Recaps

Lila Blythex concealed the Eclipse-class prototype ship’s separation system and let it escape, while Kryster remotely maneuvered the ship out of the shipyard. Cun Te, the Priestess, and Judgment fought to survive aboard as the ship’s power systems came under attack.

• Lila Blythex ordered the separation system’s records deleted and told her assistant to inform the Fleet Commander that the Eclipse-class prototype ship could not be stopped.
• Kryster turned the Eclipse-class prototype ship under remote control, wrecking the shipyard and dragging smaller vessels toward the edge of Quat Planet’s gravity well.
• Cun Te and the Priestess piloted the Lancer through the prototype ship, evading LAAT transports while Judgment shot down their pursuers.
• Kryster reported that intruders were sabotaging the ship’s power systems, and Karina offered to go after them.
• Judgment used the Moor amulet to infect and mutate the remaining Kuat engineers into Rakghouls, then withdrew to meditate, troubled by the amulet’s dark power.

The Kuat Defense Fleet Commander ordered the Eclipse-class prototype destroyed rather than let the fugitives escape with it. As the fleet opened fire, the Lancer jumped to hyperspace from inside the prototype, gambling on Depa Barris's experience stabilizing hyperspace.

• The Fleet Commander learned the fleet had no way to stop the accelerating Eclipse-class prototype or deploy Interdictors in time.
• The adjutant laid out the choices: shoot down the fugitives' ship or destroy the prototype, with neither option guaranteed to succeed.
• The Fleet Commander ordered every warship to fire at full strength and destroy the Eclipse-class prototype.
• The Priestess and Judgment foresaw the attack, and the Lancer activated its hyperspace engines while still inside the prototype and within Quat Planet's gravity well.
• The Lancer vanished into hyperspace with some of the prototype's internal components, and the fleet's barrage engulfed the Eclipse-class prototype less than a second later.

James Bond killed Fleet Commander Donald before being shot by the guards, while the Kuat Defense Fleet commander killed himself after learning the fugitives had escaped. Lila Blythex and Little Kuat then discussed using the destruction of the Eclipse-class prototype to persuade the Republic to delay or cancel the project and replace it with the Executor-class.

• James Bond told Donald that Donald’s wife had leaked his authorization, then snapped Donald’s neck before guards shot him dead.
• The Kuat Defense Fleet commander learned that a hyperspace fluctuation had been detected aboard the destroyed Eclipse-class prototype, realized the fugitives had escaped, and shot himself.
• Lila Blythex instructed her staff to tell the Republic investigation team that the prototype had been destroyed before its planned super cannon test.
• Little Kuat summoned Lila and her core technical team to Quart City after punishing the officials responsible for Quat Planet’s security.
• Lila urged Little Kuat to persuade the Chancellor to cancel or postpone the Eclipse-class project and replace it with the Executor-class project.

After the Eclipse-class prototype was destroyed, Lila Blythex proposed the Executor-class as a faster, mass-produced Super Star Destroyer project to Chancellor Sheev Palpatine. Palpatine approved the plan, which promised a huge warship able to destroy Xuanwu, while the new Kyber Crystal main gun remained a future project.

• Lila Blythex persuaded Little Kuat that Kuat Drive Yards should pursue the Executor-class because its design was easier to realize than the Eclipse-class.
• Sheev Palpatine summoned Onana Kuat, angrily reprimanded her over the Kuat Industrial Ring incident, and imposed severe penalties on Kuat Drive Yards.
• Lila Blythex presented the Executor-class plan to Palpatine, claiming its five thousand heavy Turbolasers could defeat Xuanwu and that a Kyber Crystal main gun would be developed later.
• Onana Kuat promised to add hundreds of billions of credits to the project, and Palpatine approved it.
• Palpatine learned from Blackhole that Depa Barris and another Dark Jedi Knight had rescued Zhang Jiarui using the Moor amulet, and he welcomed the Executor-class's enormous size as a weapon of fear.

Edra Kestis endured the Valley of the Dark Lords as Darth Malthael tried to shape her into a tool of his ambition. Lucien Dre appeared to warn her that Malthael's conquest would bring death and destruction.

• Darth Malthael subjected Edra Kestis to the Sith spirits in the Valley of the Dark Lords, filling her with his ambition rather than hatred of the Jedi or Republic.
• Edra Kestis collapsed under the torment and longed to give up, but Lucien Dre appeared and warned her that surrender would leave her trapped among the spirits.
• Lucien Dre told Edra Kestis that he had seen a light in her heart and had wanted to help her resist Malthael.
• Edra Kestis murmured that Malthael would conquer the galaxy, while Lucien Dre warned that his victory would bring death and destruction.

Lucien-Dre convinced Edra-Kestis to surrender herself to a deeper darkness in hopes of saving Darth Malthael from his prophesied fall. A day later, Darth Malthael welcomed her as Darth Lilim and sent her to slaughter and conquer in the northern galaxy, while Anakin Skywalker woke from a nightmare of destruction.

• Lucien-Dre warned Edra-Kestis that Darth Malthael would lose control and bring death and darkness to Dawn Star Planet and the galaxy.
• Lucien-Dre told Edra-Kestis to let darkness consume her so she could reach Darth Malthael's soul, and she reluctantly agreed.
• One day later, Darth Malthael praised Edra-Kestis for abandoning her last resistance and called her Darth Lilim.
• Darth Malthael sent Darth Lilim to the Geth fleet to slaughter and conquer across the northern territory instead of guarding Ord Mantell.
• Anakin Skywalker woke in his dormitory from a nightmare of destruction, drenched in cold sweat.

Anakin Skywalker told Shaak Ti about his visions of universal destruction, then learned that Sheev Palpatine had dreamed of the same catastrophe and wanted to join forces against Darth Malthael. After leaving Palpatine, Anakin went to meet Padmé Amidala, where she embraced him.

• Anakin Skywalker described his recurring vision of death and destruction to Shaak Ti and the Jedi Masters, who suspected Darth Malthael was behind it.
• Shaak Ti urged Anakin to speak with Sheev Palpatine again, while Coleman Kcaj pressed the Jedi to prepare a final operation against the Sith.
• Palpatine contacted Anakin and revealed that he had experienced the same dream, prompting Anakin to leave the Temple for the Chancellor's Office.
• Palpatine told Anakin that Darth Malthael had conquered the Valley of the Dark Lords and asked him to join forces to protect the galaxy.
• Anakin declined to visit Padmé immediately, went to meet her after speaking with Palpatine, and was embraced by her as the door closed.

Padmé Amidala told Anakin Skywalker that Palpatine had used Senate debates and legal rulings to discredit the Jedi Order and prepare to undermine its place in the Republic. She revealed that Palpatine had publicly admitted he was a Sith Lord and was asking the Supreme Court to review his orders as the chapter ended.

• Padmé Amidala clung to Anakin Skywalker and warned him to leave the Jedi Order because Palpatine had prepared everything.
• Padmé explained that Palpatine had framed being a Sith Lord as a religious belief protected by the Republic Constitution, defeating the Senate opposition’s argument that Sith leadership was unlawful.
• Padmé said the Supreme Court had ruled the Jedi Order’s evidence against Palpatine insufficient to prove he was a Sith Lord.
• Padmé told Anakin that the Senate and Supreme Court had deemed the Jedi Order’s attempted impeachment and threat to leave the Republic illegal.
• Padmé revealed that Palpatine had publicly admitted he was a Sith Lord and asked the Supreme Court to review his administrative orders.

Padmé Amidala and Anakin Skywalker argued over Palpatine’s role in the war and the power he had gained, and Padmé sent Anakin from her office. After hearing that the Senate was meeting about the Jedi Order, Anakin went with Chi Eekway Papanoida to listen.

• Padmé told Anakin that Palpatine benefited from prolonging the war and was using it to expand his power.
• Anakin defended Palpatine’s wartime leadership, while Padmé argued that the Republic should preserve its checks and balances.
• Padmé accused Anakin of betraying their shared ideals, and Anakin argued that critics were obstructing the war effort.
• Anakin tried to comfort Padmé, but she ordered him to leave, and he sat despondently outside her office.
• Chi Eekway Papanoida told Anakin the Senate was meeting about the Jedi Order, and he accompanied her to the chamber.

Anakin Skywalker and Kai-Eckway attended a Senate meeting where Chancellor Palpatine defended the Republic’s break with the Jedi Order, while Padmé Amidala accused him of hiding that he was a Sith. Palpatine answered with a hologram showing a small figure wielding a green Lightsaber entering his office, leaving the Jedi’s alleged attack as the meeting’s focus.

• Anakin Skywalker and Kai-Eckway entered the Senate chamber as senators argued over the Jedi Order’s withdrawal, with most prioritizing the war and their own interests.
• Kai-Eckway told Anakin that the Senate’s mood made it dangerous for weakened worlds to support the Jedi Order.
• Palpatine opened the meeting by recalling the Republic’s long history of alliance with the Jedi and questioning why they were leaving during the war.
• Padmé Amidala accused Palpatine of deceiving the Jedi and the Republic by concealing that he was a Sith.
• Palpatine claimed he would have won the election regardless and challenged Padmé to explain the Jedi Order’s conduct.
• Palpatine displayed a hologram of a small figure with a green Lightsaber entering his office while he worked.

Sheev Palpatine used edited surveillance footage and a long-hidden Clone Army authorization to turn the Senate against the Jedi Order. As the senators prepared to vote on how to deal with the Jedi, Anakin Skywalker was left shaken by the accusations against Master Yoda.

• Sheev Palpatine showed the Senate unclear footage of his fight with an attacker wielding a green Lightsaber, leading senators to suspect Master Yoda had tried to assassinate him.
• Anakin Skywalker recognized the figure as Master Yoda and realized that Palpatine's accusation might be true.
• Sheev Palpatine claimed he had withheld the footage out of respect for the Republic's presumption of innocence, then accused the Jedi Order of applying different standards to itself.
• Padmé Amidala challenged Palpatine, who responded by revealing a thirteen-year-old Clone Army authorization signed by Jedi Master Sifo-Dyas.
• Sheev Palpatine argued that the Jedi had secretly prepared for war and concealed the army from the Republic, while Anakin Skywalker cried out in distress without his platform's loudspeaker carrying his voice.
• Sheev Palpatine called for a vote on how to deal with the Jedi Order.

Anakin Skywalker, shaken by the accusations and betrayals surrounding the Jedi Order, went to meet Sheev Palpatine and asked about the Clone Army's origins. Palpatine showed him evidence linking Master Sifo-Dyas to its creation and suggested that Yoda's recent withdrawal from the Jedi Order echoed Sifo-Dyas's expulsion.

• Anakin Skywalker wandered outside the Senate building, feeling betrayed by Padmé Amidala, Darth Malthael, and the Jedi Order.
• Mas Amedda summoned Anakin to Sheev Palpatine's office, telling him the Chancellor trusted him as the only Jedi uninvolved in the Order's affairs.
• Anakin asked Palpatine whether Master Sifo-Dyas had authorized the Clone Army and why the Jedi Order seemed unfamiliar to him.
• Palpatine showed Anakin the authorization document bearing Sifo-Dyas's signature and explained that the plan relied on the Republic's credit.
• Palpatine said the Jedi Order claimed it had learned of the Clone Army only after the war began, then noted that Sifo-Dyas had been expelled from the High Council shortly before signing and compared this to Yoda's recent withdrawal from the Order.

Palpatine convinced Anakin that the Jedi had concealed their role in creating the Clone Army and presented him with a choice between two emergency orders. Anakin was left facing the decision to arrest the Jedi or arrest the Chancellor.

• Palpatine suggested that Master Dias’s death after signing the Clone Army document had been a Jedi attempt to silence him, and Anakin began to suspect the Jedi had planned a cover-up.
• Palpatine warned Anakin about the Geth, the Separatists, and the Archangel of Death’s conquest of Korriban, then questioned why the Jedi targeted him instead of their greater enemies.
• Palpatine placed two communicators before Anakin and explained that Order 66 called for the Jedi’s arrest while Order 65 called for the Chancellor’s arrest.
• Anakin asked why the Senate could not decide, and Palpatine said he could issue an emergency order without it.
• Anakin shouted at Palpatine for making him choose, and Palpatine called the decision his mission as the Chosen One.

Anakin Skywalker chose Palpatine’s Order 66 over Order 65, triggering a coordinated Republic purge of Jedi across multiple fronts. As Jedi were attacked and killed by their clone forces, Stass Allie saw a squad of Clone Troopers advancing on her.

• Palpatine pressured Anakin to choose between the Jedi Order and the Republic, and Anakin recalled his losses and blamed the war and the Jedi Order for much of his suffering.
• Anakin crushed the white communicator, activated the black one, and ordered the execution of Order 66.
• On Kashyyyk, Clone Troopers shot a Jedi Master, prompting the Wookiees to leave the Republic’s side.
• On Felucia, clone forces fired heavy cannons at Master Oppo Rancisis and overwhelmed him.
• At Saleucami, clone pilots and warships attacked Master Kit Fisto’s fighter until it exploded.
• After Stass Allie ordered her troops into a defensive formation, a squad of Clone Troopers advanced toward her command center.

Stass Allie discovered that Order 66 had turned Republic forces against the Jedi and escaped as Jedi across the battlefield were massacred. In the Senate, Padmé Amidala and Bail Organa learned that Sheev Palpatine had ordered the Jedi's execution without a vote, and Padmé tried to contact Anakin.

• Stass Allie fought Clone Troopers who opened fire on her, while an officer received Order 66 and ordered soldiers to target the Jedi.
• Stass Allie realized the Republic had turned against the Jedi, escaped through a wall, and watched other Jedi being killed by Republic forces.
• The contents of Order 66 spread across the military, making Republic units enemies of the Jedi throughout the region.
• Sheev Palpatine announced that the Jedi were guilty of treason and ordered their execution without Senate approval or a trial.
• Padmé Amidala collapsed after hearing the news, then met with Bail Organa and other senators, who condemned Palpatine's actions.
• Padmé Amidala grabbed her communicator to contact Anakin.

Anakin Skywalker watched Order 66 slaughter the Jedi and embraced the Dark Side, convinced that the Force and the galaxy must be under his control. He led a massive clone army toward the Jedi Temple, with his attack about to begin.

• Anakin crushed his communicator after seeing Padmé Amidala's prerecorded hologram and surveyed the army assembled before the Jedi Temple.
• As Jedi were killed across the galaxy, Anakin felt their deaths darken the Force and believed the resulting power strengthened him.
• Anakin cursed the Force and blamed the Jedi Order for making him its servant, while deciding Palpatine should rule the Galactic Republic.
• Anakin declared that he would control the Force and bring balance to the galaxy.
• Anakin ignited his blue Lightsaber and ordered the Clone Troopers to advance on the Jedi Temple.

Anakin Skywalker led Clone Troopers in an assault on the Jedi Temple, where Shaak Ti and hundreds of Jedi resisted. As the Temple fell under attack, Padmé Amidala and Mon Mothma learned that Palpatine was pursuing the Jedi without Senate approval.

• Anakin Skywalker demanded that Shaak Ti surrender and open the Jedi archives, but she refused and declared the Republic an enemy ruled by darkness.
• Hundreds of Jedi ignited their Lightsabers inside the Temple, and Anakin Skywalker ordered the Clone Troopers to attack without mercy.
• Clone Troopers fired on the Temple from the ground and air, killing Jedi and forcing their way inside.
• At the Republic Senate Building, Padmé Amidala discovered that Anakin had cut off their transmission.
• Mon Mothma warned Padmé Amidala and the other Council Representatives that the Republic was hunting Jedi and Palpatine had bypassed the Senate.

Padmé Amidala, Bail Organa, Mon Mothma, and Bana Breemu planned to challenge Palpatine over Order 66 by arguing that he had activated it illegally. Their plan was interrupted by news that Anakin Skywalker was leading Republic troops in a siege of the Jedi Temple.

• Padmé Amidala, Bail Organa, Bana Breemu, and Mon Mothma discussed the danger of opposing Palpatine and the risks of being branded traitors.
• Mon Mothma proposed an administrative review of the Jedi Order incident, but Padmé Amidala argued that they should instead review Order 66 itself.
• Bail Organa realized Order 66 required signatures from the Republic High Court and the Senate, and proposed gathering evidence and impeaching Palpatine for activating it illegally.
• Mon Mothma agreed to seek military intelligence, while Bana Breemu offered to lobby the High Court.
• Padmé Amidala received a message that Republic troops were besieging the Jedi Temple under Anakin Skywalker's command.

Mas Amedda gave Palpatine a survey showing that more than 70% of the Galactic Senate opposed his attack on the Jedi Order, while Padmé Amidala and Bail Organa prepared a political counterattack. Palpatine recognized that he had moved too soon and risked alienating powerful senators and noble houses, but he had acted to stop the Jedi from uncovering his collusion with Count Dooku.

• Mas Amedda presented Palpatine with a survey of Senate members’ political views and reactions to recent events.
• Palpatine learned that more than 70% of the Senate opposed his campaign against the Jedi Order, and that Padmé Amidala and Bail Organa were plotting a political response.
• Palpatine considered how his shallow political base left him vulnerable to the powerful Core Worlds and Inner Rim houses.
• Palpatine realized that deploying one hundred thousand troops to the Jedi Temple had alarmed the noble houses and that he had moved against the Jedi too early.
• Palpatine concluded that he had been forced to act because the Jedi’s evidence could expose his past collusion with Count Dooku.

Palpatine blamed Darth Malthael for exposing him and undermining his plans, then ordered a public campaign against the Jedi and arranged a banquet with Core Worlds leaders. Meanwhile, Mace Windu confirmed that Order 66 had triggered a clone uprising but that the Second Systems Army was largely holding together.

• Palpatine concluded that Darth Malthael had arranged for Lorn Pavan's recording to reach the Jedi and had escaped to Planet Korriban before Palpatine could stop his dark ritual.
• Palpatine postponed crowning himself Emperor, ordered propaganda accusing the Jedi of seizing control of the Republic, and planned a banquet with Core Worlds leaders.
• A scientist demonstrated to Mace Windu that a biochip had caused a Clone Trooper to obey Order 66.
• Ki-Adi-Mundi reported that the Second Systems Army had contained most clone-led rebellions, while trouble continued aboard more than forty capital ships.
• Mace Windu said his replacement of officers across the army had helped prevent Order 66 from destabilizing the fleet and vowed to stop Darth Sidious.

Mace Windu learned that Order 66 had killed most Jedi and rallied the Second Systems Army to seize territory and prepare for revenge. Meanwhile, Sefrans Tann concealed her fleet and moved toward another ambush site.

• Mace Windu awoke from a vision of Jedi deaths and reaffirmed his plan to use the Second Systems Army for revenge.
• The fleet commander reported that Order 66 had killed at least two-thirds of the Jedi, and Mace watched a recording of Anakin Skywalker ordering its execution.
• Mace ordered the army to contact Pre Vizsla, claim control of the sector, and occupy Galos IV as a base while searching for the force attacking its fleets.
• Sefrans Tann confirmed that her task force had destroyed its target and hid her ships inside a magnetic-field nebula.
• Sefrans ordered the Destruction battleship to leave misleading hyperspace traces and proceed to another ambush site, where Task Force U-33 would rendezvous with her.

As Order 66 threw the Galactic Republic into chaos, Darth Malthael ordered the Fourth Civilization to strike Republic forces and prepare its territory. Anakin Skywalker killed Shaak Ti during the assault on the Jedi Temple, while Darth Malthael arrived at Naboo.

• Qi Jianfei told Tang Xiao that Republic forces had halted across nearly every front, and Tang Xiao ordered a swift raid on Republic fleet assembly points.
• Darth Malthael explained that Order 66 had weakened Darth Sidious and the Republic, then ordered Adele Ulan to prepare Rendili for upheaval.
• Clone Troopers stormed the Jedi Temple while Jedi Knights fought back, and Anakin Skywalker battled Shaak Ti at its entrance.
• Anakin Skywalker used Shatterpoint to break through Shaak Ti's defense and killed her with his Lightsaber.
• Darth Malthael piloted the cloaked Red Comet out of hyperspace near Naboo.

Darth Malthael reached Shmi Skywalker’s estate on Naboo, subdued the robots protecting her, and used the Life Force to improve her failing condition. He discovered that her soul was incomplete and concluded that her existence obstructed Anakin, leaving his intentions toward her unclear.

• Darth Malthael hid the Red Comet in a secluded valley on Naboo and rode a speeder bike to Shmi Skywalker’s estate.
• Darth Malthael destroyed the hidden surveillance and scouting posts and entered the house, where C-3PO and Rock Johnson confronted him.
• Darth Malthael restrained Rock Johnson with the Force, mangled his arm, and snapped off C-3PO’s communications antenna.
• Darth Malthael examined Shmi Skywalker and used the Life Force to improve her condition.
• Darth Malthael determined that Shmi’s soul was incomplete and said that her existence was an obstacle to Anakin.

Anakin Skywalker woke from a dream of his mother calling for him and rushed to Naboo, where he found Shmi Skywalker revived by Darth Malthael but still vacant and under his control. Darth Malthael offered to teach Anakin how to control life and death, while Anakin attacked him in fury.

• Anakin Skywalker woke from a dream in which Shmi called for him, then left the devastated Jedi Temple after killing a Clone Trooper who shot a fallen Jedi.
• Anakin flew to Naboo, ignoring warnings from patrol fighters and rushing into the estate before his shuttle had stopped.
• Anakin found Shmi Skywalker alive but vacant, and Darth Malthael claimed he had revived her.
• Darth Malthael invited Anakin to become his apprentice and learn to control life and death, while Shmi said the Archangel of Death had revived her.
• Anakin called Shmi dead and repeatedly attacked Darth Malthael with his Lightsaber, but an invisible barrier stopped his blows.

Anakin Skywalker confronted Darth Malthael, who taunted him and revealed that Shmi Skywalker had been resurrected as his slave. Anakin gave in to his rage and declared that he would conquer everyone before Darth Malthael charged him with the Soul Reaver.

• Darth Malthael dodged Anakin Skywalker's attacks and berated him for his weakness and indecision.
• Shmi Skywalker echoed Darth Malthael's taunts, driving Anakin toward despair and anger.
• Darth Malthael revealed that he had revived Shmi as his slave and urged Anakin to submit and help conquer the galaxy.
• Anakin rejected Darth Malthael's control and vowed to become stronger and conquer everyone.
• Darth Malthael drew the Soul Reaver and charged at Anakin.