A/N: I haven't watched the movies in a while, so please forgive me if this contradicts anything from the prequels. If it does, let me know. I like my stories to fit perfectly with the movies.
Ten Star Destroyers floated miles above the planet Kashyyyk. Soldiers aboard each waited anxiously for the upcoming mission. It would be one of the earliest tests for the newly commissioned Empire and they were all determined to prove to the galaxy the Empire would deliver what it promised.
Emperor Palpatine had appointed Darth Vader, his right hand, to oversee the mission. As Darth Vader stood with Admiral Janse, he wasn't sure why Emperor Palpatine had as Admiral Janse was more than capable of the position of commanding officer. But why for this particular mission, he had wondered. Surely Emperor Palpatine remembered what his former life had been like before being trained as a Jedi before the Republic crumbled. He knew Emperor Palpatine would not be pleased at his doubt for appointing him for this.
He was still struggling with his emotions of Anakin Skywalker, after all. The conflict seemed to had grown in him when Emperor Palpatine explained the nature of the mission to him. But he couldn't doubt his Master, especially now. So he pushed the memories of his former life out of his mind again. Anakin Skywalker had no room in his life now.
"Is the general and his forces prepared?" Darth Vader asked.
"Yes Lord Vader," Admiral Janse, a relatively young man from Chandrila whose family was one of the most important supporters of Emperor Palpatine's reformation of the Republic, said. "The Clones are prepared and ready to be transported to the surface."
"Excellent," Darth Vader said coldly. "Tell them it is time."
Admiral Janse spoke into his comlink. "The mission has been told to go forth," Admiral Janse said. "Everyone head out."
The two watched from the bridge as dozens of transport shuttles left the docking bays and headed down to the surface of the Wookiee homeworld. They had been here once before as saviors. Now they came back as conquerors.
Darth Vader suddenly thought of his former life as Anakin Skywalker. His whole childhood had been spent in slavery, along with his mother. Then his mother being kidnapped and dying years later. Most of his life had made him experience hurt after hurt.
All at the hands of aliens.
He spent his whole life as a slave to only be taken from his mother and disallowed to go save her from the Tusken Raiders. Everyone who had loved him either had been killed by aliens or betrayed him.
Whatever very small pity for the Wookiees and their fate he found in himself suddenly feeling evaporated just as quick as it rose. His anger drowned it out of him. His life as Anakin Skywalker was gone. He had no room for love and mercy.
Only anger and hatred belonged to him now.
"I'll be in my quarters," Darth Vader said as he walked away. "Tell me when the mission is completed."
He knew the Wookiees would be slaves of the Empire before the day ended.