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Post #550803

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McFlabbergasty
Parent topic
Rise of the Witch, The Dark Times Begin, and A New Order
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Date created
10-Nov-2011, 5:27 PM

Instead of posting detailed chapters of the movie, I'll start with posting a broad overall summary of the film, divided into a handful of chunks. There is less detail in these chunks, but I think they will serve well in summarizing the movie in a succinct manner.

 


Rise of the Witch


The year is 24 BBY. War is imminent.

Many alien races have joined the League, a militant movement that seeks to overthrow the Republic. They want to do this because they think Humans wield too much control over the Republic, and by extension the galaxy. While there has been no open warfare yet, tensions are at an all-time high. Commerce in many sectors is at a standstill.

It is rumored that the League has been bolstering its numbers with clones of the best warriors of so many races. Cloning has been outlawed in the Republic. That is why Supreme Chancellor Antior has created a conscription system. A legion of millions, stoic guardians against the bloodthirsty alien hordes.

It is also said that the leader of the League is a corrupted Jedi Knight. Where once the Jedi Knights were merely heresay and folk tales, this revelation confirms that these mystical warriors are real. The galaxy grows suspicious of their sorceror's ways.

The Clone Wars are nigh.
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At a seedy bar in the lower levels of Coruscant, Ben (a half-Chiss spice smuggler captain) plays cards with a Duros thug. The gamble is risky. Ben has three thousand credits on the table and the thug has several kilos of spice. Ben unknowingly uses the Force to foretell his opponent's move and counters it with such precision that the thug calls cheating.
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The thug takes the money and spice off the table, draws a blaster, and slowly backs away from Ben. Just as Ben is about to pull out his own weapon, the Duros' weapon is telekinetically pulled out of his hand by a nearby Jedi Knight.
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The Knight, tall and with piercing dark-eyes, influences the thug's mind. "You will leave this place and never return." The frightened one obliges.
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Ben rushes over to the Knight, now beleaguered by the loss of his only bargaining chip, and asks him who he thinks he is letting the criminal run away with his money. The Knight introduces himself as Anakin Skywalker and tells Ben that he knows about his powers.
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Anakin tells Ben that he is destined to be more than a smuggler. His abilities have put him on the path to becoming a Jedi. Anakin explains what the Jedi and the Force are. He says that the Jedi live and train in a temple called the Sanctum, in a remote part of the galaxy.
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Ben won't hear it. He understands that Anakin wants him to train at the Sanctum. But he can't afford the trip. There are no smuggling jobs anymore. No-one wants to be caught in the crossfire of a star war against the Republic.
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Anakin replies that he can compensate Ben very generously. Ben finally acquiesces and agrees to go to the Sanctum, but only because Anakin is footing the bill.
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The two start towards a hangar bay where both of their ships are docked.
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Meanwhile, in high orbit above Coruscant, a League battlegroup jumps in from hyperspace.
On the bridge of the flagship, Fire of Exodus , we see Ceres, the half-Zygerrian dark Jedi. She is the leader of the League. A red-bladed lightsaber is strapped to her hip.

A Trandoshan bridge officer, Commander Hossk, tells her that all ships and clone gunships are in position for the operation. Ceres orders, "They may fire when ready."
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At the hangar bay, Ben introduces Anakin to his crew: Jeni Lars (Human female, co-captain and navigator), Orannu (Mon Calamari male, first mate), and Zero (droid, engineer; he communicates in a series of electronic-sounding tones rather than the Basic language). Anakin and Jeni make fast friends (for now, it will evolve into something more later).
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Suddenly the city is under attack by a fleet of League starships. The Republic navy sends its own frigates to defend against the barrage. Turbolaser bolts rain down from above, collapsing buildings and frying innocent victims in an instant. A group of Republic warships takes off from the planet’s surface.
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In the hangar, Anakin hands Ben fifteen thousand credits and a holocard containing the coordinates of the Sanctum. He sprints towards his own Jedi fighter after instructing Ben and his crew to make way for the Sanctum as quickly as they can. Anakin says the Force will be with them both.
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Both ships take off and weave their way past the Republic Navy patrols ordering all civil traffic to stay grounded. Jeni flies Ben’s ship along the side trench of a League cruiser, avoiding the majority of the fleet’s laser fire and fighter escorts. On its way to the edge of Coruscant’s gravity well, the freighter sustains a hit. Orannu and Zero go to the engine room and manage to fix it just in time to make a hasty jump into hyperspace.
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Anakin’s fighter confronts a squad of League interceptors and gunships. His attunement to the Force allows him to make short work of many enemy fighters singlehandedly. With a few precisely-timed bolts, Anakin destroys a missile ship that was about to launch a volley of projectiles at the capitol building.
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Republic destroyers target the Fire of Exodus. On the bridge of the Fire, Hossk receives word from a gunship captain that “the clones have made the extraction”. On hearing of this success, Hossk orders an immediate retreat of all ships into hyperspace. The Battle of Coruscant ends, but the Clone Wars have only just begun.

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Still in the cockpit of his fighter, Anakin is hailed via commlink by Stormtrooper officer Captain Kro. Kro tells Anakin that Admiral Palpatine requests his audience at the capitol. We cut to a scene of Anakin entering the Chancellor's quarters. Politicians and high-ranking military commanders are seated as Anakin makes his way in.
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Kro stands guard next to Palpatine. Palpatine tells the group that Supreme Chancellor Antior was captured by the League during the battle. Palpatine's position in the line of succession enables him to step up as Acting Supreme Chancellor of the Republic for the duration of the war. He promises to fight back against the League by any means necessary and recapture Antior alive. In the meantime, all non-Human members of the Republic will be placed under increased security. Conscription rates for the Fleet and Stormtrooper Corps will be increased. Palpatine confirms rumors that the League uses clone soldiers and that they are led by a Jedi named Ceres.
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All audience members are dismissed except for Anakin. Palpatine addresses him and notes that it is an honor to finally meet a Jedi Knight in the flesh. He says he needs Anakin to enlist the help of any other Jedi to help in the fight against the League. Anakin refuses, saying that the Jedi are an independent group of peacekeepers, not soldiers. He cannot guarantee their cooperation.

But Anakin vows to do everything in his power to track down Ceres and deal with her himself. Anakin has a personal score to settle with the Witch.
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to be continued...