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1. Take my hand and breathe in deep, we've got a long way to ride by Panakin_Crywalker

   Fandoms: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Gen
   • Complete Work

   17 Jul 2025

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Obi-Wan Kenobi & Anakin Skywalker
   • Sheev Palpatine & Anakin Skywalker
   • Anakin Skywalker
   • Obi-Wan Kenobi
   • Sheev Palpatine | Darth Sidious
   • Angst
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Tatooine Slave Culture & Customs (Star Wars)
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Tusken Massacre Happened Differently
   • Anakin Skywalker Whump
   • Anakin Skywalker Doesn't Turn to the Dark Side
   • Anakin Skywalker Doesn't Kill Younglings
   • Anakin Skywalker Needs a Hug
   • Anakin Skywalker Gets a Hug
   • Jedi Institution Critical
   • no jedi bashing
   • (i like to think i take a nuanced perspective)
   • Torture
   • Manipulation
   • Non-Consensual Force Bond (Star Wars)
   • internalized ableism
   • why is that not a tag
   • Medical Procedures
   • Palpatine is his own warning
   • Canon-typical dismemberment
   • i want that to be a tag too

   Summary

   Grievous discovers that the mysterious ‘master’ Dooku has been communicating with is actually the Chancellor of the Republic. Enraged at their deception, he decides that he’s going to blow up the whole plot and burn everything to the ground. When enacting the plan to kidnap Palpatine and bring him to Dooku’s ship the Invisible Hand, Grievous instead takes him to Mustafar, where he intends to expose Palpatine as the mastermind behind the war–as well as his and Dooku’s collusion–to both the Republic and the Separatists, plunging both governments into chaos.

   Before he can, Anakin and Obi-Wan arrive to rescue the Chancellor, and enter the room just in time to see Palpatine hurl Sith lightning at Grievous.

   - - -

   Anakin duels Palpatine on Mustafar, and does not win. Obi-Wan saves him, and brings him home.

   Series

   • Part 1 of And we can sing off key, as long as we all sing, we sing it beautifully

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