Star Wars: Rise of the Sith
The war has ended. Plagueis is dead.
Baronus is in hiding. The Sith are about
extinct. Governor Marcus calls all
planet leaders to a newly constructed
Senate building to discuss the plans
for the future...
Chapter Eleven: Aftermath
Baronus Force jumps off the cliff. He takes one last look at Plagueis' body. He gets into the cruiser and flies away. On Coruscant, Yoda is sitting in front of Governor Marcus' desk. Guards come and pick up the minister's body. They carry it away. Yoda suddenly drops his cane and puts his hand on his head.
"What is it?" asks Marcus curiously.
"Pain. Terrible pain, I feel. Paregus has failed, I sense."
"What about the Sith lords? Are they dead?"
"Unsure, I am. Fly to Moontark, I must."
"Very well, then. Return quickly, master Yoda." Yoda walks out the door with another Jedi knight. Marcus walks over to a nearby guard.
"I better get ready."
Yoda and the Jedi knight, named Tuu, walk to a ship. Tuu gets in the cockpit, while Yoda goes to the back, and sits down. He rests his hands on his cane and stares into space, wondering if Paregus was safe.
Tuu lands the ship on Moontark. The platform door opens. Yoda and Tuu run out.
"Where is master Paregus?"asks Tuu. Yoda sees Paregus' body. He runs to the rock. Tuu follows. Yoda looks up. He drops his cane and kneels down.
"Too late, I am. Dead, he is." Tuu runs over to a nearby wall of rocks.
"Look, master Yoda. Another body!" Yoda gets up and walks over. He looks at Plagueis' body laying in a pool of blood.
"The Sith leader, he is. Inform Governor Marcus, I must." Yoda walks over to the ship. He activates his hologram projector. Governor Marcus appears.
"Yes, master Yoda, what is it?"
"On Moontark, we are. Dead, is the leader. Paregus, dead also."
"I'm terribly sorry. What about the other leader?"
"Gone, he is."
"We can't have a Sith lord running amok. Well, I don't think he has any more power left now that the remaining Sith were executed. Please, master Yoda, return to Coruscant soon."
"We will, Governor Marcus." He turns off the projector and walks out of the ship.
"Go, we must."
I'll get the ship ready." replies Tuu. He runs to the ship. Yoda walks over to Paregus' body. Flashbacks of his first meeting with Paregus and his master appear in his mind.
"Goodbye, my old friend." Yoda walks away and steps onto the platform.
"Come out here Tuu." says Yoda.
"What is it?"
"Take his body, we must."
"All right." Tuu picks Paregus' body up and puts it on a table. Yoda walks up the platform as the ship lifts off the ground.
Yoda and Tuu arrive on Coruscant. Yoda walks to Marcus' office, while Tuu runs off with some other Jedi knights. Yoda walks through the door.
"Here, I am." says Yoda.
"Good. You are just in time for the meeting in the Senate building." Marcus, Yoda, and a few guards walks out of the office and get into a speeder. They fly to the Senate building. Marcus tells the guards to wait in front of the speeder. Marcus and Yoda walk down the hall and stop at a door.
"Here is our new Senate chamber. He opens the door. Yoda looks around. Hovering platforms are everywhere. There must have been maybe a million. Each one had a different planetary leader in it.
"Come, master Yoda. I must give my speech." They step onto the platform. It hovers to the center of the chamber. Marcus stands up and faces all the leaders.
"I welcome all of you here this day. I have a proposal for all of you. I want all of you to help me rebuild the galaxy. I want all of you to be part of the first Galactic Republic." The leaders all stand up and clap they're hands and cheer.
"I want all of us to live together in peace so that nothing like the recent war happens again. The Sith will never strike again!" Marcus raises his hands as the crowd cheers.
On Moontark, Baronus lands his ship onto the familiar terrain. He jumps out. He makes a large pile of wood on the cliff on which the fight ended. He picks up Plagueis' body and lays it on the stack of wood. He then lights it on fire. He stands back and watches his old master's body burn in the flames. He then pulls out Plagueis' Lightsaber and throws it in the fire. He jumps off the cliff. He watches the smoke rise into the sky.
Marcus, Yoda, Tuu, and many other Jedi watch as Paregus' body is burned on the stack of wood.
"Master Yoda, what will happen to Paregus?" asks Marcus.
"Always with us, he will be. One with the Force, he now is."
After the ceremony, Yoda gets into a speeder with Marcus and some guards.
"Master Yoda, there is something I have to show you. Guards, take us to the Senate building."
"Yes, sir." They fly away. A few moments later, Marcus leads Yoda down a hallway. Suddenly, Marcus stops in front of a large window.
"Master Yoda, this is the Jedi Temple. This is where all the Jedi can live and train. I also have an idea about a Jedi Council. So the strongest and wisest Jedi can be in charge of Jedi business."
Yoda looks out the window. He sees the temple. All of a sudden a statement that will never leave him speaks to him. Life is full of ongoing battles. Images appear in his mind. Images of his master and Paregus. He closes his eyes and sees a moment like it happened yesterday.
"How are your exercises?"
"Fine, they are."
End