Curate, connect, and discover
Or, how Ben Kenobi’s boldfaced lie prevarication saved the Galaxy (but not in the way he thought it would).
(See Part One, Part Two)
Part Three
Chancellor Palpatine, secret Sith Lord, is not having a good day.
In fact, one might venture to say that he is having a terrible day.
His underlings are certainly having a terrible day.
This includes, but is not limited to:
The Senate aide whom he hit with Force lightning.
(In an irritating turn of events, this meant Palpatine was forced to kill xir and dispose of xir body, as well as create a coverup explanation for xir disappearance.)
The staff in charge of cleaning his office, which is currently littered with minuscule ceramic shards from the set of priceless vases he threw across the room.
Darth Maul, who, having failed to kill Kenobi yet again, is being… creatively… punished. You don’t want to know how.
(Let’s just say that the second half of the punishment involves a too-small cage, the bars of which are coated with an acid that burns skin upon contact. Oh, and Ysalamiri. Lots of Ysalamiri.)
The hapless Neimoidian Trade Federation representative who was in the wrong place at the wrong time and is now Very Dead.
Count Dooku, who has been reminded that unless he produces results soon, he will be replaced as Sidious’ apprentice.
Dooku’s underlings, as Dooku is taking his anger out on them.
Dooku’s underlings’ underlings, who have to deal with the collective brunt of the Separatist leaders’ frustration.
Palpatine’s personal chef, who has to deal with him repeatedly sending his food back with lengthy and finicky complaints.
The bounty hunter Palpatine-as-Sidious hired to kill Kenobi, who not only failed miserably in his objective, but also got captured and is currently being interrogated by the Jedi.
(He doesn’t know it, but he’s actually very lucky to be in Jedi custody. Palpatine wouldn’t have let him live whether he’d succeeded or not – but since he’d failed, he would have been severely and inventively tortured before he was killed.)
No, Palpatine is not having a good day.
Unfortunately for him, it’s about to get worse.
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