A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…

STAR WARS EPISODE II

RISE OF THE SITH

ANAKIN SKYWALKER is nearing his completion of training moving on to the Trials of a Jedi Knight under the supervision of Jedi Knight OBI-WAN KENOBI. While Anakin and Kenobi travel to the small moon of Yavin IV to complete the training the GALACTIC SENATE is in chaos.

The Galactic Republic is on the hunt for missing GENERAL DOOKU blaming Alderaan for kidnapping him and holding him hostage. Emperor Amidala does not answer as he already declared war on the Galactic Republic along with Mandalore and Correllia forming the Imperial Alliance.

Tensions are high in the Galaxy as well as the Jedi Council continuing to prepare themselves for the arrival of the second Sith and prepare themselves for war against the Empires. Anakin and Obi-Wan travel to Yavin IV to complete his trial…

Yavin IV is small moon, not even a planet near the outer rim of the Galaxy; an abandoned sector of space no one would go to. A small emerald in the vast, crimson background of the planet Yavin. Not many ships pass by this way which makes for the ideal, uninterrupted training ground for the Jedi. A small maroon transport travels into the moon's atmosphere towards a large jungle. Two hooded figures depart from the cruiser which takes off after their departure.

The now bearded and long haired Obi-Wan assures a growing Anakin Skywalker, "They'll come back. The Trials require no distraction, young Padawan."

Anakin nods and approaches the temple in his brown and khaki robes.

Obi-Wan speaks up, "Anakin, you won't be needing your lightsaber."

The Padawan nods undoing his utility belt and dropping it to the ground with his brown robes. He enters the dark tomb inside of a large pyramid that seems to get darker every doorway he passes, the bright light of the jungle disappearing altogether. One sane human mind would go insane with all the intense hieroglyphics and darkness following. But this was the mind of a Jedi. He walks inside not seeming phased at all. However, it's not just the intensity of the tomb around him he also senses a strong concentration of darkness. The Dark Side of the Force is so prominent even eons after the fall of the Sith Empire.

Then he hears a voice, "You have marched to your death."

Anakin looks over, he suddenly feels his right hand he no longer has again as he stares into the face of the Sith Lord Obi-Wan vanquished ages ago. He ignites a red double bladed lightsaber. Anakin was about to react, but if Obi-Wan knew it was dangerous he wouldn't have sent him in…besides, the Sith is dead anyway.

"Come on, fight me Jedi. Strike me down and your training will be complete! Fulfill your destiny! Fight me!"

Then the Sith Lord does the unthinkable, he removes his own hood then removes his mask. Anakin's face is that of shock and fear. His tempter smirks, "Unbearable, isn't it? Strike me down, I'm a monster, Jedi."

Anakin ignores him crossing his legs and begins to meditate. The Sith begins to writhe in pain and a moment of Anakin sitting there with intense concentration reciting,

He hisses,"Strike me down boy, I can feel your anger"

"There is no emotion, there is peace. There is no ignorance, there is knowledge. There is no passion, there is serenity. There is no death, there is the Force."

After that the Sith writhes in pain and explodes in a burst of light, the light speckles flying into Anakin's chest. After that he gets up from his meditative stance feeling energized, until suddenly he hears two lightsabers ignite and he looks over to see a double bladed saber and a single blade.

Suddenly Anakin is sprinting out of the tomb with Obi-Wan shaking his head, "Anakin, what happened?!"

A red lightsaber flies out of the tomb in an arc causing Obi-Wan to dodge the weapon igniting his own lightsaber, "I've got a bad feeling about this."

Anakin gathers his own utility belt and lightsaber as two dark figures emerge out of the Temple.

Obi-Wan states, "Well that's not part of the trial."

The Sith with the double bladed saber points, "Those are the two on Tatooine!"

The man replies in a mechanical voice, "Patience Maul, soon they'll be dead."

The man with a single lightsaber leaps up doing a barrel roll as he front flips behind Obi-Wan and slashes, only for Obi-Wan to parry him.

Maul sneers, "So it is the boy I faced on Tatooine."

Anakin smirks parrying some blows, "What makes you think that?"

"I took your hand."

Anakin slashes at Maul who dodges it, but with the cost of his robes being slashed.

"Don't worry, I still have my dignity."

The Sith snarls swinging the saber in an arc impossible to keep up with forming a wall. Anakin merely sticks his saber in and swings upwards causing the Sith Warrior to lose grip on his weapon, but not before Force pushing Anakin off of his feet. This push causes Anakin to lose his lightsaber, but he recovers by Force pulling it to him. On his way back Anakin points his feet towards a wall he kicks off of as soon as he makes contact grabbing his lightsaber again. He ignites his weapon to meet with the Sith Warrior as he swings down into his parry.

"So, Darth Maul, is it?"

"You're fortunate you live to call me that…but not for long." The Sith Warrior thrusts towards Anakin who slashes Darth Maul's lightsaber end. He leaps up into the air forcing the Sith to front flip from his position on top of the second story of the tomb. Anakin leaps from pillar to pillar to meet with him on the stone scaffolding.

Darth Maul smirks, "You really think you can best me in this arena."

Anakin shrugs, "Nope, but I can do this."

The Sith looks closer when Anakin Force pushes him off the scaffolding towards the floor. Anakin leaps from pillar to pillar to meet his opponent who groans as he's hurt.

Anakin prepares to end Maul's life. Sith as far as the Order is concerned are to be eradicated from the universe. However his teachings instruct him to do otherwise when he remembers, "There is no anger; there is peace."

He looks up to the Sith and he leaves him to writhe in pain, "That's it Jedi, leave me to die painfully."

He shrugs, "Not the plan, but it's open to interpretation."

"You get back here and strike me down!"

Anakin sighs, "He was just saying that ten minutes ago."

Obi-Wan is busy with Darth Maul's counterpart who speeds to one area of the room and the other, sending arcs of lightning for Obi-Wan to parry.

"I can do this all day or we can fight with honor!"

Just as Obi-Wan spots the Sith sprinting again, he flies back off his feet from the direction he was just sprinting. Obi-Wan looks over to see Anakin with his saber up, parrying an arc of lightning right into the Sith's face, causing the man to scream out in pain.

Obi-Wan winces at the painful howl.

"Anakin, are you alright?"

"Yeah…and I passed the trial."

"I assumed so seeing a beam of light. Did you deal with the Sith Warrior?"

"Yeah I left him on the ground. I'm pretty sure he's paralyzed." Anakin shrugs

"You didn't kill him?" Obi-Wan asks bewildered

"I didn't want to kill him out of anger." He answers.

"Anakin I…I can't be mad…but you didn't at least detain him?!"

"With what Master?"

They look over to see the Sith has stopped writhing in pain and has disappeared altogether.

"Where did he go?" Obi-Wan asks

Suddenly the tomb starts rumbling, rocks and dust falling out. Anakin looks up, "Well that's not a good sign."

The two start running through the collapsing tomb, their front entryway getting blocked by falling debris. They run through the tomb complex as the pillars and the ceiling starts collapsing.

Outside of the tomb the two Sith work together in bringing down the tomb by using the Force to bring a strong push of gravity onto the temple until finally the structure implodes in on itself.

Maul praises, "Good work Sidious."

He nods, "We can report to the Master that our work is done along with two Jedi."

The Sith turn away towards their own starship.

In the deep jungles of Yavin IV, where a large water fall roars falling into a large pond two Jedi emerge from the waterfall out of a tunnel. They go around the waterfall to look up at the remains of the tomb.

Obi-Wan says, "Well, looks like there's more to report than just your Knighthood."