From a Certain Point of View
Or, how Ben Kenobiās boldfaced lie prevarication saved the Galaxy (but not in the way he thought it would).
(See Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four)
When Sidious dies, Jedi and other Force Sensitives across the galaxy sense it, even if they donāt all know precisely what it is that theyāre feeling. The Force reverberates with the death of so powerful a being ā with the shattering of so many significant shatterpoints. A heavy, oppressive cloud has lifted. The Force hasnāt felt this way sinceā¦ longer than some of them even remember. The older among them do remember the days when the Force was lighter and their foresight clearer, but even they hadnāt realized how bad things had gotten until the fog of the Dark was gone.
Padme, with her low midichlorian count, is not particularly attuned to the Force, but she feels it too. Somewhere deep in her bones, she knows that something has changed. And Padme has always trusted her instincts.
So when Anakin bursts into her office in the Senate and announces that he just killed Chancellor Palpatine ā oh, and that Palpatine was a Sith Lord who orchestrated the entire war, by the wayĀ ā she isnāt quite as shocked as she probably should be.
(Which is not, of course, the same thing as not being shocked at all. Because Palpatine? A Sith Lord? Sheād been concerned about the executive powers he was accruing and the policies he was putting into place, of course, butā¦)
āAre you all right?ā he asks, dropping to his knees in front of her chair.
āMe?ā she says.Ā āIām fine, Ani. Iām not the one who just fought a Sith! We need to get you to a medic.ā
āOnly if you get looked over too,ā he says. He hesitates then adds,Ā āIs there anything you, uh, wanted to tell me?ā
He gestures awkwardly in her direction with his flesh hand.
āIām sorry?ā she says, eyeing him worriedly.
Who knows what kind of damage he might have sustained in his encounter with Palpatine.
āYou know,ā he says.Ā āAny, um, family news?ā
āMy family is fine, last I heard,ā she says slowly.Ā āAni, whatās going on?ā
āPadme, how is the baby doing?ā
There is a choking sound near the door.
ā¦which, she realizes in retrospect, they never closed after Anakin barged in like a gundark.Ā
āAn excellent question. Is there anything,āĀ a particularly exhausted-looking Obi-Wan Kenobi says dryly, one eyebrow arched,Ā āthat the two of you would like to tell me?ā
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