(Jayden's PoV)
No, No, No.
Heal, Damn it. Heal.
Why isn't the wound healing?
Fuck.
As I was internally cursing, a hand was laid on my shoulder. I turned around to see that it was my master with a sad face, shaking her head, "Master Jinn is already gone. There is nothing that you could do, Jayden", she said.
I hung my head low with guilt. I believed that with my presence, I could change things. I could save Qui-gon Jinn, but I was wrong. I failed spectacularly.
In fact, instead of saving him, I became the bait that caused his death.
Unlike in the movie, where Maul stabs Qui-gon in the stomach area, here, he stabbed him in the heart.
If only it were still the same area as in the movie, I might have saved him, maybe kept him alive long enough to transport him to a bacta tank.
Well, this is the ripple effect that was caused by my presence. I may be insignificant in the grand picture, but the grand actors could still be affected by my presence.
A background character may appear for a few seconds in the script, but they could change everything. No one could really say what one could do until they do it, or, in my case, cause it.
I am indeed causing ripples, but thinking that I can control them was stupid.
Master Jinn is dead, and Maul, he won't be haunting the Jedi as he did during the Clone Wars or later on during the Empire, if the galaxy still goes on like that.
I wanted to end Maul, as he would become a menace in the future, along with his brother. I removed that part, but who is to say that another brother of his wouldn't take Maul's place?
I may need to deal with Dathomir before they cause trouble for the galaxy, but that's for the future.
Now, I wonder how the battle in other areas was going.
The throne needs to be reclaimed, and so does the Naboo space, while the Gungans are fighting the droids on land. There were three battles ongoing at the same time.
I wonder how my presence changed the outcomes of these battles. I gave them ideas to erase the mistakes they made during the battles and even reduce the battle time. I hope they made good use of the future knowledge I provided them as a strategy.
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(Third PoV)
Gungan Battlefield...
The gungans initially seemed to have an advantage, but as the battle continued, the Trade Federation employed reinforcements, declaring the Federation the winner.
A lot of Gungans died before the battle ended.
The ones that survived were taken as captives. Their future turned bleak at that moment, though they didn't know that at the time.
The Federation is already breaking a lot of laws by occupying Naboo and masking their true intention using some fake words.
Would the captured Gungans be released when the battle was done in favour of the Federation?
The answer was No. They would most likely end up as slaves.
The Federation knows only one thing, Profits. All they want is the profits from anything they do, and to gain those, they wouldn't care how many lines they cross.
They wouldn't care what would happen to the Gungans after they were sold. At the moment, they only see Credit Signs all over them, but things didn't go as they planned.
As the droids were escorting the captured Gungans away, they suddenly went still.
The gungans at first didn't understand what was happening, but they quickly took advantage of the moment and destroyed the battle droids. They wanted to make sure that they won't get activated again.
They have no idea what just happened, and that the droids wouldn't be activated again. So, they did what anyone could do with the limited information they had.
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Above Naboo...Space...
Above the planet of Naboo, a lot of spaceships could be seen, which was not common during normal times. Unlike Coruscant, which has too much traffic, there were not many visitors to Naboo.
It is not a prosperous planet, but also not a planet that was swimming in hunger.
Of course, that doesn't mean things were not going wrong on Naboo. The previous king made a mistake of thinking to exploit Naboo for personal gains along with the Trade Federation.
The people were angered because of the Plasma Mines exploit, which led to a New Queen on the throne and the current occupation.
Pilots, once the Jedi and their Queen rescued them, took the ships to the sky. The Trade Federation ships detected them, and a battle broke out quickly.
Though information of a central hub was passed on, it was pretty difficult for them to take on the central hub, as it was well protected.
Even though Jayden didn't want to be dependent on Anakin's Luck, the battle still depended on his Luck.
While other fighters were busy, Anakin entered the fray, and as luck would have it, he was forced to land on the Federation ship, which hosted the central hub that controlled the droids.
Unknowingly, hoping to escape the incoming droids, Anakin destroyed the ship and all the droids on Naboo went offline, even the ones on the space ships, thus ending the space battle in favour of Naboo.
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Inside Throne Room...
The droids have surrounded the Queen and her team, while Nute Gunray was smirking and flaunting his victory.
He now has a hand on the Queen, and once she signs the document, their occupation becomes legal, and he will have a system of his own. It may not be a Core world, but it was still a world full of resources, which he could exploit.
Suddenly, the droids went offline, which turned everything against him.
Before Nute could understand what was happening, the situation reversed. With the droids offline, the Queen and her men gathered weapons and surrounded the Viceroy and his lackeys, who had never fought in their lives.
"It looks like I would do the smirking now", Padme smirked as she pointed her handgun at Nute.
The Crisis of Naboo has finally ended.