Geonosis Orbit:
The spacebattle rages on! Amidalas light cruiser flies past a larger enemy ship and blasts it with turbo-lasers.
"She's all yours, Gambit Leader" Amidala says over the commlink.
"Then with all due respect, get out of the way" Dex says, seated in the cockpit together with Sebulba as pilot.
Gambit Squadron moves in, firing blaster-cannons, missiles and torpedoes at the ship Amidala just had fired upon, causing significant damage.
Republic T-19 fighters of Bravo Squadron are engaged with enemy fighter-bombers around the battleship Relentless.
"Relentless, this is Bravo leader, watch out at point oh-six, gunships closing in fast."
On the bridge of the Relentless, captain Fey'lya and his bothan crew are holding on as they are bombarded by the enemy.
"Copy that, Bravo Leader" Fey'lya acknowledges. "Keep them from hitting our ventral shields and I will deal with the rest."
On the surface, the four massive siege-cannons open fire yet again, shaking the ground as they do.
Another Republic battleship is crippled and taken out of action completely. On the Republic flagship, a Mon Calamari officer turns to Organa.
"The Significance is launching its escape-pods, sir. They are abandoning the vessel. She is adrift."
Organa is not pleased. "Damn it, Kenobi, take those guns out of action."
Surface of Geonosis:
Obi-Wan Kenobi is standing in the hatch, surveying the battle through his mangoculars. Suddenly, a giant walker next to his own takes two heavy hits and topples over. Obi-Wan climbs back down and finds his seat.
"Rebby-Rah is in position" Kenobi says. "He will assault the forward fortification within moments."
A clone-officer, CC-2224 ( who was first introduced in my version of Episode 1 ), is sitting next to Obi-Wan in the command-compartment. "Commander Sÿlt has engaged enemy reinforcements east of the processing-plant. She is holding for the time being."
"Good" Obi-Wan says. "Rebby-Rah should be able to take that fortification in time. But we are stuck here until Anakin takes out those heavy cannons."
Anakin and a couple of hundred of his troops and droids are engaged in a firefight with entrenched enemy forces who are supported by gun-turrets. Anakins forces have biped-walkers in support providing much needed firepower, but even so, they are stuck at the moment.
( The Confederacy clone-troopers I actually imagine looking something along the line of the Shore Troopers seen in Rogue One. Seems to fit, doesn't it? )
"Anakin, report" Obi-Wans voice is heard in Anakins commlink.
"We're not moving, if that's what you're wondering" Anakin replies. "We're up against a regiment of entrenched clone-troopers, supported by droids, bunkers and turrets. I need a little time to figure this out, master. But not to worry, we'll be moving soon enough."
Obi-Wan sighs and shakes his head. "We need those heavy cannons silenced, or else my entire battalion is stuck where it is. Rebby-Rah is in position and Hallon Sÿlt is holding off enemy reinforcements as we speak. But all of that is for nothing unless you can punch through their lines on your end so that I can move up our walkers."
"You just be ready to move when I say so, master" Anakin says. "I'll have those cannons out of order sooner than you think. Skywalker, out."
A clone-officer, RX-7567 ( who we first saw at the start of this "movie" on Naboo ), crawls on over to Anakin. "Commander Skywalker, sir. We have no choice, I've scouted the enemy lines and this is the best bet we've got. Either we punch through here or not at all. If we can gain control of that bunker-complex, we can then advance on the storage-buildings beyond the trench-line and force the enemy to fall back."
"Sounds like a good plan, Rex" Anakin says. "There's just that tiny problem concerning the one-thousand soldiers shooting at us."
"I've noticed, sir" RX, affectionally called Rex by Anakin, says, just as an explosion erupts close-by.
Anakin looks up and takes a look around, and spots something. "Get the men ready to charge those trenches. Wait for my signal."
The ground-battle continues. All of a sudden, Anakin comes flying, driving a speeder-bike at full throttle, like a bat out of hell. He dodges incoming fire and explosions and eventually ignites his lightsaber and hold it out to the side. He flies along the enemy trench, lightsaber held down into the trench and wrecks havoc on the enemy soldiers as he flies past at lightning speed. Anakin then flies in under a huge cannon as it is firing, slicing its barrel with his lightsaber as he races by beneath it, which causes the turret to explode as it tries to fire the next shot. Anakin then leaps from the speeder-bike and lets it crash into another huge cannon, destroying the cannon and the bike in another explosion.
Rex gets on his feet and waves his fellow soldiers onward. "Forward! Charge!"
And Anakins battalion charges the trenches, engaging the enemy at point-blank-range and it is brutal!
Anakin continues on foot, relying on his lightsaber and the Force to stay alive. He reaches a smaller turret, killing the crew and takes control over it, turning it around and aims it at the last huge cannon and proceeds to blast the larger cannon to pieces.
"Anakin did it!" Obi-Wan says. "First battalion, advance! We are moving on the fortress!"
All the heavy walkers begin to move, firing guns at enemies in the distance.
Republic Command-Center, Coruscant:
"The 501st have begun their assault on Fort Krayt" an chiss officer informs everyone.
Palpatine is pleased. "Looks like we are winning the battle for Geonosis. We need to step up our efforts at Aquilae and Sullust, it will force the enemy to make a drastic decision in the Outer Rim."
A Mon Calamari general nods. "It would force them to rearrange their fleets and armies. Leaving them vulnerable at some point along the front."
Palpatine nods. "And once we spot that weakness along their frontlines, we will exploit it."
An admiral is not so sure. "Increasing our efforts at Aquilae will demand resources. Resources we will need to pull from other engagements. This needs careful consideration."
"He who dares wins, admiral" Palpatine says.
Ki-Adi-Mundi circles the politicians and officers and makes his way over to Yoda. "I sense it also. Geonosis is hidden from us."
"Why, eludes me" Yoda reveals.
"Should we withdraw?" Ki-Adi-Mundi asks.
"Too important, Geonosis is" Yoda says. "Turn the tide of war, this battle could, should we win."
"The perfect place for a trap" Ki-Adi-Mundi whispers.
"Too perfect" Yoda says.
Ki-Adi-Mundi turns to look at the information from Geonosis. "Perhaps we should regroup, rather than retreat?"
"Give in to fear, I will not" Yoda says. "If a trap it is, revealed to us the extent of the enemies control over the Dark Side, will be."
Palpatine looks up at the two Jedi grand masters. "Master Yoda, is something the matter? Has the Force provided you with insight into the Confederates strategy?"
Yoda walks with his cane over to the strategy-table and watches the galactic map. "There, at Rodia, victory we can secure, if quickly we act."
"Rodia?" a general says. "General Grievous himself oversees that battle. We are barely holding on as it is."
"Perhaps" Yoda says. "Yet it is there we should push on."
"I trust the Jedi" Palpatine says. "Reinforce our troops at Rodia."
"At once, chancellor" an officer says.
"Anything else, master Yoda?" Palpatine asks.
"No, chancellor" Yoda says. "Nothing else."
Fort Krayt:
The great wall surrounding the massive fortress crumbles as it is blasted to pieces from the outside, a large section comes crashing down and through the smoke and debris the walkers of the 501st appear, blasting the enemy as they enter the base itself. The walkers arrange themselves to cover every angle as they are under fire, providing cover as the clone-troopers rush in through the breach. Obi-Wan disembarks his walker, together with T7, and meets up with Anakin, Rebby-Rah and Hallon Sÿlt as the battle rages around them.
"Rebby-Rah, I need you to silence those siege-cannons as soon as possible" Obi-Wan says. "Take out the main power-generator. That should do the trick."
"At once" Rebby-Rah says and leaves.
"Hallon" Obi-Wan continues, "Take out the droid control-tower" he says and points at the relevant structure. "Without it, they wont be able to coordinate their attacks."
"I'm on it, master Kenobi" Hallon says and leaves.
Obi-Wan and Anakin turn to study the keep in front of them.
"Where do you need me, master?" Anakin asks.
"I need you to secure the main hangar-bays" Obi-Wan says. "Prevent enemy reinforcements to land inside the fortress."
"Understood" Anakin nods. "And you?"
"I will secure the command-center" Obi-Wan tells Anakin. "Now get to work, young apprentice."
"May the Force be with you" Anakin says and leaves.
Fort Krayt Command-Center:
Jango looks down at Kenobis forces from a window. Turning, he heads back to the strategic map and joins Poggle the Lesser, Baron Gelda and QP8.
"This battle is over!" Baron Gelda says. "We need to retreat, now!"
Poggle the Lesser replies to this and it is translated by his protocol-droid. "His excellency is concerned what might happen if the Confederacy should so willingly abandon a close ally in its time of need. It might force Geonosis to join with the Republic."
Jango pulls a pistol and guns down the protocol-droid. "Do not threaten me, your grace" Jango snarls at Poggle. "No-one is abandoning this planet. Deploy our troops at the bridgeway; it is a natural chokepoint and it is there that we will destroy Kenobi and the 501st."
Baron Gelda does not seem convinced. "Grievous said the 501st could not be destroyed on the ground. We have lost, Jango! We should withdraw, while there is still time!"
QP8 is next to speak. "General Grievous plan requires of us to hold the line. If we do that, Organas forces will be destroyed, including general Kenobi and the 501st."
Battle for Fort Krayt:
Anakin and his battalion of clone-troopers fight their way through the base and through the hangars, eventually securing them. Anakin picks up his commlink.
"Master, this is Anakin. We have secured the hangar-bays. No-one is getting in or out without me allowing it."
Inside the base, Obi-Wan and his troops are preparing an assault across a bridge leading to the main keep. "Excellent work, Anakin. Hold your position for now. I will need you to counter any enemy activities that might pop up. So stay put and fortify your position until I give the command."
"Understood, master" Anakin responds.
Obi-Wan turns to his troops. "Follow me and try to keep up!"
Obi-Wan and the clone-troopers charge out onto the large bridge leading to the main keep of the fortress. They face stiff resistance by enemy clones, droids and geonosians. Anakin is able to follow the charge from his vantage-point in a hangar-bay.
Fort Krayt Command-Center:
"We have them" Baron Gelda says with a smile. "They are pinned down on the bridge. We have them!"
"Poggle" Jango says. "Move in your forces and surround the fortress. We will cut off there every chance for escape."
QP8 extends an antenna from his backpack and a red light flashes on top of it.
General Grievous Flagship:
Grievous is standing by the viewports of his flagship, studying the fleet hovering in space. An officer approaches him.
"Sir, we have received word from Geonosis" the officer says. "The 501st are locked in combat inside of Fort Krayt."
"Good" Grievous says. "Then it is time. Prepare the fleet to make the jump to hyperspace."
"Yes, general."
Battle for Fort Krayt:
Obi-Wan deflects incoming blaster-fire and forces a missile to miss its target with the Force. His troops have halted their advance, two thirds of the way across the bridge, faced with turrets on the keep and enemy soldiers firing from windows. He finds cover and CC-2224 comes over to him.
"We're pinned down, sir" CC-2224 says. "Those blaster-turrets have a lot more firepower than we anticipated. If we stay here, we will lose the entire battalion!"
"If we fall back now, we will be shot in the back" Obi-Wan counters. "Our only option is to push on and breach those defenses! We must find a way!"
"I just don't see how, sir!" CC-2224 points out.
"Deploy smoke" Obi-Wan says. "As much smoke as we can!"
CC-2224 offers a salute. "Yes, general!"
The last third of the bridge gets bombarded with smoke-grenades. Obi-Wan and the clones attack, rushing through the smoke, but the enemy concentrate its fire into the smoke. All around Obi-Wan, clone-troopers gets shot to pieces.
"Find Cover!" Obi-Wan shouts. "Get Into Cover!"
Up in the hangar, Anakin gets frustrated as he watches the turrets on the keep firing into the smoke with everything they've got.
"Rex!" he eventually says. "We need to get over there."
A geonosian shuttle leaves the hangar and flies down towards the keep. Anakin is standing in the open airlock. Rex is piloting the shuttle. They take some fire as they close with the keep, but Rex takes them in close enough for Anakin to leap over to the building, before he veers off and evades incoming fire. Anakin climbs the structure and finds a window and gets inside. Once inside, he ignites his lightsaber and begins killing his way through the corridors, reaching one turret after the other and killing enemy soldiers and droids. The enemy tries to mount a defense, but there is no stopping Anakin, who relies on his skill with the lightsaber and his Force powers to cut down everyone in his way.
( Imagine something along the lines of the "Corridor-Scene" in Rogue One, when Darth Vader absolutely rips those poor rebels apart, like a hot knife through butter )
On the bridge, the smoke begins to fade, and only sporadic fire is aimed at Obi-Wans troops.
"The turrets" CC-2224 says. "They've stopped."
Then the main door to the keep opens and the troops surrounding Obi-Wan take aim. They are all quite surprised, Obi-Wan the most perhaps, as Anakin steps out onto the bridge and waves at them.
"Come on!" Anakin calls out. "What are you waiting for?!"
The clone-troopers charge the keep en-masse. Obi-Wan slows to a halt as he reaches Anakin, with troopers rushing into the keep around them.
"I thought I told you to hold your position and wait for my command" Obi-Wan says.
"You told me to counter any enemy activities, master. So I did" Anakin says and smiles. "You can thank me later."
"I believe I will" Obi-Wan says and the two of them follow the troopers into the keep.
To be continued...
Besides having a gritty war-sequence in Star Wars, we also get to see how the Jedi sense something is wrong, but don't know what. We get to see Palpatine using his powers, even if we never see it, in a way. So we understand how powerful he really is, or, at least, we can suspect the extent of his power. And of course, as Anakin saves Obi-Wan and 1st Battalion, we get a glimpse of the future as Anakin wrecks havoc on the enemy; we understand that Anakin has begun down the path to the Dark Side.