Legacy

3RD Person

Jedi Master Mace Windu and his Padawan Axle Tinguard lead a defense on the planet of Ithor. The cities hover over the untouched forest below for it is this planet's tradition not to touch the secret's of the surface. The Separatists attack the capital of Ithor, but the Republic manages to hold the city. As Dooku oversees the invasion, he sends a large attack force to crush the Jedi.

Captain Chase is commanding his soldiers at the one open spot where the droids could land. Landing on the surface would be pointless and the Separatists would lose many of their forces to dangerous fauna. The only way to capture the planet, is to capture the capital.

"DROPSHIPS INCOMING!!!" Chase yells as the anti-aircraft cannons open fire. However, the droid gunships are dropping too fast for the cannons to hit them. They landed and droids started pouring out. "HOLD THE LINE!!!" Chase ordered as they found cover and shot back. Just then, green sabers moved like a blur cutting into the droids. "COMMANDER!!!" Chase yelled. Axle ran over to his position. "CHASE, GRENADES!!!" Axle shouted. "GRENADES!!!" Chase repeated to his men as the bombs destroyed large portions of the droids. "CAPTAIN, SPREAD YOUR FORCES AROUND THE DROIDS!!!" Axle ordered. "SIR YES SIR!!!" Chase responded. The men circled the droids and they were quickly blasted.

"Good thinking Commander." Chase said. "Thanks my friend." Axle responded. Master Windu later showed up, "Well I see you two handled yourselves well." "Sure thing General." Chase answered and went to talk to his men

"You have grown a lot since I first took you as my apprentice. You have progressed well and have become very powerful." Windu smiles. "Thank you Master." Axle responded. "General look at that!" Chase ran over pointing at more Separatist ships. "READY YOU WEAPONS AND FORM A LINE OF DEFENCE!!!" Axle ordered. He looked up to his Master and he nodded. When the ships landed, they started to march toward the clones. Blaster fire was everywhere. Axle and Windu deflected the bolts back at the droids. A different class ship landed. Count Dooku emerged from it. Mace saw the Sith Lord. "AXLE, STAY HERE!!!" He ordered. Mace ran up to Dooku and the Sith ignited his blade and attacked.

After dueling for a while, droids started to surround the Jedi Master. Windu disengaged from Dooku and blocked the lasers. Dooku then tried to strike him. Mace was barely able to block it as he was preoccupied with the droids. The Count then proceeded to hit the Jedi Master with force lightning. He was not able to block it with too many blaster bolts coming at him. Axle rushed to his Master's side and destroyed all the droids. Windu was too weak to stand up. "If you surrender, I promise I will make your end swift." Dooku mocked. "I'll choose when I die, and I promise you, you will die by the hands of a Jedi." Axle shot back and readied himself. "So be it." Dooku answered and attacked the young Padawan. Axle was prepared for a fight like this as he trained against form 2 of lightsaber combat. Dooku was a Master at this form, but Axle was extremely talented in the unpredictable and deadly skill of form 6 in lightsaber combat. The combined strength of Master Windu's form 7, Master Kenobi's form 3, and Master Skywalker's form 5 and 4 of lightsaber combat made Axle a force to be reckoned with. He was also trained to handle his new Midichlorian count from 15,000 to 17,000 and his new force powers by Master Yoda. Axle stood a good chance against Dooku who might have been less powerful than Axle.

After another long while of dueling, Axle parried Dooku's attack and went on the offensive constantly striking at the Sith Lord. The Count shot force lightning at Axle which he used his lightsaber to absorb the attack and pushed the energy through his body and out his shoto saber back at the Sith Lord. This caught Dooku off guard and he struggled to block his own attack. He retreated back to his ship before Axle could get to him. However a large cannon blast from a Separatist gunship blasted Axle off the edge of the city as he fell down toward the dangerous forests below.

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Master Windu came to and Captain Chase told him what happened to Axle. "GET THE GUNSHIPS DOWN THERE NOW AND FIND HIM!!!" Windu ordered. "YES GENERAL!!!" Chase responded and ran towards a ship.

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Axle woke up from the fall, *Groan* "That hurt." He slowly got up. "Master, Chase come in?..." Axle tried to contact them, but realized his comlink was damaged when he fell. "Great." He sighed. All of a sudden, several forest fona attack him. Axle was cornered against the tree. He was outnumbered by too many. He jumped onto the tree and used the branches as bridges.

He lost the creatures, but still had no idea where he was. The trees and forest plants were too thick to see the sky. He started feeling tired. "Must be night." He yawned. Axle couldn't really tell with the forest blocking the sky. He found a small place on a tree to stop and rest.

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Windu and a squad of clones were in a gunship searching for the young Jedi. "I'M SORRY SIR, BUT WE HAVE TO HEAD BACK." The pilot said. "FINE, BUT I WANT ALL AVAILABLE SQUADS OUT THERE SEARCHING FIRST THING IN THE MORNING." Master Windu answered.

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"Axle." A voice spoke out. "Axle." The voice said again. Axle woke up and looked around. "Axle." The voice said again. "Yes." Axle responded thinking he was going crazy. A light started to shine in the distance. "Follow me." The voice said. Axle got up and walked toward the light. He followed it for some time.

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"I have lost Axle in the forest below, and there is no way we can find him unless he is in one of the clearings." Master Windu informed. "This is troubling. No one has ever returned from those forests alive." Master Kenobi said. Ahsoka was speechless and just stood there looking down. "Is there any way we can help?" Anakin asked after sensing Ahsoka's worry. "Any help is welcome if you have no assignments." Master Windu said. "We're on our way." Master Skywalker said and ended the call.

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"Where are you taking me?" Axle asked the voice. "To a place of extreme importance. You are one of the few I trust." The voice said. "Trust with what?" The young Jedi asked. "All will be revealed in time." The voice answered.

Axle soon came to a large amount of burned down trees. "This place is deeply connected with the force. You are one of the few who have seen it." The voice informed. Inside the circle of trees, Axle found small symbols. "These are the same symbols in the Jedi temple on Coruscant." Axle realized. "Yes." The voice confirmed. "What am I doing here." Axle asked. "Every one hundred years, one is selected. This one will be a key factor in the history of the force. Only one person knows of this force tradition." The voice says. "Who's the person?" Axle asked. "Someone you know. Master Yoda." The voice replied. Axle paused for a second. "How does Master Yoda know of this?" He asked again. "He was the last one selected." Axle was stunned. "But if he was selected, then why am I here. You said only one can be selected." He said. "Yes, one hundred years ago today, Master Yoda was selected. Now you will be selected." The voice answered. "What key factor will I be involved in?" Axle says. "I cannot tell you, for it will change the course of natural history. You must find out on your own. Now put your hand on this symbol." The voice said. "Why?" Axle questioned. "It will start your Journey to learn your destiny." The voice answered. A symbol lit up and Axle reached out and touched it. "What should I call you?" Axle said. "Call me Ellisia." The voice responded, "Now follow me. It is time you rejoin your family."

The light led Axle to a clearing where he could hear gunships approaching. They landed next to him. Ahsoka and Anakin emerged as well as Windu. "Glad we found you." His secret girlfriend smiled. "Glad you cared enough to be here." He smirked back. Anakin approached him, "What happened to you?" "I truly don't know, but I think I found something in myself that I can't explain." Axle answered. Master Windu stood next to him as they got back on the gunship. "You will need to report to the council." He said. "Master, with all do respect, I can only share my experience with Master Yoda." Axle replied. Windu took a moment to think, "I will arrange a meeting on the cruiser."

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Axle was in his room talking to Master Yoda, "Master.......I've been to the Force sanctuary on Ithor." Axle informed. "Hmmm.....selected were you?" the old Master asked. "Yes." Axle answered. "Your next location in your journey. Appeared to you has it?" Yoda asked again. "No. Not yet Master." Axle responded. Yoda smiled, "Come to you it will. Safe travels young one." The Jedi Master ended the transmission.

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Axle enters the Jedi council chambers where all the Master's were waiting for him, "You summoned me Masters?" "Yes. After talking with Master Yoda, we believe you are ready and deserving." Master Windu said. "For what Master?" Axle asked. Master Windu stood up and walked toward him. He ignited his purple saber. "Kneel." the Jedi Master ordered. Axle did as he was told. Windu held up his blade and hovered it over Axle's left and right shoulder then above his head. "By the right of the council. By the will of the force. Axle Tinguard." Windu then sliced Axle's Padawan braid clean off his hair, "Rise." Axle stood back up. Windu then smiled, "Congratulations, Jedi Knight."