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Darth Maul Versus Obi-Wan Kenobi

Right after the Siege of Mandalore.

He's been to Tatooine twice before. Once alone to capture Queen Amidala of Naboo and the second time with Death Watch to recruit the Hutts to his Shadow Collective. The former mission was a failure, whereas the latter was a success. This time, his third time, Darth Maul is on Tatooine, so that he can ditch the pesky Jedi ship that he used to escape the clutches of Ashoka Tano, the idiot who refused to join him and paid the price for it. Although, he senses that she is still alive, along with Captain Rex.

Maul figures it is wise to abandon the Jedi ship here in this remote desert wasteland because it will attract too much attention elsewhere. His former master, Chancellor, now Emperor Palpatine, will be hunting him down and he needs to stay discreet.

After pawning off the Jedi ship to some random lowlife, Maul surveys the area to find a new ship to fly on. A small starfighter flies in and Maul prepares to jump in it once the owner gets out. But then he sees the pilot.

It's him.

His second worst nemesis, the Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi. And Kenobi is not alone. He's carrying something with him, a baby, newborn boy by the looks of it.

Maul blinks his eyes and pinches himself to make sure that he isn't dreaming. What a coincidence. Running into Obi-Wan Kenobi here.

Maul watches Kenobi sell the starfighter and rent out an eopie and hop on it, still carrying the baby in his arms. Maul narrows his yellow eyes and wonders what the significance of the baby is. Who is he?

Maul follows Kenobi, whose senses are dampened, thanks to his current misery.

Obi-Wan Kenobi wipes his eyes but there are no tears because they dried up. He is so heartbroken over the extermination of the Jedi, the loss of his brother, Anakin, that he cannot even bring himself to cry. The Jedi Master chooses to focus on the future, if it exists, but it has to, for the sake of the child, whom he needs to protect at all costs.

Before Kenobi passes the Sarlaac pit, Maul decides to make his presence known.

"Hello there." The former Sith Lord greets his old nemesis.

Kenobi falls off of the eopie in shock.

"Master Kenobi." Maul continues the greeting. "You survived."

"Yes I did." Kenobi whips out his own lightsaber but not Anakin's because he cannot bear to look at that thing.

"No need for hostilities." Maul snarls but then realizes that Kenobi is hiding a second lightsaber (Skywalker's).

"What do you want?" Kenobi demands, as he struggles to stay alert in the heat.

"I was just curious as to why you are here of all places. I mean I get that you are hiding from the Sith, my old master Emperor Palpatine Sidious and your old apprentice, Darth Vader, formerly Anakin Skywalker." Maul says.

"Anakin is dead." Kenobi replies in tears.

"No. I sense that you left him for dead as you did me. Albeit, he is in worse condition but I doubt he is dead. Sidious will have repaired him by now. The Dark Side is strong with Lord Vader." Maul shudders. "More machine now than man but still a Sith Lord."

Kenobi's heart lurches as he realizes that Maul's speculation is accurate.

"Now, why do you have a baby?" Maul's eyes narrow. "A Force sensitive you seek to train? Or something else..."

Kenobi slaps the eopie and it runs away, with Luke Skywalker still on it.

"I see." Maul deduces. "Young Skywalker's son. The Chosen One's flesh and blood. The new Chosen One, who will destroy the Sith."

Kenobi points his lightsaber at Maul's face.

"Come now. We may have bad blood but look at us now. Both of us have nothing left (actually, I have Crimson Dawn), and we are being hunted by the Sith. We could work together to survive. If we combined our strength, worked together, trained that boy together, we could destroy Sidious and Vader." Maul considers the endless possibilities.

Kenobi shakes his head. "Even if we succeeded, you would simply be the new Sidious, the next tyrant who would oppress the galaxy."

"You sound like Ashoka Tano. She refused to join me and paid the price." Maul bemuses.

Kenobi gasps. "Ashoka? She is alive?"

"Yes. Ashoka is alive, unlike your bitchy little duchess (Satine)." Maul snickers. "I can still taste her blood and your pathetic tears."

Kenobi holds back his fury and stops himself from chopping Maul to pieces.

Maul holds out his hand. "Join me. Obi-Wan, I promise, we will destroy the Sith and make things right."

Kenobi contemplates ignoring Maul and walking away, but then Maul would just attack him anyway, or worse, Maul could kidnap Luke. Maul cannot be allowed to walk away, alive.

Maul waves his right index and middle fingers.

Kenobi raises his eyebrows in confusion at Maul's motion but then immediately realizes what he is doing.

Too late.

The Jedi Master's eyes light up in shock and pain as the lightsaber inside his robes ignites into his waist.

Anakin Skywalker's lightsaber flies to its new master, Lord Maul, as the two pieces of Obi-Wan Kenobi tumble onto the sand. It is Snokelike.

"You are now half the man you used to be." Maul cackles in glee at the severed Kenobi, who is struggling to crawl without his lower half.

"Ppp...p...please. Maul!" Kenobi pleads pathetically. "Let Luke go. Do whatever you want but do not touch the boy."

"Do not worry." Maul assures. "I will take good care of the boy and raise him well. It is yourself you should be worried about."

Kenobi gulps in terror. He will most likely die of dehydration, or be savaged by Tusken Raiders, or be consumed by the sand, or be burned by the two suns. That is, if, Maul even lets him go.

Maul grabs Kenobi by the neck and tiptoes to the Sarlaac pit.

"I hear being eaten by the Sarlaac is unbeliveably painful. He takes a long time to digest, so you will be conscious for a while." Maul tosses Kenobi's top half into the Sarlaac pit, which devours the tasty snack.

Maul chuckles with glee as Kenobi's girlish screams are muffled by the beast.

The Boy, the Bib, the Bane

Maul finds Luke Skywalker very quickly.

"There there." Maul feeds Luke the blue milk that is saddled in the eopie's pouch.

As Maul carries the baby and rides the eopie back to Mos Eisley, am innovative thought comes to mind. The Empire, the Sith, would never come. They would never find him in the middle of the desert. That is why Kenobi came to this wasteland. To hide himself and the boy.

Tatooine would be the perfect location to train the Chosen One and run his criminal operations. This desert could be the undetected base of Crimson Dawn. The only problem is Jabba the Hutt.

Maul rides over to Jabba's palace and rings the bell.

When Bib Fortuna opens the door, Maul pulls him out.

Bib begs for mercy but Maul laughs.

"I am promoting you." Maul announces."Go. Poison Jabba and his son Rotta. Use this recipe and slip it this way." Maul gives the instructions.

Hours later, Jabba expires, alongside Rotta.

"You will lead the operations here now." Maul instructs his puppet, Bib Fortuna.

Afterwards, Maul contacts the bounty hunter.

"What do ya want?" Cad Bane demands.

"The Hutt Council, go to today's meeting and wipe them out, all of them." Maul requests.

"That is too deadly, even for me." Cad Bane complains. Is this client insane? He has worked with him before but this is over the top.

"I will cover for you and make sure that you are not implicated, Also, I will pay four times your usual rate." Maul gestures to Jabba's riches.

After the eradication of the Hutt Council, Maul takes control of all Hutt possessions and Crimson Dawn becomes the most powerful criminal empire in the galaxy.

Obi-Wan Kenobi Series

The Inquisitors, Grand and Reva and Fifth, pull their stunts on Tatooine but Maul simply ignores them and waits for them to leave. Of course, they never expect Maul to be on Tatooine. The Empire is hunting Maul but has no idea where he is.

Bail Organa goes to find Obi-Wan Kenobi but obviously, he is nowhere to be found, so Bail assumes that he is hiding.

After pulling some strings, Bail manages to privately move the Imperial Senate to put pressure on the Inquisitorius. Reva is forced to return Leia to Bail.

Solo

"Nice work." Maul nods in approval as he watches Luke Skywalker slay the Krayt Dragon using nothing but his bare hands and the Force.

"You have taught me well." Luke presents the pearl.

Maul takes the pearl and hands back Luke's double bladed lightsaber to him.

"This will fetch a pretty penny that will be a tremednous asset to Crimson Dawn." Maul giggles. "Deliver this pearl to Dryden Vos."

Luke leaves Tatooine and on his way to Dryden's lair, Luke runs into Tobias Beckett and Chewbacca, whom he kills, along with the Rebels he also encounters. When he enters the lair, Luke fatally stabs Qi'Ra and Han Solo.

Kicking aside the corpses, Luke hands the pearl to Dryden.

"I will sell this well." Dryden replies.

Malachor

"Shouldn't we have used the temple?" Luke wonders.

"No. We did the right thing by destroying the holocron. The power of that temple is too volatile to control. It was also too dangerous to leave at the mercy of our enemies." Maul assures his apprentice.

"If we had waited longer, we could have killed the scum. Those failed Jedi, Ashoka Tano, Kanan Jarrus, that wannabe Jedi, Ezra Bridger, those Inquisitors, and that sleezmo Sith Lord Darth Vader, my father." Luke snarls.

"Patience." Maul lays a hand on Luke's broad shoulders.

"I want him dead. I HATE him!" Luke's fury shakes the entire ship.

"We will kill Vader and Sidious, soon enough." Maul promises.

Ashoka Tano, Kanan Jarrus, Ezra Bridger arrive, on Malachor, only to be met with Inquisitors.

With great painstaking effort, they manage to dispatch the Eigth, Fifth Brothters and Seventh Sister.

Then, Darth Vader's TIE fighter arrives.

"Ezra, Kanan." Ashoka pleads. "Run."

"You sound like Master Billaba." Kanan cries. "Please, no."

"Ashoka!" Ezra.

"Go!" Ashoka yells.

The Ghost swivels back and behind the TIE.

No way Kanan and Ezra are leaving Ashoka.

But Vader is too quick and he shoots the Ghost, blowing it up, Kanan and Ezra inside,

"NO!" Ashoka screams.

"It was foretold you would be here. Our long awaited meeting has come at last." Vader greets his former apprentice.

"I thought Anakin was still there, underneath that mask, but now I can see that I was wrong. My master could never be as vile as you." Ashoka ignites her lighstabers.

"Anakin is dead. I killed him. Unless you wish to join him, I suggest you surrender. Lord Sidious may show you mercy if you reveal where the remaining Jedi can be found. I will show you mercy if you tell me where Kenobi can be found." Vader offers.

"I see through the lies of the Sith." Ashoka charges at Vader.

The duel is brief but Soka puts up a good fight.

Darth Vader coldly kicks aside Ashoka Tano's severed head, which rolls further away from the headless body.

Mandalore

With Ezra and Kanan Jarrus gone, Sabine Wren never finds the Darksaber and never reunites with her family. Gar Saxon, Tiber and the Superweapon wipe out Bo Katan, Clan Kryze and anyone who gets in their way.

Thrawn

With Ezra Bridger out of the picture, Grand Admiral Thrawn stays around, but he is soon has a disagreement with Sidious, Tarkin, Vader and Thrawn is purged.

Droids

"You have been well trained, my apprentice." Maul compliments Luke.

"When will we have our revenge?" Luke is growing restless.

"Soon." Maul gestures into the sandy dunes. "Two droids are wandering this desert right now. They are property of the Rebel Alliance and they are carrying information capable of destroying the Empire's new superweapon, the planet killer, the Death Star."

"I will find the droids and bring them in." Luke declares.

After a few hours, Luke returns, carrying a battered astronomech (R2-D2) in his hands.

"Run into any stormtroopers?" Maul asks.

"A few, but I got a few Tusken Raiders to ambush them." Luke brags.

Maul nods, impressed by his apprentice's smart moves. If Luke had used direct Force on the stormtroopers, they could have tipped off Darth Vader and ruined the element of surprise.

After seeing the message from Leia, Maul giggles.

"We must go to the Alderaan system, which will no longer exist by the time we get there because Grand Moff Tarkin will have blown them up." Maul chuckles.

The Ship

"A Mandalorian ship?" Grand Moff Tarkin raises an eyebrow. "A rarity indeed."

"Most of them were destroyed by our forces when we wiped out Mandalore." Wulff Yularen strokes his beard.

"There are no Mandalorians aboard." Darth Vader's breathing gets heavier.

"Someone you know? Lord Vader?" Tarkin knows Vader enough to read his mood just by his breathing sounds.

Vader doesn't answer. The presence. Who is it? He can sense that they have never met before but whoever is on board the ship is familiar to him. Close to him.

"We will use the tractor beam to draw the ship in." Tarkin orders.

"Don't bother." Vader booms. "I sense they are coming our way. They intend to board the ship."

"Then we need to destroy the ship." Tarkin states.

"No. Do not strike the ship." Vader raises his fist. "I want them alive. NO disintegrations!"

"Very well." Tarkin chooses to trust Lord Vader's judgement.

Patience

"Patience, my apprentice." Maul squeezes Luke's broad shoulders.

"I will kill him and make him suffer!' Luke can barely contain his rage.

"You must maintain your focus and let go of your pride." Maul lectures in an un-Sithly way. "I was too overconfident with Obi-Wan Kenobi and that led to me being cut in half on Naboo. I shouldn't have gotten so excited over Qui-Gon Jinn's death. Though, if I had never been cut in half by Obi-Wan, I would still be a slave to Sidious."

Luke clenches his double bladed lightsaber with his right hand, while making a fist with his left hand. He is so close to killing the man whom he hates.

"We must first retrieve Princess Leia. She is the daughter of Bail Organa, who was just killed in the Alderaan explosion. Her leadership is key to the Rebellion and if we can gain her trust, we will be able to control the Rebels and after destroying Sidious with this super weapon, taking over the entire galaxy will be a cakewalk." Maul has a plan to save Princess Leia, kill Vader, Tarkin, everyone on board, take over the Death Star and use it to blow up Coruscant. With Leia under his thumb, Maul will have no trouble toppling Mon Mothma, who will undoubtedly want to reestablish the Galactic Republic. After Maul takes over the galaxy, he will dispose of Leia too.

Maul closes his eyes to think over his plan details and by the time he opens his eyes, he sees himself surrounded by two Stormtroopers, Luke Skywalker nowhere in sight.

"Don't move." A trooper shoots his stun blast at Maul, who uses the other trooper as a shield.

Maul chokes the first trooper to death. Afterwards, he steals one trooper's armor, putting it on, the helmet barely fitting because of his horns. Maul uses the Force to animate the other trooper and make him move.

"No one on board." Maul tries his best Stormtrooper impression voice.

The other troopers nod and walk away and Maul hurriedly makes his way into the corridor.

That damn Luke, he has no patience. He has already run off to confront his father. They were supposed to go together!

Maul shakes his head and sticks to his plan of getting Leia first. Hopefully, Luke can keep Vader occupied until Maul joins the fight.

Father Sister Son Nightbrother

"Who are you?" Darth Vader demands at the hooded figure, who answers by igniting his double bladed red lightsaber. Vader barely counters Luke's deadly strike and a vicious duel breaks out.

On his way to Leia's cell, Maul deactivates the tractor beam, just as a precaution.

"You are a little tall for a Stormtrooper." Leia chuckles softly as she thinks that this is the last joke she will make. Surely, this tall Stormtrooper is here to execute her.

"I am Maul." He removes his helmet. "I am here to rescue you."

"How did you get in here? Are you with General Kenobi? The Alliance? Do you know who I am?" Leia has so many questions to ask this horned headed stranger.

"I flew here and my ship was dragged in. Kenobi...he and I knew each other. I am here to rescue you and I seek to join the alliance. I know that you are Alderaanian Princess Leia..." Maul trails off because suddenly, he sees something in Leia. She isn't just some princess with good leadership skills. No. She is something deeper, a powerful presence, a presence as formidable as Sidious, Vader, Luke.

Leia isn't sure what to think of this Maul but she figures that it would be better to leave with him than be killed by the Empire.

Vader and Luke are even matched, matching blow for blow, strike for strike. A troubled Tarkin watches from the security camera, unsure of what to do. For once, the Grand Moff is hesitant because he knows that Lord Vader would not want any interference. However, it does seem like Vader is losing.

This girl is not even related to Bail Organa. Where exactly did he find her? Maul wonders.

"There is no bridge!" Leia points.

A platoon of Stormtroopers fire at them but Maul uses the Force to throw them into the hole.

"You are also a Jedi?" Leia questions.

"No." Maul answers. "Leia, try jumping to the other side on your own." Maul is almost certain but he needs proof but if he is wrong, then she will fall to her death and he will have to revise his plans.

Leia gives Maul a quizzical look but ultimately obeys. Maul watches as the princess jumps across the chasm and lands on the other side, unharmed.

A smile curls to his lips. She is Force sensitive.

Maul jumps and lands beside her.

"I...I do not know how I did that." Leia is not surprised by her stunt, just intrigued.

"You have...special powers." Maul answers briefly. "Come on. My friend needs my help."

Vader screams in pain as Luke jams his lightsaber through Vader's right leg. Another slash to the left leg and both arms. The Sith Lord lies legless and armless, fully defenseless.

Maul and Leia rush towards the ship area, the former very impressed with Luke's skill, but Maul's look of pride quickly evolves to horror when he sees Tarkin and a squadron of Stormtroopers emerging.

Luke does not see them and he raises his fingers at Vader, sending a torrent of brutal lightning into the cyborg's severed body.

Vader cries in agony as the electricity fries his circuits and what is left of his flesh. The pain amplifies and Vader prepares to become one with the Force, when suddenly, it stops, the lightning and the pain.

Luke looks down at his chest, only to see a burning hole oozing with hot plasma. The youngster falls on his knees, as if in prayer.

Maul screams in misery as Leia tries to console him.

Tarkin lowers his blaster as Luke totally collapses onto the ground, lifeless.

"Lord Vader." Tarkin looks down. "Are you alright? I will have you transported to Mustafar immediately."

Vader wheezes, unable to speak, due to Luke mutilating his vocal circuits.

"We will have you all fixed up. I will handle the Rebel base." Tarkin assures. "I will break the princess."

Leia thinks fast and instinctively. The princess rips a cable off of a Stormtrooper corpse and swings it forward, latching it onto Luke's corpse, which she drags forward, sending it flying into Maul's arms.

The ex Sith Lord and princess hop on board the former's Mando ship and fly off.

"I will track them momentarily. The beacon should be working." Tarkin smirks.

Mourning

"I am so sorry about your friend." Leia touches Maul's hand gingerly.

"Thank you." Maul closes Luke's eyes.

"You were close?" Leia asks.

"I raised him from when he was a newborn. 19 years." Maul fights back tears.

"I am so sorry." Leia repeats.

"You lost your entire people to the Empire. Your parents, relatives. I am sorry for you. During the Clone Wars, the Emperor also killed my people too. My brother, mother, sisters." Maul grabs a tissue.

"Is that why you are in this fight?" Leia squeezes Maul's hand in a gesture of empathy, their faces getting ever so closer.

"Yes. And we will win." Maul promises. "I will explain so much to you and train you to hone your powers."

Leia, for some reason, does not question what exactly Maul means.

Gaining Trust

"Glad to see you safe. I...sorry about your people." Jan Dodonna hugs Leia.

"Thank you. We must honor them. I have the Death Star plans." Leia presents them.

"And I hear you are to thank for the delivery of these plans and the rescue of Princess Organa?" Dodonna reaches out to shake Maul's hand.

"Yes." Maul nods. "I am...an old enemy of the Emperor and I would like to help the Alliance in any way I can. Starting by blowing up the Death Star."

"That is ambitious." Dodonna is impressed. "You already have a plan?"

"Tarkin put a tractor beam on my ship and it is only a matter of time before the Death Star arrives." Maul points to the sky of Yavin 4. "We must destroy it and cripple the Empire's morale. Show the galaxy how pathetic Sidiou- Palpatine is."

"I will ready the squadron." Leia calls in the pilots.

Maul pilots an X-Wing fighter.

Without Darth Vader around, the fight is brief and Maul easily blows up the Death Star.

The Rebels celebrate and Maul is awarded a medal by a beaming Leia.

"We are most indebted to your service, General Maul." Dodonna chirps.

"Thank you. I know that this is a day of celebration but could we honor my friend, who died for our cause." Maul requests.

"Of course!" Dodonna and Leia arrange a funeral and memorial.

Boss Visits Employee's Home

Even in his insulated bacta tank, he can feel the presence of his master and it terrorizes him. Without his legs and arms, he cannot entertain the possibility of running.

Without a word, Darth Sidious folds his fingers and a submerged Darth Vader begins choking on his respirator mask.

"While you were here on Mustafar, resting, my prized superweapon was destroyed by the Rebels. Now, trillions across the galaxy are rising up against my rule and I have the inconvenience of putting out every little fire." Lord Sidious snarls. "Tell me, Lord Vader, why were you here on Mustafar, while Tarkin and the rest of them were fighting the Rebels. Not that Tarkin is without fault. That fool is lucky he was blown up because he would have been punished severely."

Between his choking, Vader realizes that Sidious was not informed of the Mandalorian ship, or the Force user, because Tarkin never had the chance to report.

"No matter. I will administer your punishment soon." Sidious slams the door on his way out.

Emperor Palpatine contemplates going back and killing Vader but decides against it. Yes, Vader is a fauiure and a pathetic cyborg but he is still convenient to have around. With a "shortage" of Force sensitives, a good replacement apprentice is impossible to come by.

Speaking of apprentices, Maul must be dead by now? If he weren't dead, and if he and Sidious were on good terms, Sidious could really use his help.

Vader breathes heavily, trying to get the congestion out of his lungs. If Lord Sidious knew about the Force sensitive and what happened, he would be furious and Vader cannot bear the anger now. And there was something about that Force sensitive that Vader cannot put his finger on, but he knows that has to get to the bottom of it before Sidious does. It is a piece of knowledge that Sidious cannot know.

Who Am I? Who Are You?

"Explain what happened on the Death Star. How were we able to jump and move like that? What do you know?" Leia asks Maul.

Maul narrows his eyes. "May I take a blood sample?"

Leia obliges and Maul's eyes explodes when he sees her Midichlorian count. which is higher than that of Lord Sidious.

"What is it?" Leia is anxious to know.

"The Force is strong with you." Maul gazes at her in wonder.

"The Force? That thing that the Jedi had?" Leia is not actually surprised because she always suspected something about herself.

"Yes. The Jedi had it and so do the Sith." Maul explains. "Who...who were your biological parents?"

"I do not know." Leia lowers her sad in sadness. "Bail and Breha, they adopted me. That much I know. I remember my mother a little bit. She was beautiful kind and sad. She died when I was young. She..."

Maul lays a hand on Leia's shoulder and squeezes it.

"Focus, Leia. Calm yourself. Search your feelings and tell me what you see." Maul steadies her.

Leia shuts her eyes and does as she is told. "I see...images. A woman on the delivery table, sad and defeated...my mother. She is talking to some bearded man in white, burned robes. There are delivery droids and weird species...Polis Massans? There is a tiny green midget goblin thingy in the corner, standing next to Bail?"

Maul wonders who the tiny green midget goblin thingy standing next to Bail Organa is.

"My mother...her name is...Pa...Padme!" Leia's tears stream down her face.

Padme Amidala, former Queen and Senator of the Naboo! The woman that Maul was sent to capture! Who was Leia's father then?

"Padme...Mom says that there is still good in someone...a him..." Leia processes. "But before that she named me Leia and before that...I had a brother...Twins we were."

Maul is in disbelief. Another boy out there, who may be as powerful as Leia?

"My brother, my mother named him Luke." Leia recalls.

Maul's jaw falls off of his face! And that is also when Leia collapses in shock.

"It is okay." Maul grabs Leia and hugs her tight, comforting her.

"I thought my mother...I thought she was with me for a while when I was young but I was wrong. She died right after I was born." Leia sobs. "And my brother, my lost brother, was named Luke just like your friend."

Maul helps Leia get up.

"Maul, what does all of this mean?" Leia squeezes his hand.

"Leia, I need to run another test to be sure." Maul runs a swab through her cheek and extracts a piece of Luke's hair from his tomb.

After the DNA test, Maul shows the result, to which Leia collapses in surprise.

"I had no idea of any of this either. I had no idea who you were until your vision." Maul sits her down.

"Luke...your friend who died was my brother..." Leia begins balling but the crying turns to screaming. "And that Darth Vader killed him! I will kill him and destroy him!"

"We will kill Vader, and the Emperor too. I promise but we must gain all the power we can before we move." Maul waves his hands. "I need to explain to you your origins. Who you are, who I am and what exactly we are fighting against."

Leia perks up, eager to know the truth.

"Long ago, the Jedi and Sith were mortal enemies but the Sith were nearly wiped out, almost extinct by their own stupidity and infighting. Over a millennia ago, Darth Bane, the last Sith of his time, reorganized the Sith into the Rule of Two, only two Sith Lords at a time, a master and an apprentice, no more, no less."

"And Vader is the apprentice." Leia immediately understands. "And the Emperor is the master."

"Yes. Emperor Palpatine is Darth Sidious, the Dark Lord of the Sith." Maul explains. "Palpatine was apprenticed to the Sith Lord Darth Plagieus the Wise."

"Where do the Jedi fit into all of this? What of that General Kenobi who never showed up and that green midget thingy from my vision, whom I assume was a Jedi." Leia ponders.

"Despite being enemies with the Sith, the Jedi were no saints either. The Jedi Order was corrupt bureaucracy that served a broken, corrupt, dying Republic. They terrorized the galaxy, especially during the Clone Wars and led to the downfall of the Republic." Maul explains.

"Were you a Jedi?" Leia automatically realizes the truth. "You were a Sith!" But she doesn't back away from Maul.

"Yes. I was the very first apprentice to Darth Sidious. Palpatine was allies with my mother, Talzin, and he had planned to make her his apprentice, but he kidnapped me instead. I was ripped away from my home and forced into the ways of the Sith by the wretched Emperor." Maul fights back tears.

"I am so sorry." Leia squeezes Maul's hands.

"I served Darth Sidious for many years, until the Battle of Naboo. That was where Anakin Skywalker made his debut." Maul pauses.

"Skywalker, he was a very famous Jedi." Leia has heard of him.

"Yes. A Jedi.On Naboo, I killed Qui-Gon Jinn but Obi-Wan Kenobi cut me in half and reduced me to this." Maul points to his droid half.

"So General Kenobi was a monster. Bail was wrong." Leia shakes her head.

"Kenobi was a victim of the Jedi ways. I forgive him." Maul is half honest because he has gotten over Kenobi ever since he disposed of him.

"But Darth Sidious did not have Darth Vader until the rise of the Empire." Leia knows this. "So...he had another apprentice in between. Was it Count Dooku?" Although, Imperial propaganda was erased Dooku's association with Sidious, Leia always knew that something more was there to Dooku. She just knew from the historical context that there had to have been more about the Separatist movement.

"Yes. Dooku was the second apprentice, a disposable one to be sure. He was a former Jedi, who fell to the Dark Side. Under the guidance of Sidious, Dooku organized the Separatist movement. The Clone Wars broke out and the Jedi became generals, essentially butchers for the Republic." Maul takes a deep breath. "I reappeared during the Clone Wars. My brother, Savage Oppress and my mother Talzin, they saved me from insanity and I organized my criminal empire, which I still have, as well as a power base on Mandalore and the neutral systems. But Sidious retaliated, killed my brother, mother and genocided my people."

"I am so sorry." Leia throws her arms around Maul and the two sob in empathy.

"Sidious rose to power and exterminated the Jedi, with the exception of a few. Anakin Skwalker, the hero of the Jedi, aided in their destruction. Anakin Skywalker became Darth Vader." Maul explains.

Leia clenches her fist in anger.

"Now, that gets to us. I found Luke when I stopped by on Tatooine after the Jedi Purge. Kenobi was with him and I killed Kenobi and raised Luke. I was going to use him as a weapon to destroy the Sith." Maul reminisces.

"So Kenobi was the bearded man in the delivery room." Leia pieces together.

"And the green thing was Yoda, the wretched, crooked, deplorable Grand Master of the Jedi Order. He and Kenobi must have decided to separate you from Luke. Because they intended to use you two to destroy the Sith. Bail did a good job with you. He raised you as his own and he was nice to you. He gave you a good life." Maul states.

Leia nods, still thankful to Bail.

"Your father..." Maul pauses.

"Who was my father?" Leia is eager to know. "Did you find out from my vision?"

Maul nods solemnly.

"Who?" Leia's eagerness devolves into dread as she realizes the truth.

"Yes. I will train you as my new apprentice and we will destroy your father and my former master together." Maul promises.

Leia envisions herself tearing off her father, Vader's mask and watching him suffer.

Who Was It?

"My lord, I have information on the pilot who blew up the Death Star." Mas Amedda kneels before the throne.

Sly Moore raises an eyebrow.

"What is it?" Lord Sidious rises from his throne.

He and Moore watch the footage that Amedda is showing them.

"That is not the work of a normal pilot." Sly Moore observes.

"No." Emperor Palpatine widens his shriveled eyes. Could it be? A Jedi? No. It is not. But it strong with the Force.

"We were unable to identify the pilot." Mas Amedda apologizes.

"He will soon reveal himself to us, whoever he may be." Lord Sidious scowls.

Rebel Base and Training On Dathomir

"This is quite the location put a base. No one would find us here." Mon Mothma gazes around the Dathomirian landscape.

"Yes. We will convert this old Nightbrother area into the Rebel base." Maul leads the way.

After clearing out the Nightbrother Zabrak clutter, the Rebels set up the camp.

"So, tell me more about yourself. You are the hero who blew up the Death Star after all." Mon Mothma shakes Darth Maul's hand.

"This, Dathomir is my home world. My people and family were exterminated by the Emperor, who has it out for me. I have been hiding from him for a long time." Maul gives a shorthand explanation.

Mon Mothma decides not to pry further, due to his clear grief.

"Well, glad to have you on board." Mothma cheers.

"I know the Emperor well and I will help the Alliance defeat him." Maul travels to other side of the planet, the former Nightsister side.

He goes to Talzin's office, his private chambers and makes contact with Dryden Vos.

"Yes, Lord Maul." Dryden answers.

"Vos, the time our criminals have been waiting for is coming soon. We will launch series of strategic strikes and bother the Empire. Once it has fallen, we will rule the galaxy." Maul gives the update.

Leia walks in.

"Leia, we will begin our training soon. Here is a ligthsaber." Maul hands her the Darksaber, which she will use as practice before she moves on the a double blade.

Leia ignites the blade and starts swinging.

"You will be trained in the Jedi arts. I will train you in the ways of the Sith." Maul ignites his double blade and wildly swings at Leia, who manages to block.

The princess is a good amateur duelist.

"And you will learn the ways of the Nightsisters and Nightbrothers as well. Your father will be no match for you." Maul grins in triumph.

The Frog and the Ghost

"See a blue person I do." Yoda jokingly prods his cane at the ghost.

"Yoda, I bring grave news." Qui-Gon Jinn wrinkles his ghostly face.

"Oh. Grave. Like my gravy here." Yoda holds up his dinner for Qui-Gon to see.

"Yoda!" Qui-Gon snaps. "This is serious!"

Yoda's smile fades and he looks intently at the ghost.

"Obi-Wan, he...he died 19 years ago." Qui-Gon tells Yoda.

"Sensed it I did." Yoda nods. "Killed he was. But safe the boy, Luke, is."

"Luke is now dead too." Qui-Gon reveals.

Yoda nearly barfs. "Dead is Luke! Senses a disturbance I did but process it yet I did not."

"If you were more lucid and attentive, the Jedi would not have been exterminated." Qui-Gon mumbles.

"Heard that I did." Yoda waves his cane angrily. "What happened to Luke?"

"He was killed by Anaki-Darth Vader." Qui-Gon pauses before elaborating. "Obi-Wan was actually killed by Darth Maul 19 years ago. Maul raised Luke and trained him as his apprentice. Recently, Alderaan was destroyed, along with Bail Organa and Leia was being held prisoner on board the Death Star. Maul rescued Leia but Luke was killed by Vader. Now that Maul has blown up the Death Star and gained the trust of the Rebels, he has begun training Leia."

"Seeks to rule the galaxy Maul does." Yoda's eyes are still wide from processing this shocking news.

"Yes. I foresee that Leia will become very powerful." Qui-Gon senses. "She could theoretically turn Vader back to the light, back into Anakin, if she were not being corrupted by Maul himself."

"Stupid are you?" Yoda throws his cane at Qui-Gon in anger.

Qui-Gon scoffs.

"Once Leia starts down the Dark path, forever will it dominate her destiny. Consume her, the Dark Side will." Yoda wolfs downs the rest of his dinner and jumps up.

"Quinlan Vos and Asajj Ventress turned back. Course, Asajj died shortly afterwards but Quinlan held back from killing Dooku." Qui-Gon's thoughts dwell briefly on his former master, Dooku.

"Stayed dark forever, Dooku did." Yoda shakes his head. "My biggest failure, that fucker was."

"It was my failure too. I should have done my due diligence as his Padawan." Qui-Gon apologizes.

Yoda channels his energy and digs up the 19 year old escape pod that he came in.

"What are you doing?" Qui-Gon demands.

"To rescue Leia before it is too late." Yoda answers as he hops up the ramp.

"Yoda, there is nothing you can do. If you go now, you will be killed and you may not become a Force ghost at all." Qui-Gon warns.

"Fearmonger do not." Yoda snaps. "Save her I can. Save her I must."

"If you chose to face Maul, you will do it alone. I cannot interfere." Qui-Gon yells out.

"Need your help, I will not." Yoda scoffs arrogantly.

"This is the same hubris that destroyed the Jedi and now it is about to destroy their only hope." Qui-Gon faceplants.

Picking Up

Cad Bane ponders simply blasting the escape pod in his way to smithereens but something he decides to intercept it instead. Perhaps it will be profitable, whatever is inside.

"Thank you." Yoda gives his gratitude.

"Yoda?" Cad Bane recognizes the old Jedi.

"Cad Bane!" Yoda jumps back.

"The Emperor will pay a massive bounty for your head." Cad Bane smirks like a cowboy.

"Know that Emperor Palpatine is Darth Sidious, do you?" Yoda asks.

"Yes. I did not know during the Clone Wars, when I stole the holocron, kidnapped the children, held the Senate hostage, tried to kidnap Palpatine, I had no idea that Palpatine was actually Sidious. But after he started wearing the robe publicly, I put two and two together. I have done missions for the Empire." Cad Bane raises his blasters, ready to kill because the Empire wants Yoda DEAD or alive.

Yoda, despite his old age, is too fast and he cups his small green hand.

Cad Bane starts coughing, then choking, gasping for the air that refuses to enter his lungs. The once proud bounty hunter pathetically falls on his knees and collapses forward.

"Any last words have you?" Yoda asks sadistically.

Bane has several cuss words he would like to spit in Yoda's face but Bane cannot even speak, let alone breathe.

"Been in exile for 19 years I have. Brutal I have become." Yoda starts whacking Cad Bane with his cane.

Bane silently screams as the cane smashes him and breaks his bones.

"The Grand Master I was but too docile was I. Failed the Jedi way did and responsible for it I was. More brutal must I be. Angry I am with you for what you did to the Jedi Order, for killing so many Jedi like Bolla Ropal. Suffer you must, Cad Bane." Yoda starts smashing Cad Bane's skull.

It isn't clear if Cad Bane choked to death, or if he was beaten to death but eventually, Bane croaks.

"One with the Force you are." Yoda tosses Cad Bane's corpse out into space.

Yoda takes control of the ship and sets course for Dathomir.

The Princess and the Frog

Mon Mothma takes a look around the ugly landscape of Dathomir but cracks a smile. It is so remote and unorthodox that the Empire would never care to look. That Maul guy is so helpful.

Yoda reaches the atmosphere and immediately senses the presence of Maul, Leia and the Rebel Alliance. His feelings were right. They are here.

Maul squeezes the Darksaber in his hand because he did not let Leia take it to fight the Sleeper. She has to do it with her own strength, slay the Sleeper (a Nightsister Dathomir witch ritual that Quinlan Vos also did in Dark Disciple), get closer to the Dark Side, become more powerful. Maul squeezes the Darksaber nervously, hoping that Leia can pull through but suddenly, the Darksaber flies out of Maul's hand and into...

"Yoda!" Maul snarls and ignites his double bladed lightsaber (which holds the bled crystals of Anakin and Obi-Wan's lightsabers).

"Nice to meet you it is." Yoda waves his green hand. "Heard much of you I have."

"Likewise, Grand Master Yoda." Maul nervously steps back because he knows how powerful Yoda is. Maul has fought powerful beings before, like Darth Sidious and Mace Windu (in Son of Dathomir), so he has some confidence.

"Kicked Lord Sidious's ass I did." Yoda lies to make himself look big. "Surrender now and grant you a merciful death I can."

"You Jedi know nothing of mercy." Maul scoffs.

"Restore the Jedi I will. When one with the Force you are, train Leia to destroy Vader and Sidious I will." Yoda ignites the Darksaber and gets into a deadly pose.

"You have little time left, you dotard." Maul perks up in excitement as he realizes how frail, decrepit and old Yoda is.

"Use that little time well I shall." Yoda spits into the Dathomirian dirt.

"If you want to use that time well, then why don't you join us." Maul turns off his blades and drops his weapon. "You are the Jedi Grand Master, rivaling Sidious in power. We could use your help to destroy the Sith. I could learn a lot from your training."

Yoda shakes his head vigorously. "Become the next Sidious you would, a tyrannical Sith Emperor"

"I am no Sith. I quit a long time ago." Maul reignites his saber. "When I kill you, the Jedi will be extinct."

"On dream, you idiot." Yoda screams and jumps to his attack.

If Yoda were even 19 years younger, this contest would already be over, but Yoda is declining and Maul is still "young." Nevertheless, they match each other blow by blow and Maul is exhausted, too tired to keep up. Yoda sees an opening and slashes Maul's right robotic leg, which falls off of his body.

"Your head I am cutting off next." Yoda slashes and Maul blocks the strike.

Yoda fights like hell, overexerting his ancient body to unbelievable levels, eventually disarming Maul.

"Say hello to Dooku for me." Yoda points the Darksaber at Maul's throat before lifting the saber to kill Maul.

Suddenly, it is Mace Windu Darth Sidious Anakin Skywalker all over again because Leia appears out of nowhere, ignites a lightsaber (Maul's) and slashes off Yoda's little hand.

"OWWWWW!" Yoda screams in pain and Maul smirks in glory.

"Say hello to Dooku yourself!" Maul cackles as he blasts Yoda with the strongest torrent of Sith lightning.

Yoda's screaming is muffled by the crackling and Leia can practically see his tiny skull as he is being fried.

Maul lowers his hands and Yoda collapses on the ground, his body taut, spasmed, his face contorted into a mask of absolute agony, blood trickling from his ears, eyes and nose.

Leia kicks Yoda in the face and the goblin screams in pain.

"Down the Dark path you are. Forever will it dominate your destiny. Consume you the Dark Side will." Yoda coughs up blood.

Leia cannot even understand what Yoda is saying because his breathing is too labored.

"Now." Maul hops on his one leg and slashes the Darksaber down. "You are one with the Force, Master Yoda."

Leia grabs Yoda's head and picks it up.

"You can keep it as a trophy." Maul offers.

The Theed Is Done

"So this is the place where you killed Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi chopped you in half." Leia whispers in Maul's ear, as they stroll around the dazzlingly terrifying hallways of the power generator.

"Yes. If we keep walking, we will reach the exact location." Maul laughs it off because that once insanely traumatic moment was so long ago and he has a brighter future now. Besides, it is Kenobi who suffered in the Sarlaac pit while wallowing in his misery of having failed Skywalker and seen his Jedi friends exterminated.

"Why exactly are we here?" Mon Mothma is suspicious of Maul at this point. Under his leadership, the Rebel Alliance has achieved great results, terrific victories in key regions, planets freed or rising up against the tyranny but his methods are brutal, like the late Saw Guerra, except, Maul keeps it subtle, underneath the hood, which he literally wears, just like the Emperor.

"My dear Mon." Maul replies soothingly in his unsettling, yet charismatic voice. "By now, you suspect the truth about me. You know that I am more than just some simple dude with a grudge against Palpatine."

Mon Mothma reaches in her pockets to find nothing, nothing at all to defend herself with. Defense. She would never attack preemptively.

They continue walking.

Eventually, they reach the exact location where Maul gutted Jinn and was gutted by Kenobi.

Leia can feel the cold, the anger, the hatred and she can hear Obi-Wan Kenobi's screams, Maul's moan, Qui-Gon's last breath.

"I know that you are responsible for more than you claim." Mon Mothma spits it out. "Despite your fervent denial, I suspect you have butchered countless civilians, staged several protests, manufactured numerous riots and more. Your brutality has not gone unnoticed. You are also responsible for the mass criminal uprisings and underworld skirmishes. ren't you!"

"Such accusations! Mon Mothma! How could you accuse me of such things!" Maul sneers but he is impressed by her discernment skills, how she was able to piece together everything.

"It is true!" Mon Mothma gulps in horror.

"Yes. Lord Maul's methods have been monumentally effective in weakening the Empire, which will soon fall. Got a problem with any of that?" Leia steps closer to Mon Mothma, who struggles not to fall into the hole that Maul fell into many years ago.

"You!" Mon Mothma points her finger accusingly. "You are one of those! What Bail Organa spoke. An evil 'Jedi' thingy. A Sith!"

Leia slaps Mon Mothma across the face.

"KEEP MY DAD'S NAME OUT (OF) YOUR F*CKING MOUTH!" Leia screams in anger. "You are the reason Bail Organa is dead. Your horrible leadership, Mon, costed my Alderaanian people their lives! You are not fit to lead. Lord Maul will lead us to victory, whereas, Mon Mothma will lead us to defeat."

"Leia! Please! Maul is evil!" Mon Mothma pleads pathetically.

"From my point of view, Mon Mothma is evil!" Leia has her biological daddy, Anakin's sass.

The Darksaber ignites and Maul steps forward. "Farewell, fake friend. You will not be missed."

Mon Mothma screeches as Maul slices her at the waist with the Darksaber. Mon's two halves fall into the abyss.

"Say hi to Duchess Satine for me!" Maul yells down the hole.

"I will go rally the Naboo and make contact with the Gungans." Leia leaves the palace.

Maul stays and surveys the power generator room one last time. This place haunted his dreams for years but now, it has given him a pleasant memory. The flood of trauma has transformed into a calming stream of hope, a dream to look forward to.

He reaches out his hands and Maul pull the power generators down with the Force, just like how he destroyed the hyerdrive on Ashoka Tano's ship.

"Lord Sidious." Sly Moore bows before the throne of Emperor Palpatine.

"What is it." Darth Sidious already knows what Sly Moore is about to say.

"There was an attack on your homeworld of Naboo." Sly Moore flicks her tongue inside her mouth. "Moff Panaka, the Queen, every government official, Imperial loyalists and undesirables, they were all killed. Theed was blown to smithereens in an explosion. Most of the waterfall was blown to smithereens."

The Emperor chuckles maniacally but he is far from amused. Panaka was a valuable asset and Theed was a fun toy, so this is no fun. Furthermore, an attack on his homeworld, an Imperial stronghold!

"The Naboo are rioting hard, including the Gungans. They have laid siege to the Imperial garrisons and what remains of our troops on the planet. The situation is dire." Sly Moore is blunt.

"Send a message to Lord Vader. He is to cool the fire." The Emperor commands.

"My Rebel brothers and sisters! The Theed is done!" Maul pumps his fists and the Rebels gathered on Dathomir in person and by hologram cheer in victory!

"Where is Mon Mothma?" Admiral Akbar asks, troubled by her absence.

"She is a hero." Maul suppresses his laughter as he lies. "Mon Mothma sacrificed her life for our cause. She personally suicide bombed the palace and caused the explosion that killed Panaka! Let us make sure her sacrifice was not in vain. Victory or death!"

"Victory or death!" The Rebels cheer.

A ship lands and a man steps out.

"I would like to introduce to you Dryden Vos, head of Crimson Dawn!" Maul makes the introduction. "The criminal underworld is united. They are one and they are with us, as are the people of the galaxy! There is nothing we cannot do and we will destroy Sidio...Emperor Palpatine!"

Akbar doesn't join the cheering, instead narrowing his eyes and glaring at Maul, whom he does not trust. There is something about...

Maul lifts another curtain and out steps...

"Your majesty!" Admiral Akbar falls at King Lee Char's feet and the emaciated but still alive king cracks into a contorted smile.

"I saved him, moments before he would have been killed. The Empire was brutal to him and the rest of the Mon Cala but they persisted and when the Empire is gone, you will have your home again." Maul pats Akbar's shoulder.

"Thank you!" Akbar cries tears of joy that roll down his fishy face, as all of his doubts on Maul are washed away.

King Lee Char and the many freed starving Mon Cala gorge on the feast.

The Empire Strikes Back

The Gungans and the Naboo put up a spectacular fight but they are no match for the might of Lord Vader and the Empire.

The Naboo are the first to fall, with human corpses littering the city and countryside. The last blue booma takes out a tie fighter, which descends into an electric mess. Darth Vader chops down Gungan after Gungan until there is only one left.

The Sith Lord slashes former Boss Nass across the neck and the fat Gungan starts to collapse but before he can, Lord Vader forces him closer.

"Tell me. Who spurred you to action? Who convinced you to rebel against the Empire?" Vader holds his gloved mechanical hand to the fat temple of Boss Nass.

To his credit, Nass tries to resist but the effort is futile and Vader sees images, bits and pieces of a conversation that Nass had in the underwater Gungan city, with a woman, a girl familiar to Vader...

"Princess Leia." Darth Vader growls. "She was here!"

After cutting Boss Nass to pieces, Vader contacts his master.

"Lord Sidious, the deed is done." Vader gestures to the armies of broken corpses staining the fields.

"No." The Emperor disagrees. "Wipe them out. All of them. Every single Gungan child, woman man, every single Naboo child, woman, man. There should not be a single survivor and if there is."

Vader feels his windpipe close and he claws his neck for air.

"It will be you who suffers." Lord Sidious promises.

Darth Vader commences the genocide of Naboo. Gungan cities are bombarded and all of the water is poisoned. Every land area is burnt to a crisp and there are indeed no survivors.

Word spreads of the Emperor's brutality, how he terminated his own home world in the name of keeping power.

Some grow scared and cower in fear but overall, the genocide of Naboo only strengthens the resolve of the Rebellion, as the Naboo and Gungans become martyrs for the movement of freedom.

The Culprit

"I do not believe for a second that Mon Mothma was truly responsible for the destruction of Theed. She is not the culprit. That imbecile couldn't hurt a fly. Her pathetic weakness is what held the Rebels back." Lord Sidious snaps his fingers. "But Mon Mothma is indeed dead and the Rebellion, has officially come under new leadership, far more brutal and effective. It is surreal, how successful this new Rebel leader has been. I assume he is no ordinary figure..."

"Could it be Kenobi?" Lord Vader is still delusionally convinced that Obi-Wan Kenobi could be alive.

"Perhaps. Or Yoda. Or Oppo Rancisis. Or some other Jedi. No. It cannot be a Jedi, for no Jedi would have the guts to stomach such violence. The Jedi were weak vermin and they should be fully extinct by now. This is the work of a Force user, a Dark sider, who has eluded me for too long." The Emperor snarls.

Darth Vader says nothing.

"Princess Leia." Darth Sidious almost reads Darth Vader's mind.

"She is still in the Rebellion. She is not dead." Sly Moore says.

Darth Vader stays quiet and for some reason, he is reminded of the Force user who ambushed him on the Death Star. It was an event so long ago that he had almost forgotten and all of his investigations on the matter had turned up short.

"Leia is nothing but a pathetic little girl. She could not possibly stand up to the might of Lord Sidious." Mas Amedda interjects.

"She is pathetic but there is something more to her, I feel. I have known for a while that she is NOT the biological daughter of Bail Organa, so where did she come from?" Darth Sidious wonders.

"Perhaps an orphanage somehwere." Sly Moore speculates, though she does not believe herself. "That Organa was always too sentimental. One of the countless reasons he died."

"Perhaps." The Emperor is not sure either. "We will do what we can for now. I forsee that the leader will reveal himself to us soon. Now, we have other matters to attend to. Don't we? Grand Vizier!"

Mas Amedda grips his staff nervously. "Yes. I will be travelling to Mandalore shortly. I will host a celebration with Viceroy Gar Saxon, the Emperor's Hand. It will boost the morale of the Empire in these trying times."

"Mandalore and Saxon have proven that any rebellion, no matter how resilient and fierce in spirit and warriorlike, can be broken and snuffed out." Lord Sidious brags. "Ironic is Viceroy Saxon's origins, for he once started out as the right hand man of Lord Maul." Sidious feels a sudden tinge of terror engulf him, which is silly, considering that Maul is probably dead and when he was alive, he was no match for Sidious.

"We will double our search and find the culprit responsible for the destruction of Theed." Sly Moore declares.

"And do another sweep of Naboo. There should nothing left living on my homeworld." The Emperor cackles pyschotically.

The Corpses

Darth Vader stands frozen before the casket for at least several hours before finally mustering up the courage to open it.

There she is, almost perfectly preserved, luscious dark hair, ample lips, smooth skin, her eyes closed in peace, her stomach still massive with signs of pregnancy.

"Are you an angel?" The little boy isnide Vader whispers to the cropse.

The Sith Lord wacks himself on the helmet for his moment of weakness, for being too sentimental and giving in to his...to the dead identity.

"I am Darth Vader. Dark Lord of the Sith." He repeats in his head, as he forces the casket towards the lava.

Vader was not thinking properly when he snuck the casket out of Naboo before the genocide. He'd been afraid that it would be festroyed by the bombardment. It was stupid and emotional but he will destroy the evidence now by tossing the corpe and casket into the lava, where is will melt away forever.

But before the casket falls, Padme's skirt flaps up, revealing her private area, where Anakin Skywalker would often stick his private part.

Disgusted, Vader stabs his lightsaber in but to his surprise, it goes all the way in.

Shocked, Darth Vader pulls out for once

She was pregnant. There was a baby.

It died with her!

It died with her.

It died with her?

He always assumed that it died inside because she never gave birth at all.

But he eels nothing.

The Sith Lord throws Padme back down on the ground and approaches her.

He slashes her fat stomach open, only to reveal nothing. There is no baby.

Did Padme lie about being pregnant? Vader fumes at the though but searches his feelings. She was being honest about being pregnant but then, where is the baby?

Vader calms himself and searches his feeling even further. If the baby is not inside Padme, then that means it was born, so that leaves the question of who took it?

The baby, would now be in his twenties, a young man, in his prime, probably Force sensitive, very strong in the Force if so.

That Force wielder on the First Death Star! The hooded young man, who annihiliated Darth Vader, nearly killed him, would have killed him if not for Grand Moff Tarkin, who killed the Force wielder. Could it be? That man knew who Vader was and sought him out, intentionally, with the purpose of killing him. If he were the baby, then it would make sense for him to hold a grudge against Vader.

The corpse! The corpse of his attacker! It was taken by Princess Leia when she escaped, but with whom?

Vader thinks.

Obi-Wan! Kenobi! He must have taken the boy, raised him, trained him! Obi-Wan must have rescued Leia from the Death Star, but evidently, Obi-Wan was probably too scated to face Vader.

It must've been Kenobi who destroyed the Death Star because only a Force snesitive could have made such a shot.

And the Rebel base was on Yavin 4 and it is now abandoned but if Leia went to Yavin 4 right after destroying the Death Star, then the corpse of the young man is most likely buried there.

Darth Vader hops on his TIE Fighter and flies to the fourth moon of Yavin 4 and after some frustrating searches through the jungle, he finds it, a beautiful white marble tomb. He reads the inscription. In honor of Luke, who sacrified himself for the Rebellion. An embellished statement of misinformation to be sure but now Vader knows that the boy was named Luke. After desecrating the tomb, Vader wraps the corpse carefully and takes it to Mustafar.

He takes a deep breath in his respirator and then takes the samples from both Luke and Padme.

The test results are positive. Padme is Luke's mother, so he was the baby. Vader's attacker was his son!

The Sith Lord grips his saber hard.

"I will make you pay! Do you hear me!" Darth Vader hollers in his belicose voice. "Kenobi! Obi-Wan! I will find you and make you suffer for getting my son killed! Your death will be beyond excruciating!"

With that, Darth Vader lifts up the corpses of his wife and son and he sets them on the lavafall. He watches as they fall into the lava and melt forever.

Mandalore

"This is an interesting looking planet." Leia observes the wasteland and the domes of Mandalore.

"Quite so." Maul snickers. "When I ruled this planet, it was prosperous but now under the rule of Sidious, Mandalore is a shithole. Clan Kryze, Clan Wren, Clan Elder and all of the other opposition groups were wiped out. But the people of Mandalore still hate the tyranny of the Empire. They want to rise up and we will give them that chance. We will remove Gar Saxon from power."

"Does it feel awkward?" Leia jokes. "Terminating Gar Saxon, who was once your loyal lieutenant?"

"Saxon served his purpose, as did Rook Kast and Prime Minister Almec, who was most useful." Maul reminisces on his old slaves.

"Once we kill the Mandalorian leadership, the Mandalorians will revolt." Leia is giddy with glee. "Once upon a time, Mandalore successfully crushed an uprising and showed taught the galaxy to not mess with the Empire. Now, Mandalore will teach the galaxy to mess with the Empire. Every Imperial victory is ephemeneral and the Empire is doomed to fall."

"Indeed." Maul gloats.

That is when they see the Emperor's ship fly ahead and thei hearts drop, until they reach out and sense who is on board.

"It is not Sidious." Leia realizes. "Mas Amedda!"

"Grand Vizier Mas Amedda is attending this meeting. What fun!" Maul cackles.

"If we kill him too, it will add to the symbolism of our victory." Leia declares. "The Grand Vizier's death will energize the galaxy!"

Maul and Leia jump up and infiltrate the ship.

"Grand Vizier! It is a pleasure to host you..." Tiber Saxon screeches when he sees the horror before him.

"Hello Tiber. We are here to see your brother Gar." Maul waves his left hand as his right hand holds Mas Amedda's staff, which has Mas Amedda's severed head stuck to its tip.

Leia chokes Tiber and the Mandalorian guards.

"Grand Vizi...LORD MAUL!" Gar Saxon almost pees his pants.

"Hello Saxon!" Maul greets his old lieutenant. "You disobeyed my orders during the Siege of Mandalore when you refused to die well. Now, you must die."

"Guards!" Gar Saxon screams in fear. "Kill these intruders."

"I think not." Maul whips out the Darksaber and the entire room goes silent.

"This is the symbol of the legitimate leader of Mandalore.. He who wields the Darksaber has the mandate to rule Mandalore. And Lord Maul is the rightful ruler." Leia reminds the Mandalorians.

The Mandalorians look at each other nervously, uneasily. They know that Gar Saxon has no honor, or legitmacy to rule Mandalore, as he is simply the Emperor's puppet. Lord Maul is their rightful ruler, who led Mandalore through a final period of glory, before the dark times, before the Empire enslaved and devastated Mandalore. Wouldn't life be better under Lord Maul than Lord Sidious?

"Then I will defeat you in single combat and claim the saber and my rightful place as leader of Mandalore." Gar Saxon knows that he has absolutely no chance of defeating his former insanely powerful boss but he has to try because he already sees that he is losing even his most loyal followers.

Maul laughs at Saxon's desparation but then feels a tinge of pity because Gar Saxon was a loyal lieutneant, a most useful asset and the best slave that Maul had. Had Maul never betrayed him, Gar Saxon would still be serving faithfully by Lord Maul's side.

The battle is short and afterwards, Maul holds Gar Saxon's head for all of Mandalore to see.

"I display this sword and recclaim my rightful place as leader of Mandalore!" Maul declares. "Now, we will fight the Empire! It is not the way of your people to cower in fear and hide from your oppressors. If you die it will be on the field of battle and if you die, you will die as warriors. Victory or death!"

"And we have reinforcements!" Leia notifies the Mandalorians, who look out to see dozens of Rebel ships, Mon Cala, X-Wings, Y-Wings, Black Sun ships, Pyke ships and numerous crime syndicate ships.

All hell breaks loose on Mandalore as the Mandalorians, criminals and Rebels utterly decimate the Imprial forces and cleanse the planet of the Empire.

Maul sits on his old throne and watches the battle from the luxury of the throne room.

Fury

"Lord Sidious." Sly Moore hands the two boxes to the Emperor.

"What is it?" Darth Sidious wonders.

"Mandalore has fallen. Rebel forces and all kinds of criminals attacked Mandalore and aided the dissenting Mandalorians in killing every Imperial officer and soldier on the planet. The boxes..." Sly Moore starts shaking with fear as she is too scared to continue the sentence.

Lord Sidious opens the two boxes and sees the cut off ears of Emperor's Hand Viceroy Gar Saxon and a severed horn of Grand Vizier Mas Amedda.

"Their deaths have been widely publicized over the galaxy and numerous planets are rising up against the Empire! It is an unprecedented rebellion unlike any that we have seen before." Sly Moore gulps. "The Rebels are apparently also playing soccer with Mas Amedda and Gar Saxon's heads."

The Dark Lord of the Sith erupts in fury and lashes out with a torrent of volatile Sith lightning, which blows up the entire throne room.

"I...I will get the redecreator in..." Sly Moore pees her pants as she scurries out of the room.

Maul giggles as he senses his old master's fury from afar.

"Lord Maul!" A hologram appears and it is one of the millions of spies whom Maul has postioned throughout the Empire.

"What is it." Maul can tell that the spy brings urgent news.

"The Second Death Star is still a work in progress but they are building a shield generator on Endor." The spy notifies him.

"Interesting." Maul laughs. "This will be most fun."

Was It Kenobi?

"Lord Sidious." Darth Vader bows before his master. "I have heard of the recent attack on Mandalore."

"It is not so much of an attack as it is a total destruction of one of my powerbases and a blow to the Empire's power." Darth Sidious snarls. "Now, the entire galaxy is either rising up against my rule or laughing at my inability to maintain order. This must be dealt with. Have you any idea on who is behind these series of unfortunate events?"

Darth Vader takes a huge breath in his respirator before responding. "I believe Obi-Wan Kenobi is leading the assault. He is the rebel leader, who has orchestrated all of the disasters that have befallen us."

"Hmm...there is no indication that Kenobi is alive and even if he were, he would not resort to such Dark Side methods. Kenobi was weak, passive, a pushover and a perfect symbol of Jedi incompetence. There is no way he would be capable of such brutality." The Emperor dismisses the theory.

"I am sure. It is him!" Lord Vader is insistent. "Kenobi was the one who destroyed the First Death Star! Only a Force sensitive coulda made that shot!"

"Your theory does seem more plausible. Kenobi would have a vendetta against us." Lord Sidious thinks.

"I will lead the charge against this grotesque rebellion. I will find Kenobi and kill him and present his head to you." Darth Vader vows.

"Tread lightly, Lord Vader." The Emperor warns. "Kenobi put you in that suit because you were foolish and underestimated his intelligence. He damaged you beyond repair, so be wise when terminating him. New apprentices are hard to find, so if you become one with the Force, I may have to offer your job to Kenobi. If what you say is true and he is in charge of this violent, dark Rebellion, then he has turned to the Dark Side. That and his impressive track record of dismembering two of my three apprentices is most impressive."

Lord Vader ignores his master's condescending, mocking rant.

"I will find you and make you suffer." Darth Vader voices his hatred at Obi-Wan Kenobi, whose remains are currently sitting at the bottom of the Sarlaac pit.

Exegol

"So this is his contingency." Maul explores the area.

"Quite the ugly place Sidious has got around here." Leia replies via hologram.

"In the event that he dies, Sidious seeks to be resurrected here." Maul puts the Sith Wayfinder in his pocket and extracts his spell book. "I will commence an ancient Nightsister spell that will destroy this place."

"And our fleet, composed of Rebels, criminals, Mandalorians and now even the former Separatists, has arrived. They will concentrate all of their firepower on this monstrosity." Leia finishes her sentence right as the ships emerge.

After Maul conjures the spell, he departs and his fleet opens fire. Exegol is desecrated.

Twin Suns

"Owen!" Beru Lars crushes over to her husband.

"I'm fine." Owen Lars insists but he clearly isn't.

"This is the second time this month you have thrown out your back. We really need to just retire and move elsewhere." Beru guides Owen to the bed.

"I agree. First thing to tomorrow, we are going to sell this damn farm." Owen yelps in pain. "I cannot do this anymore. Not at my age and in my condition."

"I will excavate Cliegg (Lars) and Shmi (Skywalker) and we will spread their ashes to where we go." Beru looks for the shovel.

"Glee Anselm. That is a wonderful paradise where Dad and Shmi can rest together." Owen reaches for blue milk, which Beru pours.

"If that nephew of ours had come, he could have been helping your on the farm all these all these years. Whatever happened to him? We spent years looking for him. That Kenobi ghosted us. Is our nephew alright?." Beru weeps for her nephew.

Owen lays a comforting hand on Beru.

"I don't think we ever had a nephew. I think that blasted, Obi-Wan Kenobi lied. Kenobi got my brother killed but I assume Kenobi wanted a place to hide out, so he made up a lie about my brother having had a son, just so that he could come here and hide. The Empire probably tracked him down and killed him. That is why we never heard from him again. We never had a nephew. That awful Kenobi deserves to rot."

And again, Obi-Wan Kenobi's remains are still rotting at the bottom of the Sarlaac pit where Maul threw him.

Beru nods in agreement, finally accepting it. Her nephew is never coming because he probably did not exist and now, Beru and Owen need to move on with their lives.

For the last time ever, the couple gaze at the scorching, desteable, yet familiar Twin Suns.