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When Obi-Wan died, he expected to join the Force, albeit with his consciousness intact on account of Qui-Gon’s training. So it was rather surprising when he found himself once again embodied, yet with an unfamiliar face.
After a moment, he realized that the face wasn’t quite as unfamiliar as he’d thought, recognizing it as Rako Hardeen’s.
What an odd development.
Well, Obi-Wan thought, one must make the most of the opportunities the Force presents us with.
So he swapped out the stun rounds for something a little more lethal, and calmly shot Chancellor Palpatine in the head.
Ordinarily, that would never have worked, but since Sidious was both pretending to be a helpless old man and also in on the abduction plot, by the time he realized that it was not the stunner he expected flying towards him, it was too late, and the Chancellor was dead.
This was, of course, sure to cause problems for Obi-Wan, but he’d been a wanted man for the past two decades, so it wasn’t that much of a change of pace for him.
And he would explain himself to the other Jedi soon enough. For now, he had a crime scene to flee.