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* TheAlliance: On advice from Vader, Padme seeks out and allies with various anti-Trade Federation groups (including the Mere Resistance, the Vulptereen, and the Lok Revenants) who are more than willing to liberate Naboo by force while the Senate blusters and wastes time.

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* TheAlliance: On advice from Vader, Padme seeks out and allies with various anti-Trade Federation groups (including the Mere Resistance, the Vulptereen, and the Lok Revenants) who are more than willing to liberate Naboo by force [[NotSoOmniscientCouncilOfBickering while the Senate blusters and wastes time.time]].



** He has a failsafe built into his lightsabers that prevent others from using them, which [[spoiler:explains why Plagueis didn't kill him immediately.]]

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** He has [[OnlyTheChosenMayWield a failsafe built into his lightsabers that prevent others from using them, them]], which [[spoiler:explains why Plagueis didn't kill him immediately.]]

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* CurbStompBattle:
** Vader mops the floor with everyone he's come across thus far. To wit:

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* FlawedPrototype: The Anti-Federationists managed to get their hands on the ''Clamator'', a prototype from Kuat Drive Yards. She's a dedicated warship larger and better armed than anything that had been built in a thousand years, but as she's the largest and best armed warship built in a thousand years the designers had failed to make her as powerful as they could have - as they fully expected, since this was just the first step in the eventual development of the ''Acclamator'' class.


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** During the battle for Naboo, the ''Clamator'' catches the Trade Federation completely by surprise, as not only she's a dedicated warship but the largest and most powerful built in a thousand years. Then, when even the ''Clamator'' proves not enough against three Droid Control Ship, the last one explodes and nobody has any idea of what happened beyond Padme's guess that Vader was responsible - and he confirms without elaborating. [[spoiler:It was the ''Thunderflare'', a Star Destroyer from Death Squadron that had traveled with Vader back in time]].
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* SecretKeeper: By the end of the story, Darth Plagueis is the only person in the present who knows that Vader is from the future.
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Compare ''Fanfic/TheDesertStorm'', another ''Star Wars'' fanfic that involves an Original Trilogy character accidentally traveling back in time. The fic is now complete, and is planned to be the first in a series of fanfics that follow the prequel trilogy's events, heavily altered by the time displaced Vader's presence. The first sequel of the aptly naked "Vaderline Trilogy", ''Fanfic/DarthVaderShatteredGalaxy'', has been posted.

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Compare ''Fanfic/TheDesertStorm'', another ''Star Wars'' fanfic that involves an Original Trilogy character accidentally traveling back in time. The fic is now complete, and is planned to be the first in a series of fanfics that follow the prequel trilogy's events, heavily altered by the time displaced Vader's presence. The first sequel of the aptly naked named "Vaderline Trilogy", ''Fanfic/DarthVaderShatteredGalaxy'', has been posted.
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Compare ''Fanfic/TheDesertStorm'', another ''Star Wars'' fanfic that involves an Original Trilogy character accidentally traveling back in time. The fic is now complete, and is planned to be the first in a series of fanfics that follow the prequel trilogy's events, heavily altered by the time displaced Vader's presence. The first sequel, ''Fanfic/DarthVaderShatteredGalaxy'', has been posted.

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Compare ''Fanfic/TheDesertStorm'', another ''Star Wars'' fanfic that involves an Original Trilogy character accidentally traveling back in time. The fic is now complete, and is planned to be the first in a series of fanfics that follow the prequel trilogy's events, heavily altered by the time displaced Vader's presence. The first sequel, sequel of the aptly naked "Vaderline Trilogy", ''Fanfic/DarthVaderShatteredGalaxy'', has been posted.
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Compare ''Fanfic/TheDesertStorm'', another ''Star Wars'' fanfic that involves an Original Trilogy character accidentally traveling back in time. The fic is now complete, and is planned to be the first in a series of fanfics that follow the prequel trilogy's events, heavily altered by the time displaced Vader's presence.

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Compare ''Fanfic/TheDesertStorm'', another ''Star Wars'' fanfic that involves an Original Trilogy character accidentally traveling back in time. The fic is now complete, and is planned to be the first in a series of fanfics that follow the prequel trilogy's events, heavily altered by the time displaced Vader's presence. The first sequel, ''Fanfic/DarthVaderShatteredGalaxy'', has been posted.

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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Despite Vader's assistance in taking down Darth Sidious as well as making it clear that he's not interested in fighting the Jedi, the Order became divided on what to do with the issue, with some wanting to defy it while others wanting to heed his words. The rift between both sides are millennia deep in both ideological differences and what both sides have done to each other, so a simple talk isn't going to completely solve everything away. If anything, despite Vader clearly wanting nothing to do with the Jedi outside of defending himself, it's obvious not everyone is going to take his words at face value and still heavily mistrust him, and the only reason why the Jedi Order doesn't openly attack the Sith is because it'll make them look bad. The only silver lining into this is that should the Jedi attempt to make any moves against Vader, it's not going to be a unified agreement because of his desire for a truce, with Vader clearly doing nothing to even break it.



* WretchedHive: A senior police officer on Coruscant makes clear to his rookie partner that everything below level 2,000 (out of 5,127) is considered a lost cause so far as law and order go. Any level in the triple digits and under is just plain lost.

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* WretchedHive: A senior police officer on Coruscant makes clear to his rookie partner that everything below level 2,000 (out of 5,127) is considered a lost cause so far as law and order go. Any level in the triple digits and under is just plain lost.lost.
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** When Padme thought that Vader's first name was "Darth", even Sidious facepalmed alongside Vader and this is in the midst of a mental battle between him and Vader.


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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Despite Vader's assistance in taking down Darth Sidious as well as making it clear that he's not interested in fighting the Jedi, the Order became divided on what to do with the issue, with some wanting to defy it while others wanting to heed his words. The rift between both sides are millennia deep in both ideological differences and what both sides have done to each other, so a simple talk isn't going to completely solve everything away. If anything, despite Vader clearly wanting nothing to do with the Jedi outside of defending himself, it's obvious not everyone is going to take his words at face value and still heavily mistrust him, and the only reason why the Jedi Order doesn't openly attack the Sith is because it'll make them look bad. The only silver lining into this is that should the Jedi attempt to make any moves against Vader, it's not going to be a unified agreement because of his desire for a truce, with Vader clearly doing nothing to even break it.
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* ForegoneConclusion: Plagueis does not believe that the truce between the Jedi and the Sith will last. Not because of the Sith's hatred of the Jedi, however. But rather because of the Jedi's unending bias towards the dark side. We see in the final chapter that his prediction may have some merit.
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* ItAmusedMe: Plagueis decides to honor Vader’s declaration of peace between the Jedi and the Sith just because he wants to see how long it will last. If it collapses because of his scheming, that would be boring.

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* BreakTheHaughty: The entire fic from the point Vader arrives on Coruscant and onward is basically dedicated to Vader showing the Jedi just how greatly out of their depth they have become in regards to the Sith threat.
** The Dark Woman, as per her Legends counterpart, is very prideful and sure of her ability to face down any dark Force user... and is incapacitated by Darth Plagueis before she even has a chance to attack. At the end, she defies the truce set up by Vader to hunt down the Sith, though it is clear that her choice to do so is mainly out of pride than altruism.

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The entire fic from the point Vader arrives on Coruscant and onward is basically dedicated to Vader showing the Jedi just how greatly out of their depth they have become in regards to the Sith threat.
** The Dark Woman, as per her Legends counterpart, is very prideful and sure of her ability to face down any dark Force user... and is incapacitated by Darth Plagueis before she even has a chance to attack. At the end, she defies the truce set up by Vader to hunt down the Sith, though it is clear that her choice to do so is mainly out of pride rather than altruism.



* AHouseDivided: The epilogue makes it clear that many Jedi are not happy about the Order's newfound truce with the Sith. [[BloodKnight The Dark Woman]] is already making plans to seek out an eliminate Vader and Plagueis, and Windu has no intention of stopping her.

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* AHouseDivided: The epilogue makes it clear that many Jedi are not happy about the Order's newfound truce with the Sith. [[BloodKnight The Dark Woman]] in particular is already making plans to seek out an and eliminate Vader and Plagueis, and Windu has no intention of stopping her.

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** The Dark Woman, as per her Legends counterpart, is very prideful and sure of her ability to face down any dark Force user... and is incapacitated by Darth Plagueis before she even has a chance to attack. At the end, she defies the truce set up by Vader to hunt down the Sith, though it is clear that her choice to do so is mainly out of pride than altruism.



* AHouseDivided: The epilogue makes it clear that many Jedi are not happy about the Order's newfound truce with the Sith.

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* AHouseDivided: The epilogue makes it clear that many Jedi are not happy about the Order's newfound truce with the Sith. [[BloodKnight The Dark Woman]] is already making plans to seek out an eliminate Vader and Plagueis, and Windu has no intention of stopping her.

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* ForWantOfANail: Vader's presence rapidly causes many changes to events:
** Shimi is freed alongside Anakin.
** [[spoiler: His interest being piqued by what's happened makes Dooku stay with the Jedi for the time being.]]
** [[spoiler: Palpatine/Sidious is exposed as a Sith and dies long before he could ever become Emperor.]]
** Rather than the Jedi helping a small team headed by Padme retake Naboo from the Trade Federation, Vader convinces her to forge an alliance with other anti-Federation factions that launch a full-scale counter-invasion.
** Anakin is officially made Qui-Gon's Padawan, while Obi-Wan is shuffled off to [[spoiler: Dooku]] to complete his own training.



* AHouseDivided: The epilogue makes it clear that many Jedi are not happy about the Order's newfound truce with the Sith.



* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler:Darth Plagueis ends up outliving Darth Sidious thanks to Vader's meddling, and is still alive and scheming after the entire Naboo mess is resolved.]]

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[[spoiler:Darth Plagueis ends up outliving Darth Sidious thanks to Vader's meddling, and is still alive and scheming after the entire Naboo mess is resolved.]]
** Qui-Gon never fights Maul, and is thus still alive by the end of the story.
** [[spoiler: For that matter, Maul himself escapes after killing his former master and disappears.
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Compare ''Fanfic/TheDesertStorm'', another ''Star Wars'' fanfic that involves an Original Trilogy character accidentally traveling back in time. The fic is planned on being the first in a series of fanfics that follow the prequel trilogy's events, heavily altered by the time displaced Vader's presence.

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Compare ''Fanfic/TheDesertStorm'', another ''Star Wars'' fanfic that involves an Original Trilogy character accidentally traveling back in time. The fic is now complete, and is planned on being to be the first in a series of fanfics that follow the prequel trilogy's events, heavily altered by the time displaced Vader's presence.
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* FriendlyEnemy: Darth Plagueis ends up developing this rapport with [[spoiler:Yarael Poof]], of all Jedi.
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** Zigzagged with Plagueis. On the one hand, the Sith lord gives Vader his express permission to butcher any and all Sith agents (or [[UnwittingPawn Unwitting Pawns]]) within the Trade Federation if they do anything detrimental to the Sith cause in the future. On the other hand, under his public persona of Hego Damask, he generally treats his employees well and makes sure they are happy and well-paid...all in the interest of [[PragmaticVillainy keeping up appearances, of course.]]

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** Zigzagged with Plagueis. On the one hand, the Sith lord gives Vader his express permission to butcher any and all Sith agents (or [[UnwittingPawn Unwitting Pawns]]) within the Trade Federation if they do anything detrimental to the Sith cause in the future. On the other hand, under his public persona of Hego Damask, he generally treats his employees well and makes sure they are happy and well-paid...all in the interest of [[PragmaticVillainy keeping up appearances, appearances]], of course.]]
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** Plagueis gives Vader his express permission to butcher any and all Sith agents (or [[UnwittingPawn Unwitting Pawns]]) within the Trade Federation if they do anything detrimental to the Sith cause in the future.

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** Plagueis Zigzagged with Plagueis. On the one hand, the Sith lord gives Vader his express permission to butcher any and all Sith agents (or [[UnwittingPawn Unwitting Pawns]]) within the Trade Federation if they do anything detrimental to the Sith cause in the future.future. On the other hand, under his public persona of Hego Damask, he generally treats his employees well and makes sure they are happy and well-paid...all in the interest of [[PragmaticVillainy keeping up appearances, of course.]]
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* AdaptationalHeroism:

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* AdaptationalHeroism:AdaptationalHeroism: Darth Vader himself is the most obvious example, but there are a few other notable individuals:
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* Adaptational Heroism:
** [[spoiler:Dooku. While he is still clearly disillusioned with the Jedi Order, he hasn't actually left, and thanks to Vader's alterations to the timeline, he never joins Darth Sidious as a Sith Lord and indeed is one of the Jedi who leave to confront him alongside the other masters, even if his role means he doesn't directly take part in the battle himself.]]
** [[spoiler:Rune Haako. After Nute Gunray flies off the deep end, Rune Haako ultimately decides that enough is enough and shoots him in self-defense. He also attempted to save some of Gunray's prisoners prior to killing Gunray, and makes it abundantly clear that he hated Darth Sidious even if he has to respect the now-dead Sith lord's intelligence.]]
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* EnemyCivilWar: [[spoiler: While outright infighting hasn't started yet, aside from a couple of failed desertions and mutinies, there are schisms within the time-displaced Death Squadron -- while the Stormtroopers are completely loyal to Vader and the technical staff are willing to go with the flow, many officers are angry about him killing Palpatine and starting the rise of the Empire as they knew it, and are silently plotting against him for it. Vader is aware of this, but not overly concerned.]]

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* EnemyCivilWar: [[spoiler: While outright infighting hasn't started yet, aside from a couple of failed desertions and mutinies, there are schisms within the time-displaced Death Squadron -- while the Stormtroopers are completely loyal to Vader and the technical staff are willing to go with the flow, many officers are angry about him killing Palpatine and starting preventing the rise of the Empire as they knew it, and are silently plotting against him for it. Vader is aware of this, but not overly concerned.]]

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* BatmanGambit: Just by repeatedly trolling Sidious with his mere existence, Vader is able to goad him into [[spoiler: attacking Plagueis and thereby putting himself in position to be killed by him]]. Sidious admits upon realizing this that if he weren't so pissed at being manipulated, he'd be impressed.

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Just by repeatedly trolling Sidious with his mere existence, Vader is able to goad him into [[spoiler: attacking Plagueis and thereby putting himself in position to be killed by him]]. Sidious admits upon realizing this that if he weren't so pissed at being manipulated, he'd be impressed.impressed.
** Vader's ultimate long-term goal regarding the Republic is to basically just sit back and let events unfold on their own before he makes a move. As far as he's concerned, the whole system is so corrupt it will inevitably collapse on its own even without the Sith having to pull any strings, and this way the majority of people will be disillusioned with the idea of the Republic, presumably curtailing anything like the Rebel Alliance from forming when Vader eventually comes to establish the Empire on ''his'' terms.


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* EnemyCivilWar: [[spoiler: While outright infighting hasn't started yet, aside from a couple of failed desertions and mutinies, there are schisms within the time-displaced Death Squadron -- while the Stormtroopers are completely loyal to Vader and the technical staff are willing to go with the flow, many officers are angry about him killing Palpatine and starting the rise of the Empire as they knew it, and are silently plotting against him for it. Vader is aware of this, but not overly concerned.]]


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* MeleeATrois: Vader is convinced that when civil war inevitably comes to the Republic, there will be numerous factions, not just the two of his timeline.


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* VillainTeamUp: In the first epilogue, Plagueis and Vader come to an agreement, wherein Vader provides Plagueis with the locations of lost Sith artifacts that he and Sidious found over the years, in exchange for Plagueis providing Vader the resources needed to [[spoiler: keep Death Squadron maintained and hidden]] until the Republic inevitably self-destructs and he can make his move.
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* LetsGetDangerous: Vader has been holding back much of his resources while helping the Naboo... Up until Gunray's precautions leave a Droid Control Ship impossible to destroy for the Anti-Federationists and hides, at which point [[spoiler:a Star destroyer from Death Squadron finishes the job]].

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* ArchEnemy: Obviously, Sidious is this to Vader. [[spoiler: Maul comes to hate him too, and later finishes him.]]

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Obviously, Sidious is this to Vader. [[spoiler: Maul comes to hate him too, and later finishes him.]]



* AwfulTruth: The reveal of Sidious and Plagueis to the Jedi Council is basically a big slap in the face to the Order in its entirety. In less than a minute, Vader reveals to the Jedi that the Sith have not only been under their noses for a thousand years, but members of their order have long inserted themselves into the highest echelons of the Republic without them knowing. After spending so long denying their existence, the confirmation is almost too much for the Jedi to bear.

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The reveal of Sidious and Plagueis to the Jedi Council is basically a big slap in the face to the Order in its entirety. In less than a minute, Vader reveals to the Jedi that the Sith have not only been under their noses for a thousand years, but members of their order have long inserted themselves into the highest echelons of the Republic without them knowing. After spending so long denying their existence, the confirmation is almost too much for the Jedi to bear.



* CurbStompBattle: Vader mops the floor with everyone he's come across thus far. To wit:

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* TheReveal: Chapter 27 finally shows us who the mystery tagalong is that accompanied Vader from the future. [[spoiler: It's Boba Fett]].
** An even ''bigger'' one comes in Chapter 38: [[spoiler:the entire ''Death Squadron'' fleet time traveled with Vader and Boba. So not only does Vader have a Mandalorian bounty hunter on his side, but his entire loyal Imperial fleet.]]

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Chapter 27 finally shows us who the mystery tagalong is that accompanied Vader from the future. [[spoiler: It's Boba Fett]].
** An even ''bigger'' one comes in Chapter 38: [[spoiler:the entire ''Death Squadron'' fleet time traveled with Vader and Boba. So not only does Vader have a Mandalorian bounty hunter on his side, but his entire loyal Imperial fleet. Though some of the ships, most notably the ''Executor'', are still unaccounted for.]]



* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: [[spoiler: Plagueis manages to fool Sidious with an illusion so thoroughly that he's able to swipe one of Sidious' lightsabers without his apprentice noticing. Instead of just killing Sidious while the latter's guard is down, he ops for a duel to the death. Though it is revealed that Sidious modified his lightsabers to explode if anyone else uses them.]]

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[[spoiler: Plagueis manages to fool Sidious with an illusion so thoroughly that he's able to swipe one of Sidious' lightsabers without his apprentice noticing. Instead of just killing Sidious while the latter's guard is down, he ops for a duel to the death. Though it is revealed that Sidious modified his lightsabers to explode if anyone else uses them.]]
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**An even ''bigger'' one comes in Chapter 38: [[spoiler:the entire ''Death Squadron'' fleet time traveled with Vader and Boba. So not only does Vader have a Mandalorian bounty hunter on his side, but his entire loyal Imperial fleet.]]
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* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: Gunray's increasingly erratic behavior begins to unnerve and endanger the other Federation officials under his command. It all comes to a head when he [[spoiler:issues a kill order on any Trade Federation individuals if a mutiny or unauthorized surrender is ever attempted.]] [[spoiler:Rune Haako promptly betrays him and then fatally shoots him in self-defense.]]

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* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: Gunray's increasingly erratic behavior begins to unnerve and endanger the other Federation officials under his command. It all comes to a head when he [[spoiler:issues a kill order on any Trade Federation individuals if a mutiny or unauthorized surrender is ever attempted.]] [[spoiler:Rune Rune Haako promptly betrays him and then fatally shoots him in self-defense.]]
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* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: Gunray's increasingly erratic behavior begins to unnerve and endanger the other Federation officials under his command. It all comes to a head when he [[spoiler:issues a kill order on any Trade Federation individuals if a mutiny or unauthorized surrender is ever attempted.]] [[spoiler:Rune Haako promptly betrays him and then fatally shoots him in self-defense.]]
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** Sidious' death sets off a bad chain of events for Nute Gunray, making his actions during the Battle of Naboo very erratic to the point where it begins to endanger his own underlings. [[spoiler:It gets to the point where he puts a kill order on his own men in case of a mutiny.]]

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** Sidious' death [[spoiler:Sidious' death]] sets off a bad chain of events for Nute Gunray, making his actions during the Battle of Naboo very erratic to the point where it begins to endanger his own underlings. [[spoiler:It gets to the point where he puts a kill order on his own men in case of a mutiny.]]

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** Sidious' death sets off a bad chain of events for Nute Gunray, making his actions during the Battle of Naboo very erratic to the point where it begins to endanger his own underlings. [[spoiler:It gets to the point where he puts a kill order on his own men in case of a mutiny.]]



* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler:Darth Plagueis ends up outliving Darth Sidious thanks to Vader's meddling, and is still alive and scheming after the entire Naboo mess is resolved.]]



* VillainRespect: [[spoiler: After Sidious' death, Maul hands his lightsaber over to Vader and departs with a nod of respect.]]

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* VillainRespect: [[spoiler: After [[spoiler:After Sidious' death, Maul hands his lightsaber over to Vader and departs with a nod of respect.]]

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