Kamino:
We fly in towards one of the large cities on the ocean planet. We move through various parts of the clone-creating process, with kaminoan scientists overlooking it all. We see kids marching in formation and teenagers doing obstacle-courses and training martial arts. Grown up clones in full armor conduct combat training.
Twenty Mandalorians, wearing military jumpsuits, stand at attention. A Mandalorian commander, dressed in mandalorian armor, stands before them; this is Commander Viszla.
"Welcome, recruits, to Kamino" Viszla says. "You have been chosen, because you have proven yourselves to be the strongest and the brightest of our society. The pride of Mandalore. Here, on Kamino, you will join the one-thousand warriors who are already stationed here. Your DNA will be used to further and enrichen the gene-pool that the Kamino scientists require to produce soldiers for the Republic. Soldiers you will train. You will train them to become the best soldiers in the galaxy. Soldiers that respect honor, duty and loyalty. It is an immense honor that has been bestowed upon you, for you have been chosen to carry on the warrior-ideals of Mandalore, to uphold our ancient creed and to keep our heritage alive. Here, on Kamino and in the service of the Republic, we mandalorians live up to our ideals and ensure that our legacy lives on. For honor and glory, we serve the Republic."
The recruits reply as one. "For honor and glory!"
"Carry on" Viszla says.
The recruits move as a single unit as they march on out, leaving the room. Viszla turns to look at his second in command, lieutenant Jango, also wearing Mandalorian armor.
"Lieutenant Jango" Viszla says. "How do you rate these new recruits?"
"Incompetent" Jango says. "If this is the best Mandalore can offer these days, we have lost our way."
"Times are changing, I fear" Viszla concludes.
"That's what two centuries of slavery does to a people" Jango says.
"Slavery?" Viszla wonders.
"Isn't that what we mandalorians have become?" Jango asks. "We have become loyal slaves in the service of the Republic and the Jedi, providing them with our warriors to build their armies for them. Our ancestors were right to wage war on these cowards. Mandalorians are warriors, we bow to no-one. If we truly were Mandalorians, we should rise against our enemies, just like our ancestors did two hundred years ago."
Viszla turns serious. "Those days are long gone, lieutenant. We serve the Republic now. We no longer get to choose our enemies."
"Such words could only be uttered by a man without honor." Jango turns with his blaster drawn, "You are not Mandalorian", and guns down Viszla at point blank range.
Mandalorians loyal to Jango enter several locations, manned and crewed by both other Mandalorians and Kaminoans, and guns them all down. Jangos troops place explosives at key points. On the outside, they use their jetpacks to fly to important structures and place explosives at antenna-clusters and shield-generators and turrets. Jangos troops move with precision and efficiency with tactical perfection.
( I suppose this could be the Star Wars version of the VX-gas heist that we see at the start of The Rock, in other words, a lot of special-forces movie-action that is edited to look like it is badass )
A squad of Jangos troops enters a high-tech laboratory and guns down the Kamino scientists working there. While they move in, Jango follows with determined strides as the last of the scientists are shot dead while begging for their lives. A couple of Jangos troops open a cold-storage and pull out a large cart, loaded with hundreds of vials of blue-glowing substance. Jango studies the vials and then he and his men and women leave with the cart and vials.
Jango, and all of his troops, together with the vials, enter a Gozanti class cruiser while others climb into fightercraft and fly escort. As the ships take off, all explosives detonate across the large oceanic city, destroying key locations.
Jangos ship and its escort leaves the planet and head straight for a small fleet in the distance. A hundred fighters and bombers fly past the Mandalorians and head for the planet. We follow these strike-craft as they swoosh in and assault the Kamino cities, blasting them with cannons, bombs and torpedoes.
Inside the cities, as the walls crack and are breached, the ocean floods the hallways and chambers, drowning thousands of kaminoans and clone-troopers in the process.
Jangos ship enter the hangar-bay of a large Trade Federation battleship. As Jango disembarks with a cadre of his most loyal warriors, they are greeted by Dooku and Maul.
"Welcome aboard" Dooku says. "I must congratulate you on a work well done. You have performed beyond expectations."
"Your praise is not one of my concerns" Jango says. "I know what my men are capable of. What is of my concern is if I should deliver to you the vials I have on my ship. Or if I should seek out other associates."
"You need not worry, Jango" Dooku assures the mandalorian warrior. "Mandalore will have its revenge on the Republic and all of Mandalores enemies will be crushed one by one if you ally yourself with me. With my help you will be able to build a Mandalorian army that will conquer the galaxy!"
"Again, the galaxy is not one of my concerns" Jango says. "All that concerns me is to destroy the Jedi."
Dooku smiles. "Join with me, and you shall have your revenge."
Jango takes a step to the side as the vials are unloaded. "Enough genetic material to create one-hundred million warriors."
Dooku grins. "Excellent."
On the bridge of the Trade Federation battleship, Viceroy Gunray and Captain Grievous oversee the assault on Kamino.
"We are in range to bombard the surface with cannons" a neimoidian officer informs.
"Good!" Grievous says. "Fire at will!"
The small fleet opens fire with its batteries and blasts the cities, sending several sinking into the oceans after continuous fire.
Gunray is pleased on the bridge. "The Republic will never recover from this blow" he says. "Once our own clone-army is ready to be sent into battle, the Republic will be overthrown."
Grievous, studying data from the attack, turns to Gunray. "But until then we will have to rely on regular troops and battle-droids. We are still at a disadvantage."
"Without a chancellor" Gunray points out, "the senate will be mired by debate. Their decisions and actions will be slow and put in place too late. They will not be able to exploit their military advantage."
"Sir!" the neimoidian officer calls out. "The Fifth Republic Fleet just left hyperspace in sector six-two!"
Grievous walks over to a strategic holographic map of the system, displaying all warships.
"Call back all fighters from the planet!" Grievous orders. "Engage the enemy fleet!"
On the Republic flagship, Mace Windu and Admiral Tarkin oversee the battle-plans.
Tarkin is quite calm. "Deploy all fighter-squadrons, concentrate fire on their vanguard."
The space-battle begins and it is Epic!
Windu leaves the tactical hologram and walks over to the viewports and reaches out through the Force. He then retrieves his commlink from his belt.
"Dooku is here, as we suspected" he says into the commlink. "The Dark Side surrounds the Trade Federation battleship. Strike-team, you know what to do."
Leaving the hangar-bay of the Republic flagship is a Jedi Corvette ( the same type of ship we see in the Knights of the Old Republic MMO ) escorted by two Jedi fighter-craft.
Plo Koon pilots one of the fighters. "Form up, balanced formation. Be wary of cross-fire."
Anakin pilots the other fighter. "Copy that, grand master. Taking position. T7, check the stabilizer again, the pitch feels a bit weird. Get ready, here they come!"
The two Jedi fighters escort the Jedi corvette through the battle. Koon and Anakin gun down multiple enemy fighters and skillfully clears a path for the corvette.
As they close in on the Trade Federation battleship, Plo Koon says "Coming up on the separatist flagship. You're on your own."
"Good luck, strike-team" Anakin says. "May the Force be with you."
Koon and Anakin veer off and the corvette carries on on its own the final distance, eventually flying into a hangar-bay located on the spherical structure in the center of the massive battleship. Inside the hangar-bay, the corvette blasts with its cannons before it touches down, and once the airlock opens, four Jedi charge out and engages the enemy! The four Jedi are Qui-Gon Jinn, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Shaak Ti and Luminara Unduli. They are accompanied by a squad of clone-troopers. Soon the hangar-bay is secure.
"Lieutenant Commander" Qui-Gon says and a clone officer removes his helmet and reveals himself to be CC-2224, "set up a perimeter and hold this hangar."
Shaak Ti is next to speak. "Once we have Dooku, we will return to evacuate."
"Understood" CC-2224 says and returns to his troops.
"Dooku will be aware of our presence by now" Obi-Wan says. "We would do well to hurry."
"Follow me" Luminara says. "I can feel him."
The four Jedi leave the hangar while the clone-troopers set up defenses.
The space-battle continues. Anakin and Koon guns down a couple of enemy fighters each.
"They are targeting our bombers" Koon says. "Close in for a tighter formation, we will focus our fire their interceptors."
"Understood, grand master" Anakin responds.
The two Jedi fighters form up close and their combined firepower guns down an enemy squadron. One of the enemy fighters manage to evade the Jedi cannons.
"I'm going after the last one" Anakin says and leaves formation and begins to chase the enemy fighter, but the enemy pilot is skilled. "This pilot has some skills" Anakin says.
The fighter he is chasing is piloted by Mara Dendron.
As Anakin follows Mara, he begins to smile. "Oh, this guy is good. Ok, here's where the fun begins."
The two have an exciting cat and mouse chase through the space-battle.
The four Jedi on the Trade Federation battleship advance down the corridors, cutting down enemies and deflecting blaster-shots as they go. They are unstoppable.
Viceroy Gunray turns away from his officers to face Grievous and Dooku. Jango and Maul join them on the bridge also.
"The Jedi have boarded us!" Gunrays says, almost in panic. "Nothing can stop them! They are coming here!"
Grievous turns to the neimoidian officers. "Shut all blastdoors between the bridge and the Jedi. It will buy us time to reposition our forces."
"It will not be enough" Dooku points out. "They have come for me. I will draw them away." He then turns to Jango. "Jango, take your ship and leave with the vials. It is imperative that we secure those vials; without them, we have no army that can defeat the Republic."
"I will provide a distraction" Grievous says. "I will direct our ships to try and break through the Republics left flank. It should be enough to allow the mandalorians to escape with the genetic samples."
"Viceroy" Dooku says, "you will go with the mandalorians. Your political influence and connections are just as vital to our cause."
Gunray is relieved. "Of course, my lord."
Dooku leaves the bridge together with Darth Maul. Walking through the corridors, Dooku retrieves a commlink.
"Captain Dendron" Dooku says.
In space, Mara Dendron is still engages with Anakin Skywalker.
"I'm a bit busy, Dooku!" Mara says.
"Disengage, captain" Dooku says. "I need you back here to fly my shuttle. We are leaving. Meet me in my hangar."
"Understood!" Mara says and transmission is cut.
Mara Dendron, while battling Anakin, flies back to the Trade Federation battleship.
"Where are you going now?" Anakin says, trying to keep up with Dendron.
Republic Command-Center, Coruscant:
A large group of officers and politicians, as well as a couple of Jedi, are gathered around a large holographic depiction of the battle taking place around Kamino.
Palpatine looks serious. "Admiral Tarkin, we have received a transmission from Kamino. Apparently, a group of mandalorians have rebelled and stolen an unknown number of genetic samples."
Kamino:
On the bridge of the Republic flagship, a holographic transmission of Palpatine is projected next to the tactical-table where Tarkin is overseeing the battle. Windu joins them by the table.
Palpatine continues. "We are sending you the information we have on the ship they used to escape the planet. It should have joined with the separatist fleet. That ship must not be allowed to leave the system."
"Understood, chancellor" Tarkin says. "We will take care of it."
The transmission with Palpatine is cut.
Republic Command-Center, Coruscant:
Amidala is concerned. "If that ship is allowed to escape, Dooku will have the means to create a clone-army of his own, and this war will go on for years."
"I have the outmost confidence in admiral Tarkins abilities" Palpatine assures her.
Organa is not so sure. "Those vials could be on any ship by now. How will we know which ship to attack?"
Ki-Adi-Mundi is next to speak. "The Force will guide us."
Yoda turns to Ki-Adi-Mundi. "Contact master Windu. Finding and stopping these mandalorians, priority has."
Kamino:
Anakin is still following Mara Dendron. Plo Koon notices what is going on.
"Skywalker" Koon says. "Break off. That fighter is heading for the battleship; their guns will tear your fighter apart. Abandon the pursuit now."
Anakin is determined though, as heavy fire starts to hit his own fighter. "A few more hits and that fighter wont have any shields left, grand master."
"Not before that battleship has gunned you down" Koon counters. "Break away now, Skywalker."
Anakins fighter takes too many hits and, reluctantly, he is forced to give up chasing Mara Dendron. Mara flies in towards the Trade Federation battleship and towards a smaller hangar-bay, landing inside of it next to Dooku's shuttle. As she, and her astromech-droid, leaves the damaged fighter, Dooku and Darth Maul enter the same hangar-bay.
"Get the ship ready" Dooku tells Mara as they all head for the shuttle.
At that point, another door to the hangar opens and the four Jedi enter! Mara looks at the Jedi and then hurries to the shuttle and climbs onboard. The four Jedi and Dooku and Maul have a brief stand off.
"Qui-Gon" Dooku says. "My old apprentice. I does me good to see you again. I only regret it is under such unfortunate circumstances."
"As do I, master" Qui-Gon says. "But I see you have found a new apprentice. One who shares your hate and anger. The Dark Side is strong in you, master. And your apprentice."
"I have chosen to embrace the true nature of the Force" Dooku says. "A truth the High Council has hidden from us for centuries. A truth that Yoda has hidden from us all for far too long."
"You can not blame this on your own master, Dooku" Obi-Wan says. "Your fears are your own. Your failure to confront them is not grand master Yodas fault."
"Obi-Wan Kenobi" Dooku says. "I remember you as a young padawan. Dreaming of adventure and excitement. You had such potential. But Yoda suffocated all of that. He crushed all of your potential and turned you into nothing more than his loyal servant."
"We are not impressed by your lies" Shaak Ti says. "Your attempts to deceive us will not work. Surrender now and we promise you a fair trial."
Dooku grins. "You fools. You truly believe that Yoda will grant me fair judgment."
Jangos ship leaves the Trade Federation battleship with a heavy escort if fighters.
On the Republic flagship, Tarkin and his officers oversee the battle.
"Two more frigates have moved to our left flank" Tarkin says. "They are trying to push through and create an opening for their flagship. Tell commodore Constantine to move his battlegroup to plug that hole."
Republic Command-Center, Coruscant:
Amidala spots Jangos ship and escort on the holographic rendition of the battle.
"Look!" she says and points. "The mandalorian vessel! With a heavy escort."
Organa presses a button that opens communications. "Admiral Tarkin, we have spotted the mandalorian ship in sector eight-two-four."
Kamino:
Windu spots Jangos ship in the holographic rendition of the battle.
"It is the ship we are after" Windu says. "The Force tells me that ship must be stopped."
Plo Koon and Anakin flies through the battle.
"This is Plo Koon" Koon says. "We are moving in to intercept the mandalorians."
"T7" Anakin says, "boost our firepower, draw energy from our engines if necessary. We need to punch through those shields as quickly as possible."
Koon adjusts some settings on his own fighter. "Skywalker, follow me in. Set your shields to double-front and get ready to launch your torpedoes. I will shield your attack-run."
"Copy that, grand master" Anakin replies.
The two Jedi fighters begin to close the distance to Jangos ship. Eventually, they get close enough to open fire and launch torpedoes.
On the Trade Federation battleship, the standoff continues.
Luminara speaks. "Dooku, this is not the way. You will only bring suffering to millions of innocent lives if you go through with this. End this now, I beg you."
"I will bring suffering?!" Dooku says, almost in disbelief. "Yoda has caused untold suffering with his inability to act! Centuries of passive diplomacy has caused nothing but disorder and chaos! Yodas foolish belief that the Jedi must be a counter-weight to the evil done in the galaxy has destroyed the Republic! No more. I have seen the truth. I have seen the true nature of the Force. It is only through the Dark Side of the Force that we can bring order to the galaxy. It is only the teachings of the Sith that will save us from the chaos."
"The Sith?" Obi-Wan says, worried what it might mean. "Dooku, what have you done?"
"Dooku died many years ago" Dooku says. "I am Darth Ty'Rahn, lord of the Sith."
And Ty'Rahn ignites his red lightsaber, and Maul ignites both of his dual-lightsaber.
"Then you leave us no other choice" Qui-Gon says.
The Jedi ignite their own lightsabers. Obi-Wan uses a blue of course, Qui-Gon and Shaak Ti uses green, and Luminara uses a yellow ( Just for the hell of it. I mean, why not? ).
To be continued…
So I changed Darth Tyranus to Darth Ty'Rahn, because the Sith names aren't very interesting if you ask me. Plague, Maul, Tyrant, Insidious, I just don't think those are good names. Well, Darth Maul works I guess. Anyway, what I think is really important here is the fact that in this story we find out why Dooku has broken with the Jedi and why he has fallen to the Dark Side; he truly believed that the Jedi could do good in the galaxy, but that they could do so much more if they just decided to. So feeling frustrated that the Jedi, and Yoda, never actually used their powers to prevent evil, but instead just tried and balance it, Dooku turned elsewhere to ensure peace and justice, to bring order. And in that quest for stability, Dooku lost his way and was seduced by the Dark Side of the Force. The road to Hell is paved by good intentions after all.