Author's Note: School's cool and isn't as bad as I thought it would be. My once nine-page chapter has extended to twelve pages so that'll be a nice treat for ya'll. I will warn you though; this chapter contains some mild graphic violence. If vivid descriptions of death disturb you, don't read.
As for those of you wondering about Episode IV, I haven't forgotten about the last three chapters. I simply have to get back to it. I promise they will up by the end of the month and maybe we can even be finished this by the end of October at the latest. I combined another chapter so there's only sixteen after this.
As for those of you who've been following the trailer, you will notice various changes that were made to scenes in this chapter.

Chapter 69 responses:

Twisted Words (): I didn't realize I'd used the word so much. Sorry. I think that was one of the words I tried to find an alternate for in my Webster's dictionary, but now that I look online at the Merriam-Webster dictionary I see I could've used 'distort' or 'contort'. Maybe I'll do some changes to it, maybe not. Depends on how busy I am.
I have a really great storyline chronicling the twins, but that doesn't start until the beginning of the next episode and runs through to EP.7. As for Antellica's betrayal, that's a few chapters from now, though it isn't revealed until the next episode.

Arsenal: I made up the dark side shield myself. It was a precaution Sidious took to protect her while she wasn't Force sensitive, but now that she is, it doesn't protect her anymore as she can protect herself more with the Force. As for the Jedi being killed so quickly, Sidious and Baynetta are very accomplished Force wielders; much better then the Jedi will ever be. The type of training they have doesn't even come close to comparing. You noticed how quickly the three masters were cut down in the film. That should say a lot by itself.

Dark Lord Daishi: Hey! Long time no hear! I'm glad you liked it.

JainaZekk197: Again, thanks!

Sica Meni: Nah, they're just names I got off of I go there for all my character names, unless of course I create them myself. If you're interested in what they mean, Veradisia is True and Zenevieva is White Wave. I choose the names because of their uniqueness, not their meanings.

G-Anakin 13: Thanks!

The Lure of the Dark Side: Chronicle 1-The Turning of an Era

Episode V: Revenge of the Sith

Chapter 25: March on the Jedi Temple and Order 66

CORUSCANT – GALACTIC CITY

If any Coruscanti citizens residing in the de facto capital of Galactic City – the Senate District – were still awake at 2200, they would've witnessed the entire 501st Legion of elite clone troopers marching through the city streets along the Processional Way, the main boulevard leading from the Temple Precinct to the Jedi Temple. What they also would've seen was that they were being led by four cloaked figures; one tall form in the center front, the other three smaller forms flanking them.

The battalion of clones were stalked to the termination of the boulevard and up the ceremonial staircase leading up to the formal entrance of the Jedi Temple. The stairs were crowned with statues of the Four Masters who founded the Jedi Temple at the start of the New Galactic Republic and end of the Great Sith War.

At the temple gate, the Sith and their forces were greeted by Jedi Master Jurokk who'd been assigned to guard the temple when Windu and his team left. He looked rather startled at the sight of the assault, but was soon eliminated with a plunge of Darth Vader's blade through his head.

Upon entering the temple, Vader ordered his forces to kill all in their path and bring destruction to the ancient building. His order was followed with brisk "Yes sirs" and everyone went in various directions to look for victims.

Because it was so late in the day, Vader expected most of the Jedi to be in their quarters, meditating and prepping themselves for bed, which is why he was rather surprised to see Jedi Master Adi Gallia running out of the Younglings Quarters in approach to him, her lightsaber hilt in hand.

"Master Gallia," he greeted. "I see you're still up and about."

She squinted at him. "Anakin, is that you under that hood?"

He gave a simple nod and she sighed with relief.

"Do you know what's going on? I saw hundreds of clones marching up the temple stairs with four hooded figures leading them and I- Anakin! What are you doing!"

Vader had activated his lightsaber and was now holding it threateningly towards her throat. "Tell me where the Younglings are Adi," he commanded.

She looked a cross between startled and confused. "Anakin! Skywalker, what are you doing! Put your lightsaber down at once!"

"The Younglings Adi!" Vader growled, advancing on her as she backed away and ignoring the lightsaber that had been activated. "Where are they?"

"Why are you interested in knowing?" she demanded, sensing something suspicious and different about him now.

His patience was running thin. "You're not making this any easier Adi! It's as simple as this: you tell me what I want to know and I kill you and then them."

Her eyes flashed with fear. "Why? What's going here?" She glanced around the entrance hall and saw numerous Jedi now coming out of various rooms, some looking confused; others with lightsabers raised and ready to fight. Vader smirked as they were either shot or sliced down and turned back to look at the horrified master with pleasure.

"Never mind Adi," he said dismissively. "Don't tell me where they are. I already know. They're hiding in the Council Chambers."

Her horrified expression only became worse at this and multiplied to intense fear. His only reply was a smug smile, the final words, "You really should keep a better shield on your thoughts if you don't want anyone reading them," and the decapitation the dark-skinned, female Jedi's head.

Vader moved on, swiftly walking through the entrance hall; simply Force pushing anyone whom stood, or tried to block his way. He boarded the central elevator at the hall's end and went up the highest tower of the building where the Council Chambers were located.

When the elevator arrived, he nonchalantly strolled down the hall, meeting no one on the way to the chambers. It was deserted up here, but Vader felt the distant bright presences of tiny Force signatures in the room straight ahead. Using the Force to activate the door as he arrived outside it, he strolled into the room, hood still up.

At the door's closure behind him, a few little heads peaked out to look at him, huddled behind some of the chairs. One of the children, however, got up and approached him. It was a little boy around the age of eight whose name was Nichos, Vader remembered.

"Master Skywalker!" the boy cried. "There's too many of them, what are we going to do?"

Vader merely glared and activated his lightsaber. Nichos, along with the other children in the room shrank back, looking at him in confusion. Vader gave the boy one final glare before rushing forward and slicing the child's head off. As soon as it happened, most of the children began to scream while others simply looked on in stunned silence.

Vader, ignoring the children's screams and looks, stepped forward toward eleven-year old Natalyn.

The girl was a bully that was obvious. Vader himself had reprimanded her various times about her, as he'd called it "foolishness", and it was quite obvious she didn't like him. Not just because of that, but also because Antellica was his friend/pupil and she obviously disapproved of non-Force sensitives. Whenever either of the two were around, she'd glare and wish death upon them. This was why Vader got the great sense of satisfaction at the sight of the girl fearfully backing away from him, terrorized confusion evident in her, and the other children's eyes.

The room had grown quiet again and Vader continued this as he backed Natalyn up against a wall, pointing the end of his saber at her throat while remaining expressionless. Tears were now falling from the girl's eyes and she was whimpering, shaking in fear. Vader offered her a sarcastic smile and a nasty laugh.

"You'll remember Antellica telling you that your arrogance and pitiful teasing of others would get you in trouble one day." He gave another hateful smile. "Well it seems that day has come at last."

Natalyn was then sliced in half at the elbows, causing her to scream briefly before falling to the floor dead. At this, all the children – large and small, young and old – were screaming again. Vader felt a tugging on his arm and looked down to see five-year old Tyria, a girl he'd grown quite close to, gazing up at him with tears flowing down her little face. She had the look of fright.

"Anakin!" she cried. "Why are you doing this!"

Vader merely laughed again and yanked his arm out of Tyria's grasp, using the Dark Side to choke her to death. The girl tearfully clawed her throat, as if trying to free it and receive air, but soon collapsed beside Natalyn on the floor, dead.

"Anakin! No, stop! Stop this!" little eight-year old Gerrick was screaming.

Vader easily stabbed his lightsaber into the boy's throat, killing him as well.

The former Jedi proceeded to slaughter the rest of the Younglings in the room while they screamed and cried in terror and fear. Eventually the room was silent again; all fifty Younglings were dead.

Giving the forms of his deceased victims one last look of disgust, Vader stalked from the room, looking for more traitors to slaughter.

CORUSCANT – NEW REPUBLIC EXECUTIVE BUILDING, CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE

While his Sith Apprentices were at the Jedi Temple vanquishing the Jedi there, Darth Sidious was contacting all Clone Commanders across the galaxy. Ordering them to execute Order 66, an order that had been programmed into them even before the start of the war to turn on their leader, or leaders, when called upon and kill them. He opted to contact Commander Cody on Utapau first because of which Jedi was in the company of the clone…

UTAPAU – PAU CITY

The battle in Pau City was going quite well. Though the Separatist droid army continued to fight, it was hammered by persistent fire from LAAT gunships. Most of the droids were defeated, and as for the ones that were still active, they'd be scrap metal soon enough. But then the destruction of the CIS ATX energy pillar – energy columns used to by the Confederacy to help power their droid armies – assisted in a rousing Republic victory.

Obi-Wan looked on in satisfaction at the fine work the clones had, and were still doing as he rode his dragon mount, Boga, through the thicket of battle. He'd informed Commander Cody earlier of General Grievous' diminish, so hopefully the war was ending now even as he thought about it.

Since most of the battle on the lower and mid levels of the sinkhole was practically over, Obi-Wan made his way towards Cody to tell him to contact his troops, and have them move to the higher levels.

"Very good sir," Cody said when Obi-Wan told him this.

The Jedi was just about to ride off when Cody suddenly stopped him by holding out something.

"Oh, by the way," the clone was wearing a small smirk, "I think you'll be needing this."

Obi-Wan flushed lightly. He'd almost forgotten about his lost lightsaber that he'd ended up losing while chasing after Arica. It'd fallen from his grasp and landed somewhere beneath him as he dropped from Ultimate Projection's hanger and into Pau City several dozen feet below. He was most definitely glad he was assigned this mission alone. Anakin and Antellica wouldn't have ever let him live it down.

He accepted the weapon from the Clone Commander with an appreciated smile. "No need to mention this to Antellica or Anakin, ah Cody?."

The clone's smirk became even more pronounced. "Of course not, sir."

"Thank you," he said with some relief. "Now let's get a move on. We've got a battle to win here."

And without even waiting to see if they were carrying out his orders, simply assuming they were, he rode off on Boga, making for the cliff that headed up to the Separatist headquarters.

As soon as the Jedi was a good distance off, Commander Cody's holographic comlink went off, informing him he had an incoming message.

Activating it, the figure of Darth Sidious aka Chancellor Palpatine appeared.

"Commander Cody," the cloaked figure said, "the time has come. Execute Order 66."

Cody gave a nod of acknowledgment. "Yes, my lord." The transmission ended.

Glancing up, Cody saw Obi-Wan riding off on a distant cliff in the distance. He turned to his troops.

"Blast him!" he commanded. The nearby AT-TE walker did so with its main cannon...

Obi-Wan had been going over the possible events of the next few days, what with the war ending, when a sudden blast of energy struck the ground beneath he and Boga, destroying it entirely. He held onto her as tightly as possible, but as they began to fall he lost his grip. Looking hundreds of feet below, Obi-Wan saw that they were going to fall into the deep river at the bottom of the sinkhole. The hard impact of crashing into the water knocked Obi-Wan unconscious and killed Boga.

OUTER RIM WORLD, MYGEETO

Several days previous, before the Second Battle of Coruscant, the Supreme Chancellor had declared three planets which served as Separatist bastions, a "triad of evil" – Mygeeto, Felucia and Saleucami. These worlds were singled out as prime targets whose fall would help end the conflict.

Subsequently, a massive battle took place on Mygeeto, the frigid world of crystallized ice, which was a major holding of the InterGalactic Banking Clan. The fires that raged throughout the planet's cities during the battle were so extensive, that the ash rain that followed covered most of the surface.

Galactic marines, under the command of Jedi General Ki-Adi-Muni and Commander Bacara, battled the Separatist droid armies in extended urban fighting amid the ultramodern towers of a major Mygeeteen city. Elements of the 501st Legion fought in the final stages of the battle on Commander Bacara's recommendation, though Ki-Adi-Mundi was wary due to their operation outside his command.

The 501st, according to Mundi, were sent to Mygeeto to destroy an energy collector. But actually the troopers were seeking out an ancient Mygeetan crystal which was an experimental power source that the Chancellor required for a top-secret tributary laser stream project codenamed "Hammertong."

After capturing several forward command centers, the 501st destroyed 2 particle cannon turrets, allowing Mundi to land.

During a concentrated Republic push to rout the Separatists, fighting spread across various cities on the world. The Jedi General skillfully used his lightsaber to deflect enemy fire, whilst leading a force of marines supported by UT-AT assault vehicles and other heavy walkers.

After penetrating powerful shield barricades, the 501st was able to successfully destroy the energy collector.

The battle intensified on a number of vast bridges, which stretched across a great chasm, linking several city districts. General Mundi was rallying his troops to finish the battle when Baraca was contacted through a secure, holographic comlink that was frequency-locked to a channel reserved for the Commander-in-chief to execute Order 66.

Oblivious to his sentencing of death, Mundi continued to lead his forces across the bridge, urging them on.

But not three steps later, the clones nearest him abruptly brought a halt to their fighting. He turned in confusion to see his forces standing in position, their blasters aimed right at him and they opened fire.

He blocked as much as he could and managed to kill several marines, but their shoots soon overwhelmed the Cerean Jedi. He was shoot to the ground and killed.

OUTER RIM WORLD, FELUCIA

The Battle of Felucia was one of the hardest fought battles of the entire war. It began with the landing of the 182nd Legion, with which the Republic lost contact. Therefore, elements of the elite 501st Legion were deployed to begin routing the Separatist army from the planet.

Upon arrival however, the 501st quickly found that Felucia had a nightmarish topography. With dense foliage and seemingly infinite jungles and spores, ambushes were common and easy, and heavier support vehicles were hard to use. The 501st also found difficulty in subduing the feral Acklays, which would aggressively attack isolated patrols.

Eventually, Jedi General Aayla Secura arrived and was able to lead the 501st contingent to rout the Separatists defenders at a high cost of troops. It was here that Secura dubbed the 501st "the bravest men she had ever seen."

As part of the hunt for Commerce Guild President Shu Mai, Secura and her troops arrived at the Nigkoe Detention Facility where they believed Jedi Knight Barriss Offee was being held prisoner.

Attacking the facility, the clone troopers, under the command of Commander Bly, engaged the Gossam Commandos and secured the area while Secura freed both Offee and the Selonian Padawan, Zondor.

Still on the trail of Mai, Secura and Offee, along with the 327th Star Corps clone troop infantry under the command of Bly, arrived at her heavily fortified compound outside the planet's capital city of Kway Teow.

After creating a division that destroyed several B-2 battle droid guards, the Jedi and clones advanced on Aratech BARC speeder bikes toward the compound. They were attacked by several droid star fighters, but these were dealt with by a Republic squad of Incom/Subpro ARC-170 star fighters.

Having entered the compound through a lake and waterfall-access, and let their troops inside, Secura, Offee and Padawans Zondor and Ekria found that their search was for naught; Mai's personal ship had left days ago and no one had entered or left the compound since.

While gathering information on the ongoing Second Battle of Coruscant, the Jedi were informed by Commander Bly that the compound was filling up with toxins. A countdown sequence had also begun, which prompted Secura to order a full withdrawal from the area. Moments before the compound exploded, the Jedi and their troops managed to escape.

A clone trooper task force of the 327th Star Corps infantry, under the command of Secura, prepared to attack several of Felucia's water treatment facilities to prevent the Gossam homeworld from being infected by a toxin released into the water supply. This situation had come about due to a self-destruct mechanism designed by President Mai.

The clone trooper reinforcements brought in by Jedi General Stass Allie, who then went to Saleucami, were briefed on the situation by Bly. It was stated that Felucia's defenses were heaviest against air assault, thus a ground attack would be effective. Since the jungle would slow them down, Offee would lead one squad to Har Gau, while a second squad led by Padawans Ekria, Zondor and the newly-arrived Drake Lo'gaan, would target Jiaozi. General Secura's squad would accompany the Padawans and then proceed to Niango. The 327th Star Corps task force would then split up and head into the woods.

As the Padawan's force reached Jiaozi, they staged a diversionary attack and withdrew to lure the guards away from the water treatment facilities and allow the three Jedi access. The toxins were restrained from spreading further, but remote access to the other stations was impossible, as they were each on an isolated network. Padawan Ekria then tried to raise Generals Secura and Offee, but failed as the transmissions were being jammed. In an attempt at finding out the state of their forces, Ekria gained access to cameras installed inside clone trooper helmets, thus led to them witnessing the deaths of their Seniors at Order 66...

Barriss Offee was under siege from B-2 battle droids, but holding her own pretty well against them. Having seen Lieutenant Galle arrive with the reinforcements of clones and a AT-TE walker, she called over her shoulder and ordered him to open fire. And indeed they did, but onto her. She was shot to death by both the AT-TE walker and her own forces.

Aayla Secura stopped on her way to Niango due to reports of a Separatist armored unit in the area and soon spotted them. The Twi'lek had observed the Separatists forces roughly a kilometer ahead of them through the jungle trees. They were hiding behind some brushes, obviously wanting to take the Republic's forces by surprise. She was just about to motion to her troops to crouch down and follow her when a native Felucian bird took wing from an exotic tree nearby.

The beautiful bird drew her attention skyward for a moment and she gasped as she saw its colorful wings that seemed to sparkle in the sunshine.

In this moment of distraction her clone troops, led by Commander Bly, suddenly surrounded her, rifles raised. The next thing Aayla knew, blasters were being fired upon her. She had no time to react; she was instantly knocked to the ground from their shots, being killed almost instantly.

Having witnessed the slaughter of their seniors, the three Padawans situated at Jiaozi water treatment facilities managed to escape their own troops and flee the planet. However, before they got too far off, Republic star destroyers blasted their ship out of the sky.

KASHYYYK, KACHIRHO

Jedi Master Yoda dropped his gimmer stick and clutched at his heart, slowly falling to the ground in overwhelming pain at the feeling of hundreds of Jedi's death all at once across the galaxy.

COLONIES WORLD, CATO NEIMOIDIA

Despite the efforts of the First Battle of Cato Neimoidia, the Confederacy was not ready to give up the world without a fight.

With his clone wingman, Jedi Master Plo Koon, in his Delta-7 Aethersprite star fighter, was tasked with the mission to patrol the skies of the Neimoidian purse-world. As battles raged on beneath him on many of the planet's bridge-cities, the Kel Dor Jedi continued to patrol the skies of the Separatist stronghold, on the lookout for enemy fighters.

Flying close now to a bridge, Plo Koon was unaware of what was happening in the ARC-170 star fighter behind him.

"Execute Order 66," Darth Sidious commanded of Clone Captain Jag.

"It will be done, my lord," he replied and pulled back a little from the Jedi's ship. Then opening fire on the unsuspecting pilot ahead of him.

Koon's ship spun out of control as it was hit with increasing laser fire, eventually crashing into one of the suspended Neimoidian cityscrapes nearby, killing the Jedi inside.

OUTER RIM WORLD, SALEUCAMI

After the fall of Saleucami in the Outer Rim Sieges, Jedi Master Stass Allie was reassigned to the planet to lead mop-up operations with a contingent of clone troopers.

When Order 66 was enacted, Allie was on speeder bike patrol, searching for enemy forces with Clone Commander Neyo and a clone lieutenant.

Abruptly, the clones flying on either side of her hit the brakes of their speeder bikes, falling in behind. She thought nothing of this until laser fire from their speeder's cannons began to shoot at her. She had no time to react. Her vehicle exploded, killing her instantly, and the wreckage tumbled against the bleak Saleucami landscape in a fiery crash.

KASHYYYK, KACHIRHO

Kashyyyk was considered a major navigational hub for the southwest quadrant of the galaxy. As such, it was a strategically important system which had long been a target of the Confederate military. Separatist leaders requested that the Wookies join their rebellion but the Kashyyyk royal families proved indecisive. General Grievous, having become impatient with regarding their decision to join the Confederacy, decided to send battle droids to "persuade" them. Accidentally, the droids killed Prince Rikummee, who was on a hunt and King Grakchawwaa decided to oppose the Separatists.

After a number of probing attacks throughout the war, the Separatists finally decided a full scale invasion of the city Kachirho in the Wawaatt Archipelago – a system of islands that connected Wookie cities. This was to serve as a literal beach head into the rest of the forest covered planet. To this end, the Separatists made particular use of the age old enmity between the native Wookies and their system natives, the Trandoshans, to prepare for their attack. The Transdoshans did this in a number of ways, in particular by raiding the city and taking its leader General Tarfful prisoner, using their slaving activities as a cover for the true objective. In secret, the Separatists landed a large droid force and prepared for their attack. A Wookie woodsmith, Tarkov, on a grantaloupe hunt with his son Jaccoba, discovered the invasion force and warned the nearest township, Kahiyuk. From there, the alarm clarions spread the word of invasion to the other archipelago cities. The Wookies prepared for war.

Later, the clone commandos of Delta Squad were dispatched to find Tarfful and unite the Wookies against the Separatists. Once the Wookie chieftain was rescued from the Transdoshans and Grievous, who had commanded the first part of the battle, Delta Squad aided the Wookie resistance in Kachirho against the Separatist forces, destroying the Commerce Guild destroyer in orbit. RC-1207 was captured and Delta Squad pulled out onto a gunship as the Separatist counterattack came. Later, they discovered they were an advance group for a Republic invasion force.

Meanwhile, Wookies from across Kashyyyk flocked to Kachirho, the city chosen for the battle due to it being a lagoon in the Wawaatt Archipelago, and therefore easier for orbital insertion considering the lack of blockage from the high canopies of the wroshyr trees. Among these brave Wookies was Chewbacca, an old friend of Kachirho's chieftain, Tarfful, who feared greatly that Kashyyyk would be unable to defend itself against the might of the Separatists forces. Led by the elder Merumeru, Wookie warriors established positions deep in entrenchments and revetments. A team of Aleena scouts were also assembled to deliver intelligence on enemy maneuvers prior to the eruption of battle on flying Can-cells.

The first Republic forces to arrive on Kashyyyk, the 41st Elite Legion, under the command of Commander Gree, were led by Luminara Unduli, soon to be followed by Quinlan Vos and detachments of an unknown unit led by Commander Faie. Alongside sparse members of their respective clone army divisions, Unduli and Vos, as well as Wookies led by an elder from the Palsaang tribe, Gumbaeki,infiltrated an encampment of Transduction's, using the Separatist raiding party as an excuse to capture and enslave Wookies. Destroying the encampment and freeing the hairy simians was a breeze, but an ambushing crab droid afterward caused a bit of trouble, yet met its end nonetheless with the assistance of the Inferno, a ship belonging to the Devaronian smuggler Vilmarh Grahrk, who'd had previous relations with General Vos. Grahrk, along with his young Wookie friend, Gumbaeki's grandson, Chak, had recently been smuggling goods to Palsaang.

The Separatists true intentions of invading Kashyyyk were soon revealed when a dying Transdoshan revealed that the CIS came in search of the hidden Claatuvac hyperspace routes, which Vos soon discovered fell into the hands of Grahrk, with some assistance from Chak, whose grandfather was a member of the Claatuvac Guild – a group of Wookie cartographers and navigators based in Kachirho.

It was after this that Master Yoda arrived on the planet and was informed of these routes, but spoke that he already knew of them and had larger concerns, speaking to focus on the conflict at hand.

After receiving a transmission from the Jedi Council concerning Grievous' discovery on Utapau, Yoda went into Battle Meditation, and Republic forces, out on Kachirho's beach front, engaged the enemy.

Master Yoda had ordered the defense of Kachirho as the Separatist shield generator was lowered and the enemy forces rushed across the lagoon with haste. Merumeru's Wookie forces rushed across the beach front to confront the enemy as more warriors swung from the cliffs along the archipelago to place mines on the combustible droid forces. Meanwhile, clone troopers fired from trenches and clone sharpshooters sniped out enemies from along Tree Kachirho. On the vehicle front, Wookie flying catamarans, or Oevvaor jet catamarans, were aided by Juggernauts, AT-AP and AT-RT walkers and other assault vehicles. They faced enormous opposition from Separatist NR-N99 droid tanks, dwarf spider droids and HMP gunships.

The job of the 41st Elite and detachments of the 501st Legion, supported by Wookies, was to fight on the beach front, defending the sea wall and to hold the line until Separatist forces were fully committed. When this occurred, Yoda gave the word to Master Unduli to charge on the left flank of the droid army. Simultaneously, Vos, alongside Chewbacca and Tarfful, was sent across the lagoon to lead an attack on approaching Separatist forces, but Grahrk still felt it necessary to join in on the action, a decision that led to the ultimate destruction of the Inferno by an enemy gunship. Vos and the surviving Grahrk and Chak were immediately sent to a Juggernaut for recuperation.

As the clone forces were being beaten back on several fronts, the massive blockade of Trade Federation cruisers surrounded the planet and blocked any reinforcements attempting to retrieve the beleaguered garrison on the planet. So, the pilots of the 501st Legion were dispatched to cut a path through the fleet. Destroying the Munificent-class star frigate defenses, the fleet focused all fire power on the Providence-class carrier/destroyer. Using a high altitude LAAT gunship, a squad of clone troopers formed a boarding party and sabotaged the inside of the ship, destroying the command ship life-support and engines. They came across a battle-plan holocron, which contained the Separatist's strategies for the ground battle, and delivered it safely back to their Star Destroyer. With a path cut through the blockade, the 501st touched down on the planet and allowed more reinforcements to support the 41st Elite.

The battle seemed to go back and forth until, despite the best efforts of the combined Wookie/Republic defense, Kachirho became in danger of being overrun by the Separatists. The 501st Legion had been beaten back by Separatist forces, which were advancing on the Kachirho seawall and attempting to destroy a crucial oil finery.

The best efforts of clone engineers and TX-103S fighter tanks managed to keep the seawall intact until General Yoda could arrive to push the CIS back. With the foiling of this crucial mission, the droid army began to retreat from the refinery. But little did anyone know, this impending victory would soon turn bittersweet ...

"It will be done, my lord," Commander Gree said to the vanishing form of Darth Sidious. He'd been ordered to kill his Jedi Generals, and that's exactly what they were going to do. Motioning to a camouflaged-armored clone scout trooper to assist him, they walked the length of the outdoor command center overhanging the battle and towards the small form of Jedi Master Yoda. His back was to them.

Perfect, Gree thought. This would be easy. One clean shot and-

But before the clones could squeeze the triggers of their rifles, the small Jedi Master flipped up and backwards out of the field of fire, decapitating both clones with one quick swipe of his lightsaber.

Yoda looked silently, yet sternly, down at his ex-clone comrades and turned his green blade off, but it was soon back on as numerous clones began to swarm into the chamber, firing continuously at their target. The Jedi's Wookie companions, Tarfful and Chewbacca, were confused as to what was going on, but aided their fellow by firing back at the would-be assassins. Between the mixture of cross-bow shots and lightsaber deflection, the three were able to take down a large amount of clones, enabling them to escape the overhang. And not a moment too soon. A moment later, an A6 Juggernaut fired at the meeting hall and it disappeared in a ball of flame, killing the remaining clone troopers inside.

With Yoda on Chewbacca's back, the two Wookies led the small Jedi to the safety of a nearby jungle.

The other Jedi, however, were not so fortunate. Outside, the battle between Republic and Separatist forces was slowing down: Wookies stacked destroyed droids while clones assessed the damage of their equipment. Jedi Master Luminara Unduli was conferring with eight clone troopers on the transport of wounded soldiers back to medships when Order 66 was executed and she was pelted with blaster fire from all directions.

Jedi Master Quinlan Vos was reflecting on his decision to leave the order for his love, Khaleen Hentz, when he was suddenly shot by the cannon laser of a nearby Juggernaut, under the command of Faie, who'd just received Order 66.

CORUSCANT – JEDI TEMPLE

In the hallway that led to the temple's mess hall, Darth Lady Veradisia could be found slicing down innumerable amounts of her ex-Jedi friends while her squad of clones shot down the rest around her. She'd long abandoned the entrance hallway; leaving that to Baynetta and her own squad of clones. Veradisia was making for the power generator tower that kept the temple up and running. She knew setting that aflame would destroy most of the temple.

Confusion, betrayal, and fear is what was etched across the faces of the victims that fell to Veradisia's blade.

"Antellica! Stop this madness!" yelled Rayf Lobi, the teenage Padawan who'd let her borrow his lightsaber when she'd dueled with Anakin in the mess hall just prior to her elevation as Jedi Knight what now seemed to be a life time ago. And in a way it was because the people who'd dueled that day were Antellica Grievous and Anakin Skywalker, loyal Jedi to the New Republic. Those two people no longer existed. They were now Darths Vader and Veradisia, loyal servers to Darth Sidious and the New Order.

"You will call me Darth Lady Veradisia," she snarled as she advanced upon the Jedi. "That's what I go by now."

Lobi wrinkled his forehead as he rose his lightsaber, ready to fight if it came to that. "Darth Lady Veradisia?" he repeated. "That sounds like the name of a female Sith Lord."

Veradisia smirked. "But of course it is," she jeered, calling the Jedi's weapon from his grasp and slicing the traitor in half an instant later. His eyes widened while and after the effect, but the Sith was quickly turning away to cut down yet another Jedi that tried to surprise her from behind.

Continued screams sounded everywhere as the clones maintained their fire on the Jedi. A Padawan group in particular was getting shot down left and right. However, one of them managed to escape the clone's range by sending Force pushes at them. It was a female Human, around the age of eighteen, that Veradisia recognized as Janice Binn, the late Lobi's supposed best friend. Actually, she was his secret girlfriend, despite the fact that attachments were forbidden with the Jedi.

Binn was running at her, lightsaber held over her head of flying purple hair, yelling a war cry as she came.

Veradisia allowed a small grin to light her face beneath the hood as she also rose her lightsaber and prepared to slice the girl down. Alas, just as her blade was about to come into contact with Janice's shoulder, the girl Force jumped out of the way and landed next to the dead Lobi.

She took his cold hands in hers and let out a cry of anguish. Looking up at Veradisia, she yelled, "Why, Antellica! Why!"

"As I told you dead boyfriend," Veradisia growled, "it's Darth Lady Veradisia. Do well to refer to me as that."

"Stop this!" Binn yelled as Veradisia advanced on her. "What have we, peace-keeping, law-abiding Jedi, ever done to deserve this!"

"The Jedi are traitors of the Republic!" Veradisia hissed out. "As such, they must all be put to death!"

"No!" Binn yelled as Veradisia brought her blade down on her throat, slicing it open. Blood gushed out, and Veradisia had to jump back as not to get it on her robes. Instead of properly killing the girl, Veradisia choose to leave her there to die. She wouldn't last long; maybe a few seconds if she was fortunate.

Continuing down the hall and entering the messeteria, Veradisia allowed the clones to kill the Jedi hiding inside. The few who ran up to engage her were Force slammed into the room's windows, the glass cutting into their skin and vital organs as they broke. After which, the Jedi landed on the floor and were shot to death by clones.

Once the mess hall was devoid of all life, Veradisia led her troops into the Power Generator room down the hall from the messeteria exit door. Since the entrance was usually locked, as to stop mischievous Younglings from going within, Veradisia had the clones shoot the door down.

The power generator tower stood before them down a long walkway surrounded by many other mechanical things that were used to power the temple, but they were given no notice to. Veradisia slowly proceeded forward, flanked by the clones, her eyes only on the tower.

When they reached within several meters of it, Veradisia halted her troops and ordered them to set their blasters to the highest bolt of firepower possible and shoot the tower down. The clones did as ordered and the tower gradually collapsed under the heavy assault, flames quickly spreading all about the room ...

OOO

Darth Lady Zenevieva and her squad were barging into the Jedi condominium and individual quarters on the second and third levels of the temple, bringing untold damage to both levels. The Jedi that occupied the levels intrepidly fought back against the raid, but were eventually overwhelmed by the large amount of force shown. Zenevieva slaughtered many Jedi with her hood safely in place. No one picked up on who she was; they just thought she was another one of the Sith and that's the way she wanted to keep it until Sidious made his announcement.

They'd been at this for about a quarter of an hour now and practically everyone had been killed on these levels. Unfortunately, two non-Human Padawans ended up escaping and Zenevieva and her squad had to chase them up to the temple hanger in the High Council Tower. They were obviously trying to flee on some type of vehicle, but what with the ruin that had been brought to it earlier from cannon fire and Vader's wrath, there wasn't really anything in the hanger except wreckage and smoke.

Zenevieva caught up to the escapees and swiftly sliced them down before they got within five meters of the hanger's interior. Despite it's destruction, the ex-general had some of her squad set up a perimeter of the area to ensure no others even thought of escaping if they made their way up here.

The unmistakable sound of an approaching speeder filled their ears and Zenevieva motioned for her troops to follow her. All of the retractable landing pads that were usually used to launch star fighters were activated so it was easy to see out of the hanger and into the Coruscant sky. Zenevieva spotted the speeder making to dock on one of the pads and snapped at five of her troops. She marched up to meet the speeder as it landed and was surprised to see that its one and only occupant was Senator Bail Organa. She'd thought it would be a HoloNet reporter or journalist ready to capture the temple's downfall. She was amazed to discover how disappointed that it wasn't.

"What's going on here?" Organa demanded as soon as he jumped out of his vehicle, but then stopped dead at the sight of Zenevieva. "Arica Grievous!"

Zenevieva cursed herself for not raising her hood any higher, but immediately dismissed this as she addressed the Senator.

"There's been a Rebellion, Organa," she said coolly. "The Jedi have attempted to dethrone Chancellor Palpatine from office."

Bail blinked. "I don't believe that." His eyes turned cold. "And why would you care about anything to do with the Republic? You're a Separatist leader!"

Zenevieva snatched a blaster out of one of the nearby clones' hands and pointed it at the Alderaanian Senator threateningly. "I think it's time for you to leave Senator."

He stood defiant. "I'm not going anywhere-"

"Fire!"

Zenevieva's entire squad came swarming out of the hanger, shooting their rifles at the Senator. His eyes widened and he quickly ducked for cover behind his speeder. Just as he was pulling out a blaster of his own to shoot back at the clones, Zenevieva whipped around at the light side presence approaching from behind. It was a Human Padawan; about the age of ten from the looks of him. He began expertly cutting his way through the clones and looked as though he was making to defend the Senator. For a free ride perhaps? Not as long as Zenevieva was here.

The clones continued to fire on Organa and the Padawan, both of which managed to take down several of her squad. Enraged, Zenevieva whipped out her lightsaber and stalked up to the boy, kicking his own out of hand and decapitated him.

"No!"

Zenevieva whipped back to see Bail standing on the side of his speeder, looking at her with horrified anger.

"Kill him!" she barked at the rest of her forces. "There can be no witnesses!"

The clones continued their fire on the Senator as he quickly got into his open cockpit speeder and began to speed off. She ordered several of the clones after him via their rocket jet-packs with the order take him to the Chancellor upon capture.

UTAPAU – PAU CITY

Obi-Wan eventually regained consciousness after the fall into the river caused by the cannon blast of his troop's AT-TE walker and swam to the surface. He wasn't confused over what had just happened, but why it happened. Despite the fact that his forces were merely clones, he'd developed something of a brothers-in-arms philosophy about them and thought that they'd developed the same. Obviously, he was wrong.

The sinkhole river wasn't too deep – approximately one kilometer in depth – but all the same, it was deep enough considering how he'd dropped into it and landed at the bottom beside Boga.

He gave a sorrow-filled sigh when he thought of his dead dragon mount. She'd given her life to save his, jumping on the cannon shot before it could hit him. She was a noble beast and would not be soon forgotten.

At the surface, he took the re-breather he was using out of his mouth and began to climb up the steep hill that was the Pau City sinkhole, holding onto loose branches and leaves to help steady himself. All the while, his mind was churning over the query of how he was going to get off world and get help.

KASHYYYK

As the Republic forces that had come to defend the planet from invaders became the invaders and executed their commanders in cold blood, the Battle of Kashyyyk was over. At that point, an AT-RT patrol squad scouting Kachirho and the commando Triton Squad began killing fugitive Wookies throughout the forest.

Night soon fell over the jungle world, but the clones continued on with their killing and search for the escaped Jedi General Yoda. Only they weren't having much success in the matter. They couldn't find him anywhere.

Yoda had been led through the vast jungles, away from the major cities and villages and up onto a forest mountain by his loyal Wookie allies, Tarfful and Chewbacca. On the way, they had told the Jedi he could escape the planet in a secret escape pod that laid waiting in some bushes at the mountain's top. It'd been retrieved by one of their fellows. The small Jedi continued to ride on Chewbacca's back until they reached their destination.

Upon arriving, Tarfful removed the bushes that covered the small escape pod and Yoda climbed off Chewbacca's back.

"Good-bye Tarfful," he said. "Good-bye Chewbacca."

Chewbacca growled a good-bye.

Yoda smiled. "Miss you, I will."

Than, turning his back on his friends, he boarded the extended ramp that led within the pod and watched them until it closed back around him. The small Jedi pushed the ignition button and lifted into the air, wondering what, and where he would go or do from there.

CORUSCANT – EN ROUTE OFF WORLD

The CR90 corvette owned by the Royal House of Alderaan, Tantive IV, was making its rise into the Coruscant night sky from the New Republic Executive Building's reserved docking bay.

After witnessing the slaughter of countless Jedi at the temple by clones under the command of General Grievous and some hooded figures he'd seen through the buildings' windows and escaping the clone forces that had been sent after him, Senator Organa decided to leave Coruscant at once. He needed to find some of the Jedi that were fighting in the war off world and warn them of his discovery, though his preferred Jedi to find was Yoda.

"Hopefully we can intercept a few Jedi before they walk into this catastrophe," Bail said to his brother-in-law, Raymus Antilles, who was also the ship's captain, as they and a few of the Senator's aides headed for the ship's cockpit.

UTAPAU – PAU CITY

It'd taken some time, but eventually Obi-Wan made it back to the central area of Pau City. He had to be extremely careful though. Not just from falling, but staying out of the sight of the search droid that was circling above the river, obviously looking for him on the clones' orders.

Keeping to the shadows, he made his way through the city, eyes observing everything. The battle had ended. Clones could now be seen scouting the city with their rifles raised and taking citizens prisoner.

Recognizing one of them as Tion Medon, Obi-Wan let out yet another sigh, but abruptly ducked behind a wall barricade at the sound of Commander Cody's voice.

"Trooper 6674!"

Obi-Wan peaked from behind the wall as the clone Cody had requested came forward.

"Sir?" Trooper 6674 acknowledged.

"Did you find Kenobi?" the commander asked.

"Sir, no one could of survived that fall," 6674 said instead.

Cody didn't seem convinced, but let the subject drop. "Start moving your men onto the ships," he ordered. Move it!"

Continuing his glance from the barricade, Obi-Wan saw the clones leading the captive citizens and leaders onto Star Destroyers in handcuffs, with blasters to their backs.

He sadly shook his head, but knew better than to come out of his hiding spot and try to rescue them. It would be an impossible folly. He was outnumbered against all those clones.

Leaving the barricade behind, Obi-Wan knew his best chance for survival would be to go to the level he'd been fighting Arica on and use her escape ship to leave the planet.

When he got there, however, he came across a strange sight. Since the dead General's escape ship was two levels above where he'd left her dead body, he had to pass through the level before getting to any higher ones. The strange sight that Obi-Wan saw on that level was Arica's missing body. She wasn't where he'd left her or anywhere for that matter. He found this rather odd, but quickly brushed it off telling himself that the clones probably disposed of her.

But two levels above, Obi-Wan found that Arica's escape ship was also gone. He was very much disturbed by this and for one crazy moment, he thought that perhaps Arica hadn't died when he thought he'd killed her. This thought however was quickly pushed off as nonsense. She'd taken four bolts to the chest. There was no way she could've survived.

Thankfully, he remembered the unused escape ship that was still idly sitting two levels below and went down to it.

Cautiously approaching, senses all alert, Obi-Wan proceeded towards it. Once assured there was no danger, he quickly boarded the ship and took off into the sky.

Leaving Utapau behind, Obi-Wan decided to make best possible speed for the capital and also try and make contact with the temple. But every time he tried, all he received was static. That was strange. The lines to the temple were always open. Instead, he choose to try something else.

"Emergency code 913," he said into the ship's holo comm system. "I have no contact on any frequencies."

A blurred holographic form suddenly appeared before Obi-Wan. It said something that sounded remotely like "Master Kenobi!" but Obi-Wan wasn't entirely sure so asked the person to repeat themselves.

"Master Kenobi!" it said, much louder this time.

Obi-Wan recognized the speaker and image as…"Senator Organa!" he said in confusion as to what the Alderaanian Senator would be doing on this frequency, but also relief at a familiar face. "My clone troopers turned on me," he continued, "I need help."

"We've just rescued Master Yoda," Senator Organa informed him. "It seems this madness has happened everywhere. We're sending you our coordinates..."

CORUSCANT – JEDI TEMPLE

The raid on the Jedi temple continued as duels erupted in the library and every other room in the building. The Main Temple Garage was bombed and the Room of a Thousand Fountains destroyed. In an ensuing carnage, a Jedi activated a ray shield system and hid in a protected room. The shield system was soon disabled though and the Jedi killed. An encoded message had been encrypted to all Jedi across the Galaxy, if there were any left, that the war was over and to return to Coruscant at once. And the twenty-five Sith Holocrons that the Jedi had stolen at the end of the Great Sith War were recaptured.

In the main entrance hall, Jedi snipers and brutes ambushed the clone attackers, but if they weren't shot down by the troops, they and the other Jedi in the hall were cut down by Darth Lady Baynetta.

Whereas her fellow Sith had left for other parts of the temple, she remained in the main hall, killing every Jedi who dared challenge her. She was also taking down the many hulking statues that decorated the side of the hall to crush Jedi with and use spare pieces to throw at them.

She had long abandoned wearing her cloak and hood. She wished for them to see the face of their attacker before they died and at most, the act proved successful as they recognized who she was and were shocked and confused.

Going into an unfamiliar room on the right of the hall, Baynetta burst into it to find that it was one of the dueling chambers. Inside was lightsaber instructor Cin Drallig engaged in a deep duel of concentration with two teenage Padawans, a boy and a girl. They stopped at once when they noticed her though, with her Sith lightsaber raised.

"Sorry to interrupt the duel kids," Baynetta sneered, "but it's time to die. Eat lightsaber little girl."

As Baynetta said this, she threw her lightsaber at the fourteen-year old Padawan, Bene. Before the girl even had a chance to react, the Sith blade was inside the back of her throat. She fell down to the floor dead instantly.

"Bene!" the other Padawan, a boy, Whie yelled.

Using the Force to call her blade back to her, Baynetta caught it a second before both Drallig and Whie struck at her. She blocked their attacks off easily, almost at once striking down the sixteen-year old Padawan. All that was left was the lightsaber instructor. He had skill; Baynetta had to applaud as she fought against the forty something Jedi. But not skill enough to match the power of a Sith such as herself.

"Senator Amidala," he growled while paring off one of her attacks. "I always knew to never trust politicians."

"Wise man," she derided and suddenly sliced his right arm off at the shoulder, his lightsaber falling to the floor. Just as she was about to deliver the finale blow however, Drallig surprised her by Force throwing her up against the wall behind her.

With a roar, she picked herself up, jumping out of the way of even more Force throws he was tossing at her. Once landing in front of still kneeling Jedi, she sliced across his head horizontal under the eyes. He gave a brief sound of pain before Baynetta than sliced off the rest of his head from his shoulders with a swift twirl of her blade.

Baynetta was soon engaging even more Jedi in battle, in and outside the room back in the hallway.

OOO

Order 66 was a complete success. On over two hundred worlds, Jedi were gunned down by their troopers.

Closing his eyes slightly, Darth Sidious could feel the deaths of all the Jedi across the galaxy and basked in the feeling.

Going out to his private landing bay outside his senatorial office, Sidious took a speeder to the smoking ruins that was now the Jedi Temple. With satisfaction, he looked on at the crippled building that was now far from being elegant.

Landing his speeder on the one of the landing pads in the hanger showed him that Darth Zenevieva was there to meet him. As he exited his vehicle, she bowed in greeting. "Master."

"Lady Zenevieva," he acknowledged. "Rise."

She did so and they began to walk.

"The siege goes well," she began to report. Sidious abruptly stopped, however, to look down at what appeared to be a ten-year-old Jedi Padawan who'd been decapitated. He cackled lightly and gestured for her to continue.

"I doubt there are any Jedi left," Zenevieva continued, "what with the four of us and the 501st Legion. It's not like there were many Jedi here to begin with anyway, thanks in great part to me. And your and Tyranus' training of course," she quickly added, almost as an after thought.

Sidious cackled as they walked on. They met Vader and his squad coming down the stairs alongside the lifts that led to one of the other towers. He bowed low when he saw Sidious.

"Master," he acknowledged and fell into step with Sidious and Zenevieva. The clones continued to scout the area.

Veradisia, they met a floor below. She gave the same greeting Vader did and also joined them.

As they walked, the four of them observed the work done to the once glorious temple and eventually made their way to the library. Every member of the 501st Legion stopped to saluted when they caught sight of the Sith.

Inside the library, they found Baynetta deleting archive files from the temples' system.

"Master," she said with a slight nod, when she spotted him. "I have encrypted an encoded message to all surviving Jedi that the war is over and to return to Coruscant at once."

"Good," Sidious cooed. "You have done well my apprentices. Now Lord Vader and Lady Baynetta, go and bring peace to the Empire."

"Yes, my master," Vader said with a bow.

"The Sith Holocrons master," Baynetta said, handing them over to Sidious.

"Excellent," he said, taking them into his hands and looking them over. "These will prove most useful."

Baynetta gave a simple nod. "Yes master," she said and then followed Vader out the room.