Hey folks, Grubkiller here.
This latest chapter deviates from Asoka's story, and focuses on Yoda and his "run in" with a nefarious entity. It's based off of Yoda's quest at the end of Season 6.
Anyway, until next time, this is Grubkiller, over and out.
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Moraband, ancient home world of the Sith.
Moraband.
Also known in antiquity as Korriban, it was an Outer Rim planet that was home to the ancient Sith. This world, with its desolate red sands and mountainous landscape, was abandoned long ago after many ancient wars.
Located on the surface was the Valley of the Dark Lords, a wasteland filled with the tombs of ancient Sith Lords.
Among these many tombs was one that attracted the Grandmaster of the Jedi Order himself.
Yoda, having been led here by the spirit of Qui-Gon Jinn from the netherworld of the Force, left his fighter behind and walked through the Valley of the Dark lords. As he hobbled with his cane across the valley floor, Yoda looked up at the great statues, dedicated to the first Sith, who were exiled Jedi that had a falling out with the Order.
It was here, where the Sith were born, and a never ending struggle between the light and dark sides of the Force began.
He walked into the Great Temple, which was dark. Yoda activated his green shoto-lightsaber for more light. What little natural light that did come through the entrance showed a ceiling that was extremely high, allowing room for more statues. At the end of the room, a room sat at the feet of a great statue.
As he walked up to the tomb, he noticed a black mist coming from the seam underneath the large slab of stone.
A hiss also emanated from the tomb. The next thing Yoda knew, it was on fire.
But instead of smoke, the flames seemed to take the form of a spirit. The spirit was humanoid, wearing a full body of armor, topped off with a helmet that had the face of a skull as a mask, along with three spikes coming from the top of the blast helmet part.
The armored spirit, made of cinders and ashes, looked right at Yoda. But the Jedi master continued to hobble forward, unfazed.
The spirit spoke, his voice sounding raspy, and echoing out with every word.
"Why do you come to my tomb, Jedi?" he asked, gesturing to the temple around him.
"To learn," Yoda said simply.
The fire spirit leaned forward, looking down on Yoda with his glowing orange eyes. "Do you know who I am?" He asked, placing his own hand on his chest, gesturing to himself.
"Yes. Darth Bane." Yoda said, "The ancient Sith Lord, you are."
"Do you know why I am not forgotten?" Darth Bane asked.
"Created the Rule of Two, you did," Yoda said.
"The Sith killed each other..." Darth Bane said, his spirit floating in the air, circling Yoda in a menacing manner. "Victims of their own greed. But from the ashes of destruction, I was the last survivor. I chose to pass my knowledge to only one. I created a legacy so resilient that now you come before me." The Dark Lord began to chuckle at this glorious revelation. Then he looked back down at Yoda. "Have you come to be my apprentice? You must kill me to gain my place," he said as he crossed his arms over his chest.
Yoda pointed his cane up at the spirit. "Dead you already are."
Bane's spirit laughed again. "Then what stands before you?"
"An allusion," Yoda said, "Real you are not."
Bane's spirit leaned down until his face was just centimeters from Yoda's. "You do not fear me?"
"No," Yoda said as he began to walk right through the spirit, phasing through him like he wasn't there, "Exist you do not anymore."
The wind began to whistle, and a surprised Bane was suddenly being pulled into the tomb.
"NNOOOO!" He shouted, before being completely sucked back into the tomb. When he completely disappeared, the tomb began to open up, sliding back to reveal a staircase underneath, which led deeper into the temple.
Yoda then walked into the temple, hoping to find more secrets of the Sith, that the Jedi could use to its advantage.
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Coruscant, the works, secret hideout for Darth Sidious.
In a part of Coruscant known as the works, the Geonosian designed Solar Sailor flew through the red colored skies. In the center of this industrialized part of Coruscant, stood a tall tower. This was where Count Dooku was headed.
His personal ship flew towards the building, and then through a secret door that opened up, allowing the ship to land safely inside of the secret hanger.
The Ship's rear hatch opened, before extending a ramp that Dooku used to step off of the ship, where he saw his master, the True Lord of the Sith, walking up to him.
"I sense we have a great opportunity to strike a deadly blow to the Jedi Order." He said as he and Dooku began to walk together. "But we must act quickly".
In a dark inner chamber, filled with statues and guarded by commando droids, Darth Sidious and Darth Tyrranus stood around a ceremonial bowl, which sat atop a pedestal.
"Only the presence of someone significant to you would allow you to sense this ripple through time and space," Sidious explained.
Dooku thought about it for a few seconds, before the answer came to him. "My old master. . . .Yoda" he said.
"Yes," Sidious said, half-growling. "Master Yoda has come to Korriban, although why, I do not know. We shall, however, use the strong bond that once existed between you and your master to allow us to see things that we otherwise could not."
"How can this be done, Master?" Dooku asked.
"It is an old art of the Dark Side. Now, hold out your hand, Apprentice." Sidious said.
Dooku complied and slowly reached out with his hand, resting his wrist in the palm of his master's hand. Then he saw that his Master's other hand held a knife.
"I need but a drop for the ritual to begin."
Sidious used the knife, and ran it across Dooku's hand, allowing a single drop of blood to fall into the bowl, mixing in with a strange blue liquid.
That's when Sidious began to wave his hands around the bowl, before he started chanting, the sounds of his voice echoing around the room. "Kintik hadzuska sutta chwituskak! Kintik hadzuska sutta chwituskak!" Sidious then unleashed his force lighting onto the bowl, creating a blue flame. Dooku joined in with his own lightning, helping his master. "Jiaasjen Jidai, jiassjen Jidai!" When the Dark lord finished chanting, the blue flame roared from the bowl. "Now, concentrate on Master Yoda. Bring all your focus to him."
Dooku hesitated. "But will he not sense our presence?"
Sidious startled to laugh out loud. "We shall come to him with a familiar face, a long-lost face, one he would be eager to see again, one whom he would ask and want answered all the questions he seeks." Sidious said before he leaned his face into the bowl.
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Great Temple, Korriban.
Back on Korriban, Yoda continued to wander through the dark corridors of the temple. That's when he entered a massive chamber, where he saw blue energy illuminating a part of it. That's when he saw someone being suspended by it.
"Help me." Yoda heard.
The sound of the unknown figure's voice caused him to move more quickly.
"Please, please free me." The suspended figure begged.
"Sifo-Dyas?" Yoda asked as he got closer, surprised to see his old fellow master, alive and captive. "Alive you are!"
"Help me, please, Yoda." Sifo-Dyas said as he pulled against the energy tentacles that bound him. "I have been imprisoned for so long."
"Know who did this to you?" Yoda asked as he got closer.
The imprisoned master started to chuckle.
"What if I could tell you who the Sith Lord is? Free me, and I will reveal it."
"No!" Yoda said, staying right where he was, not buying what the 'Sifo-Dyas' was selling.
The imprisoned Jedi sighed. "He knows how to achieve what you seek."
"Captivated by the physical realm the Sith are." Yoda said.
"What else is there? Free me, and together we can know who the Sith Lord is, gain the power you deserve, and save the future." Sigh-Dyas said.
"No." Yoda said again, refusing to rescue 'his old friend'.
"You must free me!" Sigh-Dyas shouted, his voice echoing throughout the chamber.
"Nothing to show me the Sith have." Yoda said.
"We shall see." Sifo-Dyas said before more blue energy came from his restraints, surrounding Yoda. He began to turn around, looking for a way to escape. That's when Sifo-Dyas disappeared, and was suddenly replaced by Darth Sidious, who began to cackle maniacally, catching Yoda by surprise.
"Sidious..." Yoda said, before he was overcome with darkness, before he suddenly became light-headed, and fainted.
When Yoda came to, he was on a Republic gunship.
He looked around and saw that he was surrounded by troopers from the 501st Legion. The lead trooper he recognized as Captain Rex.
"There is no question. The ship was carrying Count Dooku. We've scanned the area, and he is meeting with someone inside the building." Rex said, as he pointed out the readings on his data pad.
"Thanks Rex," someone said. Yoda looked behind him to see Anakin at the center of the passenger bay. "Master Yoda, what are your orders,?" Anakin asked.
"Orders?" Yoda asked confused, looking around at the troopers in the passenger bay.
"Are you all right, Master?" Anakin asked.
"Where am I? Yoda asked.
"I don't understand." Anakin asked.
"Tell me you must!"
"The industrial sector on Coruscant."
"What is happening here?"
"A rogue shuttle slipped through the security grid. We suspect Dooku was on board." Anakin explained.
"And?" Yoda asked, urging Anakin to elaborate.
"Master, this is your mission. Are you sure you're all right?" Anakin asked, concerned.
Yoda reached up and touched his head. "Clouded, the dark side has made me. Tell me, who is inside?"
"We intercepted a transmission calling Dooku to Coruscant. We believe he is meeting with his master, the Sith Lord."
Yoda continued to reach out with the force. "Feel it I do. Feel their power."
"Your orders, Master?" Anakin asked.
"Capture them we will. The time has come to discover the identity of this Sith Master." Yoda said.
"And if they escape?" Anakin asked.
"Escape, not. If it comes to it..." Yoda said as the Gunship's hatch opened, allowing light to flood into the crew bay. It also allowed Yoda to see three other Gunships, which were flying towards a tower in the center of their view. "...Execute them we must. End it now we will."
The Gunships, carrying a company of clones, flew toward the building. Then they began to circle it.
Yoda studied the building with interest. But something felt wrong.
"Prepare yourselves," he said.
The clones all aimed their weapons at the building, and the gunships continued to fly around the building's outside. Suddenly, several bangs echoed through the air. That's when several rockets were fired out of the building.
"Taking Evasive action!" The pilot, Lieutenant Hawk, shouted over the comm.
The gunships all tried to bank hard away from the missiles. But two of them were hit and began to spin out of the air. One crashed into the ground, while another one hit the side of the building.
More missiles were fired, but Yoda lifted his hand and all of the missiles suddenly froze in place. The clones watched with fascination as Yoda sent every missile straight back at the origins of the blasts. The missiles were flung at the building and exploded, causing the enemy fire to die down.
"Get inside we must," Yoda ordered.
"Pilot," Rex called out, "Blow open that hanger door".
The gunship turned to face the building before it fired a pair of missiles. They slammed into the side of the building and blew a hole open that was big enough for the two remaining gunships to land.
When they touched down, the clones off loaded and poured into the hanger.
"Move in," Yoda ordered.
Anakin and his men, from the elite 501st, moved through the corridors. Yoda hobbled forward on his cane. That's when they all stacked up a door. Rex ran up to it, with a scanner in his hand. "I've got two confirmed targets on the other side. Prepare for any additional un-friendlies." He said as he ran his hand down the door. He tried to look for a door panel, but couldn't find one. He turned to the troopers.
He then pointed to his men. "Jesse, Coric, breach that door," he ordered.
"Commencing door breach maneuver," one of them said. They both placed an explosive on the door and stepped back. The explosives detonated. The locking mechanism was off line, and the clones rushed through the door and into a dark room. Yoda followed.
Everyone filed into the room and fanned out before training their weapons on Dooku and a shadowy hooded figure, who both stood over a pedestal that had a blue flame emitting from it.
The figure turned to the clones and the two Jedi in the room.
"It appears we have ... company," the figure said to no one in particular.
That's when several pairs red dotted lights blinked online. As they moved closer to the figure, they heard servos whining and metal clanking. The troopers tensed up when they saw several commando droids jump out of the shadows, led by some red cloaked guards, who were armed with staffs that were four feet long. That's when they activated them and showed that they were red lightsaber pikes.
Dooku stepped forward to lead the guards and protect his master.
"Take them," Anakin ordered, and the clones rushed in and began firing, their blue bolts illuminating the room. Several droids went down.
That's when Dooku started deflecting blaster bolts with his red lightsaber raised his hands and shot blue electricity out of them. Several clones screamed as they were enveloped and shocked by this new attack, and killed or incapacitated by it.
Before the rest could move forward, they were attacked by the red guards. The clone troopers were hit hard by these new attackers, and chopped to pieces.
Anakin jumped over Dooku's lightning attack, and landed right in front of him, where they started dueling, their blue and red sabers for another fight in a long list on encounters.
"We need back up over here, now!" Rex ordered as he grabbed a Guard's staff, and got under his defenses, firing several shots into the guard's chest.
That's when another platoon of clones rushed into the room. But six of them were special. They were clone assassins. They were trained specifically to deal with lightsaber duelists and force yielders.
"I'm gonna evicerate you," one of them said before a cortosis blade extended from each of his wrists. The guards and clone assassins attacked each other, dueling and cutting each other down with their blades.
Yoda walked passed the carnage and up to a wounded clone that Dooku electrocuted earlier. He placed his hand on his head, before shaking his own. He turned to the figure, who was still hovering over the blue flame emitting from the pedastal.
"We meet at last, Darth Sidious," Yoda said as he hobbled over on his cane.
Darth Sidious stepped away from the blue flame.
"You cannot stop what is to come," Sidious said before he ran off, leaving the carnage filled room.
Yoda chased after him.
Behind him, Anakin and Dooku were still fighting. They continued to strike and parry each other. But then Anakin, letting his anger get the better of him, let out a cry of frustration, and swung his blade low, slashing at Dooku's thigh. The Count held his thigh as it seared with pain, all while still trying to parry Skywalker's lightsaber blows. Dooku tried to catch Anakin in a saber lock, but his loose grip allowed Anakin to spin the blade around and force Dooku to release the saber, which flew up into the air, before Anakin reached up and caught it. He activated it, and crossed both blades over Dooku's neck, as the Count dropped to his knees, completely at Skywalker's mercy.
But Anakin was beyond the point of mercy with Dooku.
As Yoda continued to chase after Sidious, he stopped and turned to see Anakin and Dooku.
"Skywalker, no!" He exclaimed, knowing what was about to happen.
Anakin, with hatred written all over his face, slashed both of his blades through Dooku's neck, causing his head to role onto the floor, and his body to slump down. Yoda, having seen the whole thing, shook his head in disappointment. But he couldn't worry about Anakin's step into darkness, and he continued to run out of the room.
He had much bigger concerns.
Sidious ran out of the building onto a skinny catwalk that connected to a different building. The industrialization in the area caused the sky to glow a menacing crimson color, with dark clouds that also glowed red.
Behind Sidious, Master Yoda was hot on his heels.
In order to rid himself of the Jedi pest that followed him, Sidious turned around and back up towards an array of antennae that jutted out from the center of the catwalk.
He summoned a lightsaber from his sleeve, and ignited it. He assumed a threatening, and menacing, stance and pointed his blade down at the Jedi Master that followed him, while raising his other hand, ready to use it to summon the power of the force in his fingertips.
Yoda pulled his robe back slightly, and used the force to summon his shoto lightsaber into his hand. He activated it and waved it around himself before pointing it at Sidious.
The two combatants stared each other down, not moving for several heartbeats. But then, Yoda shot up from the ground and somersaulted in the air several times, throwing off Sidious' concentration. But when he jumped up again, this time when he came back down, he began to clash with the powerful Lord of the Sith.
Yoda jumped and spun around, striking at Sidious with his sword. Being much taller, Sidious was forced to keep low in order to keep the short Jedi master from getting underneath his defenses. But then, Yoda would jump up and attack from above, forcing Sidious to change the direction from which he had to defend himself. This made Yoda unpredictable, and forced Sidious to stay on the defensive. He then began to walk back along the catwalk, and slowly move around the antennae, while parrying Yoda's rapid strikes.
Yoda began to somersault over the Sith lord, throwing off Sidious. When Yoda landed, he summoned a powerful force push that sent Darth Sidious sliding back about twenty feet away. Yoda was about to take full advantage of this opening and charge at Sidious. But then, a voice called out from behind him.
"Master Yoda!"
Anakin rushed in to help Yoda, while the clones moved in and aimed their weapons at the Sith Lord, waiting for the signal to apprehend him.
Other clones took up positions on the adjacent catwalks to surround Sidious.
Sidious lashed out with his saber, trying to probe the Jedi's defenses. But Anakin and Yoda parried the Dark Lord's thrusts. When Sidious was forced to stop attacking, Yoda used this opportunity to use the force and push the sith lord back. Sidious slid back across the catwalk.
That's when Anakin rushed in and moved in to finish off Sidious.
Yoda raised his hand. "NO!"
The Dark Lord raised his hands, and Anakin floated off of the ground. They began to groan and cough as Sidious choked the life out of him. He then shot arcs of force lightning from his fingertips. Sidious then threw the 'Chosen One' away like a rag doll, landing behind Yoda.
Before Sidious could turn his attention to Yoda, Rex and the clones all opened fire on Sidious. But he expertly deflected their rounds, some shooting back into the clones that fired them, causing them to fall over the railings and plunge to their deaths.
Before Yoda could attack, Darth Sidious tucked his arms in and then extended them, unleashing a blast of energy in all directions, which made the two adjacent catwalks crash away, making several clones fall to their deaths. Rex and the other clones flew down the middle catwalk, hitting the wall behind them, before falling unconscious.
Yoda was able to contain the energy of the blast with the force, but before he could regain his balance, Sidious sent an arc of lightning into the Grand Master. Instead of summoning his saber to defend himself, he raised his hands and began to contain the lightning within balls of energy that formed in his palms.
Both Sidious and Yoda inched closer to each other. Lightning was still shooting out of the Sith Lord's hands, and Yoda continued to contain the incredible amounts of energy within the palms of his hands.
Sidious leaned over and stood right above yoda, hoping that by getting closer, he would blast him off of the catwalk, just like the clones earlier. But suddenly, Yoda pushed back with all of his might, and the energy became too much for Sidious. Their closeness caused a burst of energy that sent both opponents apart. Yoda hit the railing, but Sidious flipped back over the railing and fell.
When the lightning stopped firing, thunder began to clap in the distance.
Yoda rushed up to the side that Sidious fell over and looked down to see where he went. He didn't see anything on the catwalk below. And the only thing he saw below that was the smog that was emitted from the factories on this part of Coruscant. It was quiet. The only sound the Jedi could hear was the gentle gust of wind that blew around the catwalks out here.
Then suddenly, he heard a saber ignite, and out the corner of his eye, he saw a a red lightsaber blade plunging through the cat walk from underneath. He then heard a menacing chuckle. It was Sidious, who was using his red blade to slice through the supports beneath the catwalk.
The section that Yoda and the unconscious Anakin occupied began to wobble and creak.
Darth Sidious jumped on another catwalk, while Yoda struggled to maintain his balance. He summoned his lightsaber with the force, and then turned back to jump onto the section of catwalk that Sidious occupied.
He assumed a fighting stance and pointed his blade at Sidious. But then he heard a metallic creaking sound behind him. He looked over his shoulder and saw the other catwalk start to give way. As it lowered, Anakin's unconscious body began to slide off of the catwalk.
Yoda turned around and deactivated his lightsaber. He raised both hands and began to summon the power of the force, concentrating on Anakin. Just as he began to slip off of the section of catwalk, he began to levitate in the air.
Sidious cracked a demonic smile and inched closer to Yoda.
"Save him, Jedi," he said mockingly. "Can you save him?" He asked before he fired an arc of lightning at Yoda.
Yoda reactivated his saber and used it to block the lightning. Because of this, he nearly dropped Anakin. The catwalk broke free and nearly fell to the surface below.
But it didn't.
Instead, it floated in the air with Anakin still on it. But then he lost his grip, nearly dropping him. But then he just focused on Anakin, who floated in mid air, while the catwalk section fell to the surface below, and smashed into hundreds of pieces.
The catwalk that Yoda and Sidious were on began to wobble as well, causing Yoda to stagger. Sidious fired another arc of lightning at Yoda, who raised his saber to block it, making his green sword crackle with blue energy. He was now struggling to save Anakin, defend himself, and keep himself from falling.
The catwalk wobbled again, causing Yoda and Sidious to both stagger. Sidious frowned and fired another arc of lightning. Yoda blocked it again, and nearly dropped Anakin again
The catwalk wobbled again, and creaked under the strain of the extra weight.
Sidious staggered, but then he caught himself on the railing. "Why not let him go? Let him die, and you can stop all that I will do," the Sith Lord said, tempting the much older Jedi.
He then fired another arc of lightning at Yoda, which Yoda blocked. But this was when the catwalk section began to swing from side to side, causing Yoda to stagger again.
"No," Yoda said as he regained his balance, and pointed his saber at Sidious. "The future is not yours, yet".
Sidious clenched his teeth in frustration.
Yoda continued speaking. "Tempted I will not be. Sacrifice all I am ready to do," Yoda said before he deactivated his lightsaber, grabbed a hold of the railing, and focused all of his efforts on saving Skywalker. Sidious took advantage of Yoda lowering his guard and fired an arc of lightning that engulfed the Jedi master in terrible pain.
But he kept focusing Anakin, despite the pain. He eventually floated him onto the catwalk where Rex and his men were starting to regain consciousness. He lowered Anakin, before Rex and one of his men pulled Anakin to safety.
Sidious continued to cackle and fire lightning. But that's when the catwalk shuddered beneath again, and this time it finally gave way. It fell and swung precariously over the sheer drop. Sidious and Yoda scrambled to grab a hold of something. They saved themselves and hang from the vertically hanging catwalk.
That's when familiar boxing sounds began to go off in the distance, obtaining Yoda and Sidious' attention. More Republic flew over the works, battling the remaining Separatist droids that protected the building. Gunships flew towards the building, while infantry and tanks advanced on foot. Red laser were fired from the building and down onto the Republic forces that advanced in the distance.
Rex and his men cheered and waved them on as a pair of gunships passed.
Sidious growled and began to climb up the catwalk.
But Yoda wasn't done with him yet. He climbed onto the catwalk so that his feet were on the catwalk.
Rex and his men were firing their blasters, aiming just above Sidious, trying to slow him down so that Yoda could catch up and apprehend him.
Then, Yoda looked up at where the catwalk was connected, before he reached for his lightsaber and activated it. He drew his sword arm back and then launched his saber like a boomerang. It spun like a propellor and flew over Sidious. It then struck where the catwalk was hanging from. The catwalk began to break free, and Sidious began to slide down the falling catwalk. Yoda let go of the catwalk and went into free fall. Sidious soon followed.
The clones could do nothing, and just watched as both force-users began to fall to the surface.
As they began to free fall head-first towards the surface, they met face to face and began to continue their fight. They struggled and swiped at each other, trying to subdue the other.
Sidious was cackling the entire way down. Yoda tried to remove his hood to see who he was. But then he fired another bolt of lightning at Yoda, who used his hands to absorb it. And since they were too close, the build up of energy burst, and sent both fighters in different directions.
Yoda continued to fall, but he prepared to land. All the while, he could only think about how he failed to stop Sidious.
The Works.
Darth Sidious raised his head from the blue flame, which signaled to Dooku that the vision was over. He looked at his master with a stoic frown, urging his master to explain what happened.
Sidious shook his head.
"We have failed to break master Yoda. He is strong," he said before he clenched his fists in frustration, and began to walk away from the pedestal, "We will need more time, if we are to defeat him..." he said as he began to walk out of the room with Dooku in tow, "...and the Jedi."
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Jedi Temple.
After waking up from his vision on Korriban, Yoda was contacted by a group of spirits that promised to help train him in the ways of the force, and maintain his consciousness after death, with the help of Qui-Gon Jinn.
As he sat in one of the courtyards on top of the temple, he meditated underneath one of the trees.
He heard the sounds of battle and began to think of the disturbing image he saw of Jedi being gunned down by white-armored figures. Some of them were even killed by a dark-cloaked figure wielding a blue lightsaber. But who it was, he was uncertain.
As he dug deeper into his ordeal, Yoda thought about what one of the spirits told him, about there being 'another Skywalker', he heard the sounds of a child crying. He wondered what it could be.
That's when he heard the sounds of footsteps approaching.
They belonged to Mace Windu and Obi-Wan Kenobi.
"The Council has assembled." Mace said. "They are... eager to hear your report."
Yoda stood up and turned to face them, his hands clasped over the top of his cane. "Afraid not much there is to say of my journey." He said, shaking his head.
Mace and obi-Wan looked at each other. Then they looked at Yoda.
Obi-Wan crossed his arms, before he started stroking his beard thoughtfully. "So nothing significant happened to you out there?"
"Yes..." he said before turning his head away, "...and no. To the end we are coming now."
"Did your journey give you insight on how to win the war?" Mace asked.
"No longer certain that one ever does win a war I am. For in fighting the battles, the bloodshed already lost we have." Yoda said.
The despair in both Jedi began to go up a little.
"Yet, open to us, a path remains that unknown to the Sith is."
Hope began to rise in the two other Jedi, as Yoda spoke of a long term future, in which Good would ultimately triumph over evil. As Yoda and his companions walked back into the temple, he continued to speak.
"Through this path, victory we may yet find. Not victory in the Clone Wars, but victory for all time."
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