čet, 26. svibnja '05 u 08:33
Isječak iz ROTS knjige u kojem se vidi da Dooku zna da su Palpatine i Sidious ista osoba.
Dooku, cringing, shrinking with dread, still findssomehopeinhis
heart that he is wrong, that Palpatine has not betrayed him, thatthishas
all been proceeding according to plan-
Until he hears "Good, Anakin! Good!Iknewyoucoulddoit!"and
registers this is Palpatine's voice and feels within the
darkest depths of all he is the approach of the words that are tocome
next.
"Kill him," Palpatine says. "Kill him now."
In Skywalker's eyes he sees only flames.
"Chancellor,please!"hegasps,desperateandhelpless,his
aristocratic demeanor invisible, his courage only abittermemory.Heis
reduced to begging for his life, as so many of hisvictimshave."Please,
you promised me immunity! We had a deal! Help
me!"
And his begging gains him a share of mercy equal to that which hehas
dispensed.
"Adealonlyifyoureleasedme,"Palpatinereplies,coldas
intergalactic space. "Not if you used me as bait to kill my friends."
And he knows, then, that all has indeed been going accordingtoplan.
Sidious's plan, not his own. This had been a Jedi trap indeed,butJedi
were not the quarry.
They were the bait.
"Anakin," Palpatine says quietly. "Finish him."
Years of Jedi training make Anakin hesitate; he looks downuponDooku
and sees not a Lord of the Sith but a beaten, broken, cringing old man.
"I shouldn't-"
But when Palpatine barks, "Do it! Now!" Anakin realizes that this isn't
actually an order. That it is, in fact, nothing morethanwhathe'sbeen
waiting for his whole life.
Permission.
And Dooku-
As he looks up into the eyes of Anakin Skywalker forthefinaltime,
Count Dooku knows that he has been deceived not just today,butformany,
many years. That he has never been the true apprentice. Thathehasnever
been the heir to the power of the Sith. He has been only a tool.
His whole life-all his victories, all his struggles, all hisheritage,
all his principles and his sacrifices, everything he's done,
everything he owns, everything he's been,allhisdreamsandgrand
vision for the future Empire and the Army of Sith-have been only apathetic
sham, because all of them, all of him, add up only to this.
He has existed only for this.
This.
To be the victim of Anakin Skywalker's first cold-blooded murder.
First but not, he knows, the last.
Then the blades crossed at his throat uncross like scissors.
Snip.
Što se tiče Aayle, znamo da su nju ubili/neubili ARC trooperi koji znaju nekad biti problematični jer su čista kopija Janga. Možda su oni zanemarili Order 66 i stavili oružje na stun, jer osjećaju jaču obvezu prema svom zapovjedniku nego prema nekom tamo kancelaru kojeg nisu nikada vidjeli.