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[Set prior to 'A New Enemy' - established and new character within the Star Wars Universe are involved in a number of parallel adventures, with characters including: Qui-Gon Jinn, Darth Maul, Count Dooku, Mace Windu, Master Yoda and many more. 'The Cusp of War' (Season One) is eight part series - and would be produced as an animated cartoon by Lucasfilm Animation. ]
[Star Wars 'Episode One - A New Enemy - will be a feature length films that immediately follows on from events of Season One 'The Cusp of War'. A civil war on Mandalore has resulted in a division within the Jedi Order - whilst Darth Sidious and his apprentice Darth Maul continue to act on their secret plans to gain control of the galaxy.]
- Darth Maul is sent by Darth Sidious to meet a contact known as ‘The Draven’ on the Otor’s Hub Space Station in Outer Rim in the Ojoster Section - a location in which black market and slave market deals are made without the threat of outside interference. A young Maul is reminded by a hologram message - to not rouse suspicion whilst on the Hub and to not get on the bad side of the ‘The Draven’ as he is an important middle man. Maul’s task is simple - to fly his prototype V-Wing to the docks and leave the cargo in the hold and deliver the deed of the ship to ‘The Draven’ to find any means off the Space Station after the ship and its manifest have been delivered.
- Maul meets ‘The Draven’ in a private booth upstairs in one of the many pirate run cantinas on the station. The man is actually former Jedi Master Dooku, with this fact being unknown to Maul - although there is a moment in which both men seem to sense the other is force sensitive although neither engage the other on this matter. As Maul hands the manifest and all the identification papers of the V-Wing to ‘The Draven’ he is surprised when his contact picks up a large wooden box and places it in top of the table.
- The content would be revealed as a black holocron with ‘The Draven’ informing Maul that this was a gift for his Master with compliments from Hondo Ohnaka. ‘The Draven’ would also inform Maul that a group of Zabrak Smugglers were present on the station and would serve as the most inconspicuous means for Maul to leave the station. The two men would nod their heads in respect before ‘The Draven’ would make his way towards the V-Wing. Maul would remain in place having no interest in anyone associating the pair, and would sit down on the floor and enter into a state of deep focus.
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- After a meeting of the Jedi Council (on Coruscant) - Mace Windu would have a private meeting with Qui-Gon Jinn in which he would instruct to go on a mission with his apprentice Obi Wan Kenobi and Mace’s former apprentice Depa Billaba. Windu would instruct Quin-Gon to lead the trio to the planet Tython and search for an important relic - with it being made clear that they would rely on their understanding of the force to find the item.
- After the three departed, Windu and Yoda would have a conversation of their own. Yoda would inform Mace that he continued to have dark dreams and sensed there was a growing disturbance in the force - and that he was going to explore one of his dreams by traveling to Kashyyyk to speak with an old friend. Windu would nod his head approvingly, and say he too would conduct some business of his own on Bogano.
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- Whilst Darth Maul was in a state of deep focus - he would have a vision of a shadowed figure wielding what looked like a purple lightsaber, a gigantic spherical space station and twins - but when he said the words out loud it would make no sense to him which would annoy him. Sensing something was wrong, he would place his hand to his belt as into the room would rush half a dozen men of varying species and races with the clear intent of killing him where he stood. Their faces would be left with nothing but complete displease as he would light up his lightsaber revealing the red blade and would proceed to make three quick movements in which he would dissect all but one of his attackers - who would drop to the floor quaking with fear.
- The man a Phindian without very much convincing would inform Darth Maul - that their group had been tipped off that a man of wealth had been staying in these quarters. Maul would bare his teeth and inform the attacker that he had already missed out on that lucrative bounty - but that if he wanted to live he had a job for him. Maul would attach an explosive bracelet to the man’s wrist and inform him that he had a standard hour to find him a ride off the station or he would pull the trigger and blow him sky high. The Phindian had look of terror before running out of the room. Maul would count to twenty before smiling to himself and pressing the trigger as a massive explosion would be heard erupting outside.
- ‘The Draven’ would look very happy himself as he would depart Otor’s Hub, only to look annoyed as a massive fireball would erupt on the station causing absolute chaos to occur behind him - with Dooku shaking his head looking slightly annoyed as he would light up his engines and extend the hyper-speed ring before engaging into hyperdrive. He would then proceed to send a message - in which he would inform the recipient that “Master Sifo Dyas would be arriving for a final inspection.”
- Revan is in a room littered with corpses of both Sith and Jedi, and cuts a monologue talking about his journey of self discovery and reinvention in which he turned his back on his past life as a Sith and become a Jedi Knight with the drive to bringing balance back to the force and that despite everything he felt like his journey had been circular as he had only returned back to the start in a room littered with bodies of so many who had been far too young to die. Revan felt nothing but contempt for the old man who lay mouth agape at his feet - a monster who had once been a leader of an Empire but was nothing more than a bag of meat at his feet.
- Revan makes it clear that he is exiling himself, with a desire of meditation to focus in mind and reflect on a life filled with so much blood - with an understanding of both sides of the force. He would make it clear that if anyone found this message, they would have to have an understanding of both sides of the force - to discover the location where he intended to be his final resting place.
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33 BBY
- Mace Windu would have a concerned look on his face - as he would release his grip of the helmet and place it into his satchel bag as he would speak in almost belief that the legend of Darth Revan was so much more than a legend or a story of propaganda of the Sith - but in fact an actual man. What concerned Mace - was how Revan’s helmet had found its way to an unscarred world never touched by the war of men. Windu felt a tingle and quickly became aware that someone not too far away was watching him. Mace would smile to himself, as he would take a seat on a boulder and wait patiently for whoever was watching him to make the next move.
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- In the chaos of the explosion of Otor’s Hub, Darth Maul managed to steal a U-Wing and escape the Space Station in the same fashion as did most of the ships on the station that either had something to steal or something that was worth hiding from unwanted attention that any explosion was likely to bring if one naive idiot sent out a distress signal even if they were in the Outer Rim - there was always someone who thought they were the king of the roost and he had no interest in getting involved in involving himself in the business of peasants. Maul would have a direct conversation over hologram with his Master - in which he would inform Sidious that ‘The Draven’ had gifted him with a black holocron with compliments from Hondo Ohnaka.
- Sidious would make it clear that he was pleased with his apprentice - and that Maul was to return to Coruscant immediately and to meet him at their usual spot.
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- Not wanting to draw too much attention to themselves - Qui-Gon, Obi Wan and Depa Billaba had sought passage on a Marauder-class Corvette on a direct route to Tython. The trio wouldn’t have to hide away, as the Jedi were very much seen as an order that the general populace, especially of the core of the galaxy could rely on. The journey was largely uneventful, although Obi Wan would show his resourcefulness despite still being an apprentice as he had managed to purchase to purchase two speed bikers at super discount whilst performing a ‘a magic show’ for the litter of children that had a belonged to a trade aboard the vessel.
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- ‘The Draven’ or at least someone who introduced themselves as that (for the voice was clearly not the same as Dooku) would have an audience on Tatooine with none other than Jabba the Hutt. The man who would introduce himself as an assassin, bounty hunter and treasure hunter would inform Jabba that he had discovered the location of a mine in the outer rim, at a location which was in possession of the Hutts that was being prospected by thieves and that he was willing offer Jabba this location in exchange for information.
- Jabba would clearly be furious - and would make it clear that thieves that did not pay their taxes were worthy of information and an exchange would take place in which ‘The Draven’ would share the location of the illegal miners, in exchange he would given the information the Bounty Hunter was after that the best kept secret in regards to scientific expertise in the Outer Rim could be found on Geonosis especially if people were looking for work to be done eyes from the unwanted and creeping eyes of The Republic.
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- The stranger would eventually sneak up on Windu - who had been in a Jedi meditation completely aware of the situation throughout and would surprise the creature when he would ask him why he had his pistol drawn with his eyes still closed that would leave the ZeHethbra clearly flustered. The creature would introduce himself as Samsong and make it clear that he thought this side of the planet was deserted and he was a simple man trying to survive whilst putting food on the table for his own family. Windu would reveal Revan’s mask - which would annoy Samsong and demand to know why Mace had been going through his cache of antiquities.
- Mace would reveal himself as a Jedi Master - and that this mask was of great importance to the Jedi Order. Samsong would make it clear that this was irrelevant and that if Windu wanted it, he was going to have to pay for it like everyone else. Windu said - he was willing to pay a price, but would pay more if Samsong told him where he had found the mask. The ZeHethbra would reveal that he had purchased the mask from a treasure hunter known as ‘The Draven’.
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Yoda would touch down on an elevated landing pad on Kashyyyk - the home world of the Wookie's where he would be warmly welcomed and shake hands with the leader of the Wookie Tarfful would lower himself down to shake hands with Yoda in a respectful manner - before another younger Wookie would seem very excited as he would surprise Yoda by picking him up and lifting him in the air. The episode would end with Yoda telling the Wookie ‘put me down Chewbacca - we have much to talk about.’
33 BBY - When the Jedi trio arrived on Tython, they found themselves in the new port town of Dombaygo - with the Republic having approved the planet as a site for archaeological discovery which basically opened the floodgates to every treasure hunter with a license - legit or counterfeit. Upon landing Qui-Gon told Obi Wan to go with Depa Billaba and claim the Speed Bikes he had purchased. He would tell them he had spotted a person of interest on the other side of the docks that he needed to have a conversation with.
- Qui-Gon had met Gakk Tukk once before, one one of the many trash moons that littered the Republic. Gakk had called himself a tinkerer - but truly he was nothing more than an information dealer and a fence, and Qui-Gon had a strong feeling that after just one conversation with Gakk he would have a strong understanding of exactly what ‘actually’ taking place on Tython because he doubted it actually had anything to do with treasure hunting. After a short conversation and exchange of Galactic Credits - Qui-Gon would discover that the Trade Federation had invested quite a large amount of capital into the building of infrastructure of Dambaygo and apparently also had control of the local constabulary. The more important information though that he found out - that in one of the mining sites outside of the town, the TF were building some sort of factory although what they were building was somewhat of a mystery.
- When Qui-Gon reunited with his young apprentice and Depa, he would tell them he had discovered some interesting information about the Trade Federation - but that it was a matter for the Council. Before making it clear that the three of them should head into the jungle and attempt to find what they had to planet for.
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- Mace would depart Bogano with intention of finding out all the information he could about this man called ‘The Draven’ and he couldn’t imagine a better place to find this sort of information than in the Outer Rim and there was no dirtier good for nothing rotten than the Ecumenopolis of Nar Shaddaa a.k.a. Smuggler's Moon’ one of the most important locations for trade within Hutt Space. It also happened to be one of the few places where WIndu didn’t have to worry about anyone recognising him because everyone was far too concerned with their business in this moon that devoted to crime on behalf of the Hutt Clan.
- Mace would tell his droid R8-B7 to relay a message to Master Yoda that he had d discovered a relic of great importance to the Council, but that he was going to find out as much as he could about who had unearthed it for he felt that a puppet master had exited from the shadows and had started to pull some strings.
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- The Jedi Trio had been traveling for hours, when suddenly they would all feel a ripple in the force that would cause them to all come to a sudden halt. Depa would make it clear that there was something very troubling in the area, that they should all be on their toes and be prepared for a fight at a moment's notice with all three drawing their sabers. Out from the ground would appear half a dozen black wraiths, which Qui-Gon would comment were rich with the force and the next sequence would show all three Jedi showing their lightsaber mastery as they would slice through the wraiths.
- Upon completion of this battle, this area of the forest would become much brighter and Obi-Wan would point towards a large tree that appeared to have a doorway cut within it. Qui-Gon would manage to figure out how to open the door and the three would discover a ladder that seemed to lead far down into the ground as it would take a long time for a stone to hit the floor below, with the three shrugging and began their descent of the ladder.
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- Windu upon arriving on Nar Shaddaa would follow some clues and ask some directions before eventually finding a shop called Low Phat, which seemed to be some sort of repair shop ranging from starfighters to toasters. Mace would peruse the shelves, whilst really staking out the store in order to find out who exactly was really running the show - rather than the person that had taken on the role of manager. Finding his man - Mace would approach a man who would introduce him as Xella Batchu.
- Windu would reveal Revan’s Mask and ask Xella if he had seen this piece before, with Batchu revealing that if a customer wishes to make a purchase perhaps he could be convinced to provide information in kind. Not wanting to create a scene, Mace would purchase a Disruptor Rifle, making sure to pay with wupiupi (the credit of the Huttese) knowing too well that Galactic credits would draw far too much attention. Xella would then reveal although he had never seen the mask before, one man that would know was called ‘The Draven’. The repetition of this name would clearly frustrate Windu - who upon asking where he could find such a man would cause Xella to chuckle.
- Xella would inform Mace that ‘The Draven’ was a man who found you if he wanted to meet and not the other way around. Realizing he had come to a dead end, Windu would thank the merchant and head back in the direction of the dock.
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- In some sort of private location in the underbelly of Coruscant, Darth Maul and Darth Sidious would reunite with Maul presenting his master with the black holocron, which would bring a sinister smile onto Sidious’ face as he would tell his apprentice that he was incredibly pleased with him - but it was a shame he hadn’t attempted to open the holocron itself and that perhaps he was still in need of a few lessons before he needed to start worrying about his pupil turning on him.
- Sidious would inform Maul that he was going to need to study the artifact - he had another more pressing mission for him and that it would require the lightsaber of a living Jedi, but would make it clear that it didn’t matter who it belonged to. Darth Maul would kneel in front of his master and make it clear that he would get it done.
- Darth Sidious would sit within the comforts of his personal library, just staring at the black holocron in front of him - aware that whatever secrets it held could prove to be rich with knowledge and only strengthen him further as he found himself preparing for the war that was yet to come. Speaking to himself, he would would question if Maul would ever be worthy of challenging him - but that he was a man with an entire star system of plans in his mind and if the first option didn’t work then he had a second, third option and more up his sleeve if he was required to make such a move.
- If he was to fully unlock the true potential of the artifact, he knew he would have to travel somewhere which was rich with the dark side of the force and there was no better location than the planet Moraband. However, to go on such a trip he was going to take temporary leave of absence from his role as the Senator for Naboo (his home world). He also hoped that Maul would be successful in completing his task, by the time he returned.
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- As they reached the bottom of the tunnel, Obi-Wan would comment that the technology present was far more modern than anything that had ever been noted before about the ancient civilizations of Tython, with Qui-Gon reminding his apprentice that sometimes the best place to build and hide are the places that no one would ever thinking of looking, but whoever had building this underground network must have done so with purpose and it was their job to find out. And that their hunt for the relic would have to be put on hold at least for the moment. He would also advise them not to split up, especially when they didn’t know how far these tunnels went for. Depa would suggest they take a short break, as she could still see something that was very wrong about this place. Qui-Gon would agree, whilst Obi Wan would comment that he couldn’t feel anything that would cause both his master and Depa to smile at each other.
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- Maul knew that if he was going to take a lightsaber from a living Jedi, he was going to have to employ stealth and caution in order to get the job done and that best way he could of think of pulling off such a task was to stalk his prey and then just when the time was right he would strike and leave no trace of his presence and perhaps if things went well use the identity of the Jedi to his and his Master’s advantage. Maul would watch and wait, and just when he was certain he would mark his prey as a Twi’lek male.
- Maul would follow his target from a distance, and would tail him for hours as the Jedi would conduct business in various nefarious bars in the underbelly of Coruscant before returning to the docks and paying for transport to Alderaan. He would disguise himself as a trader of rare species of fighting beasts and being a Zabrak such a claim wouldn’t be so far fetched. One thing Maul was certain of and that was that the Twi’lek had absolutely no idea that his fate had already been confirmed - at the end of his blade.
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- Mace would touch Revan’s helmet and find himself looking through the eyes of another man - through the eyes of Revan himself and would be left stunned when in one hand he was wielding a red saber and in the other a purple saber. Seeing the purple lightsaber would prove to be a powerful enough sight to snap him out of the memory.
- Mace would ignite his lightsaber and just stare at the purple glow of it, just thinking of his journey that had led him to discover the purple kyber crystal that was used to power his own lightsabers and would be left questioning if it was his own relationship with the force that meant he had a strong attachment to Revan and had the best chance of understanding the true legacy of historical figure. He hoped that the Jedi Library would offer potential answers, that he had never considered - but he struggled to take his eyes off the visage of the Sith turned Jedi and a man who had potentially changed the course of the Sith and the Jedi forever.
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- Dooku had yet to arrive at his destination, he he would receive a hologram transmission from ‘The Draven’ who would inform Dooku that he had found the perfect world of which to invest their resources into the planet of Geonosis and could prove to be a profitable platform to suggest the base of their project to their private investor. Dooku would make it clear that he was pleased with what ‘The Draven’ had accomplished, but he had another important request of him.
- ‘The Draven’ would make it clear that as long as he was being paid, he was Dooku’s guy. Dooku would tell his employee that he needed him to travel to Tython to check on the Spider Tunnels as one of the intruder censors had been tripped.
- Quin-Gon, Obi Wan and Depa had been exploring the underground system for a good few hours - before they would find themselves staring at a very complex security door. The trio would do their best to figure out how to open the door, but after a while Quin-Gon would look frustrated and command his fellow Jedi to light up their sabers and cut through the door. Depa would comment that if they followed through with this, there infiltration would no longer be one of stealth - only for Qui-Gon to chuckle and make it clear that they had likely tripped a whole array of security sensors and being picked up by surveillance of some kind by this point, but that at this point they needed to know what was behind the doors.
- With the door locks being destroyed, Qui-Gon and Depa would use the force to slide the doors open and the three Jedi would enter into the room which appeared to be some sort of R&D Lab and the trio would realize that all the information was written down rather than stored on any of the electronic devices. The information would all seem to be gibberish and jargon, until Obi-Wan would find something that would gauge his attention and he would ask his two seniors if they knew what a - BX series droid commando was. Before either Qui-Gon or Depa could answer - a strange voice would begin to speak of some sort of speaker system.
- The voice would introduce himself as ‘The Draven’ and make it clear that he wasn’t too pleased that unwanted guests had broken into his facility without an invitation, but would ask that if they remained where they were he would be able to join them shortly where they could have a nice conversation about the rights and wrongs in the galaxy. The three jedi would look at each and all agree it was a trap, but that this may be one of those meetings they should consider staying for.
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- Maul would wait until the shuttle had exited the hyperspace lanes and had arrived on the edge of Alderaan space before making his move - as he would stalk the Jedi to the head and wait until he knew the two of them were alone. Maul would strike up a conversation and enquire if the Twi’lek was some sort of Jedi - to discover the man was called Royna Vzad. Before the man could say anything else - Maul would just smile as he would turn on his lightsaber and his deadly red blade would cut straight through his target’s abdomen ending his life immediately. Maul would spit on the dead Jedi, before searching his body and taking the dead man’s saber and attaching it to his belt. Before turning his lightsaber back on again and cutting up the dead man into pieces before shoving him in the compact recycler and exiting the room .
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- Mace would return to Coruscant and would call for a meeting of the Jedi Council where he would be joined by Ki-Adi-Mundhi, Plo Koon, Shaak Ti and Kit Fisto. Mace would relay all the information he had learned in regards to Revan and his helmet - before making it clear that all the rumors and stories of ‘The Draven’ didn’t add up unless either the mysterious man was a former Jedi or had some aid from someone who was force sensitive. Either way he would make it clear that the identity of this individual needed to be a main priority of the Jedi.
- Master Yoda would join the meeting via hologram where he would inform the council that his meeting with the Wookies had been a success - and that handful of young Wookie would join the academy at the start of the next cycle. He would then ask if anyone had heard any news from Master Vzad, only to be informed by Plo Koon that he was still on transit to Alderaan - but that he would personally contact Master Yoda as soon he heard from him.
- Master Yoda would inform that he and a few of the Wookies would be taking some of the new model Owool Interceptors out for a spin and test out some of the new orbital defenses that had been outfitted as suggested by Qui-Gon following his previous visit to the sector. Kit Fisto would comment that he was almost jealous of Yoda and he couldn’t wait to hear all about it.
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- Much to the Jedi trio's surprise, ‘The Draven’ would enter the R&D Lab through a hidden door - but would do so alone and question what on earth three Jedi Knights were doing breaking into private property. Qui-Gon would admit they had been curious and would press what had pushed this man to build such a facility on Tython. ‘The Draven’ wouldn’t introduce himself under this alias and instead identify himself as Tallan before proceeding to remove his helmet to reveal the head of the IG-88 assassin droid. Qui-Gon would feel a disturbance in the force and tell his fellow Jedi to duck - as the fake version of ‘The Draven’ would explode into a fireball incinerating much of the lab with all three Jedi look worse from wear, but still alive from the explosion at what had clearly been an attempt on their life.
- Senator Palpatine would create a cover story that he needed to return to Naboo to deal with some urgent matters and as the Senator of the Planet he was well within his right to do this. However, Palpatine had no intention of returning home - but instead had set up an important meeting with key members of the Trade Federation, most importantly the current leader of the group Nute Gunray.
- Under the guise of Darth Sidious - he would ask how plans were advancing and question if he had backed the right horse. Nute would make it clear that the plans were already ahead of schedule and that all their plans would be ready to initialize within two years. Sidious would make it clear that he was extremely pleased with the Nute’s hard work and for his loyalty he was gifting Nute a case of red moon rubies which would make Gunray very happy.
- Sidious would then make it clear that he needed someone to be dealt with, but he didn’t want anyone to be able to trace it back to him. After having received such a ‘large gift’ - Nute was unable to refuse him and would ask what the target was called. Sidious would reveal he needed a man known as ‘The Draven’ put down for good. When he was asked who exactly who this man was, Sidious would chuckle and state that he had been a former associate who had failed to deliver after being paid a large sum of red moon rubies. This would make Gunray gulp, before shouting in Pak-Pak to one of his subordinates before he would smile and offer to accompany personally back to his shuttle.
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37 BBY
- Jedi Master Sifo Dyas was sitting opposite former Jedi Master and his long time friend Count Dooku - who had renounced the life of the Jedi ten years previously, but despite everything the two men had always kept in contact with each other. Sifo would seem to be very stressed and almost emotional, which was uncharacteristic of a Jedi. He would tell Dooku that Jedi numbers were dwindling and without the having been a major threat in the galaxy recruitment was at an all time low and that Jedi’s ability to be peacekeepers would only go so far and that if there was to be a major war - they alone wouldn’t be enough to quell any sort of invasion.
- He would reveal that he had found a facility that was capable of producing clones and he intended on proposing a project to the Jedi Council to commission and an army of clones that would be able to protect the Republic if a war was ever to come to pass. Dooku would make it clear that he felt this plans was wise, but that perhaps Dyas would be best keeping this information to himself for there were many members of the Jedi Council that were far too stubborn to allow a plan of this importance or magnitude to take place, but that he would offer council to his friend on the matter.
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33 BBY
- Sidious fell in tune with the force as soon as he stepped out of his shuttle on Moraband - for the home world of the Sith was rich with energy of the dark side of the force and he knew that by returning here he would have the best chance of unlocking the true potential and all the secrets that would be hidden within the black holocron that Maul had given to him be way of ‘The Draven’. Of course, Sidious knew that this was not ‘The Draven’ at all, but a man he had been flirting with to embrace the dark side of the force for many years now - Count Dooku. Sidious had decided that the best location by which to open the holocron would be by the final resting place of Darth Bane - the Sith Lord who had brought the Rule of Two into place and was the keystone in what had allowed him and all the Sith in the chain before him to come to the position he was in now. He knew that he owed a lot to the teachings and work of Darth Bane and so this would be the best location to fully immerse himself with the dark side as he would have to end into a strong meditative state.
- After a few hours of deep focus, and not allow his mind to wander and be deceived by the various puzzles and Sith curses built into it to protect it from falling into the hands of someone undeserving or even worse a Jedi. Finally though - the black pyramid shaped holocron would fully open and a hologram projection would begin to speak.
- Darth Cognus would be revealed as the Sith behind the holocron, who had been an apprentice to both Darth Bane and Darth Zannah but had ultimately been the third master in the succession of the rule of two. Cognus would make it clear that Darth Bane truly had been vital to the betterment of the Sith - but where Bane and Zannah had been focused on instilling a culture and mantra, she had been allowed to create her own focuses and directives which had led to make her first mistake, but also a potential investment for the future. She would talk about her first apprentice Darth Millennial who had been somewhat of a fortune teller and visionary of the future - but had rejected the tenants of the Rule of Two and instead had relocated him to Dromund Kaas to form an new order known as the Prophets of the Dark Side. Cognus would make it clear that she felt it was short sighted to attempt to quash this offshoot and that perhaps Millenial’s acolytes in the future would serve to benefit future Lords of the Sith.
- This information would result in Sidious chuckling - as this was a secret that had never been revealed and that it was just assumed that Cognus’ apprentice had only been Darth Vectivus. He would be very impressed in discovering that Cognus had managed to hide this secret in time for such a large period of time, and that this sort of knowledge would only strengthen his desire to follow through with his plans.
- Darth Sidious would contact his apprentice Darth Maul and question how his task was going. Maul would confirm that he had acquired the lightsaber had requested and managed to dispose of the Jedi without anyone knowing anything of it. Sidious would nod appreciatively and make it clear that he was pleased with his apprentice and that after his recent discovery things had very much turned in their favor and that no one else on the board was even aware that another Queen had been placed onto the board. Maul would ask his master if he had any further requests of him, and Sidious would nod and ask his apprentice to join him on Moraband for some a vital lesson he wished to impart on him.
- After the explosion, it would be Depa Billaba who would be the first to stir and she would check her surroundings before shaking Qui-Gon and Obi Wan. Both would seem more affected having been closer to the center of the blast radius, with Obi-Wan looking particularly hurt and in need of a certain level of medical attention. Qui-Gon would make a snap decision and inform Depa that he was going to have to take Obi Wan back to Dombaygo and get him seen to be a Doctor. Qui-Gon would make it clear that it was now Depa’s responsibility to keep on searching and find out who on earth ‘The Draven’ was. Depa would acknowledge the instruction and head towards the secret doorway that that IG-88 assassin droid had come through - whilst Qui-Gon would pick up his young apprentice and make direction they had previously come from.
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- Count Dooku would contact ‘The Draven’ and ask him if he had managed to solve the problem of the unwanted intruders on Tython. ‘The Draven’ would inform him that he sent an IG-88 assassin droid and set it on a self-destruct and there was no chance that some idiots waving laser swords would have survived a blast like that.
- These words would infuriate Dooku - who would bellow out and demand to know if the problem had been dealt with or not. His subordinate would argue their point that there was no way someone could survive a blast of that nature. Dooku made it clear that he hoped he was right - otherwise there would be some serious consequences in regards to their working relationship. ‘The Draven’ would make it clear that - if somehow one of the intruders had survived he did have a backup plan that he would initiate. Dooku would make it clear that he hoped so, because he didn’t want to be disappointed in his young protege.
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- Mace would enter into a deep state of meditation - with the front of his focus very much focused on Revan’s helmet and after tuning himself in he would find himself seeing through the eyes of Revan once again, with this memory seeming to have taken place a year after the legendary figure had decided to exile himself. It would seem that Revan had discovered an ancient temple belonging to an elder civilization and had done his best to convert it into some temple dedicated to the force - but with no intention of it being just about the light and dark side of the force.
- It would seem that Revan had been built some sort of device to aid a force user in harnessing their control of the force, but Mace wasn’t sure if it wasn’t some sort weapon or defensive measure - but one thing was certain that this relic was something of great importance and that if it found itself in the wrong hands it could prove to be incredibly dangerous for all others parties. And yet there was a small part of him that found him being drawn to this relic, even after the vision ended and for the second time he felt as though he had some sort of connection with Revan despite the fact that over three thousand years separated both men.
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- Master Yoda and the Wookies had completed their flight around Kashyyyk and testing the orbital defenses - only for the squadron of new Owool Interceptors to find themselves attacked by a group of Rodian Pirates who would identify themselves as the ‘Chom Chuu’ Clan would demand that all craft return to planet and prepare to be relieved of their starfighters. Yoda and the Wookies were have none of it though, and a battle would take place above the planet with Yoda showing off some impressive starfighter skills with all, but one of the Wookie surviving the battle but all three of the Rodian Ship having been made inoperable before being blown out of the space by the orbital defenses. Yoda would chuckle to himself and comment that it looked as if the Wookies would be safe going forward, and that they should return to the planet and eat something because he was starting to feel peckish.
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- Depa would sprint through the secret access tunnels and find a ladder that led to the landing pad, but there were no ships present on the pad. Feeling there was something wrong she would light up her lightsaber and take on a defensive pose and step cautiously forwards. Suddenly a number of defensive turrets would pop up and start firing shots at Depa who would deflect and parry the shot and send them back in the direction of all three turrets and leave them inoperable. Billaba would feel something more behind her and realize she had been tricked, as she would turn around and find herself face to face with a person identical to before who had introduced themselves as ‘The Draven.’
- With a rifle pointed straight at her face - she was instructed to disengage her saber and drop it on the floor. Depa would have no choice on the matter - when suddenly there would be a snap of a laser blast and ‘The Draven’ would make a grunting sound before falling off his elevated position and dropping off the landing pad and begin his final descent crashing to the bottom of the forest floor already dead by the time he got to the bottom. Depa would turn to her right to see who had fired the shot and find herself looking directly at a Duros male.
- Depa looked surprised and the Duros would chuckle and make it clear that he never expected to be coming to the aid of a Jedi, but that there was always a first time for everything and would introduce himself as Cad Bane. When Depa would ask what he was doing here - he would inform her that he was a Bounty Hunter and had been given a contract to bring in the mysterious figure of ‘The Draven’ dead or alive, but that as much as he enjoyed being paid a large sum of credits, sometimes you just had to accept some prey had to be taken down first. Cad would then enquire if Depa wanted a ride out of here, with Depa making it clear that she wasn’t going to turn down an offer from someone who had just saved her life.
- Duchess Satine Kryze the leader of Mandalore would message the Galactic Senate via a hologram distress signal that she feared for her life and felt as if a coup was set to take place and would possibly lead to a civil war on Mandalore and would request aid from the Jedi Peacekeepers at this troubling time.
- After the message was received - the Galactic Senate would call an emergency assembly regarding the situation on Mandalore. There would be mixed feelings of getting involved, largely due to Mandalore often being quite an isolationist planet and quite often didn’t have as much a presence in matters of the Senate as other members would have wanted from them. This would lead to mixed response from the members - and they would remain undecided in regards to whether to get involved in the conflict and that a representative of Mandalore would be needed before the Senate could allow themselves to get involved in the conflict.
- Following this decision, the Jedi Council would deliberate on the matter and decide that they couldn’t allow a peaceful civilization to be brought to its knees by those that wanted power for their own selfish reasons and that all Jedi Knights were to be recalled and that all members of the Jedi and not just members of the Jedi Council would be needed to vote on whether or not they would involve themselves in the potential Peacekeeping Mission.
- Two months would pass, until the Jedi Council had decided that as many members of the Order had returned to Coruscant for the important vote - over these two months the situation on Mandalore would worsen with it being clear that the entire planet was on the verge of Civil War between the various families that would unite under Clan Kryse who were much more modern in their thinking and the Open Eye who wanted to return to more traditional means of living and return to the old ways of Mandalore.
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- Senator Palpatine would be one of the lead figures in campaigning for the Galactic Senate to not get involved in the conflict in Mandalore and would make it clear on many occasions that the Senate had never been meant to intervene during internal wars on any planet and that the Mandalorian Civil War was just that. To make the situation even more complicated and problematic for the Jedi - he would declare that if any outside influence got involved in the conflict they were nothing more than mercenaries by the winning side and war criminals by the losing side. This would lead him to preemptively condemning the Jedi Council for having considered getting involved in the conflict and would make it clear that if the Jedi Council allowed members of their order to get involved then they would have to considered as nothing more than terrorists or as the stories so often told by history no longer Peacekeepers but instead terrorists.
- This speech would lead to the Jedi Council canceling the vote - and not wanting to be seen as enemy of the state and their reputation to be damaged. This situation though would lead to some internal divisions within the order and a group of Jedi that would be labeled as ‘The Children of Gray Order’ which would be a reference to a previous separation within the Jedi order a hundred years previously. This separation would include Jedi Masters - Plo Koon, Oppo Rancisis, Eeth Koth and Depa Billaba and a good number of Jedi Knight who would make it clear that the Jedi were intended to protect those who needed it by fighting instead of hiding behind the words of politicians and senators.
- This breakaway would cause major problems within the council with Qui-Gon Jinn and Mace Windu having a massive disagreement with Qui-Gon making it clear that this decision had only weakened the Jedi and that their strength came in their unity and strength as a complete order and that the only hope for peace in the galaxy was if balance in the force was restored. Windu would make it clear that prophecies and being guided by the force was a lesson for younglings and that Qui-Gon needed to accept that they were living in times of peace and that the Jedi had no reason to get involved in internal matters on other planets. It would only be the intervention of Master Yoda that would settle both men - as they would agree to disagree on the matter.
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- Darth Maul had been instructed by his Master to provide the ‘Open Eye’ Faction with weapons and resources that would allow them to win the Civil War and would confirm that his Master had instructed him to help the traditionalists win the war by any means. His point of contact would be a Mandalorian by the name of Jango Fett - who would make it clear that he wasn’t too sure who Maul’s masters were, but that he and his brothers and sisters welcomed anyone that wanted to aid them in their fight for freedom.
- Darth Maul would make it clear that he had dedicated his entire life to restoring order in the galaxy and guaranteeing that citizens of both the republic and the outer rim could live in peace. Jango would agree to this, before the two men would whilst for a group of fellow Mandalorians to meet him and start moving the shipment of weapons to the factions base camp.
(I will post this in separate acts - rather than as complete post).
ACT ONE
Scene One
The film begins with the signature title crawl:
“War has engulfed the planet of Mandalore. Two factions fight for control of the planet, those wanting to live in a more modern Mandalore or those who are part of ‘Open Eye’ who wish to be part of a more traditional Mandalore.
The conflict has created a conflict within the Jedi Order - and a new split group ‘The Children of the Gray Order” fight to protect members of Clan Kryse and prevent the war from spilling out into the rest of the galaxy.
Meanwhile the Galactic Republic is in conflict, in regards to the taxation of trade routes to outlying star systems is in dispute. The Trade Federation has threatened to place a blockade on a number of planets unwilling to pay the new rate of tax…”
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Scene Two
On the planet of Mandalore - we find ourselves in the trenches where members of Clan Kryse and supporting families as well as members of ‘The Children of the Gray Order’ are preparing to jump the line and make a final assault in what is called - The Battle of Kyrimorut.
Former Jedi Master Oppo Rancisis is rallying a group of Gray Jedi Knights who are about to aid in this final assault and tells them that they are fighting for justice and to preserve peace and unity not just on Mandalore, but within the galaxy. The half a dozen Jedi look nervous, but listen and prepare themselves for the task they have been handed with .
The offensive would begin with amass of Clan Kryze loyalists leaving the trench and charge forward and they would be joined by the seven Gray Jedi Knights - and a large number of the troops would be cut to ribbon by the heavy fire that was directed their way with only about 10% of the charging force still on their feet when they reached the enemy line - which would leave three of the Jedi dead on the field. As they approached the enemy trench - the next wave of attack would leave their trenches and come to reinforce them.
Oppo would lead the remaining Gray Jedi down the line in the direction of the command post and would have to do their best to get past a number of members of the ‘Open Eye’ until Rancisis would have a worried look on his face - as a man in black hooded robes would appear from behind them trapping them - only to reveal his hood and be a red face Zabrak who would smile at them before informing them - that they were traitors to the Jedi Order.
He would proceed to light up a green lightsaber and using Form VII - the Juyo Style of fighting would be used to fight with a relentless attack that would cut through the Gray Knights and leave Oppo standing face to face with this fellow Jedi. Oppo would demand to know who he was and why he was killing fellow Jedi - only for the Zabrak to laugh and inform him that he did not conversate with terrorists before there would be the sound of blaster fire and Oppo would be slain by a wave of ‘Open Eye’ would gun down the Jedi Master.
The Zabrak would smile as he would pick up all the lightsabers of the dead Jedi and apologize to a high ranking member of the ‘Open Eye’ telling him he personally wanted to apologize for his former brothers who had desecrated what it meant to be a Jedi.
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Scene Three
Within the Galactic Senate - a vote is taking place in regards to the legality of the Trade Federation placing a blockade on a number of planets that have refused to pay the new level of tax. Members of the Trade Federation argue that this is a matter of business between two parties and that intervention from the Senate is unconstitutional and that they have no right to conduct business in such a manner. A vote is made and without a majority being reached - intervention at this time is seen as something that is not warranted which clearly frustrated those representatives of the planets that are currently being blockaded.
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Scene Four
Frustrated by the manner in which the situation was being dealt with Supreme Chancellor Finis Valorum would have a private meeting with Master Yoda of the Jedi Council in which he requests if the Jedi can send two delegations to act as negotiators to claim a truce and perhaps a better understandings of the situation of the blockades and make it clear that the the Trade Federations presence around Naboo and Alderaan are of particular concern to him.
Master Yoda agrees to Valorum’s request and make it clear that with Civil War already taking place on Mandalore the Jedi Order and the Galactic Senate must do everything in their power to prevent a large scale war spilling out onto the rest of the galaxy.
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Scene Five
We return to Mandalore - where Clan Kryse have won The Battle of Kyrimorut and have managed to take a number of prisoners belonging to the ‘Open Eye’. A field marshal informs Depa Billaba that a lone Jedi was fighting alongside the enemy and that a number of her fellow Jedi including Oppo Rancisis was defeated at the hands of a red faced Zabrak. This information would confuse Depa, who having been a member of the Jedi Council knew all the members and would make it clear that she knew of no Jedi who looked like this or fought in such a manner.
She would instruct her apprentice Caleb Dume - to return to central command in the capital and relay this hologram message directly to the Jedi Council on Coruscant and would make it clear to her young Padawan that this was a matter of grave importance and that this was more important that being a true Jedi or Children of the Gray Order. Caleb would accept his task, and clamber on the nearest speeder racing back to the capital.
Depa would then turn to a number of the more senior Jedi Knights and make it clear to them that they must do everything in their power to discover just exactly who this rogue Jedi truly was.
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Scene Six
In a hologram communication with Darth Sidious - Darth Maul explains to his master that he is succeeded in revealing himself as a rogue Jedi and managed to claim the lives of a number of the rebel Jedi, but informs his Master that it looks is if the ‘Open Eye’ are on the verge of losing the war. Sidious made it clear that this outcome was inevitable, but this conflict was necessary for their plan. Maul would make it clear that he felt he found them a reliable ally - that was capable of being much more useful to them than the now deceased figure known as ‘The Draven’.
Sidious would make it clear to his apprentice to leave the planet immediately and perhaps convince his new friend to transport him under false pretenses. Maul would make it clear that he would do as his Master had ordered.
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Scene Seven
It would be decided that Qui-Gon Jinn and his apprentice Obi Wan Kenobi would travel to Alderaan to engage in the negotiation talks with the Trade Federation above Alderaan, whilst Adi Gallia and her good friend Aayla Secura would sent to engage in the talk on behalf of Naboo. The matter was seen as such an important matter that the Jedi Council had found it vital to send two members of the Jedi Council to engage in such important talks. Mace Windu and Yoda would both make the point that all four of the Jedi being dispatched should do everything in their power to try and convince the Trade Federation to bring an end to their various blockades.
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Scene Eight
With the Mandalorian Civil War very much proving on the verge of being over and the ‘Open Eye’ being forced into a corner with two oppositions of surrender or die - Darth Maul didn’t have much difficulty in convincing the Mandalorian he had befriended name Jango Fett to depart the planet with him and the pair would do so aboard Fett’s ship Slave I. Fett would make it clear that he had no interest in spending anytime in a prison colony or being exiled and that if Maul had a lucrative opportunity after this - then he would enjoy nothing more than to take him and the man that he and members of the ‘Open Eye’ had come to know as ‘The Benefactor’ (Darth Sidious).
The ship would be hidden deeper in the forest, but Maul would be impressed by the maneuverability of the ship as it would lift off and manage to evade radar sensors before breaking orbit and engaging hyper speed. When Jango would ask where their destination was once they had shook any tails or escorts that might have attempted to follow them. Maul would bear a grin and would instruct Jango that they would need to make a sidestep by way of the planet Naboo.
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Scene Nine
On Mandalore a massive explosion would occur within the battle lines and main encampment of the ‘Open Eyes’ with the explosive yield similar to that of a nuclear warhead that would result in massive casualties to both factions - with a large portion of the planet instantly being irradiated. The devastation was so high, that what remains of the ‘Open Eye’ would immediately surrender - with their being no understanding of what had taken place and neither side would claim responsibility for the weapon.
Amongst the dead would be all the major leaders within the ‘Open Eye’, all of the front line of the soldiers who had been fight for Clan Kryse, as well as every single member of ‘The Children of the Gray Order’ with there only being on surviving Jedi - who had been sent to the capital - a Padawan by the name of Caleb Dume.
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Scene Ten
Master Yoda would be shocked awake from a state of meditation with a look of deep concern on his face - as he would exclaim to himself that he had felt so many thousands of souls just cease to exist all at the same time. He would look incredibly shook up by the whole affair and would comment that this was very very bad indeed.
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Scene Eleven
The Galactic Senate would convene an emergency meeting in regards to the nuclear explosion that had taken place on Mandalore, with many senators feeling if they had attempted at having a more active involvement in the conflict then perhaps the devastating explosion would never have taken place. Senator Palpatine would make a rousing speech that it was no longer the time to argue who had been right or who had been wrong and that the crisis on Mandalore was one that all members of the senate must come to agree on and agreed to sent aid to Mandalore and allow the relocation of any refugees present on Mandalore and that Emergency Doctors and Nurses should be sent to Mandalore immediately.
This declaration would prove to be unpopular with the planets under blockade, but Palpatine would make it clear that Naboo, his home planet, had also been placed under an embargo, but that the crisis on Mandalore had to take priority. It would be no surprise that anyone with an alliance with the Trade Federation would agree on this matter and when a vote was made it would be agreed that full scale emergency aid would be provided for Mandalore.
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Scene Twelve
Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi Wan Kenobi would engage in talks with Lok Durd of the Trade Federation and the Jedi Master and his young Padawan would be surprised at how well the negotiations would go. Lok Durd would make it clear that in light of the tragedy that had taken place on Mandalore and that the Trade Federation no longer felt that it would be justified to blockade Alderaan especially when the planet had the ability to be of great relief to aid effort on Mandalore.
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Scene Thirteen
Back on their shuttle, Qui-Gon would instruct Obi Wan to take flight controls whilst he would contact the Jedi Council. He would inform them that the trade federation had agreed to end the blockade of Alderaan, but felt as if they were being toyed with and that there was more to this than was being let on. Members of the council would agree on the matter and ask Qui-Gon to find a neutral planet and touchdown and wait for further instructions - as the Council were curious in regards to the blockade of Naboo before knowing what the decision to make.
Qui-Gon would make the point that he felt as if Mandalore had become a distraction of sorts, but he didn’t understand how a third party could have been involved in the conflict. He would ask if there had been any word from ‘The Children of the Gray Order’ - with Mace Windu stating that the rebels had not made contact, but it was assumed that the majority of the breakaways had died in the nuclear explosion.
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Scene Fourteen
Adi Gallia and Aayla Secura had both arrived on the main battle station which is blockading Naboo and are invited to wait in a private room by a protocol droid that identifies itself as TC-14.
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Scene Fifteen
TC-14 informs Nute Gunray that the two ambassadors both had lightsabers on their belts, and they seemed to be Jedi. Nute would instruct the droid to instruct the soldiers to eliminate the Jedi immediately.
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Scene Sixteen
Adi and Aayla would both express their disbelief and horror about what had occurred on Mandalore and it was clear that the crisis would distract them, as the doors to the room would open. As they would turn towards the ready to engage in negotiations. Instead the pair come face to face with a squad of B-1 series battle droids who would greatly outnumber the two Jedi and be nothing more than a firing squad as they bring both Jedi down without the pair ever standing a chance.
Oh no. Darth Vader gonna go over.
