Anakin Skywalker had just died on the Death Star, looking up at his son Luke Skywalker, after redeeming himself from Darth Vader and rather than becoming one with the cosmic force or a Force ghost like masters Kenobi and Yoda, Anakin's spirit found itself de-aging and being transported back in time.
"What's going on?" Anakin asked.
"Hello Anakin." A voice Anakin hadn't heard since Mortis, said.
"Master Qui-Gon." Anakin said.
"You have done many things over the years. Some of them great, while the others have been done by Darth Vader." Qui-Gon Jinn said.
"What's happening here master? I died trying right all of the wrongs I've done." Anakin said.
"No Anakin. You of all people should know that the Force works in mysterious ways and that through the Force, all things are possible. And it is through the Force that Darth Vader died that night, but you are being sent back in time to the Clone Wars, while retaining of all your current knowledge of the future to stop it from happening. You will fulfill your destiny as the chosen one and bring balance back to the Force." Qui-Gon said.
"You mean, I'll get to see Padme again." Anakin said.
"Yes, and if all goes well, you will not need to keep your marriage a secret much longer." Qui-Gon said.
"Thank you master." Anakin said as he felt himself begin to wake up.
"Do not thank me Anakin. Thank the force." Qui-Gon said as he faded and Anakin woke up.
After Anakin woke up, he found himself back on a ship Obi-Wan Kenobi and his padawan, Ahsoka Tano.
This is after Mortis. Anakin thought to himself as he felt his face and was relieved that he wasn't wearing that horrible helmet.
After making contact with Captain Rex, Anakin began contemplating his plans to expose Palpatine as a Sith Lord, since he knew that if he wanted to end this war, than he had to kill the source, however, he needed proof to justify his actions.
And that's when he knew how to do it, though his plan was risky, but it fell right into his area of expertise. Breaking every rule and protocol in the Jedi Order.
A few months later.
"Something is wrong with Anakin. Ever since we returned from Mortis, his actions are growing more and more reckless than usual." Obi-Wan said to the Jedi council.
"Maybe so, but deny that skywalker's actions have yielded very impressive results you cannot, as the capture and true death of darth maul such. Yeesssssss." Yoda said.
"No one is denying that Skywalker's actions have not greatly escalated the end of the war in the favor of the Republic, but the question is, where is he getting all of this information? Obviously this source is a valuable asset in winning the war." Master Windu said.
"True, but I think everyone on this council knows Skywalker well enough to know that he will not just blindly tell us who his informant is." Master Mundi said.
"Perhaps his padawan could give some insight on her master's informant." Master Plo Koon said.
"Indeed, summon Ahsoka Tano to the council chamber." Obi-Wan said.
"You summoned me masters?" Ahsoka asked.
"Yes. Ahsoka, do you know where Anakin has been getting all of his information that has led to some of his reckless, yet effective, operations?" Obi-Wan asked.
"I have no clue. Wherever this is information is coming from, Master Skywalker is keeping it to himself. However, I've noticed something strange going on myself. He actually ordered that the entire 501st clone battalion have their inhibitor chips removed. Why he did that is beyond me but it brings us closer to ending this war, so I just go with it." Ahsoka said.
"Interesting. And where is your master now?" Master Windu asked.
"All I know is master Skywalker is doing something that falls deep into his area of expertise." Ahsoka said.
"So breaking our rules again is he, he is, hmm? Herh herh herh." Yoda said.
"Yes masters." Ahsoka said.
"Thank you Ahsoka, you may leave." Master Plo said.
"As you wish masters." Ahsoka said as she left the chamber.
Anakin was on the Separatists homeworld of Soreno, inside Dooku's castle and accessing his communication records.
"Here we go." Anakin said as he copied all communications between Dooku and Darth Sidious to a disc drive and intending on viewing the files on his ship.
"And that should do it." Anakin said as he quickly erased all history of him accessing the files and then headed off to his fighter where Artoo was already waiting.
"Alright buddy, let's get out of here before we're busted." Anakin said to his faithful droid, who beeped affirmative.
"Alight now, let's see what we got." Anakin said as he played the file.
"And the Republic has no idea how deeply embedded you are into their senate?" a hologram of Dooku asked the hooded hologram of Darth Sidious.
"Pause." Anakin said as he pulled out his retrieval device.
"Information retrieval, I need you to ID a hologram." Anakin said, causing the device to beep and create a hologram of chancellor Palpatine under the hood.
"Gotcha. Artoo, send this recording, along with the information retrieval I just made to the Jedi temple on Coruscant. I suspect they'll want time to confirm this data is true before I return to Coruscant." Anakin said.
Artoo beeped affirmative again as he sent the transmission to Coruscant.
"Master Yoda, Skywalker just sent us a transmission between Count Dooku and his Sith Master." one of the initiates told the grandmaster of the Jedi.
"Play the transmission now. Contain a clue as to who dooku's master is and how to end this war, hopefully it will." Yoda said.
"Yes master Yoda." the initiate said as he began the recording.
"Palpatine is the Sith Master we've looking for? How is that even possible? Surely we would've sensed it." Obi-Wan said as they finished watching the recording.
"Trick I fear that this is not. Been deceived and have willingly given all of the power in the galaxy to the most dangerous man in the galaxy, we have." Yoda said grimly.
"How do we proceed?" Mace asked.
"Send skywalker to confront palpatine about this, will we when he returns. Doing that, while he is, master windu and, share this information with the senate, will I, to legitimize skywalker's actions." Yoda said.
"Agreed." the council said unanimously.
"Master Yoda, a word if you please?" Obi-Wan asked.
"Of course Obi-Wan." Yoda said.
"The council cannot let Anakin bringing this to our attention go unnoticed. I believe that if he succeeds, he will be ready to be made a master and a member of the council." Obi-Wan said.
"With you on this obi-wan I agree, but also agree with you, the rest of the council must. " Yoda said.
"I understand Master." Obi wan said.