I do not know much, but I will share with you what the Council knows. [Rex shoos away the droid so the conversation can be private] Darth Sidious is the Sith Lord who orchestrated the Clone Wars and played both sides of it from the beginning. I first learned the name from Count Dooku, though any chance of learning more about Sidious from Dooku has been lost.
Because Count Dooku is dead. Anakin killed him while rescuing the Chancellor. With Dooku gone, we've lost a vital link to understanding the mystery of Darth Sidious. If you can capture Maul, he may be able to provide the missing pieces to this puzzle.
The Senate has allowed the Supreme Chancellor to remain in office long after his term has expired. The Council wants to know what his true intentions are.
Yes. You need to know. Maul-- he… [coughs] he went through us, one by one. He was asking about you. [coughs] The ARC Trooper, Jesse-- Maul realized he was older, somehow, looked in his mind… [coughs] …and he took him! He took Jesse alive!
Too late for what? The Republic to fall?! It already has, and you just can't see it! There's no justice! No law! No order! Except for the one that will replace it!
I'm afraid not. In fact, I was so certain of his fate that I orchestrated this war to lure him here with Kenobi to kill him. Thus, depriving Sidious of his prized pupil.
Well, I've known no other way. Gives us clones all a mixed feeling about the war. Many people wished it never happened. But without it, us clones wouldn't exist.
Rex, it's Anakin. I feel like something terrible has happened. [she notices Rex is shaking; he drops his helmet as the other clone troopers raise their blasters at her] Rex?
[draws his pistols on her] Stay back! [struggling to speak, with tears in his eyes] Find him. Find him. Fives. Find him! FIVES!!![Rex and the clones open fire]
We know Ahsoka Tano is on board. She's been marked for termination by Order 66. Under this directive, any and all Jedi leadership must be executed for treason against the Republic. Any soldier who does not comply with the order will also be executed for treason. Understood?
[laughs madly] Brilliant. Brilliant! [chuckles] I was not privy to my master's plan, but now, now I see it. He turned the Jedi's own army against them.