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The evening sky above Coruscant was a bruised violet, choked by the endless smog of the Imperial capital. High above the jagged cityscape, a lone, sleek Theta-class shuttle cut through the haze, descending toward the massive, mountainous silhouette of the former Jedi Temple. The four towering spires that once symbolised Republic peace and justice now jutted like broken teeth against the horizon, stripped of their ancient elegance and ready to become the Emperor's new Imperial Palace.

Inside the cockpit, the atmosphere was silent save for the mechanical rhythm of a life-support system.

Shhhkt-khhh. Shhhkt-khhh.

Darth Vader stared through the carmine tint of the shuttle's viewport. His master had felt it first - a sudden, blinding ripple of light cutting through the oppressive dark side shroud that enveloped the planet. An anomaly. His Inquisitorius had been dispatched to lesser disturbances - often to great effect - but this tremor was different. It possessed a weight, an ancient resonance that made the Emperor’s holographic projection tremble with a rare and venomous caution. "Go, Lord Vader. Find the source of this disturbance... and erase it."

The shuttle touched down on the lower hangar deck, a cavernous bay where Republic gunships had once deployed during the Clone Wars. Now it was just a hollow vault, housing nothing but broken-down ships, dust and shadows. Vader stepped off the ramp alone, his heavy black cape trailing across the floor. If a Force user of this calibre had bypassed the orbital security grids and planetary sensors, standard troops would merely get in the way. This was a task for a Sith.

He walked into the grand corridors, his heavy synth-leather boots echoing against the cracked marble tiles. Everywhere he looked, the walls bore scars of his own creation. Blaster marks from the 501st Legion’s carbines, and deep, dark gouges in the pillars where lightsabers had clashed during the Jedi purge. With every step he took toward the central archives, the Force grew heavier, pressing against his awareness. The Temple had always been a nexus of power, but right now, that power was churning, pulling, drawing him upward toward the high spires. It wasn't the frantic, panicked signature of a desperate survivor (a signature he had become familiar with). It was calm. Still. Centered.

A memory tried to break through the iron walls of his mind; a memory of many figures sitting on council chairs, watching him with ancient, judgemental eyes. Vader violently crushed the thought, channeling the sudden spike of anger into the dark side, feeding the fire in his veins.

Anakin Skywalker was dead. And whoever was waiting at the top of the spire was about to join him.

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The deeper Vader marched into the skeletal remains of the temple, the more the air began to thin, replaced by a suffocating stillness. His respirator started to compensate as he passed the Archives, its towering data shelves now dark, gutted by Imperial censors who had burned centuries of Jedi lies and propaganda. He bypassed the training halls where he had spent years honing his skills. Where he had cut down the younglings. He did not allow his optical sensors to linger on the scorched floors.

He approached the base of the high spire, the path leading toward the High Council Chamber. To a normal being, the climb would be an exhausting ascent up hundreds of winding stone steps. For Vader, it was a welcome test of his new cybernetics. The months following the Purge had given him time to adapt and improve this new body. His heavy, mechanical legs thumped rhythmically against the stone, servos working hard to lift his bulk.

The air shifted further as he rose, but not physically. The dark side energy that naturally pooled within the temple’s foundation - the corrupting current of the ancient Sith shrine buried far beneath - mingled with a wall of absolute, unyielding clarity. It was like stepping from a swamp into a freezing mountain stream.

Vader stopped, gripping the stone bannister with a black-gloved hand. The signature in the Force was no longer a vague tremor. As he drew closer to the spire’s peak, the energy crystallised into something familiar. It was a presence he had known nearly his entire life, one that had evaluated him as a boy from Tatooine, guided him through the bloody battlefields of the Clone Wars, and ultimately despaired at his fall. A presence his Master believed had crawled into a hole in the outer rim to die.

Yoda.

The realisation hit Vader with an intoxicating surge of absolute malice. The Emperor had spoken of the Grandmaster as a broken relic, a despondent coward fleeing the dawn of the Sith Order. Yet here he was, sitting at the very heart of the Empire, completely unhindered by the darkness surrounding him. How? Vader’s respirator hitched, a brief, sharp wheeze breaking its mechanical rhythm. Just a blip with the mechanics, the operation of his replacement lungs was entirely involuntary. The Sith Lord told himself as such.

The ultimate prize of the Jedi purge was sitting just past the next threshold. To kill Yoda was to permanently sever the final, strongest thread tying him to Anakin Skywalker. It would be the ultimate offering to his Master, and the ultimate proof of his own supremacy. He released his grip on the bannister, and continued his ascent. He wanted the ancient creature to feel his approach, for Yoda to feel the crushing weight of what he had become.

With his cape billowing behind him like the wings of a predatory bird, Darth Vader stepped onto the final landing, the threshold of the chamber waiting ahead.

Few things now could move the Dark Lord of the Sith to an emotion beyond anger, but seeing the doors to the Council Chamber, suffocating in dust and shadow, stirred something within him still. But the towering monolith of black armour, stepping through slivers of pale moonlight penetrating the crumbling ceiling, cared nothing for this coffin of memories - only for the creature that hid inside, waiting in the dark. He commanded the doors to open, and they did. 

Shhhkt-khhh. Shhhkt-khhh. 

The respirator whirred rhythmically in his chest, a steady reminder that he was no longer the young hero that once proudly walked these halls. He felt the presence grow, pressing heavily against his subconscious. With a hiss, his crimson lightsaber ignited, casting a bloody wash over the cracked stone floor. Across the chamber, a tiny, familiar silhouette sat cross-legged, levitating nearly two feet off the floor.

"Grandmaster Yoda." Vader said with the slightest hint of mock reverence, his voice reverberating around the room. Slowly, the Jedi sank to the floor, unfolding his legs to stand. He did not speak while he unclipped the lightsaber from his belt. The brilliant emerald blade snapped to life, illuminating the deep, weathered wrinkles of his ancient face. He did not assume a defensive guard, but simply held the weapon low, his large ears twitching as he felt the crushing weight of Vader's malice filling the room.

"Blinded by the dark side, you are, Skywalker," Yoda's gravelly rasp echoed through the cavernous hall. "Consumed you, it has. Yet, nothing but pain, do I feel."

Anger, cold and sharp, flared beneath the Sith Lord's mask. "Anakin Skywalker is dead," Vader boomed, the vocal synthesizer stripping away any trace of humanity. "I am what remains. And I have surpassed your teachings, old man."

"Test that claim, we shall," Yoda murmured.

Vader closed the distance almost instantly. He brought his blade down in a brutal, two-handed overhead strike, channeling every ounce of his strength into the blow. It was designed to shatter the fragile Grandmaster's bones right through his weapon. But his blade struck nothing but empty air.

The world suddenly became a blur of emerald light as Yoda launched himself skywards, channeling the Force to overcome the limits of his withered body. He was a tempest. Crack. Crack. Crack. Three lightning-fast strikes rained down on Vader from different angles, before the Sith Lord could even adjust his stance. Vader pivoted, forcing his heavy limbs to react. He snapped his blade into a defensive block, anchoring his heavy boots to the floor. If Yoda was a storm, he was a fortress.

But the small creature's speed was infuriating. Yoda bounced off the stone, spun low, and lashed out at Vader’s shins. Vader leapt back, cape billowing, and countered with a massive horizontal sweep. Yoda flipped cleanly over the red beam, landing with infuriating grace on the tip of a fallen pillar.

Vader saw that the ancient Master was treating him like a lumbering beast. He does not the true power of the Dark Side.

"Your technique is a relic, the hallmark of a dying era," Vader growled, raising his left glove and clenching it into a fist. He seized the Force, wrapping an invisible, suffocating grip around the Grandmaster’s throat. In the same instant, he ripped a massive chunk of stone from the floorboards and hurled it directly at the hovering Jedi.

But Yoda merely closed his eyes.

The telekinetic hold shattered as Yoda's raw willpower pushed back against the Sith Lord's malice. Extending a small green hand, Yoda stopped the incoming boulder dead in mid-air, inches from his face. With a sharp flick of his wrist, it came hurtling back at Vader with shocking velocity. He snapped his blade up, shearing the rock in two, but the resulting explosion of dust and pulverised stone blinded his optical sensors for a critical fraction of a second. In that moment of blindness, Yoda took his chance.

The Jedi Grandmaster was everywhere. He became a green cyclone, using the walls, the pillars, and even the very plates of Vader's armour as springboards. He struck from impossible angles, and Vader's mechanical joints groaned with the effort of tracking the erratic trajectory. Darth Vader was forced into a desperate, humiliating retreat.

Sh-kht. Sh-kht. Vader's respirator grew frantic, struggling to feed oxygen to his ruined lungs under the relentless weight of the assault, and his vision began to blur.

Obi-Wan came into his mind's eye then, his face contorted by pathetic emotion, looking down at Anakin's burning body, leaving him to die, to be destroyed. This suit had made him slow, unrefined, clumsy. With a terrible surge of fury, he realised that he had underestimated Yoda. This was a living avatar of the Force - much like his new master. He would not suffer a loss like this. Never again. 

Fuelled by a wave of pure, pounding rage, Vader reached into the deepest wells of his hatred, and unleashed a raw, omnidirectional shockwave of dark side energy. The blast cracked the surrounding walls and floor around them, finally halting the ancient creature's assault, throwing him backward. Yoda skidded across the floor, his claws scratching lines in the stone.

Yoda was breathing heavily now. Vader could sense the physical exhaustion rolling off him, the toll of his acrobatic style was catching up to him. Vader raised his hand again, intending to bury his opponent under a barrage of lethal Force attacks and rubble. But Yoda didn't move. He planted his feet, and extended both hands toward the oncoming torrent, calling on the Force once again. 

The crushing dark energy Vader hurled struck an invisible, absolute wall. He watched in disbelief as the Grandmaster absorbed the impact, his green eyes flashing with a brilliant, unyielding light. With an almighty shout, Yoda redirected the stolen momentum straight back at the Sith Lord. The invisible shockwave slammed into Vader's chest panel, the sheer force lifting his massive frame off the ground. He was thrown backward through the air, crashing heavily through a collapsed pillar, and into the wall. His lightsaber flew from his grip, and extinguished against the floor.

Sparks showered from his damaged right shoulder joint. His chest panel blinked erratically, high-pitched error tones ringing in his audio receptors. He struggled, then failed to stand, his cybernetic legs failing to lock, servos whining. He looked up through his red-tinted lenses. Yoda stood a few paces away. His blade was perfectly still, hovering inches from the black mask. His breathing was deep, but he stood firm. He had beaten Vader's guard. He had won.

For a long, agonising moment, the only sound was the broken, wheezing hiss of the damaged respirator. Yoda looked down at his former student's corrupted shell. Through the Force, an overwhelming wave of profound sadness washed over him. Slowly, the Grandmaster deactivated his weapon and clipped it back to his belt. "Surpassed this old man, you have not, Vader," Yoda spoke softly, turning his back to walk away into the shadows of the ruined temple. "Spare you this day, the Force does. But save you from yourself, it cannot."

Vader lay there among the dust and memories, smoke rising from his useless armour. Trapped in a dark prison of his own making, as the footsteps faded away.

We know that in the original concept, Leia was not meant to be Luke's twin; instead, that role belonged to Nellith Skywalker, who was training as a Jedi elsewhere in the galaxy. Due to George Lucas's personal and health issues, her storyline—originally intended for future films—was cut, and the role of Luke's sister was given to Leia.

How would things have played out had Lucas stuck to the original idea? Would Vader and Palpatine have died at the end of Return of the Jedi? Would one—or perhaps both—have survived to serve as the villains in the subsequent trilogy while Luke traveled the galaxy searching for his sister? If Vader had survived, would he also have sought out his daughter to turn her to the dark side?

probably the whole galaxy would be confused and the republic and sith empire would fall, this wuld be the perfect time for hutts or mandalorian or other minor factions to rise and fight for the galaxy, or even as kreia say, bring free will to the galaxy, bring peace and stop every war.

The story begins in 10 BBY–8 BBY: They(Republic Remnant+CIS Remnant+Neutral Systems) secretly begin organizing the AUS and its central military in the western and southern territories of the Neutral Systems. The AUS originates from there. Neutral Systems + Republic Remnant + CIS Remnant → establish the Alliance of United Systems. Here in this alternate universe, the Neutral Systems play a key role in certain events; for instance, broadly speaking, they are the founding members of the AUS, which was born in their western and southern territories that the Galactic Empire had not yet been able to conquer. Without the Neutral Systems, the AUS could not have existed, so the Republic Remnant and the CIS Remnant needed them. The AUS is not a proto-state born in ruins, but rather emerged in those territories/districts of the Neutral Systems that had not yet been occupied by the Empire. This is another reason why the Neutral Systems are founding members of the Alliance of United Systems. The Empire successfully annexed the eastern and northern territories of the Neutral Systems before the Galactic Civil War. Recognizing that something had to be done, the Neutral Systems secretly began founding the Alliance of United Systems in their remaining free territories (western and southern territories/districts) together with the Republic Remnant and the CIS Remnant. In 7.6 BBY, they make their first official public appearance at Forgun Prime (one of the planets of the Neutral Systems in this AU), where the Empire's advance into Neutral Systems territory is broken.

​Political Structure of the AUS:

​Governance:

​Alliance Senate: Former Republican and former Separatist (moderate faction) senators, senators and representatives of neutral systems, representatives of civil organizations, every species and nation has its own representation in the Senate, and there are clone veteran representatives as well. Figures like Mon Mothma and the Delegation of 2000 (which was originally organized by Padmé Amidala during the Clone Wars) are also present.

​Head of State: Bail Organa. Bail Organa assumed the office of Head of State of the AUS through elections. There were other candidates as well, such as Mon Mothma.

​Alliance Capital Planet: Roech (located in the western territory of the Neutral Systems). This served as the seat of the political leadership of the AUS, though every member world remained autonomous.

​Alliance High Command: They direct the Alliance's military institution, the ASC (Alliance Star Command).

​Alliance Star Command: The military branch of the Alliance of United Systems that commands the central federal armed forces. They operate under civilian control to prevent the ASC from becoming a "state within a state." However, the Alliance Senate granted them various powers so that a sector commander does not need to wait for Senate permission to launch a military operation against the enemy. This was necessary to avoid political paralysis that would hamper the Alliance. The ASC was monitored by the Alliance Military Police, which answered directly to the Alliance Senate, to ensure strictly that regulations and the rules written in the Federal Military Code were upheld. Under the Alliance Star Command were the Alliance Regular Forces (including the Alliance Army Corps, Alliance Marine Corps, and various armored units), the Alliance Navy, and the Alliance SpecForce. The central armed forces of the Alliance are not concentrated in a single location; instead, within the territories controlled by the AUS, the Alliance Regular Forces were stationed at various uninhibited moon bases, and the fleets of the Alliance Navy were similarly dispersed across different sectors.

​Alliance Intelligence Bureau (AIB): The federal intelligence agency and internal security apparatus. They are also under civilian control just like the ASC and can be held accountable. However, in certain areas, they do not always have to wait for Senate permission either.

​Alliance Military Police: Responsible for stabilizing liberated planets (a 3–4 month transition period) and holding the military and intelligence accountable in cases of abuse of power. The Alliance Military Police falls under the jurisdiction of the Senate, deliberately kept separate from the Alliance High Command or the Alliance Star Command. The military forces of the AUS are fully accountable.

​Composition of the ASC Central Armed Forces: 75% is composed of integrated local home defense armies from the western and southern parts of the Neutral Systems, along with a vast number of new volunteers. The remaining 25% consists of former Republic and Separatist soldiers, pilots, officers, and later, volunteers arriving from liberated worlds and Imperial deserters. They possess their own factories, modernized fleets, training bases and academies, and anti-corruption institutions.

​Ideology: Liberty, democracy, federalism, anti-corruption, social equality, anti-elitism, anti-xenophobia, anti-slavery, anti-underworld, anti-sexism.

​According to the philosophy of the Alliance of United Systems, it is not enough to simply liberate the Galaxy; it must also be rebuilt afterward. Therefore, the AUS will fight not only against the Empire, but also against the underworld and other regimes and vassals collaborating with the Empire. The Alliance of United Systems aims to correct the flaws of the old regime, which during the Old Republic were mainly corruption, political paralysis, elitism, excessive centralization, tolerance of the underworld and slavery, neglect of the Outer Rim, and severe economic inequality. The Alliance also developed a program that slows down the aging process of clone veterans and removed the inhibitor chips from their heads. Importantly, the Alliance of United Systems does not rely solely on a central military force (ASC); every member planet maintains its own home defense army and militias.

​In the AUS (Alliance of United Systems), every single member world/planet governs its own world according to its own traditions and laws and may maintain its own home defense army and militia, equipped and trained according to their local traditions. These local defense militias and home defense armies operate strictly within their own planets and do not fall directly under the authority of the Alliance Star Command.

​The Alliance of United Systems seeks to build a new order in the galaxy. It is not Empire 2.0, yet it strives not to repeat the mistakes of the old Republic.

​The AUS is not:

❌ Republic 2.0

❌ CIS 2.0

❌ Empire 2.0

​Instead, it is something new. The name of the Alliance's program:

✅ "Alliance to liberate and rebuild the Galaxy and give it back to its people!"

​Not:

❌ "Alliance to restore the Republic" (as seen with the canonical Rebel Alliance)

​A note: Initially, the Republic Remnant and the CIS Remnant did not trust each other, but over time they recognized the universal truth: that both the Republic and the Confederacy had been manipulated all along by the exact same man, Sheev Palpatine. This realization gradually brought them together as they understood that Sheev Palpatine had been their enemy all along. They then joined forces with the Neutral Systems to overthrow Palpatine's tyranny and build a more livable and fair galaxy for everyone. The Alliance of United Systems serves as a historical reconciliation project.

Here is the Military Code issued by the Alliance of United Systems 👉

The Most Sacred Rule:

Attacking civilian targets was strictly forbidden, even if those targets were worlds with Imperial, CSA, or Hutt Clan sympathies. During military operations, AUS soldiers were required to do everything in their power to avoid civilian casualties.

Soldiers and officers who violated this rule—meaning those who used indiscriminate methods and were willing to sacrifice civilians—were officially criminalized, branded, and expelled from the Alliance of United Systems for breach of the code, or ultimately taken into custody by the Alliance Military Police (AMP) to face court-martial for war crimes.

Humanitarian Treatment of Prisoners of War:

No Summary Executions:

The code mandated that captured Imperial, collaborator, underworld, or Corporate Sector Authority soldiers, stormtroopers, and officers be treated humanely in accordance with historical conventions. Prisoners were transported to AUS (Alliance of United Systems) prisoner-of-war camps where they were registered and provided with proper rations and medical care. The Alliance of United Systems used this policy as a powerful weapon against Imperial propaganda: they wanted to demonstrate to Imperial conscripts that the emerging federal proto-state was not a bloodthirsty horde, thereby encouraging desertion and surrender.

Oath of Allegiance to the Ideals of the Emerging Political Order:

Every AUS soldier, pilot, agent, and officer was required to swear an oath to the Constitution of the Alliance of United Systems.

The code stated that soldiers serve the institutions of freedom, democracy, self-determination, and equality—not an individual (such as Mon Mothma, Bail Organa, or Leia). This provision ensured that following the fall of the Empire, the armed forces of the Alliance of United Systems (Alliance Star Command) could not transform into another military dictatorship or junta.

Absolute Equality Between Species and Genders:

In contrast to the Empire's speciesist and male-chauvinist oppression (High Human Culture), the AUS Military Code strictly penalized all forms of discrimination based on species, gender, or cultural background.

Humans, Wookiees, Mon Calamari, Rodians, Twi'leks, Duros, and all other xenos species across the galaxy, both male and female, fought side by side as equals under the exact same rights and obligations.

Closing Statement: The AUS (Alliance of United Systems) Military Code was something that every single AUS conscript, marine, AIB (Alliance Intelligence Bureau) agent, pilot, SpecForce operator, contracted mercenary, and Army and Navy officer had to memorize inside out and strictly obey.

Look guys I had an idea for the sequels in which it is revealed that Darth Plageuis didn’t die and threatens the galaxy oncemore allong side his apprentice Darth jar jar who palpatine had aliennated durimg the time between episodes 3 and 4 and the duo had been gaining power in the shadows for many years

I know that Palpatine merked his family in Legends, and that the Empire was legally an elective monarchy anyway, but let's say that after Palpatine "dies" at Endor, the bureaucrats on Coruscant, almost all of the Moffs, and the other power players agree, if only for the moment, that'd it'd be better for the Empire to present a united front in the face of the rebels and for their power struggles to take place behind the scenes. They trace Palpatine's lineage as far back as they can alongside both lines of the family tree, find his fourth cousin three times removed or something, and stick this person (who we'll assume is an adult for the hypothetical) on the throne in Coruscant, which was the stomping grounds of Sate Pestage, Ysanne Isard, and the Imperial Council itself. Given their total lack of experience, the insanely complex state of the galaxy, the intent of the ruling class, and the general culture of Naboo itself, I imagine this person is almost certainly out of depth and a puppet to the Moffs-though, if you feel at least some of that Palpatine ambition and cunning would shine, let me know.

Does this allow everyone to duke it out behind the scenes and resist the Rebels better, or do they eventually start fighting it out in the open anyway and tear the Empire into warlordism even as it fights the alliance, with the puppet Emperor stuck on Coruscant? Are they killed in the power struggles on the planet before its liberation, captured by the rebels, or dragged by Ysanne/the Imperial Council/whoever to a redoubt? How does Thrawn respond (to this, I'd imagine he'd have no issue with them)? Does Byss!Palpatine try to kill them when he comes back, and if so, how quickly? And if it isn't any of the above, what is their final fate?

It would be interesting if there was another Chosen One for a different era thousands of years ago. Maybe Darth Vitiate also tried to create the ultimate life-form to essence transfer into like Sidious and Anakin. It would explain Darth Kriea’s “Looking at Revan was like staring into the heart of the force” line. Also, considering Revan and Bastilla Shan are implied to be the original Dyad in the Force given the how rare and ancient it is along with the Banite Sith being obsessed with it according to the TROS novelization. Revan being a Chosen One Emasculate Conception like Anakin and also a Dyad in the Force like Rey and Ben would be interesting especially if he achieved his full potential when he was Reborn and destroyed Darth Vitiate / Emperor Valkorion after centuries of torture in the new canon with some old elements of legends. Revan is the one to kill Tenebrae not the Outlander. A KOTOR Movie Trilogy and Mandalorian Wars TV Series would make Disney massive cash in the future!

Like the title says what if Iden was a rebel not a imperial soldier let’s just say she was raised by her mother and not her father and joined the rebellion against the empire what would happen and what would change

Would he still have married padme and become darth vader and would he still have a attachment with his mother?

I asked AI for a Mace windu story (other than helping the hidden path) and it did not disappoint.

A compelling story for a surviving Mace Windu would be an intensive, internal character study: a psychological noir tracking a broken man hunting his own past.This arc strips away his identity as a general or spy and focuses purely on his unique Force ability, Shatterpoint—the power to see the fault lines and fractures in people, events, and the universe.

Star Wars: Shatterpoint Lost1. The Premise: The Universe is FracturedThe story begins years after Order 66. Mace Windu didn’t join a rebellion because he believes the Jedi completely failed the galaxy through their own arrogance. He lives as a ghost on a polluted, industrial Outer Rim world, dealing with severe nerve damage and a crude, mechanical hand.The Psychological Grittiness: His Shatterpoint ability, which used to be an elite combat asset, has manifested as a traumatic curse. Every time he looks at the galaxy under the Empire, all he sees are lines of destruction, failure, and structural pain. He is literally haunted by the visual "fault lines" of a broken reality.

1. The Inciting Incident: The Hunt for the UnforgivenMace is forced into action not to save a rebel cell, but because he discovers that a surviving Commander of his former clone legion is alive on the same planet. The clone commander has had his inhibitor chip removed or overridden by age and glitching tech, and is now hunted by the Empire for desertion.Instead of a grand galactic war, the narrative narrows into a gritty, suspenseful game of cat-and-mouse. Mace tracks the clone through rain-slicked industrial underworlds, initially fueled by a dark, vengeful desire to confront the face of the betrayal that destroyed his life's work.

2. The Core Conflict: Redefining the Jedi CodeWhen Mace finally corners the aging, broken clone trooper, he expects a battle. Instead, he finds a man shattered by guilt, living in his own personal hell for what he was forced to do during Order 66.The Empire closes in on both of them, deploying specialized Purge Troopers. Mace is forced to make a profound choice: succumb to the darkness of Vaapad and execute the clone for treason, or embody the truest, most selfless form of a Jedi by defending his former executioner.

Why This is the Ultimate Narrative Choice Deconstructs the Character: In the prequels, Mace Windu was the ultimate symbol of rigid, unyielding institutional judgment. Forcing him into an intimate story of forgiveness with a clone trooper completely shatters his old worldview. A Different Kind of Victory: He doesn't defeat the Empire or save the wider Rebellion. His victory is purely personal. By saving one broken clone, Mace heals the "shatterpoint" inside his own soul, finally letting go of his anger to find peace before disappearing into the wider

Bit of a sh*tpost but like what if Palpatine had and deployed Nemesis from OG Resident Evil 3 into the Jedi Temple at the start of Order 66 and then sent him around the galaxy to hunt down the survivors? How many more of the survivors would be cut down and who would have the capability of actually killing him?

What del was the only one who went against operation Cinder and got the civilians and the Corvus away form the empire and his squad mates what would change and how would Iden feel about this

What if shaak ti was ahsoka tano biological mother and during the Jedi temple bombing arc shaak ti broke ahsoka out of prison and took ahsoka away form the republic after finding a ship how would this change the situation and how would it affect the Jedi council and other powers in the republic

At first i dont know everything about star wars and im just seen the movies so my suggestion might not make any sense.

I accidentally got this idea for the what if series in star wars that what if anakin does not cut mace windu arm but they end up together to stop palpatine once and for all and after that anakin could continue his training to bring the balance to the force, but he doesnt know what is the right way so he just rush everywhere and fight all the evil with raw power.

All the other jedies are little bit afraid anakins power even though he just want to end all the evil in galaxy but hes powers are so strong that jedies know that no one can control him. Even though he has not yet fulfilled his true potential.

So anakins start to be annoyed that every one are so like "you should more this and this and not like this" so he turns up to padme who is still pregnant. I dont know how the conversation could go but anyway. Anakins is going back to mission or something and being there padme is starting feeling contractions and needs to go to the hospital to give birth and obi wan is going with her.

So when padme is giving birth anakin feels her pain and knows that shes not gonna make it so when padme dies anakin feels it immediately in force so hes feelings of sadness and anger tears places apart and every force user can feel the pain what anakin is going thru. so anakin rush to the hospital and when he sees padmes body hes feelings are just growing and you can see it on his eyes when they are slowly turning yellow and sparkles are coming from his hands and his struggling between darkness and light. But when he hears lukes or leias cry he almost immediately kind like awake and turns around and see when obi wan is carrying a baby and slowly give it to anakin and that's where he realizes everything. That padme is still living inside them and that it was all about love. Not fighting, but love. So all the feelings just disappears and darth vader never borns.

And the series could end for when anakin realize everything he must do and sit down and just with his connection to the force he stops all the evil in the whole galaxy and it could be call purification or something.

These events could be at the end of the series. But otherwise the series could tell something about his growth to become the bringer of balance.

Thanks for reading down here. I appreciate it.

And if there are much more wiser fans then me out there, please throw some ideas for this 🙂👍

Like the title says what if Ahsoka was the one who was caught in the explosion during the citadel arc and was the one That the Techo Union experimented on what would change and how would the other characters react to her being found and that the Techo Union experiment on her and would she rejoin the Jedi Order or go with the Bad Batch

Let's say master Mundi was sent on a diplomatic mission on Dathomir to treat with the night sisters. He then might have discovered Maul through the force as he was quite powerful.

Mundi would stay courteous to Mother Talzin and the Nightsisters, as his species was capable of high cognitive brain-power, which helped him control his own emotions, lending him a capacity to resist the pull of the dark side. Realizing that Mother Talzin and the Nightsisters were powerful and versed in the Dark Side, Mundi would probably want to seal a non-agression pact of sorts with them, which would be ensured if Maul, who showed promise for the order, even though he was way older than the usual padawans, became a padawan at the Jedi Temple.

Talzin would make Mundi promise to protect Maul as she knew his name and could punish him if anything happened to her son. Mundi would agree, as he understood that this entire pact was mutually assured destruction all the way. Mundi being a complete jerk is actually a misconstruction by the fandom. Yes, he was cold and taught to be attachmentless, but he was still compassionate to people, and he genuinely cared for his fellow Jedi, so his first interactions on the way for Coruscant would be awkward, but not hostile or compassionless.

Maul was afterall a child who he took from his mother's arms a few hours ago. Mundi would awkwardly try to reassure the Dathomirian, while also thinking about his promise to Talzin. His own life was on the stake here, if anything happened to Maul. He also saw genuine potential in the Zabrak, which other masters might not, as students were taken way earlier. He thus thought about asking the council to train him himself.

Master Mundi then spent the entire flight awkwardly trying to bond with the Zabrak. They spoke of their mutual species, which were very different, but also of how the Force was in everyone. Mundi even tried to play games with Maul to assess his force abilities without pushing him overboard.
The cerellian was genuinely impressed, Maul was one of the most force-gifted children he ever saw. He then tested Maul's physical strength by letting him train with his own lightsaber against a training droid for the rest of the flight, which kept Maul busy while Mundi could assess what he had there.

On Coruscant, Maul was hiding, cowering behind the Cerellian master, the dark side was naturally strong in him, and he was never truly trained in restraint, so he had a lot of fear, especially as it was a brand-new planet that he never saw, and given that he had never left Dathomir before. When they arrived in front of the Jedi temple, it was majestic, something Maul never thought was possible to even build just stood in front of him, he was in wonder.

When Master Mundi presented the boy and his case to the Council, it was highly confusing to the masters. One did not take a student this late, and the Council did not trust the Nightsisters, but Master Mundi was a confirmed jedi master, one who suppressed his own pull towards the dark side and stayed true to the code. Furthermore, it was clear that Maul did not trust anyone yet, but that he and Mundi established some premature kind of bond, so they allowed Mundi to train him as a padawan. After all, it was not unheard of that the bond between master and apprentice would lead to forming attachment. It was by the way one of the only few attachments allowed in the order.

Mundi then spent years training Maul. Their training was harsh, especially as Maul struggled to control his emotions and that he had a hard time not just assimilating to the order, but also to truly understand his master, who was ever so cold. But Maul came to see that Master Mundi was truly caring for others in the galaxy and they developped over the years a strange kind of father-son bond. They even bounded on one weird subject. Master Mundi was one of the best duellists in the order, and he mastered Makashi, which was considered the perfect lightsaber form for combat. And Maul, still pulled by the dark side naturally imbued in him, reveled in a fight, and in dominating others. Master Mundi tried to control it, sure, and he teached Maul to show restraint and to control his emotions, but Maul always had that pull towards domination and the dark side.

Master Mundi knew of another Jedi who had the ability to control and channel their pull towards the dark side, the sentinels and Master Windu. The sentinels could have been a good choice for Maul, but Mundi wanted to consult Master Windu First. After all, he was the master of the order. Master Windu agreed to help master Mundi, and while Maul was difficult to work with, after some years in the temple training with master Mundi, he had come to trust the other masters, and so, when Master Windu taught him Vaapad, he listened. And Maul thus began training in Vaapad, while he felt the neverending pull of home. But this pull was channeled through his attachment to the order and to his master... But also to some friend, who was not judging of him. That friend was Qui-Gon Jin's apprentice, Obi-Wan Kenobi, who was roughly the same age than him.

All the while, the events leading to The Phantom Menace still happened, as the Great Sith Plan was still in motion. Darth Sidious only took another as apprentice. Only the council had less reservation about Qui-Gon and then Obi-Wan taking Anakin as apprentice.

Over the years, Maul matured, and while Anakin knew of him, he didn't think much of him, as he was way older than him. When the Clone Wars finally began on Geonosis, Maul was already a Jedi Knight, and he was besides his old master when they witnessed the deaths of so many Jedi. Maul was horrified, but he tried to control it and defended himself until the clone army finally arrived. During the Clone Wars, Maul was assigned a padawan in order for him to prepare becoming a jedi master. That padawan was a young Togruta named Ashoka Tano. Maul had a hard time adapting to becoming a master and a guide, but in truth, their temperaments weren't that afar from one another. And they were a force to reckon with when working as a duo, especially when Master Mundi joined them on the front from time to time, still trying to keep his promise to Talzin after all those years, not that he still thought about it, but he was genuinely trying to protect his former student.

The battles took place one after the other, and Maul reveled in it, he lived in it. In the heat of the moment. He was one of the best jedi generals in the war. But Maul had a knack for the dark side, and he felt it getting stronger and stronger.
At the end of the Clone Wars, the Zabrak and his togruta apprentice were on Mygeeto, leading the clones on Mygeeto alongside his master when he suddenly felt a shift in the force through his connection to the dark side. He immediately felt the danger and protected Ashoka and his master. This key moment allowed the three to defend themselves, they killed a few clones and escaped the battlefield, and fled the Lurmen's world on a starship. They tried to contact the order, they couldn't.

But Maul, and Ashoka, who he also trained to be able to use the dark side when necessary, both concentrated on the force. They had visions of what Young Skywalker did in the Chancellor's office. Even Master Mundi had them. They were confused and did not understand what was happening. When they received Skywalker's message to all jedi calling them to the temple, they decided to go there. Not that they were gullible, they suspected a trap, but they genuinely did not know what was happening, and it was their only chance to know more, and knowledge was crucial if they wanted to survive.
And off they went. But the flight to Coruscant was long, and so, Darth Vader was long gone when they arrived. But they found Obi-Wan Kenobi as they arrived. He was lucky to survive, but he won against General Grievous on Utapau before the clones turned on him. Master Yoda was there as well with Bail Organa, and explained what happened in Kashyyk. Master Mundi, Maul and Ashoka explained what happened to them as well. They were all confused, but they marched onto the temple.

This team was one of the most skilled Jedi in the order, and they killed every clone they came across. Then, they entered the beacon room and Master Kenobi reconfigured the beacon to call to any Jedi still out there to stay out of the temple.

Then, they saw the security holograms of what happened. Maul suspected it since the visions, as did Ashoka, but it was there and then confirmed. Palpatine was the sith lord and Anakin killed Cin Drallig. They were shocked, then Maul and Ashoka became angry, very angry. Maul repeated that he was going to kill him a few times and almost departed when Master Mundi grabbed him and master Yoda called to him. That was one of the few times were Master Yoda ever spoke to him firmly. He may have been a confirmed jedi, but Cin Drallig was one of the best in the order and Skywalker just killed him. It would have been suicide for Maul to just go, even with Ashoka.

Master Mundi then conferred with Master Yoda and Master Kenobi. Obi-Wan knew Anakin the most and had the best shot at besting him. So Master Mundi and Master Yoda would go to fight the Dark Lord of the Sith, together.

Maul asked if he was going to ever going to see them again. Ashoka never saw her master so emotionnal, but she was just as distraught.

Master Mundi told them that there was one secure location where the Sith would never go find them and to go hide there. Maul impatiently asked where. And his heart almost exploded when he heard his master say "Dathomir.". He was finally going home, but as a fugitive, and Mother Talzin would protect them. The Cerellian said that he would join them if they survived what was going to happen.

Then, Maul had tears going down his eyes. And Ashoka was confused And Master Mundi told them "I protected you for so long. I cannot anymore. The force be with you." Maul responded in kind.

All the jedi then left their separate ways. Maul couldn't believe he was finally going home, and explained to Ashoka who Mother Talzin was. Meanwhile, his master recited a force meditation, preparing for what would be the most important and the most dangerous fight of his life as he and Yoda went to the Senate.

When Yoda and Mundi entered the chamber where Palpatine was, and force pushed the guards, the senator was shocked. Two of the Jedi High council masters survived. Two of the most skilled in the order, in fact. And they were here for him. He cackled, after all, he killed jedi masters just as skilled mere hours before.

They exchanged words, and Palpatine decided to take out the most skilled of the two right now. Electricity flew out of his hands, and Yoda flew back and hit the ground. Master Mundi ignited his lightsaber and Palpatine cackled as electricity flew from his hands, that Master Mundi blocked with his saber. The Sith lord taunted the two Jedi as Yoda got up and force pushed him back. Palpatine realized what he was up against and tried to escape, but both jedi blocked the entrance and he ignited his own saber. Both jedi pressed the attack so Palpatine retreated to the heights and used the senate pods. and when Palpatine saw Yoda send back a pod that Palpatine just launched, he escaped, but only for Ki-Adi-Mundi to attack him with his lightsaber. Palpatine used force lightening and Mundi tried to parry, but he got disarmed and before the lightening could hit the master, Yoda spun around and concentrated with the force to block the lightening.

And all three of them were sent flying. Mundi and Yoda fell on the floor and they knew that they couldn't defeat Sidious, even together. so they tried to escape. Yoda went through the vents. And Ki-Adi Mundi used the force to retrieve both his own Saber and Yoda's and escaped.

He escaped by tearing through clones from the Coruscant guard, getting clipped in the hip. Yoda contacted him and told him to go out a window from a level below. Mundi agreed and managed to escape by joining Yoda and Organa on Organa's flying speeder. Both masters recognized that they had failed and needed to go in exile. They went to Polis Massa where they saw Kenobi come back with the dying Senator Amidala. She gave birth, and died. Obi-Wan agreed to take the boy to Tatooine, while Organa took the girl to Alderaan. Master Mundi, on the other hand, had promised Maul and Ashoka he would join them, so he did.

On Dathomir, Master Mundi helped Maul perfect Ashoka's training and he reflected with his former pupil on the failings of the high council. There, hidden on a Dark Side planet, Ashoka trained. Maul had begged Mother Talzin to protect her and his master while the latter was dueling the sith lord and Kenobi fought the new Darth Vader. And she agreed, even though it was mildly inconvenient to her. Maul, however, felt helpless as he witnessed his master's defeat while he couldn't even be there, and he grew restless. He secretly sought his mother behind his master's back and she helped him develop dark side powers, which he helped Ashoka develop as well. In due's time, they departed the world with Mundi's ship. And they actively sought the Sith to fight them. In a few months, they attracted the Inquisitorius, and killed every one of those who went to fight them. They also encouraged resistance against the Empire whenever possible.

Sidious became aware of it and tasked Vader, still adjusting to his suit, to take care of it.
Maul and Ashoka attracted and embushed Vader on Mygeeto. Maul and Ashoka's fighting style was unlike anything Anakin or Vader ever faced, as it mixed dark side nightsister magic, Vaapad and Makashi as well as Juyo. and both of them worked in tandem, him and Ashoka. Together, they pressed Vader. Maul even taunted him, calling him Anakin and a failure to make him lose control. Vader threw into a frenzied rage and Maul used it against him in Vaapad. Finally, they managed to corner him, and to kill him, and Vader, in his last breath, cursed them, calling them cowards, trying to cope with the rage he felt and the sorrow he felt.

When they returned to Dathomir, Master Mundi was shocked to hear what they did, as even Kenobi failed to kill Vader on Mustafar. He intronised Maul as a true Jedi Master and Ashoka as a Jedi Knight. But he knew that even now, they did not have a chance against the Emperor. And so, they remained hidden until the resistance grew and grew. And While a certain Luke Skywalker was growing up in Tatooine.

In this scenario ahsoka is taken by a group of Mandalorians when she was a baby and was raised by them what would change and how would she feel about the Jedi order

Hi. We all know from the excellent Darth Plagueis book that Sidious murdered his Master by getting him drunk and torturing him with force lightning.

What if that didn’t happen as Plagueis wasn’t on Coroscuant but had gone to Naboo to secretly oversee Maul and the Trade Federation?

Would the events of Count Dooku launching the Separatist movement still have happened if the Sith still have turned Dooku? As I thought that Plagueis wanted an end to the Rule of Two?

Restoring the Senate could bolster legitimacy of the regime and buy the Empire time to reorganize. The senate could even potentially elect a new Emperor.

Let say in this scenario ahsoka was born in the imperium of man to her father jagahatai khan but ahsoka ran away form the imperium when one of her uncles ( the other primarchs finds her ) in the republic how does the Jedi order and council and republic react to the imperium of man and the primarchs and the white scars and that ahsoka has her father abilities and is a Demi god

Set up

In this scenario we will see instead of taking Anakin to Naboo, Qui-Gon decides to leave him with Dooku, who we know is on Coruscant after they get back from Tatooine, possible reasons could be feeling that a warzone might not be the best place for a child for their first Jedi training, but not feeling confident that the Jedi Council would not send Anakin back to Tatooine to be with his mother while he is away dealing with the Trade Federation. Judging from Dooku's personality he likely will not want to babysit for Qui-Gon, but Qui-Gon will tell him about the chance of him being the chosen one, which will change Dooku's attitude towards looking after Anakin. Nothing should change the events of Tales of the Jedi so the events of Dooku's episodes should not chance at all really, but this time taking Anakin with him when he leaves the planet. While in transit, Dooku will tell Anakin of Qui-Gon's death and reminds him that the council would not take him on as a jedi, this is when Dooku vows to train train Anakin himself, planning to use Anakin, the chosen one, to one day over throw Palpatine and destroy the Sith after he has used Palpatine to eradicate corruption in the Republic.

Anakin's Training

Dooku will want to lay low, at least Obi-Wan should know of his master leaving Anakin in Dooku's care, who will report that to the council once Anakin is reported missing, so Dooku will want to Travel to a planet where the Jedi would not expect him to go, such as a cave in Geonosis or a private abode in Raxus Secundus. Regardless of where the training takes place, from there Anakin's training and location is kept secret except for those in the need to know like Palpatine, who allows Dooku to train Anakin pretending that it would be beneficial for performing missions for the war to come, but really for the sake of his overall plan. Basic Jedi form is initially taught to Anakin over months, but all the while he is fed half truths about the Jedi, the Republic, and why it is necessary to learn more and more Sith techniques if their enemies are to be destroyed, I feel this would be the case as he would need to turn Anakin against the Jedi much like how he has been turning systems against the Republic. Now with years of the basics in both Jedi and Sith techniques under his belt, Anakin is trained in more advanced Sith techniques and taken to the Geonosis arena for lightsaber advanced training, of which he is trained with form 3 Makashi, seeing as his training would likely overlap with Ventress's training in Canon. It would stand to reason to bring out more of the dark side in Anakin, Dooku would have Anakin kill beasts and prisoners, nothing so far would interfere with Ventress seeking out Dooku to join him, and I believe with much experience in the arena Dooku will pit her against Anakin for real lightsaber training before the clone wars begin. It would very much likely be the toughest fight Anakin would have faced yet, perhaps causing him to get his eye scar much earlier or even lose his arm, but ultimately with his connection to the force with his chosen one destiny and a lightsaber style to match his head on aggressive style, Anakin would ultimately win, killing Ventress.

The Clone Wars

Anakin's training will have continued and soon enough the Clone Wars will have started, this time as Palpatine had originally intended, with the CIS performing a surprise attack on Republic member worlds and the Clone Army reaching out to serve the Republic in their time of need, evident as Padme's assassination will likely have went off without issue, either as we almost see in AotC or another attempt at another date due to the assassin not being caught. The Clone Wars plays out for the most part the same, likely with many more victories on the side of the CIS, with Anakin now no longer helping the Jedi while much of Ventress's achievements are performed by Anakin instead, however Palpatine would not be willing to lose Anakin and would ensure to manipulate events to keep him alive where he could, not putting him in scenarios where he would needlessly fight Jedi, like Toydaria or Christophsis, keeping him for more important assignments like rescuing Nute Gunray or stealing sneaking from Kamino. Obi-Wan will have eventually taken an apprentice, as was his intention in the Clone Wars movie, perhaps taken Ahsoka as an apprentice, they will only have met once or twice throughout the war as Ventress only had encountered the jedi a handful of time, and depending on which missions Dooku and Palpatine found to be of value to send the chosen one out to oversee, it would likely be less than Ventress in canon was sent out to oversee. Rescuing Gunray for instance will have put him and Ahsoka in the same ship, though the outcome will likely be the same as the fighting conditions will still play a role in the fight as it did in the original TCW episode, and he would have to look after Gunray which he will want to get off ship as quickly as possible to minimize him getting recaptured, Anakin would not have killing Jedi at the highest of his prioritizes in a mission like this. Kidnapping Rota the hut could be a time where he and Obi-Wan are pitted against each other, the events will likely play out quite the same as the movie, as Ahsoka is the one to escape with Rota, while Obi-Wan confronts Anakin, to keep the scenario as easy to explain as possible, Anakin will not be going by a codename or pseudonym, but the half truths and lies fed to Anakin by Dooku in his training and the depths into Sith-hood Anakin is in, Obi-Wan will not be able to turn him to the light and the two would fight much like how events plaid out in the movie, with Anakin being bested and making an escape, this is seen by the events of the movie with Obi-Wan besting Ventress's form 3 Makashi form, leading to Anakin harboring a deeper hatred towards the Jedi and now Obi-Wan specifically. Alternatively, if Anakin were to go by a pseudonym or code name there would be no reaching out from Obi-Wan and the events would play out basically exactly as the movie, just with Obi-Wan now not knowing he had encountered the boy his master was bent on training.

The Battle of Coruscant

Finally the CIS intends to invade Coruscant as they do in the main timeline, where Anakin, Dooku, and Grievous are aboard the Invisible Hand after Grievous had captured Palpatine, Obi-Wan will now be without his new apprentice due to the events of The Wrong Jedi, but with his accomplishments in the Clone Wars still acknowledge he is still sent to save the Chancellor with one or more Jedi as reinforcements, though they would not be the Jedi Palpatine would fear messing up his plan as Yoda and Windu are planetside at the time of the attack. Grievous is instructed to let the Jedi board by Palpatine through Dooku, Dooku will not question this order as he is shown to follow basically all commands Palpatine has given him such as firing on Ventress in the main timeline leading to her presumed death, and Grievous will follow this command for the chance at killing more Jedi, and the Jedi will suspect a trap but have to take any chance they can get to rescue the Chancellor. Similar events will occur with the Jedi fighting through the Invisible Hand to rescue Palpatine, perhaps if more than one other Jedi accompanies Obi-Wan, Grievious will be dispatched to thin the herd, as it may over complicate the plans that Palpatine has for Anakin and Dooku. In the main room, Anakin and Dooku reveal themselves to the Jedi and fights breaking out but the Sith lords are able to manage their Jedi opponants. In the end, the Jedi accompanying Obi-Wan are slain the two Sith to pounce on the single Jedi, I this is likely to be the case as Obi-Wan is a particularly powerful Jedi who has fought against both Dooku and Anakin in this timeline, leaving him to the last of the Jedi surviving in this fight. But as Dooku is about to begin an attack Anakin stabs and kills Dooku, a plan he and Palpatine concocted in private, this is because Palpatine will play on Anakin's growing Sith ambitions for power and Palpatine's plan reaching its end game which necessitates Dooku to be killed, Anakin will likely want to kill Dooku himself so would wait for a moment where he is distracted to attack assured that he could take on the last of the Jedi in the room himself. It will then fall to Obi-Wan and Anakin to fight, due to the much more favorable conditions and without a personal connection that would drive Anakin to perform too many reckless moves in killing Obi-Wan, the increased hate and deeper power Anakin will have built up over the span of the war since their last fight, perhaps even the presence of Palpatine will cause Obi-Wan to make mistakes of his own, Anakin will come out victorious.

Order 66

Now would be the best time for Palpatine to enact Order 66, this is because the planet now has two armadas in orbit both ready to kill the Jedi, so Palpatine would take the opportunity to catch the Jedi by surprise, even more so than in the main timeline. From the bridge, Palpatine will reveal himself to Grievous, having Anakin vouch for him, and also lie that Dooku could not handle the Jedi brought onboard to eliminate any chance of him protesting to using the ship's communication devices, sending Order 66 to all Republic cruisers in the orbit and beginning the purge. Palpatine will have his message sent across the galaxy from the cruisers to planeside and to every other company of clones to have their Jedi commanders executed, or at least try. Jedi across the planet will be caught between fire from droids and clones as seen in the main timeline but things would be even worse on Coruscant, their temple likely orbitally bombarded the temple, while many notable Jedi are killed in the bombardments and crossfire, others would escape to the lower levels, such as Yoda who has been shown to be particularly adept at feeling the change in the force to not get ambushed and physically able to escape into areas where other Jedi could not. It is likely that on the bridge of the Invisible Hand the Palpatine will make Anakin a full Sith and give him his Sith name, now that Dooku is out of the picture and his training under Palpatine can begin. However, much like as shown in the Revenge of the Sith video game secret ending, being so bloodthirsty and feeling overconfident, it is likely that Anakin will then kill Palpatine, catching him by surprise during his ultimate victory, also as seen in the game. Grievous will likely not know what to do in this scenario as he is only aligned to the CIS cause and not care much about Sith backstabbing, so will fall in line behind Vader, who commands that they press the attack, firing upon the Republic forces while they are firing upon the Jedi, and using his talents at ship combat to bring the CIS to a victory in space and planet side.

The War Continues

The war will continue on for more years, but the CIS should win in the end, now without Palpatine's manipulations keeping the CIS back from upgrading or deploying some of their deadliest weapons, and with their factories largely hidden from Republic forces they can wait out the Republic as more clones are made to replace the older clones and the worse they become due to the weakening DNA the Kaminoans have to work with. Also, now with Coruscant having been taken by the CIS, it is likely that the Republic falls now that there is no central leader, no senate, many senators and Republic civilians held hostage, and the jewel of the Republic gone, many systems may lose the will to fight or see the shift in the war and join with the CIS cause, this is evident as most the logistics and law in the galaxy would be lost and planets suffering troubles like Rodia were forced to join the CIS out of necessity. Additionally, the Republic is now without Jedi, which will likely have dealt damage to their forces in the process of killing said Jedi, leaving Vader to be the only force wielding fighter on either side of the war giving the CIS a major advantage wherever he is deployed, if surviving Jedi also do not end up giving clones more problems in the immediate future. Mas Amedda will continue to push forth with the plans of an Empire that Palpatine had in place, but without the sympathy vote that Palpatine would have accrued through the story of almost being assassinated and no allegiance to Amedda, many systems may move to sue for peace instead of going ahead with reforming the Republic into the Galactic Empire, or leave the Republic to become neutral, I doubt many would join the CIS as news of Palpatine's death after his kidnapping would eventually get out or presumed which would not be the CIS cause particularly appealing to the Republic members, but how it is spun could keep the CIS senate members firmly apart of the cause. Now led by Vader, the CIS council would not accept any peace agreement that ends hostilities with a functioning Galactic Republic, only if they are able to gut the system into a non-functional form, due to the lies and half truths Dooku and the council not wanting any regulatory bodies looking over their blatant exploitations of their corporations and any chance at the organization declaring war on them sometime into the future. Likely other points would be imposed such as planets signing regulation around banning aid for surviving Jedi and teaching its religion on their worlds, also giving Vader and Grievous permission to enter worlds freely to hunt Jedi, as Grievous and Vader's hatred for the order would still persist and Jedi may plot to overthrow the CIS council.

Post War Galaxy

Since he has no experience in democracy or manipulation, it would stand to reason that Vader would take a backseat while the CIS council handles the CIS senate and war affairs, allowing them to write up laws and divide the galaxy as they see best. Vader keeps the council in check like a hanging guillotine, tracking down and killing any member who jeopardizes the CIS cause while he lives in luxury getting anything he demands from the small council the serves him and continuing to learn what he can about the Sith for the sake of more power and prolonged life. As mentioned before, Vader and Grievous would continue to hunt Jedi, as well as leaders of any rebellion movements against the CIS to ensure that the council will continue to hold power for Vader throughout the galaxy.

2 realities without Anakin:

1. Maul dies anyway to Obi wan on Naboo (or Tatooine?)

2. Maul lives and kills both Qui-gon and Obi-wan

How history goes in each one?

So this is an alternate scenario I had fun with, and yes in this case Palpatine might not ruled by the laws Sith, he does it to forever bury the jedi order and the republic and therefore takes different decision after order 66. Instead of his sadistic tendencies, he will instead be much more pragmatic. So yes don't think of that as a good palpatine just one that use pragmatism to the maximum.

He also has a very different objective and more concerned with the legacy of the sith and his hatred of both the jedi and the republic.

Plagueis formation of Sidious... earlier

In this timeline, Plagueis found Palpatine at a much younger age and immediatly teaches him the ways of the dark side. But unlike the legends version where palpatine was found by plagueis at around 17 years old, in this case Palpatine is more inexperienced and Plagueis having found him younger makes it easier for him to indoctrinate him in the ways of the sith.

Here Palpatine is still a cruel, sadistic psycopathis person... BUT he is also much more ideological. In this case, Sidious starts to think that a galaxy should not simply be under his control, he thinks it is an insult that the strong cannot prey on the weak. It's an insult to nature to even have a democracy where everyone has a voice.

And the jedi are the biggest insult to that natural order. He develops a lots of contempt for the jedi and the democratic institution of the republic. So much so that his ideology becomes more important than his own person.

And that is where he creates a plan to make sure that the non force sensitive people of the galaxy will always long for strong leader in order to rule them and will either hates or fear their own freedom. And he will make sure that the jedi legacy will forever be associated with chaos and terrorism and the people of the galaxy will always reject their guidance.

Due to his very different goal, This is where he creates a new plan for his control and vision of the galaxy.

The beginning of reconstruction

After order 66 happens and Palpatine declared himself emperor, Palpatine does not invest any ressources into the building of the death star. In fact, in this alternate timeline, he never even planned to do so.

Instead, he does not build more star destroyer or Tie fighter. No no no. Instead he focuses on the building of infrastructure and the internal aspects of the empire.

He puts all of the colossal ressource used to build the death star and use them to build trade roads, bridges, space ports, improving agriculture so that more planets will get food, etc. And by investing in so much infrastructure, not only many people in the galaxy are satisfied because they see the ressources being well spent after the clone wars, the fiscal revenue improves due to these new trade roads and space ports. Which allows palpatine to invest even more infrastructure...

And this start a snowball cycle, the more he builds, the more he receives and he keeps doing that. But keep in mind that Palpatine does not do any of that because he is kind or nice, he is simply pragmatic and this is his way to stabilise his regime for now. And it's very effective.

Now many people in the galaxy will not like living under an undemocratic regime after having experienced democracy. The COMPNOR is there to silence them... but since Palpatine is still a war hero just after order 66 AND that he is investing in the civilian area of the empire. Many people are still satisfied and have no intention of rebelling.

Quite the contrary, since there is no death star, not only there is no anger after the Alderan destruction, there is also no moment where the empire is humiliated after losing their costly superweapons. Therefore there is no rallying cry, no moment of huge victory for the rebellion.

Instead what Palpatine builds is mostly infrastructure that allows for more trades and more agriculture that allows people to have a full belly. The emperor invest everything in the stability of the empire. And since he does it so much any attempts at attacking the empire can be asily seen by the galactic community as sabotaging the civilian parts of the empire.

So if the rebels are getting too disruptives, the empire propaganda machine can easily turn this around and declare them to be terrorist and many civilians will believe it. In fact the propaganda machine does not even have to lie that much. Here Palpatine keep his good publicity of a war hero and it took a LOT of repression and the destruction of Alderan for the people to turn against him. Here none of that happens.

Here Darth vader, the compnor and the imperial can count on the collaboration of many civilians who prefer this imperial stability to the chaotic time of the republic. Therefore the rebellion is choked before it can become too threatening as many are willing to give up on their freedom for stability... And then it continue for FORTY YEARS.

The end of the "good" chancellor Palpatine

After four decades of investing in the stability of his empire, Palpatine is becoming very old. BUT he is respected pretty much everywhere, the people of the galaxy are extremly loyal and he is extremly popular among them.

But Palpatine knows he won't be eternal. In this timeline, Palpatine values the ideology of the sith where the strong preys on the weak much more than his own person. So he has no cinder operation prepared. He does not wastes any ressources in that. And he also does not intend to prolong his life indefinetely because it would ruin his other parts of the plan

To make sure to immortalise his image. he will not go down in his sleep. No no no, none of that. Instead he organise his own perfect death to cement his legacy.

He will make sure to appear in person at the sites of a newly-built hospital. And he will make sure that rebell cell, the more ruthless of them (probably Saw guerrera) and even jedi are aware that he will be present and he will intenionaly lower the security so that the assassination can happen and he leaks information so that the rebel and jedi survivor will know of his presence.

He organise his own assassination and he wants to make sure that the galactic community will see both the rebels AND the jedi as the one who killed him. It does not matter if the jedi does the deed as long as they are seen at the crime scene.

So would it be Cal kestis, kallus, or a more ruthless jedi, none of it matters. Because Palpatine wants at least one of them to be seen.

He goes to the newly build hospital, makes a speech about how much the galaxy needs to rebuild itself even decades after the clone wars and this hospital is a step in the right direction... and then he is killed in front of the entire galaxy.

The shock is immense and both jedi and rebels are seen as the assassins. The people of the empire are both very sad... and furious. Any voice that tries to paint the jedi as victim of order 66 are forced into silence, any voice that tries to claim that the rebels are nothing more than terrorist are shunned. Even Leia, who is one of the harshest critics of Palpatine in this timeline is forced to condemn both the rebels and jedi but even that is not enough to save her career.

Immediatly a purge starts and both rebels are forced to disband and go into hiding, same for any jedi survivor.

Palpatine becomes a Martyr and the entire galaxy starts chanting how of a hero he was to them. Anniversarys are proclaimed for him every year to remind them of how they didn't deserve a great man like him...

The sucession begins

But Palpatine prepared his death and with his intention of burying the jedi and the republic for good, he made sure that his sucession would be assured at least for now. This is to ensure that after a while nearly every people of the galaxy will have NEVER known a time fo democracy and only knew the empire.

As mentionned before, since this is a very different Palpatine who is much more ideological, Operation Cinder is never put in motion.

But he makes sure that a new council will rule once he dies. But you could ask what Vader will be doing during this time? Vader will not suceed as emperor... BUT he will inherit all of the millitary and the police force (which includes compnor).

Vader becomes the muscle of the empire. Someone like him is not a fan of the politics and the bureaucracy, he is good as an enforcer but not as a politican (as he will certainly admits that himself).

So now, an emperor will be proclaimed... but Vader will have the final words and decide who gets to sit on the throne. And as long as the new emperor maintain stability, Vader leaves him there.

But if an emperor becomes too rebellious, corrupt or incompetent, Vader being in commands of the millitary and the police can easily dispose of him and replace him for anyone he prefers.

This way Vaders becomes a somewhat equivalent to the jannisairies of the ottoman empire or the Praetorian of the roman empire, disposing of leaders who have become too corupt, incompetent or not to their liking.

So vader becomes an unofficial leader of the empire while not being a figure head that the civilian sees. In fact if the civilians official of the empire fails to do their job of maintaining order and stability, this is time where Vader intervenes and sent either the inquisitor, the compnor, the troopers., etc.

Signaling to both the population and the civilian government that the empire has lost patience and heads will start to roll until order has been brought back.

The new Sith order begins

And this is where Vader creates a reformed Sith order. It is still very much ruled by the dark side, but in this case it is simply made so that the Sith don't micromanage the empire. They are the one who breaks and makes emperor, choosing leader at their will and enforcing an authoritarian order.

Vader would have finally find Luke who integrated the imperial academy in this timeline and Vader will have found how strong the force was in him and very much found out he was his son. He will have trained him in secret.

In this alternate timeline, the empire being nowhere near as repressive as it was in the original timeline (for pragmatic not moral reason), Luke is not disgusted with the empire.

Now luke and Vader are indeed rulling as father and son on a new empire after the deaths of Palpatine. With Luke apointed has Vader sucessor once Vader will be no more and suceeded him as the new dark lord of the sith.

Vader here find some peace in his empire, rulling with an iron fist but without it being necessary to always make too much repression. The empire is now stable enough that the Sith continues to rule and the jedi are forced into hiding if they are even still alive...

A Strange galaxy

Vader dies after having being leader of the Sith for decades, and a mourning Luke takes his place as the new dark lord of the Sith.

The empire has now been the dominant and incontested power of the empire for nearly a century. The people have get used to a lack of democracy and many of them fear the lost of stability. Generations have been born knowing only the empire.

Now the jedi have been accused of being monsters by the historians, journalist and the population at large. They are accused of being the real criminals of the clone wars, and the terrorist that killed their beloved Chancellor Palpatine and bringing chaos to their lives.

Leia after Palpatine's death was forced into retirement from the politcal life because she was a vocal critics of the empire and Palpatine during his reign and many time defended rebel cells. After his assassination, she was persona Non grata.

She now sees a galaxy under the tyranical rule of a stable empire. And the people are not begging to be free... they are happy to be ruled by an iron fist, they are happy to not have a voice in the politics, they are happy that a murderous sith Lords is the real leader of the galaxy.

They now sees democracy, their right to vote and express themselves as an outdated institution that brought them nothing but suffering and misery. And they are gratefull to live under an autocracy.

As now even if The new sith order was to fall and dissapear, even if the empire was to have instability, even if in case of sucession crisis after the death of a new emperor, the people of the galaxy will not fight to have democracy back. But will fight... to have their favorite autocratic emperor on the throne. Rejecting democracy probably forever, with the jedi the eternal ennemy of history.

As she sees the new anniversary of Death of Palpatine, she cries that she was unable to give them the will to claim their freedom... she cries that they are celebrating a monster that lead them to be rule for an autocracy maybe forever. with the jedi the eternal ennemy of history and the republic buried for good.

And here Palpatine in his death achieve the absolute revenge of The sith...

So tell me what you thought about it.

Edit : (this scenario ignores the sequel trilogy and more specifically the "somehow palpatine returns" so plz avoid mentionning Rise of the skywalker and the rest of the sequel trilogy...)