Team Chipmunk: The Next Generation
Episode 3: "The Coruscant Trilogy, Part 2: Endless Night, Endless Day"
Chapter 4
A few days later came a major break in the war: while on a mission to the far-off world of Utapau, Obi-Wan Kenobi destroyed General Grievous.
Star was at the Jedi Temple, speaking to Mace Windu when the word came. "You'll have to forgive me, Stargazer, but we must go see that the Chancellor gives up his emergency powers now that the war is over," Mace said.
"I understand, Mace. If you don't mind, I'll wait here until you return. May the Force be with you," Star said.
"May the Force be with you, Stargazer," Mace said before he left his room.
After a moment, Star stood up and left Mace's quarters. She entered the Council chamber and saw Anakin.
"Anakin, what's wrong?" Star said. "I'm conflicted inside, Star," Anakin said.
Star sat down on the floor of the Council chamber. "Well, maybe I can help, Anakin. Tell me what your problem is," Star said.
"I've been having these dreams that my wife will die in childbirth," Anakin said. "And the only person who can teach me what I need to know in order to save her is in serious trouble."
"I can help," Star said. "Let me see these dreams."
Star closed her eyes. Anakin did the same. Star began to see the nightmares in her mind's eye. Suddenly, other visions began to take shape: a dark-robed figure cutting down Jedi younglings; Anakin choking the young woman who, apparently, was his wife.
Suddenly, Star's and Anakin's eyes sprang open. "Anakin, I believe those nightmares were your own doing," Star said.
"What do you mean?" Anakin asked. "And furthermore, how could you do that?" "I'll explain on the way to the Senate!" Star said.
"But Master Windu ordered me to remain here until he returns," Anakin said.
"Anakin, if my suspicions—and yours too, it seems—are correct, Mace and the others may not return," Star said. "Now, let's go!!"
Star ran out of the Council chamber, Anakin close on her heels.
As the Type-9 shuttle star came to the Jedi Temple in took back off, Star turned to Anakin. "It's like this, Anakin," Star said. "I was conceived through the combination of energy from a mystical being named Stargazer Starheart, my mother's egg and a strand of DNA from a speck of my father's blood that was on Stargazer's body before she merged with my mother."
Star turned back to look out of the main view-port. "Ever since I could remember, I could focus my thoughts and access the powers of my namesake, just I did with you," Star said. "Believe me when I tell you, Anakin, that what I saw is the truth. In a fit of rage under the influence of Darth Sidious—Chancellor Palpatine—you will kill Padmé."
"So, in order to save Padmé, we must kill the Chancellor," Anakin concluded. "Exactamundo," Star said. "Let's hope we're not too late."
By the time Anakin and Star arrived at the Chancellor's office, Mace and Palpatine were on a ledge overlooking the endless Coruscanti cityscape. "You are under arrest, My Lord," Mace said.
"Anakin! I told you it would come to this. I was right. The Jedi are taking over," Palpatine in an attempt to win Anakin over to his side.
"You old fool! The oppression of the Sith will never return. Your plot to regain control of the Republic is over . . . you have lost . . ." Mace said.
"No! No! You will die!" Palpatine said. Lightning bolts shot out from Palpatine's fingers but were deflected by Mace's lightsaber.
"He is a traitor, Anakin," Palpatine said. "He's the traitor. Stop him!" Mace said as he struggled to maintain his defense against Palpatine's lightning bolts.
"Come to your senses, boy. The Jedi are in revolt," Palpatine said. "They will betray you, just as they betrayed me. You are not one of them, Anakin. Don't let him kill me. I am your pathway to power. I have the power to save the one you love. You must choose. You must stop him."
"Don't listen to him, Anakin!" Mace struggled to say. As Mace moved closer, the lightning bolts began to arc back on Palpatine, causing his face to twist and distort. Palpatine's eyes began to grow a dark shade of yellow as he struggled to intensify his powers.
"I can't ... I give up. Help me. I am weak ... I am too weak. Don't kill me. I give up. I'm dying. I can't hold on any longer," Palpatine wheezed out.
"You Sith disease. I am going to end this once and for all," Mace said. "You can't kill him, Master. He must stand trial," Anakin said, his thoughts wavering.
"He has too much control of the Senate and the Courts. He is too dangerous to be kept alive," Mace said.
"I'm too weak. Don't kill me. Please," Palpatine begged. "It is not the Jedi way . . ." Anakin started to say before there was a hand on his shoulder. He looked over and saw Star, who said, "Think about your son or daughter. Think about Padmé! Think about Padmé!"
Star handed Anakin her lightsaber. "You know what to do," Star said. Anakin charged forward, toward whatever his destiny had in store for him.
Will Star's advice alter the history of the Coruscanti Galaxy?
Find out in the exciting conclusion of the "Coruscant Trilogy..."
Team Chipmunk: The Next Generation
Episode 4: "The Coruscant Trilogy, Part 3: Battle of the Heroes"