[ EU ] a gritty , R-rated retelling of a clone struggling to execute Order 66 .

It was chaos. Blasters lit the darkness up and screams of fallen Jedi and clones drowned out the noise of the attacks. They were better fighters than Raj had thought. He had been led to believe that the Jedi were very wise but somewhat weak, the grunt clones like him were told the Jedi were pacifists. He quickly learned otherwise. He rushed in with everyone at once. It was a coordinated attack; strong, quick and precise, but it was like the Jedi knew they were coming. Raj suddenly started to believe a little more in the Force as one Jedi blocked every one of his blasts while moving in closer for a lightsaber blow that would have cut through his knees like butter. The Jedi swung without hesitation, muscle memory saved Raj. He slightly dodged the attack, but the blade of the lighsaber grazed his chest as he fell off balance. 
 
 Stumbling backward Raj managed to get of a shot that hit the advancing Jedi's wrist. His hand was completely gone, his lightsaber flew backward as Raj regained his balance, stepped forward, raised his rifle and fired again hitting him in his other arm. The blast took the Jedi's other arm off from the elbow down. He did n't even hesitate to flinch in pain. The Jedi kept moving forward and dodged Raj's next shot, kicking him square in the chest and forcing the air out of his lungs. The trooper hit the ground sliding backward toward the door that his unit had just kicked in not 2 minutes before. Raj's head slammed into the door, it would've knocked him out for sure if he had n't been wearing his helmet. He stumbled to catch his breath, but before he had a chance to move the Jedi had already closed in and with another swift kick, the rifle was gone, Raj managed to unholster and fire his carbine sidearm, headshot. 
 
 *You might want to hang on to this soldier, it's actually pretty usefull if you aim it right! * 
 
 Mandel. He tossed Raj's rifle back and Raj could feel him smirking under his helmet. What an asshole. Always givin' Raj shit, but always bailing him out too. Raj caught the rifle in time to fire at a Jedi who was coming at him from behind. Another headshot. The nameless Jedi's blood splattered across Mandel's back and helmet and he did n't even miss a beat. 
 
 `` Hey! Now you're getting it!'' He blared as he swung around and charged back into the fray. 
 
 `` You're welcome!'' Raj shouted back as he followed. 
 
 More and more the Jedi were adapting and blocking the rifles. Blasts were being deflected by lightsabers and some even riocheting back and hitting other Troopers. It would have been a fair fight if Vader was n't there. He walked slow with purpose narrowly dodging deflected rifle shots and lightsabers. He casually decapteded Jedi, carving a path for the rest of Clone army. The troopers banded together and gave him cover fire. It was the best they could do. The numbers were on the army's side but still the Jedi fought with an unwavering demeanor and a fearlessness Raj had never seen in any other enemy he had ever encountered. Another one charged, narrowly dodging each of Raj's rifle shots. The Jedi were quick, but predictable. He stopped shooting directly at him and finally started aiming at where the Jedi was *going* to be. He lept right into Raj's next blast and still blocked the shot with his lightsaber. As the Jedi landed, Raj swung his rifle with frustration, cracking the Jedi's jaw with the but of his gun. As the Jedi stumbled backward, surprised by the random attack, Raj again shouldered his rifle and fired a shot straight through the Jedi's neck. slowly but surley the Jedi were finally being pushed back. 
 
 *This was supposed to be easy* 
 Raj thought as provided more cover fire for Vader, who was still carving a path into the center of the temple. The numbers advantage began to pay off for the Troopers as the Jedi banded together into small groups of three or four. They formed circles, dodging and blocking fire from all angles. He had lost sight of Mandel by now as the temple became littered with dead bodies and crowded with war. Raj could n't help but kick decapitated heads and limbs out of his way as he pushed forward trying to keep up with Vader, every other body he stepped over was a Trooper. Someone he had known or at least talked to at one point. He did n't have time to even comprehend their deaths as he pushed forward, still carfeully aiming and firing at the Jedi and forcing them into corners. With so much fire coming at them from every angle, it was hard to tell who was getting the kill shots, but the Jedi were falling. 
 
 Finally, Vader paused and sheathed his light saber as Raj and the several other clones backed the remaining Jedi into a corner and killed them. There was silence and a quiet sense of victory as the clones caught their breath and looked around at the destruction. There were hundreds dead Jedi, along with at least 100 to 150 troopers. Raj was one of the 75 Clone troopers remaining to see what happened next. A door next to Vader slid open and about 50 younglings stood inside with lightsabers at the ready. Everyone hesitated. Except Vader, he unholstered his lightsaber and raised it. Raj suddenly saw Mandel step forward in front of Vader. 
 
 `` I did n't sign up to kill children.'' He said as he raised his rifle and pointed it at Vader's chest. Vader moved before Mandel could blink and decapitated him in front of all of us, then moved forward and started cutting his way through the kids in the room. Nobody else fired a single shot. Vader slew each child one by one, using only one strike each to kill them. Raj moved in behind Vader and raised his rifle, just as his finger pulled the trigger, Vader swung around and cut Raj in half from the top of his head to his feet. 
 
 No other clones, acted out and they all soon left to finish their order.
