Chapter 11 – The Fall of the Republic and the Rise of the Empire
At the veranda of Marzipan's apartment, Marzipan ran to Homeschool, who just got out of his Green Jedi Fighter. Meanwhile, Homsar reunited with Strong Sad after not being with each other for chapters.
"DaAaaaaaaAA! We've got peaches for bail and the Jedi for doors!" shouted Homsar.
"Shhhh, not so loud," replied Strong Sad.
As for Homeschool and Marzipan…
"Are you all right? I heard that there was an attack at the Jedi Temple… you can see the smoke from here!" exclaimed Marzipan.
"I'm all right. What about you and the baby?" asked Homeschool.
"Captain I is here, and we're fine, but what's going on?" asked Marzipan.
As for Strong Sad and Homsar…
"What is going on? I hate being left out," said Strong Sad.
"I'm a shoe of a criminal cheesecake man!" replied Homsar.
"Okay, now I know that we're both confused," said Strong Sad.
As for Homeschool and Marzipan…
"The situation is not good. The Jedi tried to overthrow the Republic," explained Homeschool.
"What? I can't believe that!" exclaimed Marzipan.
"I didn't believe that at first, but when I saw Master Strong Mad trying to assassinate the Chancellor, I knew it was true," replied Homeschool.
"Well, what are you going to do?" asked Marzipan.
"Well, I won't betray the Republic, so I will work with the Chancellor, the Senate, and with you," replied Homeschool.
"What about Strong Bad?" asked Marzipan.
"Screw him! He's probably betrayed the Chancellor too!" replied Homeschool, "And Marzipan, I know about you and your Senator friends who are against the Chancellor. Stay away from them. Anyway, the Chancellor has given me an important mission to Mustafar, where the separatists are. I will end this war. When I return, things will be different, I promise."
"All right," replied Marzipan.
"Don't go to Mustafar. It's a desolate planet," warned Homeschool.
Just then, they kissed. It was the first time they've kissed, since Homestar was too immature to do that.
"So, you've finally matured," remarked Marzipan.
"No, that was Homestar who was immature," replied Homeschool.
Then he went into his Jedi Starfighter. After Strong Sad told Homsar to be careful, Homsar jumped into the hole for "droids" in the Starfighter headfirst. After the ship left, Strong Sad tried comforting Marzipan.
"What can I do?" asked Strong Sad.
"Removing yourself from my presence is the best thing you can do," replied Marzipan.
"Oh, I feel so helpless and hopeless in life," muttered Strong Sad as he walked away, "And I thought you liked me and my poetry!"
"Well, I don't, and I'm already married, so stop hoping that I'll be your girlfriend!" retorted Marzipan.
"You've read my blog, haven't you?" asked Strong Sad.
"What about it? You never update!"
"It's true," replied Strong Sad before mumbling, "And nobody kind to me reads my blog. Just my enemies, so they can make fun of me or use my secrets against me."
In space, Strong Bad flew to the Prince of Town's cruiser, the Tantive IV, which was the flagship used in Episode IV. Inside the Tantive, Strong Bad, the Prince of Town, and Pom Pom in a bright, white hallway.
"You made it," said the Prince of Town.
"Duh," replied Strong Bad.
"Master Strong Bad, dark times are these. Good to see you, it is," bubbled Pom Pom.
"You were attacked by clones too?" asked Strong Bad.
"With the help of the Cheat Commandos, barely escape I did," bubbled Pom Pom before bubbling normally, "But they gave me a defective escape pod, so I had to use the Force to manually fly the pod to this ship!"
"So are there any other Jedi survivors?" asked Strong Bad.
"Heard from no one, have we," bubbled Pom Pom.
"Well, I saw thousands of clone troopers killing the Jedi," replied the Prince of Town.
"Dumb clones. I never liked them from the beginning," muttered Strong Bad, "Wait, I said that already."
"But received a coded retreat message, we have," bubbled Pom Pom.
"It says all Jedi have to return to the Temple, since the war is over, hopefully," replied the Prince of Town.
"Okay, let's go back to the Temple to, I don't know, do something with the code so no other Jedi get killed. Also, I want to try looking for my Lappy 486 for the last time," said Strong Bad, "I want to be able to answer emails if I in case go into exile."
"But it's too dangerous to return," replied the Prince of Town.
"Suggest dismantling the coded signal, do you?" bubbled Pom Pom.
"Yes. There's too much at stake, and I don't mean the meat," explained Strong Bad.
"You do know that Homestar is no longer acting," reminded the Prince of Town.
"Anyway, I just want to know why all of this crap is happening, and I hate it when people know something I don't know," explained Strong Bad.
"I agree. In a dark place we find ourselves ... a little more knowledge might light our way," bubbled Pom Pom.
Mustafar… a very desolate, blood-red planet. The planet was full of volcanoes and lava, and there was a lot of pollution in the air, that there was never any sunlight in the planet, so it's always dark. Mustafar's main resources were its lava and magma, which were collected by aliens (wanting to die) on large mechanical crawlers.
In the main control center, in a large base used by the separatists, Blue Laser and the others were talking to Ganondorf (hooded) via hologram.
"THE FREAKIN' PLAN HAS GONE AS YOU HAD PROIMISED, MY LORD!" screeched Blue Laser.
"Do you even remember what the plan is?" asked Ganondorf.
"I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PLAN I WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT IS!" replied Blue Laser.
"Well, you've still done well. When my new apprentice, Homeschool Winner, comes, he will take care of you," replied Ganondorf before starting to laugh evilly before he realized that the separatists were still watching him, "Oh, well, I force you all to forget that laugh, or you will all die! Not that you will not die anyway, haha. Oops. Forget that last sentence too!"
In the cockpit of the Tantive, Strong Bad, Pom Pom, and the Prince of Town were standing by two pilots flying the ship.
"We're receiving a message from the Chancellor's office, sir," reported a pilot.
"Send it through," ordered the Prince of Town.
"Yes sir."
After pressing some buttons, Leomard Sportsinterviews appeared on the screen.
"Senator of Town, or Prince, whatever. The Supreme Chancellor of the Republic requests your presence at a special session of Congress," explained Sportsinterviews.
"Well, all right," replied the Prince of Town.
"Okay, then, remember to buy my books and drawings," added Sportsinterviews before disconnecting communications.
"It's a trap. I know it," said the Prince of Town.
"If a special session of Congress there is, easier for us to enter the Jedi Temple it will be," bubbled Pom Pom.
"But I don't want to go and get killed," said Strong Bad, "Nothing will convince me to go to a planet where a madman resides."
"But it was you who suggested that we should go there," said the Prince of Town.
"Suggested? Yeah. Expecting to do what I suggested, especially if it's suicidal? No," replied Strong Bad.
"Um… well… I've heard that the Chancellor stole your Lappy and hid it in the Jedi Temple as bait," said the Prince of Town.
So, Strong bad said to a pilot, "Can't you fly this piece of crap faster?"
Homeschool's Jedi Starfighter landed on a landing platform of the separatist base in Mustafar. As Homeschool exited, Homsar tried following.
"We are the shimmies!" exclaimed Homsar as he popped out of the ship.
"Homsar, stay with the ship," ordered Homeschool.
"I am not the queen!" replied Homsar before going back to the ship.
After he put on his hood, Homeschool walked to the main control room, where the separatists with some droids were. Blue Laser was there to greet him.
"WELCOME, LORD WINNER. WE'VE BEEN EXPECTING YOU!" shouted Blue Laser.
Then Homeschool glared at all of the doors in the room, causing them to shut by the use of the Force. The separatists were confused and bewildered, not knowing that death was upon them.
The Jedi Temple was smoldering as smoke came out of the ex-majestic temple. In front of the main entrance, Strong Bad and Pom Pom were fighting the clone troopers, quickly defeating them. Pom Pom used the skill of forcing his lightsaber through the heart of a clone. Then they ran into the main entrance.
In the Senate building, the Prince of Town went to a pod where Reynold, Marzipan, Captain I, and some handmaidens were. Meanwhile, Ganondorf (with Sportsinterviews by him) was in the podium in the center.
"…and the Jedi Rebellion has been foiled," said Ganondorf.
"What's going on?" the Prince of Town asked the people nearby.
"The Chancellor said the Jedi tried to overthrow the Senate," explained Marzipan.
"That's just dainty crud!" exclaimed the Prince of Town, "And why is the Chancellor suddenly a famous video-game boss?"
"Don't ask me," replied Marzipan.
Ganondorf continued with, "The remaining Jedi will be hunted down and defeated."
After some applause, he said, "Any collaborators will suffer the same fate. These have been hard times, but we've survived the test."
In the Jedi Temple, Strong Bad and Pom Pom went to the room where the younglings' corpses lay on the floor. Pom Pom examined them.
"Oh crap. The clones even killed children and got away with it!" exclaimed Strong Bad, "Even I wouldn't have done that!"
"Killed not by clones, this Padawan. By a lightsaber, he was," bubbled Pom Pom after examining Tompkins' (pre-K) corpse.
"Okay, so who did this?" asked Strong Bad.
Why, the same person mercilessly killing the separatists, of course, Homeschool Winner. He kept on killing the separatists, the guards, and the droids. The separatists were defenseless and confused, that they were extremely vulnerable to death. He even killed Fhqwhgads the Lesser (leader of the Geonosian Fhqwhgads) in a snap. And this time, he was not killing them by accident.
Back in the Senate Building, Ganondorf was continuing his long, but important speech.
"The attempt on my life left me scarred and transformed from a rejected character to a popular video-game villain," explained Ganondorf, "but I assure you m resolve has never been stronger."
More applause.
Back in Mustafar, Homeschool continued killing. Someone could have sworn that before dying, he saw Homeschool's horrifying, blood-red eyes. A physical manifestation of the effect of the dark side on a Sith.
Back in the Senate Building, Ganondorf was finally getting to the important part of his speech.
"The war is over, the separatists have been defeated, the Jedi Rebellion has been foiled, so here's a new beginning," explained Ganondorf.
In Marzipan's pod, Marzipan said, "Finally, our democratic dreams will come true!"
"In order to ensure our security and continuing stability, the Republic will be organized into the first KINGDOM OF GANONDORF!" shouted Ganondorf, causing an outcry, "I mean, GALACTIC EMPIRE, for a safe and secure society that'll last for ten thousand years."
What followed was a loud cheer from the Senate, except for a few, the ones who wanted democracy instead of dictatorship.
"An empire that will be ruled by only me!" shouted Ganondorf.
"Well, I can't believe the senators are willing to give up democracy," angrily muttered Marzipan.
"I would have thought that they would have disagreed. Those beasts," muttered the Prince of Town, "I'll go somewhere away from this empire crud, I mean, crap."
That was the first time in his life that the Prince of Town said the word crap.
In Mustafar, Blue Laser was the last separatist alive, so Homeschool edged towards him.
"THE WAR IS OVER!" Blue Laser fearfully screeched, "LORD SIDIOUS PROMISED US PEACE, AND WE…"
"SHUT UP!" shouted Homeschool, "I'm not going to kill you because my master told me to. I'm going to kill you for trying to kill my wife, Marzipan."
"YOU MEAN YOU'RE MARRIED TO…" screeched Blue Laser when suddenly, Homeschool stabbed Blue Laser in the stomach.
"This is for Marzipan, and the pain, fear, and sadness you've given her," growled Homeschool before deactivating his lightsaber, leaving Blue Laser's corpse to fall on the floor.
Homestar and author comment:
"Wow, what a long chaptew. It was a bit bowing with the talking, but I liked how the Pwince said cwap and what Homeschool did to Blue Lasew. But what's with his eyes?" asked Homestar.
"He's very evil, that's why," explained Homer Starrun, "It's a physical manifestation of the dark side."
"The what now? A feast fow guys? Cool!" exclaimed Homestar.
"What? Anyway, as you can see, I've improved the viceroy's death from just a swipe on the chest to a conversation about Marzipan before Homeschool kills Blue Laser," said Homer Starrun, "This was how Nute Gunray was going to die, or at least, that's similar to how Nute Gunray was going to die. Man, what a disappointing death for a villain who has managed to survive episodes I and II. Read a plot summary on Supershadow's website. His website has a bunch of info about the movies, especially the scripts for the three prequel trilogy movies, which I admit I used. THE SECRET'S REVEALED!"