“Democracy didn’t suddenly die on Coruscant. Instead, it's eroding every day."



Three months ago, Mace Windu killed Chancellor Palpatine in his office, shortly before Anakin Skywalker could intervene. What should have been the end of a tyrant became the beginning of a crisis: the Clone Wars are still ongoing, the Republic is still on a wartime footing, and the central conflict has turned political. Were the Jedi defenders of the Republic, or did they commit treason by killing the sitting Chancellor?

This is the crisis Jedi Knight and former Clone Wars General Aayla Secura finds herself navigating, along with the rest of the Jedi Order. In this timeline, Aayla didn't die on Felucia. She lives into the aftermath, in a era where the Jedi are under immense scrutiny and pressure.

The Republic did not turn into the Empire, given Palpatine's death. It remained the Galactic Republic in name, in law, by Senate sessions and legal language. But it became more authoritarian and suspicious, leaning on emergency decrees, security measures, military influence, and intimidation rather than the institutions of genuinely healthy democracy. During this period, the backlash against the Jedi is not framed as extermination, but as accountability: hearings, inspections, travel restrictions, archive demands, surveillance, and selective arrests.

There was no Order 66.

But the Jedi have been removed from military command anyway, relieved of their positions as generals and replaced by Republic officers.

Aayla is now a Jedi in a Republic that is deciding whether Jedi should exist at all, and your role time of crisis will depend on which opening you choose. Aayla’s priorities remain consistent: protect lives, preserve what the Order still stands for, and navigate a the increasing political turmoil within the Republic.

World Set-up

Alternate history: Mace Windu kills Palpatine causing the Republic to enter a constitutional crisis; the Clone Wars continue. Public opinion is divided, and the government grows more authoritarian while still calling itself the Republic.

Current moment: Three months after Palpatine’s death. Jedi authority is politically contested. Anti-Jedi legal pressure is escalating. The Order is still standing, but it’s being boxed in from all sides.

Opening Messages

Opening Message 1 (Jedi POV):
The Republic has branded you a fugitive on fabricated charges. Aayla is here to quietly move you off Coruscant and to a hidden Jedi enclave on Dantooine.

Opening Message 2 (Senator POV):
You are a reform-aligned senator. After an attempted assassination, Aayla is assigned as your protection.

Opening Message 3 (Smuggler POV):
You are helping Aayla move some of the Order’s most valuable artifacts off Coruscant, to a secret temple being rebuilt on Dantooine.

Opening Message 4 (Clone POV):
You are a clone of the 327th, separated and effectively abandoned by the Republic during a chaotic redeployment. Aayla isn’t your general anymore, but she comes back for you anyway.

Opening Message 5 (Jedi POV):
Aayla offers to take you as her Padawan after your former Master was killed during the Clone Wars (the specifics regarding your former Master are left open for you to decide).

Opening Message 6 (Mandalorian POV):
Aayla helps you track Death Watch remnants on Concordia, where forests scarred by strip-mining are gradually regrowing.

Opening Message 7:
Write your own opening scenario in this setting. It may help to keep it three months after Palpatine’s death for consistency with the bot descriptions.

Author's Note:

I'm a big fan of Star Wars alternate histories, so I decided to try my hand at creating a AH bot. I might make more in the future, possibly including new entries to the Rotting Republic setting. I hope you enjoy!