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In the empty parliament building, Anakin walked into Speaker Palpatine's office.

A lonely figure is sitting in front of the desk. His fingers are folded into a ball, supporting his forehead, and his whole head is almost buried in the desk. This is not at all the all-powerful Speaker who leads the Republic to fight against powerful enemies.

Just a lonely old man.

"Pa...Your Excellency, Speaker." Anakin greeted with a heavy heart.

"Haha, Anakin, you're here." Palpatine raised his head and forced a smile. He stood up from his desk, sat on the guest sofa, pointed to his side and said: "Here, sit down.

Get off."

Anakin hesitated, "Your Excellency, Speaker, this is not in line with etiquette..."

"It doesn't matter, just sit down. It doesn't matter whether it's the speaker or the council," Palpatine said.

Anakin's heart sank, and then he walked over and sat down. He took a deep breath and asked in a deep voice: "Your Excellency, Speaker, what happened to make you so rude?"

Palpatine sighed, leaned back on the backrest and said: "We are losing this war, Anakin. The Republic's shortcomings are greater than we imagined. I have tried my best to defeat the Separatism, but the Republic

Lelia, Rendili... one by one gave us a fatal blow from behind... We just received a report that the separatist fleet is still 21 hours away from the Rendili system, but we have almost all the power

Now we must all focus on the Corellian system..."

Anakin nodded and said: "I know, midpoint station." When he said this word, a murderous intent flashed in his eyes.

"But do you know what hurts me the most? Anakin." Palpatine changed his position, stared at Anakin with burning eyes, and said slowly: "Whether it is Corellia or Lundy

Lee, they were all once part of our republic! Yes, our enemies have always come from behind us... no matter in the past or now..."

"Now...you mean..." Anakin had an ominous premonition in his heart.

"The Republic is experiencing another rebellion, Anakin." Palpatine's expression suddenly changed, becoming calm, even a little gloomy, "A Jedi rebellion that we can no longer afford."

Click!! These words fell from the sky like a thunderbolt!!

…

At the same time, in a closed room on the top floor of the Jedi Temple, a middle-aged woman in her 40s was lying quietly on the small bed in the middle. Only her skin was dark, and her eyebrows and bridge of her nose were dark.

Each one is inlaid with a bead, and the lips are dark red in color and very generous, giving people a sense of distance at first glance. Overall, she looks like an Indian aunt [Note 1].

But at this moment, the substantial dark power emanating from her body made people feel extremely frightened! However, this power only flashed by, and then she opened her eyes and sat up from the bed. She looked around

After a while, he opened the door and walked out.

The Jedi Temple was completely empty. After Master Yoda disbanded the Jedi Order, most of the people had left the place with grief. However, this woman was not surprised at all and walked straight out the door.

"Master Billaba?... Is it Master Depa Billaba?" A Jedi apprentice who had not yet left saw her and couldn't help but screamed, "Are you awake? You are not in Harunkar..."

Depa-Biraba smiled slightly and said, "Yes, I'm awake."

"I heard some rumors before, saying that you committed crimes in Harunkar and fell into the dark side. Now it seems that it is completely nonsense... except that the current Jedi Order..." The Jedi apprentice sighed with emotion.

said.

Billaba nodded: "I know, the Force will make arrangements. You go, may the Force be with you."

The Jedi apprentice obviously didn't want to stay long, and after a few casual greetings, he walked out quickly.

Billaba looked at the apprentice's back, then at the empty Jedi Temple, and said to himself: "Facts have proved that I was on the right path..."

Countless images flashed through her mind. After the war began, on the planet Harunkar, which was facing civil war and separatist invasion, in order to end this seemingly endless war, she joined one of the warlords, expanded the army, fought, and massacred

...Countless killings troubled her, but she understood that if she stopped killing, there would be more killings. In such confusion, she fell into the dark side. At that time, she used her

With the last bit of reason, she wrote a letter to her teacher. After that, her teacher came to Harunkar and brought the Jedi Council's decision to arrest and try her.

She drew a sword against her teacher, and easily defeated her teacher with her superb swordsmanship. But at the last moment, her mind became confused again, and then she passed out until now.

Billaba looked at the dark Jedi Temple, and a cold smile suddenly appeared at the corner of his mouth: "...You are wrong, Master...Mace Windu [Note 2]..." After saying that, she understood

He arranged his clothes, covered his face with a scarf, walked out of the temple, and plunged into the boundless darkness.

…

In a dark corner of Coruscant, oh! The light of the lightsaber flashed past, and a councilman in fine clothes was split into two by the indestructible lightsaber! Standing in front of him was a man with a cloak covering his face.

, but the petite woman could still be seen. She casually waved the blue lightsaber in her hand, jumped up, and disappeared into the shadows, leaving only panicked pedestrians and people behind.

After returning to the hiding place, the woman opened her cloak, revealing a face with a unique yellowish complexion, a good face, and several lines. She smiled contemptuously at the corner of her mouth and took out her personal terminal.

, put a cross on one of the names. If her master was still alive, he would be shocked by her now, because she is the late Jedi Master Luminara-Anduli's apprentice, Barry

S-Offe!

…

The Capitol, in Palpatine's office.

"Jedi Knights rebelled? This is impossible, Your Excellency Speaker." Anakin couldn't help being shocked when he heard this earth-shattering news, but he always understood the awkward position of being sandwiched between the Jedi Order and the Republic Assembly, and

He didn't lose his temper too much, but tried to speak objectively.

"But they did stab the deadliest blow behind me." Palpatine turned his head, not looking at Anakin, but looking forward, his expression a bit sinister, "The Jedi Order

, abandoned the Republic..."

[Note 1]: This Indian aunt has many scenes in "Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace" and "Star Wars Episode I: Attack of the Clones" and is a member of the Jedi Council. But in the third movie "Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace"

"Revenge of the Sith" suddenly disappeared, and the reason is as follows.

[Note 2]: Master Windu is not usually considered to be the best swordsman among the Jedi. In fact, both the Jedi and the dark side have hidden dragons and crouching tigers, and there are many hidden masters. For example, this Indian aunt...see
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