XXVIII : Back to Where it Began

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•  SEASON TWO  | EPISODE FIVE / SIX / SEVEN

TWENTY EIGHT.

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BACK TO WHERE IT BEGAN


Within a year since the first battle of Geonosis, we had discovered, to our horror, that Separatist forces had retaken the planet only days after Padmé had managed to uncover the hologram. Days after, we learned the Separatist leader, Poggle the Lesser, is hiding on Geonosis. With this new droid factory, droids are being created by the thousands, outnumbering our Clone army. 

Our mission now is to destroy the droid factory described in Padmé's hologram through a massive invasion to retake the planet. 

In truth, I couldn't believe we were back where it all began. Back to the uninviting surface of the rocky desert. 

The return to Geonosis felt . . . traumatizing, to say the least. 

It seems I was not the only one feeling that way about the harsh rocky world. 

"I cannot believe we're back here again," Obi-Wan confides to Master Ki-Adi-Mundi and me. He shifts uncomfortably as the three of us peer down at the ringed desert planet before us from our Republic warship. 

"It is unfortunate," Master Ki-Adi-Mundi agrees. "The resistance from the native Geonosians was stronger than we anticipated."

"The same can be said for their loyalty to Count Dooku," Obi-Wan observes. 

"A fact that is often overlooked." 

There isn't much left to say. We all know how crucial our invasion of Geonosis is to be. This war seems to be drawing out with no end in sight and is the very reason our invasion is necessary to be a success. Anakin and Ahsoka join us when we contact the Outer Rim Command for our briefing. 

In the meeting, we discussed our ships already in position, which has prepared us to begin our campaign against the Geonosians. There is no known report on Poggle's location, which makes us assume he is holed up at the primary droid foundry. Our primary target to begin this invasion is to knock out the shield generator, which is the first step to giving us any chance of success. 

"Isn't it risky committing four generals to one area of the attack?" Palpatine asks as a hologram, observing that all four of us— Ki-Adi-Mundi, Obi-Wan, Anakin, and I—are leading this fight. "If something went wrong, we could be dealt a serious blow." 

"To ensure that rise again Geonosis does not, capture Poggle we must," Master Yoda explains in the hologram—he and the Chancellor, along with Master Windu, join this meeting from back on Coruscant. 

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