Duel at the LiMerge Building

Factions| Jedi Order | * Sith
	+ Inquisitorius
	+ Shadow Guard

Casualties| * Mace Windu MIA
* Stass Allie, Oppo Rancisis, Coleman Kcaj, Ki-Adi-Mundi, Agen Kolar, and Eeth Koth all killed

On the first day of the fourth month of the 0 BEF/0 AEF split Imperial Standard Calendar year, a **duel** took place in the LiMerge Building in the Works district of Coruscant. There, a contingent of Jedi Masters led by Mace Windu attacked Darth Sidious, the Dark Lord of the Sith, as well as his new apprentice Darth Vader, formerly the Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker. Concurrently, Master Obi-Wan Kenobi was tasked with retrieving former Jedi Padawan Ahsoka Tano and Senator Padmé Amidala, who were being held captive in the building.

While these Masters attacked the building, the Jedi Order was evacuating the Coruscant Jedi Temple and moving to a new secure location on Salekelahn, unknown to the Sith. However, a contingent of clone troopers led by the Inquisitorius were tasked with attacking the temple, and successfully sacked the temple, although most Jedi managed to escape.

## Prelude

"*I have discovered Sidious’ location. And… there are* more *here, I believe. I am sending you the coordinates now.*"
―Obi-Wan Kenobi discovers the building[src]
In the latter months of the Clone Wars, Jedi Grand Master Yoda became aware of the true identity of the Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Sidious, learning that he was none other than Supreme Chancellor Sheev Palpatine. This revelation led Yoda to lead a mission to the Sith shrine on Coruscant to find more information on Sidious. The mission did not result in any new information gleaned, but made Sidious aware that more Jedi than just Yoda were aware of his identity.

A duel later occurred at the apartment of Senator Padmé Amidala, leading to the capture of Amidala, her husband Anakin Skywalker, and Skywalker's former padawan Ahsoka Tano. Two members of the Shadow Guard were dispatched by Sidious to capture them, which they succeeded, later bringing them back to the LiMerge Building in the Works to be tortured by Sidious. Obi-Wan Kenobi, Skywalker's former Master, tracked down their location with the Force and transmitted it back to the Jedi High Council, who then set out.

## A duel for the galaxy

### The landing platform

"*Today, you die, Darth Sidious.*"
"*No, no, Master Windu, it will be the opposite. You see, today, the galaxy will be mine. The Sith shall rise again...*"
―Windu and Sidious trade words[src]
After Kenobi transmitted the location, he landed within the building's hangar bay and was soon followed by eight Jedi Masters, most of the Jedi High Council—Mace Windu, Kit Fisto, Agen Kolar, Eeth Koth, Stass Allie, Oppo Rancisis, Coleman Kcaj, and Ki-Adi-Mundi. Sidious revealed his new apprentice, Darth Vader—Anakin Skywalker turned to the dark side, and the two began to attack the Jedi. Kenobi slipped away from the duel, hoping to find Amidala and Tano.

While Kenobi went off to find Tano and Amidala, the Jedi Masters engaged in a vicious duel with Sidious and Vader, with the first Jedi casualty being Eeth Koth, his heart split by Sidious. Following, the top of Ki-Adi-Mundi's head was chopped off, causing him to die slowly and painfully as his brain failed to receive blood, sustained only with the Force. Kolar and Rancisis engaged in the crescent maneuver during the duel, but failed to do anything of note, with Kolar bisected by Vader and Rancisis put into a Force choke then impaled by Vader. Simultaneously, several of Fisto's sensitive Nautolan makihi were cut off by Sidious, and he was put out of the fight, but not killed.

Vader attempted to target the now-incapacitated Fisto, but was blocked by Windu while Allie and Kcaj held their own against Sidious. Kcaj was able to cut off two fingers from Sidious' left hand when he was firing Force lightning at Allie, but Allie was unable to be saved when she was decapitated by Vader. Kcaj's victory was for naught as soon after, he too was killed. Windu began to deflect Sidious' lightning back at his face, twisting and deforming his features while he told the Grand Inquisitor to engage with their plan: an attack on the Jedi Temple.

Force pushing Sidious backwards in the hangar, Windu then engaged with Vader, causing him great damage when he cut through his mechanical hand and through his legs. When droids began to move into the hangar, he disengaged and told Fisto to return to the temple and warn the others of the impending attack. The medical droids took Vader away, and Windu and Sidious begin to engage in a vicious duel. Taking away Windu's left eye and right hand, Sidious threw him into the depths of the Works.

### Kenobi's mission

"*Obi-Wan Kenobi. It will be my pleasure to defeat you.*"
"*I have no idea who you are, but you are most definitely not defeating me today.*"
―First Brother and Kenobi[src]
Kenobi first encountered the First Brother, a Pau'an Inquisitor and former Jedi Temple Guard, as he searched the building for Tano and Amidala. Kenobi dispatched the First Brother with relative ease, destroying his lightsaber and Force pushing him into the darkness of the building. Following the convor Morai, who was bonded to Tano, he found the prison cell containing Tano attached to the wall. A Shadow Guard, Ulsaris, entered the room simultaneously and attacked Kenobi with a lightsaber pike and cortosis gauntlets. Combined, the two of them overpowered the Shadow Guard.

With Tano in tow, Kenobi then went to find Amidala, who was kept in a separate cell. Tano also informed Kenobi that Amidala was pregnant with Skywalker's child. When they found Amidala, they traveled to a separate hangar and stole a Star Courier starship to depart Coruscant with.

## Aftermath

"*The Jedi hoped to unleash their destructive power against the Republic by assassinating the head of government and usurping control of the clone army.*"
―Sidious uses the Jedi's attack as propaganda[src]
The destruction of much of the Jedi High Council caused a power vacuum in the leadership of the Jedi, especially with the resignation of Yoda, with the only remaining original member being Kit Fisto. Fisto was, however, able to ensure the Temple's abandonment and safe travel to Salekelahn. Sidious, now without the Jedi to threaten his power, founded the Galactic Empire from the Republic's ashes and took totalitarian control of the galaxy. His two lost fingers sustained in the duel would later be healed with Sith alchemy.

## Appearances

* *Secrets Revealed* Chapter V — *Sith*
* "The Corruption of Regeneration" (Indirect mention only)

## Sources

* *The Skywalker Saga Supplement*
* *Expanding the Unexpanded*

## Notes and references

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *Secrets Revealed* Chapter IV — *Plans*
2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 2.20 2.21 2.22 2.23 2.24 *Secrets Revealed* Chapter V — *Sith*
3. ↑ *The Skywalker Saga Supplement*
4. ↑ *Secrets Revealed* Chapter I — *Trial and Sacrifice*
5. ↑ *Secrets Revealed* Chapter III — *Darkness Falls*
6. ↑ "The Corruption of Regeneration"