As Jedi Master Mace Windu prepares to strike his final blow on Darth Sidious, he senses an overwhelming sense of angst & pain in Anakin Skywalker's heart. Anakin was enraged, confused and hurt . . .

He could wait no longer, he knew that his justification to young Skywalker was flawed. Anakin had indeed killed Count Dooku, but he doubted that the Sith Lord would have been cowering defenselessly at the time. He was about to destroy an unarmed and overpowered foe. Anakin was right, this was not the Jedi way.

But this was more than a foe. This was the puppet-master that had orchestrated the most destructive war in the history of the republic. This was the Chancellor that had been responsible for the death of billions across the galaxy. This was the Sith Lord that had used the veil of the senate to bring the Jedi Order to it's feet. This was the last of the Sith.
This was not a time for Mace to restrain himself behind the code.

He would end it now. It would all end right now!

Ignoring Anakin's pleas to allow the chancellor to live, Mace struck.
What he felt next was unbearable pain. His severed arm lay on the floor, and the defeated chancellor was pouring the very hatred of the Sith into him. But it wasn't this pain which hurt him. It was the pain that came from knowing that his death would mark the beginning of the end for the Jedi Order. It was the pain that came from knowing that his death was marked with betrayal.

Anakin Skywalker stood in astounded horror as he saw the scene before him. He had successfully stopped Mace Windu from striking a powerless politician, but his judgment had been wrong. The Chancellor was anything but powerless. He was glowing with the dark-side of the force. The Chancellor was killing an unarmed Jedi Master. And Anakin knew that this was his failing. He stood, too stunned to react, to weak to aid the benevolent Jedi.

It was in this moment, Anakin knew, that his destiny intertwined with that of the Jedi Order and the rest of the galaxy. It was in this moment, that he heard a voice. A voice so strong and serene that it stopped the very flow of time. The voice of QuiGon Jinn. ObiWan's master.
His master...


Episode III - The End Of The Sith {II/II}