Chapter 359 Death Watch! Darth Maul! Furious Palpatine!

The 35th Moore! Furious Palpatine!

At this moment, the executives of the giant company far away at the headquarters of the Wanjie Base, after seeing the crisis on the front line being resolved through Paul's first-person perspective, immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Especially Mrs. Jessica, who was responsible for the improvement and development of spices, finally felt relieved when she saw that the spice bottle she developed had a good effect.

Any spice products used by her son Paul were strictly formulated, developed and improved by the scientific research team of the giant company led by her.

In the development of spices, Mrs. Jessica was more focused and serious than any other scientific research staff. After all, these things would be used on her son. Before the interests were involved, she dared not slack off.

After seeing that the operation on Tatooine was going smoothly, Leon no longer paid attention to that side, but asked Lucy about the latest situation on Mandalore.

"Li De is trying his best to complete the unification of the forces on Mandalore, but he is currently in some trouble. The local dark force, the Death Watch, is mediating with Darth Maul and Li De Saw."

"That guy named Darth Maul wants a high price and wants to take over the entire Mandalore after the matter is accomplished."

It turned out that when Li De led the Mandalorians to revolt and prepare to build a defense line, the local snake forces came out to disrupt the situation and had to pester Li De for benefits.

Otherwise, they would make trouble.

After learning the news, Li Ang frowned slightly and began to think carefully about the next countermeasures.

The so-called Death Watch are actually local separatists on Mandalore. They believe in the old warrior tradition, which is the ancient doctrine of the Tang people at that time.

In their view, barbarism and bravery are the orthodox Mandalorians, not like now, working as bounty hunters for others, or being enslaved.

Although this Mandalorian force is very powerful, it is still not enough in front of the peak of the Galactic Empire, so it can only do some shameful things underground.

Today's Death Watch can be regarded as a terrorist organization. Their actions include but are not limited to assassination, smuggling and robbery.

And the leader of this force is Darth Maul!

'Darth Maul...'

Leon began to recall the identity information of this person. In his impression, Darth Maul was once the apprentice of Darth Sidious, the Lord of the Sith Empire.

He became famous by killing the Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn in a battle and became a famous genius boy in the Sith Empire.

But not long after, Darth Maul was avenged by Obi-Wan, the disciple of Qui-Gon Jinn, and he was cut in half. If it were not for the powerful dark force and hatred and resentment.

Surviving in the form of a weird six-legged spider, Maul would not have survived until now.

After the end of the Clone Wars and the establishment of the Empire, Maul went out on his own and decided to take revenge on anyone who had hurt him.

First, the Jedi Master Obi-Wan, and then his own teacher Sidious!

Since Darth Maul was defeated by Obi-Wan, Sidious gave up on Maul. In his opinion, Maul, who lost to Obi-Wan, was not worthy of being his apprentice.

Therefore, Sidious did not look for the missing Maul, but refocused his attention on the new apprentice Count Dooku.

There is a famous rule of two in the Sith Empire, that is, a teacher can only teach one apprentice at the same time.

So Sidious chose to teach Count Dooku, which was equivalent to automatically giving up Darth Maul, which also made Maul change from respecting and loving his teacher to hating his teacher.

Now Darth Maul is a person who walks on the edge of the Empire's rule. He neither cooperates with the Empire nor directly opposes the Empire. He is a speculator.

However, it must be said that Darth Maul still has a set of skills in self-employment.

Relying on his personal tough tactics, he successively established criminal organizations such as the Crimson Dawn and developed his own territory on Mandalore.

If the Galactic Empire is the ruler of Mandalore during the day, then Darth Maul is the king of Mandalore at night.

Now Reed leads the elite troops of the Giant Enterprise and the Mandalorians to kill the local Imperial Inspector and take over most of the territory of Mandalore.

But it is still difficult to play political struggles with local snakes like Darth Maul.

After all, Darth Maul is an excellent dark force user. Reed, an Astartes warrior, is just a big guy who can be dealt with by one or two swords in front of him.

It is not worth mentioning at all.

Now Darth Maul can still sit down and negotiate with Reed calmly, but he may be recruited by the Imperial Army one day and turn around to kill Reed.

So Reed's situation is very dangerous and needs more help from the Universal Giant Enterprise.

"We must kill Darth Maul as soon as possible. We can't let him continue to cause trouble for Reed on Mandalore."

Leon made up his mind immediately.

In the original plot of the Star Wars universe, Darth Maul is a madman blinded by hatred. For the uncontrollable factors such as madmen.

No matter how much benefits you offer to negotiate with the other party, they may not abide by the rules. Once they get angry one day, they will break up.

Leon clearly remembers that this madman jumped back and forth between the Rebel Army and the Empire, and was finally caught by Obi-Wan on Tatooine and killed completely.

For a well-organized and intelligent opponent like Palpatine, Li Ang can also find ways to negotiate with the opponent.

But for a madman like Darth Maul who is easily swayed by emotions, Liang doesn't want to waste too much time on him, so it's best to kill him as soon as possible.

"Maul is a warrior of the dark side of the Force. Except for Paul who can fight him at close range, the other Astartes warriors are simply unable to complete this task."

At this time, Johnny Silverhand shook his head and sighed.

Li De had complained to him before about how difficult the opponent Darth Maul was. If he wanted to kill the Force warriors, he could only send more powerful Force warriors.

It's a pity that in terms of supernatural warriors, the only prominent figure in the giant company in the world is Paul Atreides.

If it had been anyone else, those Force warriors would have easily killed them without even using their lightsabers.

"Manticore virus, neutron killing, matrix access, are there so many weapons and means that they can't do anything to him?"

Lucy frowned. She didn't believe that Darth Maul could change the world.

"No, the range of our weapons is too lethal, and it is easy to accidentally injure other Mandalorians. Even if we rely on matrix access, we still have to get close to Maul."

Jack Wells shrugged. He had seen the skills of those Force warriors. Even if Paul came, he might not be able to get close to Darth Maul.

"Then what should we do? Ordinary swords and guns can't do anything to that troublesome guy."

While the senior officials were discussing, Li Ang only said: "The only ones who can kill Force warriors are Force warriors."

In fact, Li Ang had already thought about who would kill the bug Darth Maul.

The only candidate is Obi-Wan!

"Immediately tell Paul to meet with Luke and Obi-Wan as soon as possible, explain the situation here, and persuade Obi-Wan to go out and kill Darth Maul."

"Jack, please arrange for the battleship to escort Obi-Wan to Mandalore at any time."

Leon was very sure that after Obi-Wan learned the whereabouts of Darth Maul, he would travel thousands of miles to kill the little brat.

Because Master Qui-Gon Jinn, whom Darth Maul killed, was Obi-Wan's teacher.

In order to avenge his teacher, Obi-Wan said he would help Juqi complete this task.

"Yes! Boss."

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Tatooine.

Here, when Luke Skywalker hurriedly returned to his moisture farm, he found that the dead bodies of Desert Storm troopers were lying near the door of his home.

With doubts in his heart, Luke couldn't help but worry more about the safety of his adoptive father and mother.

He took out the lightsaber given to him by Obi-Wan and approached the door of his house cautiously, guarding against anything dangerous that might pop out at any time.

Although Luke Skywalker at this period did not yet know how to use a lightsaber and use the Force in his body, the lightsaber in his hand still gave him a little more confidence and confidence.

Soon, Luke opened the door to his home. As he walked deeper, he heard loud laughter coming from the dining room of his home.

It wasn't until Luke quickly ran over to take a look that he discovered that Uncle Owen and Aunt Beilu were having a harmonious meal with Paul and others, without any panic or nervousness at all.

At this moment, Luke was stunned.

On the way back, he had already prepared for the worst, but he didn't expect that his adoptive parents were still safe and sound, as if he had no idea what was going on outside.

"Luke, you're back."

Owen looked up and saw his nephew returning. With a smile on his face, he introduced everyone in the Rogue Squad to him and told him the truth that he was the owner of the robot.

"Don't worry, they are not bad people. Some Imperial Stormtroopers came just now and wanted to enter the house to search. Thanks to them, they sent those people away."

After listening to Uncle Owen's explanation, Luke wondered if he was hallucinating. How could he be sending away the Imperial Stormtroopers who were littered with corpses outside? Sent to hell, right?

"Hello, we are from the Rebel Alliance. We are here to recover the R2-D2 and C-3PO robots. I will compensate you for your property losses according to the price."

Paul walked forward and greeted Luke.

"Hello, but I seem to have left the robot you want halfway. I'll go back and get it now."

Luke smiled awkwardly. He was so anxious when he came back that he even forgot to bring the robot.

"Don't worry, Luke, it seems you have met Master Obi-Wan, right?" After Owen saw the lightsaber in Luke's hand, he felt it was time to tell the child the truth.

"Yes, Master Obi-Wan said I am very talented in the Force." Luke nodded and smiled.

"Because your father is an outstanding Jedi Knight, and you have the blood of Jedi Knights in your body. This small place is destined not to be able to keep you."

Owen looked at the grown-up Luke and took this opportunity to let Luke go out and find his own way.

"This young warrior is also a Jedi Knight. You and he are just the right companions to leave Tatooine together."

Luke looked at Paul in astonishment, his voice mixed with surprise and disbelief: "Is it true? Master Obi-Wan told me that there are not many Jedi left!"

"The power I use is a little different from your Force, but you can still think of me as another kind of Jedi."

Paul did not deny his identity as a Jedi Knight. He knew very well that in the "Star Wars" universe, it is easier to do things with this identity.

After all, this is the key to entering the inner circle of the universe, just like Lu Mingfei in "Dragon", who entered Kassel College with high-purity dragon blood.

What's more, Paul also received orders from the headquarters of the Wanjie Base.

Jack asked him to invite Master Obi-Wan as soon as possible and follow the employees of the giant company to Mandalore to assist Reed in killing Darth Maul.

If he has the identity of a Jedi Knight, he can also meet the Jedi Master he wants to meet - Obi-Wan - more quickly.

After listening to Paul's explanation, Luke Skywalker, who still had little understanding of the Force, blinked with confusion on his face, obviously not understanding what Paul meant.

Is it possible that there is a power different from the Force in this world? !

"Everyone, now is not the time to talk about this. We have to get out of here as soon as possible."

At this time, Qini stepped forward to cooperate in a tacit understanding, and cleverly changed the subject and said: "The empire's pursuers will arrive at any time. I don't think anyone wants to stay here and wait to die."

【I have no objection. 】

K-2SO immediately voted, this round-headed, long-legged, black-clad security robot is very discerning, and he also knows that it is not appropriate to stay here for a long time.

Luke had no objection to this. He came all the way back mainly to confirm the safety of Owen and Beilu. Now that his family was fine, he felt relieved.

"Where are our robots? Where are they?"

Captain Cassian asked, they are not here to do good things, and finding the robot left by Princess Leia is the key.

"They are at Master Obi-Wan's place, I will take you there now." Luke responded happily.

Before everyone left, Paul reminded Owen and Beilu, who had not yet gone out and had seen the situation outside:

"I didn't have time to say it just now. There's a lot of 'clutter' outside, so you have to be mentally prepared."

"In addition, we can no longer stay in this place. Our people will be here soon to pick you up and leave. I hope you can follow them."

"We will meet again!"

Of course, it was impossible for Paul to kill all the imperial troops and then let the Owens stay here to wait for death.

After taking down the group of Imperial Stormtroopers, he applied to the headquarters for an additional assault boat to come over as soon as possible to escort the couple out of Tatooine.

At that time, the giant companies in the world will arrange a planet with a beautiful environment for them in the main universe, and allocate some fertile fields and fertile soil to Owen.

Let them live their lives together with other farmers in this paradise.

This arrangement is better than leaving these two old men in a barren, crime-ridden place like Tatooine.

"Okay, take care of yourself along the way."

After watching Luke, Paul and others leave, Owen prepared himself mentally in advance, slowly opened the door and looked outside the house.

When they saw the piles of Desert Stormtroopers, he and Beilu exclaimed in shock at the same time, "Oh my God, no wonder they are running in such a hurry!"

Now Owen realized the seriousness of the matter. If the Imperial Army knew that so many Stormtroopers had died here, no matter how he explained it, they would definitely be held accountable.

"I hope the people who will take us away will come soon."

Owen and Belle prayed.

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The capital of the Galactic Empire, Coruscant!

At this moment, Emperor Palpatine was furious as reports and documents from all over the Empire piled up on his desk.

During this period, more and more battles and troubles, big and small, were crawling all over his body like fleas that could not be eradicated.

If I had known that being the Emperor of the Empire was so difficult, I might as well have continued to sit on the Council of the Republic and be a member who controlled the overall situation. At least I wouldn't have to be the one who got beaten.

Palpatine looked at the documents placed in front of his desk. The first one was the report on the Battle of Jedar, the second one was the report on the Battle of Scarif, and the third one was the latest rebellion on Mandalorian.

At first, after learning that the Jedi had appeared on Jedha and that Tarkin had used the Death Star to destroy the planet, Palpatine was just a little distressed, but didn't say much.

After all, Jedda is a resource star that produces Kyber crystals. It would be a pity for him to be bombed like this.

But then, a group of fleet forces with unknown origins appeared on Scarif, and people who colluded with the Rebel Alliance stole the Death Star design.

After all, Scarif was bombed again!

Palpatine became increasingly dissatisfied with Tarkin's indifference in selling his father's land. There were a lot of data files on Scarif that had not yet been transferred.

But the most critical question is where did the so-called giant corporate force in the world come from!

Palpatine originally suspected that the Neimoidians in charge of the Trade Federation were cheating and secretly funding the enemy's sabotage.

Unfortunately, after interrogating and investigating for a long time, he found no signs of collaboration with the Trade Federation.

In the end, the matter could only be dropped.

These days, Palpatine did not pay much attention to the rebellion and battles in the Empire, and basically left all the power to senior officers such as Tarkin and Thrawn.

Most of his attention was focused on rectifying the political resources of all parties in the empire and balancing the forces of various princes.

The rebellious sentiment of the old senators of the Old Republic is getting stronger and stronger, and even the former partners, the Neimoidians, are demanding more trade rights.

These damn merchants have been sucking the blood of the Republic since the Old Republic era, and now in the Empire era, they are still thinking about sucking blood.

Although Palpatine forcibly nationalized the Trade Union, he did not touch the core interests of the Neimoidians too much.

Otherwise, it would be easy to force the other party to stand on the opposite side of himself. The theft incident on Scarif once made Palpatine doubt whether this was pressure from the Neimoidians.

After all, there are not many forces in the Empire that can build warships, and with the name of the Universal Corporation, it is hard for people not to believe that this is not the work of the Trade Union.

"How is the reconnaissance situation in the outer galaxy?"

Palpatine pinched his eyebrows, trying to get his chaotic thoughts out of various affairs. The political environment in the Empire is treacherous and complicated, but he has not forgotten the things in the outside world.

"We have deployed a part of the garrison at the edge of the Milky Way. The only suspicious sign we have found so far is the addition of another type of detector."

The person who spoke was Thrawn, Palpatine's trusted general. He took out a palm-sized micro AI detector and presented it to the emperor.

It was a Manticore AI micro drone manufactured by the Military Technology Department of the Universal Corporation, but it lost its stealth and lurking function due to signal fluctuations a few days ago, so it was intercepted by the Imperial Army.

Looking at the device in front of him, which has a completely different appearance and style from the detector of the Yuuzhan Vong civilization, Palpatine's brows became more and more furrowed.

It seems that more and more extragalactic civilizations have begun to pay attention to the Milky Way!

"Keep monitoring, and report to me immediately if there is any latest situation."

Even though Palpatine knew that there were mysterious species forces in the extragalactic galaxy, he still did not dare to send troops out rashly.

It was too risky to do so, so he tried to keep it stable as much as possible. In addition, he also equipped the border guards deployed at the edge of the Milky Way with the most elite troops and weapons.

If a coup d'état occurs within the Galactic Empire, this iron army can also preserve the Empire's vitality and prepare for the Empire's recovery.

"Yes!" Thrawn responded.

"In addition, immediately assemble an Imperial fleet and let Tarkin hand over the command of the Death Star. I have had enough of these incompetent trash. The rebellion on Mandalore must be curbed immediately!"

Palpatine almost used his throat to force out a vicissitudes and aging voice.

The uprising on Mandalore was the most unacceptable and infuriating thing for him.

At the beginning of the establishment of the Galactic Empire, Palpatine, like Tarkin, believed that in special times, tough measures were needed to suppress unstable terrorists.

That's why there is the so-called Tarkinism, relying on armed violence to rule and suppress various forces in the Milky Way.

But as the situation continued to change, Palpatine found that the more he suppressed, the more vigorous the rebellion the Empire encountered, and their military expenditures gradually increased.

A shrewd old politician like him would definitely not allow the cost of his rule to increase day by day, otherwise the Galactic Empire would be dragged down by endless wars sooner or later.

In order to let Tarkin's insane thug calm down, Palpatine decided to let him go down and rest for two days, and let Thrawn lead the team to settle the rebellion on Mandalore.

This time, they must not use the Death Star easily unless it is absolutely necessary.

"Understood!"

Thrawn nodded. As the admiral of the Empire, he has sufficient combat experience. Dealing with such a rebellion is not a headache for him.

Palpatine waved his hand and signaled Thrawn to go down to work. He now has to continue thinking about how to coordinate the interests of all parties.

The rebellion on Mandalore has made the fence-sitters within the Empire ready to move. If the situation continues to be chaotic, I am afraid that this new empire will not last long!

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