Blue Waters: episode #35 The Fall of the Republic and the
Rise of the Empire
Previously: Minka gave up her son Caspian for
adoption. Tim and Sally adopted him.
Samantha and Gwydion tried convincing Tim and Sally to let Samantha marry
Anakin. Finally, they agreed to let him come to their Christmas celebration.
"Please? Can I just request one thing? You've
rejected Anakin and rejected him to the point of not giving him a chance. Can I invite him to our Christmas
Celebration?"
Gwydion adds in, "really, you don't have much of a choice, dad. They're
in love."
Tim glances at Sally, and then back at Samantha, "Well, I suppose
I could."
So, on Christmas Day, Anakin was invited over to the Coruscant
Palace. Anakin really tried to be talkative with her parents. No matter how
hard he tried, they weren't very receptive to him. He got them each a
present…even Baby Caspian. Samantha
gave him one. Tim watched the two of
them. At the moment, he had his arm around Samantha as they watched the fires
together and talked. Earlier, he had rubbed Samantha's back. It was very clear to Tim Jedi that they were
truly in love. He closed his eyes and
finally made a decision. It was clear
that Gwydion like Anakin…and Anakin was really good with Caspian. He had held Caspian several times…and
Caspian liked him. Anakin was
respectable, nice, sweet, respectful, loving, caring, honest…and everything
else. The only two things Anakin lacked
were money and noble family. Tim supposed Anakin would have to do fro Samantha.
They had met. After grace was said and
halfway into the meal, Tim cleared his throat and said, "I have something to
say…an announcement. Even though I may
not like it, I see that there is no way out of it…. Anakin, you now have my
permission to marry my daughter."
Anakin and Samantha looked at each other
and smiled.
"You men it, dad?"
He
nodded.
"Every word of it. The
wedding will have to wait a couple of months, though. The church is booked until February…but I'll put in your reservation
right away."
Thus, the wedding plans between Samantha and Anakin were made. The
news of this announcement traveled fast. And one moth later, this also prompted Darth Sidious to once again
contact Anakin. This time Arawn was the
messenger.
"Anakin, Palpatine requests your services at once."
Anakin says, "I'm sorry, but I'll have to refuse. I have a wedding to plan for."
Arawn came beck to Sidious and reported
that.
Palpatine says, "With is mind on that
wedding, I suppose this'll have to wait until after the wedding. I have another thing I need to be thinking
about."
So it was during this month that Palpatine says, in front of the Senate,
"I have an announcement to make that some of you have been waiting to hear for
a long time. From this day forward, I am declaring myself Emperor. And the Republic no longer will exist. It shall be known as the Empire. Oh, and I'm afraid this Senate is no longer
needed. I will dispatch governors on
each system represented here that will then report to me."
Bail Antilles was not pleased with this at all. He secretly got a
small group of resistance people together to try to see what they could
do. It was also in this month that Bail
Antilles' wife got pregnant. (Remember,
I told you they were married). And this
starts the final year of Blue Waters…it is January. So, one month later Anakin
and Samantha get ready for their wedding at the same time that Palpatine begins
ruling his Empire with an Iron Fist. Through Terror and Fear, Palpatine was quickly able to get all the
worlds to cooperate. The Jedi were
still a problem, but Palpatine knew that they wouldn't survive much longer
Palpatine had also taken back Tatooine for the Empire. He did this to hopefully anger Anakin. With the Empire, podracing was lost on
Tatooine. The town of Mos Espa changed names to Mos Eisley. The Republic was not referred to as the Old
Republic. Soon, everyone began to realize the terror of the Empire. To protect himself, Obi-Wan started going by
Ben. He did this because, as Anakin's
Jedi teacher, he put himself at a great risk. Now to the wedding.
Until next time!