Following the Chancellor's kidnapping, Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi and Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker save Chancellor Palpatine from General Grievous, the commander of the droid armies, but Grievous escapes. Ahsoka leads her battalion through to Mandalore but gets caught in some crosshairs and is warned by Maul of a prophesied death of the Jedi. Suspicions are raised within the Jedi Council concerning Chancellor Palpatine, with whom Anakin has formed a bond. Asked to spy on the chancellor, full of bitterness toward the Council after Ahsoka's dismissal from the Jedi Order, and the risk of his family being in danger he cannot stop, Anakin starts to tap into the Dark Side; all the while the Chancellor watches...