Star Watch: Episode II - Age of Darkness

**Star Watch: Episode II - *Age of Darkness*** is a Star Wars fanon story by Colin McLean. It is the second episode of the Star Watch quadrilogy. The story continues off around 3 years after the prequel and focuses on Corran Nightflier's fall to the Dark side and his transformation into the Dark Prince of the Syth Darth Azzar.

## Opening crawl

> It is a dark time for the Jedi. Striking without warning, Syth Emperor Darth Devious intends to destroy all the Jedi so he can truly rule the galaxy unopposed.
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> Only Jedi Master Kodai can sense the future darkness looming over the Jedi as the SYTH LEGION draws close to wreak destruction on Logath.
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> But time ran out and the location of the Jedi had been exposed. As the Syth Legion speeds toward the Jedi Temple, the brave Jedi Masters prepare for battle against the Syth....
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### **Chapter I: Attack of the Sith**

The *Tomegatherion* arrived on Logath with 10 Xyston-class Star Destroyers in preparation of the attack. The *Carnage* later arrives armed and ready. The Syth Legion prepared to attack Logath.

"They found us. It's the Syth Legion." One Jedi Master said.

"They aren't attacking." Tridan Kinn said. He took out his lightsaber.

"Preparing a wise strategy, they are." Kodai said. Galactic Government fighters prepare for battle.

"Let's take them all out!" A pilot said. The fighters went off into battle. Darth Thyd began to look on.

"We caught them." A Lethan Twi'lek officer said.

"I have my orders from my master Syth Emperor Darth Devious himself. This is where we will end the Jedi." Darth Thyd said.

"My lord. We have Galactic Government fighters coming right at us." A Syth officer said.

"Fire the ion cannons." Thyd responded. The Siege Dreadnought fired the cannons at the fighters.

"Prepare the troops for ground assault." Darth Thyd said. He is planning to make way for the Syth Emperor to land. He is determined to find a vergence in the Force. Darth Devious' shuttle began to fly from the *Tomegatherion* and make it's way to the surface. Startroopers and the Jedi fight against the Syth troopers and Disciples of the Legion. Devious' shuttle lands on the platform. The Jedi turn their attention to the Syth Emperor as he exits the shuttle. He brought out his Syth Praetorian Guards with him. Kodai emerged from the Jedi Temple.

"Master Kodai. Surrender and your lives may be spared. Resist, and your padawans and younglings die." Devious threatened to kill all the Jedi. Kodai stood his ground.

"Not if anything to say about it, i have." Kodai took out his lightsaber. Devious took out his lightsaber as well.

"I've been waiting for this day after 15 years." He ignited his lightsaber. He pointed his crimson red blade at Kodai. The Jedi Master ignited his lightsaber and gets ready to defend. The two stall each other and began their fight. The Syth Praetorian Guards attack the Jedi. Corran Nightflier escapes from the clutches of the Syth Legion while Tridan Kinn fights through the Darthtroopers.

"Run!!" Kinn yelled as he deflects the blaster bolts. Corran looked back.

Kodai looked back and attempted to save his students but Devious struck him down with Force Lightning, knocking him unconscious. Tridan Kinn went to Kodai's aid.

"You shouldn't have come here." Tridan said, Devious attacked him with his crimson blade.

"Surely you can do better." Devious said. Both of them use the Force and were knocked back. Devious took a look at Corran.

"So, the vergence is located around him." The Syth Emperor got up and went towards Kinn. The Jedi got up and defended himself. Kinn took Corran's lightsaber and fights back. Devious knew he would take his lightsaber and blocked every blow he took. The Emperor destroyed Kinn's lightsaber.

"I need only one blade to destroy you, Jedi." Devious said, attacking him. Corran looked on as Tridan is overpowered. The Jedi closed his eyes and allowed himself to be killed. His body disappeared after he was struck down.

"NO!!" Corran yelled. Devious got his attention now, beginning to walk towards him. The boy ran for his life as he is thinking that he is going to die. Syth troopers set their weapons to stun and fired on Nightflier.

"The boy is still alive." The trooper said.

"Good. Pull the division out." Devious carried the unconscious Corran and brought him to his shuttle, leaving the Jedi Temple in ruin. Syth troopers went back to their transports and followed the Syth Emperor to his flagship.

### **Chapter II: Aboard the *Tomegatherion***

In the docking bay of the *Tomegatherion*, Darth Devious brings Corran out of the shuttle. Captured slaves watch from the slave den as the Emperor carries an unconscious boy.

"Another slave?" A male Rodian said.

"No. It's a human boy." Another slave said. Hearing the conversation, a female Torrian Twi'lek looked from the den. She found out that he is a Jedi.

"He's a Jedi." She said, looking up close. The slaves heard of the Jedi in stories. She looked at least close enough to see his face, she looked curious but furious by the fact that Devious is turning him to the Dark side of the Force.

"I now know why he is taking this boy... he is turning him into a Syth." She concluded and fell to her knees, begging for freedom. The slaves tried everything to escape the den.

After being taken to his cell, Corran woke up and looked around.

"Where am i...?" He asked. The door opened, Darth Devious enters the cell with his Syth Praetorian Guards.

"Welcome, young Nightflier. Come with me." He exits the cell, Corran followed. They take him to a room, a rather dark room.

"I'm looking forward to completing your training. In time you will call me master." Devious said, sitting down. Corran looked around.

"Come closer, my boy." The room became quiet. No word has been said from Corran.

"My young Jedi. Your training is just the beginning. You will test your powers in your cell. Take him back to his cell." The guards take him out of the room. Darth Devious knows Corran will give into his anger soon.

Corran was taken back to his cell on the detention level on the *Tomegatherion*. The door closed, Corran is easily impatient. That is what Devious wanted. He is testing the patience of the Jedi to turn him to the Dark side. Corran uses the Force on the door, trying to bend the door and break out.

"Yes. Use your aggressive feelings, boy. Turn your anger into power. Let the hate flow through you." Devious said as he senses the power inside Corran. The door began to break, bending from the outside. The power of the Force, as Devious predicted, is powerful than a regular being's physical strength and therefore the possibility of Corran breaking out is far greater than he could imagine. Using his hands, Corran broke out of his cell and began to run for the elevator. Devious, sensing his power, was impressed by his hatred. Kodai can feel the hate inside Corran.

"No... Corran..." Kodai placed his hand on his head, he felt the great darkness threatening to swallow Corran up. What Devious said is coming true; an Age of Darkness had indeed arrived.

Corran makes his way to the docking bay and runs to the slave den. He was unable to find a way to open the den. He was attacked by Darth Thyd, who Force pushed him into the cage. The Torrian Twi'lek woke up and witnesses the fight and shakes the cage. Darth Thyd walked around him.

"The Emperor has become impressed with your skill. Tridan Kinn has taught you well." The Quatari is using the Force instead of his lightsaber. Corran crawled to the button and opened the den. The slaves became free.

"Go... Freedom awaits.." A beaten Corran said to the Twi'lek, she was scared. She bravely crawled to Nightflier and gave him a kiss. Corran was shocked by her actions, as he would have thought he would never get kissed by a girl of any kind - frozen as if time stopped but time kept going. It was the first kiss he ever had in his life. It was that moment that she had her first kiss when she stole his first kiss. She wiped her lips and touched his cheek, whispering in his ear.

"For luck..." She got up and ran for the ship. Unfortunately for the slaves, they cannot fit in one ship. The alarm went off. Darth Thyd lifted Corran by his Jedi robes.

"Too late. We have lots of slaves and all of them cannot escape." Thyd said. He threw Corran against the wall. Syth troopers arrived to the scene and set their weapons to stun. They opened fire on the slaves, stunning them. Darth Thyd uses the Force to put Corran unconscious. The attempted rescue of the slaves was a failure. Corran was taken to the interrogation room where it will serve as his "second test", meaning that he would resist torture from another Sith Lord.

"Soon he will use the fear in him, turn it into anger, turn it into power. He will turn his wounds into strength." Devious said. Corran began to wake up.

"What the....?" He couldn't move. The struggling began. Corran realized that he is in an interrogation room. The Lethan Twi'lek Syth Lord Darth Khor uses the Force to torture him. Corran resisted the Force. He used his hate to break out of the torture device and used the Force to push him away. Corran took his lightsaber and kills Khor with it, stabbing him in the heart.

"He is fulfilling his destiny. Soon, his training will be conplete." Darth Devious said. Corran walked out of the room and kneels before Devious. He had accepted his new purpose.

"Become my apprentice. Learn to use the Dark side of the Force." The Emperor said. Corran looked up at his new master.

"I serve you now, my master." Corran said.

"Good." Devious said, smiling.

"The Force is strong with you. A powerful Syth you shall become. Now, you will be annointed as Darth... Tytus."

"Thank you, my master." Corran bowed.

"Rise, my friend." Devious commanded. Tytus rose. His destiny to turn Corran to the Dark side had been complete.

"You will go to your new command, my friend. The *Carnage*." Devious said.

"Yes, master." Darth Tytus bowed.

### **Chapter III: The Rise of Darth Azzar**

About 4 years had passed. Darth Azzar had became the Dark Prince of the Syth, enforcer of the Syth Emperor and the absolute ruler of the Syth Legion military. He along with Grand High General Sera Blyde share a vision where they would rule side-by-side with Tytus claiming the title of Syth Emperor. Blyde had contacted the Dark Prince about a terrorist organization with the plot of destroying the Galactic Government. Seeing this as a threat to his power, Darth Tytus commanded to set their course to Kalimar.

"Set your course for Kalimar." Tytus commanded. The *Carnage* had moved into lightspeed.

Meanwhile, Kodai trained the Togruta Ashara Taro on the planet Zazen, home of the hidden base of the Jedi Order. Kodai felt that she is a new hope of the Jedi.

"Master. What is it?" Ashara said. She tried to comfort the Grand Master.

"Pain. Nightflier is in pain." He looked down, Ashara was curious about his story, trying to learn of his fate.

"Nightflier? He and i were close friends." She sat by him.

"Powerful Jedi, was he. Tainted by the Dark side, young Nightflier had become. The last Nightflier, gone he is. Consumed by Darth Azzar." Kodai explained.

"The Syth took him. Yes, the last of his family bloodline but you saw that there is conflict inside him. He can never fully destroy the side of himself that is Corran Nightflier himself. He can be redeemed. This is how we can win." Ashara stood, Kodai sighed. He knows it won't succeed since he is deeply immersed in the Dark side.

"Impossible, it is. His loyalty to the Emperor, complete it is." He stood and walked to the base. Ashara went back to training.

### **Chapter IV: Mission to Kalimar**

The *Carnage* moved out of lightspeed, Azzar went inside his shuttle with the Disciples of Darkness.

"We are starting our approach." The pilots flew the shuttle to the desert planet. They landed right by the canyons. Darth Azzar and his Disciples approached the hideout of the Alliance to Destroy the Government. Aldar Valum had planned to take over the planet.

"Well well." He felt the presence of the Syth Lord from inside the hideout. Terrorists walk out from their hideout and draw their weapons. Aldar Valum walked out of the hideout.

"What do we have here who disturbs me in my world? Scavengers? Thieves? Assassins?" Aldar questioned. Tytus approached him.

"We are Syth. We'll kill you." Darth Azzar ignited his lightsaber. Aldar Valum laughed.

"Kid. The Government had corrupted you." He said.

"No. The Syth Emperor is my master." Azzar answered back.

"He only believes that democracy is a lie. I believe that chaos is the only way to save our galaxy." Aldar said.

"The Syth thrive on war. The Jedi are just peacekeepers. I will end the open war by killing all the Jedi."

"Like the Jedi, the Government lacks passion. You are just no different, my lord."

"Fool. We are Passion. Through Passion i gain Strength. Through Strength i gain Power. Strength and Power is easy." Darth Azzar said, reciting the Code of the Sith.

"You live by the so-called religious code. I live by my *own* rules. The world is mine to control now." Aldar said. He clearly has no interest in the dark side religion.

"The ability to rule the world is insignificant next to ruling an entire galaxy. My master has the knowledge of the Dark side." Azzar said.

"Your delusions make you weak, kid." The terrorist leader laughed. Darth Azzar began to use Force Choke on one of his men. He brought him to his knees.

"The Dark side of the Force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural." Lord Azzar said. He then snapped his neck using the Force. He turned his attention to Aldar, intending to kill him.

"Okay! Enough of this!" Aldar backed away and begged for mercy. Azzar ignites his lightsaber and places the blade near his face.

"I'll let you live. But remember: The Syth show no mercy." He puts his lightsaber away. Aldar leads the Sith Lord into his hideout.

### **Chapter V: Operation Redemption**

Ashara trains with her lightsaber on Zazen. Kodai watches as he felt the darkness consuming Corran.

"Master. What is it?" Ashara walked to him, sitting by him.

"For 800 years have i fought Syth. Domodai, Koridai, Gamelon, Monolith, Dementus, Goliath. Powerful they were. The Dark side clouds everything. Not powerful it is, but seductive." Kodai explained the nature of the dark side. Ashara stood.

"No matter how hard we try to beat them... they would make the war last longer." Ashara realized their plan.

"Thrive on war the Syth does." Kodai looked up to Ashara.

"Tell me everything about him. Corran." Ashara told Kodai.

"Darkness i saw. A vergence in him. Encountered we have. Corrupted his spirit Devious had." He told the story to her.

"From a certain point of view. You thought Devious turned him fully. He never killed anybody within our ranks. He wouldn't destroy our friendship. Not even me." Ashara knew full well of the Light. She walked to the base to her fellow Jedi partners. Kodai watched into the sky.

On the *Golden Eye*, Grand High General Sera Blyde makes contact with Darth Azzar via hologram.

"My lord. Have you got them to pledge their allegiance to the Legion?" Sera said, hoping to get an answer.

"Yes, General Blyde. This is the kind of scum i don't like. These terrorists can not be trusted." Darth Azzar said.

"I know, but the best they can do is cooperate with the Syth Legion. This partnership could potentially turn into a disaster."

"Agreed. I'll meet you at the base in the asteroid field. My Disciples will go hunting for the Jedi."

"Yes, my lord." Sera smiled, turning off the holoprojector. She turned to the Syth officer.

"You didn't tell him about the superweapon." He said. Blyde answered back.

"No need to report it until we have something to report."

### **Chapter VI: The Tomb of Darth Talion**

Back on the planet Zazen, Governor Neev Kanoloss contacts Grand Master Kodai, discussing the rumors of an old tomb of the ancient Dark King of the Syth Darth Talion.

"There is of a great darkness surrounding Darth Talion's tomb." Neev Kanoloss said.

"The ancient Dark King of the Syth. Buried on Visuom he is." Kodai replied, recounting the old days when the Old Galactic Order fought the Dark Kingdom of the Syth in a war where the Dark King died and buried on a red desert planet. The location of the tomb remains unknown.

"There are rumors that the planet is where the Syth Legion was formed. Darth Monolith was killed before he could proclaim himself Emperor of the Legion."

"No proof, there is. Hard to see the dark side is."

"Very well. I'll send the best of your Jedi to the planet in a search for answers." Kanoloss said, turning off his holoprojector. Kodai looked back to his apprentices. He feared that one of them could turn to the dark side on Visuom.

Ashara decided to go to the old tomb by using her Starfighter to travel to Visuom. She trained herself for this mission. In her mind, this mission would be the only way to bring back Corran Nightflier and take him back home. After moving out of lightspeed, Ashara travels to the surface and begins the landing sequence. The location of Darth Talion's tomb was found, a Syth temple buried in a sandstorm which lasted a whole year. Ashara walked to the hill of red sand and digs in for the entrance. An unnaturally strong wind began to clear up the hill. A dark side nexus was located somewhere on the planet. Ashara backed away from the sand, looking at it clearing up. The Syth temple is currently occupied, unbeknownst to her. Ashara ignited her lightsaber and carefully went inside. The temple looked abandoned but inside is much different. She walked through the dark halls of the temple and followed the blue flames glowing on the path. On her way to the room, Ashara saw the markings on the wall depicting the Dark King enslaving the Uut'ieks by polluting the waters of Cassath. She heard a demonic-like voice in the halls.

"Welcome, young Taro." She turned her head back, no one was there. She continued onward, lightsaber in hand. A red glowing light came from the room. She followed the light and finally found the Sith tomb. No one was in the room but she looked around in search of proof. Ashara turns on her communicator.

"I found the tomb but no one is here. It could be a trap." Ashara said.

"Creatures of the Syth lie deep in the old temple. They could outnumber you, young Taro."

"I am always prepared for anything, Governor." She turned off her communicator. Black smoke emerged from the dark tomb. Something sinister came from the inside. And, of course, the specter of Darth Talion rose from the tomb.

"Young Taro. Welcome." He said. Ashara turned to the specter. She had no fear in her eyes.

"Master Kodai trained you well."

"The ancient Dark King himself. I know what you're planning." Ashara said. She wanted to know everything.

"I sense great fear in you. Anger. Hate. It makes you focus on your power. It makes you stronger than any Jedi."

"I won't submit to everything you set up. Not even to you."

"You, like all Jedi, are weak. It is pointless to resist. In order for me to survive, i had a Queen. a Dark Jedi. She represents passion. Through Passion I gain Strength. It was taken away from me by the Jedi. The Reign of Two. A Syth and a Dark Jedi. Only a male and female can rule side by side together as a dark side dyad. Only a Dark Jedi becomes the true Syth by killing the master and train another." The specter explained.

"So you created the Reign of Two. Tell me where i can find him. Nightflier." Taro said.

"Dead Men Tell No Tales. And neither will you!" The specter attacked. Taro swung her lightsaber, destroying the specter and the tomb. Darth Azzar can feel through the Force, he now knows where Ashara is.

"It's her. Take me to Visuom. A Jedi had come to the temple." Azzar said. The Syth pilots entered lightspeed.

Ashara looked at the now opened tomb, it is indeed Darth Talion's corpse. The creation of the specter was Darth Devious' doing. He set up a trap so that his apprentice would go to Visuom to destroy Ashara, the Jedi Knight. Ashara ran out of the room. Syth zombies rose from the ground and began to attack Ashara. After fighting a whole army of zombies, Ashara went for the exit. The *Carnage* arrived to the planet. Several troop transports and a shuttle began to fly down to the planet. Ashara made a run for her starfighter but the shuttle destroyed the ship. The Syth ships landed on the surface and the troops surround Ashara. The Dark Prince Azzar exits his shuttle with the Disciples of Darkness behind him for protection.

"You...." Ashara said, staring down at the Syth Lord.

"The Jedi apprentice. I didn't expect you to be here on this arid planet." Azzar said.

"I have come to defeat the Sith. I could take you on and gladly take you in."

"Impossible. I have been in prison once before. The Force is strong with you, Togruta. I have seen what you had become. A lone Jedi."

"It is all i can be."

"Your lack of knowledge of the Syth is your greatest weakness. I know it. The dark side had become much stronger then before." Azzar walked around her, greatly intimidating the Togruta with his mask.

"You're wrong. Corran would have proven it wrong to the likes of you." Ashara said.

"Hoping against hope? The Legion has everything to prove that the darkness overthrows the light."

"I know what you're hiding... under that mask..." Ashara began to feel Corran's presence.

"What do you think you want to see if i take it off?" Azzar stopped, staring her down.

"The face of my best friend... a trusted ally..." Ashara said. She knows it was Corran under that mask. Azzar took off his mask. Ashara was surprised, he's aged well.

"You've become... a man.. just a handsome young man.." Ashara said, she slowly walked towards the emotionless Syth Lord. The Disciples of Darkness quickly drew their weapons and force Ashara away from him.

"That name no longer has any meaning for me." Azzar said, crossing his arms.

"It is the name of your true self... I know there is still good in you.. The Emperor never drove you fully into darkness." Ashara looked around, surrounded. She took out her lightsaber and offers it to him.

"Take it. Take me with you to your master.. I will fix our friendship..." Darth Azzar looks at the lightsaber.

"If that is your destiny, then we shall abide by it." He walked towards her and grabbed the lightsaber. Ashara attempted to grab his hand but he pulled away whilst taking her weapon.

"Come with me." Azzar looked at one of his Disciples and orders for her to be handcuffed, walking back to his shuttle and putting his mask back on.

### **Chapter VII: The Caverns of Zazen**

After the capture of Ashara Taro, Kodai feels a disturbance in the Force.

"Lost we have" Kodai said. He and the Startroopers were searching into the woods. They found a strange lifeform coming from a nearby cave.

"Master Kodai. We have located a creature lurking in the cave." The Startrooper commander reported.

"Proceed with caution we must." Kodai said, walking to the cave.

On board the Carnage, Lord Azzar interrogates Ashara Taro.

"Tell me what you have seen in that tomb." He said. Ashara was strapped to a device in the cell room. She looked into the eyes of his helmet.

"It was a corpse. The dead body held a crown - a crown which the Syth wore to symbolize power and supremacy..." Ashara answered.

"I see you have construct a new lightsaber." Azzar activated her lightsaber. He looked at the hilt designs.

"You have passed your trials." Azzar deactivated her lightsaber and walked towards her.

"You will give me the location of the Jedi. I know you have been there." The Dark Prince uses the Force to probe her mind to find the secret location of the hidden Jedi.

Meanwhile in the caves of Zazen, Kodai and the Startroopers discover a huge three-headed snake laying in the ground. One of the Startroopers pulled out a blaster and pointed at the snake.