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Old 10th November 2002, 08:28 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Take this with a grain of salt. It may not be true, but if it actually happens to be real then you may want to stop reading now if you don't want to know what happens.


The Clone Wars are now over two years old. The entire galaxy has been thrown
into chaos. On one side of the conflict are hundreds of wayward star
systems, led by Count Dooku, who are rebelling against the Republic led by
the scheming-in-secret Chancellor Palpatine/Darth Sidious. The inhabitants
of the galaxy are growing tired of the wars. Battles will break out with no
warning in various star systems. Many star systems have been completed
devastated by the Clone Wars. Suddenly, peace will be agreed upon by both
sides and then, suddenly, the fighting will break out again.

Palpatine manages to frame the Galactic Senate and the Jedi Knights for much
of what is going on during the wars. Palpatine makes them the scape goats
for all of the galaxies many problems. The people grow tired of the Galactic
Senate and the Jedi Knights. They are ready for drastic change and Palpatine
realizes this.

At the beginning of the movie, Anakin is seen at an awards ceremony
receiving yet another medal for his valor in battle. A pregnant Padme is
with Anakin at the ceremony. After the ceremony, Palpatine manages to
separate Padme from Anakin so that the beautiful, asiatic-looking Darth Xio
Jade can seduce Anakin. Xio Jade introduces herself to Anakin and uses a
powerful, irresistible dark side mind trick to seduce Anakin. It doesn't
hurt that Xio is also one of the most beautiful women in the galaxy. She
records their affair on a Sith holocron and sends the holocron to Palpatine.


Palpatine then orders the Jedi Council to send Obi-Wan Kenobi to deliver the
holocron to Padme. Padme is devastated after seeing Anakin with Xio Jade.
Her trust in Anakin is now completely destroyed. She refuses to see Anakin
when he arrives at their home. Palpatine's red royal guards quickly lead
Anakin away from Padme. Palpatine then orders the Jedi Council to have
Obi-Wan hide Padme from Anakin. Palpatine then sets up a secret meeting with
Anakin. Palpatine tells Anakin that their are conspirators against both
Palpatine and Anakin amongst the Jedi Knights.

He warns that Anakin's master, Obi-Wan, is no longer really his friend.
Palpatine states that Obi-Wan wishes to end the marriage between Anakin and
Padme. The blood in Anakin's veins nearly boils after hearing of this
deception. Palpatine relates that Obi-Wan is the one who wanted Xio Jade to
seduce him. Palpatine warns that Obi-Wan may secretly be a dreaded Sith
Lord.

Anakin confronts Obi-Wan on a volcanic world. Anakin demands that Obi-Wan
take him to Padme immediately. Obi-Wan refuses and states that the Jedi
Council has told him that Padme is not allowed to see Anakin. Anakin is
outraged.

Anakin draws his light-sabre and ignites it. Anakin demands to see Padme
again. Obi-Wan refuses and tells Anakin to put down his light sabre. Anakin
refuses. Obi-Wan lights his light sabre and then orders his padawan to put
down his sabre. Anakin again refuses and strikes at Obi-Wan. Obi-Wan quickly
ignites his sabre and blocks Anakin's sabre. Obi-Wan states that this duel
is dangerous because they are surrounded by many molten pools of lava.
Anakin refuses to end the duel unless he is given access to Padme.

Obi-Wan states that he cannot disobey the Jedi Council and continues to
block Anakin's attack. The two duel for quite some time. Anakin gets
reckless and falls into one of the molten pools. Anakin's light sabre falls
to the ground. Obi-Wan watches Anakin sink into the lava pool. Obi-Wan
leaves to find help to rescue Anakin. Palpatine enters and has his storm
troopers rescue Anakin from the molten pool. They then quickly leave the
area. A few minutes later, Obi-Wan returns with some medical droids. They
are unable to find Anakin. Obi-Wan assumes the molten pool has consumed
Anakin's body. Obi-Wan finds Anakin's light sabre on the ground and takes it
with him. Obi-Wan tells Padme that Anakin is dead. Padme is saddened by this
news.

Palpatine's medical droids nurse Anakin back to health. Anakin is eventually
placed into his familiar-looking black mask and body armor. Palpatine
introduces Anakin to the ways of the Sith. Anakin grows to hate the Jedi and
the Republic. Palpatine promises that, in time, Anakin will be reunited with
Padme, but in the mean time Anakin must be patient and allow their plan to
unfold. Anakin takes the name of Darth Vader. Only Palpatine and his trusted
minions know that Darth Vader is actually Anakin. Everyone else believes
that Anakin is dead.

The Clone Wars continue to rage on and thousands of Republic clones are
killed in the various battles. The Galactic Senate is under heavy pressure
from their people to find a way to end the wars. Palpatine continues to
frame the Senate and the Jedi as the reason the wars are going so badly. The
people demand and end to the Jedi's and Senate's incompetence and
corruption. Palpatine takes this opportunity to declare himself Emperor. He
immediately abolishes the Galactic Senate, Jedi Council and the entire Jedi
Order. The people hail Palpatine as the saviour of the Republic.

Palpatine replaces the Galactic Senate with the Imperial Senate. The members
of the new Senate are hand picked by Palpatine. The Imperial Senate and
Palpatine issue a proclamation declaring the Jedi Knights to be enemies of
the Republic. They order the immediate arrest of all Jedi Knights. The Jedi
begin to go into hiding. Boba Fett and Jabba the Hutt help Palpatine hunt
down the Jedi. Many Jedi are killed during this purge.

A new seven-membered Sith Council, whose members all have the title Darth,
replaces the Jedi Council. Darth Sidious is the leader of this Council. The
other members of the Sith Council are Darth Tyranus, Darth Vader, Darth Jade
(Xio Jade), a cloned Darth Maul, Darth Tau and Darth Vorron. To avoid
arrest, many of the Jedi agree to become Sith Lords and hunt down their
former Jedi allies.

Vader leads the hunt for the Jedi Knights. The Sith Council confronts the
remaining members of the Jedi Council. An epic light-sabre battle between
them erupts. Most of the Jedi Council is killed during this duel, but Yoda
and Mace Windu are captured and taken to Count Dooku's star ship. Later,
Padme is captured and also brought to Dooku's ship. Obi-Wan continues to
fight in various Clone War battles.

Count Dooku's agents leak false information to Republic spies concerning a
"Time Detonator" weapon being developed by Count Dooku's scientists on
Geonosis. The fictitious "Time Detonator" is a weapon which temporarily
freezes time. When it is set off in a star system, time freezes for everyone
who is in the star system when the weapon is set off. An invading force can
then enter the star system and conquer it rather easily. Palpatine states
that the Republic must have this weapon. Of course, the "Time Detonator"
does not exist and Palpatine knows this, but he uses this weapon as an
excuse to send all of the Republic's remaining star ships into a trap.
Palpatine expects Count Dooku's cloaked fleet to completely annihilate the
Republic's star ships and remaining fighters.

All the star ships of the Republic military converge on Geonosis. The flag
ship of the Republic fleet contains Palpatine and Darth Vader. Obi-Wan
sneaks his star ship into the Geonosis system. Palpatine's flag ship detects
Obi-Wan's ship and captures it with a tractor beam. Obi-Wan is brought
aboard Palpatine's ship. There are no enemy star ships visible near Geonosis
since Dooku's fleet remains hidden with cloaking technology. When the trap
is set, Dooku's fleet de-cloakes and destroys most of the Republic's
remaining star ships and fighters. Count Dooku demands that Palpatine
surrender unconditionally. Palpatine pretends to be scared and agrees to
Dooku's demands. Dooku's troops board Palpatine's ship and take Palpatine,
Darth Vader and Obi-Wan as prisoners. The three are held in the lower levels
of Dooku's ship.

Yoda, Mace Windu and a pregnant Padme are brought before Count Dooku. For
Dooku's protection, Yoda, Windu and Padme are surrounded by four members of
the Sith Council: Darth Jade, cloned Darth Maul, Darth Tau and Darth Vorron.
Dooku announces that Palpatine and the entire Republic have surrendered. The
great Republic has finally lost the war. Dooku announces that he has a
surprise for Yoda and Windu. Out from the shadows of the room steps the
legendary Darth Bane, thought to have been dead for many centuries. Bane is
even older than Yoda. Yoda and Windu gasp in amazement. They immediately
recognize the incomparably malevolent Darth Bane.

Bane cackles nefariously. Bane explains that he is no clone. He is the
actual Darth Bane, who has remained in the shadows for centuries waiting for
the opportunity to finally destroy the Jedi Order and the Republic.
Palpatine, Darth Vader and Obi-Wan are brought before Dooku and Bane. Bane
explains to everyone that he has used Palpatine and Darth Vader to destroy
the Republic and the Jedi Order. Bane announces that he is going to have all
of them killed including Palpatine and Vader. Palpatine pleads for his life.
Bane laughs menacingly. Bane states that the only threat to him is Anakin
and Padme's unborn child, the child of Anakin must die. No one knows that
Padme is carrying twins. Bane reveals that Vader is actually Anakin and then
Bane reveals that Palpatine is a Sith Lord called Darth Sidious.

Bane raises his hands to send powerful dark side lightning through Padme.
Vader uses Sith super speed to jump in front of Padme as the lightning
leaves Bane's fingers. Vader absorbs the lighting and then pulls out his
light-sabre and ignites it. For the first time in his life, Bane is
terrified. No one has ever survived a direct hit from his dark side lighting
yet Anakin appears unhurt. Anakin is truly the only child of the Force and
the most powerful Force user the galaxy has ever known.

Palpatine begins to cackle and explains that Bane and the members of the
Sith Council are the ones who have really fallen into the trap. Darth Jade
immediately flees the room. She know that Vader and Palpatine are going to
kill everyone in the room. Mace Windu uses the Force to snatch a lightsabre
from one of the Darths. Windu ignites the lightsabre and uses it to keep the
other Sith Lords from getting to Yoda, Obi-Wan and Padme. The three (Yoda,
Padme and Obi-Wan) quickly exit the room under Mace Windu's protection and
head to the hanger bay to get a shuttle off of Dooku's ship. Windu bravely
sacrifices himself to Darth Vader and doesn't survive much longer.

After Windu's tragic demise, a terrifying duel between Vader/Palpatine vs.
Bane/Dooku/Vorron/Maul/Tau takes place. Vader and Palpatine completely
annihilate their enemies. Meanwhile, Darth Jade jumps out at Yoda, Padme and
Obi-Wan with her light sabre. She tells them that all of the shuttles on
Dooku's ship have been rigged to explode upon powering them up. She says it
is a trap set by Palpatine to kill them. Jade states that if they will help
her hide from Palpatine then she will let them use her ship as a means of
escape. Yoda, Padme and Obi-Wan agree since they really have no other
choice. It turns out that Jade's ship happens to be a Corellian freighter
called the Millenium Falcon. They escape on the Falcon and enter the safety
of hyper space.

Vader and Palpatine loom over the dead bodies of the other Sith Lords.
Palpatine feels Jade's betrayal. He realizes that Yoda, Obi-Wan and, most
importantly, Padme and her unborn child have escaped.

The Falcon arrives on an obscure planet called Dagobah. Prior to Luke and
Leia's birth, Obi-Wan states that he will now go by the name Ben. The
Skywalker twins are born on Dagobah. After many shed tears, Yoda is left
behind on Dagobah. Jade then drops Obi-Wan and baby Luke off on the
forgotten world of Tatooine. The final destination for Jade, Padme and baby
Leia is the safety of Alderaan. Bail Organa greets them with open arms. Bail
gives them a secret hiding place. Lastly, Obi-Wan is seen at Owen and Beru
Lars' home. He gives Luke to them to raise. Obi-Wan tells Owen and Beru that
Obi-Wan is now dead along with all the other Jedi Knights. He will now go by
the name Ben. The film ends with baby Luke in the gentle arms of Ben Kenobi.
The ghostly spirit of Mace Windu and the ghostly spirits of many other Jedi
Knights appear behind Obi-Wan and baby Luke.
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