Star Wars Episode III

Revenge of the Sith – Alternate Ending

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Obi-Wan knelt beside Padme's unconscious body, where she lay limp and broken in the smoky dust. He felt for a pulse. It was thin, and erratic. "Anakin ­- Anakin, what have you done?"

For a moment, Anakin Skywalker returned as the Jedi hero he once was. He stared down at his wife's body and the cold fear crept from deep down and froze the fireball that had become his fury. Have I just done, what I think I've done?

He fell to his knees and stared at the floor in disbelief. Had he just helped make his dreams come true? He looked again at Padme's ghostly sight. Shrouded in dust and deathly pale, she looked like something out of a Yoganda swamp than the women he had married by the lake on Naboo. Then he saw Obi-Wan, kneeling beside her, checking her, stroking her soft hair, and the anger burst though the ice like a plasma explosion. Darth Vader took him over, and again Obi-Wan was the enemy

"It was your fault. I have done nothing. You made her turn against me!"

The fury and the pure venom in Anakin's voice surprised and scared Obi-Wan, although not a slightest bit of these emotions showed themselves on Obi-Wan's face. Years of Jedi restraint and teachings had taught him to become the expressionless and calm warrior that he was, and it was this that many of his opponents feared. They could never tell exactly what he was thinking, or what emotions swam through his veins, and this was the advantage he had in battle. That was until he met this opponent. Anakin could tell what he was thinking, he always could, be it on Genosis in the beast arena, or the raging farce that was the clone wars, Anakin could always sense what Obi-Wan was feeling, and so could Darth Vader. It was this bond that they had shared not just by being friends, but by becoming as close as brothers, that made them such an unstoppable team. And now it was this bond, that made them equally matched.

He looked up from the motionless senator that lay at his feet, and stared into fiery eyes that were those of Darth Vader. He knew deep down that this man was not the same one he had left on Coruscant, he was a sith lord, the very thing that he had been trained to fight against all his life, and yet he couldn't make himself believe it. He rose to his feet and stepped calmly towards the tall, lanky frame, silhouetted against a back drop of molten fire.

"I did nothing of the sort Anakin. It was you who murdered the Jedi. It was you who murdered the younglings, it was you who murdered democracy itself."

"Stop it" Anakin's voice had become as deep as the rolling thunder of Jabim. "Your lying to me. You've always lied to me. You knew who stopped me becoming a master, yet instead of helping me, you turned your back on me. You abandoned me, just like you abandoned the republic. All the Jedi were traitors."

"Anakin, what you talk of, it is years of Palpatine's influence. The jedi were never going to betray the republic! It was Palpatine himself who was betraying the republic. It was him stopping you becoming a master. It was his influence that stopped you moving on! Over the years, he has gradually twisted your mind until you have become the very thing that you swore all your life to destroy. He was the very thing you swore to destroy, and you listened to him over me."

Anakin roared at his former mentor

"Palpatine was the only one who stood beside me when I needed help the most. When I was lost, it was not you there to help me find my way back, it was Palpatine."

And then it hit Obi-Wan. He remembered back to the landing platform before leaving for Utapu, how Anakin had tried to persuade him to allow him to come away on the mission, and how Obi-Wan had refused, how he declined Anakin's help. Never before could he remember declining Anakin's help. Mace Windu had seen it, he had seen the conflict in Anakin, why hadn't he? In the end, Obi-Wan realised that the only excuse he could come up with was, that he really had abandoned Anakin. He could see the tangled web of love between Anakin and Senator Amidala but had done nothing about it, he hadn't even tried; because it made Anakin happy.

And he realised that Anakin was more than a brother to him, Anakin was Obi-Wan's life. As long as Anakin was happy, so was Obi-Wan, it made him feel that if Anakin was happy, he had not failed in the promise he made to his former master. And yet, as he stood here, staring into the Sith Lord's eyes, he realised that he had done just that. At the time when Anakin was in need the most, the aftermath of his mother's death, he had ignored the help that Anakin had silently pleaded for and followed the Jedi Code and ordered Anakin to move on. At the time he thought what he was doing was best for Anakin, but now he saw that he had been doing exactly what Palpatine knew Obi-Wan would do and made him follow the Jedi Code because it was what he would have done. Suddenly his flow of thoughts was interrupted by Anakin's voice.

"I can feel the conflict within you my old Master. You knew. You knew all along about my suffering and pain, yet you did nothing, and now that pain will make me into your worst nightmare. Palpatine was right, you are scared of my power. And you were always holding me back."

"No Anakin. I never stood in your way. Not with Palpatine, and not with Padme. I have failed you, and I'm not going to allow myself to fail you again. Come, strike me down."

And to Anakin's amazement, Obi-Wan knelt, neck exposed. Anakin wavered. For once, he couldn't make sense of what Obi-Wan was asking him to do. Could he strike down the man that had been like his brother, the closest thing he had to a father. Then, Sidious' voice rang through his head, as clear as if he was standing right next to him, and whispered,

"All the Jedi, including your friend, Obi-Wan Kenobi, are traitors. Only when you have saved the republic, will you be strong enough to save Padme."

And once again, Darth Vader's red fog of hatred, rage and fear, took over Anakin's soul and directed his body. With a small gesture, Anakin's lightsabre was brought to Darth Vader's hand, and it crashed down to Obi-Wan's neck, only to be met by the sizzling summer's day sky that was his former master's lightsabre. Obi-Wan drew up to his full height, and looked straight into his opponents eyes.

"Now I know, you are not my brother, you are just another puppet in Sidious' show."

Vader howled.

"I am going to destroy you!"

And the war of Jedi vs. Sith was forgotten. It had become so much more than that. It was no longer Jedi vs. Sith, nor even friend vs. friend, nor brother vs. brother, it had become the very nightmare that the younglings had told their parent's would never come true. It was Anakin Skywalker, the hero with no fear vs. Obi-Wan Kenobi, the warrior with no purpose.

The world of Mustafar roared with blue lightening and scarlet fire. The roar of erupting volcano's, clashed with the crackling of light blue bars of energy, and the dangerous planet that was Mustafar became a battle scene. Yet, in this battle, only two warriors remain fighting. Both fighting for what they believed to be peace and justice, yet fighting for the first time in their lives, on opposite sides.

Anyone who could have seen them now would have been amazed at the sheer speed and ferocity at which those blades and their controller's moved. The people became multi-coloured blurs, illuminated by the blue lightning that crashed around them, their faces set with concentration and will. Yet, there was no one to witness this culmination of hatred and despair. It was just the two greatest jedi of that generation, fighting against each other, for only them to experience and remember. For a moment, the blades locked together and the two men were inches apart, staring at each other, one with his eyes blazing, the other, with a look of great sadness in his eyes.

"Anakin, please come to your senses! Can't you see what the sith have done to you. You have murdered your family, murdered your life. The sith are evil, please, come back to the light and let me help you!"

Obi-Wan's plea fell on deaf ears. Anakin glared ferociously into Obi-Wan's eyes and snarled back a chilling reply.

"No, the Jedi are evil, or should say were. You can never help me, you never wanted to, and now the tables have turned, and there is no one to help you!"

Obi-Wan pushed away with all the strength he had, pushing Anakin back hard into the control centre of the doomed separatist bunker. He glanced briefly at the carnage that lay at his feet. Limbs of aliens that were the 'opposition' he had been fighting against for months. He was reminded of the carnage that lay in the Jedi Temple, of his friends and his mentors. But he didn't have long to focus on these images, as Anakin was again back on form and on top of Obi-Wan.

Anakin flew at his former master with all the hatred and rage that had been pent up for so long. His frustration grew, fuelling his anger, as Obi-Wan countered and blocked his every move, years of training together had taught these two men everything about each other, their strengths and their weaknesses, their joy's and their pain's, and it was all showing in this heart-stopping battle. As Anakin's anger grew so did his strength, and he could feel it. He could sense the end was near, and he focused this anger into his arms, legs and head causing him to attack Obi-Wan with more ferocity, so powerful that Obi-Wan was starting to waver. Anakin took this opportunity and landed a kick to Obi-Wan's gut that sent him flying out to the balcony, opposite one of Mustafar's most dangerous volcano's.

Obi-Wan lay, huddled in a ball, clutching at his gut against the balcony railings. He looked up to see a dark, powerful figure striding toward him. Suddenly he flew off the ground and became suspended in mid-air. He was paralysed, there was nothing he could do. He sunk deep into meditation, allowing the force time to gather again inside him, allowing it to enter his very soul. All the energy he needed to fight was drawn from the battle scene, from the smallest particles of the control panels, to the largest volcano now erupting on the deadly planet, and with this new energy, he let go.

Suddenly, he heard a howl, and he fell back to the floor. He opened his eyes to see Anakin, cradling his human hand, supporting a gash along the palm. Anakin glared at Obi-Wan ferociously, and Obi-Wan was shocked to see that Anakin drew even more power from this pain. So this was what Anakin meant by "This pain will make me your worst nightmare." Anakin was becoming invincible, immortal, drawing all feelings into one colossal cloud of devastating power. The two men, silently regarded each other, and rose to their feet. Both again ignited their lightsabres.

"Anakin, please" Obi-Wan pleaded "Please, I don't want to fight you. Let me help you."

"I wouldn't want to face me right now either. It's too late for you to help me. You had your chance, and you failed!"

With that he flew back at Obi-Wan, his blade aimed at Obi-Wan's heart, only to once again be blocked by the blade of purity and justice.