The pre-moral is: The strong survive, the noble overcome it.
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On Serenno, they meet Count Dooku the Head of State and Council for the Confederacy of Independent Systems. The stars of the show include:
When the threesome arrives, Cad Bane is forever making a deal. Raising his fees as needed.
Then we pan back to the Jedi Temple where Grand Master Yoda knows that not telling Anakin Skywalker would enrage him and he tells him that his anger is unpredictable and dangerous. It appears to be more of a matter of Trust.
Back on Serenno, Cad Bane kills an Ithorian bounty hunter because he wears a hat that Cad Bane likes.
Count Dooku invites them into the Box, which looks like the Transformer Allspark Cube X Hellraisers - a puzzle of sorts. 12 enter and only 5 are allowed to exit. It tests agility, but that is not what told to them. Then the test starts with poisonous gas.
Once figured out what is going on, Rako Hardeen (aka Obi Wan Kenobi) starts to help out the Bounty Hunters. Why? He lends a helping hand to Cad Bane who would as soon kill Rako Hardeen for the wrong hat. While watching, Dooku senses something different about Hardeen and learns about his past - the killing of Jedi Knight Obi Wan Kenobi.
Of the images I enjoyed, the laser pikes that move throughout the room that makes one think it is like "Enter the Dragon" movie or "Indiana Jones" movie..
Then another test through a ray shield that closes in like in Star Wars A New Hope, but to get out of this house of horror, it requires an injection of some electroserum that only one person is resistant to---Force Users. Rako Hardeen figures it out that one of the characters is a species that can tolerate the serum and is adapting better to making up a story to be a part of the crowd.
It makes Dooku question Moralo Eval and the backstabbing commences, like it is normal for the Separatists.
The last test is filled with flames. Reminiscent of the planet Mustafar. But the object is to use a sniper rifle to hit a target. One miss and your cast into the fiery pit. The first guy dies. Then Rako Hardeen shoots, making all his targets until his rifle charges drop and Moralo Eval releases the floor for his crashing into floor.
But, then Cad Bane saves Rako Hardeen and Dooku backstabs Moralo Eval by allowing Rako Hardeen to fight to the death. Dooku wants Moralo Eval dead, but Rako says he just wants to get paid--another adaptation to being toughened up to the hardcore life.
Dooku gives the mission that the remaining Bounty Hunters will kidnap Supreme Chancellor Palpatine as a hostage. Then demands will be made to release all Separatist prisoners. If the Republic does not release the prisoners, Palpatine will be killed. Then Dooku mentions that Cad Bane will be the leader of the mission...
From a Separatist POV: It seems that the Separatists are desperate for a win or triumph over the Republic, forgetting the fact that the ugliness underneath is all Sith. Why Supreme Chancellor (aka Darth Sidious) would go with this "war game" to paint a picture that the Separatists are a true threat to the Republic is beyond me. The Seppies do not need to kidnap Palpatine to show they are a threat, they were the richest corporations across the Galaxy, they just have make the the core starve... Unless this is about a Sith issue, which obviously makes a difference. And the Jedi are saying trust. What if Obi Wan Kenobi enjoys his new digs as Rako Hardeen? One never knows. I doubt it, but this is a tidbit.
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