Star Wars I: A Brighter Age

Star Wars I: A Brighter Age is the first installment in The Brighter Age Saga. It was written by McJh2400 and currently is being finalized in production.

## Plot

### Previously

The Jedi Order and the Galactic Republic have worked together for over a thousand years, in the year of 33BBY the Queen of Naboo was assassinated at a banquet due to the Queen wishing to put pressure on the Galactic Republic to abolish slavery.

After the assassination a new Queen was elected Padmé Amidala. At the mere age of twelve she became a champion of the people and won in a landslide as a defender of democracy and the constitution. Queen Amidala continued her predecessors anti-slavery talks which pressured the Galaxy-Wide company known as The Trade Federation to blockade the planet and declare war on the world illegally in order to gain economic dominance of the region, effectively taking over the Naboo government. Not wanting to ruffle feathers The Republic's Supreme Chancellor Valorum sent two Jedi Knights to attempt to make peace with the Trade Federation's leader Nute Gunray.

### The Battle of Mimban

Qui Gon, Obi Wan, and Dooku assisted the people of Mimban from their own civil war, ending the conflict after nine months of unrest. Qui Gon and Obi Wan receive the message from Valorum and agree to leave the world as Dooku commences the finale talks and the soldiers go back to their homes.

In a day they would meet Captain Maoi Madakor and her copilot Antidar Williams. The four leave the planet and make it to The Trade Federation's lead ship.

### The Escape from the ship

Obi Wan, Maoi, and Qui Gon meet with Gunray's personal droid TC-14, as Antidar and his astromech droid stay with the ship. This soon leads to the complete destruction of the copilot and their ship after TC-14 reports that Obi Wan and Qui Gon are truly Jedi to Gunray.

Obi-Wan and TC-14 escape by stowing away on transport while Maoi and Qui Gon escape through another.

### Meeting the Gungans

Qui Gon and Maoi soon come across Jar Jar Binks a native gungan and rescues him from an approaching MTT. Soon they meet with Obi Wan and TC-14 who are fleeing from STAAP's. Jar Jar suggests that the best way to get to the city is through his own people though he is nervous about going. Qui Gon persists and they make it to the Gungan's underwater city. Qui Gon makes a deal by using a Jedi Mind Trick on Boss Nass for transport as Jar Jar who now owes a life debt to Qui Gon is allowed to go with them. The team of five make it to Theed with this transport.

### Rescuing the Queen

Queen Amidala lambasts her Prime Minister who has agreed to terms of surrender with Gunray after she directly declared no such terms would be met. She dismisses him and requests his deputy becomes the new Prime Minister who she then declares to that it's time to act on their Emergency Plan.

Moments later the Queen and her handmaidens as well as several guard are seen being escorted away by droid forces, Qui Gon and Obi Wan help free the group and make it to a nearby hanger where they retrieve a set of pilots including Ric Olie.

They fly away with a damaged engine, Repair droids go up to fix the damage but are nearly all shot down by Vulture Droids. The last droid R2D2 manages to fix the ship and get inside, allowing for the ship to go past the blockade, however they soon realize they sustained damage to their hyperdrive.

### Enter: Anakin Skywalker

The Queen congratulates R2D2. Ric then presents her with a plan to head to the planet Tatooine in order to fix the ship, suggesting that the planet has a considerable supply of black market ship parts.

Maoi declares this foolish as The Queen would be targeted by the ruling Hutt Clan but after convincing from her handmaiden Sabè she agrees. Sabè, Qui Gon, and R2 walk to Mos Espa for the part while the others remain with the ship. During this time Jar Jar and Obi Wan spot a cloaked figure outside the ship, Kenobi sensing darkness.

Qui Gon attempts to make a deal for the Hyperdrive with a seller named Watto. Watto brings out his 13 year old slave named Anakin Skywalker. Sabè is shocked by this and demands further information. Watto reveals he has placed a bomb inside Anakin's neck and that he also owned the boys Mother. Qui Gon asks Watto if he can pay for the Hyperdrive by using Republic Credits, Watto laughs in his face and asks for Qui Gon's lightsaber. Qui Gon then makes an offer for Anakin after sensing something in him. Watto declares that impossible and Sabè grows angry, attacking Watto out of rage. Watto yells at Anakin to go home and Qui Gon politely asks him take Sabè and R2D2 out of the shop.

Anakin and Sabè go to Anakin's home and the two meet with Anakin's mother, a bond is grown as Anakin and Sabè learn more about each other. Anakin reveals a droid that he repaired from junk called C3P0 after R2 finds him. Qui Gon then enters declaring that the boy and his mother were free and that he had the hyperdrive after he "convinced" Watto.

Sabè and Qui Gon speak in private with Qui Gon saying he used a lightsaber to convince Watto. Sabè asks why he wanted to free Anakin and his mother instead of the millions of other slaves in the galaxy. Qui Gon then reveals that Anakin is force sensitive and has the strongest connection he's ever felt. Sabè and Anakin discuss their different lives and how Naboo abolished slavery a long time ago while Qui Gon meets with Shmi after the three are forced to stay the night because of a sandstorm.

Shmi initially denies Qui Gon but after spotting the same dark figure as Obi Wan did out her window She agrees. In the morning Anakin is packed to leave only for his mother to tell him that she isn't going. Explaining that the first trial of a Jedi was letting go. The two say goodbye and meet with the others. Obi Wan tells Qui Gon about the dark figure and the two agree it's strange.

### Coruscant

Anakin is assessed by the Jedi Council as the Queen prepares a no-confidence vote in Chancellor Valorum, believing him to be useless. Maoi leaves the group to study TC-14's memory banks and finds a schematic of the main ship in the blockade, finding out that their entire army is controlled by that ship and once it's destroyed it will remain so. In the council chambers they state that Anakin has much fear and debate his inclusion.

Eventually Valorum asks Obi Wan and Qui Gon to return to Naboo to defeat the Trade Federation. The group do so with the help of the Naboo.

### The Battle

A plan is made by the team. They meet with the Gungans and ask for their help. It's revealed that The Gungan's were the ones who were enslaved and they demand proof that they can trust the humans. Sabè reveals herself to be the real Padmé in disguise and that the real Sabè was her decoy. The gungans agree to helping.

The Gungans create a distraction so that the droids will leave Theed and attack them, The others all go to the Naboo hanger and free a large number of pilots. They followed by Anakin and R2 fly toward the ship much to Qui Gon's anger. Suddenly the doors open and reveals the cloaked figure. The drops his cloak and reveals his appearance as a red and black Zabrak. The Zabrak unleashes two blades revealing that he is a sith and begins to face off against the two Jedi as the others go to confront Gunray in the throne room. Gunray is captured by Padmé and her guard as Anakin manages to destroy the lead ship. Obi Wan is then separated from Qui Gon and thrown unconscious. Maul and Qui Gon fight only for Qui Gon to be killed. Filled with rage Obi Wan attacks Maul and the two duel it out into a reactor room. Obi Wan's lightsaber is destroyed and he is nearly defeated. Obi Wan manages to calm himself and call his fallen Master's lightsaber to him. Maul is cut in half and falls down the reactor chute. Obi Wan runs to his fallen master who begs Obi Wan to train Anakin. Qui Gon then dies. Obi Wan brings his body to the palace room just as Anakin arrived.

### Aftermath

The Naboo populace celebrates while The Jedi mourn. Yoda agrees for Anakin to be trained by Obi Wan and then stating that sith always come in pairs, questioning to Kenobi which one was destroyed.

Chancellor Valorum loses the vote of no confidence and subsequent election to Naboo's senator Palpatine who uses the conflict as a stunt for his election bid by playing the victim.

With the Republic having a new leader and a new era beginning. The future looks unsure for the Galaxy.