elbows on my propped up knees and I looked down. "What do you want with me?" I asked, paying him no attention.
He just stood there with his hood covering his face, "I want you to be my apprentice."
"Funny way of showing it." I muttered. "You kidnapped me. Tortured me. Killed my mother. Why would I join you?"
"That didn't have to happen." He said almost peacefully. "You forced my hand."
"Understatement of the millenia. You want to break me and then remold me to your own liking." I stated as a matter-of-fact. "It is that simple."
"I know." He said and it infuriated me, even to this day.
Really? I looked up at him. "I was nine years old. You expect a nine year old to just break and do as you command?"
"It worked before." He said in a tone where I believed him. "Darth Maul, he was very easy to break and mold but his kind are used to it."
"Well I am not Darth Maul. I am Anakin Skywalker. Slayer of Slaver owners and the Hutt's." I said as those are the people I killed, so far at that point, I couldn't wait to add my captor to the list. "And you look like a Slaver owner to me."
"Slayer? You killed before?" He asked, surprised. So maybe the Jedi didn't report everything about me...
"Many times. I killed my slaver owner. The one who owned my mother... and I before. Then the rest of those ugly overgrown slugs. And I enjoyed every minute of it." I said with a smile, it was a great memory.
"Well, you didn't slay me." He said in almost a disappointed tone.
"Not yet." I said as I cleared my mind letting the midi-chlorians flow through me and guide me.
"I know you can. You are the Chosen One, Anakin Skywalker. If there is anyone that could kill me, it'd be you." He said as he removed his hood, for the first time. He wasn't as a I expected, an old light skinned male, white hair and a wrinkled face.
"You sound like you want to die." I observed.
"I wouldn't say that." He said as he removed my mothers corpse from the room using the Force. "Its a shame. You could've been the greatest Sith, you could've been the greatest Jedi ever alive, as well."
"You won. I am definitely no Jedi. Were you? How'd you know about me?" I asked as I tried to gather intelligence expecting him to tell me, I mean I was a prisoner and have been for five years... or longer...
"I am no Jedi. I am the Dark Lord of the Sith. I am Darth Sidious. I am the Supreme Chancellor of the Galactic Republic. I have ways of gathering intelligence from the Jedi Council, not to mention they report to me." He said as it all made sense, it seemed like calling him a Jedi got to him.
"So, Master Qui-Gon arrives back on Coruscant, he reports to the Jedi Council and he mentions me. You overhear it or find out about it and decide that you'd take me into your dungeon before the Jedi can do something about me, before they can make me one of their pawns?" I said trying to piece the pieces of the puzzle together.
"Precisely." He said walking closer. "I have access to this sensitive information and I have people within the Jedi that answer to me. My informant heard the Council talk about it and told me, the Council never told me. I put you to sleep using the Force and I flew you here. I planned on making you my apprentice and I planned on us ruling this galaxy, together. Darth Sidious and Darth Vader. Emperor and Supreme Commander of the Imperial Military, my Second in Command."
"Darth Vader?" I asked, who was that? Was that my name? Or meant for me?
"That is you." He confirmed my suspicion. "You are Darth Vader. You are no longer, Anakin Skywalker, the slave from Tatooine. I can feel the Dark Side within you. The Light Side is gone. Even when I found you, you were more Sith than Jedi."
"Thanks to you for killing the only person that ever gave a Force about me. You transformed me into a full Sith, if that is what you want to call me, I wouldn't but you could." I said as I controlled my anger but continued to let the midi-chlorians guide me as I gathered strength to attack when I got him close enough or his guard further down. I still believed that he had no idea that I gathered information from his mind, he probably didn't think I knew how too, his mental defenses weren't as good as he believed they were or he believed that I was weaker than I was.
"That was unfortunate yet necessary." He said and it was hard to hold back my anger then.
"What is unfortunate is you. You call yourself a Sith yet you couldn't control a nine year old?" I smiled. "How pathetic."
I sensed his anger building, was I catching him off-guard? I think I was.
"We'll continue our discussion later. Maybe I'll bring in another guest." He said with a smile then that evil laugh as he closed the door.
Informative. I matched our strengths and I believed I could overpower him, well I knew I could. I also got past his mental defenses and he has a lot of nasty stuff stored up in there. Things I could've lived happily without knowing, the atrocities were fine but other stuff, I didn't need to know especially not how he killed his last Master, that was cowardly, just like he was.
Isolation. Sweet isolation. I didn't know how long it has been but it felt like forever. He arrived and opened a slot on the door, threw in scraps of food and some bottled water and that was all. No words. No laughing. No gloating. Nothing.
"So," he said opening the door and just leaned against the wall.
"I'm done with this. I am prepared to serve you, I just need to get out of this dreadful room!" I said as I walked towards him slowly and knelt and bowed my head. Maybe if I played along, I could win.
He laughed, "do you expect me to believe that?"
"How long was I here?" I asked wondering curiously.
"Oh, only seven years now." He simply replied, that was shorter than I thought, but too long for a child to be locked up and then I was a man.
"So, the last time you talked to me was two years ago now?" I asked, impressed.
"Yes." He said slowly.
"Well, isolation worked, Master." I said as I let the anger flow through me trying to show him that I was on his side, I tried to overwhelm him with my Force signature as I sent out a signal that any Force sensitive person should be able to find. All the while I browsed his mind as I planned on giving him a massive migraine as I tore at his mental defenses and overwhelmed his mind where I could then attack him and kill him, once and for all. But nope, it won't be that simple. I wanted him to feel the pain he has put me through. I wanted him to feel my wrath!
"What do you think you're doing!" He said as he tried to control himself but grabbed his head. I overwhelmed his mind as I mentally spoke to him, mentally made him feel my pain over the years.
"I think I am switching roles with you." I said as I stood up and smiled. "I think it is time for Darth Vader to leave his prison cell and become a force to be reckoned with. The galaxy shall suffer as I have and there is nothing you or anyone else could do about it."
"You won't win..." He muttered.
I laughed, for the first time in a long time, I really laughed, I had the upper hand now and now I tormented him as he has tormented me.
"I am Darth Vader and he never loses." I said as I liked the sound of the name. Darth Vader. It sounds so... Sith. Sounds so right. "I guess, I should thank you. I have never felt like this. I feel angry. I feel like I could kill everyone in the galaxy and enjoy every moment of it. I feel like I will take the role of the Galactic Emperor and I will bring the Jedi down to their knees and they will suffer for the crimes they committed against me and the rest of this pathetic galaxy. Then I will rule and anyone that dear opposes me will die a horrific death."
Whoa.
What happened to me?
I used to be so happy.
All about freedom.
All about justice.
But he took that from me.
He tormented and used me.
He tortured me.
He kidnapped me.
He killed my mother.
He will pay dearly for this.
As will the Jedi.
I laughed and smiled, I liked this new me.
The one that doesn't give a damn about anyone or anything.
The one who fell through the cracks and was let down by everyone.
The one with no attachments.
The one who had no fear.
The one who was full of anger.
The one who would bring the Jedi down to their knees.
The one who would kill the Jedi.
The one who would rule this galaxy.
The one who would rule this galaxy.
The one who would rule this galaxy...
Emperor Darth Vader...
Darth Vader, the Dark Lord of Sith...
It had a nice ring to it.
First, I needed to torment and eventually kill Darth Sidious then I could claim my title.
Second, I needed to change my appearance. I haven't showered, cut my hair, brushed my teeth, nothing ever since my captivity started, seven long years ago...
Third, I needed a real meal and a real drink, maybe alcohol or something strong, it had to be better than that dirty water.
Fourth, I needed to start my empire.
Okay, I had a lot I needed to do but first I needed to perform the first task.
But, I took everything from the prisoners mind and I knew his plans and where everything was and who everyone was, thereby making him useless.
He served his purpose and now he is no longer needed.
I wore the robe of the former self proclaimed Master and enjoyed wearing the dark cloak. It was nice. I wore that and held the lightsaber in my hand as I walked to my former prison cell and opened the door as I saw the prisoner sitting where I was, except he was fully naked.
Not a pleasant sight but I didn't want him to be comfortable.
"Welcome to your execution." I said as I activated the red lightsaber.
"It won't be that easy." He said as he tried to zap me with his Force lightning as I let the lightsaber absorb it.
I began to laugh, I watched his futile attempts fail then I would kill him, slowly.
"Get it over with." He muttered and it sounded like defeat.
"Aw, Sidious and you called yourself a Sith." I said as I approached him and crouched down close to him. "You are looking more like a Jedi, by the minute. I must say, I am disappointed. But I will enjoy this and take my time doing it. Dismemberment isn't my usual method but I will make an exception in your case. Out of all the people in this galaxy, you truly deserve it. Fortunately for you, I have plans and before I can begin, I need to kill you. I also gathered all of the information I need from you over the years and I learned a lot. Thank you for that."
"You may have been able to achieve that, however I was in a position of real power. I could've done it easily, you on the other hand will have to start at the bottom or choose a different route unless you somehow become Supreme Chancellor." He stated but there were many problems with that.
"I am aware, old man. I am only sixteen though, I have a lot of time to achieve my goals and with your plan, I will execute it and win whereas you have failed." I replied. "You however, will not get the luxury of being alive for any of this and I am tired of talking to you and breathing the same nasty air you breathe. So This is where this ends, but what you said isn't true, I could take over right where you left off, I don't need to be the Chancellor to carry out your plans. Your plans will change but the premise will remain the same, I will create and rule the Confederacy of Independent Systems, I will kill or not kill your former Apprentices or Assassins then I will establish a name for myself in this galaxy and everyone will learn to fear me as I am not afraid of a fight like you always were."
I finished and I ignited the lightsaber and marveled its appearance and the way it felt. So light, beautiful, the most marvelous weapon I had ever seen and used and the noise it made, it was beautiful. I held it trying to get the right feel for it before I placed him in position and held him still using the Force as I looked upon him and he stared at me and smiled, I returned the smile as I swung the saber vertically and took his head off knocking it right off of his shoulders and watched it fall and hit the ground. It was beautiful, the most beautiful thing I had ever seen even more so than that Padme.
For the first time in seven years, I no longer had to live in that hellhole. I could do as I pleased and enjoyed my time and did as I pleased. Do as I pleased. But what pleased me? I did not know but beheading that monster was fun, that pleased me greatly.
That is when I thought of his plan. His plan could've worked but he was never the right person for it and his plan was already in motion. But its his plan and if I let it work then he'd win. I needed to put an end to his plan or I needed to take charge of it but his plan hinged on him being the Supreme Chancellor, which he was. I was not. I was only a sixteen year old kid from a place that isn't a part of the Republic. A place that didn't even exist to the Republic. I thought about it and decided to alter his plan since I didn't have the patience for politics and I didn't care about the Republic as they never cared for me or Tatooine. Eliminating them would be fun and the Separatists could help in that endeavor.
There was a lot to think about and I would need time to think.
As you could see this is more of Darth Vader's autobiography, as written by him, as stated. You'll notice that I skipped over the whole sandstorm part of the scene with the Jedi Master and Padme but that was because there is no Watto's shop anymore, it is at the Palace and the Palace is located not too far away from the starport and not on the outskirts of town (regardless of where the Palace actually was, here it is in Mos Espa).