Disclaimers 'n' crap: Haihai peeps! Yes, I'm FINALLY updating Thousand Knights. Sorry, I've just been busy with crap. Lots and lots of crap. Fortunately, some of that crap was seeing Revenge of the Sith. OH. MY. GOD. IT. KICKED. SO. MUCH. ASS. (Anakin topless...(drownsinpuddleofdrool) UN-fortunately, the night before I saw ROTS, I found out about the Konami report from E3…which included a trailer for Metal Gear Solid 4 (it doesn't have the PS3 graphics, but it's SO DAMN FUNNY). Soooooooo, I was all excited about THAT…but there were still several parts in ROTS that almost made me cry: the beginning, the middle, and the end. Anywho, you know the drill. Enjoy!

"We're nearing the lightspeed checkpoint," said Anakin "Prepare to make the jump to Hyperspace." From the cockpits of the two Starfighters, the surrounding stars turned from bright pinpricks to blinding streaks of light as the vessels entered lightspeed.

"How long do you think it'll take us to get there?" said Padmé. Anakin looked up in thought.

"Mmmmmmm, I dunno," he said "Maybe an hour or so." Nightshot lay back.

"All the time in the world, Big Bro," he said, grinning widely. Padmé smiled and turned back to Anakin.

"So, if Elfonia does exist," she said "What makes you so sure we'll succeed where generations before have failed?" Anakin furrowed his brow.

"I know it's not much to work with," he said "But…I've…y'know…just got this…this feeling…not just in the Force, in my gut, telling me that we'll find the Thousand Knights. Plus," he turned and grinned at Padmé "They were the greatest politicians of all time, and we've got you with us." Padmé gave him a playful oh-you-shut-up look.

"Ani," she said "I am not one of the greatest politicians of all time." Anakin smiled warmly at her. He held her chin in his hand.

"You are to me," he said. Anakin leaned in close to Padmé and closed his eyes…

"WOAHWOAHWOAHWOAHWOAH!" yelled Nightshot, pushing their faces apart "Obi-Wan is right over there!" He pointed to the other Starfighter "You guys want him to find out about your little secret?" Anakin and Padmé looked guiltily at each other. Nightshot was one of the only people who knew that the two were married. There was an uncomfortable silence.

"Nightshot, say something random," said Anakin. There was another pause.

"…"

"Meat."

"Master, we're coming out of Hyperspace," said Anakin, a couple hours later.

"Alright," said Obi-Wan "Time to test that theory of yours, Anakin." The ships exited Hyperspace and the stars around them returned to their normal pinprick state. The sight before them made everyone's jaw drop.

"Oh sweet son of a…" said Padmé.

A planet spun before them, looking as though it was a digital image brought to life and ravaged by a virus. Whole continents fizzled in and out of focus. Pixel-like splotches of color appeared at random on and about the planet surface. Lakes and other water bodies would disappear from time to time, revealing red 1's and 0's or other such symbols of code.

"Is…that…Elfonia?" breathed Anakin. Both Starfighters gave a sudden lurch.

"What was that?" said Obi-Wan. The Starfighters began to shake more violently and were suddenly surrounded by beams of blinding light that appeared to have originated from the planet.

"What the…" Nightshot burst out.

"Padmé! No!" Anakin yelled, reaching out for her, right before he blacked out.

Shadows moved. Lightsabers ignited. People were cut down. Screaming. Lots and lots of screaming.

What have you done to the Republic, Anakin? What have you done?

Who are you?

You will see me soon enough.

Light. Lots of light. A large shadow. A kindly voice exclaiming "Greetings, strangers! Welcome to Elfonia!"

I, myself, am still trying to figure out an explanation for the whole corrupted, digital look of Elfonia (which was inspired by .hack). Anyhoo, just to clarify something: when I said the "beginning, middle, and end" of Episode 3 almost made me cry, I wasn't referring to the whole movie. I was referring to the opening crawl (beginning), the scene when the clone troopers start turning on their Jedi Generals (middle), and the end (ending).