Over a year ago, as some of my first posts, I created my own interpretation of what I thought the Star Wars Prequels could have been had they been made with any foresight and acknowledgement of the fanbase George Lucas had prior to 1999. While these films may sit well with you all, some of the choices and story points that are made in the Prequels are so baffling to me that they actually do require an intense amount of reworking and revitalizing that George clearly had no interest in doing, having removed from play all of the people who questioned him by the end of the Original Trilogy.
But we as fans reserve the right o be able to crave and even recount what we believe the Prequels should have been and how they should have been delivered to us. I mean, Star Wars shaped the world in a way George Lucas could have only dreamed of in the early 1970's. We have all been shaped by this series in one way or another. That is why I am returning to my older posts to not only rework George's ideas, but also some of my own ideas that I had introduced, because I think I was a little too naive to think some of my changes were improvements over even George's work. So, being a full-fledged adult now, I think I can look at the Prequel Saga with broader eyes and fashion a story that everyone could enjoy and get behind and one that would both add on to the mythos and recapture the mysticism and glory that was the OT.
The Key to Revenge of the Sith being the perfect finale is to make everything that happens in this film meaningful. We must understand the pain and the suffering the Jedi endure, while also seeing the SEEDS of the future events occurring. However, the fan-service in this film will be heavily toned down, in order to leave much of what happens more open ended than finite. With that being said, there will be no scene in this draft of the Empire being forged, Anakin literally becoming in Darth Vader (the suit), and in order to maintain Obi-Wan's lack of knowledge that Leia is Anakin's daughter, Obi-Wan will only be there to witness the birth of Luke and immediately whisk him away. And one of the most crucial facts, Anakin will NOT know that Padme is pregnant throughout any of this film.
This is the final test of Obi-Wan Kenobi. In The Phantom Menace, Obi-Wan loses his best friend and ally Qui-Gon Jinn. In Attack of the Clones, he is able to reconnect with his long lost love, Siri Tachi, but even that is taken from him. In this final film, he must overcome his own personal grief with his arch-nemesis, Darth Maul, and become a true Jedi Master. But it will come at a cost that will tear his being asunder and impact the rest of his life more than any event in his history.
The film opens with the following crawl:
The Clone Wars have reached their boiling point. With all sides
preparing bold and risky invasions and counteroffensives, a single
miscalculation could bring either the Republic or the Confederacy to it's knees.
The fiendish droid leader, General Grievous, has led a
disastrous campaign throughout Republic space, with Jedi Knights
Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi on his trail. Their battles in space and
on the land were the stuff of legends.
One such battle occurs on the sinkhole planet of Utapau, where Grievous
harbors plans vital to the future of the Confederacy within. Failure to bring these
plans to his master would jeopardize everything the Confederacy has left...
In space, above the planet, a huge space battle takes place, with thousands of Confederacy fighters being shot down every second by the masterful piloting techniques of the Republic's Rogue Squadron of TIE Fighters. And when a Republic Star Destroyer devastates the flagship from which the Confederate ships were coming, an officer contacts his leaders on the planet below that the Confederacy has been utterly beaten. A confident Boba Fett assures his ally that the base on Utapau would fall within the hour and that the mediator can come down to the surface and negotiate the terms of surrender for Grievous and his cronies.
On the surface, Anakin and Obi-Wan blast through waves of combat droids with ease. Anakin's skills with a lightsaber have drastically improved since the last film, making him one of the most respected and feared men in the eyes of the Confederacy. Meanwhile, Obi-Wan has become a masterful tactician, mastering almost every scheme Grievous could come up with and defeating the droid leader every step of the way. Grievous held Skywalker and Kenobi with such contempt, he offered a massive bounty on anyone who could kill them. But with no one having been able to claim that bounty, Grievous has been forced to upgrade his skills with a lightsaber, training vigorously every day. The Jedi are able to pummel their way through his innermost defenses, and with their Stormtroopers backing them up, Anakin and Obi-Wan dash ahead to confront Grievous. A frustrated Grievous calculates his own escape, leaving the cocky but fearful Nute Gunray to lead the campaign alone while he returned to their base far away.
Anakin and Obi-Wan exchange witty banter as they prepare to finally capture Grievous, but as they enter the base, they see Grievous escape into a fighter and rocket away. Gunray sends his Magna Guards to protect him, but the now highly trained and experienced Jedi slice their way through them with little problem and surround the Viceroy, who's been causing trouble for them since his attempted invasion of Alderaan. With no way to escape or contact his reserves, Gunray surrenders. Anakin rushes out to greet Padme, who was sent by Palpatine to negotiate the terms of surrender. Padme also delivers Boba his discharge papers, having served his time in the war. Fett bids his allies farewell and disappears. The three then inform Gunray of the POW camp he would be sent to: Dantooine, a planet where Gunray and Grievous had decimated a village of people. Gunray demands lighter punishment, but Anakin slams his fist on the table, telling them that he would take the punishment for Grievous, as they suspected the General would rather die than face captivity. Gunray reluctantly accepts and is led away in chains. Anakin and Obi-Wan are also informed by Padme that the two of are being hailed as heroes on Coruscant and that the Jedi intend to test them and see if they are indeed worthy of Jedi Mastery. Obi-Wan leaves to mediate, while Anakin and Padme spend the evening together. But that evening, both Anakin and Obi-Wan awaken with horrific nightmares. Anakin says that his was about Padme being tortured by unknown assailants, while Obi-Wan says his was many Jedi falling in battle at the hands of an unseen villain. Both believe that their dreams were instead premonitions and promise to help the other prevent it from happening no matter the cost.
On the planet Mustafar, Grievous is reprimanded by a hologram of Darth Sidious for allowing Gunray to be captured alone. Grievous is unrelenting, citing that the cowardly Viceroy would have sought peace with the Republic sooner than they think. With his Confederacy splintering amongst themselves, Darth Maul intervenes and reveals that he and Grievous have been planning one final offensive in the war, one that would forever cripple everything they despise about the Republic. When the relieved Confederacy leaders leave, Sidious informs Grievous of some changes he is making to the plan.
Back on Coruscant, Anakin and Obi-Wan are being hailed for their actions and the repulsion of Grievous deep into the Outer Rim. But when it comes to their decisions on whether or not they are going to become Jedi Masters, the two are told that only one of them can become a Jedi Master. Each are questioned about the other and reasons as to why they should and should not be named a Jedi Master. When Obi-Wan is forced by a mind reading Dooku to tell the Council of Anakin and Padme's secret love affair, the Council decides that they've heard enough. The Council names Obi-Wan a Jedi Master and Anakin is denied. When the Council tells Anakin they will not appoint him to the Council until his affair with Padme ends, the stunned Jedi refuses. Yoda tries to explain that a Jedi attached to a loved one could be susceptible to the Dark Side, but Dooku reasons that Anakin is a ticking time bomb and unfit of ever being a master. When Obi-Wan confesses to his role in the discovery, a humiliated and hurt Anakin leaves the room. Obi-Wan is granted a seat at the Council and is able to listen in on secret Jedi plans involving the tracking of Darth Sidious.
Anakin meets with Padme and her friends at an opera that evening and he tells her what's happened, interrupting Padme when she was about to tell him great news. Shocked, Padme listens intently to her husband's recollection. When Anakin professes a desire to leave the Jedi Order, Padme refuses to let him. "Being a Jedi has been your dream. I won't let you throw that away for me." Padme offers to end their relationship, but Anakin refuses this, telling her that the only reason he keeps fighting for the Republic was to keep her and his friends safe, but now he feels that he can no longer trust Obi-Wan. When Anakin receives a message from Palpatine's office, he rushes off to meet with him, promising Padme that they would be together again soon. As Padme returns to watching the opera, she watches in horror as Darth Maul sits where she did and is quickly knocked out. Maul orders his droids to carry her away. She and many of her friends are captured and brought into prison ships.
Anakin arrives in Palpatine's office waiting room, only to find Obi-Wan there. Obi-Wan wants to explain to Anakin the reasons for his actions, but instead tells him of how uninteresting it is being a Jedi Master. The two have a good laugh, until Dooku and Windu emerge from Palpatine's office and gesture for Obi-Wan to follow them. Obi-Wan does so as the Chancellor whisks Anakin into his chamber. Palpatine explains the situation to his protege: that he believes the Jedi have no business dismissing his mastery all on the accounts of a relationship between him and Padme. Anakin, frustrated at every thought of the Jedi, let's loose to Palpatine about how he doesn't believe he can trust the Jedi anymore. To which Palpatine replies: "Exactly. They don't trust you, so why should you trust them?"
This scene takes place at the same time as Dooku and Windu tell Obi-Wan that Palpatine was trying to force Anakin to become a Jedi Master, to which Windu fears Palpatine is under the influence of Darth Sidious and a bitter Dooku immediately rejects Skywalker. Obi-Wan asks his old mentor the truth behind his animosity towards Anakin, to which Dooku explains that he has blamed Anakin for the death of Qui-Gon and Siri and seeing Anakin brings back intense frustration.
Anakin and Palpatine continue their conversation, to which Palpatine continues to appeal to Anakin's softer side, even telling the boy that if he had a say, he would make Anakin a Master in a heartbeat. Palpatine then explains to a bewildered and flustered Anakin that he fears that the Jedi do not trust him and intend to replace the current Senate with people who follow their ilk. Anakin wants to defend the Jedi, but with their deeply close-guarded methods and with Dooku among others blocking his own rise to prominence, he's not too sure who to believe.
Mace Windu then explains to Obi-Wan that the council has been monitoring the situation on Coruscant since the war began. He goes off on how coincidental the assassination of Valorum was and how since Palpatine came to power, nothing has happened to him or anyone in his cabinet. Dooku echoes his allies thoughts, even going deep enough to question if Palpatine was just the puppet of Sidious.
Both conversations end abruptly with the Chancellor's window shattering after a rocket hits the building. Anakin immediately leaps to Palpatine's defenses, when General Grievous and Magna Guards enter the room. Grievous demands that Skywalker hand over Palpatine, but Anakin stands his ground against the droid leader. Grievous sends his droids after Anakin and scoops Palpatine into his arms and jumps out the shattered window. Anakin is joined by Obi-Wan and Windu to fight the droids while Dooku goes after Grievous. Though the two are evenly matched with the lightsaber, Grievous fights dirty and stuns the aged Jedi Master, using rocket's installed in his feet to fly off with Palpatine towards a waiting drop ship. As they finish off the droids, the Jedi look towards the sky in horror as it is filled with Confederacy warships and droid starfighters. Anakin darts towards his own starfighter to rescue Palpatine, while Obi-Wan assists the Jedi and Stormtroopers on ground in fighting the droid invaders. Obi-Wan personally cuts through many of the remaining clones of Maul's Bounty Hunter Legion, until he notices Anakin's starship hurtling towards space. Worried about his friend, he, Dooku, and a squad of Stormtroopers pilot a Republic gunship after him.
Obi-Wan pilots his gunship through a seemingly endless wave of starfighters until landing the ship in the flagship Anakin flew into with surprising ease. Dooku, expecting a trap, looks to Obi-Wan to go up towards the spire and check for Palpatine. Having already tracked Anakin, he sees he's in the lower levels of the ship. With one place left, Dooku volunteers to take troopers with him to the main bridge to confront Grievous. Obi-Wan does as instructed and finds the observation platform empty, that is except for Maul and a few clones of himself. After some harsh words, Obi-Wan rushes to battle with his archnemesis.
Anakin locates Palpatine being held within the cargo bay. As Anakin prepares to bring him to safety, Palpatine worries that the Jedi are more obsessed with bringing Grievous down then rescuing the planet. Anakin tries to assure the Chancellor and tries to comlink Dooku, but sees he is battling Grievous. Not sure what to believe, Anakin brings Palpatine to an escape pod and fires it out towards a waiting Star Destroyer. Then, Anakin darts towards the bridge.
Obi-Wan demolishes Maul's clones and ultimately does battle with the Sith Lord himself, but Maul seems uninterested in killing him. Obi-Wan takes note of this, until a massive shell hits the flagship and causes the ship to shake violently. Confident that his plan is completing, Maul retreats from his duel with Kenobi, telling him that he should really start worrying about what he would take from him next (having already taken Qui-Gon and Siri from him). Worried about Anakin, Obi-Wan tries to locate his apprentice and decides to head to the bridge.
Anakin arrives on the bridge in time to see Dooku engaging Grievous in a bloody lightsaber duel. Anakin tries to aid the Master, but Dooku seals the bridge from his interference. Determined, he cuts his way through, only to be tossed aside by Dooku, who mocks the Jedi as a foolish boy. As Dooku continually mocks him and finally pins Qui-Gon's death on him, Anakin's concealed rage unleashes itself as he throws himself at Dooku. Seeing Anakin engage the Jedi Master, Grievous sees his opportunity to escape, diving for his own escape pod and flies off. Dooku chastises Anakin for allowing the General to escape again, but Anakin simply continues hacking at the aged Jedi. Their duel ends with Anakin severing his right hand and brings Dooku to his knees. Obi-Wan arrives at the bridge to see this and is shocked to see Anakin about to kill a Jedi. Obi-Wan begs Anakin to stop, but Anakin reasons that Dooku never intended to rescue Palpatine and instead wanted revenge on Grievous or Maul. When Dooku doesn't answer Anakin's accusations, Obi-Wan comes to question his mentor, but knows killing him would solve nothing. Anakin raises his lightsaber, but Obi-Wan uses the force to throw it aside. Enraged, Anakin blasts Obi-Wan out of the bridge and Force Chokes Dooku, until the old Jedi's neck snaps and Dooku is dead. When Anakin wakes from his rage induced stupor, he looks on in horror at what he's done. Obi-Wan simply shakes his head.
As the Confederacy retreats Coruscant, the Jedi Council debates heavily what to do about Anakin's actions. While many argue both for and against, Yoda and Obi-Wan simply sit in silence, trying to gather through the Force what was to become of the situation. Obi-Wan in particular is in stunned silence as he keeps picturing the fury filled face of his friend and apprentice choking the life out of Dooku. Finally, Anakin is brought in. At a vote to 11-1 (Yoda being the only one who voted for him), Anakin has is Jedi titles and war hero honors stripped from him and is suspended from the Jedi Order until he has proven he has conquered his inner demons. Shocked that only Yoda stood by him and even Obi-Wan had voted him out, Anakin glares at his old friend and storms off. Obi-Wan simply sits in silence. Yoda condemns the actions taken by Windu's council, telling them that by suspending Anakin from the Order, they have sent a weapon directly into Darth Sidious's lap.
Anakin arrives at his apartment and looks for Padme, but cannot find her. Instead, he finds Palpatine waiting for him. Anakin begs to know what has happened to Padme, but Palpatine informs him that she has been abducted by the Confederacy and taken to their base in an unknown system. Anakin is petrified at the thought of Padme being held hostage and wants to scour the galaxy looking for her. Palpatine reminds him of his duties on Coruscant, until Anakin curses the Jedi for abandoning him in his hours of greatest need. Sensing what has happened, Palpatine informs his protege that he intends to override the Council's decision and make him the new Supreme Commander of the Republic Military. Anakin accepts this new position and is thanked graciously by the Chancellor for bringing an end to the traitor Dooku, whom Palpatine reveals to have been plotting a Jedi coup to overthrow him. Anakin is in shock, not wanting to believe the Chancellor, but Palpatine leaves, telling his new Commander to rest himself, as he would have a busy schedule soon. Anakin is unable to sleep, torn apart by fear of Padme's situation.
Palpatine declares the next morning that many senators and Republic leaders, including Padme, have been taken hostage and are being held on a remote Confederacy base. He also introduces a weary and slowly maddening Anakin as his new Supreme Commander. The Council condemns the new appointment, but Obi-Wan now begins to understand Anakin's plight. remembering his vision on Utapau. Obi-Wan brings the news to the Council, but the Masters refuse to listen, now starting to question Palpatine's motives. Yoda remains silent the entire scene, simply looking at the Jedi surrounding him with sorrow.
In a prison on Mustafar, Padme and a few of her Senator friends all try to plan ways of escaping. It is then that a senator notices Padme's changed physique and comes to the realization that she is pregnant. Grievous walks past the prisoners, informing them all that they will be either surrendered to the Republic in exchange for "war criminals" like Anakin, or executed. As Grievous leaves, Padme remembers her wrist has a comlink built into it and frantically calls Anakin. Anakin, relieved to hear her voice, gathers what intelligence he can from her and then proclaims he would be there to save her. Padme whispers sweetly to him: "Like you always will".
Anakin and Palpatine begin planning the final battle on Mustafar. Palpatine gathers all able-bodied men and prepares a massive armada in the hopes of going to the volcanic planet and bringing an end to the violent and vicious Clone Wars once and for all. When many Jedi begin to question Anakin's judgment, a frustrated Anakin then demands that all able-bodied Jedi also join in on the mission, mocking them as they're passioned desires to see the Sith fall as well as see the war end. But when Windu protests this, Palpatine once again flexes his control of the Jedi and demands that they do so or risk being deemed traitors to the Republic. Unable to fight the will of the Republic, Windu submits and informs the Order of the "Call to Action". Thousands of Jedi Knights prepare for battle, including a reluctant and fearful Obi-Wan. Obi-Wan meets with Yoda in a meditation room in the Jedi Temple and discuss the premonitions he and Anakin had. Yoda explains that if it was the future they saw, "then set in stone, this future is not." Though Obi-Wan echoes his fears that Anakin's premonition has come true, Yoda calms his apprentice and tells him that it is the will of the Jedi and the Republic that will see to ensure that this kind of thing does not happen. Obi-Wan and Yoda then leave the Jedi Temple for the final time and board a Star Destroyer bound for Mustafar.
The first waves of Stormtroopers and Jedi land on Mustafar and begin combat with the virtually endless hordes of Clones and Droids. Split into many factions, one such battalion battling nothing but a wave of clones was a group of Jedi, led by Mace Windu. These Jedi begin battling for their lives, many dying in the process. A battalion led by Obi-Wan penetrates a vital checkpoint, but when Obi-Wan insists that the troopers fortify this position and wait out, one Stormtrooper overrides Obi-Wan's command and "on orders from the Chancellor and the Commander", presses fatigued and shellshocked Stormtroopers ahead. Obi-Wan looks over the plains of volcanic soot and ash and sees many young Jedi and many of his fellow Council members dying in battle. Feeling the intense pain, Obi-Wan leaves the field of battle to meditate.
Anakin also senses this shift in the Force and begins to doubt his own judgment. Palpatine tries to reassure him and even tell him that this is a sacrifice the Republic needs to survive. As Anakin tries to find an eloquent way to tell the Chancellor he's wrong, he finally comes to the realization that Palpatine is in fact the dreaded Sith Lord Darth Sidious. But instead of knocking Anakin out or killing him, Palpatine simply answers his fears. Anakin is stunned by this news and vows to find Padme and get the truth to the Jedi, but when Palpatine says "But can you trust them to do what is right?", a bewildered Anakin hurries towards his starfighter and flies down to the mainland. Palpatine turns towards his admiral and orders their new "super laser" be readied for use on the base.
Obi-Wan locates a place of meditation in a secluded cave and tries to contact Yoda. But the immense loss of life of both Stormtroopers and Jedi is keeping him from seeing clearly. Instead, he only sees the specter of Darth Maul, looming over him. Obi-Wan rushes out of the cave and finds Maul waiting for him. Determined to finally end his fears and quell his rage, Obi-Wan duels Maul for a final time on the mountainous region of Mustafar.
Padme, upon seeing the chaos in the base of Confederate Leaders panicking and retreating, uses the new opportunity to steal the keys from a panicking guard and frees her and her friends from their cells. Though her friends are nervous, Padme uses a blaster lying about to knock out many of their droid guards and begins to lead her fellow former hostages to find transportation off of the planet and back within Republic territory.
On one of the Star Destroyers, Yoda finally comes to the same realization Anakin did: Palpatine is Sidious, only he takes it a step forward. Yoda contacts Mace Windu with the Force and tells him that Palpatine intends to use Anakin as a weapon of war. He tells Windu to bring Anakin to the Jedi for safekeeping, knowing all too well someone of his power is dangerous in the hands of a Sith.
Grievous leads wave after wave of droids into battle, but neither side could obtain a definitive advantage. When he sees Mace Windu break through the ranks, he orders his few remaining Clones to his defense, but Windu dispatches them easily. Frightened, Grievous activates a ray shield around the base and retreats towards a private hanger a few miles away. But that hanger is exactly where Anakin lands and challenges Grievous to a battle. Grievous taunts Anakin about Padme's current situation, but the hateful Jedi instead lashes out at Grievous, assuring a ruthless rematch was about to ensue.
Maul and Obi-Wan battle above a massive volcanic pit, this time going all out on each other. Neither says a word to the other in this fight and instead is motivated entirely on slaying the other.
All of the battling suddenly seizes when a massive laser fires from the Star Destroyer and incinerates the base. The ensuing explosion wipes out thousands on both sides. With the base destroyed, Anakin is completely shellshocked. His one true love is dead. So many of his friends and acquaintances are gone. With nothing holding his rage back, Anakin unleashes everything on Grievous, hacking so violently at Grievous that his lightsabers shatter when he slams down on them. Grievous tries to escape into his ship, but as it takes off, Anakin grabs hold of it with the Force and prepares to sink it down into the lava. Mace Windu arrives and demands that Anakin surrender. Anakin refuses and hurls Grievous's ship into the lava. As the ship explodes, Anakin accuses Windu of betraying the Republic and taking everything he loved from him. Windu insists that Anakin is just being manipulated, but Anakin lunges at Windu, calling him "Just another traitor like Dooku!" The two exchange blows back and forth, until Anakin overpowers the Jedi Master and with one fell swoop, hurls the weakened and exhausted Windu over the ledge and into the same lava pit as Grievous.
Obi-Wan feels the intense ripple of loss in the Force, as does Maul. Maul in particular finally realizes the truth about his existence all along. Ever since he was young, Sidious had promised him the True Powers of the Sith would be his, but with that sudden burst in the Dark Side, he realizes that Palpatine had just been using him the entire time. So when Obi-Wan finally champions over Maul, he is surprised to see Maul uninterested in killing him. He looks to Kenobi and sighs. "So this is what it feels like, to be shunned by the Force." With that, Maul steps backwards and falls into the lave river they were dueling over. Obi-Wan is relieved to know Maul is gone, but can only sense nothing but the Dark Side surrounding him. He looks towards one of the remaining hangers, to see Padme and many Senators escaping. He rushes down to meet them. Relieved, Padme falls into Obi-Wans arms at the happiness of knowing someone is still alive after the explosion. Padme pleads with Obi-Wan to find Anakin, to which Obi-Wan agrees. Padme, overcome with emotion, collapses into Obi-Wan, who takes her onto a cot in the ship and tells the Senators to go into hiding in the closest loyal system to them and not the Republic. Shocked but understanding, the senators fly off the system and promise to send Obi-Wan their coordinates when they land. A fatigued Obi-Wan then goes off in search of his friend.
Palpatine contacts Anakin and congratulates him for seeing through the lies of the Jedi. He offers to train Anakin in the ways of the Sith, to which a still pained Anakin agrees. Palpatine then knights him Darth Vader and orders him to rally their Stormtroopers to bring a permanent end to the Jedi Order. Anakin is at first reluctant, but when he sees the Jedi gathering ahead of him, he draws his lightsaber and moves against his family.
Yoda arrives on Palpatine's Star Destroyer to confront him. He arrives on the Main Deck in time to hear Palpatine give out the order to the Stormtroopers to crush the Jedi Rebellion, claiming they were the ones who had ordered the deaths of the Senators. Yoda uses a mind trick to convince many of the officers to leave the room, leaving him and Palpatine alone. Yoda accuses Palpatine of treason, to which a truly wicked Palpatine simply agrees to. Palpatine darkens the room and unleashes an endless volley of Force Lightning on the little green Jedi, who tries his hardest to convert it into pure energy as he had with Maul, but fails to understand that Maul was simply a user of the Dark Side. Palpatine WAS the Dark Side. Palpatine uses the Lightning to lift Yoda into the air and slam him against the wall again and again, until the sage was apparently unconscious.
Obi-Wan struggles down the volcanic path and comes across Stormtroopers, who demand he turn himself over to them. When he refuses, they fire on him. Kenobi dodges many of the blasts and even takes out a few Stormtroopers. He then looks down onto the plains in front of the ruined Confederacy Base, and sees Anakin as the mysterious figure in his vision slaying his Jedi brethern. Stunned and confused, Obi-Wan uses the Force to try and reach out to Anakin, but is blocked by the power of the Sith. Knowing now what Anakin has become, Obi-Wan leaps down to confront Anakin.
As Darth Vader disposes of Jedi Master Kit Fisto, he turns on Obi-Wan, but hesitates to kill him. Obi-Wan can see some flicker of light still showing in him. But when Vader tells him to leave and never come back, Obi-Wan refuses. The shadow of Anakin warns him of the future of the Jedi Order, but Obi-Wan stands his ground and tries to reason with him. But reason has no place within the confines of Darth Vader, who strikes at former master and launches him towards a nearby pit. Vader accuses his former friend of the Jedi abusing his powers for their own personal gain, while Obi-Wan counters with his belief that the Jedi were a family to him. But Vader snarls violently and hisses: "I HAD A FAMILY AND THE JEDI TOOK IT FROM ME!"
As Palpatine prepares to finish Yoda, the old Jedi sage reveals that he had converted Palpatine's Force Lightning into an energy ball and launches it at the Chancellor, blasting him against the glass window of the ship, cracking it. Sensing an opportunity for both a blow to Palpatine's regime and the Dark Side, Yoda triggers the "super laser" and sets it against one of the other Star Destroyers. Yoda then retreats into an escape pod and rockets off into exile. An infuriated Palpatine uses a massive amount of Force Lightning to devastate the Control Deck, until weakening. He looks into the mirror and sees that the power of the Dark Side has indeed begun corrupting his features.
Obi-Wan is forced onto the defensive as Vader beats him about. As the duelists clash, both see what they would both fear for eternity about the other. Obi-Wan sees the dead, soulless eyes of his best friend, while Vader sees the promise of Hell coming from Kenobi's. Obi-Wan redirects the fight into his favor and severs Anakin's only flesh hand and uses the Force to launch him against a molten wall. As Vader curses him, Obi-Wan picks up Anakin's lightsaber and leaves the battlefield. He evades a group of Stormtroopers rushing to Vader's aid. Obi-Wan locates Anakin's starfighter and pilots it towards the coordinates the senators had sent to his comlink.
As he allows the ship to pilot itself, Obi-Wan finally breaks down into tears. But through the Force, he senses Yoda. Obi-Wan and Yoda fill each other in on what has happened. Yoda tells his old apprentice that for now, Palpatine has won and the Sith have obtained their revenge against the Jedi. When Obi-Wan vows to help him bring down Palpatine, Yoda refuses, instead telling Obi-Wan that their parts to play in the galaxy is coming to an end. He then tells Obi-Wan to trust in the Force, before they break connection as Obi-Wan pilots himself towards the luscious world of Alderaan. Obi-Wan lands the ship and is greeted by Bail Organa and Padme, who want to know about Anakin. Kenobi thinks for a moment, before telling them that Anakin had been killed at the hands of Darth Vader. Padme is heartbroken at the loss of Anakin and Bail comforts his sister. But when the topic of Padme and Anakin's unborn child comes up, Obi-Wan fears that Vader and Palpatine would hunt her down if they knew Anakin had children. Obi-Wan offers to raise the child himself on a remote planet, but Padme refuses to lose her son. When Bail tells her that it is the only way for her son to be safe, Padme relents to it.
Obi-Wan sits in silence in a mediation chamber for several days, until he finally comes into contact with the spirits of his many friends and allies. While many pass throughout thoughts and time, he comes across the spirits of Qui-Gon and Siri, who praise Obi-Wan for being as strong as he was. Obi-Wan asks if there was any hope for Anakin. Siri asks him so long as he had faith in her, he should have faith left in him. Qui-Gon encourages Obi-Wan to let Anakin's son live the life he should have been allowed to live and be with someone who would love and take care of him. When Obi-Wan is reminded of Owen Lars, he decides to take the infant to him on Tatooine. Qui-Gon and Siri tell Obi-Wan they will always be with him so long as he remains true to the force and disappear from Obi-Wan's thoughts as Bail Organa enters with the infant Luke Skywalker. Obi-Wan takes the infant with him and vanishes into space, while the camera reveals that Padme had also bore a daughter, and cradled her in her arms.
The next few scenes show what happens over the next several days/months/years...
Yoda's escape pod lands on the dense marsh planet of Dagobah...
A disfigured Palpatine is praised by the public on Coruscant for his bravery in defying the Jedi, while "Lord Vader" stands behind him, now clad in armor and his features slowly starting to disfigure...
Obi-Wan brings the infant Luke to Owen's moisture farm and gives him and Anakin's lightsaber to Anakin's old friend, but Owen rejects the weapon, wanting Luke to be raised the way Anakin should have been. Dejected but accepting, Obi-Wan leaves into the sunsets on Tatooine...
A toddler Princess Leia sits beside her birth mother, but no matter how much she tries to brighten her mother's mood, Padme remains a shadow of her former self as she continually mourns the loss of her life and that of her husband...
A young Luke sits outside with his Aunt Beru and Uncle Owen, looking over another twin sunset, the young Skywalker dreaming of the day he could leave Tatooine and make a difference in the world, all while a hermited Jedi looks on curiosity, before vanishing behind the dunes...
This scene takes place at the same time as Dooku and Windu tell Obi-Wan that Palpatine was trying to force Anakin to become a Jedi Master, to which Windu fears Palpatine is under the influence of Darth Sidious and a bitter Dooku immediately rejects Skywalker. Obi-Wan asks his old mentor the truth behind his animosity towards Anakin, to which Dooku explains that he has blamed Anakin for the death of Qui-Gon and Siri and seeing Anakin brings back intense frustration.
Anakin and Palpatine continue their conversation, to which Palpatine continues to appeal to Anakin's softer side, even telling the boy that if he had a say, he would make Anakin a Master in a heartbeat. Palpatine then explains to a bewildered and flustered Anakin that he fears that the Jedi do not trust him and intend to replace the current Senate with people who follow their ilk. Anakin wants to defend the Jedi, but with their deeply close-guarded methods and with Dooku among others blocking his own rise to prominence, he's not too sure who to believe.
Mace Windu then explains to Obi-Wan that the council has been monitoring the situation on Coruscant since the war began. He goes off on how coincidental the assassination of Valorum was and how since Palpatine came to power, nothing has happened to him or anyone in his cabinet. Dooku echoes his allies thoughts, even going deep enough to question if Palpatine was just the puppet of Sidious.
Both conversations end abruptly with the Chancellor's window shattering after a rocket hits the building. Anakin immediately leaps to Palpatine's defenses, when General Grievous and Magna Guards enter the room. Grievous demands that Skywalker hand over Palpatine, but Anakin stands his ground against the droid leader. Grievous sends his droids after Anakin and scoops Palpatine into his arms and jumps out the shattered window. Anakin is joined by Obi-Wan and Windu to fight the droids while Dooku goes after Grievous. Though the two are evenly matched with the lightsaber, Grievous fights dirty and stuns the aged Jedi Master, using rocket's installed in his feet to fly off with Palpatine towards a waiting drop ship. As they finish off the droids, the Jedi look towards the sky in horror as it is filled with Confederacy warships and droid starfighters. Anakin darts towards his own starfighter to rescue Palpatine, while Obi-Wan assists the Jedi and Stormtroopers on ground in fighting the droid invaders. Obi-Wan personally cuts through many of the remaining clones of Maul's Bounty Hunter Legion, until he notices Anakin's starship hurtling towards space. Worried about his friend, he, Dooku, and a squad of Stormtroopers pilot a Republic gunship after him.
Obi-Wan pilots his gunship through a seemingly endless wave of starfighters until landing the ship in the flagship Anakin flew into with surprising ease. Dooku, expecting a trap, looks to Obi-Wan to go up towards the spire and check for Palpatine. Having already tracked Anakin, he sees he's in the lower levels of the ship. With one place left, Dooku volunteers to take troopers with him to the main bridge to confront Grievous. Obi-Wan does as instructed and finds the observation platform empty, that is except for Maul and a few clones of himself. After some harsh words, Obi-Wan rushes to battle with his archnemesis.
Anakin locates Palpatine being held within the cargo bay. As Anakin prepares to bring him to safety, Palpatine worries that the Jedi are more obsessed with bringing Grievous down then rescuing the planet. Anakin tries to assure the Chancellor and tries to comlink Dooku, but sees he is battling Grievous. Not sure what to believe, Anakin brings Palpatine to an escape pod and fires it out towards a waiting Star Destroyer. Then, Anakin darts towards the bridge.
Obi-Wan demolishes Maul's clones and ultimately does battle with the Sith Lord himself, but Maul seems uninterested in killing him. Obi-Wan takes note of this, until a massive shell hits the flagship and causes the ship to shake violently. Confident that his plan is completing, Maul retreats from his duel with Kenobi, telling him that he should really start worrying about what he would take from him next (having already taken Qui-Gon and Siri from him). Worried about Anakin, Obi-Wan tries to locate his apprentice and decides to head to the bridge.
Anakin arrives on the bridge in time to see Dooku engaging Grievous in a bloody lightsaber duel. Anakin tries to aid the Master, but Dooku seals the bridge from his interference. Determined, he cuts his way through, only to be tossed aside by Dooku, who mocks the Jedi as a foolish boy. As Dooku continually mocks him and finally pins Qui-Gon's death on him, Anakin's concealed rage unleashes itself as he throws himself at Dooku. Seeing Anakin engage the Jedi Master, Grievous sees his opportunity to escape, diving for his own escape pod and flies off. Dooku chastises Anakin for allowing the General to escape again, but Anakin simply continues hacking at the aged Jedi. Their duel ends with Anakin severing his right hand and brings Dooku to his knees. Obi-Wan arrives at the bridge to see this and is shocked to see Anakin about to kill a Jedi. Obi-Wan begs Anakin to stop, but Anakin reasons that Dooku never intended to rescue Palpatine and instead wanted revenge on Grievous or Maul. When Dooku doesn't answer Anakin's accusations, Obi-Wan comes to question his mentor, but knows killing him would solve nothing. Anakin raises his lightsaber, but Obi-Wan uses the force to throw it aside. Enraged, Anakin blasts Obi-Wan out of the bridge and Force Chokes Dooku, until the old Jedi's neck snaps and Dooku is dead. When Anakin wakes from his rage induced stupor, he looks on in horror at what he's done. Obi-Wan simply shakes his head.
As the Confederacy retreats Coruscant, the Jedi Council debates heavily what to do about Anakin's actions. While many argue both for and against, Yoda and Obi-Wan simply sit in silence, trying to gather through the Force what was to become of the situation. Obi-Wan in particular is in stunned silence as he keeps picturing the fury filled face of his friend and apprentice choking the life out of Dooku. Finally, Anakin is brought in. At a vote to 11-1 (Yoda being the only one who voted for him), Anakin has is Jedi titles and war hero honors stripped from him and is suspended from the Jedi Order until he has proven he has conquered his inner demons. Shocked that only Yoda stood by him and even Obi-Wan had voted him out, Anakin glares at his old friend and storms off. Obi-Wan simply sits in silence. Yoda condemns the actions taken by Windu's council, telling them that by suspending Anakin from the Order, they have sent a weapon directly into Darth Sidious's lap.
Anakin arrives at his apartment and looks for Padme, but cannot find her. Instead, he finds Palpatine waiting for him. Anakin begs to know what has happened to Padme, but Palpatine informs him that she has been abducted by the Confederacy and taken to their base in an unknown system. Anakin is petrified at the thought of Padme being held hostage and wants to scour the galaxy looking for her. Palpatine reminds him of his duties on Coruscant, until Anakin curses the Jedi for abandoning him in his hours of greatest need. Sensing what has happened, Palpatine informs his protege that he intends to override the Council's decision and make him the new Supreme Commander of the Republic Military. Anakin accepts this new position and is thanked graciously by the Chancellor for bringing an end to the traitor Dooku, whom Palpatine reveals to have been plotting a Jedi coup to overthrow him. Anakin is in shock, not wanting to believe the Chancellor, but Palpatine leaves, telling his new Commander to rest himself, as he would have a busy schedule soon. Anakin is unable to sleep, torn apart by fear of Padme's situation.
Palpatine declares the next morning that many senators and Republic leaders, including Padme, have been taken hostage and are being held on a remote Confederacy base. He also introduces a weary and slowly maddening Anakin as his new Supreme Commander. The Council condemns the new appointment, but Obi-Wan now begins to understand Anakin's plight. remembering his vision on Utapau. Obi-Wan brings the news to the Council, but the Masters refuse to listen, now starting to question Palpatine's motives. Yoda remains silent the entire scene, simply looking at the Jedi surrounding him with sorrow.
In a prison on Mustafar, Padme and a few of her Senator friends all try to plan ways of escaping. It is then that a senator notices Padme's changed physique and comes to the realization that she is pregnant. Grievous walks past the prisoners, informing them all that they will be either surrendered to the Republic in exchange for "war criminals" like Anakin, or executed. As Grievous leaves, Padme remembers her wrist has a comlink built into it and frantically calls Anakin. Anakin, relieved to hear her voice, gathers what intelligence he can from her and then proclaims he would be there to save her. Padme whispers sweetly to him: "Like you always will".
Anakin and Palpatine begin planning the final battle on Mustafar. Palpatine gathers all able-bodied men and prepares a massive armada in the hopes of going to the volcanic planet and bringing an end to the violent and vicious Clone Wars once and for all. When many Jedi begin to question Anakin's judgment, a frustrated Anakin then demands that all able-bodied Jedi also join in on the mission, mocking them as they're passioned desires to see the Sith fall as well as see the war end. But when Windu protests this, Palpatine once again flexes his control of the Jedi and demands that they do so or risk being deemed traitors to the Republic. Unable to fight the will of the Republic, Windu submits and informs the Order of the "Call to Action". Thousands of Jedi Knights prepare for battle, including a reluctant and fearful Obi-Wan. Obi-Wan meets with Yoda in a meditation room in the Jedi Temple and discuss the premonitions he and Anakin had. Yoda explains that if it was the future they saw, "then set in stone, this future is not." Though Obi-Wan echoes his fears that Anakin's premonition has come true, Yoda calms his apprentice and tells him that it is the will of the Jedi and the Republic that will see to ensure that this kind of thing does not happen. Obi-Wan and Yoda then leave the Jedi Temple for the final time and board a Star Destroyer bound for Mustafar.
The first waves of Stormtroopers and Jedi land on Mustafar and begin combat with the virtually endless hordes of Clones and Droids. Split into many factions, one such battalion battling nothing but a wave of clones was a group of Jedi, led by Mace Windu. These Jedi begin battling for their lives, many dying in the process. A battalion led by Obi-Wan penetrates a vital checkpoint, but when Obi-Wan insists that the troopers fortify this position and wait out, one Stormtrooper overrides Obi-Wan's command and "on orders from the Chancellor and the Commander", presses fatigued and shellshocked Stormtroopers ahead. Obi-Wan looks over the plains of volcanic soot and ash and sees many young Jedi and many of his fellow Council members dying in battle. Feeling the intense pain, Obi-Wan leaves the field of battle to meditate.
Anakin also senses this shift in the Force and begins to doubt his own judgment. Palpatine tries to reassure him and even tell him that this is a sacrifice the Republic needs to survive. As Anakin tries to find an eloquent way to tell the Chancellor he's wrong, he finally comes to the realization that Palpatine is in fact the dreaded Sith Lord Darth Sidious. But instead of knocking Anakin out or killing him, Palpatine simply answers his fears. Anakin is stunned by this news and vows to find Padme and get the truth to the Jedi, but when Palpatine says "But can you trust them to do what is right?", a bewildered Anakin hurries towards his starfighter and flies down to the mainland. Palpatine turns towards his admiral and orders their new "super laser" be readied for use on the base.
Obi-Wan locates a place of meditation in a secluded cave and tries to contact Yoda. But the immense loss of life of both Stormtroopers and Jedi is keeping him from seeing clearly. Instead, he only sees the specter of Darth Maul, looming over him. Obi-Wan rushes out of the cave and finds Maul waiting for him. Determined to finally end his fears and quell his rage, Obi-Wan duels Maul for a final time on the mountainous region of Mustafar.
Padme, upon seeing the chaos in the base of Confederate Leaders panicking and retreating, uses the new opportunity to steal the keys from a panicking guard and frees her and her friends from their cells. Though her friends are nervous, Padme uses a blaster lying about to knock out many of their droid guards and begins to lead her fellow former hostages to find transportation off of the planet and back within Republic territory.
On one of the Star Destroyers, Yoda finally comes to the same realization Anakin did: Palpatine is Sidious, only he takes it a step forward. Yoda contacts Mace Windu with the Force and tells him that Palpatine intends to use Anakin as a weapon of war. He tells Windu to bring Anakin to the Jedi for safekeeping, knowing all too well someone of his power is dangerous in the hands of a Sith.
Grievous leads wave after wave of droids into battle, but neither side could obtain a definitive advantage. When he sees Mace Windu break through the ranks, he orders his few remaining Clones to his defense, but Windu dispatches them easily. Frightened, Grievous activates a ray shield around the base and retreats towards a private hanger a few miles away. But that hanger is exactly where Anakin lands and challenges Grievous to a battle. Grievous taunts Anakin about Padme's current situation, but the hateful Jedi instead lashes out at Grievous, assuring a ruthless rematch was about to ensue.
Maul and Obi-Wan battle above a massive volcanic pit, this time going all out on each other. Neither says a word to the other in this fight and instead is motivated entirely on slaying the other.
All of the battling suddenly seizes when a massive laser fires from the Star Destroyer and incinerates the base. The ensuing explosion wipes out thousands on both sides. With the base destroyed, Anakin is completely shellshocked. His one true love is dead. So many of his friends and acquaintances are gone. With nothing holding his rage back, Anakin unleashes everything on Grievous, hacking so violently at Grievous that his lightsabers shatter when he slams down on them. Grievous tries to escape into his ship, but as it takes off, Anakin grabs hold of it with the Force and prepares to sink it down into the lava. Mace Windu arrives and demands that Anakin surrender. Anakin refuses and hurls Grievous's ship into the lava. As the ship explodes, Anakin accuses Windu of betraying the Republic and taking everything he loved from him. Windu insists that Anakin is just being manipulated, but Anakin lunges at Windu, calling him "Just another traitor like Dooku!" The two exchange blows back and forth, until Anakin overpowers the Jedi Master and with one fell swoop, hurls the weakened and exhausted Windu over the ledge and into the same lava pit as Grievous.
Obi-Wan feels the intense ripple of loss in the Force, as does Maul. Maul in particular finally realizes the truth about his existence all along. Ever since he was young, Sidious had promised him the True Powers of the Sith would be his, but with that sudden burst in the Dark Side, he realizes that Palpatine had just been using him the entire time. So when Obi-Wan finally champions over Maul, he is surprised to see Maul uninterested in killing him. He looks to Kenobi and sighs. "So this is what it feels like, to be shunned by the Force." With that, Maul steps backwards and falls into the lave river they were dueling over. Obi-Wan is relieved to know Maul is gone, but can only sense nothing but the Dark Side surrounding him. He looks towards one of the remaining hangers, to see Padme and many Senators escaping. He rushes down to meet them. Relieved, Padme falls into Obi-Wans arms at the happiness of knowing someone is still alive after the explosion. Padme pleads with Obi-Wan to find Anakin, to which Obi-Wan agrees. Padme, overcome with emotion, collapses into Obi-Wan, who takes her onto a cot in the ship and tells the Senators to go into hiding in the closest loyal system to them and not the Republic. Shocked but understanding, the senators fly off the system and promise to send Obi-Wan their coordinates when they land. A fatigued Obi-Wan then goes off in search of his friend.
Palpatine contacts Anakin and congratulates him for seeing through the lies of the Jedi. He offers to train Anakin in the ways of the Sith, to which a still pained Anakin agrees. Palpatine then knights him Darth Vader and orders him to rally their Stormtroopers to bring a permanent end to the Jedi Order. Anakin is at first reluctant, but when he sees the Jedi gathering ahead of him, he draws his lightsaber and moves against his family.
Yoda arrives on Palpatine's Star Destroyer to confront him. He arrives on the Main Deck in time to hear Palpatine give out the order to the Stormtroopers to crush the Jedi Rebellion, claiming they were the ones who had ordered the deaths of the Senators. Yoda uses a mind trick to convince many of the officers to leave the room, leaving him and Palpatine alone. Yoda accuses Palpatine of treason, to which a truly wicked Palpatine simply agrees to. Palpatine darkens the room and unleashes an endless volley of Force Lightning on the little green Jedi, who tries his hardest to convert it into pure energy as he had with Maul, but fails to understand that Maul was simply a user of the Dark Side. Palpatine WAS the Dark Side. Palpatine uses the Lightning to lift Yoda into the air and slam him against the wall again and again, until the sage was apparently unconscious.
Obi-Wan struggles down the volcanic path and comes across Stormtroopers, who demand he turn himself over to them. When he refuses, they fire on him. Kenobi dodges many of the blasts and even takes out a few Stormtroopers. He then looks down onto the plains in front of the ruined Confederacy Base, and sees Anakin as the mysterious figure in his vision slaying his Jedi brethern. Stunned and confused, Obi-Wan uses the Force to try and reach out to Anakin, but is blocked by the power of the Sith. Knowing now what Anakin has become, Obi-Wan leaps down to confront Anakin.
As Darth Vader disposes of Jedi Master Kit Fisto, he turns on Obi-Wan, but hesitates to kill him. Obi-Wan can see some flicker of light still showing in him. But when Vader tells him to leave and never come back, Obi-Wan refuses. The shadow of Anakin warns him of the future of the Jedi Order, but Obi-Wan stands his ground and tries to reason with him. But reason has no place within the confines of Darth Vader, who strikes at former master and launches him towards a nearby pit. Vader accuses his former friend of the Jedi abusing his powers for their own personal gain, while Obi-Wan counters with his belief that the Jedi were a family to him. But Vader snarls violently and hisses: "I HAD A FAMILY AND THE JEDI TOOK IT FROM ME!"
As Palpatine prepares to finish Yoda, the old Jedi sage reveals that he had converted Palpatine's Force Lightning into an energy ball and launches it at the Chancellor, blasting him against the glass window of the ship, cracking it. Sensing an opportunity for both a blow to Palpatine's regime and the Dark Side, Yoda triggers the "super laser" and sets it against one of the other Star Destroyers. Yoda then retreats into an escape pod and rockets off into exile. An infuriated Palpatine uses a massive amount of Force Lightning to devastate the Control Deck, until weakening. He looks into the mirror and sees that the power of the Dark Side has indeed begun corrupting his features.
Obi-Wan is forced onto the defensive as Vader beats him about. As the duelists clash, both see what they would both fear for eternity about the other. Obi-Wan sees the dead, soulless eyes of his best friend, while Vader sees the promise of Hell coming from Kenobi's. Obi-Wan redirects the fight into his favor and severs Anakin's only flesh hand and uses the Force to launch him against a molten wall. As Vader curses him, Obi-Wan picks up Anakin's lightsaber and leaves the battlefield. He evades a group of Stormtroopers rushing to Vader's aid. Obi-Wan locates Anakin's starfighter and pilots it towards the coordinates the senators had sent to his comlink.
As he allows the ship to pilot itself, Obi-Wan finally breaks down into tears. But through the Force, he senses Yoda. Obi-Wan and Yoda fill each other in on what has happened. Yoda tells his old apprentice that for now, Palpatine has won and the Sith have obtained their revenge against the Jedi. When Obi-Wan vows to help him bring down Palpatine, Yoda refuses, instead telling Obi-Wan that their parts to play in the galaxy is coming to an end. He then tells Obi-Wan to trust in the Force, before they break connection as Obi-Wan pilots himself towards the luscious world of Alderaan. Obi-Wan lands the ship and is greeted by Bail Organa and Padme, who want to know about Anakin. Kenobi thinks for a moment, before telling them that Anakin had been killed at the hands of Darth Vader. Padme is heartbroken at the loss of Anakin and Bail comforts his sister. But when the topic of Padme and Anakin's unborn child comes up, Obi-Wan fears that Vader and Palpatine would hunt her down if they knew Anakin had children. Obi-Wan offers to raise the child himself on a remote planet, but Padme refuses to lose her son. When Bail tells her that it is the only way for her son to be safe, Padme relents to it.
Obi-Wan sits in silence in a mediation chamber for several days, until he finally comes into contact with the spirits of his many friends and allies. While many pass throughout thoughts and time, he comes across the spirits of Qui-Gon and Siri, who praise Obi-Wan for being as strong as he was. Obi-Wan asks if there was any hope for Anakin. Siri asks him so long as he had faith in her, he should have faith left in him. Qui-Gon encourages Obi-Wan to let Anakin's son live the life he should have been allowed to live and be with someone who would love and take care of him. When Obi-Wan is reminded of Owen Lars, he decides to take the infant to him on Tatooine. Qui-Gon and Siri tell Obi-Wan they will always be with him so long as he remains true to the force and disappear from Obi-Wan's thoughts as Bail Organa enters with the infant Luke Skywalker. Obi-Wan takes the infant with him and vanishes into space, while the camera reveals that Padme had also bore a daughter, and cradled her in her arms.
The next few scenes show what happens over the next several days/months/years...
Yoda's escape pod lands on the dense marsh planet of Dagobah...
A disfigured Palpatine is praised by the public on Coruscant for his bravery in defying the Jedi, while "Lord Vader" stands behind him, now clad in armor and his features slowly starting to disfigure...
Obi-Wan brings the infant Luke to Owen's moisture farm and gives him and Anakin's lightsaber to Anakin's old friend, but Owen rejects the weapon, wanting Luke to be raised the way Anakin should have been. Dejected but accepting, Obi-Wan leaves into the sunsets on Tatooine...
A toddler Princess Leia sits beside her birth mother, but no matter how much she tries to brighten her mother's mood, Padme remains a shadow of her former self as she continually mourns the loss of her life and that of her husband...
A young Luke sits outside with his Aunt Beru and Uncle Owen, looking over another twin sunset, the young Skywalker dreaming of the day he could leave Tatooine and make a difference in the world, all while a hermited Jedi looks on curiosity, before vanishing behind the dunes...
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