The Starkiller lands outside a tall sleek looking embassy constructed from white paristeel and having an organic look to the whole sky scraper as it twirls as if a pebble was dropped in a pond. Anakin escorts Padme out of the ramp of the ship.

Owen leans against the ramp support calling out for Anakin. The Jedi lets her join her Uncle in a reuniting hug while C-3P0 follows and he joins Owen.

"Hey man, I'd love to stay but I have to head out."

"So soon?" Anakin asks.

He shrugs, "You know how Jabba gets when he doesn't see his favorite smuggler."

Anakin sighs, "Yeah I guess so. You know when you'll be stopping by again?"

Owen nods, "I'll let you know when I come back."

Anakin raises his voice over the engine, "You be careful, Owen! I don't wanna come rescue you when you're cheated!"

Owen laughs, "Oh go on, you pilot! I said I'll let you know."

Anakin gives a small wave as the ship takes off and he approaches the group.

A hefty olive-skinned black haired man greets him heartily, "And this is the Jedi I have the pleasure of hosting. And you are."

"Anakin Skywalker." He bows.

"Well, why are we outside for? Dinner's inside."

Anakin smiles, "We can't go without that, can we?"

"A Jedi with a sense of humor? What has this galaxy come to?" He laughs out loud, and the laughter was contagious as everyone else joins in.

Alderaan was once in a tranquil state of affairs before the war…but now during the war, the Buildings look more like Military Fortresses with spotlights scanning the skies for any incoming ships. The outer skirts of these fortresses are armed to the teeth with Artillery pieces and Flak Cannons that would launched heated projectiles past a shield generator designed against plasma. Alderaanian soldiers, still normal men scan the skies.

Some of the soldiers are gathered in a bunker as the snow covers the bunkers and the walls, the normal soldiers gathered around a burn barrel. Then there were blonde-haired blue eyed soldiers that stood guard at the bunker, scanning the perimeter like a drone. One soldier leans towards one of his comrades, "I heard someone from intelligence say that they're bred from the time they come out of the womb to be soldiers."

The other whispers, "I heard that they come out of jars and that they have cybernetic parts inside them."

The mentioned soldier seems to look back causing both the men to quickly become silent. The soldier then continues to scan his area leaving the two to gawk at him. Sirens go off prompting the soldier to shout, "Men to stations! Men to stations!"

Bombs go off in the background along with the loud explosions of the flak cannons going off consistently.

One of the soldiers notice, "Why are they all going off?"

Bird-like fighters soar over dropping off proton torpedoes screaming their way into the sides of the structures. The buildings are dented but not damaged. The Flak cannons go off rapidly with spot lights pointing out to them where the swarms of fighters are in.

Meanwhile joining the Republic Army as they depart from the Star Destroyers in a square pod with soldiers sitting inside restrained by safety bars. All the soldiers are dressed in their armor streaked by yellow coloring. Obi-Wan is among the soldiers putting his own helmet on to look just like the soldiers, the only difference being his battle skirt and donning no weapon but a lightsaber.

Obi-Wan hears Qui-Gon in the transmission.

"May the Force be with you."

"May the Force be with you as well, Master."

And just like that, the pods depart from the belly of the Star Destroyers as they descend into the atmosphere of Alderaan, past green laser cannon fire. Even with the minimal forces not vested in the planet, a fleet remains to show some resistance. The larger ships surround a space station battering it with their broadside cannons, causing the soldiers inside to fly around from the explosions occurring. The Republic is not without its casualties though as the Space Station returns fire along with some larger Corellian Converted Battle Barges, the large vessels slowing down to engage the Republic Star Destroyer from its hull.

One of the Republic Captain orders, "Tell the other cannons to focus their fire on the hull of that barge!"

The Marines rush to the cannons firing as fast as they could into the approaching vessel. However the commander of the vessel has his arms crossed behind his back and at the bridge with the Republic vessels desperately returning fire towards his own ship. The commander was clad in a blue cape and a skeletal mask, his footsteps sounding mechanical.

The monstrosity nods and commands in his atrocity of a mechanical voice, "You may fire all cannons when ready."

One of the younger human officers explains, "Sir, the cannons would tear through the space station. I'm not sure if…" He would not be spared to finish explaining as a long skeletal, yet mechanical arm reaches out to crush his windpipe.

"I said fire when ready." The voice of the commander sends chills down the spines of his crew as they command the crews. The Marines release the fire of the ship's cannons, with the shield generators of the ships resisting at first, but then more cannon fire overwhelms the shields as the lasers tear through them and pound into the side of the space station damaging it significantly. The whole spectacle ends up with the Star Destroyers engulfed in fire with many bodies floating out to be incinerated both Republic and Alderaanian forces alike.

Tarkin glares across from his bridge hissing silently, "General Grievous!"

Then he immediately shouts, "Captain, order all the ships to focus their fire on that barge right there!"

The Captain asks, "It's just a barge, sir."

"Do as I say and take down that ship!"

Joining with the descending pods, they escape the chaos of the space battle penetrating a thick layer of clouds as the pilots maneuver. After diving into the clouds, explosions surround the pods having the pilots maneuver their way around the Flak cannon fire some of the pods not being so lucky as they get shot down bursting into flames as they crash going 90 degrees straight to the ground. Obi-Wan looks over nervously through the window of the dark landscape that seems to zoom under their feet but gradually the pods slow down. Once they get closer to the fortress, the pods release plates from around to catch the air and slow the ship down, as it descends into the cold marsh below with artillery fire and blaster fire raining down on them. The restraints pop up allowing the soldiers to escape their armored coffin, the pilot not so much as a blaster penetrates the cockpit's window and right into his chest.

The soldiers sprint away from the vehicle as a mortar lands right on top of the vehicle, sending shrapnel flying everywhere. The soldiers venture through the ankle deep mud and sprint towards the steep walls of the Alderaanian Fortress. Obi-Wan touches into the Force and sprints ahead with his own soldiers falling left and right due to machine blaster fire coming from the bunkers posing as an obstacle to the opposing army. He sprints through the chaos of the onslaught and leaps very high on top of one of the ramparts past barb wire. The soldiers take two looks then raise their weapons, but it was too late for them Obi-Wan takes their weapon by Force and slashes them. The soldiers all lunge forward only for the Jedi to slash them in their attempts.

Suddenly Obi-Wan clears his mind and it's as if time itself slows down around him, all the soldiers freeze in place, and he looks quickly to see a catch of munitions he could set off in the bunker with one of the soldier's own grenades. It's not the way of the Jedi to murder, this isn't murder…this is war. This is war with an Empire who would recklessly expend innocent lives to achieve their hateful ideology. It's nothing personal, it's the business of war as he presses the buttons on the grenades and tosses them in the crate of munitions. He was able to infiltrate three bunkers before his ability drained. Even his level and knowledge in the Force has limits as he leaps from the ramparts down towards a metallic building that looks like a communications center. As soon as he hides behind the building, not three, but all the bunkers erupt in flames. Suddenly after that, Qui-Gon joins Obi-Wan, panting as he must have ran the human equivalent of a marathon.

"I hate doing that." He breathes heavily.

Obi-Wan smirks, "I was once but a learner."

Qui-Gon looks into his former padawan's eyes, "Don't you even dare."

The two ignite their lightsabers.

Obi-Wan looks up at the ramparts, "Do you think they need our help?"

The Alderaanian soldiers fight desperately to maintain their dominance, but some of them are falling off the ramparts towards the ground as the Republic soldiers overwhelm them.

Qui-Gon shrugs, "They'll be fine, now slice that door."

Within the Headquarters, Imperial Officers are relaying that they're being overran with General Dooku presiding over the matter, the displays off security footage featuring Imperial Soldiers fighting back. Dooku proceeds around the room calmly contrasting the panic of the Imperial Officers around him and the panicked transmissions surrounding him.

The Colonel approaches him, "Sir, what do you want me to tell the commanding officers?"

Dooku looks over the hologram of the battle going on before him. He crosses his arms behind his back sighing, "Tell everyone else to evacuate the building. I will stay."

Colonel, "I'm sorry sir?"

"I'll remain behind while your troops retreat."

"You'll be arrested, sir!"

Dooku glares into the eyes of his inferior officer and he snarls, "Do you believe me to be ignorant, Colonel?"

The HQ shakes as dust falls down on top of them causing the lights to flicker. Dooku orders sternly, "Now go!"

He sits in the commander's chair witnessing his men gathering their equipment as they rush out of the building.

The two Jedi leap out of the window of the Communication center dropping quickly to the ground as it explodes. They roll forward looking up at the building.

Obi-Wan shrugs, "Do we tell them we blew it up, or that the commander activated self-destruct?"

"It doesn't matter, their communications are disrupted and we can proceed to the Headquarters to capture their commanding General."

Obi-Wan looks up at the flashing of the dawn sky, "I wonder how Tarkin's proceeding about."