What if Yoda Ordered Mace Windu to Arrest Palpatine Publicly

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What if Yoda Ordered Mace Windu to Arrest Palpatine Publicly Voice Acting & Narration: Steven Waters ⁨@bobablackfly602⁩ Discord: https://discord.gg/U5yUTamJ48 YT Memberships: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWfKsbnzZYduPNQ-4nGmbUw/join What if Yoda Ordered Mace Windu to Arrest Palpatine Publicly? Let’s explore the depths of it in the video. Windu(grim): How long have you known? Anakin(ashamed): He revealed everything to me just now. Windu places a hand on Anakin's shoulder—a rare gesture of compassion from the typically stern Master. Windu(firm): You've done the right thing by coming to me. This changes everything. Within hours, Windu has established secure holocomm links with Jedi Masters scattered across the galaxy. The war has pulled them in every direction, but the most trusted respond despite the chaos. On Felucia, Aayla Secura pilots through dense fungal forests, her starfighter weaving between towering spires, when the urgent summons interrupts her sensors. Above Cato Neimoidia, Plo Koon’s starfighter hovers, shields engaged, as he adjusts his mask and taps into the transmission. On Mygeeto, Ki-Adi-Mundi surveys the battlefield, clones moving at his command, when the message flickers onto his viewplate. Even on Kashyyyk, Yoda’s meditation in the treetops is broken by the tone of a secure channel. On Utapau, Obi-Wan Kenobi, having just defeated General Grievous, watches the message with concern. Secura (alert): Master Windu, your message reaches me mid-battle. What is the emergency? Ki Mundi (steady, over the comms): The Force trembles strongly. What have you discovered? Windu (direct): Chancellor Palpatine is the Sith Lord. Anakin Skywalker has confirmed it. Immediate action is required. Ki-Adi-Mundi (gravely): This revelation endangers not only the Order but the entire Republic. How do we proceed? Kolar (tactical): A direct arrest is dangerous. Palpatine wields extraordinary power. Political fallout could be catastrophic. Windu (through holocomm, firm): Masters, an arrest is a liability we cannot afford. Palpatine is too powerful, too entrenched. If we take him alive, he will twist the law, manipulate the Senate, turn this against us. He must be eliminated. Yoda (sharp): Eliminated? Murder, you propose? Jedi we are, not executioners. Windu (resolute): We are guardians of the Republic. If a cancer threatens the body, you remove it completely. Half-measures with a Sith Lord will destroy everything we’ve fought to protect. Yoda (firm): Arrest him publicly, you will. Before Senate, before cameras, before the galaxy. Justice through law, not through violence. This is the Jedi way. Fisto: Master Yoda, a public arrest carries enormous risks. If he resists—if he escapes— Windu (cutting in): Which is precisely why arrest is a mistake. We’ve seen what he’s capable of. Dark side corruption runs through the entire government. The moment we try to contain him, he’ll use every tool at his disposal to slip free. We cannot give him that chance. Yoda (calm but unyielding): Fear, I hear in your words, Mace. Fear leads to the dark side. Proof of his crimes we need, yes. But execute without trial? This makes us the tyrants he claims we are. Windu (controlled anger): This isn’t fear, Master. This is reality. How many Jedi has he orchestrated the deaths of through this war? How many systems has he destabilized? We know what he is. Waiting for a trial gives him time to escape, time to retaliate. I will not risk the Order—or the Republic—on legal procedure when facing a Sith Lord. Yoda (decisive): Then lead this mission, you will not. Windu (stunned): Master— Yoda (final): Arrest him publicly, you will. Masters Plo Koon, Mundi, and Secura, return ti Coruscant, you will. Assist in the arrest, you shall. But hear me, all of you—arrest only. Kill him, and martyrs we make of ourselves. Trust in the Force, you must. Trust in justice. Windu (after a long pause, accepting but conflicted): Understood, Master Yoda. But if he resists arrest with lethal force… Yoda (knowing): Defend yourselves, you may. But seek his death, you must not. Evidence first, accusations second. Sith Lord he may be, but proof of smaller crimes we need to justify the arrest before larger truths emerge. The plan crystallizes rapidly. Working through secure channels, Bail Organa and Mon Mothma receive carefully worded intelligence about "wartime irregularities" requiring immediate Senate investigation. They schedule an emergency session with minimal advance notice—too little time for Palpatine to prepare his usual political theater. #starwars #starwarswhatif #whatif