History Fanfic / ASingleDecision

Due to the Author Timewatch losing interest in Star Wars thanks to Disney and focusing on other original works he created, ASD has been Dormant since August 2022, and progress on new Chapters has been slow with Timewatch's last update on Fanfic being from September 2023.

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11714223/1/A-Single-Decision-Take-Two A Single Decision]]'' is a Franchise/StarWars {{fanfic}} written by Fanfiction.net author Timewatch, being a rewrite of his now-dead original story of the same name. Started in 2016, the story centers around an {{Alternate Universe}} setting set in the Prequel Era where General Grievous makes a single decision, in which Anakin Skywalker and Chancellor Palpatine are accidentally killed aboard the ''Invisible Hand'' during the Battle of Coruscant. [[PointOfDivergence This event changes the course of the Clone War drastically,]] as Sidious's plans are immediately scrambled and the war he orchestrated is left to wage naturally. As of April 2022, it has received semi-consistent updates in the form of 50 chapters with a word count of 502k+ and explores both the military and political ramifications of this event on the Galaxy at large as both sides work to fill their respective power vacuums and end the war.

* ForWantOfANail: Grievous' [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Single Decision]] to assist Count Dooku against Anakin and Obi-Wan leads to massive changes on a galactic scale, the destruction of the Sith Lords, and death of the Chosen One aside.

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11714223/1/A-Single-Decision-Take-Two A Single Decision]]'' is a Franchise/StarWars {{fanfic}} written by Fanfiction.net author Timewatch, being a rewrite of his now-dead original story of the same name. Started in 2016, the story centers around an {{Alternate Universe}} setting set in the Prequel Era where General Grievous makes a single decision, in which Anakin Skywalker and Chancellor Palpatine are accidentally killed aboard the ''Invisible Hand'' during the Battle of Coruscant. [[ForWantOfANail This event changes the course of the Clone War drastically,]] as Sidious's plans are immediately scrambled and the war he orchestrated is left to wage naturally. As of April 2022, it has received semi-consistent updates in the form of 50 chapters with a word count of 502k+ and explores both the military and political ramifications of this event on the Galaxy at large as both sides work to fill their respective power vacuums and end the war.

* AchievementsInIgnorance: With a hefty dose of DramaticIrony. By ordering Palpatine to be killed, Grievous, with him being none the wiser, has put a hard end to Darth Bane's Order of Sith Lords, stopped a plan for galactic domination that has been ''centuries'' in the making, prevented the Republic from becoming a totalitarian empire, and saved the Jedi Order from complete annihilation

** [[spoiler: Zule Xiss was not the most well-minded Padawan in the Jedi Order, but being killed on Jabiim, being forcibly resurrected by the Jabiimis, learning that Anakin Skywalker got off scot-free after leaving her and the rest of the Padawan Pact behind, being brainwashed by the Jabiimis and constantly threatening to be Nerve-stapled by them while also beginning to believe in their philosophies, finding out the weakest girl in the Jedi Order became Grievous' right-hand, and on top of being a [[BoldlyComing Zeltron]] in the normally celibate Jedi Order did little to ease her mind by the time she joins the ''Encounter's'' crew.]]

** Then there's General Talcai and Eldest Aredian of Emeberlene. Their both part of a hardline matriarch regime that places men as borderline slaves, they approve of the genetic sciences that make the Kaminoans look like Saints, are extremely arrogant, lack the modesty to realize their civilization is not the ideal society, waged an aggressive war of conquest against their neighbors, and when the war turns against them would rather see their planet burn than surrender to the Authala Alliance, while also using their defensive pact with the CIS to save their sorry asses. The only thing they think is more barbaric than an equal gender world, its a [[FantasticRacism world where humans live with aliens.]] [[spoiler: Also Aredian is force-sensitive towards the Dark Side, and uses it to [[MindRape absolutely mind rape an ARC trooper.]] Unlike King Atai, The Emeberlenes do not get [[KarmaHoudini any form of justice, outside of Emeberlene getting smacked with an Armistice that outside of the banning of warships and repaying the Authala Alliance, they otherwise stay in power.]]]]

* WrittenByTheWinners: Despite the Kaleesh being the victims of the conflict with the Kalee, the Yam'rii's support from the Republic and the Jedi meant that they were framed as the aggressors, that had to be humbled. Upon visiting Kalee, and hearing their side of the story, Ahsoka and Shaak-Ti are both deeply troubled to realize that the Jedi may have been unknowingly complicit in the brutal subjugation of Kalee.

* BackFromTheBrink: At the beginning of the story, the CIS is on the cusp of losing the war, as it suffers defeat after defeat, until Grievous leads the assault on Coruscant, kills Anakin and the Chancellor, and throwing the Republic into complete disarray, giving the Separatists precious time to regroup and replenish. This is in spite of Sidious and Dooku having no intention of the Separatist movement lasting for more than a few years.

* BigBadassBattleSequence: Naturally happens considering this is STAR WARS.
** Operation Striking Star: After the previous chapters consisting of combining the two main CIS pockets, Grievous executes a gamble to save the CIS from the brink of defeat, encircling a Republic army and naval force to buy some time for the Separatists. It is divided between the Second Battle Of Kashyyyk led by Grievous himself and the space battle, involving the first deployments of Imperial-Class Star Destroyers to even [[spoiler: a showdown between Master Yoda and General Grievous]] it is a resounding Confederate victory. It also ensures [[spoiler: the rise of Tarkin, who uses the failure to overthrow Mas Amedda.]]

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11714223/1/A-Single-Decision-Take-Two A Single Decision]]'' is a Franchise/StarWars {{fanfic}} written by Fanfiction.net author Timewatch, being a rewrite of his now-dead original story of the same name. Started in 2016, the story centers around an {{Alternate Universe}} setting set in the Prequel Era where General Grievous makes a single decision, in which Anakin Skywalker and Chancellor Palpatine are accidentally killed aboard the ''Invisible Hand'' during the Battle of Coruscant. [[ForWantOfANail This event changes the course of the Clone War drastically,]] as Sidious's plans are immediately scrambled and the war he orchestrated is left to wage naturally. As of March 2022, it has received semi-consistent updates in the form of 49 chapters with a word count of 477k+ and explores both the military and political ramifications of this event on the Galaxy at large as both sides work to fill their respective power vacuums and end the war.

* CanonWelding: A Single Decision, while also being a [[AlternateUniverse galaxy where Anakin and Sidious are dead,]] is also a merging of [[Franchise/StarWarsLegends EU Legends]] and [[Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse Canon EU.]]
** Some of the worlds that are a part of the CIS include the Legends era Sephi, what later become an [[Literature/TheThrawnTrilogy Imperial shipyard, Sluis Van,]] the planet [[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars Umbara,]] and later on [[spoiler: [[Literature/TheHanSoloAdventures The Corporate Sector,]] or rather, the Stark Sector after Esera, Khan, and Iaco Stark annexed it.]]
** [[WesternAnimation/StarWarsCloneWars The Koorivar Oro Dassyne]] originally appeared during the [[spoiler: Raxus coup, fighting for the [[MyCountryRightorWrong Koorivar led]] Corporate Alliance instead for the CIS and tries to stop Grievous.]] He later appears during [[spoiler: Operation Striking Star, leader of the CIS organic forces during the Second Battle Of Kashyyyk where he is knocked out by Quinlan Vos.]]
** [[spoiler: [[ComicBook/StarWarsRepublic Iaco Stark and his family appear in Chapter 23, and Zule Xiss and the Jabiimis in Chapter 31.]]]]
** [[spoiler: [[Film/RogueOne Orson Krennic and Galen Erso are both working for Chancellor Tarkin in the Death Star Project.]]]]
** Armand Isard, father of [[Literature/XWingSeries Ysanne Isard,]] is the Senate Bureau Of Intelligence's Director-General, the civilian counterpart to the Republic Intelligence, appears as the rival to the [[OriginalCharacter Director Orlok,]] both serving the Chancellor.
** Among the Jedi to [[spoiler: join Aspar and Tarkin during the schism]] are [[ComicBook/StarWarsPurge Koffi Arana, Jastus Farr, and Shadday Potkin.]]
** [[spoiler: [[Film/TheRiseofSkywalker The Trodatome Klaud]]]] joins the crew of the ''Encounter'' in Chapter 42.
** [[spoiler: [[Literature/RepublicCommandoSeries Republic Clone Commandos and Alpha-class ARC Troopers]] are sent to Emeberlene by Tarkin. ASD also manages to weld the old EU Mandalore with the 2008 Clone Wars one.]]
** A young [[Series/TheMandalorian Trapper Wolf]] is one of the [[spoiler: pirate princess Samé Sellero's crew.]]

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11714223/1/A-Single-Decision-Take-Two A Single Decision]]'' is a Franchise/StarWars {{fanfic}} written by Fanfiction.net author Timewatch, being a rewrite of his now-dead original story of the same name. Started in 2016, the story centers around an {{Alternate Universe}} setting set in the Prequel Era where General Grievous makes a single decision, in which Anakin Skywalker and Chancellor Palpatine are accidentally killed aboard the ''Invisible Hand'' during the Battle of Coruscant. [[ForWantOfANail This event changes the course of the Clone War drastically,]] as Sidious's plans are immediately scrambled and the war he orchestrated is left to wage naturally. As of January 2022, it has received semi-consistent updates in the form of 48 chapters with a word count of 459k+, and explores both the military and political ramifications of this event on the Galaxy at large as both sides work to fill their respective power vacuums and end the war.

-->'''Esera''': Maybe Sidious is a shapeshifting Sith magician. Maybe Sidiuos is a literal nobody so obscure he's not even in the records. Maybe Sidious is sitting in a hospital with amnesia- or maybe Sidious is the one person with power and influence we know for a ''fact'' is dead. That is the explaination with the fewest assumptions, Grievous. Palpatine and Sidious are the same person, and your droids killed him half a year ago. You executed your own master by accident.\\

** Esera Komara was but a shy and timid girl who did not get on well with the other Younglings in the temple or was particularly strong in the force, being lucky that the master that picked her to be his Padawan was late and randomly chose her. When the Clone Wars started, the first battles she fought were simple Clones vs Droids, but as the war progresses, she fought to kill ''living'' rebels, destroy nations, and witness war crimes under the Republic, despite her role as a Jedi being supposed to be a peacekeeper. [[spoiler: Then her beloved master died, slowly and painfully months before the story starts, and the Jedi Order would later disown her for trying to stop Aspar from bombing Separatist cities.]]

** Esera Komara was but a shy and timid girl who did not get on well with the other Younglings in the temple or was particularly strong in the force, being lucky that the master that picked her to be his Padawan was late and randomly chose her. When the Clone Wars started, the first battles she fought were simple Clones vs Droids, but as the war progresses, she fought to kill ''living'' rebels, destroy nations, and witness war crimes under the Republic, despite her role as a Jedi being supposed to be a peacekeeper. Then her beloved master died, slowly and painfully, and the Jedi Order would later disown her for trying to stop Aspar from bombing Separatist cities.