One: Order 66
Obi Wan
Sadness...death...so many Jedi are dead, and it is all my fault. No, I did not kill them, but I might as well have, because I had trained Anakin Skywalker. I was only obeying my Master Qui Gon Jinn's orders, but yes, I trained him all the same. I promised a lonely little boy of eight standard years that I would train him to be a Jedi.
It seemed like a good idea at the time. But was it really? In light of all that has happened, I feel very uncertain about that decision, and now, I wonder if my Master was being too reckless in his decision. He seemed so certain, so absolutely convinced that Anakin was the Chosen One that he was willing to break the Rule of One in order to achieve that very goal.
I was on the planet of Utipar, chasing the General of the trade federation's droid army, General Grievious when my clone army troopers turned on me, seemingly without reason. My dragon lizard died in the skirmish between me and Grievious. I managed to kill the droid with a blaster, but when I tried to get to my ship, my clone army turned on me. My lizard was drowned in the cavern waters below as rocket cannon shot us into the waters below. I luckily had a breather in my utility belt and survived, but my comrades did not.
I got to my ship, and flew back to Coruscant to make my report to the Jedi temple. But unfortunately, I was too late. Master Yoda and Senator Organa picked me up in the senator's Corvette shuttle, and Master Yoda said that we should see if there survivors in the temple...
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Death...so much of it greeted us on our way into the temple as we fought our way through inside. The Force felt greatly disturbed by all of these sad events. We walked through the beautiful, cathedral-like hallways, me with uncertain steps, and Master Yoda shuffling along with his little walking staff. He paused at a little boy and girl pair of younglings who looked to be related. They seemed to have died with their bloodied fingers just barely touching one another.
"These younglings," Master Yoda mused, "Killed not by blasters they were, but by lightsaber."
"Who?" I asked, suddenly very confused. Who of our Order would willingly kill innocent children like this? I had to know, and soon. "Who could have done this, Master? They were innocent children."
Master Yoda looked up at me, sadness etched upon his heavily lined face. He looked about as forlorn as I felt. "Into the security recordings we must go, only then will we have the answers that we seek."
I felt a sudden outpouring of inner outrage and it made me snap, "Forgive my rudeness, Master. But it seems like you already have an idea about who did this."
Master Yoda sighed heavily, "I sense conflict and pain in the one who did this, but I know not who. Feel you in the Force who this could be, Master Obi Wan?"
I had an idea who, but my mind just couldn't wrap my head around my suspicions that my best friend and apprentice Anakin Skywalker could ever have any part in killing innocent children.
"I have a suspicion," I finally said, rising from my crouch. My legs felt like they had tingles going up and down them, which was proof that I had been lost in thought for quite some time. "But I still want to see the recordings just to be sure. I just pray that I am wrong."
Master Yoda's soft brown eyes eyed me closely, and he nodded, agreeing, "I hope right you are, Obi Wan, that wrong we are."
I nodded, agreeing, "I hope so too, Master. I really do."
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Blaster burns were in great evidence as we made our way through the Jedi temple. The silence of the entire building was unsettling to me, like we were walking through a tomb, not a place of love, light, and hope like I remember from my own training days with first Master Yoda as a child, and then later Master Qui Gon Jinn when I grew older.
The security archive room was massive, and after recalibrating the distress call for any Jedi's to stay far from the temple as possible, I located today's security recording of three hours ago. I would argue that save for the Senate building, the security archive room was one of the most secure on all of Coruscant. Hence, why it took me so long to find the proper file.
When I did, I plugged the drive into the holo computer. Much of the security recording was mundane, and dull, and I fast forwarded to the time that we needed.
Clone troopers marched in behind Anakin Skywalker, and his handsome young face was twisted with anger and rage as he cut down every Jedi and youngling that crossed his path. Some of the older Jedi padawans put up a good fight, but in the end they fell to Anakin's lightsaber. It was a blood bath. I turned it off, unable to bring myself to watch more of it, save the end where Anakin made his report to Palpatine, and he pledged to serve him, and submit to his dark teachings.
I met Master Yoda's soft brown eyes, and he nodded sadly, "Gone your apprentice is, killed by this Darth Vader. But you wish to leave, I sense."
I nodded, agreeing, "Yes, Master. I have to get to Senator Amidala. I have to get her away from Anakin. If he truly has turned to the dark side, I have to convince her to go into exile with me."
Master Yoda agree, "I agree. Meet you on Senator Organa's ship I will. May the Force be with you, Master Kenobi."
"May the Force be with you as well, Master Yoda," I said sadly.
We parted then, and I went outside the temple to my speeder, and traveled to Padme Amidala's apartment. I knew that I wouldn't find Anakin there, but if I could convince her to go into exile with me, then I could rest easy knowing that there would be at least one innocent life that I could save in this war that was happening all around us...
