| Epilogue: Mandalorian Wars |
| Written by Revan Doyle | |||
| Saturday, 20 March 2010 00:00 | |||
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Before the dawn age approximately 4000 years ago where both the light side and dark side of the Force were neutral for a long period of time. There were two sides that were imbued with the powers of the Force, they were the Jedi Order and the Sith.
Many years ago, both the Jedi and Sith had fought against each other for many millennia, until there was certain period that both Sith and Jedi had respected each other for many years and indulged themselves as they’d learnt their hidden powers of the Force. Despite the many changes between the leadership powers within and around the Republic, there was a race that wanted more territory and other high demands.
A dark age had emerged around the corner, it was the dawning of a bloodthirsty race called the Mandalorians. It was a period of chaos and order that brought the galaxy to a standstill where two sides on the common dominator had failed to come with a peaceful solution, war was inevitable. The Sith had emerged from their dark chambers and joined forces with the Mandalorians for their thirst of destruction and utter glory, under the leadership of their cold blooded and ruthless leader, Mandalore. The Republic and its noble Jedi Knights were the only opposition that stood in their way from total victory.
At the early stages of the cold, dark and ruthless war, the Mandalorians and Sith had appeared almost invincible. The Republic fleets and defences were falling apart, Republic worlds were invaded and large cities were crushed beneath their feet. Civilian lives were at stake, the spread of fear and tyranny had caused the high ranking Republic officers to tremble everyday. The Republic had pleaded the Jedi Council to intervene but the Jedi Council procrastinated over a period of time not knowing what possible dark side element could have turned more of their own kind against them. Despite the Republic’s plea, the Jedi Council did not want to intervene but one did, a prodigal Jedi Knight named Revan.
The situation did look bleak for the Republic, many Republic fleets were destroyed and scattered all over the galaxy, their defences weren’t as well fortified and the Jedi Order still remained stubborn with the situation. Until one day the prodigal Jedi Knight named Revan had appeared and offered his plan that would change the shape of the galaxy.
Within days the Republic high ranking officers had accepted the desirable plan made by Revan and allowed him to lead the way. The Republic followed Revan’s leadership, a well trained tactician he was, as he ordered the Republic fleets to regroup and form up. There resources were kept in one area and the Republic fleets were rebuilt a lot faster than before. Upon thousands of recruits, both men and woman were trained physically and mentally becoming great soldiers of the Republic.
The Mandalorians had attacked many more Republic worlds whilst the Republic rebuild and strengthened their fleets, a few months later the battle tide had started to change. The Republic had retaliated against one of the largest Mandalorian fleets and crushed them all completely, the tactics that Revan had used mocked every Mandalorian’s move and they were beaten at every turn.
Getting close to the end of the war, the Jedi Order intervened and assisted the Republic in their war against the Sith and Mandalorians. Meanwhile, Revan and his apprentice Malak had encountered an ancient old ruin temple on Dantooine, where they had discovered a black pillar shaped like a triangle with a terrifying dark power that showed a map that led to a factory, a war machine that could be used against the Sith. The power of the dark side was tempting, and the idea Revan had in mind was tempting, the dark side had influenced and corrupted Revan’s mind.
A few months later, the Mandalorians were struggling as the Republic forces were winning the battle at every turn. The Sith were defeated to a certain point and had fled back to their homeworld, in the end, the final stages of the war high above a planet called Malacore IV was intense. It was a battle to the finish, were both fleets were at a standstill and the Mandalorian leader, Mandalore himself was there. Revan was commanding the Republic fleet at the time along side with his apprentice Malak.
After a few hours of intense battles against each other, the Republic had managed to gain the upper hand. It was a battle to die for. The Mandalorians were defeated and their leader Mandalore himself was killed, the death of the Mandalorian leader and their unconditional surrender was assured. Revan and Malak returned to the Republic as heroes. But soon after the celebrations, Revan and Malak had left early where they’d claimed to pursue the remains of the Mandalorian resistance forces but in truth, they had undertaken their quest for searching the Star Forge.
A few years later, a sudden changed emerged in the galaxy. Revan and Malak weren’t heard from since. Since after the celebrations, no one in the Jedi Order managed to find them until one day, Revan’s flagship had emerged and attacked the Republic by surprise. The Republic was stunned by this and retaliated, the Jedi Council were called upon to intervene. This time, to fight against their hero who had become a conqueror, or some Jedi Council members believed Revan as ‘an ancient of evil’.
Revan had returned to the Republic as the Dark Lord of the Sith with his apprentice Malak at his side. Darth Revan and Darth Malak attacked many Republic bases and worlds, they’d managed to recruit many loyal Republic soldiers and Jedi Knights under their cause as well, along with many pirates and any scum or villainy in the galaxy. The situation for the Republic looked pretty grim once more where they had already suffered great losses from the last war.
In desperation, the Jedi Council decreed that Revan must be captured or killed to stop the Sith threat, hoping to provoke the Sith to retreat and regroup. The Jedi Council had lured the Dark Lord of the Sith into a death trap along with his apprentice at his side. But there was another conspiracy behind it all, someone amongst the higher ranks of Revan wanted to betray him for a small price to pay.
With the Dark Lord of the Sith lured into the Jedi’s trap, a small elite team of Jedi Knights under the command and leadership of Bastila Shan had infiltrated Revan’s flagship and confronted the Dark Lord himself. At each passing moment, where every minute had gone passed… something changed in that picture.
Darth Revan’s apprentice had betrayed his master and taken the mantle and title of Dark Lord of the Sith from him. Despite the unexpected turn of events, Bastila saw the badly wounded Revan and took him back to the Jedi Council for other reasons. The Sith were told that their Dark Lord had died from the Jedi, and Malak had taken over his role and continued his master’s work where he’d crushed every Republic homeworld. His first ruthless attack was a defenceless planet called Telos, located in the far reaches of the outer rim and levelled the entire city to the ground.
With the Republic on edge and pretty much in disarray, the Jedi Council were running out of alternatives but they have one weapon, Revan. Will the Jedi Order find the missing clue that led Revan and many Jedi to their downfall, even yet will the redeemed Revan would forgive the Jedi Order? Now for the epic conclusion.
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| Last Updated on Thursday, 25 March 2010 03:51 |
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