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The door slid open for Anakin as he took a step into his quarters, and not more than a second later, the door closed behind the Jedi. Anakin paid no attention to the dull gray color that covered the floor, walls and ceiling. He was tempted to first collapse on his bed on the far corner and fall into a nice, deep sleep, but the gray desk across from it caught Anakin's attention.

Approaching the desk, Anakin took notice of a red light flashing on the circular holoprojector that was placed on the corner of the desk. Anakin looked down at the panel on his desk and his eyes widen aloud as he read the name that appeared.

"A message from Senator Palpatine?" he read aloud with recognition and surprise.

Immediately, the tired look on Anakin's face was gone as he pressed the button next to the holocomm. The red light stopped flashing, and a blue hologram of Senator Palpatine emerged.

A member of the Galactic Senate, Palpatine dressed in the red robes of Naboo, even though the world had been lost to the secessionists in the war. His head had a balding spot on his scalpel, eliminating most of his gray hair. The deep wrinkles on his face showed a sort of warmth and kindness Anakin had seen in Obi-Wan as Palpatine's holoimage smiled.

"Anakin, it is nice to see you are still alive," the senator began. "I have heard many of your exploits on the battlefield. I hope the war is not too hard on you."

Anakin could not help but take in the kind words from the senator. After seeing wounded soldiers and a confrontational encounter with the Jedi Council, some appreciation and concern was something the young Jedi needed. Anakin found such things to be rare throughout the war, for he came across its horrors in the galaxy.

Returning his focus to the holoimage, Anakin continued to listen to Palpatine's message. "But that is not why I'm sending this message. I have found more holorecords and transferred them to your datapad. I hope they are helpful. Perhaps they will keep your mind off of the war," Palpatine explained. "Goodbye, Anakin, and may the Force be with you."

With that, Palpatine holoimage returned to the holocomm, leaving the young Jedi alone in his quarters. Anakin silent wished the message had been longer, but he took what he was given. Besides, Anakin needed to look at the 'gift' that Palpatine left him.

Anakin's eyes focused from the holocomm to the datapad that was placed on the other side of his desk. Grabbing his datapad, the young Jedi observed the new information that scrolled onto the datapad's screen. What appeared on the datapad captured Anakin's interest.

On the datapad, it read:

'A millennium ago, the Brotherhood of Darkness ruled much of the Outer Rim. Under the former Jedi Master Skere Kaan, warring Sith Lords from the fallen New Sith Empire flocked under his rule.'

'However, there was much unrest within Kaan's followers, especially from one known as Darth Bane. Taking the old Sith title of Darth, Bane had challenged the Kaan's worth of his title.'

'The civil unrest allowed the Jedi known as Lord Hoth to lead his Army of Light against Kaan's brotherhood. In the end, the two forces decimated each other on the fields of Ruusan, leaving only a handle of Jedi to claim victory of the long and dreaded New Sith Wars.'

That was seemingly the end of that small snippet, yet it was more than enough to enrapt the young Jedi's mind. Being inducted into the Jedi Order at an older age, Anakin felt he had not been fully immersed in the history of the Jedi Order. He heard small tales, but never full historical facts, and being on the fronts lines did not help.

While such information was known in the holorecords, they have often been ignored and left in the dusty shelves in Coruscant's libraries. Most civilians did not pay too much attention, and the Jedi Council tended to keep such information out of the hands of Jedi Padawans. That kind of knowledge was restricted for Jedi Masters who studied within the Jedi Temple's archives.

Fortunately, Anakin did not need to go to the archive, for it was being delivered to him by Palpatine. He would not have come across this information if it had not been for his first meeting with the senator…

AN: Alright, please leave your thoughts in the reviews and if you have any criticism, please let it be constructive! Since this is just a preview for an upcoming chapter of my story, this is NOT up for adoption! Thank you.

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