All from a Twitter comment, here we are just over two years and nineteen parts later. The board is set and the pieces are ready to be moved for the final time. The battle against the Jedi and the Sith will finally come to an end - light against dark, winner take all.
Let's see how it all ends!
Last time, Mace, Anakin, and Obi-Wan had been brought before Emperor Palpatine on board the Death Star. After the Sith Lord had murdered Mas Amedda right in front of them, the four engaged in a vicious duel. Palpatine was, in the end, cut down once more. However, Anakin's mission to restore balance to the Force was not yet complete. Across the galaxy on the planet Byss, Palpatine had emerged from a cloning tank in a new body with Trilla on the line to carry out the next of his orders.
So... with only three parts remaining, where do we go from here? Let's find out!
"Does he know that you're here?"
Following Niyasa's instructions, Ziv had been able to get the device working.
"I have no idea how you just did that, but-"
"That's a little harsh toward an old friend."
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| image credit to Andreas Flouris |
... yeah, it's alright. Some issues, but nothing that completely takes me out of it.
Also, last time, the Jedi had managed to spring the trap and get to Mas Amedda, who revealed to them the terrible truth they had already known: somehow, Palpatine has returned. Mace, Anakin, and Obi-Wan were all brought to a new Death Star orbiting the forest moon of Endor, where they encountered a much younger, more able Palpatine. And it is here that we picked up with our story already in progress...
Why must you be so cynical? It's so uncivilized!
"Pretty sure I have to be at this point, yes."
"Nobody sees the Grand Champion unless they're fighting him." Ziv told him. "And you don't fight him."
"Why not?" Calen asked, arms crossed over his chest. He hadn't sat down since being returned to the cell, although it had already been several hours. Soon enough, it would be lights out. Calen also pointedly tried to ignore the redhead in the cell across from them, who very clearly was now observing him and attempting not to be discovered as she did so.
"Because he doesn't lose." Ziv said. "Anyone who has gone up against him has died."
"Well, I'm not stupid enough to try and fight a Jedi Knight."
A horrendous pain was what greeted Calen upon reawakening in... wherever it was that he'd ended up. This definitely wasn't the cave back on the moon, or at least he was fairly certain it wasn't. The last thing he remembered had been that firefight and...
What happens next? Let's see.
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I've been away from this for so long that I'd honestly forgotten where I was going with this. Luckily, having watched Book of Boba Fett has inspired me to pick this back up again...mostly out of disappointment with where that show went, but that's neither here nor there.
So, let's do the recap of last time, shall we?
"We still have the transponder." Briemi said. "We'll just find a good place to get a signal sent up."
"And make sure nobody who shouldn't get it gets it." Calen said.
They were seated at a lengthy table, something that clearly was not pulled out very often from the state of cleanliness it had over virtually everything else in the room. It seemed that Zobek did not entertain guests nearly so often. The serving staff poured them drinks.
"His Excellence Zobek invites you to imbibe." Pirc said, standing to the left of his master rather than being seated as they were. Briemi raised her glass.
"To our gracious host. May this be the beginning of a wonderful relationship between he and the Empire." She toasted.
"With respect, sir," Calen raised a hand to interrupt the older human, "as much as I am happy to have been a part of the mission, what does this have to do with me?"
Let's find out!
