Anakin Turns To The Dark Side (January 12, 2017)

Following the demise of General Grievous and the revelation that Supreme Chancellor Sheev Palpatine was secretly Darth Sidious, the Dark Lord of the Sith, Mace Windu and fellow members of the Jedi Council engaged Palpatine in a lightsaber duel in the Chancellor's office on Coruscant. Palpatine quickly dispatched Jedi Masters Agen Kolar, Saesee Tiin and Kit Fisto, but had an extended confrontation with Windu. The duel lasted until Windu disarmed the Chancellor and knocked him to the ground. As Windu held the Chancellor at bladepoint, he was interrupted by the arrival of Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker. Windu had told Skywalker to remain at the Jedi Temple, yet he was seduced to come to the Chancellor's office by the promise that Palpatine could use the dark side of the Force to save his wife, Padmé Amidala, from dying in childbirth, an event Skywalker saw in a vision. Ignoring Skywalker, Windu declared Palpatine and the Sith as a whole defeated, to which Palpatine responded by firing Force lightning at the Jedi Master. Windu barely managed to block the streams of electricity and deflected most it back into Palpatine's body, disfiguring the Sith Lord in the process. The conflicted Skywalker was forced to choose between siding with Palpatine to potentially save his wife, or siding with Windu and saving the galaxy. Skywalker attempted to convince Windu to arrest the Sith Lord, as he at first intended, but Windu had realized that Palpatine controlled the Senate and the judicial system, and would most likely be acquitted no matter what. Stating that Palpatine was too dangerous to be left alive, Windu prepared to kill him, while Skywalker desperately claimed that doing so was not the Jedi way and finally blurted out "I need him!" When Windu tried to make the killing blow, Skywalker lashed out at him, cutting off his right hand and depriving him of his lightsaber. While Windu was still reeling from the pain, Palpatine, who was feigning helplessness, lashed out with another blast of Force lightning, hurling the Jedi Master from a shattered window and sending him plunging into the dark streets many stories below. With Windu's death, Anakin pledged himself to the teachings of Darth Sidious and turned to the Dark Side.
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