What if Darth Maul had killed Anakin with the speeder bike?
"Anakin duck!"
"Duck? Master Qui-Gon? What kind sir?"
The sharp edge of Darth Maul's speeder bike hits the little kid on the head. It goes straight through the skull, into the brain and out the forehead. Anakin is dead.
Qui-Gon looks in disbelief. The Chosen One is dead. Killed simply in a split second. Too late. Qui-Gon was so distracted that he had no time to see the mysterious bike rider jump off the bike. The darker robed figure ignited a crimson lightsaber and swung directly at Qui-Gon, cutting his head clean off his body, which fell on the sand. Qui-Gon's eyes remained open and his mouth was down in shock.
"No!" The Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi jumped off the ship and engaged Qui-Gon's killer. Kenobi was full of rage and he swung the lightsaber wildly. Maul saw an opening and he simply slashed the Jedi vertically.
Panaka shot vigorously but Maul force choked him and made him shoot almost all of the handmaidens. Maul then confronts Sabe but realizes that she is not the queen and so he slashes her in two. The real Queen Amidala tried to put up a fight by pulling a blaster but Maul used the force to redirect her into shooting R2-D2. He then cuts up the droid. Jar Jar was also cut to pieces. And then he turned around and punched the queen in the face, knocking her out cold.
Quinlan Vos had felt the disturbance. He hadn't blown his cover, despite having seen Qui-Gon earlier but now he knew that Qui-Gon was in trouble. He got on a speeder.
He got there and he saw Qui-Gon's head and what looked to be parts of Obi-Wan on the sand. Then he looked up and saw a ship masking itself. He threw a tracker on it.
Yoda sensed a slight disturbance but he had no idea what it was.
Someone came over to the site of the Naboo ship and stole it. It was sold on the black market along with the two lightsabers. Before that, the remains of all the dead are buried deep in the sand.
Darth Maul arrived on Naboo. He dragged the queen out and led her to Viceroy Gunray. Vos was following. He made a move and cut down a few battle droids and he killed Rune Hakko and Dolfine. Maul used Sio Bibble as a human shield and Vos killed him accidentally and froze in shock. Maul swung and slashed out one of Quinlan's eyes. He managed to escape into the waterfall but he was being tracked.
Maul contacted Sidious.
"It is done master. The queen has signed the treaty. I have now silenced her permanently. I killed Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon on Tatooine but a Jedi followed me back to Naboo. I wounded him but he escaped down the waterfall. We are tracking him. We believe that he can lead us to those primitives in the waters. I searched his ship. He was on a secret mission on Tatooine, so no one will be looking for him on Naboo."
"Good Lord Maul. You have done well. Once the primitives are located, wipe them out. All of them. Do not miss the lone Jedi either. The Jedi Council is weak and foolish. It will not search for the missing Jedi and even if it does, you will make sure that it does not find anything. Soon I will be Chancellor and the Republic will be under my control. Make sure that the appropriate hologram message is recorded."
"Yes master."
In the Senate…
"Order! Order!" Mas Amedda pounded.
"The chair recognizes the Senator from Naboo!"
"Thank you Mister Speaker. Chancellor Valorum! Our planet has been invaded and the Trade Federation and it is wiping out our people."
Senator Lott Dodd joined the stand. "This is an outrage. Total lie! The queen has signed the treaty."
"No! She was forced into it." Palpatine replied.
Suddenly a hologram appears. "This is Queen Amidala of the Naboo. The Trade Federation has invaded our world and my people are being massacred. The Republic has failed us and our blood is on Chancellor Valorum's hands. I move for a vote of no confidence in Chancellor Valorum. Select a new Chancellor!" Suddenly two battle droids appeared behind her and shot her dead.
Palpatine smiled. His apprentice had edited the hologram well. He knew that in truth, Maul had beheaded Amidala with his lightsaber.
The Senate erupted into chaos. "Vote now. Vote now." Valorum fell back. Defeated.
Quinlan swam through the water. Eventually, he came across an underwater village. It opened and he went inside.
"Whatsa yousa doing here?"
A bearded weird little fish creature asked.
"I am Quinlan Vos, a Jedi."
"Ahh. Jedi. Come withsa me."
Vos was led to Boss Nas palace.
"Yousa not first Jedi Isa seen recently. Twosa wasa here."
"Mesa don't remember da name exactly. Je thinksa Jinn, Kenobi?"
"Yes. Yes. I know them. The Trade Federation and some force user killed them. They wounded me but I escaped. They are probably looking for me now but we can defeat them if we fight together."
Boss Nass thinks for a moment. He realizes that Vos is correct. "Very well. Wesa leads army to retaka le planet."
Quinlan leads the Gungans army against Theed. They arrive but see no battle droids. Some Naboo see the Gungans coming and start jeering alien slurs at them. The Gungans lose it and start killing the Naboo. Vos tries to stop them but all hell breaks loose and all Gungans and all Naboo start killing each other. Vos tries to peacefully resolve it but he gets trampled beneath it all. He dies. Maul and the droids swoop in and kill everyone. Some Gungans escape but Maul and the droids follow them. They find the rest of the Gungans and kill all of them. Maul and the Nemodians eat Gungan meat for dinner that night.
The Naboo people revolt and the Trade Federation cracks down on them quite brutally. Meanwhile, this is all happening under Chancellor Valorum's watch and it makes him look even weaker because he cannot protect his own homeworld. It further strengthens Senator Palaptine's campaign for Chancellor because he is the Senator from the victimized world.
Palpatine ascends to the office of Chancellor. He gets rid of Sei Taria and replaces her with Sly Moore, the Umbaran. He uses his executive authority to force the federation off the planet. This makes him look like a very strong chancellor.
The Jedi Council holds a meeting. This turn of events is unsettling. Even though it was resolved, the Naboo crisis was a disaster for the Republic because it exposed how weak the system was. And where are Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon? They disappeared. As did Quinlan Vos on his secret mission. Isolated case probably.
"Perhaps Jinn and Kenobi were killed on Naboo." Ki-Adi suggests.
"Yes. Very likely that is." Yoda responds. Assume this case is closed we must."
"Why?" Yaddle asks. Everyone looks over because she rarely speaks. "Disappeared our Jedi friends have. Find them we must."
"If find out involved we Jedi were, in the Naboo scandal, weak the council will look. Damage the order's credibility it will." Yoda says.
Yarael Poof cringes and looks towards Yaddle, who is clearly frustrated. The other council members look uneasy. Oppo Rancisis looks at his old master Yaddle in concern. Even Piell races an eyebrow. Adi Gallia looks sideways at Depa Billaba. But no one speaks up.
"It's decided then." Mace says. " We will cover this up and say that Jinn and Kenobi were killed on a mission. As for Vos, Master Koth can go look for him on Tatooine."
"Yes. Adjourned council is." Yoda closes.
Yaddle storms out. Angrier than ever. Yarael Poof follows her.
"The council made another rash decision Yaddle!"
"Yes Poof. Wrong this decision is. A dumbass Yoda is."
Poof was shocked at Yaddle's word choice but he had to agree. "So what do you plan on doing?"
"First, investigate the disappearance of Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan we must. Join me you will."
Yaddle and Yarael Poof walk out of the temple. They get in their starfighters and head to Naboo. The Trade Federation blockade is packing up and leaving but they see a strange ship departing the planet. It cloaks itself. They sense something about it and they deduce that it has something to do with Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan's disappearance. The two Jedi follow it. Maul realizes that he is being tracked. Time to kill even more Jedi. He purposefully sets course for another planet. Hmm. How about Scariff?
Eeth Koth arrives on Tatooine. He starts looking around. Aurra Sing spots him from a distance. She has recently finished a mission for Jabba the Hutt but she wants to kill a Jedi for fun. She aims her trusty sniper and shoots. He senses the shot but it is a little too late. It grazes his neck and he cries out in pain. Aurra shoots a spike out of her shoe and takes out Eeth's eyes. He screams even louder and swings his lightsaber wildly, cutting off Aurra's ponytail. She ducks and shoots him on the leg. He buckles but he swings up and cuts out Aurra's left eye. She pulls out a smaller blaster and blasts his head into oblivion nine times. She picks up his lightsaber and goes to get her body repaired. Eeth's body is swallowed up by the sand.
Maul lands on Scariff and walks around the ocean. He has to admire its beauty just a little. Yarael Poof and Yaddle walk up behind him. Yaddle pulls out her green saber and Yarael pulls out his blue blade. They walk slowly. Maul silently signals for his droids to wipe out the communications on the Jedi starfighters.
"Zabrak are you who?" Yaddle asks. "Turn around slowly you should."
Out of the corner of his eye, Maul spots a cruise ship in the sea. He turns left and sees a few tourists coming on to the beach from another direction. He could kill all of the witnesses but it would be too much work. He will have to take care of the Jedi some other way. He jumps over the Jedi, who look up in shock and he boards his ship. The Jedi pursue him. A space chase ensues and Yaddle shoots at Maul's ship before he cloaks it. He makes an emergency landing on Cloud City, Bespin. So much for no witnesses. Maul thought as he ran past the thousands of people nearby. He had to be clever. He ran inside and realized that it was a carbon freezing factory. This could play to his advantage. Maul senses the Jedi getting closer.
"Do you know what he is Yaddle?"
"No but feel a cold, strange feeling I do. Sinister he is."
"Yes I feel it too. We must be cautious."
The two Jedi walk into the building with their lightsabers ignited. The blue and green blades clear the darkness in the smoke filled room. Suddenly, the ground underneath Yaddle breaks and she falls in. Smoke rises and Yaddle comes back up, carbon frozen. Yarael Poof has no time to react as the tablet of Yaddle falls straight on him, crushing him into a flat Quemerian pizza. Maul walks out. He ignites his lightsaber and cuts Yaddle's tablet in two. She is frozen and dead. The flattened Yarael Poof is still alive and his eyes light up in shock as Maul ignites his lightsaber. Yaraels flat neck and head go flying. Maul cleans up by selling the two Jedi lightsabers and the two starfighters. He makes sure that the organ harvesters and remains snatchers take away what is left of the two Jedi. He gets his own ship fixed.
Darth Maul is heading back to Coruscant and he contacts Sidious.
"Master. The federation is leaving Naboo but when I was leaving Naboo, two Jedi council members, Yarael Poof and Yaddle tracked me down. I think that they were moving on their own without the council's knowledge. I disposed of them and wiped out all traces of their existence."
"Excellent. You are doing extremely well Lord Maul. I am taking care of logistical matters in the Senate right now, so take your time. You should also know that I have recently recruited the former Jedi master Dooku to our cause. He left the Jedi a few months ago. A shock to those fools to be sure. He has reclaimed his birthright as the Count of Serenno. His wealth will serve us well in our Clone War. I have given Dooku the pseudonym of Tyranus, to avoid suspicion from the Jedi. Of course, he will never be a Sith. He will answer to you and I. He is but a pet dog to us. Once we have won everything, we will dispose of him."
"Yes master." Maul shuts off the hologram and feels the ship tremble. Water from Scarif must be causing a leak in the engine. He gets off on the nearest planet of Rattatak.
Meanwhile, Sidious goes to Dathomir.
"Jedi? Prepare to die!" A Nightsister cries out. Sidious raises his hand and the witch starts choking to death. Another witch shoots her arrow but he uses another Nightsister as a shield. It cuts open her throat. He hacks through all of the Nightsisters. Their bows and arrows are futile and their fighting prowess is no match for the true Dark Side. He is shooting around blue lightning with one hand and swinging his red lightsaber in his other hand. He is a red blurb. Pretty soon he stands over the dead corpse of all of the Nightsisters. Talzin emerges from her chambers, shocked but very much angry.
"Sidious!" I will have my revenge! Dakka! Get the undead!" Sidious spots an old Nightsister crawling into the cave. He throws his lightsaber at her and her head comes off.
Asajj Ventress had been ruling Rattatak for some time. Her master Ky Narec had killed just a few years ago and she had gone berserk then, butchering every pirate in her path. Now there was no one left to defy her looked up and saw a mysterious ship land. An even more elusive figure came out of the ship. He wore a dark hood. She wondered if he was a Jedi and she became enraged. So the Jedi who had abandoned her master had finally come but it was too late. She would kill him today.
Talzin shoots green lightning at Sidious and he counters it with his blue. She summons the darkness of the planet and uses all of her power to knock him down. She stands over him, ready to kill. That is when he uses the force to bring down the statue and she reacts too slowly. It does not crush her entirely but it does break her legs. Talzin realizes that it is over but she has one last message to send to her son.
Maul is exhausted. Suddenly, he saw a slim figure running towards him. She looks familiar. He doesn't know her but her species looks rather familiar. She pulls out two green lightsabers. Ah. Another Jedi. He really can't catch a break today. He ignited both of his blades. Asajj's eyes light up in shock as she sees the crimson. The red means that he can't be a Jedi. They spar. It is a quick duel with some impressive motions. He knocks one of her lightsabers out of her hand. He twists her wrist and the other saber falls down. She throws punches, kicks and flips around. He twists her arm out of its socket and she hits him on the face. Eventually, he force chokes her, strikes her with lightning and throws her down. She looks up in terror as he brings his lightsaber down.
"My son! Rargeon! Hear me. It is your mother Talzin. I am about to die. I am sorry my son. We did not have much time together because Sidious stole you from me. And now he is about to kill me. Do not let my death be in vain. For now, pretend to still be loyal to Sidious and once he has maximum power, take it from him. Kill him. Do not kill that woman below you. She is one of us, a Nightsister. She will help you. Her name is Asajj Ventress. Remember me kindly my son and avenge me." The force connection breaks and Talzin looks up in time to see Sidious bring down his lightsaber. Talzin breathes her very last. Sidious breathes a sigh of relief as he realizes that the threat of the witches is gone. He looks down at Talzin's remains.
"Thank you Talzin. You helped me put my master Plagueis into his deep slumber before I killed him and you were instrumental in disposing of his soul, so that he could never rise again. We exchanged many dark secrets but your son was always more powerful than you. He will help me rule the galaxy."
Maul freezes, trying to process the message from Talzin. He drops the lightsaber. Ventress uses the moment of hesitation and grabs the lightsaber, igniting it through Maul's chest. She senses something is wrong. Her sisters are all dead. She falls on her knees sobbing.
Maul falls back in front of her, as he dies, memories come rushing back to him. His birth, his Nightsister christening, his magic lessons, games with his mother, everything that Sidious took from him. He suddenly feels a surge of power. His mother's final breath has entered his body and given new life. He looks down at his wound, only to see green smoke coming out of it. It is healing. (Talzin could have gone to the spirit realm and returned eventually but instead she chose to sacrifice herself permanently to save Maul, who was born as Rargeon).
He looks down at Asajj who has tears rolling down her eyes. He helps her up.
"Hello Asajj. I am Rargeon. I am sure that you heard Mother's message. I will be training you as my apprentice and we will overthrow Lord Sidious." He puts out his hand and she takes it. He helps her up. Her hand grazes the center of his pecs and she blushes once again. He explains everything to her.
Ten years passed. The Jedi Council never investigated the disappearance of Sifo-Dyas, Yarael Poof, Yaddle, Obi-Wan, Qui-Gon, Quinlan Vos and Eeth Koth. They just covered it all up and made replacements. Shaak Ti replaced Yaddle. Coleman Trebor replaced Yarael Poof. Kit Fisto replaced Eeth Koth.
Darth Maul has been training Asajj Ventress on their secret base on Bespin, right below the structure of Cloud City. They have gone on secret missions at times. Once, they managed to loot and sell some lost Jedi treasures and another time, Darth Maul managed to track down many lone Jedi, including Khirik Infila, and kill them. Over time, Maul has also established an underworld criminal empire with his criminal connections. Additionally, he rules all of the warrior Mandalorians because he killed Pre Vizsla, Bo Katan, Ursa Wren, Fenn Rau and others who opposed him. His lieutenants Rook Kast and Gar Saxon infiltrated the palace and killed Satine. They propped Almec as the figurehead and took over all of Mandalore. Darth Maul is still working for Sidious, albeit bitterly and of course he is plotting against him. That is why he has established this power base. Sidious is too distracted with the politics to even notice. Maul is also responsible for training Count Dooku. Under Maul's tutelage, Dooku has become a more effective duelist and a good manipulator. The count is the public face of the Separatist movement. The droids are ready for action. Sidious, Maul and Dooku are also constantly overseeing the clone army construction on Kamino. The clones have been prepared. The war is ready to start but first, logistical politics must be taken care of.
Chancellor Palpatine has far exceeded his time in office but the constitution was amended to run for reelection many times. After that term ended, another amendment allowed him to extend his term. In short, he is still the chancellor. Thousands of systems have seceded from the Republic. The Separatists have banded to form the Confederacy of Independent Systems but most of the Republic has rallied around Palpatine and his approval rating is higher than ever. Unfortunately, one Senator by the name of Bail Organa has been troublesome. He has been proposing negotiations with the Separatists. He is the biggest opponent to the establishment of the Grand Army of the Republic. The pesky Aldraanian will have to be taken care of. Maul has instructed Dooku to find a way to take out Organa. Dooku has tasked Jango Fett, the clone template, with this task. It will be good to be rid of Organa. He is also too much a friend to the Jedi. And speaking of the Jedi, he has a meeting with them now. The Red Guards flank the door as Sly Moore and Mas Amedda stand beside the chancellor. Yoda, Mace Windu, Ki-Adi Mundi, Shaak Ti, Luminara Unduli and Barriss Offee walk in.
"I don't know how much longer we can keep the peace here my friends. Systems are leaving the Republic in record numbers. It is most disturbing." -Palpatine
"Yes. Most unsettling it is. Handle this all the Jedi cannot."-Yoda
"We are keepers of the peace, not warriors."-Mace Windu
"It is most disturbing how one of our own, a former Jedi Dooku is the leader of this movement."-Shaak Ti
"He could start a war. Couldn't he?"-Palpatine
"He is a political idealist, not a warrior."-Ki-Adi
"Yes. Unlikely to start a war, Dooku is."-Yoda
"The Senate will decide on the military bill tomorrow and go from there."-Palpatine
The meeting ended.
Bail Organa is sitting in his Coruscant apartment drinking his tea. He spots two strange centipedes crawling on his table. They look suspicious. The Senator grabs a hammer and smashes the insects. Some disgusting green gooey slime stains the table. As he tries to clean up, Bail sees a miniature ship at his window. It has made a little hole. He sees a slimy trail leading up to it and he deduces that this is where the bugs came from. In a split second, Bail grabs his blaster and shoots the ship and as it descends, Bail uses a rope to grab it and drag it in. After Bail finishes dismantling the machine, he turns around to see his windows shattering. He ducks. Someone has driven a speeder into his apartment. The trespasser is dressed in purple clothes and wears a mask around her face and pulls out a blaster but Bail is faster and he shoots first. Zam Wessell collapses and her face reverts back to her natural Clawdite appearance. Bail takes a moment to investigate the scene and he calls the Jedi.
Bail appears as a hologram in the council room. "Masters. I have just been attacked but I am fine. I have defeated my aggressors but I will need an investigation. I do not trust the Senate to handle this."
"Very well." Mace Windu dispatches Luminara Unduli and Barriss Offee to serve Bail. They investigate the situation in Bail's room but find no evidence from the clues, so they stay and guard Bail.
At night, Jango Fett sneaks into the room. He cuts Barriss Offee's throat with a saber dart. Jango manages to knock Luminara's lightsaber out of her hand. They engage in a fist fight and he breaks her ribs. Then, he proceeds to cut her at the waist and head with Barriss's lightsaber. Her pieces fall out the window and into the city, along with the lightsaber of Barriss, which will be retrieved by random people and sold. Bail Organa ignites Luminara's lightsaber and slices Jango's jetpack. The bounty hunter flies uncontrollably and blows up in the city.
Bail immediately contacts Yoda and informs him of the situation. Meanwhile, Boba Fett is still on Kamino, wondering where his father is. The saberdart is taken to be inspected in the Jedi Temple and Depa Billaba leads the investigation. Shaak Ti is tasked with escorting Bail Organa to Alderaan for safety.
Before he leaves, Bail talks to Mon Mothma.
"Make sure that we have enough votes to veto the military bill."
"I will Bail. Do not worry."
"Thank you Mon."
Bail Organa boards Tantive IV with Master Shaak Ti.
And Mon Mothma returns to her apartment but no one sees the black probe droid that has been listening to everything that has been going on.
Sidious and Maul are at their lair on Coruscant.
Dooku appears via hologram.
"My lords." He bows down. "The Geonosis factory is in good shape and many droids are ready. The Confederacy leaders will be arriving shortly and they will sign the treaty. General Grievous is also ready for action."
"Good Count. What of the clones?" Maul inquires.
"Ready as well." Dooku replies. "But I have not heard back from Jango Fett."
"Bail Organa managed to kill him. Thankfully, one loose end has been tied up. Shaak Ti is taking Bail back to Alderaan, so he is out of the way for now. We will pass the military bill. Be ready to start the war soon."
"Yes my lords." Dooku disappears.
The probe droid returns to Maul and replays the exchange between Senator Mothma and Senator Organa.
"Hmm. This is troubling." Sidious mutters.
"Would you like me to follow Organa and kill him, master?" Maul asks, because he is bloodthirsty for another Jedi's blood and Shaak Ti is a perfect target. The Jedi Council member is a master of Makhashi and Maul loves a challenging duel.
"No Lord Maul! Organa is out of the way for now. Besides, if another Jedi disappears, the council might actually try to investigate."
"Maybe it is time to reveal ourselves to the Jedi."
"Yes. We sort of have already. I am sure that the many Jedi you slew years ago realized that you were a Sith. Of course, they all disappeared and that foolish council still doesn't know why. We will wait a little longer. There are more pressing matters at hand. We have a war to start and first we need to pass the army bill and Mon Mothma stands in the way. Go and eliminate her."
"Yes master!" Maul departs the lair.
Depa Billaba is investigating the saberdart in the Jedi Temple. She is sitting at the laboratory desk when the droid comes out with the saberdart.
"The tests are negative, Master Billaba. We cannot figure out exactly where this came from."
"Thank you J4." Billaba sighed. She was back to Square 1.
Depa was walking down the hall when she accidentally bumped into a small youngling and dropped the saberdart.
The kid picked it up but when he grabbed it, he froze. Images flashed through his head. There were oceans, cities on top of oceans, strange winged birdlike creatures flying out of the ocean, long necked aliens with ultraviolet eyes, little people in tubes and identical men training together in uniforms. One of the long necked aliens mentioned a name...Kamino.
The young boy looked up at Billaba in shock.
"What's wrong little one? What is your name?" Depa inquired gently.
"Cal Kestis master." The child choked out. He managed to describe what he had seen and heard to Depa Billaba and she listened closely to every bit of it.
Meanwhile, the Tantive IV was floating through hyperspace.
Shaak Ti sat peacefully with her eyes closed, meditating on what the force was telling her. Her head tilted and her colorful montrals moved slightly as she focused on her surroundings and what was beyond her. So far, she couldn't feel any threats. Senator Organa was safe for now.
Although he wasn't as relaxed as she was. He hadn't sat down at all during the trip and he'd been pacing around for hours nonstop.
Eventually, he turned around to see that Shaak Ti had opened her eyes. Her grayish purple eyes sucked him in. Organa had been around many Jedi before, Master Yoda and Master Windu. Sure they had unsettled him at times but he felt more comfortable with them because they had been his longtime friends. Maybe he would just have to get used to Master Shaak Ti.
"I am sorry Master Jedi. Did I disturb you?"
"Not at all Senator Organa. You seem distressed. Come. Sit and tell me what is wrong."
Bail felt more comfortable around her now. He sat next to her.
"Perhaps you are still in shock from your ordeal Senator?" Shaak Ti asked, referring to the recent assassination attempts on him.
"Yes. I still wonder where those assassins came from and why they targeted me. However, the more pressing deal is that military bill. I have tasked Senator Mon Mothma of Chandrila with overseeing the opposition. I trust her but I am not sure that we can get the opposition support that we need. And then there is the Separatist threat. Do you think that they will start a war?"
Shaak Ti was impressed with Bail Organa's analysis. She could tell that he wasn't the simple money worshipping politician that she was used to seeing…"I am not sure Senator. If they do, the Jedi will be in a dilemma. We are peacekeepers, not soldiers and even if we were, there are not enough of us to reign in the Separatist worlds."
"I fear that a war will destroy the Republic as we know it." Bail Organa voiced his concern. "The Senate has been ineffective for too long. It has turned off many worlds, hence the Separatist movement. The Chancellor is staying in office too long and I am worried about his growing power."
Shaak Ti had to agree. She suddenly found herself saying something she knew she shouldn't be saying.
"I have also been troubled by that. I've lost confidence in this democracy as well." Shaak Ti saw Bail's eyes light up in shock.
"Additionally, the Jedi Council is losing it." Shaak could feel the anger in her voice. Bail was shocked because he hadn't seen Yoda and Windu in that light.
"Years ago, two Jedi went to Naboo and never returned, two were last seen on Tatooine and two just disappeared and the council did nothing. I have never made peace with that decision. It was foolish."
"I see. I never quite knew what Jedi politics was like until now. Thank you Master Shaak Ti."
Shaak Ti smiled. She was enjoying her conversation with Bail Organa.
Mon Mothma stood on the veranda of her apartment. It was the only place in her Coruscant residence that she could actually stand. She despised the luxuries in her room. Coruscant was too ostentatious for her.
"Are you Mon Mothma?" Mon Mothma turned around to see a figure in a dark cloak. He lowered his hood and revealed a set of yellow bloodshot eyes, sharp horns and a red face with black markings.
"Who are you?" Mothma demanded as she took a step back.
Darth Maul simply smiled as he extended his hand out towards Mon Mothma and force pushed her off the balcony. The Senator screamed as she fell down two hundred thirty-six stories, while colliding into many different speeders. She could feel her bones breaking and one of her eyes popping out of her socket. After what felt like forever, she finally landed on the streets of Coruscant, in front of a rundown bar in a rundown district. There was a big thud as she crashed. Everything was broken and her one remaining eye remained open. As she took her last breath, Mon Mothma looked around and saw the state of the poor street. She realized that in her time as Senator, she'd never bothered to visit this area. Coruscant hadn't been all that luxurious after all and now she saw it. Too late.
Depa Billaba was in a predicament. She had checked for the system of Kamino in the Jedi archives but Jocasta Nu said that it didn't exist. However, Billaba had the feeling that it had to be there and she followed her instincts and got on her ship and set course for the coordinates, unsure of what she would find.
Jocasta Nu sat in her quarters meditating. An unpleasant memory came to her…
It had been one day ten years ago and she'd been putting new items in the hidden storage area of the Jedi Temple. Suddenly, she'd felt a disturbance. No one else was supposed to have access to this room except her. Instinctively, she ignited her lightsaber and pointed it towards the intruder. He held up his hands and stepped into the light.
"Dooku! You cannot be here. You left the order."
"I know Jocasta. I never had a chance to say goodbye to you."
"What do you want?" Jocasta kept her lightsaber raised.
"A small favor. I want the planet of Kamino wiped from the Jedi archives."
Jocasta raised an eyebrow. "And why would you want that?"
"Reasons. Reasons I cannot discuss."
"You'll have to do better than that." Jocasta demanded as she moved her blade closer to Dooku's throat.
He ducked, sidestepped and kissed her. Jocasta felt her body buckle as she dropped her lightsaber and kissed him back. The feeling was pretty nice.
"Please." Dooku implored once more.
Jocasta Nu opened her eyes. When Depa Billaba had approached her earlier, she had known the truth about Kamino but she had hidden because if the council knew the truth, she would be in trouble. After breathing a sigh, Jocasta went back to the archives and pretended that nothing had happened.
Darth Maul contacted his apprentice Asajj Ventress on his way out of Mon Mothma's apartment. He'd had probe droids confirm her death. Ventress's face appeared.
"Master. What is the latest news?"
"Yes, apprentice. The war will start soon. During the chaos, you will have opportunities for stealth missions. Once it is over, we will overthrow Sidious."
"Understood master." Ventress disappeared and Maul walked out the buildings.
Tantive IV landed on Alderaan. Bail Organa, Antilles and Shaak Ti walked out. The Jedi had heard stories of Alderaan before but nothing had prepared her for this. Luscious fields of grass lined the planet. A snowy mountainside shielded the city and there was an overall tranquil atmosphere.
"Welcome Master Jedi. It is a pleasure to have you here."
Shaak Ti turned around to see a young woman wearing an Alderaanian headdress and a gown.
"Shaak Ti, this is my wife Queen Breha."
"A pleasure to meet you, your majesty."
The group walked into the magnificent palace of Alderaan.
In Tipoca City, Lama Su was sitting in his room when Taun We walked in.
She bowed. "Prime Minister, Tyranus would like to speak to you and Dr. Nala Se."
"Very well Taun We. I will head over to the tower. Tell Nala Se to meet me there."
"Yes Prime Minister."
Depa Billaba was in the right place. Kamino was just as Cal Kestis had described it. There was rain, too much rain and she thought that could make out a few long necked aliens riding flying creatures.
In the distance, she could make out an outline of a round city. There was a tower to the side.
Inside the tower, "Lord Tyranus." Lama Su and Napa Se bowed.
"Greetings Kaminoans." The hooded hologram replied. "How is the Clone production?"
"Everything is going well. We have many units ready."
"Good. Good. So no concerns?"
"There is one. Jango Fett still hasn't returned from his last mission."
"Ah yes. My apologies. I have been busy and I forgot to tell you that he is dead. He was killed on his last mission."
"I see." Lama Su responded coldly with no concern in his voice.
Dooku smiled. He admired the Kaminoan apathy.
"Prime Minister!" A second hologram of Taun We appeared. "A Jedi starfighter is approaching the city."
"Really?" Lama Su said. He turned to Tyranus.
Dooku thought for a moment and he found an opportunity.
"Tell the Jedi about the Clone army. Say that Master Sifo Dyas ordered it and give him the details about Jango Fett. Find a way to lure the Jedi to Geonosis. He musn't suspect you, so be discrete."
Dooku left the holochat.
Lama Su and Nala Se left the tower.
"Prime Minister, you didn't tell Dooku about the impact Jango's death will have on the clones. We have to extend the DNA now."
"He does not need to know that and do not worry Dr. Se. Do not forget that Jango had a perfectly unaltered clone that he called a son. In fact, go into Jango's room now and take that thing to the lab. Extract the genetic material and then terminate it."
"Yes Prime Minister." Nala Se headed to Boba's quarters.
On the other side of the city, Master Billaba landed her starfighter. She rolled up her hood and got out of her ship. The rain was intense and she felt like she was in an intense shower but luckily the walk was less than six feet.
"Greetings Master Jedi. We have been expecting you." Taun We greeted Depa at the door.
"I am expected?" Depa questioned.
"Yes. We were wondering when you would come. Please, come in. Our Prime Minister is anxious to meet you."
Depa Billaba was confused but she walked in with the Kaminoan.
Boba Fett was a ten year old boy and he had lived on Kamino his whole life but he had never been stuck there. His father had taken him on all of his bounty hunting missions and Boba had seen much of the galaxy and learned a great deal. However, he'd been left off of this mission. Apparently, his father had deemed it too dangerous. He wondered when his father would be back. He really missed him. Boba was stuck on Kamino at the moment, so he decided to play with his stuffed animal. He'd never had many toys growing up because his father wanted him to be tough but he had kept the bear as a secret. He'd stolen it from a child his father had left without a family.
Nala Se walked in with her medical platter. She was happy to be finally rid of the pesky child. Kaminoans did not have much compassion and Nala was no different. In fact, she was a little more sociopathic.
"Time for your shot Boba." Nala Se said. She looked at Boba's toy in disgust.
"But I got all my shots!" Boba exclaimed.
"No." Nala Se grabbed his arm and stuck the shot in.
"When is my faaaathe…" Boba's voice trailed off as he collapsed into a deep sleep. Nala Se smirked as she extracted the genetic material.
The Kaminoan wrapped up Boba's corpse in a bag and cleaned up the room. She threw the bear into the shredder and smiled as she heard it rip.
Lama Su rose from his chair as Depa Billaba walked into the room.
"Master Jedi. Pleasure to see you. I am sure that you will be impressed with the progress we have made with the army."
"The army?" Now Depa was really confused.
"Yes, the army that Master Sifo Dyas commissioned. He was acting on behalf of the Jedi Council."
Depa remembered Sifo Dyas well. He'd been on the council back in the day but his views had been too extreme and the council voted to kick him out. She vaguely remembered him mentioning having visions of an armed conflict.
"Yes. I remember. Can I see the army?" Depa Billaba bluffed.
"Of course Master Jedi."
The two Kaminoans and the Jedi walked out. Suddenly, she had an idea.
"Who is the template?"
"He is the bounty hunter Jango Fett. Did Master Dyas not tell you?"
"He was killed ten years ago."
"I see. How unfortunate. He would have been proud of this army."
"I am sure…"
"Can I meet this Jango Fett?" Depa asked innocently, looking for a certain answer.
"Unfortunately he has not returned from his last mission." Lama Su pretended to explain, though he knew the truth.
"I see. Might I ask where he went?" Depa deduced that he might be dead.
"I am not sure but I once heard him mention that he has been to Geonosis a few times. I may be wrong." Lama Su replied. Depa took note.
They passed through the glass tube. Depa looked down and saw thousands of identical men eating their dinner.
She had another question.
"Might I see what this Jango Fett look like?"
Lama Su turned on a hologram of it. Depa secretly took a snapshot.
They all came to the balcony and looked down. Thousands of clones in pristine, elegant armor marched down the aisle and stood at attention.
"Magnificent aren't they?" Lama Su said.
"Yes." Depa replied uneasily.
"When will your Republic be ready?"
"Soon enough. Thank you Prime Minister." Depa turned away briefly, shocked at the revelation. So Sifo had made this army for the Republic.
Darth Maul arrives on Geonosis. Dooku comes out and bows.
"Lord Maul."
"Tyranus. How is everything?"
"Good master. I have received word from the Kaminoans that a Jedi has arrived on their planet. They will lure the Jedi and he will bring many others with him. Soon the first battle of the Clone War will be upon us."
"Wonderful. Let me observe the area."
Dooku bows and he escorts Maul into the factory.
Chancellor Palpatine/Darth Sidious stood in his office, facing the window. Everything was going as planned and the best part of it all was that the Jedi fools were unsuspecting. They didn't even know that the Sith had returned. Palpatine's mouth curled up into a smile. He couldn't wait for the Clone War to begin.
Shaak Ti was drinking lemonade and eating cookies. The Alderaanian full course lunch had been delicious, way better than anything from the Jedi Temple. Bail and Breha Organa were also drinking their tea. Queen Breha was a pleasant woman and Shaak Ti enjoyed her company a great deal.
Suddenly, her hologram turned on.
"Master Shaak Ti. Enjoying your cookies you are, see I." Yoda remarked, obviously amused.
"Yes. Master Yoda. What is the concern?"
"Is Bail Organa with you?" Mace Windu asked.
"Right here Master Windu." Bail answered.
"Good Master Billaba has a question for you."
The hologram shifted and Depa Billaba appeared.
"Hello Senator." She showed an image of a man in Mandalorian armor. "By any chance, is this the bounty hunter that attacked you?"
"Yes. Master Billaba."
"I figured as much when the Kaminoans told me that he never returned from his mission. Thank you Senator. Now if I may speak to Master Yoda, Master Windu and Master Shaak Ti alone."
Bail and Breha nodded and left the room with their tea.
Shaak Ti turned to Depa Billaba and looked at her in concern.
"What is the matter, my former padawan?" Mace Windu inquired?
Depa Billaba told them what she had heard from the Kaminoans.
The name Sifo Dyas was a little lost on Shaak Ti, so she asked, "Who was Sifo Dyas again?"
"On the Jedi Council years ago he was." Yoda explained. "Kicked him off the council we did. An extremist he was. Disappeared he did, like Yaddle, Yarael Poof, Quinlan Vos.
"I guess now we know where he went after." Mace Windu said.
"Did the council actually commission this army?" Shaak Ti already knew the answer but she asked anyway.
"No. We never did." Mace Windu replied.
"Maybe it is time to look for him now." Shaak Ti suggested.
"I think that will have to wait." Depa Billaba disagreed. "The Kaminoans mentioned that Jango Fett would often go to Geonosis. I wonder if that is where his employer is."
"Yes. Possible that is. Go there and find this employer and bring him to us, you will. Question him we will. Get to the bottom of this mysterious attack on Bail Organa we must." Yoda agreed.
"Yes master." The holochat ended.
"Blind we are, if see the creation of this clone army, we could not." Yoda moaned.
"The Dark Side is clouding our senses. Perhaps it is time to tell the Senate that our ability to see has been clouded." Mace suggested.
Yoda shook his head. "If informed the Senate is of our weakness, multiply our adversaries will. Panic it will bring. War it may start."
"We cannot hide this clone army from the Senate forever."
"Agree I do. Discuss with the Chancellor we shall. In strictest confidence he will keep."
"What could be fueling this Dark Side surge? It obviously cannot be the Sith. They have been extinct for a millennium."
The two Jedi were silent for a moment.
"Is it Dooku?" Mace Windu suggested.
"Possible he may be, though that powerful he is not." Yoda reasoned. "A part of this he may be. Disturbing is his involvement in the Separatist crisis."
"Yes. We should have kept tabs on him when he left."
Yoda and Mace Windu sighed, exasperated and confused with everything going on.
Depa Billaba landed on Geonosis. She made sure to park very far away from the natives. It would only cause attention. There was a hive in the distance and Depa zoomed in on it with her binoculars. Unfortunately, she didn't see the Geonosian that was spying on her.
Nute Gunray trusted Dooku because he seemed less menacing and more trustworthy than Darth Sidious. At least that had been Gunray's view up until a few minutes ago when he had seen Darth Maul. That was when he finally realized that Dooku was just a servant of Sidious. Oh well. The Trade Federation was too far into it and there was a profit to be made. The Commerce Guild, the Techno Union, Banking Clan and many other businesses were also present. Sure, there would soon be a Separatist Senate on Raxus Prime and it would be comprised of representatives of the various Separatist worlds. Dooku had assured them that the Separatist Council, made up of the business leaders, would be the true power behind the movement. Profit would be theirs.
Dooku walked in the room. "Hello my friends. Thank you for coming. You will be signing the treaty soon but are there any last minute questions?"
Shu Mai asked one in her native tongue. "When will the war actually start?"
Dooku smiled and responded, "Very soon Madame. Very soon. Any more questions?"
"Will the first battle be here?" Wat Tambor inquired.
"We shall see." Dooku smiled even wider.
Now let us sign the treaty.
Depa Billaba had been hiding behind the wall. She had heard everything. There was little time left and she needed to move quickly.
The Jedi Council is holding a meeting with the Chancellor. The Senate will be voting on the Military bill in a few hours.
Plo Koon, Mace Windu, Yoda, Ki-Adi Mundi, Saesee Tinn, Shaak Ti via hologram from Alderaan, Even Piell via hologram from a mission on Corellia, Oppo Rancisis via hologram from a mission on Vandor (snow planet from Solo), Coleman Trebor, Adi Gallia, Kit Fisto, Depa Billaba are present.
They have just briefed Palpatine on the creation of the Clone army. It is decided that if the Senate votes for the bill, the Clone army will become the official grand army of the Republic.
Suddenly, a hologram of Depa Billaba appeared. "I am on Geonosis. Dooku is here and he has had the Techno Union, Trade Federation, Commerce Guild, Banking Clan and a few others have signed the treaty. Those leaders make up the council that controls the movement and they are building…"
A droideka appears behind Depa and she slices it but then suddenly her hologram goes out.
Depa feels herself being held still by the force. "Hello Master Billaba. Good to see you again." Dooku is here.
Chancellor Palpatine says that "I will push forward the Senate vote."
"Pass the bill they shall. Start a war may. Go to the cloners on Kamino I will." Yoda sighs as he is visibly disappointed.
"I will take the two hundred Jedi we have right now and deal with Dooku. Master Piell and Master Rancisis will proceed with their missions on Corellia and Vandor. Master Shaak Ti will stay on Alderaan and protect Senator Organa." Mace Windu commands.
Shaak Ti turns off the hologram. She can see the Alderaanian mountainside. Sure, she's taken a few tours on the planet and she has seen quite a few things but now she wants to go to the mountains and meditate.
Bail Organa comes out to the veranda and she tells him what has happened.
He immediately contacts Mon Mothma's apartment only to hear that she is dead. Shaak Ti asks if she was killed to which Bail replies that she just fell.
"Shaak Ti, I gotta go. With Mon gone, no one else can stop the bill."
"Relax Bail. There is nothing that we can do. War is not inevitable. Master Windu and the Jedi team may be able to stop Dooku and prevent it. Now let's go to the mountain and meditate. Clear your mind." They go to the mountain and have a nice time up there. It's quite beautiful.
The Senate approves the military bill. Palapatine also gets absolute emergency powers. Yoda goes to Kamino.
Dooku walks into the prison, only to see Depa Billaba glaring at him.
"Now now Depa. You gotta stop that. I remember you had that glaring problem as a kid."
Billaba is still glaring but she does open her mouth to ask, "Who are you working for Dooku?"
"Why what a silly question Depa? This is my project."
"You lie."
"No, it is the truth. Now I haven't come to argue. No. I have a proposal. You have seen firsthand how ineffective and weak the Jedi Council is. For far too long, the Jedi have been serving a horribly corrupt joke of a Republic that only exists to appease greedy Senators. Your order is so out of touch with its principles that it didn't even go looking for the Jedi that vanished ten years ago. I am sure you remember but one of them was my own former padawan Qui-Gon Jinn. Had I still been in the order at that time, I would have looked for him."
Dooku lets this all sink in before continuing. Depa feels herself acknowledging that Dooku has a point.
"Depa, I know the truth about their disappearances. The Sith are behind it all. Don't look at me like I am senile Depa. I may be eighty years old but I know what I am talking about. They were never extinct. It was a Sith Lord who was responsible for the deaths of Qui-Gon, Obi-Wan, Quinlan Vos, Yaddle and Yarael Poof. He was also responsible for the assassination attempts on Bail Organa, the ones that got Luminara Unduli and Barriss Offee killed. No. I am no Sith, at least not yet, but I serve him but he serves another, his Sith master and that master controls the Republic. Thousands of Senators are now under the influence of the Sith."
Depa really thinks that Dooku is senile or just lying. "Why should I believe you?"
"Because I want you to join me. Together, we can destroy the Sith, the Jedi, the Republic, the Separatists. We can rule the galaxy. What do you say dear Depa?"
"STFU Dooku."
"Very well then. Don't believe me Depa. You will be led out into the execution arena soon. Put on a good show. Those Geonosians like a bloodbath."
Depa is led to the arena and once she is there, the Geonosians give her back her lightsaber. She ignites the green blade. A red reek attacks her with its horn but she cuts it off and stabs the creature with the horn. Then she cuts it up. Next, the Nexu attacks but Depa dodges and then she cuts off its nails, blinds its eyes and puts it down.
The Acklay is next but she just decapitates it. Thirty droidekas enter the arena and she prepares to face them. All of a sudden, she hears the sound of another lightsaber. Depa looks up at the press box to see that Master Windu has arrived. Blue and green lightsabers turn on all over the arena.
Dooku ignites a red lightsaber, much to Mace Windu's shock. The Jedi blocks Dooku's first strike. Red meets purple and they engage in a brief fantastic duel but Mace suddenly steps closer and grabs Dooku's wrists and twists them hard. There's a big crack. Dooku drops his lightsaber and screams in pain as he feels his bones break. Mace kicks Dooku, who breaks his hip and collapses. He slices off Dooku's right eye and holds his purple blade one centimeter away from Dooku's throat.
"Why Master Windu, you have gotten stronger."
"No Dooku. You're just older and frail. Now surrender."
Kit Fisto jumps up onto the press box and guards the open back door and Depa Billaba joins him by guarding the Separatist leaders, who are frankly scared shitless.
Suddenly a bit of blaster fire hits Kit on the back and on the leg. As he falls down in pain, several super battle droids appear behind him and start shooting. Dooku sees that Windu and Billaba are distracted. He uses the force to ignite his red lightsaber. First, he force throws it at Kit Fisto, cutting his head off. Second, he aims it towards Depa who is caught off guard. The lightsaber goes straight into her heart. She falls down several feet. When she lands, her head cracks open, creating a pool of blood. Depa Billaba is barely conscious.
Windu looks in shock and Dooku uses that opening and forces the lightsaber towards Windu. Fortunately, Windu is too fast and he deflects it back. It hits Wat Tambor and Shu Mai decapitating them both. Their bodies fall beside their heads. Dooku's lightsaber flies into the sky.
The droids keep coming so Windu jumps. Two battle droids pull Dooku up but his posture is bent.
The Jedi engage the droids and the Geonosians in battle and the arena erupts into chaos.
Windu goes to Billaba's body. He tries to stop the bleeding but it is too late and the literal hole in her is too big. With her dying breath, she tells Windu everything that Dooku told her. He then puts her body out of reach and joins the battle.
The Jedi easily overpower the Geonosians but the droids keep on coming. A few Jedi fall. Stars Allie is hit on the chest with endless blaster fire.
Some Jedi take the offensive.
Coleman Trebor jumps up onto the press box and slices Dooku at the hip, who screams and falls headfirst on the rail, cracking his forehead and letting out blood. His hip is still mildly attached to his body. Adi Gallia, Coleman Kcajc and Ki-Adi Mundi secure the Separatist leaders. The droids are deactivated.
Just then, Yoda arrives with the clones. The gunships close in on the press box. The clones latch their cables onto Dooku.
"Dooku. Long time it has been." Yoda remarks.
Dooku looks up at Yoda. Surely Lord Maul has a plan to save him. Just as he is thinking about Lord Maul, Dooku sees a red lightsaber cutting the cables off of him. Then, Lord Maul plunges his lightsaber directly into Dooku, killing him instantly.
Darth Maul pulls out his blade from Dooku's corpse as it slips to the floor. The hip is still connected, though barely. Everyone is looking at the Sith Lord in shock as he simply smirks and he holds his blades horizontally and turns full circle. Coleman Trebor's headless corpse falls on its knees, his severed head beside it. Adi Gallia tries to strike Maul but he steps aside and she accidentally cuts off Coleman Kcajc's face. He screams and falls off the stand, into the sand. Adi Gallia just stands there with her mouth open in utter shock. Darth Maul takes advantage of Adi's momentary distraction and cuts her at her waist. She falls down next to Coleman Kcjac. Ki-Adi Mundi engages Maul in a brief duel and Maul feels a challenge but he overcomes by igniting his second blade down and cutting off Ki-Adi's toes, causing him to lose balance. Ki-Adi feels a fatal cut on his oversized head. Mundi's pieces fall all over the place.
Some clones get off the ship and start shooting at Maul. He deflects them and expertly cuts them down in all different directions. Some get stabbed in the chest, down there, in the shoulder, in the back, in the face. Others are cut horizontally, vertically head down, diagonally, just slashed etc. Armor and limbs fall out of the sky.
Darth Maul uses the force and levitates the remaining Separatist leaders to his ship. He then sends a massive force push, causing a few gunships to collide and break. Yoda jumps down but Maul force pushes him back into the sky. As Yoda flies uncontrollably in the air, Windu grabs him with the force and pulls him down but that gives Maul the opening to escape. The Sith redirects some of the rockets at the Clone gunships and they blow up. Then, he shoots force lightning at the gunships, electrocuting many clones and forcing the ships out of balance.
As Maul and the leaders flee, they reactivate the droids and all hell breaks loose on Geonosis.
Shaak Ti opens her eyes. She is levitating herself above the snow.
"What is it?" Bail asks.
"The battle of Geonosis has begun."
Bail looks down at the snow. All of his efforts have been wasted.
Darth Maul dropped off the Separatist leaders on Raxus Prime.
And then he headed to Coruscant and met with Sidious.
"The war has begun, Lord Sidious. The Jedi are fighting on Geonosis right now. I silenced Dooku just as he was about to be captured. He will be no use to our enemies and all of our top secrets died with him. I managed to strike down a few Jedi but the others saw me. They now know that the Sith have returned."
"Good Lord Maul. Everything is going as I have foreseen. With Dooku gone, we will need to appoint another person as the head of the Separatist movement. The Jedi know that we are involved but the public will never understand it. In the meantime, give the other worlds the signal. The invasions may start. Soon, we will introduce General Grievous."
The Jedi and the clones manage to conquer Geonosis. They return to Coruscant.
Once more the council holds a meeting.
Shaak Ti, Even Piell and Oppo Rancisis have all returned from Alderaan, Corellia and Vandor.
Due to the deaths of Ki-Adi Mundi, Coleman Trebor, Adi Gallia, Kit Fisto and Depa Billaba, five council seats are empty.
Yoda and Mace Windu begin with the new appointments.
Cin Drallig replaces Ki-Adi Mundi. Agen Kolar takes Coleman Trebor's seat. Tiplee is given Adi Gallia's position. Halsey (from TCW 3×13) replaces Kit Fisto. Tera Sinube replaces Depa Billaba.
The Clone Wars has devastated the galaxy for about three years at this point. Countless Jedi have perished and even more clone troopers have died. Most Jedi are off fighting battles abroad. They're spread thin across the galaxy. Public opinion of the Jedi has diminished greatly and their power is neutral worlds are controlled by Mandalore, which in truth is under Maul's rule, as are the crime worlds. The Death Watch are not publicly ruling Mandalore because Almec is the legitimate Prime Minister. Mandalorian warriors have also slaughtered many Jedi during the war.
After the battle of Geonosis, Thrawn replaced Count Dooku as the leader of the Confederacy. In exchange for Thrawn's services, the Sith have agreed to protect the Chiss. Under Thrawn's leadership, the droid armies under the command of General Grievous, have scored many bloody, devastating victories against the Jedi.
Darth Sidious and Darth Maul have been mostly behind the scenes, though Maul has participated in a few battles and slayed a few more Jedi. Most Jedi who dueled Maul have ever survived. Of course, some footage of Darth Maul butchering them has made it to the Jedi Temple. Although many attempts have been made to track him, Darth Maul has remained elusive. On one occasion Maul did duel Shaak Ti on Endor but her clone reinforcements arrived and he was forced to flee.
Meanwhile, the Jedi have been stretched far too thin. Most padawans, knights and masters are on the battlefield. In this day and age, the sacred knighthood appointments are extremely rushed and little younglings are made into padawans far too quickly.
The Jedi Council is now used to its virtual meetings. Agen Kolar has been the general in charge of training on Kamino. Additionally, the council has two empty seats. Plo Koon was killed by Darth Maul on Eadu, from Rogue One where Galen Erso died. His mask and goggles were sold, as was his lightsaber. Saesee Tiin was the victim of one of Thrawn's strategies. He was blown up with his ship when he crashed into the Republic cruiser bridge.
Shaak Ti and her padawan Ashoka Tano have accomplished a great deal. Along with Oppo Rancisis, Shaak Ti and Ashoka Tano rescued Even Piell from The Citadel, though Tarkin was killed in the process, which upset Sidious.
Shaak Ti was sent on a stealth mission to capture Thrawn, who was cornered by Shaak Ti after a brief lightsaber duel, in which Thrawn used the three green Quinlan, Tiin and Swan sabers but lost. Darth Maul sent Cad Bane to silence Thrawn. Shaak Ti stays briefly with Thrawn and in his dying breath, he mentions the names of Darth Maul and Darth Sidious.
Shaak Ti catches up to Cad Bane and kills him but as he dies, he tells her that he had been to Bespin to meet Maul.
She sent the council a message about her revelations and then took her padawan Ashoka to Bespin. The two exited the Jedi ship.
"Do you think that we will find Darth Maul here Master?"
"I do not know Ashoka, but be careful. The Sith are dangerous. They are ancient and unpredictable. I felt it when I dueled the Zabrak on Endor."
Asajj Ventress was just taking a walk, when she noticed the two Jedi. Today was her lucky day because the force had presented her with two Jedi kills, one challenging and one easy.
She dumped down behind the two Jedi and ignited her two green lightsabers. The two Jedi turned around and ignited their blue and green lightsabers.
"Who are you and where did you get those lightsabers?" Shaak Ti demanded.
"They are mine" Ventress snarled.
"Sith?" Shaak Ti and Ashoka Tano pointed their lightsabers.
"Not yet." Ventress engaged the two Jedi. She ducked sideways and jicked Ashoka in the face, knocking her out. Shaak Ti and Ventress went one on one. The blue blade locked with the two green blades and the duel turned into a long vicious display. Shaak Ti noticed that her opponent's strikes were very aggressive and open and she decided to counter that with even more aggression of her own. It worked and as Ventress went on the defense, Shaak Ti disarmed Asajj and held the blue blade to her throat.
"Who are you?" Shaak Ti demanded to know.
Ventress refused to answer, so Shaak Ti handcuffed her. Ashoka woke up and joined Shaak Ti. The three were on their way out of the building when Ventress spotted the carbon freezers. She stepped on Ashoka's foot and the Torgruta cried out in pain. Shaak Ti rushed to restrain Ventress. As Shaak Ti swung her lightsaber, Ventress put her hands in the way and freed herself from her handcuffs. Ventress shot force lightning out at Shaak Ti, who was caught off guard. She screamed in pain as she fell back, into the special hole and got carbon frozen with preservatives. Ventress cackled as she put her hand on Shaak Ti's frozen frame. Shaak Ti's lightsaber had fallen beside the frame. It was picked up and sold later, along with Ventress's two green lightsabers.
Ashoka got up, screamed and force pushed Ventress, who pulled out a double bladed red lightsaber and engaged Ashoka. Meanwhile, Shaak Ti was loaded off and shipped far away. Some of her DNA would be shipped to Kamino for cloning She would be found two hundred three years later and while on that subject, Even Piell and Oppo Rancisis are trapped on a timeless planet for two hundred two years after their return from a mission on Yavin 4 does not go as planned.
They meet Baby Yoda and he helps them escape.
In the present day, Ventress and Ashoka engage in an intense duel. They fight all over the building (where the duel happened in Empire Strikes Back). At one point, Ventress hits Ashoka in the face and cuts down her long green lightsaber vertically. The padawan is left defending herself with her yellow small lightsaber, as she is forced towards the edge. In a swift motion, Ventress slices off Ashoka's arm, stabs her in the heart. The corpse falls into the hole, out the exit and into the clouds.
Ventress returns to see that Shaak Ti is gone. She contacts Maul and tells him what happened.
"Good Ventress. You have done well. Depart Bespin and wait on Mandalore. Destroy all evidence that you were on Bespin."
"Yes Master."
"The end of the war is at hand and the destruction of Sidious is near. We will rule the galaxy."
Yoda and Mace Windu are in the meditation room and they're troubled.
"So the two Sith are named Darth Sidious and Darth Maul…" Mace Windu said. "I will guess that this Darth Maul is the one, who we have seen before. He must be the apprentice because the master wouldn't reveal himself so easily."
"Yes. Agree I do. Always two there are...a master and an apprentice. Responsible for the Jedi disappearances years ago they were. Merit, Dooku's words had. Though lying he still may have been." Yoda sighed.
"How do we defeat them? The apprentice is hard to catch and we do not even know who the master is." Mace worried. "Also, I do not mean to dive off topic but the Chancellor has been troublesome. He is staying in office too long and accumulating unprecedented emergency powers. Of course, he won't step during the war but after it is over, he must leave."
"Yes. Worried am I. Though to end the war, capture General Grievous we must. Since commands the droid armies he does, endless their forces are. Impossible to end the war without eliminating him it is."
"Unfortunately so. Even with Thrawn dead, Grievous remains a problem. Once he is gone, we can finally end this wretched war."
"We will track him down. And we must expect the Chancellor to give up his emergency powers, once Grievous is dead. In the meantime, let's check on Shaak Ti."
She doesn't answer.
"Hmm. Maybe she found the Sith. I sense that she is in danger. I will take the Commando Delta squad and Clone Force 99, the Bad Batch, to Bespin and help Shaak To defeat this Sith."
"Very well."
The battle of Cato Nemodia is going well. Clones have landed and laid siege to the cities killing many Nemodians.
Buildings are falling and their foundations are collapsing, sending entire cities falling down into oblivion.
Master Halsey is cutting down Commando droid when he suddenly hears a blood curdling scream from a clone trooper. General Grievous has arrived and he's ripped his mechanical toenails into a trooper's chest. Another trooper shoots at him but Grievous deflects it back, hitting and killing the trooper instantly. Two more troopers charge at him but Grievous slices an x on one of them and stabs the other. And then he lights one of his lightsabers into Captain Kolpai's face and beheads Commander Turqis. Several more try to stand their ground but get cut down in all different shapes. A clone gets cut vertically, all the way down. One even gets stabbed down there and he screams and falls off the city.
Halsey jumps forward and locks his green blade onto Grievous's two blue blades. They fight and Halsey gains the upper hand. Despite this, the droid reinforcements are quickly overwhelming the clones. After losing their momentum, the clones start retreating and the droids push a major offensive and cause even more carnage.
Halsey is trapped as the tide of the battle has turned in the Separatist's favor. Grievous takes advantage of Halsey's momentary distraction and shoots him with a blaster. It misses his heart but he is still hurt. A Commando droid runs over and cuts him with a sword. Halesey screams in pain as a magnaguard electrocutes him, causing him to drop his lightsaber. It falls below the city.
The Natulon padawan runs over to save Halsey but all the droids shoot at him and he takes fifty-four blaster wounds. Grievous swings his lightsaber and then he throws the padawan's head at Halsey, who cries out in anguish. Grievous cackles and makes a pair of lightsaber scissors at Halsey's throat. He cuts the scissors. Halsey's head goes flying.
In the distance, the last of the clones are being gunned down. Their ships have been obliterated. The final clone on the planet is shot four times on his chest but even as he is dying, he holograms himself to the Jedi Temple. This trooper throws five bombs at Grievous. One latches on his back, another on his head, while the third goes into his heart stream and the other two spread evenly. The clone is shot eleven more times but he presses the detonator. Grievous blows into oblivion and he takes the entire city with him.
Yoda, Cin Drallig, Tera Sinube, Tiplee and Mace Windu via hologram are watching. They take a moment of silence to honor the sacrifice.
Yoda turns to the other three Jedi who are physically present.
"Ask Palpatine to return his emergency powers we shall."
"Yes. And I will contact you once I find the Sith." Mace promises.
Bail Organa is taking a stroll on his speeder. Suddenly, he feels his speeder lean backwards. He turns around and sees a dark hooded figure.
Before Bail can even react, the person ignites a lightsaber into his back engine. Then, the person jumps off, stabs a speeder driver, beheads another speeder driver, hitches the speeder and flies off.
Bail tries to steer his speeder to a landing platform but it is out of control. It flies straight into one of the big TV screens. As Bails lays dying, his face half burned off and his bones broken, he looks up and sees that Palpatine is smiling from the TV screen. It is one of his old pro war messages. Bail realizes who orchestrated his killing and then he finally dies.
"Master. Bail Organa is dead. I have also received word that General Grievous was destroyed."
"Excellent Lord Maul. Be prepared to march on the Jedi Temple soon. I will execute Order 66 and all of these Jedi pests will be exterminated."
"Yes Lord Sidious."
Sheev Palpatine turns around and sees Tiplee, Cin Drallig, Tera Sinube and Yoda standing there with their mouths hanging open. They're in shock.
"Hello Master Jedi. You know me as Chancellor Sheev Palpatine but I have another name. It is Darth Sidious, Dark Lord of the Sith and that was my apprentice Darth Maul. We have been behind everything."
Darth Sidious ignites his bloody red lightsaber. He screams horrifically as he does a 920 in the air. The Jedi are thrown off and when they regain their attention, Tiplee and Tera are on the floor and their severed heads are steaming from the lightsaber heat.
The Sith Lord attacks Yoda and Cin Drallig. The latter puts up a decent fight but the Sith Lord quickly cuts off Cin's hair and face. Faceless Cin tries to keep fighting but the might of Sidious is too much and Cin is literally cut to pieces. Now it is just Sidious and Yoda.
Mace Windu, the Delta Squad and the Bad Batch enter the Bespin atmosphere. Cloud City can be seen from a short distance.
Darth Maul hires Embo, the bounty hunter, to kill the CIS council. Embo first shoots Nute Gunray from a distance. Next, he throws his hat at Poggle the Lesser, instantly smashing him against the wall as a pile of insect doodoo. Embo's pet bites Passel Argente and mauls him to shreds. It claws down San Hill. Its master shot down Senator Tikkes, the Quarren and the Aqualish. The rest of the leaders were quickly disposed of.
After a difficult, intense duel, Yoda knocked out the Sith Lord's lightsaber, which flew into and out the window, falling to the depths of the street. He immediately began shooting lightning and Yoda got ready to block but he felt himself gasping for air. Darth Maul had appeared and he was choking Yoda. Sidious laughed as he electrocuted Yoda, who screamed in agony as he felt his flesh burned away. A few minutes passed and Yoda fell on the floor, defeated. The Red Guards came in and slapped him around with their sharp force pikes. Yoda was gravely wounded. Blood was oozing out from every part.
Darth Sidious forced his lightsaber back into his hand. He ignited the sword of blood. His yellow eyes gleamed as he struck down, ending the Grand Master, once and for all.
Windu and the clones landed. As they were walking off the ship, they received a hologram message. All Windu could see was a hooded figure.
"Execute Order 66."
"Yes Lord Sidious."
Windu's eyes widened. One of the Commandos shot his blaster but Windu stopped it in midair. He forced it back. Wrecker went all crazy on Windu but he forced him back, causing him to collide into the rest of the Delta Squad. One was hit with a knife and he fell off of the city wounded. Windu ignited his amethyst blade and cut a Commando vertically. He slashed down another mutant and beheaded another Commando. In a few minutes, all of the clones were all just severed limbs and broken bones. The last remaining Commando fired three rockets all aimed at Windu. One of them blew up the ship and another landed on the Cloud City people, blowing off a decent chunk of the city. There were screams as they fell into the clouds.
As for the final rocket, Windu redirected it towards the trooper.
Mace Windu tried to process what had happened but he felt a massive disturbance in the force. Yoda was dead and most of his other Jedi brethren were being murdered at this very moment. And he knew that Sidious was behind it all.
Agen Kolar drank the wine that Prime Minister Lama Su offered him. Normally, it tasted fine, but this time, it was weird. The Jedi felt his body go limp as all of his energy left him. Lama Su gave Agen a cold look, his stormy gray eyes showed no emotion whatsoever. Just then, two arc troopers walked in and shot Agen straight in the face. His corpse was dragged out.
Darth Maul and thousands of Shock Troopers marched on the Jedi Temple. Inside, the Grand Inquisitor slayed every single one of the Temple guards behind closed doors.
The Jedi were caught off guard by Maul and the clone troopers. The Sith and his army began tearing through every single Jedi In their path. It was a vicious, bloody slaughter. No Jedi put up a good fight.
Years ago, Darth Maul had learned about the secret passage into the Temple from Dooku and so he had sent many troopers through that way as well. They caught up to Jocasta Nu as she was about to escape. She cut and stabbed a few of them down there and she severed a few heads. Jocasta slashed more of them on the front and on the back on all sides but they soon outnumbered her. Eventually, she ran and grabbed her lightsaber gun. Many clone troopers were blown up and most of the Sith artifacts, including Momin's helmet, were disintegrated. Unfortunately, her lightsaber melted and she was defenseless. She set it to explode and she threw it at the Shock troopers, killing more of them. It blew apart a wall.
Jocasta sensed that the Jedi secrets were in danger and she ran back in and wiped the archives clean. On the way out, she was gunned down by the Shock troopers.
Criminals and average citizens saw the opening and they went in and started stealing the ancient lightsabers, starfighters, statues and all of the other exotic treasures. Everything was looted clean, even the big statues and the trees. Nothing of value was left.
Many of them were Jedi haters and they partook in the slaughter of the Jedi as well.
The younglings were crowded in the Jedi Council room. They wanted to help but they did not know how. All of a sudden, the doors opened and a scary horned man with blood red skin walked in. He ignited two even bloodier lightsabers and hacked down all of the children.
Pretty soon, the blood curdling screams inside the Temple ceased and the last of the remaining Jedi were exterminated. Looters took all the lightsabers. Corpses were all moved outside and they were stacked up in a big pile that was far away from the Temple.
On Bespin, Windu had taken the hologram comlink that the clones had used. He turned on the image of Sidious and used his identifier to scan it and he figured out the true identity of the Dark Lord of the Sith. Windu took a ship back to Coruscant, ready to confront and destroy the Sith, once and for all.
Ventress landed on Coruscant. She met Maul in the underworld. He'd managed to sneak out right after Sidious had visited the Temple to make sure that everything was going well.
"It is time Asajj. Sidious is going to give his address tomorrow morning, so we will kill him tonight. The Galaxy will be ours by tomorrow."
"Yes master." The two talked with some of their underworld contacts to make sure that they were ready to riot.
Then they went and killed the Grand Inquistor and the entire Inquistorious as well. No Sidious servants would be allowed to survive.
Windu initially tried to land at the Jedi Temple but what he saw stopped him. The center spire had literally fallen and the rightmost spire had been blown up. Of course, there were big gaping holes and the temple was on fire. Clones patrolled the area. While he initially considered going into the Temple and wiping out the clones, Windu realized that the Jedi were already dead, so he went straight to the Chancellor instead.
Mas Amedda and Sly Moore were walking towards the office when they suddenly felt a quick purple flash buzz near them. In an instant, they were cut to tiny pieces.
Most of the Red Guards heading over to the office experienced the same sensation and fate. Some were lucky but their force pikes were hurled at each other. One was cut vertically, while another was slashed sideways and an additional one was decapitated. Windu was angry and unstoppable.
Darth Sidious was sitting at his desk, holding Yoda's severed head in his hand. His green little "friend's" eyes were missing. The Sith Lord had plucked them out and handed them over to some scientists to study. He was laughing at the dead Jedi Grandmaster when all of a sudden, he heard all the commotion.
Mace Windu walked in, his dark face covered in pure anger. When he saw Sidious holding Yoda's head, Windu lost it.
He force pushed Darth Sidious back. The Sith Lord hit his head incredibly hard on his chair. His head cracked open as he collided straight into the wall.
Mace Windu approached Darth Sidious, who was deep within the wall and struggling to get up.
In a last ditch effort to delay his death, Darth Sidious shot lightning at Windu but the Jedi simply sidestepped and amputated the hands of Sidious and grabbed him by the throat, choking his windpipe. For the last few seconds of his life, Sidious felt excruciating pain as every part of him was cut up by Windu's purple lightsaber.
Asajj Ventress, Darth Maul walked the Senate building. They were surprised to see the bloody trail leading to the office. Bodies and pieces of bodies were everywhere. When they got to the office, they saw small bits of what used to be Darth Sidious and Mace Windu standing over it all.
It was a fierce one on two lightsaber duel. Four red blades met the one purple blade. Mace force pushed Maul out the door and he focused on Ventress, who was having trouble keeping up. She screamed as he poked her right leg with his lightsaber and cut off her left leg and lightsaber arm. Then her eyes went out and he stabbed her twice and if that was not enough, Windu beheaded her and cut her waist off her torso. Needless to say, Asajj was pretty dead.
There was no time to mourn Ventress for Darth Maul. Crazy Windu immediately pounced on him and cut up his double bladed lightsabers.
Darth Maul felt the purple lightsaber cut out his right eye and half of his horns. Maul lost an arm and three fingers on the other hand. He tried to fist fight Windu but Windu was too aggressive.
The Jedi twisted what was left of the Zabrak's arm and threw him down.
Maul felt his bones break as Windu kept beating the crap out of him.
Just as Windu was about to put Maul down, several Shock troopers came and started shooting at him. As he was cutting them down quite violently, chopping off every limb, Windu suddenly felt himself freeze. Maul was holding him with the force. The clones took the chance and blasted Windu into oblivion, while burning him alive with their flamethrowers.
His purple lightsaber, along with the lightsaber of Sidious and Yoda's head, were lost and sold eventually. It would later end up in the hands of Shaak Ti when she would finally be found by the Mandalorians.
Darth Maul ruled over the entire galaxy for the next 134 years.
During his reign, he eradicated every last Jedi, with the exception of Shaak Ti, Even Piell and Oppo Rancisis. Most force sensitive children were hunted down.
The Death Star was used to destroy many planets such as Naboo, Shili, Ryloth, Rodia, Nal Hutta, Cato Nemodia, Glee Anselm, Florrum, Dorin, Coruscant, Trandosha, Kasshyk, Serenno, Ach To, Jedha, Ilum, Moraband, Malachor, Exegol, Tatooine Geonosis and so much more.
However, the Geonosian bugs were kept, replicated and sold out after Maul died.
After Maul passed on at 189 years of age, his ashes were scattered on Endor, Felucia, Bespin, Utapau, Mandalore, Alderaan, Mygeeto and elsewhere.
Then there was a power vacuum and the Death Star went out of control. Dathomir, Felucia, Endor, Utapau and much more were blown up. The Galaxy got so much smaller. The Core Rim was reduced in size by 60 percent and the Outer Rim was reduced by 76.
Afterwards, the Geonosian parasites and Shaak Ti clones roamed the galaxy. The Shaak Ti clones were helpful servants at time but they were vicious warriors at others. It depended on who bought the clones and business was great for Kamino.
Zombies became commonplace due to the Geonosian parasites.
One day, as I mentioned above, Baby Yoda met Oppo Rancisis, Even Piell and they escaped, completely unaged.
Shaak Ti was freed by Mandalorians and they were friends for a time but they turned on her and hunted her down. She found Mace Windu's lightsaber and used it to kill them all.
Due to the preservatives, she had grown younger.
Eventually, she regrouped with Even, Oppo and Baby and the galaxy went from there.
