Your ships finally arrive at the meeting place, Sitnalta Freeport. The Freeport is a major trade centre well known for being an anonymous place of business due to the abnormal amounts of heavy metals in the surrounding nebula which blocks IFFs. Whilst IFFs are useless the station is more than well defended enough to deter potential attackers as well as the amount of enemies anyone would make from trying to harm their favourite place of business. There is one rule on the station, don't rock the boat. Although officially being controlled by independent interests it is well known that Trion Incorporated holds the largest amount of shares in the station. When you dock Trion's influence is obvious, most of the station's security being made up of personnel from the mercenary branch of Trion Security as well as a number of simple mk1 and mk2 combat droids in standby mode all on display to demonstrate what happens to those who "rock the boat". The coordinates of the meeting place lead you to a private docking bay on the lower levels of the station, where most of the dregs of the station go as to not impede its public image. The moment you enter the private docks multiple turrets and guns are aimed at you. A hooded individual, bearing the symbol of Faction Paradox, greets you with the same modulated voice as the person in the message.
"Apologies for the paranoia, when you're going after the company's dirtiest of dirty secrets a little bit of caution is warranted. Right, now that everyone's here we can begin."
They slot a datachip into a cheap holographic projector and the image of the person who originally made the briefcase is shown
"You already know my name, and if you are listening to this message I am already dead. I've already given my sorry speech so I'll get to the point. There is a reason why the datavault is so difficult to access, why no traceback routines work, the datavault doesn't exist. Well, not really, the datavault exists in a state of quantum flux, simultaneously existing and not existing. This means that it cannot be tracked by any normal means, I have found a way around this. When I first accessed the datavault I installed a piece of code onto the database, completely benign until it comes into contact with the second part, once it does it will create a constant stream of data between the datavault and reality causing it to become "anchored". In order to install it properly you will need access to a datavault interface and slot in the stored datachip, a slight issue considering that only high ranking members of Trion Incorporated are given access to them. Once the datavault is anchored you will have a short window of opportunity to reach and infiltrate it before Trion realises anything is wrong and removes the anchor code. I wish you luck in your endeavours."
The figure removes the datachip.
"There are two locations that can be easily accessed by the public which contain a datavault interface. The Kerris interface and the SS Ultra Lux. Since Kerris has been compromised by the daleks and I don't want to risk giving them access to the datavault we will have to go for the Ultra Lux. Tomorrow, the Ultra Lux will be passing by the station to pick up guests for its latest business party, I have already forged invitations for each of you as well as a copy of the code for eveyrone. Once you're on the ship your job will be to find your way to the interface, either in the captain's quarters or on the bridge. Do try to be carefull, some of the wealthiest and most influential scum of the galaxy will be there and security will be tight, all out assault will be nigh imposible."
They give a pointed look at the pathers.
"Payment for the job is 500k credits per head, if you die it will be sent to your next of kin, if you don't have a next of kin that's one less person I need to pay. More details will be discussed once the location is established, any questions?"
As she says this most of the mercenaries scatter and start taking stock of weapons.

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) Lock on to him, R2. Master, General Grievous's ship is directly ahead- Master, General Grievous's ship is directly ahead- the one crawling with vulture droids. I see it. Oh, this is going to be easy. - Oddball, do you copy? - Copy, Red Leader. Mark my position. Form your squad up behind me. We're on your tail, General Kenobi. Set S-foils in attack position. This is where the fun begins. Let them pass between us. They're all over me. - Get them off my- - I'm gonna go help them out. No. They are doing theirjob so we can do ours. Missiles. Pull up. - They overshot us. - They're coming around. All right, R4. No, no. Nothing too fancy. Surge all power units, R2. Stand by reverse thrusters. We got 'em, R2. Flying is for droids. - I'm hit. Anakin? - I see them. Buzz droids. R4, be careful. You have a- Oh, dear. They're shutting down all the controls. Move to the right so I can get a clear shot at them. The mission. Get to the command ship. Get the chancellor. I'm running out of tricks here. In the name of- - Hold your fre! You're not helping. - I agree. Bad idea. I can't see a thing. My cockpit's fogging. They're all over me. Anakin! - Move to the right. - Hold on. You'll get us both killed. Get out of here. There's nothing more you can do. I'm not leaving without you, Master. Get him, R2. Watch out. R2, hit the buzz droid's centre eye. - Yeah, you got him! - Great, R2. The general's command ship is dead ahead. Have you noticed the shields are still up? Sorry, Master. I have a bad feeling about this. There they are. Get them. R2, locate the chancellor. The chancellor's signal is coming from right there- the observation platform at the top of that spire. I sense Count Dooku. - I sense a trap. - Next move? Spring the trap. R2, go back. I need you to stay with the ship. Here. Take this and wait for orders. What's the situation, Captain? Two Jedi have landed in the main hangar bay. We're tracking them. Just as Count Dooku predicted. Destroyers. Drop your weapons. I said drop 'em. - Roger. - Roger, roger. Those are Jedi fghters all right. - Did you press the stop button? - No. Did you? There's more than one way out of here. We don't want to get out. We want to get moving. R2, activate elevator 31174. - Come in, R2. - What that? R2, do you copy? R2, activate the elevator number 31174. Get back to work. That nothin'. Activate the elevator 31174. R2- Always on the move. R2, switch on the comlink. R2, can you hear me? R2? R2! R2! Stop. Stop. R2, we need to be going up. Hands up, Jedi. R2, do you copy? R2, do you hear me? R2, we need to be going up, not down. Hey, you! That's better. You stupid little astro droid. Oh, it's you. My eyes! My eyes! - What was that all about? - R2 has been- - No loose wire jokes. - Did I say anything? - He's trying. - I didn't say anything. - Chancellor. - Are you all right? Count Dooku. - This time we will do it together. - I was about to say that. Get help. You're no match for him. He's a Sith lord. Chancellor Palpatine, Sith lords are our speciality. Your swords, please. We don't want to make a mess of things in front of the chancellor. You won't get away this time, Dooku. I've been looking forward to this. My powers have doubled since the last time we met, Count. Good. Twice the pride, double the fall. Get- I sense great fear in you, Skywalker. You have hate. You have anger. But you don't use them. Good, Anakin. Good. Kill him. Kill him now. I shouldn't. Do it. You did well, Anakin. He was too dangerous to be kept alive. Yes, but he was an unarmed prisoner. I shouldn't have done that. It's not the Jedi way. It is only natural. He cut off your arm, and you wanted revenge. It wasn't the frst time, Anakin. Remember what you told me about your mother and the Sand People? Now we must leave before more security droids arrive. Anakin, there's no time. We must get off this ship before it's too late. - He seems to be all right. - Leave him, or we'll never make it. His fate will be the same as ours. Prepare for attack! All batteries, fre! Fire! Elevator's not working. R2, activate elevator 3224. - Reverse stabilizers. - Reversing stabilizers. Magnetize! Magnetize! Fire the emergency booster engines. We're levelling out, sir. Easy. We're in a bit of a situation here. - Did I miss something? - Hold on. - What is that? - Oops. R2. R2, shut down the elevator. Too late. Jump! Let's see if we can fnd something in the hangar bay that's still flyable. R2, get down here. R2, do you copy? General, we found the Jedi. They're in hallway 328. Activate ray shields. Ray shields. Wait a minute. How did this happen? We're smarter than this. Apparently not. - I say patience. - Patience? Yes. R2 will be along in a few moments... and then he'll release the ray shields. See? No problem. Don't move. Do you have a plan B? Ah, yes. The negotiator. General Kenobi. We've been waiting for you. Excuse me. - That wasn't much of a rescue. - You're welcome. And- Anakin Skywalker. I was expecting someone with your reputation to be a little... older. General Grievous. You're shorter than I expected. Jedi scum. We have a job to do, Anakin. Try not to upset him. Your lightsabres will make a fne addition to my collection. Not this time. And this time, you won't escape. R2. Crush them! Make them suffer! Come. Now! Stay at your stations! Get him! Get him! Run! Don't bother with them. - Keep the ship in orbit. - Yes, sir. You lose, General Kenobi. Get out of here! Run! Time to abandon ship. All the escape pods have been launched. Grievous. Can you fly a cruiser like this? - You mean, can I land what's left of it? - Well? Under the circumstances, I'd say the ability to pilot this thing is irrelevant. Strap yourselves in. Open all hatches. Extend all flaps and drag fns. We lost something. Not to worry. We are still flying half a ship. Now we're really picking up speed. Eight plus 60. - We're in the atmosphere. - Grab that. Keep us level. Steady. Easy, R2. Fire ships on the left and the right. - We'll take you in. - Copy that. - Landing strip, straight ahead. - We're coming in too hot. Another happy landing. Coming, Master? No. I'm not brave enough for politics. I have to report to the council. Besides, someone needs to be the poster boy. Hold on. This whole operation was your idea. Let us not forget, Anakin, that you rescued me from the buzz droids. And you killed Count Dooku, and you rescued the chancellor... carrying me unconscious on your back. All because of your training. Anakin, let's be fair. Today you were the hero... and you deserve your glorious day with the politicians. All right. But you owe me one, and not for saving your skin for the 10th time. Ninth time. That business on Cato Neimoidia doesn't count. I'll see you at the briefng. Chancellor Palpatine, are you all right? Yes. Thanks to your two Jedi knights. They killed Count Dooku, but General Grievous has escaped once again. General Grievous will run and hide, as he always does. He's a coward. But with Count Dooku dead, he is the leader of the droid army. And I assure you... the senate will vote to continue the war as long as Grievous is alive. Then the Jedi Council will make fnding Grievous our highest priority. - Watch it. - Excuse me. - Come along, R2. - The Republic cannot praise you enough. Thank you, Senator Organa. It couldn't possibly be as bad as all that. Now there I agree with you. In fact, I could do with a tune-up myself. But the fghting will continue until General Grievous is spare parts. I will do everything I can in the senate. - Excuse me. - Certainly. I've missed you, Padm. There were whispers that you'd been killed. I'm all right. It feels like we've been apart for a lifetime. And it might have been, if the chancellor hadn't been kidnapped. I don't think they would have ever brought us back from the outer rim sieges. - Wait. Not here. - Yes, here. I'm tired of all this deception. I don't care if they know we're married. Anakin, don't say things like that. Are you all right? You're trembling. What's going on? Something wonderful has happened. Ani, I'm pregnant. That's wonderful. What are we gonna do? We're not gonna worry about anything right now. All right? This is a happy moment. The happiest moment of my life. Yes, Lord Sidious? General Grievous... I suggest you move the separatist leaders to Mustafar. It will be done, my lord. The end of the war is near, General. But the loss of Count Dooku- His death was a necessary loss. Soon I will have a new apprentice- one far younger and more powerful. Ani, I want to have our baby back home on Naboo. We can go to the lake country where no one will know... where we can be safe. I can go early and fx up the baby's room. I know the perfect spot. Right by the gardens. You are so... beautiful. It's only because I'm so in love. No, it's because I'm so in love with you. So love has blinded you? That's not exactly what I meant. But it's probably true. Anakin, help me! What's bothering you? Nothing. I remember when I gave this to you. How long is it gonna take for us to be honest with each other? - It was a dream. - Bad? Like the ones I used to have about my mother, just before she died. And? And it was about you. Tell me. It was only a dream. You die in childbirth. And the baby? I don't know. - It was only a dream. - I won't let this one become real. This baby will change our lives. I doubt the queen will continue to allow me to serve in the senate. If the council discovers you're the father, you'll be expelled- I know. I know. Do you think Obi-Wan might be able to help us? We don't need his help. Our baby is a blessing. Premonitions? Premonitions. These visions you have- They're of pain, suffering. Death. Yourself you speak of, or someone you know? Someone. Close to you? Yes. Careful you must be when sensing the future, Anakin. The fear of loss is a path to the dark side. I won't let these visions come true, Master Yoda. Death is a natural part of life. Rejoice for those around you who transform into the Force. Mourn them, do not. Miss them, do not. Attachment leads to jealousy. The shadow of greed that is. What must I do, Master Yoda? Train yourself to let go... of everything you fear to lose. You've missed the report on the outer rim sieges. I'm sorry. I was held up. - I have no excuse. - In short, they are going very well. Saleucami has fallen, and Master Vos has moved his troops to Boz Pity. What's wrong, then? The senate is expected to vote more executive powers to the chancellor today. That can only mean less deliberating and more action. Is that bad? It'll make it easier for us to end this war. Be careful of your friend Palpatine. Be careful of what? - He has requested your presence. - What for? He would not say. He didn't inform the council? That's unusual, isn't it? All of this is unusual. And it's making me feel uneasy. I hope you trust me, Anakin. Of course. I need your help, son. What do you mean? I'm depending on you. For what? I don't understand. To be the eyes, ears and voice of the Republic. I'm appointing you to be my personal representative on the Jedi Council. Me? A master? I'm overwhelmed, sir. But the council elects its own members. They'll never accept this. I think they will. They need you. More than you know. Allow this appointment lightly the council does not. Disturbing is this move by Chancellor Palpatine. I understand. You are on this council... but we do not grant you the rank of master. What? How can you do this? This is outrageous. It's unfair. How can you be on the council and not be a master? Take a seat, young Skywalker. Forgive me, Master. We have surveyed all systems in the Republic... but have found no sign of General Grievous. Hiding in the outer rim Grievous is. The outlying systems you must sweep. We do not have many ships to spare. What about the droid attack on the Wookiees? It is critical we send an attack group there immediately. He's right. It's a system we cannot afford to lose. Go I will. Good relations with the Wookiees I have. It's settled then. Yoda will take a battalion of clones to reinforce the Wookiees on Kashyyyk. May the Force be with us all. What kind of nonsense is this? Put me on the council and not make me a master? It's never been done in the history of the Jedi. It's insulting. Calm down, Anakin. You have been given a great honour. To be on the council at your age- it's never happened before. The fact of the matter is you are too close to the chancellor. The council doesn't like it when he interferes in Jedi affairs. I swear to you, I didn't ask to be put on the council. But it's what you wanted. Your friendship with Chancellor Palpatine seems to have paid off. That has nothing to do with this. The only reason the council has approved your appointment... is because the chancellor trusts you. And? Anakin, I am on your side. I didn't want to put you in this situation. What situation? The council wants you to report on all the chancellor's dealings. They want to know what he's up to. They want me to spy on the chancellor? - But that's treason. - We are at war, Anakin. Why didn't the council give me this assignment when we were in session? This assignment is not to be on record. The chancellor is not a bad man, Obi-Wan. He befriended me. He's watched out for me ever since I arrived here. That is why you must help us. Anakin, our allegiance is to the senate, not to its leader... who has managed to stay in offce long after his term has expired. The senate demanded that he stay longer. Yes, but use your feelings, Anakin. Something is out of place. You're asking me to do something against the Jedi code. Against the Republic. Against a mentor and a friend. That's what's out of place here. Why are you asking this of me? The council is asking you. Anakin did not take to his new assignment with much enthusiasm. It's very dangerous, putting them together. I don't think the boy can handle it. I don't trust him. With all due respect, Master, is he not the chosen one? Is he not to destroy the Sith and bring balance to the Force? So the prophecy says. A prophecy that misread could have been. He will not let me down. He never has. I hope right you are. Sometimes I wonder what's happening to the Jedi order. I think this war is destroying the principles of the Republic. Have you ever considered that we may be on the wrong side? What do you mean? What if the democracy we thought we were serving no longer exists... and the Republic has become the very evil we've been fghting to destroy? I don't believe that. And you're sounding like a separatist. This war represents a failure to listen. Now you're closer to the chancellor than anyone. Please, ask him to stop the fghting and let diplomacy resume. Don't ask me to do that. Make a motion in the senate, where that kind of a request belongs. - What is it? - Nothing. Don't do this. Don't shut me out. Let me help you. Hold me. Like you did by the lake on Naboo. So long ago, when there was nothing but our love. No politics, no plotting, no war. - You wanted to see me, Chancellor. - Yes, Anakin. Come closer. I have good news. Our clone intelligence units... have discovered the location of General Grievous. He's hiding in the Utapau system. At last. We'll be able to capture that monster and end this war. I would worry about the collective wisdom of the council... if it didn't select you for this assignment. You're the best choice, by far. Sit down. Leave us. You know I'm not able to rely on the Jedi Council. If they haven't included you in their plot, they soon will. I'm not sure I understand. You must sense what I have come to suspect. The Jedi Council want control of the Republic. They're planning to betray me. - I don't think that- - Anakin. Search your feelings. You know, don't you? I know they don't trust you. Or the senate. Or the Republic. Or democracy, for that matter. I have to admit, my trust in them has been shaken. Why? They asked you to do something that made you feel dishonest, didn't they? They asked you to spy on me, didn't they? I don't know what to say. Remember back to your early teachings. All who gain power are afraid to lose it. - Even the Jedi. - The Jedi use their power for good. Good is a point of view, Anakin. The Sith and the Jedi are similar in almost every way... including their quest for greater power. The Sith rely on their passion for their strength. They think inwards- only about themselves. And the Jedi don't? The Jedi are selfless. They only care about others. Did you ever hear the tragedy of Darth Plagueis the Wise? I thought not. It's not a story the Jedi would tell you. It's a Sith legend. Darth Plagueis was a dark lord of the Sith... Darth Plagueis was a dark lord of the Sith... so powerful and so wise... he could use the Force to influence the midi-chlorians... to create... life. He had such a knowledge of the dark side... he could even keep the ones he cared about... from dying. He could actually... save people from death? The dark side of the Force is a pathway to many abilities... some consider to be unnatural. What happened to him? He became so powerful... the only thing he was afraid of was... Iosing his power. Which eventually, of course, he did. Unfortunately, he taught his apprentice everything he knew. Then his apprentice killed him in his sleep. It's ironic. He could save others from death... but not himself. Is it possible to learn this power? Not from a Jedi. All Red units, over here! Palpatine thinks General Grievous is on Utapau? A partial message was intercepted... in a diplomatic packet from the chairman of Utapau. Act on this we must. The capture of General Grievous will end this war. Quickly and decisively we should proceed. The chancellor has requested... that I lead the campaign. The council will make up its own mind who is to go... not the chancellor. A master is needed, with more experience. I concur. Master Kenobi should go. I agree. Aye. Aye. Very well. Council adjourned. The droids have started up their main power generators. - Then now the time is, Commander. - Yes, sir. Charge! Head for cover! - You're gonna need me on this one. - I agree. However, it may turn out Just to be a wild bantha chase. Master. I've disappointed you. I haven't been very appreciative of your training. I've been arrogant, and I apologize. I've just been so frustrated with the council. You are strong and wise, Anakin, and I am very proud of you. I have trained you since you were a small boy. I have taught you everything I know. And you have become a far greater Jedi than I could ever hope to be. But be patient, Anakin. It will not be long before the council makes you a Jedi master. Obi-Wan. May the Force be with you. Goodbye, old friend. May the Force be with you. Fortunately, most of the cities are concentrated on this small continent here. On the far side. I'll keep them distracted until you get there. - Just don't take too long. - Come on. When have I ever let you down? Very well. The burden is on me not to destroy all the droids until you arrive. Save your energy. I can't. Don't give up, Padm. Obi-Wan's been here, hasn't he? He came by this morning. What did he want? He's worried about you. He says you've been under a lot of stress. I feel lost. Lost? What do you mean? Obi-Wan and the council don't trust me. They trust you with their lives. Something's happening. I'm not the Jedi I should be. I want more. And I know I shouldn't. You expect too much of yourself. - I found a way to save you. - Save me? From my nightmares. Is that what's bothering you? I won't lose you, Padm. I'm not gonna die in childbirth, Ani. - I promise you. - No, I promise you. Greetings, young Jedi. What brings you to our remote sanctuary? Unfortunately, the war. There's no war here- unless you brought it with you. With your kind permission, I should like some fuel... and to use your city as a base as I search nearby systems for General Grievous. He is here. We are being held hostage. - They are watching us. - I understand. Tenth level, thousands of battle droids. Tell your people to take shelter. If you have warriors, now is the time. Take the fghter back to the ship. Tell Cody I've made contact. - Is he bringing additional warriors? - He didn't say. It won't be long before the armies of the Republic track us here. I am sending you to the Mustafar system in the outer rim. It is a volcanic planet. - You will be safe there. - Safe? Chancellor Palpatine managed to escape your grip, General. Without Count Dooku, I have doubts about your ability to keep us safe. Be thankful, Viceroy, you have not found yourself in my grip. Your ship is waiting. Hello there. General Kenobi. You are a bold one. Kill him. Back away. I will deal with this Jedi slime myself. Your move. You fool. I've been trained in your Jedi arts by Count Dooku. Attack, Kenobi. Army or not... you must realize you are doomed. I don't think so. Cover that corner. Master Windu, may I interrupt? General Kenobi has made contact with General Grievous... and we have begun our attack. Thank you, Commander. Anakin, deliver this report to the chancellor. His reaction will give us a clue to his intentions. Yes, Master. I sense a plot to destroy the Jedi. The dark side of the Force surrounds the chancellor. If he does not give up his emergency powers... after the destruction of Grievous... then he should be removed from office. The Jedi Council would have to take control of the senate... in order to secure a peaceful transition. To a dark place this line of thought will carry us. Great care we must take. Chancellor. We've just received a report from Master Kenobi. He has engaged General Grievous. We can only hope that Master Kenobi is up to the challenge. I should be there with him. It's upsetting to me to see that the council... doesn't seem to fully appreciate your talents. Don't you wonder why they won't make you a Jedi master? I wish I knew. More and more I get the feeling that... I'm being excluded from the council. I know there are things about the Force that they're not telling me. They don't trust you, Anakin. They see your future. They know your power will be too strong to control. You must break through the fog of lies the Jedi have created around you. Let me help you to know the subtleties of the Force. How do you know the ways of the Force? My mentor taught me everything about the Force. Even the nature of the dark side. You know the dark side? If one is to understand the great mystery... one must study all its aspects... not just the dogmatic narrow view of the Jedi. If you wish to become a complete and wise leader... you must embrace a larger view of the Force. Be careful of the Jedi, Anakin. Only through me can you achieve a power greater than any Jedi. Learn to know the dark side of the Force... and you will be able to save your wife... from certain death. What did you say? Use my knowledge. I beg you. You're the Sith lord. I know what's been troubling you. Listen to me. Don't continue to be a pawn of the Jedi Council. Ever since I've known you, you've been searching for a life... greater than that of an ordinary Jedi. A life of signifcance... of conscience. - Are you going to kill me? - I would certainly like to. I know you would. I can feel your anger. It gives you focus... makes you stronger. I'm going to turn you over to the Jedi Council. Of course. You should. But you're not sure of their intentions, are you? I will quickly discover the truth of all this. You have great wisdom, Anakin. Know the power of the dark side. Power to save Padm. So uncivilized. Master Windu, I must talk to you. Skywalker, we just received word that Obi-Wan has destroyed General Grievous. We're on our way to make sure... the chancellor returns emergency power back to the senate. He won't give up his power. I've just learned a terrible truth. I think Chancellor Palpatine is a Sith lord. A Sith lord? Yes. The one we've been looking for. - How do you know this? - He knows the ways of the Force. He's been trained to use the dark side. - Are you sure? - Absolutely. Then our worst fears have been realized. We must move quickly if the Jedi order is to survive. Master, the chancellor is very powerful. You'll need my help if you're going to arrest him. For you own good, stay out of this affair. I sense a great deal of confusion in you, young Skywalker. There is much fear that clouds your judgement. - I must go, Master. - No. If what you've told me is true, you will have gained my trust. But for now, remain here. Wait in the council chambers until we return. Yes, Master. You do know, don't you... if theJedi destroy me... any chance of saving her will be lost. Master Windu. I take it General Grievous has been destroyed then. I must say you're here sooner than expected. In the name of the Galactic Senate of the Republic... you're under arrest, Chancellor. Are you threatening me, Master Jedi? The senate will decide your fate. - I am the senate. - Not yet. It's treason then. You are under arrest, my lord. Anakin, I told you it would come to this. I was right. The Jedi are taking over. The oppression of the Sith will never return. You have lost. You will die! He's a traitor! He is the traitor! I have the power to save the one you love. You must choose. Don't listen to him, Anakin! Don't let him kill me. I can't hold it any longer. I can't. I'm weak. I'm too weak. Help me. Help me! I can't hold on any longer. I am going to end this once and for all. You can't. He must stand trial. He has control of the senate and the courts. He's too dangerous to be left alive. I'm too weak. - Don't kill me. Please. - It's not the Jedi way. He must live. - Please don't. - I need him. Please don't! Power! Unlimited power! What have I done? You're fulflling your destiny, Anakin. Become my apprentice. Learn to use the dark side of the Force. I will do whatever you ask. Good. Just help me save Padm's life. I can't live without her. To cheat death is a power only one has achieved... but if we work together... I know we can discover the secret. I pledge myself... to your teachings. Good. Good. The Force is strong with you. A powerful Sith you will become. Henceforth you shall be known as... Darth... Vader. Thank you, my master. Rise. Because the council did not trust you, my young apprentice... I believe you are the only Jedi with no knowledge of this plot. When the Jedi learn what has transpired here... they will kill us, along with all the senators. I agree. The council's next move will be against the senate. Every single Jedi... including your friend Obi-Wan Kenobi... is now an enemy of the Republic. I understand, Master. We must move quickly. The Jedi are relentless. If they are not all destroyed, it will be civil war without end. First I want you to go to the Jedi temple. We will catch them off-balance. Do what must be done, Lord Vader. Do not hesitate. Show no mercy. Only then will you be strong enough with the dark side... to save Padm. What about the other Jedi spread across the galaxy? Their betrayal will be dealt with. After you have killed all the Jedi in the temple... go to the Mustafar system. Wipe out Viceroy Gunray... and the other separatist leaders. Once more the Sith will rule the galaxy! And... we shall have... peace. Sergeant, over here! Hurry! All of them! All Red units, let's move it! Come on. Let's go! Commander, contact your troops. Tell them to move to the higher levels. Very good, sir. By the way, I think you'll be needing this. Thank you, Cody. Let's get a move on. We've got a battle to win. Yes, sir. Commander Cody... the time has come. Execute order 66. Yes, my lord. Blast him! Come on! Execute order 66. It will be done, my lord. It will be done, my lord. Master Skywalker, there are too many of them. What are we going to do? The chancellor's offce indicated Master Anakin returned to the Jedi temple. Don't worry. I'm sure he'll be all right. - What's going on here? - There's been a rebellion, sir. Don't worry. The situation is under control. I'm sorry, sir. It's time for you to leave. And so it is. Get him! Don't worry about him. Let him go. All these Wookiees are dead. Move to the east. Yes, sir. Goodbye, Tarfful. Goodbye, Chewbacca. Miss you I will. Hopefully we'll be able to intercept a few Jedi... before they walk into this catastrophe. Did you fnd Kenobi? Sir, no one could have survived that fall. Start loading your men on the ships. Move it. Emergency code 913. I have no contact on any frequency. Master Kenobi. - Repeat. - Master Kenobi. Senator Organa. My clone troops turned on me. I need help. We havejust rescued Master Yoda. It appears this ambush has happened everywhere. We're sending you our coordinates. Hush! Not so loud. Are you all right? I heard there was an attack on the Jedi temple. - You could see the smoke from here. - I'm fne. I came to see if you and the baby are safe. What's happening? The Jedi have tried to overthrow the Republic. I can't believe that. I saw Master Windu attempt to assassinate the chancellor myself. What are you gonna do? I will not betray the Republic. My loyalties lie with the chancellor... and with the senate and with you. - What about Obi-Wan? - I don't know. Many Jedi have been killed. We can only hope that he's remained loyal to the chancellor. Anakin, I'm afraid. Have faith, my love. Everything will soon be set right. The chancellor has given me a very important mission. The separatists have gathered on the Mustafar system. I'm going there to end this war. Wait for me until I return. Things will be different. I promise. Please, wait for me. Well, he is under a lot of stress, R2. Take care, my little friend. Oh, my lady, is there anything I might do? No, thank you, 3PO. I feel so helpless. How many other Jedi have managed to survive? Heard from no one have we. I saw thousands of troops attack the Jedi temple. That's why I went looking for Yoda. Have we had any contact from the temple? Received a coded retreat message we have. It requests all Jedi to return to the temple. - It says the war is over. - Then we must go back. If there are any stragglers, they will fall into the trap and be killed. Suggest dismantling the coded signal, do you? Yes, Master. There is too much at stake. I agree. And a little more knowledge might light our way. The plan has gone as you had promised, my lord. You have done well, Viceroy. When my new apprentice Darth Vader arrives... he will take care of you. We're receiving a message from the chancellor's offce, sir. - Send it through. - Yes, sir. Senator Organa, the supreme chancellor requests your presence... at a special session of Congress. - I will be there. - He'll be expecting you. - Could be a trap. - I don't think so. The chancellor will not be able to control the thousands of star systems... without keeping the senate intact. If a special session of Congress there is... easier for us to enter the Jedi temple it will be. R2, stay with the ship. Welcome, Lord Vader. We've been expecting you. And the Jedi rebellion has been foiled. What's happened? The chancellor's been elaborating on a plot by the Jedi to overthrow the senate. The remaining Jedi will be hunted down and defeated. Not even the younglings survived. Killed not by clones this Padawan. By a lightsabre he was. Who? Who could have done this? The attempt on my life... has left me scarred and deformed. But I assure you. My resolve has never been stronger! Stop! In order to ensure the security and continuing stability... the Republic will be reorganized... into the frst Galactic Empire! For a safe and secure society. So this is how liberty dies. With thunderous applause. The war is over. Lord Sidious promised us peace. We only want- I have recalibrated the code, warning all surviving Jedi to stay away. For the clones... to discover the recalibration a long time it will take. Wait. Master. There is something I must know. If into the security recordings you go, only pain will you fnd. I must know the truth, Master. It can't be. It can't be. You have done well, my new apprentice. Now, Lord Vader... go and bring peace to the Empire. I can't watch any more. Destroy the Sith we must. Send me to kill the emperor. I will not kill Anakin. To fght this Lord Sidious, strong enough you are not. He is like my brother. I cannot do it. Twisted by the dark side young Skywalker has become. The boy you trained, gone he is. Consumed by Darth Vader. I do not know where the emperor has sent him. I don't know where to look. Use your feelings, Obi-Wan, and fnd him you will. When was the last time you saw him? - Yesterday. - And do you know where he is now? Padm, I need your help. - He is in grave danger. - From the Sith? From himself. Anakin has turned to the dark side. You're wrong. How could you even say that? I have seen a security hologram... of him... killing younglings. Not Anakin. He couldn't. He was deceived by a lie. We all were. It appears that the chancellor is behind everything, including the war. Palpatine is the Sith lord we've been looking for. After the death of Count Dooku, Anakin became his new apprentice. I don't believe you. I can't. I must fnd him. You're going to kill him, aren't you? He has become a very great threat. I can't. Anakin is the father, isn't he? I'm so sorry. - Milady, let me come with you. - There's no danger. The fghting's over. And this is personal. As you wish, milady, but I strongly disagree. I'll be all right, Captain. This is something I must do myself. Besides, 3PO will look after me. Oh, dear. Do you know? I think I'm beginning to get the hang of this flying business. The separatists have been taken care of, my master. It is fnished then. You have restored peace and justice to the galaxy. Send a message to the ships of the Trade Federation. All droid units must shut down immediately. Very good, my lord. I saw your ship. - What are you doing out here? - I was so worried about you. Obi-Wan told me terrible things. What things? He said you've turned to the dark side. That you... killed younglings. Obi-Wan is trying to turn you against me. He cares about us. Us? He knows. He wants to help you. Anakin, all I want is your love. Love won't save you, Padm. - Only my new powers can do that. - At what cost? You're a good person. Don't do this. I won't lose you the way I lost my mother. I am becoming more powerful than any Jedi has ever dreamed of. And I'm doing it for you. To protect you. Come away with me. Help me raise our child. Leave everything else behind while we still can. Don't you see? We don't have to run away any more. I have brought peace to the Republic. I am more powerful than the chancellor. I can overthrow him. And together, you and I can rule the galaxy... make things the way we want them to be. I don't believe what I'm hearing. Obi-Wan was right. You've changed. I don't want to hear any more about Obi-Wan. The Jedi turned against me. Don't you turn against me. I don't know you any more. You're breaking my heart. You're going down a path I can't follow. Because of Obi-Wan? Because of what you've done. What you plan to do. Stop. Stop now. Come back. - I love you. - Liar! You're with him! You brought him here to kill me. Let her go, Anakin. Let her go. You turned her against me! You have done that yourself. You will not take her from me! Your anger and your lust for power have already done that. You have allowed this dark lord to twist your mind... until now you have become the very thing you swore to destroy. Don't lecture me, Obi-Wan. I see through the lies of the Jedi. I do not fear the dark side as you do. I have brought peace... freedom, justice and security to my new empire. Your new empire? Don't make me kill you. Anakin, my allegiance is to the Republic, to democracy! If you're not with me... then you're my enemy. Only a Sith deals in absolutes. I will do what I must. You will try. I hear a new apprentice you have, Emperor. Or should I call you Darth Sidious? Master Yoda. You survived. Surprised? Your arrogance blinds you, Master Yoda. Now you will experience... the full power of the dark side. I have waited a long time for this moment... my little green friend. At last the Jedi are no more. Not if anything to say about it I have. At an end your rule is. And not short enough it was. If so powerful you are... why leave? You will not stop me. Darth Vader will become more powerful than either of us. Faith in your new apprentice misplaced may be. As is your faith in the dark side of the Force. Hurry. Careful timing we will need. Activate your homing beacon when you're ready. There's no sign of his body, sir. - Then he is not dead. - Double your search. Yes, sir. Right away, sir. Tell Captain Kagi to prepare my shuttle for immediate take-off. - Yes, Master. - I sense Lord Vader is in danger. Into exile I must go. Failed I have. I have failed you, Anakin. I have failed you. I should have known the Jedi were plotting to take over. Anakin, Chancellor Palpatine is evil! From my point of view, the Jedi are evil. Then you are lost! This is the end for you, my master. It's over, Anakin. I have the high ground. You underestimate my power. Don't try it. You were the chosen one! It was said that you would destroy the Sith, not join them! Bring balance to the Force, not leave it in darkness! I hate you! You were my brother, Anakin. I loved you. Master Kenobi. We have Miss Padm on board. Yes. Please, please hurry. We should leave this dreadful place. Is Anakin all right? Your Majesty, this way. There he is. He's still alive. Get a medical capsule immediately. Yes, sir. Right away. Excuse me, Master Yoda. Obi-Wan Kenobi has made contact. We'll take her to the medical centre. Quickly. Medically, she's completely healthy. For reasons we can't explain, we are losing her. - She's dying? - We don't know why. She has lost the will to live. We need to operate quickly if we are to save the babies. Babies? She's carrying twins. Luke. Oh, Luke. - It's a girl. - Leia. There's good in him. I know. I know there's... still- Lord Vader. Can you hear me? Yes, Master. Where is Padm? Is she safe? Is she all right? It seems, in your anger, you killed her. I? I couldn't have. She was alive. I felt it! Hidden, safe the children must be kept. We must take them somewhere where the Sith will not sense their presence. Split up they should be. My wife and I will take the girl. We've always talked of adopting a baby girl. She will be loved with us. And what of the boy? To Tatooine. To his family send him. I will take the child and watch over him. Until the time is right, disappear we will. Master Kenobi, wait a moment. In your solitude on Tatooine, training I have for you. Training? An old friend has learned the path to immortality. One who has returned from the netherworld of the Force. Your old master. Qui-Gon? How to commune with him I will teach you. - Captain Antilles. - Yes, Your Highness? I'm placing these droids in your care. Treat them well. Clean them up. Have the protocol droid's mind wiped. What? 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[recording begin]
The video quality is shoddy at best due to the encryption but you can make out a dimly lit warehouse filled with workers wearing unmarked grey jumpsuits, in the centre there is a table where a very bald man appears to be directing the operations. Everything is business as usual for the first few minutes and you wonder why you even bothered with this, when red dots start appearing on the chests of each of the workers and panic starts to break out.
Leader - "All of you drop your weapons."
Worker - "But sir-"
Leader - "No buts, these are commando droids, if they wanted us dead we'd already be corpses"
A woman walks in through the main entrance, heels clacking against the dirty concrete floor, the Trion logo can barely be made out on her outfit.
Woman - "Bravo mister Hartwell, bravo. Gentlemen, applause"
numerous sets of eyes light up, what you can safely assume are the commando droids and a stock applause audio plays.
Hartwell - "you know my name."
Woman - "Walter Hartwell, more commonly known in the criminal world as Nagayoshi, you have a very impressive resume my good sir. One of the last graduates of Mayasura before the planet's fall, you wanted to start a pharmaceutical company to develop a treatment for your ailing daughter. During your time you discovered a number of compounds which could be used as narcotics, everything from by-products to alternate optical isomers. When the fall happened your daughter was killed and your company bankrupted, to keep yourself afloat you sold these narcotics and made a major profit. Once Mayasura was reconnected to the galaxy you used you contacts to establish a small drug empire."
Walter - "As much as I appreciate the intimidation tactics I don't see how this i-"
Woman - "I'm.Not.Finished. Your narcotics business became one of the most succsesfull in recorded history for a brief few weeks, even today of the ten most popular narcotics five were invented by you. Of course, your ego grew too large. You betrayed your associates in the hope of clawing your way to the top, instead you have been reduced to a man hiding on a backwater mining colony, believed to be cursed by Miss Fortune herself."
Walter - "What do you want?"
Woman - "Me, oh I want nothing more than to be payed by the anonymous benefactor who told me to come here, what matters is what you want. Despite having the highest quality product your competitors are able to outsell you through superior connections and better reputation. We are offering you the opportunity to take your rightfull place at the top of the drug world."
Walter - "And how does Trion benefit from this?"
Woman - "Oh, you misunderstand. None of this is officially connected to Trion in any way. All of the company assets I'm offerring you as well as the individual who instructed me to perform this task are completely anomymous and have no official connection to the company."
Walter - "Official connection."
Woman - "Semantics. The point is my employer wants to get their... foot in the door within the criminal underworld. In return you will have access to equipment and connections far beyond anything your competitors have. You will also be granted an official position within Trion R&D as an experimental medicine developer."
Walter - "You said so yourself, my ego grew too large, how do you know I won't betray you."
Woman - "Because, my dearest Nagayoshi, you're smart enough not to repeat the same mistakes and you're smart enough to realise that betraying my employers is not a decision you will survive. This is a great opportunity and the company rewards those who prove themselves valuable assets."
Walter - "I think, this is a good deal. Would you mind telling me your name?"
Woman - "Oh, my name doesn't matter, I am just another faceless middle manager. My employers will appreciate your decision, as well as Trion when the money from our little enterprise inevitable ends up back in their pockets"
[recording end]
/uf context for the post:
Nagai Nagayoshi was a japanese scientist and the first person to synthesise methamphetamines in 1893.
Optical isomerism is what happens when a molecule has the same formula but an opposite arrangement in space. This can greatly alter the effects of the chemical such as during the thalidomide controversy in the 1960s where one isomer was completely harmless in appropriate doses and used as a common treatment during pregnancy and the other caused harmfull mutations in foetuses.

I introduced my wife to Star Wars recently, because she's tired of people saying "YOU HAVEN'T SEEN STAR WARS?!?" when she goes out, and I watched it as a kid, several times. Now I am an adult, and I have some thoughts about the film.
Worth noting that this is George Lucas's third ever film, and none of the actors besides Alec Guiness and James Earl Jones had significant acting experience prior to that point, and there were very few references for what a full length color science fiction movie should even be at that point, and literally one very ugly reference for what CGI would be. It's all very new.
The Good
Honestly, for how limited their special effects were in the age of disco, I liked what they did. My favorite effects were the ships flying through the death star trench, the little electric spark that went along R2D2's panels when the Jawas shocked it, and the planet blowing up effect. For basically pioneering CGI, it didn't look ugly.
The protagonists are so good for how little experience they have. I think my favorite scene is when the trash compactor shuts down and they're all celebrating that they didn't die. It feels very sincere, especially Luke happy screaming and Leia randomly hugging everyone.
Darth Vader is honestly an intimidating presence, especially early on.
I like how Luke doesn't get all the force tricks right away- early on, we see Darth Vader choke a guy and Obi-Wan control someone's mind, and at this point in the series, that's the pinnacle of the force. Luke just sort of gets a sixth sense about where machines are, which fits with his backstory, and comes in clutch in the finale.
I love the goofy alien cantina band so much.
The movie had a satisfying conclusion without ever even revealing the emperor, the primary villain who is apparently pulling Darth Vader's strings.
Han is such a fun character. My wife liked him the best, and I get why. He's emotionally complex when the other characters are more or less just heroic, and he goes through the most growth in the series. I like his little turning points, like when he charges in to attack the stormtroopers instead of running away, and his big heroic finale.
Set design is great, honestly. This was 1977, the spacey set design was way ahead of where it should have been, and as much as they could, they showed the individual characteristics of each planet. This movie, I believe, explores 2 different planets (Tattooine, Mos Eisley) and has a bunch of space ship sets.
I love Han's terrible bluff into the intercoms. It just gets worse as he talks and he keeps going in his weird secretary voice.
The "that's no moon" scene was a great way to introduce our protagonists to the Death Star and show its scale.
The Bad
C3PO is a little insufferable. He doesn't actually accomplish much of anything besides convincing Uncle Owen to buy R2D2 (which he was already going to, the other droid was blown up), and he takes up so much early screen time. There's a particularly annoying exchange where C3PO wants to go one way and R2D2 wants to go another way that doesn't even matter because they both get taken by Jawas.
The dialogue is often too long for the punchy action scenes, so the actors had to spout out lines at such a rapid pace. They didn't trim the fat at the dialogue level, they trimmed it at the acting level, which I think was a mistake. There are points where the dialogue is really difficult to understand, especially later on.
The worldbuilding is frontloaded, dealing with how Jawas take droids, droid repair, uncle Owen's farm, Luke's dreams, how Tattooine is built, raiders, etc. instead of where it should have been- Luke actually getting a moment to mourn anyone at all, the structure of the rebel groups, Darth Vader having even one opinion on Luke or Han... that kind of stuff.
The death star shootout replays a ton of footage of random lights blowing up for some reason.
Han overuses "girl" and "princess" when he talks to Leia, a lot. It starts out just seeming disrespectful and slips right into a vocal tic.
Some pronunciations were not standardized with the actors- is it Lee-ah or Lay-ah, Han like "hand" or Han like "on"? The rebel leader says "Lee-uh".
Some actors felt like they should be playing a British character, and sort of halfheartedly did a British accent before dropping it later. This is a case of a lack of consistent direction.
Aliens are very much quantity over quality. While we see a lot of aliens, we learn almost nothing about them, and the movie phases most of them out by the end. Jawas and Tuskan Raiders are fairly well established, then we just get bombarded with them in the Cantina, none of them even remotely explored.
After Greedo gets shot, there is another character in the background of the next scene who both looks and dresses exactly like Greedo, then two in the following scene. I get that they had the one costume, but I do think they should have dressed the other Greedo-style aliens differently so it didn't seem like Greedo came back.
Luke's friend Biggs doesn't feel necessary to the plot. He, like Uncle Owen, Aunt Beru, and Obi-Wan before him is not properly mourned in the story. Honestly Luke seems sadder about the random old hermit who he met like 4 times in his life than he does about his adopted parents or childhood best friend, and again, I think that's a problem with frontloading the quiet bits and not letting them exist when they need to.
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Did they name the chubby pilot "Porkins"?

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---Bzhort’s perspective---
I reach the four fingered hand of my shaggy, purple, lower right arm to my holo and pass it to my upper right, answering the call as I bring it to my ear.
“Xartham Station Security; May I enquire as to the nature o’ the disturbance?” I ask, the prim and proper words not a great fit for my (even for a Threndian) gruff, deep voice.
The high voiced Vekthian caller's translated speech sounds like words like ‘may’, ‘enquire’ and ‘disturbance’ would be a lot more natural coming out of his mouth as he says “Erm… yes… Hello there… I have some children digging through my bins?”
“Children? Ya know what they’re after?” I ask.
Probably hungry.
This might be a case for social workers more than security officers.
Children probably aren’t looking for kompromat… or stuff they could use to spoof his identity… but you never know…
“Yes… they appear to be sorting for… metal…?” he says, uncertainly.
I blink all six of my eyes, a bit thrown by that.
“Metal? What they want that for? There even metal in there?”
“Oh… yes… quite a lot, as it happens! You see, I run a repair shop and, as a byproduct of my work, I generate rather a lot of scrap… It’s the recycling diurnal tomorrow so I was just emptying some into my bins when I heard someone asking me what I was doing… I turned and saw that it was a group of children. I explained it to them… answered all their follow-up questions and, then, they went away. I thought it was a little odd but I just shrugged it off and went back inside… That was until [20 minutes] later, when they came back with baskets and a tarp, opened up my bins and started pulling out armfuls of rubbish!”
“So ya spoke to ’em? They’re Vekthian kids?” I ask.
He made it sound like he didn’t know them and, while he’s not obliged to know every member of his species on the station, he probably would.
“They’re not Vekthians, no. I don’t know what species they are but they’re small (maybe a bit less than [a metre]), green skinned bipeds…” he answers.
“So they was wearin’ translators then?”
“Oh… I suppose they aren’t children… they were just so small I thought they couldn’t be fully grown!”
“You tried talkin’ to ’em?… Asked ’em to stop?”
“Yes… I did… They told me that, as I didn’t want these things any more, I didn’t have the right to stop them from taking them… I… They scared me a little…” he says.
“They threatened ya?”
“No, no, no!… Not directly, anyway… just… something about the way they were looking at me… it was unnerving… It made me feel as if I oughtn’t to push the issue.”
I sigh “Alright, Sir… Tell me where ya are and we’ll be along to have a word with ’em in a few [minutes].”
“I’m inside Fiaf’s and Son’s Repairs, in the shopping district… They’re in the alley by the side.”
“Got it… see ya soon.” I say, hanging up.
I stand and look down at my partners, Monos, the taciturn, [3m] Kyklo, and Kwaestor, the [2.4m] Kwilion with a personality as prickly as his back.
“We got a situation, we gotta g-Nooooo…” I frown down at Kwaestor as I press closed the weapons cupboard he’s trying to open “…it’s a call about [metre] tall bipeds goin’ through bins… You do not need a pulsegun, Rambo(!)”
The little hystricine man erects his quills and scowls up at me for comparing him to the antihero of that old Terran tragedy the three of us watched recently but doesn't say anything as he turns to make his way through the door with Monos.
I come out and take the lead as the door locks behind us and we start wending our way through Xartham’s broad, tall corridors.
People cut a wide berth around us as they see us approach.
It makes sense, I guess… we are a group of two Class 8s in security uniforms and a high 7 (not in a uniform because of the quills) but… it always makes me a bit exhausted, the way most people are so obviously scared of Threndians…
I guess that’s primarily why I like spending time with those odd folks I meet who’re same Class or higher than me… When I share a table with a Kyklo, a Spelvuk or a Terran, I can just tell they aren’t scared that I’m going to reach across the table to crush their skull in my fist at the slightest provocation!
Kwaestor isn’t scared of me but he is tiresome to hang around with, for other reasons.
Kwilions are notoriously cantankerous and crotchety, because of the same evolutionary history that gave them a backful of spines(!)
A few minutes pass before we make it to the shopping district and, sure enough, I see a gaggle of very childlike beings (whose species I don’t recognise) sorting through piles of trash (throwing all the metal bits into baskets that already look far too heavy for anyone that size to lift) on a large tarp they’ve laid out on the ground, passersby staring quizzically at them with dozens of different configurations of face.
They’re in an alley behind a shop with a worried looking, pink furred, bipedal cervine man standing in the window.
He looks relieved when he sees the three of us.
“Alright guys…” I say, announcing myself.
Six faces all whip to me and I instantly understand what that Vekthian was talking about!
At [400kg] I could easily be more than ×100 their mass and, still, something about the intensity behind those eyes is unnerving!
Not letting it show on my face, I keep going “…ya mind explainin’ to me what exactly’s goin’ on here?”
A female (?) steps forward and my attention flicks to her as she says “The pink [grasshopper deer] man said this was stuff he didn’t want anymore, so we’re taking it.”
“Uh-huh… Ya didn’t think o’ just… buyin' metal if ya need it that badly?” I ask.
“Why would we [buy] something we can get for [free] here(?!)” she scoffs, gesturing to the trash behind her.
“Because there are rules, you little delinquent!” snarls Kwaestor, spines flared, lurching forward and pointing a pawhand down at the girl who doesn’t flinch away, just training her bright yellow, forward facing eyes on him.
My lower right hand extends to his chest (careful to avoid his forest of spines) and pushes him back behind me as I fold my uppers across my chest, assessing the group.
“Hmmm… what’s ya name, young la-young one?”
“Viig.” she answers, letting me know she is a young lady with the femininely flagged name.
“And where're ya from, Viig?”
“Graom.” she answers, naming a planet I’ve never heard of.
I see what’s happened here…
This group must be from some underdeveloped backwater with a peculiar culture and this’s the first time they’ve ever left their home planet.
It happens now and then.
With the best part of 34,000 species kicking about the galaxy, the occasional bit of culture clash is practically unavoidable.
I’m sure, as soon as I explain, they’ll be very embarrassed.
“OK, Viig… on Graom, doin’ this…” I gesture to the trash her compatriots are still digging through “…might not be a big deal, but here…? Here, it makes folks uncomfortable…”
“No it doesn’t…” she frowns, confused “…we’re not uncomfortable!”
“Yeah…” I sigh, unable to tell if she’s being purposefully dense “…I wasn’t talkin’ ’bout you. I was talkin’ ’bout these people…” I gesture to the crowd of passers by, rubbernecking at the binraiders being confronted by security officers “…but, mainly, I’m talkin’ ’bout the guy who owns this shop!” I point behind them “This is his trash and he don’t want ya diggin' through it!”
Her mouth falls open and she narrows her eyes at me in (difficult to fake) confusion before asking “How can it be [his] trash… he said he put it in here because he doesn’t want it anymore… he put it in here to be taken away… Why does it matter whether it’s us who take it away or whoever normally does it?”
I give a frustrated sigh and answer “Because normally it’s done by a sanitation droid that takes it to be recycled without diggin’ through it, without leavin’ piles o’ the stuff it don’t want behind and without examinin’ any of it! There might be stuff in there he don’t want anyone to see!”
“Like what?” she asks, as if the word ‘embarrassment’ would be another one flagged as a loanword she wasn’t fully comfortable with yet!
“Like anything! Like that’s his business and none o’ yours…”
She shrugs her shoulders and answers “We just want the metal… we’ll put everything else back.”
“Ya’ll put it all back, right now, or I’m placin’ the lot o’ ya under arre-”
“What’s going on here?” comes a harsh, guttural, translated voice of someone standing behind me and about a [metre] shorter.
I turn and see a species I don’t recognise for the second time today.
They must be quite fragile, judging by the protective rubbery green shoes their 8 sharp feet are slipped inside and the… 21-22-23-24… bungs of the same material they have, placed onto the three spines on each of those legs, to protect them from being snapped off.
Regardless, there they stand, face not showing even a little hesitation over confronting a Threndian, a Kyklo and a Kwilion.
Their face has scratch scars that cross one of two large eyes and must have blinded two of the smaller ones, covered by a patch.
Their mouth is flanked by long, metallic looking, red fangs and it’s full of the same stuff.
I gesture to the binraiders.
“Ya know these guys, Sir or Ma’am?”
“I’m a Ma’am to you… and yes I know them. Is there a problem here?”
Carefully, since something about this woman sets me on edge despite her seemingly fragile body, I answer “Yes, Ma’am… we were just attempting to get them to stop raidin’ people’s bins for metal.”
The arachnoid woman gives an exasperated sigh and prays “Weaver preserve me(!)” before leaning around me to say “Viig… did you think of showing the soldier here your holo(?) The one Emiko gave you…(?) The one with your credentials on it(?)”
“What credentials…?” I ask, very confused.
What the [fuck] kind of credentials would make digging through bins acceptable?!
Is this some kind of harebrain new [guerilla] sanitation inspection method or…?
The black and red exoskeletoned woman produces a holopad with a… GU diplomatic seal displayed and hands it to me!
I take it and hold it in my lower arms, low enough for my much shorter companions to see.
“It’s fake!” sneers Kwaestor.
“It’s genuine…” I correct before the diplomat can, dazed.
“Yes. It’s genuine. That woman behind you and I are both diplomats… and the others are part of her retinue… Which means, as unbecoming of diplomats as their behaviour is…!”
“It’s covered by diplomatic immunity…” I finish for her, my voice dead.
“Precisely.” she confirms, simply, taking back her holo.
This is not even slightly how I saw this interaction going!
Feeling a bit hamstrung, I turn back to the tiny humanoids and say “Could I please ask ya to at least put all o’ the stuff ya not takin’ back in the bin when ya done?”
“Sure…” shrugs the girl “…I think we were about done anyway.”
Sure enough, at that moment, her companions get off the tarp and, without a word needing to be spoken, go to the corners and gather them up, working together to tip all of the rejected trash back into the bin before folding up the tarp and placing it into one of the baskets that (clearly intentionally) had a little more space in the top to accommodate it.
I watch for the moment they try to pick up those baskets and realise how much they’ve overburdened them, meaning they’ll either not be able to lift them, or they will and they’ll break, spilling that metal they seem to think is so precious everywhere!
It doesn’t come.
Instead, each of the little bipeds goes to a basket, all of which have got to have more than [3kg] of scrap metal in, and casually lift them to their chests with only slight apparent effort!
I stand, agog, looking at the species I didn’t know existed until a moment ago that have just demonstrated strength consistent with being Class 9s!
I’d even say that they’d have to be higher if I didn’t know there was only one type of people that’s higher and they’re definitely not any kind of Terran!
I’m going to have to look up that species later!
I thought I knew all species above 7! Those are the ones law enforcers have to be aware of, afterall!
As the (apparent diplomat) Viig woman draws up to the much larger dodecapod, the latter extends a three fingered hand to the former’s forehead and flicks it with a claw of that red stuff.
*Tiiing* comes the solid, reverberating sound that makes me doubt that that stuff’s anything like as fragile as I took it for!
“OWWW!” snarls the smaller woman, up at the larger “Spirits was that for!?”
“What part of ‘low profile’ challenged your comprehension, halfwit!?” returns the arachnoid, just as angrily, as she turns to walk away with the line of binraiding diplomats.
“The part where I’m supposed to let enough metal to arm ten villages just go to waste!”
“By the time you get that metal back to our planet it’s not going to be worth…!”
I stop listening and slump dejectedly…
What the [fuck] am I going to write in the report for this?
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Dramatis Personae

I've made posts here before comparing Nikkes to the Clone Troopers in a sort of joke way by comparing personalities. But the more time passes, the more accurate the comparison is, especially in how both groups are deliberately deprived of their humanity in order to justify their subjugation.
Nikkes in someway have a better starting point than the Clones since the Clones were born and bred to be soldiers and had no hope for any life outside of that. Their biological father thought, "What do I have to be proud of? Livestock bred as cannon fodder?" While having an obvious favorite in Boba Fett. Then you take into account their accelerated aging and they can only hope to live half as long as the average human and that's if they survive the war. Though the Clones aren't sterilized and have had at least some cases of them having children, they will never have normal lives and expect that Palpatine will send their own brothers to assassinate them in cold blood.
Nikkes don't start off as soldiers, many of them are volunteers who feel a sense of duty to protect humanity from a genocidal army of robots. But as many of you know, they're not always volunteers, some of them were tricked or outright kidnapped to be converted into Nikkes. Hell, they might even be turned into a Nikkes as a punishment. After that, they are robbed of their lives and are forced into dangerous situations. Not only for combat, but manual labor, and in some cases, sex slavery. I forgot to mention that Nikkes are sterilized since it's not a normal cybernetic conversion where they replace certain parts like bones or do brain augmentation, but extract their brain and nervous system and put them into robotic bodies.
Nikkephobia is a thing that, while not official policy, is not discouraged by the ARK since they prefer to create a wall between humanity and the weapons they use for war. To the point that Nikke rights activists are seen as committing treason for their mere existence. It also makes it easier to scapegoat Nikkes for failure of every failed reclamation project. It's a cognitive dissonance that is used to justify their dehumanization.
Look at Privaty, while a security officer, she has lied to her coworkers of who she really is, and while respected, she fears that if they were to find out the truth, she might lose everything. What's funny is that Nikkes work in civilian jobs and people don't even know.
Going back to the Clones, most people don't even know what what they are but are accepted because it means that the Clone Wars are out of sight and out of mind, at least for the core worlds. They don't know that Clones come from Kamino or where Kamino is in the early war and don't realize that they are chronologically between the ages of 10-13 at the oldest until the later war. It makes it easier to not see them as human, let alone people when they wear a helmet and seen as faceless hordes of meat droids. Just like R units, the regs (regular clones) wear matching uniforms and don't have their faces shown. They could theoretically customize their armor but that's if they have a commander or Jedi in the case of the Clones that would allow such expression. Rapi is a perfect example of a reg who became independent and became accomplished.
The big difference is in the command structure, most commanders in Nikke are indoctrinated into seeing Nikke as mere weapons and are taught that they have unquestionable authority over them, leading to abuse and mass casualties of Nikkes. SKK being an exception in their views of Nikkes along with TLC and to a lesser extent, Johan.
In a strange way, Clones had it better, at least immediately when it came to their Jedi generals and Commanders. Although there are examples of Jedi that were horrible leaders and abusive like Pong Krell. Although unlike with Nikkes, most Jedi were creeper out by the conformity and self destructiveness of Clone regs since they saw themselves as expendable, while Commanders in Nikke like the idea of Nikkes seeing themselves as expendable. But it doesn't really matter since their government sees them mostly as just tools.
Which brings us to their brains. Nikkes use Nimph, as a safeguard against Nikkes rebelling or killing humans regardless of context. While a safety measure it does take away from their autonomy and can be used as a way punish them for whatever reason an upper up may have. It is so ingrained into the culture of the ARK, that people rioted when Matis were cured of corruption at the expense of the Nimph, and Matis is so brainwashed that they were willing to reinstall nimph in order to quiet down riots. While noble of them to sacrifice their freedom for the well being of the ARK, their possible freedom is seen as a threat, no matter how genuine or noble they are, they are just objects to the people of the ARK instead of persons who deserve human dignity.
The Clones have the inhibitor chip installed in them during fetal development (the exceptions being Boba, Omega, the Null and Alpha-ARCS.) The chips themselves are created for the sole purpose as insurance and instructions for Palpatine to use whenever he needs something. Everyone knows about order 66, but few people know about the other 149 contingency orders, such as Order 65, which is assassinating whoever is Chancellor, (in case Palpatine isn't directly in charge) and Order 37, which orders Clones to arrest a whole town and threaten to slaughter them if they aren't given a fugitive. These orders are more offensive than the Nikke's more defensive controls, but it is a major violation of autonomy. Some clones would've done these things anyway, but it exists as insurance and unlike Nikkes, they don't even know that they have anything interfering with their brains.
Clone Troopers are the slave army of the Republic.
Nikkes are the slave army of ARK.

I don’t know why they call them lightsabers. If you use them to harm other sentient beings, they’re the heaviest things you can carry. That’s why I’m challenging Disney and all real jedi out there to renounce their lightsabers and the violence they represent.
I love Obi-Wan Kenobi, but I’ll never go drinking with him again. Last time we went out to the cantina, he cut off another dude’s arm!
Every bouncer on Earth knows a million better ways to de-escalate Ponda Baba’s aggression, and yet Obi-Wan Kenobi, a master jedi, cripples him for life in an instant. Humans do the same thing to each other every day, but with guns and bombs. Shouldn’t we expect more wisdom and subtlety from a jedi when it comes to resolving conflicts at a bar?
When you examine how he lived, it turns out that Obi-Wan Kenobi is an incredibly violent man, not a jedi. Ewan McGregor is ten times the jedi Obi-Wan was–if you gave Ewan McGregor a lightsaber and told him to de-escalate a situation at a bar, I bet he wouldn’t chop off some dude’s arm.
Yes, Obi-Wan did offer to buy Ponda Baba a beer. Why didn’t he also shout out that he’d buy a round for the whole bar? The place would have went nuts. Nobody would have been hurt. Jedi should be bribing people all the time. Bribing’s more ethical than a mind trick that’s for sure.
Do you think that jedi don’t know how to make money? A lot of money? Why cut off a man’s arm when you can cut that man a check?
How about lifting him off the ground with the force? Or asking Chewbacca to step in front of you and cross his arms? That would’ve settled Doctor Cornelius Evazan down real quick.
A true jedi would know this. A true jedi would use the force to find a million ways to make a million allies from a million enemies. Yet all we have after Obi-Wan’s naked aggression is a bloody arm lying on the cantina floor.
I know lightsabers are cool. But it’s not cool to harm people--not even real pieces of sith. Here’s a few suggestions on things a real jedi would buy in lieu of a lightsaber.

1. An electric toothbrush

Dental health is mental health. Look at Darth Maul’s teeth. No wonder he was so violent. The man was in constant pain. He probably had a low grade brain infection–this explains how such an otherwise gifted gymnast and martial artist would become so bloodthirsty.

1. A vibrator

You don’t have to know R2-D2 to become intimately acquainted with a cylindrical droid that brings near unceasing joy. This goes for you fellas too. It’s hard to think about chopping some old dude’s hands off when you’ve just had a prostate-stimulated orgasm that made your dopamine receptors blow up like Alderaan.

1. Any musical instrument

John Williams is one of the most powerful jedi in the galaxy. Why make someone fear the hum of your lightsaber, when you can instead make them love humming one of your tunes? Music is a jedi’s friend. All musical instruments are lightsabers that can’t hurt anyone.

1. A fishing pole

Did you know that they make biodegradable fish hooks now? Don’t chop me in half! Take me fishing. All fishers are jedi. They know that all of our bad feelings–our anger, and our fear, and our hatred–are just like fish. Catch them, examine them, then release them.

1. A pocket knife

A pocket knife is a lightsaber. Carry one with you when you can. May I suggest the Victorinox Spartan (that’s also my space ship’s name). It has a corkscrew. Once you’re the person who brought a corkscrew to a party where everybody brought wine but no corkscrew, then by God you are a jedi. People will tell you that!
Carve the bark off the end of a branch and plop a marshmallow on there. A real jedi can set a bone, roast a marshmellow, and tell a spooky story to her stepkids all in the same night.
These are just some of the many options that jedi have available to them besides weapons and violence.
Do you know why lightsaber fights are boring now? It’s not because lightsaber dueling isn’t cool. It’s because we know that the jedi can do better. We know that a jedi who resorts to violence is not a jedi. They’re someone who’s hurt, angry, and scared, and they’re out to make other people hurt, angry, and scared too.
Trust me Disney--having jedi renounce their lightsabers won’t lose you money or diminish the power of the narrative. Rather, by making jedi non-violent yet exquisite practitioners of the force, the narrative will grow exponentially more interesting and rousing.
“If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine,”--Jesus Christ to the Roman Empire, also Obi-Wan Kenobi
Luke should have been the first jedi to renounce violence and dismantle his lightsaber. He was only 19 years old when he killed 1.5 million people. It would have made him depressed and hate violence, just as it does to many of our veterans today.
Darth Vader was defeated when Luke decided not to use a lightsaber to kill him. When Luke saw the good in Darth Vader, then that’s when Darth Vader was killed, and that’s when Anakin learned that he could breathe again.
This was George Lucas’s point all along. Hate and violence and weapons and slaughter are not the way of the jedi and the force. But I feel that keeping lightsabers integral to jedi and their way of life sends a harmful, self destructive message.
I know some of you feel you need to buy weapons for self defense, or to have on hand in case you need to destroy an evil enemy. And that’s fine, I can’t stop you. But if you buy, sell, make, or profit from weaponry, then you are not a jedi. Go be a stormtrooper. The Empire needs people like you. Empires always do.
But if you want to be a jedi, then cast your deadly weapons to the side and become more powerful than you can possibly imagine. Use the force.
The force is love.
May the force be with you.

Awhile back, I posted an outline for reimagining the DCEU with the one big change being it begins in 2006 and Superman Returns would be a reboot instead. The slate of films for Phase 1, so far, consists of Superman: Man Of Tomorrow, Wonder Woman: Warrior Of Truth, Batman: The Caped Crusader, Green Arrow: Emerald Archer, The Flash: Fastest Man Alive, and Green Lantern Corps.
Credit to the ideas for Brainiac's origin goes to u/Thorfan23.
This 7th movie for Phase 1 will be a sequel to the first Superman movie. Enjoy as you read it:

• Superman II: Man Of Steel (2009)

The movie opens with a damaged skull-ship with low fuel keeping itself afloat in the depths of space. The being in the ship scans for signs of lifeforms, but it hasn't had any luck yet until it gets a sighting of the planet Earth. He halts his ship near the planet and keeps it far from the planet so it isn't noticed and takes an escape pod to land towards Earth.
The next scene after the opening reintroduces Superman, who's continuing to balance his family life with Lois Lane and Jonathan Kent with his ongoing search for Lex Luthor ever since he evaded being arrested in the first movie. Clark and Lois have tried to get leads on where Lex is with their journalistic skills, but they haven't had any luck yet since they have to write other stories for The Daily Planet and look after Jonathan. Clark suspects Lex has connections to stay hidden, but he'll keep an eye out for when he returns. Superman does his daily routine, which is stopping crimes like theft, robbery, and weapon dealings & greets civilians as he makes sure Metropolis is safe. He gets a call from Lois, who tells him to watch the news as it's serious.
Superman switches back to Clark Kent and sees recent news about a potential sighting of an alien who landed, weeks ago. Reporters are split on whether or not this revelation is true and some politicians debate the growing numbers of metahumans and aliens because of this news. Clark also learns about a request for Superman to answer for the recent crimes of Lex Luthor in court to testify against him since his disappearance has been left up in the air.
Superman attends a court hearing to testify about what happened in the first film to expose Lex and Metallo for their wrongdoings with help from Lois Lane & Jimmy Olsen when they show evidence of their crimes and scheme against Superman. After the session, he meets Senator Finch and Amanda Waller, who have a meeting in the Pentagon to show the sightings of the alien who landed on Earth with the government officials in the meeting weary of Superman's presence.
Superman maintains his integrity to give a good impression, regardless of the opinions of the other government officials, and he offers to help investigate this sighting but wants to reason with the alien first before determining if it'll threaten humanity. Superman is met by reporters who ask questions about the alien sighting. He answers a few of their questions, but he has to go look into it, so he flies off and goes to see where this new alien is by using his super-hearing to sense where he is. He finds Brainiac, who he cautiously approaches and gets to know how his planet was destroyed during a war and is looking for a new home on Earth.
Superman's a bit suspicious of Brainiac's story, but relates to him, to an extent, since he remembers Krypton being destroyed when he was born, so he gives him a chance if he comes willingly and gives his word he'll help him adjust to Earth if he proves he can be trusted. Vril Dox goes with Superman and is ordered by the U.S. military below to turn himself. It makes Vril nervous, but Superman reasons with the men to not be hostile with him since he's just arrived and hasn't been proven to be a threat yet.
When interrogated, he studies the ways humans behave around him and answers questions about where he came from and why he's here. He's given a chance that will determine if he'll have a place on Earth by Senator Finch and Amanda Waller, who want oversight of Vril's activities and for Superman to hold him accountable. Superman learns Vril Dox will answer to the U.N. in a few days since they've been told about the sightings. On the day Vril Dox answers to the U.N. to make his presence known as it's broadcasted, he explains his people were wiped out by a race of warmongers and he only wishes to seek acceptance on Earth just like Superman has. He offers to share his intellect and technology with Earth so it can continue to prosper. Members of the U.N. are split on Vril Dox's claims since they come across as genuine but a few aren't sure if he can be trusted. Senator Finch helps settle the debate and they agree to accept Vril Dox's resources.
Superman and Vril Dox have a private talk in the sky. They get to know more about each other and Superman learns a bit about Vril Dox's purpose to study humanity to help it and Superman's experience as a hero for many years. Superman shows Vril Dox around the city of Metropolis and it gets to know the relationship Superman has with the citizens, which he takes note of. A gang war is taking place in an area of Metropolis and the police are having difficulty stopping it since it's between Livewire and El Diablo.
Superman and Vril Dox work together to stop them and Livewire is recognized by Superman as a villains he fought in the past while El Diablo is a new criminal metahuman on the scene. Livewire and El Diablo pose dangerous challenges to Superman and Vril Dox with their abilities as they work separately against them, but the two defeat the metahuman criminals and stop the gang war taking place so the police can arrest them. Vril Dox recognizes how bits of humanity are capable of destroying itself from how he saw those robbers misuse resources. It sees how capable Superman is when using his power and questions if he thinks he's doing enough for them. Superman says he's always done his best to protect Metropolis and the world, but Vril Dox thinks things aren't changing and if they're going to help more people, they need to start solving global-scaled conflicts.
Superman respects his stance, but Metropolis is his home, so he isn't sure about the idea. Vril Dox offers Superman a chance to help him solve issues in the world outside of Metropolis as a way to study its people and resources so he can figure out solutions that can benefit the people, which he reluctantly agrees to but will need to consider first. The next day, Vril Dox announces he and Superman will work together to solve global issues around the world with approval from the U.N. and Superman uses this to his advantage so he can show his willingness to help Earth.
One of the things Vril Dox & Superman work together to do is solve a conflict involving a political mess between two 3rd world nations and it's becoming heated to the point where a war might break up between them and get innocents caught in the crossfire. Vril Dox lays waste to the two armies with its abilities while Superman looks after the safety of the people and reduces the collateral damage.
Afterward, Vril Dox declares to help solve global issues like war and poverty to help provide stability and safety for society. Anyone who dares to threaten the nation will be dealt with by him accordingly and the people applaud him. The nations are impressed by how he takes action, compared to Superman, and they come to an agreement in a peace treaty to resolve the situation. Some people question why Superman couldn't do what Vril Dox did all those years he claimed to care about Earth, which raises his suspicions.
Vril Dox meets with Amanda Waller, Senator Finch, and government officials to discuss the progress he's made on global issues with their approval, and he believes that if he is to provide security to the nation against various threats, he proposes the concept of drones that can be remotely controlled by him as a way to defend nations and expand his knowledge to help humanity.
Senator Finch isn't sure if the public will trust this idea but Amanda Waller thinks it could work to their advantage. Building the drones is successful with oversight by Vril Dox when he points out flaws in certain instructions with his intellect. His programming helps the construction process go smoothly, despite the nervousness the others have around his growing awareness.
The drones are presented to the public and one of the first tests for its purpose of protecting citizens is in Metropolis. A set of crimes being committed are in progress and there's a display of Brainiac's drones swiftly apprehending them. Public reactions are mixed towards this since some find it to be a sign of Brainiac gaining too much power over them and some think Vril Dox is proven to be more effective than Superman.
When reporters question Vril Dox, he's a bit offended by their questions but keeps his composure to not draw suspicion. Superman confronts him while the civilians watch and thinks this might be going too far, despite his good intentions. Vril Dox points out how Metropolis hasn't improved, despite his crusade, and there needs to be more enforcement for the people's sake. He can't do anything about his drones yet since the government has approved them, but he'll keep an eye out for if they cause harm. One of the droids secretly steals a piece of Superman's Kryptonian DNA without him noticing and Brainiac uses it to study him.
Vril Dox's droids are tested in Metropolis with civilians split on their presence. The droids make an example of their purpose when they swiftly detain metahumans hiding in Metropolis like Silver Banshee & Parasite. Superman tries to stop them himself but the droids act a bit antagonistic towards him as they don't want him interfering with their programmed tasks. To avoid causing too much tension with Vril Dox as he gains more knowledge, he uses his reporter skills as Clark Kent to uncover the potential grander conspiracy behind the plan of Vril Dox with help from Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen. General Sam Lane helps them learn about the true intentions of Vril Dox while having connections to avoid getting caught.
Superman learns Brainiac's bots are infused with Kryptonite as one of his weaknesses, Emil Hamilton, who's one of the people forced to help Vril Dox build the bots, seeks his help since he's aware of Brainiac's plans. He gives them the schematics he secretly collected on Brainiac's growing intellect and the strengths & weaknesses of the bots. With remaining material he kept, he helps build an Anti-Kryptonite suit to help Superman resist his weakness of Kryptonite and gain an advantage to stop Brainiac.
When Superman tracks where Brainiac is, he finds his skull-shaped ship that was reactivated and rebuilt by his droids. Superman makes quick work of the droids and confronts Brainiac, who is in his computer form and is hooked up to wires with an energy shield protecting him. It’s revealed he took a sample of Superman’s Kryptonian DNA and used the government’s resources earlier to develop a body that can give him the same strength as his.
The body upload is complete and Brainiac transfers his consciousness into it, which gives him the abilities of Superman with his intellect kept intact. Brainiac's new body has a similar resemblance to Superman himself, but his suit has a black and purple color scheme with a green glow to it and a similar logo to Superman's. The stakes are now higher than ever Superman has to find a way to destroy the new body of Brainiac since he's now on his level.
Brainiac's Kryptonian Body makes him just as dangerous as before when he fights Superman since he can copy his abilities. Their fight starts with the two combating in the skull-ship and it takes them outside in the sky. Superman must keep Brainiac long enough to keep him away from Metropolis so he doesn't hurt innocents while counteracting his strength. Unknown to Brainiac, Lois Lane & her father arrive near his ship in a helicopter with soldiers aiding them and enter the ship to find what he's hiding. General Lane thinks Brainiac's weakness could be hidden somewhere in the ship and they find the advanced alien computer generating his body's features.
Before Superman's Anti-Kryptonite Suit can be damaged further, Lois communicates with Clark through an intercom in the suit and tells him the weaknesses of Brainiac that he can take advantage of to defeat him. Lois and her dad find ways to damage the part of the ship that Brainiac is connected to so he loses some of its strength, which helps Superman gain an advantage. The sounds of military aircrafts arriving to help Superman continue fighting against Brainiac exploits another weakness, which is a sensory overload causing him to lose his focus because of the sounds of shooting and flight of the aircrafts. As Brainiac loses more strength as the fight progresses, an opening is left for General Lane to deliver the final blow by firing a missile at Brainiac's body, destroying it.
The ship of Brainiac is still active and its malfunction causes the soldiers on board to evacuate. The ship flees into space to avoid being destroyed and its fate is left uncertain to Superman and the rest of his allies, but he's still proud of how he defeated Brainiac. After the fight, Superman helps the citizens of Metropolis recover since some of them sustained injuries from Brainiac's bots, who are deactivated and testifies in court to share his revelation about Brainiac, and his robotic body is shown. Superman is blamed by a few for not finding out about his true intentions sooner, but he's made up for it since he's defeated & General Lane vouches in court. The movie ends with Superman receiving thunderous applause from the court and people outside while continuing to protect Metropolis, once more.

1. Mid-credits scene: It's revealed Brainiac transferred his consciousness into one of his remaining droids after the final battle if he were to lose against Superman and he sneaks off Earth by redirecting his escape pod into space without being spotted. He intends to reorganize for when he plans his next move.
2. Post-credits scene: Lex Luthor is reintroduced and has his Exo-Warsuit ready for when he faces Superman. He knows he isn't the only masquerading hero in the world since there are others just like him, who he has files on. He plans to form a Legion of his own to rid the world of these heroes so no one stands in his way of coming out on top of the world.

With the first seven movies of the DCEU finished, Justice League is next to conclude Phase 1.

So I am going to do a little story time into this battle. In honor of the end of The Bad Batch, Pixar Fest & May The 4th.
Scene & Settings:

 Somewhere in the Star Wars Universe, near the end days of The Clone Wars. Wrecker and the rest of Clone Force 99 are escaping a Trade Federation Star Ship deep in the Outer Rim Territories in orbit just outside a Giant Cosmic Space Nebula... of some strange kind. Anyways the Bad Batch's orders were to kill any officials aboard and steel the craft into the nearby nebula to be lost and/or destroyed. A shoot out with some Super Battle Droids ensues during The Batch's exit. During said shoot out Wrecker gets separated from the rest of his squad and is forced to take a separate escape pod. As the pod ejects a droids hits the pod with a wrist rocket. This causes the escape pod to get thrown off trajectory in the nebula. I think you can all see where I'm going with this. As his pod crashes deeper into the nebula it gets sucked through a worm hole in time and space. When Wrecker comes out the other side he is headed on a crash land course for Incredibles/Pixar Earth. Meanwhile in Metroville, it is just after the events of Incredibles 2 and Supers have been exepted back into society with open arms. Mr. Incredible is out on a solo patrol for the day. New trade off system Mr. & Mrs. Incredible worked out to stay at home with the kids. They don't let them crime fight on the regular. Anyways it is Mid-Day in Metroville as a flaming UFO breaks the skyline and crashes down into the downtown city streets. The UFO is Wrecker's Escape Pod. Mr. Incredible responds to the crash. Tells the Mrs. not to worry he will be home in time for dinner and shift swap. As Wrecker is coming to dazed and confused from the, reality jump/crash, he begins to put his check his gear, as he does not know if he can survive on this planet or where he is due to all the Pod's systems being fired. Speaking of Wrecker's gear... He has he Customize Katarn Class Commando Armor, which for the sake of this fight has the Repulsor Blast in his left gauntlet. His Vibro-Machete. His DC-17m Blaster Rifle, which for the sake of this fight is fulling capable to interchange into the grenade launcher and the sniper rifle. Never understood why they never implemented this into the show. As he exits the pod Blaster is in hand but, not pointed at anyone. Local law enforcement are the first responders on site. Panicky because it is a UFO with an alien coming out. Wrecker weary but, sorry apologizes for the damage. Luckily nobody got hurt. As Wrecker is apologizing he gets cut off mid speech by Mr. Incredible, who is apprehensive about Wrecker. Incredible tells him to drop his weapons and submit to arrest, while also imploring the police to stand down & back. Wrecker replies with "That is not going to happen." Not knowing if he is in Separatist or enemy space. Raising his Blaster into position. A police officer with an itchy trigger finger suddenly fires on Wrecker. Wrecker's armor eats the low Calibur bullet like it is nothing and is unphased. Wrecker uses his Anti-Armor Grenade to blow up a cop cruiser, to deter them away. As Wrecker lays Blaster fire down on Incredible, Bob tears up a piece of the street to shield him as he pushes Wrecker. Wrecker getting an idea of how strong Incredible is from watching him do that, decides to switch back to grenade and blows up the chuck of street and Bob back with it. Incredible responds by throwing a car at Wrecker causing him to duck, so Incredible could quickly close the range and one punches Wrecker several feet back and his Blaster out of his hands... Quite a distance from him. As Wrecker gets up he chuckles and remarks that Incredible is strong. States he likes a challenge. "This is going to be fun. Here comes the wrecking ball!" He charges Incredible. The scene and the battle are set. Who wins this battle of Titans? No back up for either hero. No prior knowledge of each other's universe. Win by Neutralization lethal or nonlethal. 

So I am going to do a little story time into this battle. In honor of the end of The Bad Batch, Pixar Fest & May The 4th.
Scene & Settings:
Somewhere in the Star Wars Universe, near the end days of The Clone Wars. Wrecker and the rest of Clone Force 99 are escaping a Trade Federation Star Ship deep in the Outer Rim Territories in orbit just outside a Giant Cosmic Space Nebula... of some strange kind. Anyways the Bad Batch's orders were to kill any officials aboard and steel the craft into the nearby nebula to be lost and/or destroyed. A shoot out with some Super Battle Droids ensues during The Batch's exit. During said shoot out Wrecker gets separated from the rest of his squad and is forced to take a separate escape pod. As the pod ejects a droids hits the pod with a wrist rocket.
This causes the escape pod to get thrown off trajectory in the nebula. I think you can all see where I'm going with this. As his pod crashes deeper into the nebula it gets sucked through a worm hole in time and space. When Wrecker comes out the other side he is headed on a crash land course for Incredibles/Pixar Earth. Meanwhile in Metroville, it is just after the events of Incredibles 2 and Supers have been exepted back into society with open arms. Mr. Incredible is out on a solo patrol for the day. New trade off system Mr. & Mrs. Incredible worked out to stay at home with the kids. They don't let them crime fight on the regular.
Anyways it is Mid-Day in Metroville as a flaming UFO breaks the skyline and crashes down into the downtown city streets. The UFO is Wrecker's Escape Pod. Mr. Incredible responds to the crash. Tells the Mrs. not to worry he will be home in time for dinner and shift swap. As Wrecker is coming to dazed and confused from the, reality jump/crash, he begins to put his check his gear, as he does not know if he can survive on this planet or where he is due to all the Pod's systems being fired. Speaking of Wrecker's gear... He has he Customize Katarn Class Commando Armor, which for the sake of this fight has the Repulsor Blast in his left gauntlet. His Vibro-Machete. His DC-17m Blaster Rifle, which for the sake of this fight is fulling capable to interchange into the grenade launcher and the sniper rifle.
Never understood why they never implemented this into the show. As he exits the pod Blaster is in hand but, not pointed at anyone. Local law enforcement are the first responders on site. Panicky because it is a UFO with an alien coming out. Wrecker weary but, sorry apologizes for the damage. Luckily nobody got hurt. As Wrecker is apologizing he gets cut off mid speech by Mr. Incredible, who is apprehensive about Wrecker. Incredible tells him to drop his weapons and submit to arrest, while also imploring the police to stand down & back. Wrecker replies with "That is not going to happen." Not knowing if he is in Separatist or enemy space. Raising his Blaster into position. A police officer with an itchy trigger finger suddenly fires on Wrecker. Wrecker's armor eats the low Calibur bullet like it is nothing and is unphased. Wrecker uses his Anti-Armor Grenade to blow up a cop cruiser, to deter them away. As Wrecker lays Blaster fire down on Incredible, Bob tears up a piece of the street to shield him as he pushes Wrecker.
Wrecker getting an idea of how strong Incredible is from watching him do that, decides to switch back to grenade and blows up the chuck of street and Bob back with it. Incredible responds by throwing a car at Wrecker causing him to duck, so Incredible could quickly close the range and one punches Wrecker several feet back and his Blaster out of his hands... Quite a distance from him. As Wrecker gets up he chuckles and remarks that Incredible is strong. States he likes a challenge. "This is going to be fun. Here comes the wrecking ball!" He charges Incredible. The scene and the battle are set. Who wins this battle of Titans? No back up for either hero. No prior knowledge of each other's universe. Win by Neutralization lethal or nonlethal.

So I am going to do a little story time into this battle. In honor of the end of The Bad Batch, Pixar Fest & May The 4th.
Scene & Settings:
Somewhere in the Star Wars Universe, near the end days of The Clone Wars. Wrecker and the rest of Clone Force 99 are escaping a Trade Federation Star Ship deep in the Outer Rim Territories in orbit just outside a Giant Cosmic Space Nebula... of some strange kind. Anyways the Bad Batch's orders were to kill any officials aboard and steel the craft into the nearby nebula to be lost and/or destroyed. A shoot out with some Super Battle Droids ensues during The Batch's exit. During said shoot out Wrecker gets separated from the rest of his squad and is forced to take a separate escape pod. As the pod ejects a droids hits the pod with a wrist rocket. This causes the escape pod to get thrown off trajectory in the nebula.
I think you can all see where I'm going with this. As his pod crashes deeper into the nebula it gets sucked through a worm hole in time and space. When Wrecker comes out the other side he is headed on a crash land course for Incredibles/Pixar Earth. Meanwhile in Metroville, it is just after the events of Incredibles 2 and Supers have been exepted back into society with open arms. Mr. Incredible is out on a solo patrol for the day. New trade off system Mr. & Mrs. Incredible worked out to stay at home with the kids. They don't let them crime fight on the regular. Anyways it is Mid-Day in Metroville as a flaming UFO breaks the skyline and crashes down into the downtown city streets. The UFO is Wrecker's Escape Pod.
Mr. Incredible responds to the crash. Tells the Mrs. not to worry he will be home in time for dinner and shift swap. As Wrecker is coming to dazed and confused from the, reality jump/crash, he begins to put his check his gear, as he does not know if he can survive on this planet or where he is due to all the Pod's systems being fired. Speaking of Wrecker's gear... He has he Customize Katarn Class Commando Armor, which for the sake of this fight has the Repulsor Blast in his left gauntlet. His Vibro-Machete. His DC-17m Blaster Rifle, which for the sake of this fight is fulling capable to interchange into the grenade launcher and the sniper rifle. Never understood why they never implemented this into the show. As he exits the pod Blaster is in hand but, not pointed at anyone.
Local law enforcement are the first responders on site. Panicky because it is a UFO with an alien coming out. Wrecker weary but, sorry apologizes for the damage. Luckily nobody got hurt. As Wrecker is apologizing he gets cut off mid speech by Mr. Incredible, who is apprehensive about Wrecker. Incredible tells him to drop his weapons and submit to arrest, while also imploring the police to stand down & back. Wrecker replies with "That is not going to happen." Not knowing if he is in Separatist or enemy space. Raising his Blaster into position. A police officer with an itchy trigger finger suddenly fires on Wrecker. Wrecker's armor eats the low Calibur bullet like it is nothing and is unphased. Wrecker uses his Anti-Armor Grenade to blow up a cop cruiser, to deter them away.
As Wrecker lays Blaster fire down on Incredible, Bob tears up a piece of the street to shield him as he pushes Wrecker. Wrecker getting an idea of how strong Incredible is from watching him do that, decides to switch back to grenade and blows up the chuck of street and Bob back with it. Incredible responds by throwing a car at Wrecker causing him to duck, so Incredible could quickly close the range and one punches Wrecker several feet back and his Blaster out of his hands... Quite a distance from him. As Wrecker gets up he chuckles and remarks that Incredible is strong. States he likes a challenge. "This is going to be fun. Here comes the wrecking ball!" He charges Incredible. The scene and the battle are set. Who wins this battle of Titans? No back up for either hero. No prior knowledge of each other's universe. Win by Neutralization lethal or nonlethal.

I am left disappointed with the Finale. Overly simplistic, full of plot convenience, and denies meaningful payoff for multiple unfinished/rushed plots. Star Wars is at its best when high stakes are supported with high consequences . . . mortal consequences. Having a fanciful, sugary sweet “happy ending” is a disservice to these characters who have been shown to be dynamic, resilient and capable of persisting through adversity. As I watched the episode I felt like a fan had won a sweepstakes and been given the prize of writing an episode, one based on their #everyonelives fanfic. Not every happy ending has to include everyone surviving, there is no light without darkness, no peace without conflict, and this is a series about war set in a universe built around systemic conflict and interpersonal loss, in particular being motivated by that loss or the fear of it.
The fact that not even one member of the Batch, nor Omega herself, died in the assault on Tantiss is just odd and not in line with prior storytelling. Omega couldn't have died because it's a kids show and “no dead kids on a kids show” is the rule. Why demonstrate your willingness to break plot armor by killing Tech and then not play out those raised stakes in the finale? If you’re not going to clone him or brainwash him, why kill him in S2 and not wait and off him mid-S3 or during the finale?
Every step in the assault on/escape from Tantiss was just too easy. Emerie partnering with Echo and having no opposition while navigating the base, hacking the medical droid, freeing the Zillo, gaining access to the cells in GenPop and freeing the clones, Emerie being able to casually board and fly a shuttle out of a hanger with the kids, Omega and the Batch making it to their departing shuttlecraft, etc. just felt very flat/unbelievable to me. We are led to believe for multiple seasons that this is an incredibly well stocked/staffed/funded secure base yet one Zillo took out enough troopers to completely dismantle all security personnel and automated contingencies like securing shuttle hangers and halting lifts?
I was looking forward to CX-2 and the other Operatives until they hopped out of their tanks with Signature Moves© and fancy weapons. CX-2 and his predecessors used relatively standard armaments and fighting techniques which positioned them to be great adversaries to CTs and members of the Batch. The sudden appearance of whimsical Operatives, who are unlikely to be CTs based on body shape and fighting style, felt rushed and could have been set up much better earlier in the season or in a short flashback of Crosshair's time on Tantiss, heck even a short line from Fennic about bounty hunters going missing or a line from Hemlock about how he still has use for failed MCount clones would have added to the viewer experience. You also lose the emotional impact of clones fighting clones.
It was also disappointing that our heroes were physically incapacitated fairly quickly and remained so for the last portion of the escape. The hand to hand combat sequence between CX-2 and Crosshair in S03E07 was fantastic, and I felt cheated not getting at least a shred of decent h2h from Hunter, Scorch, CX-2 or the other Operatives. The only knife action we get is when Crosshair is cutting Wrecker free of the bola. I don’t necessarily have a big problem with Scorch’s demise BUT it could have been dealt with better if less time was spent dealing with the Operatives.
The tension during the whole episode could have been dialed up a bunch, but the final showdown on the exterior platform/bridge could have had more elements. Why have the Zillo walk into the forest, presumably no longer a direct threat to the security of the base, instead of climbing up the side of the mountain and wreaking havoc on the base? Feeding on its energy and posing a more direct threat/distraction. Having Hemlock running across the Precarious Walkway© confidently waiting for CX’s ship only to see the Zillo climbing up and pulling it out of the sky and then stocking him and Omega back towards the base where they meet Hunter and Crosshair would have added a little more pizzazz to the whole ordeal. We have already seen Crosshair and CX-2 shoot out ship engines multiple times, didn’t need it again. We would have also benefited from Hemlock starting a self destruct timer, he was already told the research data was destroyed and should have seen to the destruction of the base and the Batch at any cost, arrogance vs. common sense. This would have made reaching the Batch's escaping shuttle more interesting . . . instead we get a borderline comical cut to it taking off.
Them being able to build a life on Pabu is only supported if you believe every single Imperial officer is a complete idiot. Regardless of Tarkin shuttering the base and being uncharacteristically single-minded about the Death Star, either he or another officer would have someone go through the mission records and ship logs and would have found evidence of Pabu, plus the numerous TK troopers who were all sent to search for Omega. Even if they don’t know who or why they were on the planet, doesn’t the fact that there was a major operation there a red flag? Unfortunately most of Star Wars operates in the “imperials are incompetent” realm, but sometimes fiction can benefit from mirroring real life where enemies are smart, agile, and competent, they wouldn’t be as scary if they weren’t, this is one reason Andor with its ambitious imperials and their rabid collaborators work so well. In other media we are led to believe Tarkin is of sound strategic mind, covering all his bases and ensuring the long term security of the Empire. His bases also include keeping Palps happy.
If the cloning data is completely destroyed then how do we get here? How do we get Gideon’s clones? Are we to presume that the Kaminoan cloning technology was the most advanced and the techniques employed by the Emperor later were never going to be as fully realized as the Kaminoans could have produced? Hence why Snoke and Palps II were messed up. It seems like an oversimplification of the issue in order to give us the very satisfying Nala Se revenge scene and the Omega’s happy family wrapped in a pretty red bow. Along with other, recent SWs content this gives me a nagging feeling that all the different production hands at LFL rarely sit around the same table and discuss long term story goals.
Along with other fans I feel safe assuming we will get a Rebel Clone series soon, best guess announcement at Celebration 2025. Why dedicate so much indulgent screentime to Cody, Rex, Gregor, and Wolffe during S2 and S3 and have absolutely no payoff in the finale? Why does Senator Chuchi feel like offering decommissioned clones a place on Pantora is a good idea? How many itinerant clones are floating around the galaxy with or without chain codes? This whole situation is going to go south soon and will hopefully show us what tragic event(s) lead Rex, Gregor, and Wolffe to choose self isolation on Seelos. Echo and Senator Chuchi are killed and Pantora is razed?
Conspiracy theory: Bad Batch never delivered the numbers Disney expected of it and it was cut down from 4-5 seasons to 3. The production team were told of this between S2 and S3 but so much was already written they decided to retain the majority of the S3’s content and rush an extended final episode, ex. never fleshing out the Operatives. Streaming services do not release their ratings data, not even to their stock holders in any meaningful detail. They have a PR incentive to claim that it was always supposed to be 3 seasons and no ethical responsibility to tell the fans otherwise.
At this point you may not believe me but The Bad Batch has been my favorite piece of SWs content for many years. I wish we could get indefinite seasons of it and as many print media spin offs as possible, but unfortunately all good things come to an end. Although I chose to focus on the parts I found distracting, I do think there were strong parts of the finale including the excellent music, beautiful animation, and gorgeous Star Destroyers, fresh off shipyard docks. With the exception of the OT and the PT, it's my belief that Star Wars is at its strongest when it's animated. I pray to the Maker that more animated Star Wars finds its way to us, in its own time.
Thank you for coming to my TED talk! Flame me in the comments I guess ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Just sort of thinking this through and would love others to chime in. I love my depot droids and the work of u/Ruthsarian on the toolbox has been fantastic in giving them more capabilities. But I think we all dream of them having more autonomy. Unfortunately that would likely require a lot of Roomba-esque (bump, fall, etc.) sensors and tearing out most of the standard electronics. I was staring at my work bench the other day and my eyes landed on a Raspberry Pi Zero. Given the work done to decode the Bluetooth triggers, the Pi Zero’s native WiFi and Bluetooth capabilities, and the RPi camera peripherals you can find anywhere for $15, maybe there are possibilities. The RPi zero can easily hide inside the dome of an R-unit with the camera sensor mounted near the LED arrays. When the camera detects movement, the Pi could send Bluetooth instructions to the droid to move and make some chirps. Perhaps even follow what’s in the camera’s field of view. The camera view could even be sent to a phone/computer via WiFi. Does this make sense? Two immediate challenges that come to mind would be supplying power discreetly to the RPi and potential issues with “waking” and keeping alive the droid and its Bluetooth connection.

i need a title for this, Okay, so some people are saying Jar Jar is a Sith.
However, I have just suddenly had some wild imagination that Jar Jar is NOT IN FACT a Sith. We are told multiple times that George Lucas deems Palpatine to be the most powerful Sith Lord in history, period. That means that if Jar Jar were to be a Sith, then Sidious would be more powerful than him. And the people that like to imagine Jar Jar as an extremely clever and secretive manipulator assume him to be a Sith Lord. I myself liked this theory.
However, perhaps Jar Jar is not a Sith. He is some sort of Force entity, some sort of Dark Side entity made manifest into a sentient being. A "Force Demon", if you will. A Force Demon of immense, galactic-wide power. A Force Demon who has a love for chaos, but is extremely intelligent and powerful. Here are some things to ponder on:
Jar Jar is not trusted by "pure" beings.
Jar Jar has been shown to have played a large part in Sidious' plan for galactic conquest, as well as in the downfall of Anakin Skywalker. People have pointed out that it was Jar Jar who enticed the young Anakin to an infatuation with Padme, a bond forbidden by the Jedi Order, an act that would lead him astray from his vow. Jar Jar has also been pointed out as less than trustworthy to droids, said to be more sensitive to the workings of the Force (if my memory serves right). C-3PO explicitly stated that he has trouble trusting him.
This is just like when animals are said to respond to the workings of the supernatural. Because animals and droids are "more pure" in thought and are less prone to assuming an occurrence to be coincidence, they are said to detect these things more easily than people. Jar Jar is, thus, a sort of supernatural entity.
Jar Jar is a high-level demonic entity due to his cleverness
Some people believe there exists a wide spectrum of "demons", or harmful/evil spirits, from simple entities which cause some disorder within a house, to those that are evil enough to try to possess the body of a mortal, to the truly powerful "high level" demons that can cause devastation on a global scale. This is thought to be the reason behind the mess that leaders like Hitler or Napoleon create. Adolf Hitler himself was thought by some as to be possessed by the devil, and the pope went so far as to attempt an exorcism on him, though it was not continued as it would not be possible to exorcise an individual from a distance and without his consent (my knowledge on this is limited).
Thus, Jar Jar is no ordinary poltergeist or elemental of some influence. He is an extremely high-ranking, extremely clever demon - more like a devil - whose actions cause widespread destruction and catastrophe across an entire galaxy. He is clever enough to pull the strings on galactic leaders like Palpatine, just as Hitler or Napoleon were said to have been under the influence of high-ranking demons.
Jar Jar, as a supernatural entity, does not demonstrate physical power - but "fate obeys him"
The Jedi and the Sith are mortals highly attuned to the Force, but they are not truly supernatural entities. Their powers are enhanced by the Force and they can physically demonstrate this. Thus, they are very powerful and difficult to kill.
Jar Jar has, numerous times, been pointed out to evade physical harm and danger easily. It has been pointed out that his movements are akin to the "drunken master" kung fu style. It is possible that, due to being a powerful demonic entity, Jar Jar has immunity to the workings of the physical realm. This is why he is rarely, if ever, hurt. This is the same reason people ascribe to why Hitler was barely harmed in the assassination attempt on his bunker - people think that he was being protected by evil spirits or whatever. Thus, Jar Jar is like Hitler, and Jar Jar has supernatural powers backing him.
Jar Jar is not Palpatine's master, rather, he was manipulating Palpatine without Palpatine knowing it, for his own entertainment and love for chaos.
People like to speculate that Jar Jar was Sidious' secret master, that this was the reason he gave him emergency powers. Thus, people call him "Darth Jar Jar". But Jar Jar is not really a Sith, and not a Jedi either. He was not Palpatine's master. Palpatine does not probably even know Jar Jar has great power.
However, Jar Jar is actually pulling Palptine's strings without him knowing it. This is key to understanding the mind-boggling evil of Jar Jar, an evil that encompasses even Sidious' brilliance. Sidious, all along, thinks it's his plan. Well, it is, but it wouldn't have come to fruition without Jar Jar's whims.
It is Jar Jar who dictates the success of Palpatine. Palpatine does not know it, but the reason for his success is Jar Jar's evil whims. That is why Jar Jar gave him emergency powers. He just wants to mess things up. Because he likes it. Bwahaha.
Jar Jar is beyond the power of mortals
Jar Jar is more powerful than Sidious, thus he must be more powerful than Yoda. He is thus of similar power levels as Force Ghosts, meaning to say, he is not a mortal attuned to the Force. He is not a mortal possessing supernatural powers; he IS the supernatural. When Obi-Wan says "I will become more powerful than you could possibly imagine", this is what this means. Thus, the only way to defeat Jar Jar would be some sort of mystical act. He cannot be defeated by physical means.
Jar Jar would be like those creepy "Force Wraiths" or that...ehhh...that super-powerful primordial evil woman spirit (what was her name again lol) that fought Grand Master Luke in Legends. But his power eclipses even theirs. He does not even need to "fight" the Jedi because he is not known to the Jedi in the first place as a villain.
Since Jar Jar's power eclipses that of even Yoda's, the only good guy I can think of directly defeating him would be Yoda's father, Kermit the Frog. But that might be going a little far. Still, it's fun to speculate on it.
Jar Jar is the Phantom Menace
Darth Maul is not the Phantom Menace. Some may think that Palpatine is the Phantom Menace. However, the Phantom Menace really is Jar Jar.
Palpatine is surely a menace but he is not a "Phantom", to those who know the story of the original trilogy.
When we watch Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, we already know that it is Palpatine who is the bad guy. There is nothing "Phantom" about him. Thus, there is a PHANTOM MENACE somewhere we don't know. Here, George Lucas is already trying to send you clues that you are supposed to try to figure out through the film's title. Obviously, this would be Jar Jar, because he is the one we would not notice at first.
The troubles in the Star Wars saga are all Jar Jar's fault
Since Jar Jar is a highly secretive, mischievous Force entity, he is able to cause so much trouble that it can encompass 8-9 movies worth of events. This is backed up by the author's own statement:
George Lucas said:
Jar Jar is the key to all this.
Let me reiterate:
Jar Jar
key
all this.
That last part is essential. ALL THIS - meaning ALL THE STAR WARS STORIES AND STRUGGLES - are the fault of the workings of Jar Jar. That is how influential that blasted alien is.
The Star Wars literally are Jar Jar's fault, because he made Palpatine Emperor and all that. The Wars of the Stars are the workings of Jar Jar. It would in fact be fitting to call the whole franchise "Jar Jar's Star Wars" but that would be spoiling George Lucas' riddle.
So there we have it. Jar Jar is not a Jedi, Jar Jar is not a Sith. Jar Jar is not "Darth" Jar Jar. He is an evil supernatural Force entity made manifest in sentient, mortal form. And he is an entity that loves chaos for its own sake, secretly manipulating powerful leaders like Palpatine for his own pleasure and enjoyment. Because he is more powerful than mortals, he can only be stopped by supernatural entities, such as Force Ghosts.
Okay that's it. With my somewhat limited knowledge but fascination and curiosity about the whole concept, I've come up with this. I just wanted to share it. Thanks!

So I want to have a consistent set of rules for my new campaign when it comes to astrogation, only because my players like to play smart and be ready for anything that may come their way. I encourage that, but I also like to challenge them.
One of the points that sticks out is astrogation and how it works. For this post, I am not concerned about travel times, at all. The sticking point here is the actual plotting of the route the PCs are about to take. I have a few questions.
Scenario 1: The PCs make a hasty exit from a pirate's asteroid base after stealing something, and need to deliver it to a planet they've never been to. The pirates have unleashed starfighters to stop the PCs.
How long, per RAW, does that calculation to the new planet take? Is it a few hours as it says here?

Astrogation
Time Taken: One minute when your position is known and you are following a commonly-travelled jump route for which hyperspace coordinates have already been calculated (can be reduced to one round in emergencies). A few hours when your position is known, but your destination is one to which you have not travelled before and the nav computer must calculate coordinates. One day when you must take readings to determine your ship's current position and then compute hyperspace coordinates.

Scenario 2: The PCs make a hasty exit from a pirate's asteroid base after stealing something, and need to deliver it to a planet they've never been to. The pirates have unleashed starfighters to stop the PCs. The ship's droid has the jump stored in its memory banks.
Does the fact that the droid have a jump stored make a difference? Does the computer still need to interpret that jump? Does the droid already have the jump interpreted and feed it to the computer? Is it a minute? A few hours?
Scenario 3: The PCs make a hasty exit from a pirate's asteroid base after stealing something, and need to deliver it to a planet they've never been to. The pirates have unleashed starfighters to stop the PCs. The PCs say "We have pre-planned jumps in our navcomputer! We use those!"
Does that take a minute to calculate per this: Time Taken: One minute when your position is known and you are following a commonly-travelled jump route...
The actual travel time stuff is easy to handwave. The jumping to hyperspace part is what's confusing to me and I just want some internal consistency.
The scene in the Falcon leaving Tattooine is a great example, Han is forced to fight tie fighters as the computer plots its course. It does not seem to be an automatic process.
And I'm not sure what exactly the droid storing jumps means to the process.
Thought: Han scrolled through Google to find the Bespin system. "Lando system? No Lando's a man..."
Maybe having jumps stored in the droid skips that Googling process, but the droid (or the PCs) still need to calculate the jump itself on the computer using Astrogation. Which may still taker a minute to process....
Thoughts? Any help?

You can have the opinion that conquest and GC omi’s have no place in swgoh and I would not disagree. I just believe that they were designed wrong. The main reason that I believe that they could be good in the game is that if they have a niche Omicron, the rest of the kit cannot be reliant on it. My biggest gripes with GAC Omicrons is that they seem to make the characters that have them more likely to be bad in other game modes. SK, Savage, Quigon, iden, etc are mediocre at best in non GAC game modes. But if a unit were to get a, say conquest omi, then the rest of their kit has to be good on its own without it, as conquest is a niche game mode (still important).
Now when it comes to how these Conquest/GC omi’s are designed I have a few criteria.

1. They should be able to complete a variety of feats
   
2. Since it is PVE they should more or less be over powered and able to beat MOST teams regardless of data disks/modifiers.
   
3. Not power creep other teams to the point they can’t be used in conquest/GC’s
   

For an example of an omicron for 50r-t would be: while in conquest, if all allies are non separatist droids, whenever an ally uses a basic ability they gain tenacity up, health steal up, speed up, defense up, and foresight for 2 turns.
Whenever 50r-t uses an ability, inflict damaged enemies with tenacity down, daze, burning, speed down, and 3 stacks of damage over time for 1 turn for every instance of damage. Inflict armor spread on target enemy when 50r-t when she uses a basic ability on her turn.
Stamina does not manipulate stats at the start of the battle.