Okay, so someone introduced me to theme drabbles today, and as I am procrastinating on my big story, I decided to try it out. So without further ado, here are one-sentence (roughly speaking) answers to the different themes. Humor, drama, adventure, angst, etc. Main characters include Palpatine, Anakin/Darth Vader, Obi-Wan, and various and sundry minions.
Theme 1 - Home
As he sits in his office chair and ponders the ongoing invasion of his home planet, Supreme Chancellor Palpatine is genuinely surprised to find a subtle thrill of regret running through him.
Theme 2 – Nobody
There are times when he is Supreme Chancellor, glorified defender of democracy and leader of the free worlds…and then there are times when he is nobody, sneaking through the grimy underbelly of the corrupt city planet, sliding credits into greedy hands and plotting the downfall of everything he protects when he is somebody.
Theme 3 – Identity
As he sits and mentally cheers his future apprentice on, he notices with amusement that Dooku has missed an opportune moment to reveal the identity of Darth Sidious and take his place as Master, but he is not surprised because Dooku will never be a true Sith, the poor fool.
Theme 4 – Corruption
Corruption is deceptively simple when the all the target desires is someone who will merely sympathize.
Theme 5 – Innocence
Some will claim that he robbed the boy of his innocence, but Plagueis knows better: nothing ever existed but the monster.
Theme 6 – Gift
The young padawan studies the way the senators chuckle at the bright green overvest the Chancellor is wearing today, but Anakin knows with a comforting warmth that the Chancellor doesn't care, because the vest was a gift from his young friend and he's not afraid to admit it.
Theme 7 - Loneliness
Darth Vader walks on eggshells around the Emperor in the early days of the Empire, pushing boundaries with only half-hearted effort, for if one destroys the other, then all that is left is the loneliness.
Theme 8 – Sports
As they sit together in front of his large holonet display, Palpatine feels himself dying inside of boredom: of all the sports Anakin has to obsess over during the Annual Republic Games, the padawan chooses curling…
Theme 9 – Zombie
The next time he hears one of his staff refer to him to as a workaholic zombie, the Chancellor is going to make sure they disappear quietly into the depths of Coruscant.
Theme 10 – Future
Darth Sidious is never too concerned about the future, because all possible outcomes are only the children of his unceasing efforts, although he has to admit: he plays favorites.
As far as I can tell, this is allowed on ffnet. I always thought it would be funny if Anakin gave Palpatine a typical useless article of clothing that smaller children like to buy for family and expect them to wear in public places. Unfortunately, the Star Wars universe doesn't cater to brightly colored ties.
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