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Palpatine's office once night has fallen
Anakin enters as the doors close behind him with walking over to the desk where the chancellor is working, then looks up as Skywalker sits down.
"I didn't know where else to go. I thought about going home, but Padme is working, and I wanted to get my bearings before I saw her anyway" Anakin said.
"You are always welcome, what is troubling you?" Palpatine asked.
Letting out a sigh "There is a lot. Padme is pregnant, and the Jedi kicked me out for breaking the rules. Also, because I used the dark side to kill Grievous" Anakin said.
"I'm happy for Senator Amidala and you, it truly is a joy to have a family" Palpatine said, "For the Jedi, you are better off not being in their grasp."
Giving a nod "Thank you. The Jedi were a huge part of my life, but I had no family other than Obi-Wan but even he betrayed me. You are right that none of them can be trusted. I know after everything they've done over the years I should know that by now" Anakin replied grimly.
"What is really troubling you?" Palpatine asked knowing there is more and has a few guesses.
"If my child is going to be Force sensitive I am worried about what the Jedi will do. Mace Windu said they would take my child from us regardless of what we wanted, that it was their right to kidnap children. The Jedi is no better than the Sith" Anakin said in disgust.
"The Jedi and the Sith are alike in a lot of ways, especially in areas the Jedi pretend they are not" Palpatine said.
"Yes, and there is the matter of the Republic itself. With this Clone Wars ending if the galaxy just goes back to like how it always has been in the hands of selfish politicians… like you've said to me over the years something needs to change" Anakin said.
"Anakin, I have plans for a way to strengthen our government for the betterment of the galaxy and massively destroying the power of the ineffective senate. A way to better protect against the pirates, smugglers, terrorists, drug dealers and even threats from the unknown regions" Palpatine said.
Shaking his head "The only way to succeed is to take over as a dictator" Anakin replied then the realization occurs "Which is what you have been doing for these past several years during this war."
"Longer, but yes. I want to let you in on another secret, that you're perhaps one of the only people who really know who I truly am" Palpatine said.
"Ok, what does that mean?" Anakin asked confused.
Giving a smile Palpatine stands up with walking over to Anakin and briefly leans down to whisper "I am the Sith known as Darth Sidious."
Complete shock takes over Anakin for a moment before he rises to his feet with glaring at Palpatine, as the man takes some steps backwards.
Without warning, Palpatine's normal, healthy-looking appearance fades away to be replaced by grey skin, becomes older with more wrinkles and yellow eyes. He knows there is no longer any need to use the Sith Alchemy that is brought about from using the Force to hide his appearance caused long ago. Especially given he can feel all his plans about to come together.
"Maul, and Ventress worked for you while they were helping the Separatists. You've committed treason and sent those assassins after my wife" Anakin growls angrily.
"Yes, I have, but I call it using both sides. After all, how do you think I was able to provide such critical intel that helped us win this war? For the matter of being a Sith, it's no different than being a Jedi. You really must quit believing the Jedi's lies" Palpatine said.
"I've faced the Sith and I've seen the evil they are, you're only interested in your own selfish power. Not caring how many people lives you kill or destroy to get it" Anakin said.
"My friend, if we the Sith was as terrible as the Jedi Order have told you we would be rulers over a dead galaxy. Having true power is meaningless if there is no one to rule over, true power comes from having knowledge. Something the Jedi lack" Palpatine said.
"Your still evil scum and I'm never joining you" Anakin replied.
"Anakin haven't you learned over the course of your life? Evil is a point of view, yes to the Jedi Order and to others I am evil. But I'm not just concerned about merely my own power, I want to make the Republic the strongest it can be" Palpatine said.
"You do have a point" Anakin said after a moment, about how evil is up to a person's view.
"You have realized yourself the Jedi Order care only about themselves. It's commendable yes but they lie about being for peace and justice. When grave trouble arises, the Jedi refuse to act like during the Clone Wars" Palpatine said.
"And how exactly are you different from the Jedi?" Anakin asked.
"Because Anakin after all these years of knowing each other, I don't believe in denying and pretending emotions don't exist. As a Sith, we embrace all the emotions from love, passion, to hate and anger. To become more powerful than any Jedi" Palpatine replied.
"Why should I join you and your Empire?" Anakin asked.
"The reasons are already there, Jedi being a broken organization along with the Republic and the need to protect people that has driven you all your life. The ability to protect your family. This is your destiny" Palpatine said.
"If I join you… if I become a Sith and learn the ways of the dark side fully will you help me protect my family?" Anakin asked, contemplating the full consequences of this choice.
"Yes" Palpatine replied.
"Then I submit myself to your teachings master" Anakin said.
"Kneel before me" Palpatine said than Anakin kneels on one knee with keeping his head lowered "Good, very good. From this moment you shall no longer be known as Anakin Skywalker. You shall be reborn as Darth Vader. Rise."
Anakin rises to his feet with looking at Palpatine than says "I'm going to need a new lightsaber, I left my old one behind at the temple."
Suddenly across the room on a table, a gray statue breaks as a lightsaber hilt flies out from inside of it. Using the Force Palpatine guides it to Anakin where the object becomes suspended in the air until Anakin takes it.
Examining the tube Anakin finds it to be made from a grey metal casing with vertical black stripes at the hand grip and a black circular emitter shroud near the end where the blade comes from. Pressing down on the power button, Anakin sees a red blade of powerful, plasma energy extends outward from one end of the hilt.
"Thank you, my master" Anakin replied with deactivating the blade and placing the hilt on his belt.
"You would have needed a new lightsaber since you are a Sith. Now it is time for us to begin and we must move quickly. If the Jedi knew we were Sith we would be executed" Palpatine said.
"What are your orders?" Anakin asked.
"You will take the 501st stormtroopers and go to the Jedi Temple. Every single Jedi, including your friend Obi-Wan Kenobi, is now an enemy of the Republic. Do what must be done, Lord Vader. Do not hesitate and show no mercy" Palpatine said.
"I understand. I am concerned however about the loyalty that the members of Republic's military will have to pull this off. There still are people who view them as heroes" Anakin said.
"Tell them I have issued Order 66 which is the elimination of all Jedi if they become a threat the Republic. Also, the Republic's soldiers have been trained to obey commands without question" Palpatine replied coldly.
Nodding "Very well master" Anakin said before walking out.
Palpatine gives a twisted smile as now Anakin is under his control and turning around looks out the window. Palpatine knows very soon all of this will be his Empire and it is time to put the next plan into motion of a senate meeting to declare it.
Of course, what reason, why he waited so long to start these plans, is because the senate and the people in the Republic must be ready to see his vision as the only way to protect them. Also, once meeting Anakin Skywalker all those years ago he knew Skywalker would be a powerful apprentice, and to bring him over to his side would take years but it has been worth it.
And Sidious knows regarding Anakin's child that if the child has the same Force potential as his father's or perhaps even stronger… well, that child will be a very powerful tool indeed. Unless the child poses a threat to his plans and must be killed.
Darth Sidious smiles upon feeling a disturbance in the Force like a massive explosion of dark energy as Anakin has fallen fully to the dark side.
Hope you all enjoyed this
And we are finally at the moment where Anakin turns to the dark side and joins Palpatine. Hopefully for reasons that work better than the prequels of wanting to save Padme from dying due to nightmares he had.
You can see just how important family is to Anakin of protecting not just Padme but his unborn child.
Which by actually using the questionable choices the Jedi Order does or at least certain people in it, like Mace Windu who is clearly a little power-hungry himself makes sense for why Anakin would turn against the Jedi for viewing them as evil.
Speaking of Mace Windu you are one of the reasons why Anakin became Darth Vader so great job their you idiot.
Plus, for Anakin's need to protect his family ties very nicely into Return of the Jedi where that same drive is what causes him to kill Palpatine to save Luke and redeems himself.
Yeah, we get to see Palpatine really was using his human appearance as nothing more than a mask to hide the much uglier self underneath.
We get to see Anakin gaining the lightsaber that he will use throughout the original films. I wanted to add that as I kind of think it would be cool to have Anakin using a red lightsaber while he's tearing through Jedi and fighting Obi-Wan. Instead of just using his blue lightsaber.
Oh, we will be seeing Anakin go up against Jedi Knights without his more machine self.
Compared to prequel films where we saw a few second video clip of that then naturally the Obi-Wan fight where he lost, and more time was spent on a slaughtering a bunch of defenseless aliens.
Until next time