The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge

1508. Anakin's funeral

Hearing Mas Almeida's words, Schiff Palpatine nodded indistinctly, but the expression on his face was still heavy and serious.

Mas Amidala continued to hide behind him, whispering: "I invited the best design planners to plan, and carried out memories and sensations to the extreme. Recently, Padmé Amidala's physical condition has not No, if the information is accurate and she and Anakin do have an affair, this will undoubtedly be our chance."

"Without Padmé, Bail Organa is not difficult to deal with alone." Palpatine didn't even move his lips when he spoke, just relying on his throat to speak out, "Bail Organa acted too impulsively , Now he feels that he has the chance to win, without Padmé's assistance, he will undoubtedly be in danger, wanting to do everything in one fell swoop... This, on the contrary, is their biggest weakness."

"I've already arranged it," Mas-Ameida whispered.

Palpatine nodded, then took out a handkerchief and wiped the corners of his eyes, his expression growing sad.

Under the guidance of the funeral host, Anakin-Skywalker's "lifetime" battle scenes on the front line began to be played on the scene. After master-level splicing and editing, every battle of his was extremely arduous and tragic.

While the screen was playing, a group of choirs used the most melodious and deep voices to sing praises to the fighting heroes.

As Anakin is in danger again and again in the picture, the voice of the choir also rises and falls, and the music, light and shadow also support this tragic atmosphere to the most appropriate degree.

Padmé Amidala stands in the crowd. The relationship between her and Anakin Skywalker cannot be made public, because the relationship between a Republican Senator and a Jedi Knight is absolutely taboo. Taboo. Because this will be seen as the practice of the Jedi Knight Order intervening in the core of the Republic's power, and it is also a violation of the Jedi Knight Creed.

Therefore, Padmé Amidala could only watch the grand funeral from this inconspicuous position. I don't know why, although the place she is in looks very remote, but because the representatives of some races of short stature are arranged around her, such as the Bis people, the vision of her place is exceptionally good , The entire funeral venue has a panoramic view.

It is also because of this that watching the scenes of images and listening to the low-pitched singing and reciting made her tears flow down uncontrollably.

She couldn't help but think of the last conversation she had had with Anakin Skywalker - or rather, a quarrel. Anakin thought that his behavior in the council was holding them back, but Padmé felt that Anakin could not understand her painstaking efforts...

But now, looking at Anakin fighting bravely on the video, and how he was injured and failed again and again, but persevering and standing up again and again, the weakest part of his heart was touched.

She began to think that it was her ignorance that made Anakin Skywalker gradually go to extremes. If he had been with him during the most critical and cruel battle, maybe Anakin would not be like this...

Padmé also thought of the secret wedding between the two on the planet Naboo, which was their happiest time, but it was also at that time, while the two were destined for life, they also drew boundaries with each other— — The line between Jedi Knight and Republic Senator.

This boundary made it impossible for them to truly come together, and there was always an invisible wall.

Padmé began to feel that since then, she has never really understood Anakin, and she still has the pride of being a member of the Republic... She began to feel that she should give up everything at that time, Follow Anakin.

Thinking of this, she burst into tears even more, her shoulders kept shrugging, and she was crying silently.

Finally, when the 'body' of Anakin Skywalker was solemnly carried out by the guard of honor, put gently into the pyre full of fragrant wood, and ignited a raging fire, whether it was video images or choirs, including music, lights And the host, coincidentally reached the peak.

The most extreme atmosphere.

Padmé Amidala couldn't hold on in the midst of grief and self-blame. She was short of breath, her heart was twisted like a knife, she raised her hand and grabbed her chest tightly, and then passed out.

...

While the council is still avenging the Jedi Order, Shiv-Palpatine's actions have not stopped.

Faced with the motion of the councilors headed by Bail Organa requesting him to stop hunting down the Jedi Knights, Palpatine only agreed superficially, but changed the hunting order to became an arrest warrant.

But in fact, such an arrest warrant is meaningless. All Jedi knights who escaped Order 66 will never stop resisting, and the resistance of the Jedi knights is certainly not something ordinary soldiers can bear. Therefore, in this fierce resistance, the arrest warrant It will often turn into a lore order again.

At the same time, due to the comprehensive arrest and pursuit of the Jedi Knights, the Galactic Republic also temporarily stopped advancing on all fronts. Because on almost every battlefield, the Jedi Knight is the role of the battlefield commander. Now that the commander has become a criminal, it will naturally take more time for the army to regroup.

For the Confederacy of Independent Galaxies, the most critical thing is the cessation of the Galactic Republic's offensive on the planet Salukami.

The fleet rebuilding plan of the Federation of Independent Star Systems has not been completed, and they need more time to reorganize the fleet, and if the transportation hub and military powerhouse Sarukami planet is captured, it will undoubtedly be a disaster.

After the Republic Fleet stopped attacking, General Grievous finally had the opportunity to reorganize the fleet and re-plan the next battle strategy.

For the fourth civilization, especially the northernmost portal of the fourth civilization, the defense line of the Yago-Dur galaxy, it also means that it has escaped a catastrophe.

The Twentieth Army of the Galactic Republic has assembled an unprecedented fleet before. Under the leadership of Governor Octavian Grant and Jedi Master Sha Kong, the army has already overwhelmed the border, and it is on the verge of plowing the Yago-Dur galaxy to the ground. , which made Ji Wen extremely nervous.

However, when Order 66 was issued, Master Sha Kong instantly changed from the fleet general to a wanted criminal, but because she was with the fleet when Order 66 was issued, she was not with the marines, so she escaped the clones hunted down. In the chaos, she killed a large number of soldiers, took a fighter jet, and fled after hundreds of Republic fighter jets pursued her.

The offensive plan of the Twentieth Army of the Republic was therefore temporarily stranded.