Here we go folks. The Rise of Skywalker! I won't say anything else except that I hope you enjoy my version of it.


Mustafar. Where his grandfather, Darth Vader, was truly born. A year ago, Caden Skywalker had lived, but now, only Lord Kadus remained. His cousin, Supreme Leader Kylo Ren, had offered to name him Darth Kadus, but he refused, saying he was not yet worthy to call himself a true Sith Lord. And as Kylo was now the Supreme Leader, Kadus, was the Master of the Knights of Ren, which irritated Tyron, as he believed he was more worthy.

But that was before, now, a year had passed since Kadus joined the First Order, and he was much respected by the officers and generals. One of Kadus' most trusted men was Allegiant General Pryde, a man that Kadus had a great respect for. He had served under his grandfather, Lord Vader in the Empire. Now, he had joined the First Order as Kadus' right hand man. Many members of the First Order, both feared and admired Kadus for his ruthlessness and his power.

However, once they heard the message spread throughout the galaxy, it caused some unease in Kadus. The voice was Lord Sidious, saying that the Sith would return, but it was impossible, it had to be. Anakin Skywalker had killed him over the forest moon of Endor over thirty five years ago. Kylo especially felt threatened by this turn of events. Snoke was the Supreme Leader and wanted the Sith to return as well, but this? This seemed like a ghost story.

On Mustafar laid the key to finding Palpatine. There was something called a Wayfinder, which could lead them to a planet called Exegol. The planet itself, Kadus found interesting. Supposedly it was the Sith homeworld, filled with darkness, a place Kadus longed to be. When he was Caden Skywalker, he longed for the light, now? Now all he needed was the darkness. Kadus, Kylo and Tyron led the forces of the First Order to where it was, killing all in their path. Kylo's form was still the same, but there was still anger on his face when he attacked, something Kadus found childish. Tyron as well. But Kadus, he kept calm throughout the entire fight, using the Force to pull his enemies close before slicing them in half. He believed that he could use the Dark side, but still keep a cool and clear head while doing so. They managed to find the Wayfinder and traveled all the way to Exegol on their personal fighters. All three Dark side users ignited their blades and made their approach to a fortress where they were lowered to a temple, with statues before them. They appeared in robes, and Kadus realized they were the ancient Sith before any of them.

"At last." A voice was heard. "You were trained well, children of the Dark side."

"I killed my master, Snoke." Kylo said. "I'll kill you."

"My boy." The voice said, not impressed. "I made Snoke. I have been," It said.

"Every voice," The voice of Maul said.

"You have ever heard," The voice of Snoke said.

"Inside your heads." The voice of Vader said. Kadus was hearing the voices too. The three of them stepped forward to see tubes filled with bodies of Snoke clones.

"The First Order was just the beginning." The voice said. "I will give you all, so much more."

"You'll die first." Kylo said.

"I have died before." The voice said. "But you should all know, the dark side of the Force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be… unnatural." The voice said before they found the body of the one man they came looking for.

Emperor Sheev Palpatine, Darth Sidious, the Dark Lord of the Sith had returned.

Kylo lifted his blade at his face, but Kadus put his hand on his arm lowering it.

"So, you've learned the power to cheat death from Plageuis?" Kadus asked. Sidious turned to him impressed.

"Ah, so, you know the tales of my master?" He asked.

"I learned it from Luke Skywalker, that's how Vader, my grandfather joined you." Kadus responded.

"Ah, so you are Skywalker's spawn?" Sidious asked venomously.

"Luke Skywalker was my father. Not anymore." He responded. Sidious contemplated for a moment.

"I sense you have killed your past and embraced the Dark side of the Force." Sidious said.

"As Vader did before me." Kadus said. Sidious chuckled at that.

"Good. Perhaps I have need of you." Sidious said.

"How did you even survive?" Tyron asked. Sidious turned to him hatred in his eyes.

"So, you are not here to kill me?" Sidious asked.

"Why would I kill you? My grandfather died for you, on Naboo trying to destroy the Jedi." Tyron explained.

This took Kadus by surprise. That wasn't how the story went, Maul survived and was found by his brother, Savage Opress, who was then killed by Sidious before he tortured Maul. Maul was later killed on Tatooine by Obi-Wan Kenobi. Was Tyron never told the full story?

"Yes, he did. He served me well. As did Vader." Sidious said to the three of them. "But now they are dead. But I am not."

"You used the power Plageuis taught you?" Kylo asked.

"In a way. My body had died, but my soul lived. I had been aimlessly drifting for many years. I used the technology here, to restore my old body, but it wasn't enough, I must be here or else I will die." Sidious explained.

"How did you make Snoke? It's near impossible for a Sith to be made by scratch." Kadus said.

"It is. But no one knew who my master looked like. I made Snoke from the blood of my master. But I knew he couldn't be too powerful, or he would overthrow me. So I gave him a fraction of my power. Enough for him to build the First Order. But I now see, you are all more powerful than him." Sidious explained.

"And what can you give us?" Kylo asked.

"Everything." Sidious said. "A new Empire." He raised his mangled hands and beneath the ground several hundreds of Star Destroyers were rising from the ground. It would be enough to destroy the entire galaxy. "The might of the Final Order will soon be ready. It will be yours if you do as I ask." Sidious declared.

"And what is your bidding?" Kadus asked.

"Bring me my granddaughter. End the Jedi. Become what your grandfathers, could not. Do this, and you will all rule. And the Sith will finally return."


Gonna stop it right there, I found the first few minutes online so, I just decided to write that. I hope I did alright with a lot of backstory being given as to how Palpatine survived and how Snoke was made. Kind of combining the theories of Snoke being a clone of Palpatine and being Plageuis at the same time. Hope you all enjoyed that and leave a comment with your theories or thoughts. Thanks for reading and we'll hopefully see you all soon.

Reviews:

MerlockVonBaron: We'll see. Not gonna say anything now, but I hope you like what I do here.

ABEBOABDU: Hope you like it even more. I, nowadays, don't like subverting expectations if they're done horribly. *cough cough* Game of Throne *cough cough*, but if they're done right and fit the story yeah. To me, Caden was always going to turn to the dark side especially after seeing what his father had done and caused all the chaos and death to happen. It naturally just made sense to me.

avengersendgame426: Ha ha! I'll never get tired of Ruin Johnson, but honestly I feel like the guy gets a little too much hate. Sure there were some things that could have been better, but I generally like the ideas he put into the story. 1. Yes, he'll have a helmet. 2. Pretty much answers that question with this chapter 3. I'll try, but honestly I wasn't that upset over their lack of screen time, it's kind of a tradition with Star Wars actually, introduce a cool character and don't really do much with them.

Guest DCDGojira: I'll do my best. And Tyron doesn't know his grandfather died at Tatooine, almost like his mother never told him the full truth, or that she didn't know herself.

Mr Guest: There is some truth to that. Caden will still be remembered as a hero, especially to Rey, Leia, Kira and Finn, but others might not be as forgiving. I do have a plan for this, and I hope you like it.