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The lightsabers clashed together. Luke had a strange feeling as he gave Leia another
training with her lightsaber. She was just starting to learn the full potential of the force, And now
she needed to master the elegant lightsaber. He remembered so vividly using his jedi weapon
when he battled his father. Vader was strong in the force, full of anger, agile, swift,
quick,……almost invincible. But in the end all that anger came out at full fury against the man
he had once called master and it was the demise of them both, he had saved his son and fufilled
the prophecy of the chosen one by balancing the force with his last breath. Vader, his once
father, was gone. The emperor, former ruler of the galaxy, was gone. Obi Wan, his mentor,
great jedi knight, and a good friend, was gone. Yoda, perhaps the greatest jedi master of all
time, was now also gone even after training thousands upon thousands of jedi knights. Now he
was teaching his sister the art of the lightsaber, she was new to the force and he blocked her
every move, it just came natural to him. He had to train her. To teach her the ways of the
force. To never let the jedi become extinct, as he had been told by Obi Wan Kenobi so many
times. If only Obi Wan could see him now. Luke would hope that Obi Wan would be proud
of him. Proud for not succombing to the dark side, proud for defeating his father’s rage and in
that defeating the true enemy, proud that he had defeated the emperor and restored peace
throughout the galaxy, at least for the time being, yes, he would be proud. But Obi Wan could
not be here, he had fufilled the last step in his destiny by allowing himself to be struck down by
Vader so Luke could escape. Luke could only hope that he also, if the time came, could
someday be able to make that great sacrifice that Obi Wan had made so willingly for him. He
would be able to, he knew it now more than ever. He now searched Leia’s thoughts and Felt
that they were elsewhere, Luke slashed at her blade. Connected with it four to five times then
with a quick flick of the wrist he tossed her saber to the left on the floor and with a snap hiss it
deactivated. "Your thoughts must stay clear Leia" he said calmly " If they don't it will mean a
certain death." Leia spoke with a feeling of doubt " I know Luke, its just that I'm worried about
Han, you remember what happened the last time he had to deal with one of those slugs." Of
course he did. Jabba never would let Han off the hook, and it ended up destroying the hutt in
the end. Han and Chewbacca were on a mission to Serba the Hutt's palace to deal for some
much-needed supplies for the republic. The republic doesn't always get their supplies the most
honest way, but they always get them. "Han will be fine, he can take care of himself" he said, “If
you let go of your fears, there will be no restrictions on what you can and cannot do fear is the
only restriction, and as I have been told oh so many times Fear is the path to the dark side you
must let go of your fears if you ever wish to accomplish your true goals” Feeling she still had
doubt he reassuringly smiled and said " Chewie and C3PO are with him he will be fine." Ohhh
C3PO, that comforts me, I swear that droid is just too smart for his own good, and Han's for
that matter." Just then a voice came over the intercom " Luke Skywalker please report to the
main control room, I repeat Luke Skywalker to the main control room immediately." Luke
knew something was wrong, he sprinted past Leia and jumped up the stairs to the control room.
"Whats wrong" he said quickly. " Commander Skywalker our rebel spies patrolling a moon of
Hoth have discovered imperial activity there." Hoth, Luke thought to himself, would they really
be so blunt to start operations on the moon of a planet where the hidden rebel base had once
been? Or was that their plan, after all that would be one of the last places you'd think to look
for them. He quietly wandered to himself about what he was to do next.
***
"Get ready to put her down Chewie" Han said. Chewbacca activated the landing gear
and Solo put the Millennium Falcon down with a smooth landing. They had to land a few miles
away from Serba's palace so they wouldn't be noticed, they were trading with him but he was
not aware that they were coming. The landing pad came down and Han walked out, "Just being
here brings back memories of that stinkin slob Jabba." He wanted to get in and out of Tatooine
as fast as possible. They walked for about a half hour and came to Serba's palace. Shivers
crawled up his spine being at the palace that Jabba used to oversee. A small sphere like eye
shot out of the door and said "be broo som ka da". "We're here to speak to Serba" Han said
"Con had for be twoo" it sputtered back "I'm Han Solo and this is my good friend Chewbacca,
we're here to discuss trading with Serba to the republic. "Er tay Solo eh eee tay supa em kay lu
fa" meaning "So your Han Solo ay? I'm surprised you had the guts to come back her again."
Han yelled back "Listen pal I'm not here to talk to some low life servant of a hutt ok, now let
us in pal." Eeem pay seeew elm Solo" it said in a suspicious tone. Which means ,"of course
Captain Solo have a nice stay". As they walked through the dark chambers Han said uneasy " I
have a bad feeling about this" Chewbacca grunted in agreement.
****
Luke quickly removed his jedi robe and put on his black jumpsuit. He strapped on his
utility belt and headed out the door. " Wedge, I'll need my ship prepared immeadiately and
ready to leave for the 4th moon of Hoth" he said quickly. " Already on it Luke it will be ready
in a few hours." Luke replied approvingly " Good, I have to get there as soon as possible I feel
a great disturbance in the force." He went to his room to meditate and refine his jedi skills. A
few moments into his meditation he was interrupted by a knock at his door. "Come in" he said.
Leia came into the room hastily " I've heard of your mission to Hoth and am requesting
permission to accompany you there." "Absolutely not" he repied " It is no place for a novice jedi
to be, there is great probability that this is a new training ground for the sith I have felt it." She
spoke sternly to him " I guarentee I've been in much worse conditions than this and am sure I
can handle it." Luke said calmly " I do not lack the confidence that you can handle it emotionaly
but there could be powerful sith there and you are not strong enough in the force yet to handle
them , some may even be more powerful than I, besides I don't plan on running down there and
getting in a fight that may bring my death, I am going to scout it out then bring back the
information of it. Also, this is a crucial time in the republic's rebuilding, they need you, their
leader, to help see it through." As much as she hated to say it Luke was right. It was the
strangest thing, ever since he had battled his father and Palpatine he had grown up so much
mentally. Maybe it was because he was growing stronger in the force, but no matter what the
reason he had become a great leader and jedi. " You are right Luke, I will stay here" He gave
his sister a hug, and left out the door. Later, she went to see him off depart. As his X-Wing left
the atmosphere, a shiver went up her back. Calm yourself Leia he will be fine, she reassured
herself. As the last bit of the X-Wing could be seen she quietly said out loud "May the force be
with you Luke, always."
****
Han and Chewie reached Serba's main hall and they finally laid eyes on the huge beast.
"Am tay ree threewt hee saf erm Solo em paa ruu" The droid translated "The mighty Serba
says he has been told you have come to bargain Solo is this true?" Han repied "Yeah I'm here
on business for the republic would you be willing to help?" "Maye Maye heem fay seer tii meep
ray tooo"? The droid translated again even though Solo knew what he'd said " The great and
powerful Serba says he will help all in good time but 1st you must do something for him" "
What!? How so?" Chewbacca tapped him to tell him not to get to angry. "Peer tay oom fa ley
ka pa" "The wondorous Serba has said you must go to the west side of Tatooine and pick up
some supplies for the Great Serba." Han thought for a moment " I wouldn't help you for all the
credits in the galaxy……….but since its for the republic I think we can come to some sort of an
agreement. " eree eree Solo, me soo popp oh ka ray tone tay fuu" Serba said triumphantly.
The great Serba replies " very good Solo come back in 36 standard hours and we will discuss
matters further." Han just wanted to get out of this dreadful place, so he agreed and they left for
Mos Espa.
****
Luke circled the isolated moon of Hoth in his X-Wing, He hoped the engines could survive the
coldness until he was ready to leave again. He was ready to land on the northwestern side of the
moon. He was ready. He had to make sure the empire did not come back into power. Ever
since Vader had been destroyed, Luke had had a feeling that the Rebel Alliance had finally won,
but that feeling faded away as soon as he was informed of the imperial activity here. Why, this
so much though? I mean a great deal of things had happened in the past 8 years since the battle
of endor. But none had alarmed him this much, Why? Was it just a Imperial base? That would
be his best hope, for their were thousands of bases around the galaxy but rarely did any ever
cause any big trouble. Or was it something worse? Something much, much worse?? Like a
main control center for the imperials or……. or possibly a Sith Temple. No, it couldn't be,
Vader and Palpatine were the last of the sith? Weren't they? Obi Wan had told him not so long
ago" Not the last of the old jedi are you, but the 1st of the new." But it seemed as it had been
so very long ago. But he had to expect the unexpected, let the force guide him and not let his
feelings cloud his judgement. He put the Skyhopper down between two large mountains of ice
and threw on his heavy-duty winter jacket, it would be the only thing that would keep him alive
on this brutally cold planet. He walked forward for about 15 minutes and saw his worst fears
become reality. About 20 stories high he saw what no one had seen since the old republic era,
a Sith Temple. "It can't be" he said aloud, but he knew it was. He knew what he had to do,
he had to scout it out and find who was behind this. How could there really be another sith??
He cautiously snuck around the corner of the temple and saw what seemed to be a docking
bay. He peaked around the corner and saw three stormtroopers. He had to try to get in
unnoticed to the training grounds for the sith. He crept around a few crates and found a
staircase. He walked up it and found a control room as he was looking for some kind of
information, any kind of information about this he was interrupted by a " Hey who are you?" It
was a stormtrooper, and it was too late, he hit the alarm which notified everyone in the temple
that he was here he focused on the force and threw the stromtrooper into the wall knocking him
out. He ignited his lightsaber and rushed down the stairs. There he was met by what seemed to
be an army of stormtroopers. He twisted and twirled with his saber cutting 3 or 4 in half and
killing10 or 15 more. But their were too many, he jumped onto a crate looking at them all as
they fired their blasters at him and then it all went dark.
****
When Luke came to his head pounded with pain. It took him 3 or 4 minutes to realize
that he was tied up and that his lightsaber was no longer with him. He tried to remember what
had happened and suddenly it all came back to him. He was captured. He had to figure out
how to get out of this predicament. While he was thinking he was interrupted "Ahhhh I see you
have found us Skywalker" The dark raspy voice said " I sense you are surprised that we are
here, why is this." " Did you really think that the emperor would let the sith die out so quickly?
Let them die all at once?” “Palpitine spen over a millenium buildingup the sith to destroy you and
I assure you we will not bge defeated easily, if at all, granted it was an unexpected death for the
emperor but still he wasn’t the emperor for no reason at all." Luke searched through the
mysterious figures thoughts trying to figure out who he was and what he was, but he came up
with nothing. " It is official now that you will not be turned, but I promise you, you will die." All
the sudden the dark jedi's lightsaber ignited. It's red gleam filled the dark room. Luke tried to
see the jedi's face but it was too dark. He had to figure out where the control board for these
cuffs were. It was his only chance. He felt the force flow from within him as he searched for
the control board. He was running out of time when at last he found it. " You shouldn't of came
here Skywalker you will not leave alive." The Dark Jedi ran at him with his saber above his
head. Luke quickly threw the switch with the force and jumped out of the way of the blade.
The board he had been on was shredded to pieces. " Indeed you are strong Skywalker." Luke
felt around for his saber and again the dark sith spoke "Looking for this " he asked calmly and
he held up Luke's saber. "It is a wonderful weapon is it not?" "Yes it is" Luke replied "And it is
the weapon that will destroy you" "Ha ha ha ha ha so confident are you." "Confident yes,
Overconfident no." Luke replied. With that Luke threw the unaware dark jedi against the wall,
and while he was down pulled his Lightsaber to him. " Powerful indeed, but still no match for
the sith." Luke ignited his green saber and the jedi swung hard at luke head. Luke blocked and
spun around to connect again and again with the red saber. he connected again 5 or 6 times
with the dark jedi's saber, he pulled back focusing on the force and leaped high in the air. He
swung down towards the sith's head but was blocked again and thrown towards the wall. "I
will destroy you Skywalker." He screamed. He sprinted towards Luke, but Luke jumped onto
the platform above. As he jumped a door opened and stormtroopers started towards him. But
before they could get through he called to the force, flicked the switch slamming the door
closed, killing them all. He turned and there was the sith. The dark jedi swung hard at lukes
head but Luke blocked. Three more times around and around the saber twirled but Luke
blocked them all. He was truly a jedi. The red saber swung again but Luke blocked and
jumped high above the next swing. They battled on and on with nobody seeming to have the
upper hand when at last the dark jedi soared above Luke and came down hard on Luke's blade
above his head " Now you DIE" he exclaimed. But as the sith started his swing luke kicked
him in the stomach did a backflip and swung for the sith’s feet. The sith jumped but while he
was in the air and unaware of Luke’s next move Luke stabbed him through the stomach bringing
an end to the Dark Jedi. As the jedi slowly faded away he took a last look at Luke and through
garbled words declared “You truly are the son of Vader.” and with that he died.
*****
Solo leaned forward the lever of the falcons controls. A series of grunts from
Chewbacca showed his disapproval. “Listen, I don’t want to be here any more than you” he
growled. “But the new republic needs these supplies badly and we’re the ones that have to get
them, if we like it or not.” The trip had been uneventful so far and that was just fine for him. He
didn’t like being here and he couldn’t hide it. Odd? Where was this supposed safe haven for
dealing supplies Serba had spoken of? “Chewie get those coordinates for me again.” The
sentence was barely from his mouth when the sky was suddenly filled with green laser bolts.
“What the.” When it hit him. A trap. Serba didn’t need supplies. He was in a deal with the
empire. He sent Han off to get these so called supplies so the empire could amubush him. But
why? Why did they want him? there wasn’t time for questions. “This is why you never deal with
a hutt.” He mumbled to himself. “Take the controls,” he snarled “I’m going to the gunner
station,” He flew into his seat and started firing rapidly at the tie fighters. There were three of
them, at least three thathe could see. An unfair fight, but hey, he was used to that by now. The
lead fighter was a risk taker. He flew a lot like Han himself. But he couldn’t control it as well
as Han quickly saw. Barrel rolling left and right, Han fired away at him. But this particular
fighters overconfidence would be his end. Han estimated his move and fired heavy at him,
hitting his target directly. He blew into a enormous ball of fire falling helplessly to the ground.
As he fell he went directly into one of the other ties taking it down also. Not the empire’s best
pilots thats for sure, he thought to himself. “One left” he said aloud. And a moment later it was
all over. “ Quick and easy” he stated, half smiling. “Just the way I like em.” But the time for
gloating would come later, it was time to leave for now before they outstayed there welcome.
“I told them that dealing with a hut was a terrible mistake. But does anyone ever listen to Han
Solo, Nooo of course not.” he said sarcastically. “Lets get outta here before some of there
buddies show up. We’ll see what the republic says about not listening to me this time.”
*****
Luke had to think fast. The entire base was alerted of his presence and he didn’t have much
time. But that was the least of his problems. He had no idea at all where he was. He was taken
away to perhaps a place miles from where he had been knocked out. But he couldn’t think
about that now, he had to get away from this place. He ran down hallway after hallway of the
dreadful temple trying to find some kind of exit. When suddenly he passed the prisoner corridor
and the force suddenly called out to him. He knew his time was limitied but had to answer the
call. As he ran down the hall he suddenly stopped and looked in through the small window in
the cell door. There sat a sleek, approximately 2 meters tall, blond haired young man. Calling
on the force, the door swung open. “Huh” the man said in confusion. “ I’m here to rescure
you.” Luke said suddenly reminded of the first tme he met Leia. Why was he making this stop
to help this particular man? This didn’t make sense. He was running out of time. But perhaps it
was the force’s will that he find this man for some reason? He didn’t know. All he knew was he
had to get them out of there. “ I have tried to map this place out in my mind the entire time I’ve
been here” the man said with garbled words. He was indeed frightened. “ I think I know a way
out.” “Go, lead the way” Luke shouted. They ran down 3 different hallways and ended up in a
wide open room. “Now whe...... GET DOWN.” Luke screamed
As soon as they hit the floor laser fire flew by them. Before the young man could look up
Luke’s saber was ignited and he was ready for battle. There was a squad of stormtroopers
blocking the exit. Luke flew into the air, lightsaber twirling above him. he struck down 4
stormtroopers before they even knew he had moved. The force as his guide he blocked there
shots with ease. He called upon the force and threw 3 of them against the wall. Before they
could get up they were sliced in half. As the battled continued the prisoner realized this was a
jedi knight. He watched from a far as he overcame feats that would be impossible without the
force. Perhaps this man could teach him the ways of the force and he too could become a jedi.
And repay the sith for what they had done to him, his family, and his world. Assuming they got
out alive. As he watched the battle proceed he saw something from above. A stormtooper
from above targeting the man who was his last hope for survival. “No” he said calmly and he
called out to the force. The trooper’s blaster trembled and with a sudden rush flew into his
hand. Reflexes controlling him now he quickly fired upon the trooper killing him instantly.
Luke saw this and was somewhat astounded. Almost allowing himself to be overtaken but
quickly was back into the battle. How did he do that he wondered? Is he a jedi? Focus, he
told himself. With dozens of stormtroopers lying around him there was only three remaining.
He leapt into the air, and while in mid flight pulled a troopers blaster to him shot two of them
directly and cut the remaining down with ease. The battle was now done. “Come on” He
yelled. Following the mysterious jedi they finally left the vicinity of the temple and entered the
harsh cold of winter.
To Luke’s surprise they were not very far from where he had enterd on the west side of thhe
building. A little extra running and they would be to his ship. Luke was hoping it was not
conviscated by the imperials. After a long run, Luke felt a rush of relief when he saw his
X-Wing . “Lets get out of here.” As they left the moon Luke could see Hoth. Things had
changed so much since then. He wondered to himself if any of the base was still there, or if the
imperials had wiped it out completely. They probably had. After all it had been over 11 and
half years since there secret base had been there. Still, he wondered. Not that it really
mattered. He was abrubtly interrupted when the man next him screamed, “TIE FIGHTERS!!!
HERE THEY COME!!! The boy was obviously scared, for his life and maybe more so the
fear of having to go back. “ Yeah well lets see if these ties are as good as there reputation” he
said almost smiling. The battle went quickly or so it seemed. And they were off to hyperspace.
“I’m afraid I haven’t introduced myself” Luke said. “Luke Skywalker, pleased to meet you, and
you are????” The man looked at him “ L..L..L..Luke skywalker, I knew you would come!! I
told them, they said you didn’t care, they said only a fool would come to a sith temple but you
came I knew it!” Luke replied, “Well I didn’t really know it was a sith temple when I ca......”
“Thank you so much for rescuing me,” the boy delcared not letting Luke finish his sentences.
“You were awesome in those battles.” “You weren’t all bad yourself, how did you know how
to focus the force like that?” Luke said. Ignoring his question the man spoke again “I’m Jer’den
Rala, from the planet Ferdian in the Optinetall system” The man’s tone suddenly saddened. “Or
at least I was until the empire moved in. He suddenly stopped. “What did they do?” Luke
asked. “It was about 11 years ago when I was only 14. They ambusehd our planet and
kidnapped everyone that was force sensitive, leaving everyone else to die. Later there star
destroyer Chimera destroyed the planet and everyone on it. My brother and I were brought
here to become dark jedi’s or sith. When I refused to take the training I was thrown into prison
only kept alive because they wanted me to change my mind.” “What about..your brother?”
Luke asked quietly. “He could not withstand the dark side of the force and accepted the
training. I have not seen him in 5 years.” Rala finished “Did you say 11 years ago???” Luke
questioned. “Yes” Rala answered. “That explains it, when we had our base on Hoth the
imperials figured it was a good place to stay conceled and built there temple. When we were
driven out, they figured we would completely forget about Hoth. And we almost did.” Luke
stated. “That explains alot to me also, When I first got here many prisoners were brought out of
captivity to fight in some battle against there will. It must’ve been Hoth.” “So you are force
sensitive??” “Yes very much so according to the empire, that is why they kept me alive in my
opinion” Rala said. “Then its settled. I will take you to my jedi academy on Yavin IV to be
trained as a jedi. If you are alerady experienced enoungh to bring a blaster to you at your will
then you will definitely be trained in the jedi arts.” Luke declared. And that was that. Luke still
had many questions but those would have to wait until Yavin. After being in captivity for 11
years, probably the last thing the man wanted was to answer questions. The force had called
him. The will of the force to find him most certainly. Even for him the force was still somewhat
a mystery. If only Ben were here to answer some of his questions.
*****
The lightsabers clashed together. Luke had a strange feeling as he gave Leia another
training with her lightsaber. She was just starting to learn the full potential of the force, And now
she needed to master the elegant lightsaber. He remembered so vividly using his jedi weapon
when he battled his father. Vader was strong in the force, full of anger, agile, swift,
quick,……almost invincible. But in the end all that anger came out at full fury against the man
he had once called master and it was the demise of them both, he had saved his son and fufilled
the prophecy of the chosen one by balancing the force with his last breath. Vader, his once
father, was gone. The emperor, former ruler of the galaxy, was gone. Obi Wan, his mentor,
great jedi knight, and a good friend, was gone. Yoda, perhaps the greatest jedi master of all
time, was now also gone even after training thousands upon thousands of jedi knights. Now he
was teaching his sister the art of the lightsaber, she was new to the force and he blocked her
every move, it just came natural to him. He had to train her. To teach her the ways of the
force. To never let the jedi become extinct, as he had been told by Obi Wan Kenobi so many
times. If only Obi Wan could see him now. Luke would hope that Obi Wan would be proud
of him. Proud for not succombing to the dark side, proud for defeating his father’s rage and in
that defeating the true enemy, proud that he had defeated the emperor and restored peace
throughout the galaxy, at least for the time being, yes, he would be proud. But Obi Wan could
not be here, he had fufilled the last step in his destiny by allowing himself to be struck down by
Vader so Luke could escape. Luke could only hope that he also, if the time came, could
someday be able to make that great sacrifice that Obi Wan had made so willingly for him. He
would be able to, he knew it now more than ever. He now searched Leia’s thoughts and Felt
that they were elsewhere, Luke slashed at her blade. Connected with it four to five times then
with a quick flick of the wrist he tossed her saber to the left on the floor and with a snap hiss it
deactivated. "Your thoughts must stay clear Leia" he said calmly " If they don't it will mean a
certain death." Leia spoke with a feeling of doubt " I know Luke, its just that I'm worried about
Han, you remember what happened the last time he had to deal with one of those slugs." Of
course he did. Jabba never would let Han off the hook, and it ended up destroying the hutt in
the end. Han and Chewbacca were on a mission to Serba the Hutt's palace to deal for some
much-needed supplies for the republic. The republic doesn't always get their supplies the most
honest way, but they always get them. "Han will be fine, he can take care of himself" he said, “If
you let go of your fears, there will be no restrictions on what you can and cannot do fear is the
only restriction, and as I have been told oh so many times Fear is the path to the dark side you
must let go of your fears if you ever wish to accomplish your true goals” Feeling she still had
doubt he reassuringly smiled and said " Chewie and C3PO are with him he will be fine." Ohhh
C3PO, that comforts me, I swear that droid is just too smart for his own good, and Han's for
that matter." Just then a voice came over the intercom " Luke Skywalker please report to the
main control room, I repeat Luke Skywalker to the main control room immediately." Luke
knew something was wrong, he sprinted past Leia and jumped up the stairs to the control room.
"Whats wrong" he said quickly. " Commander Skywalker our rebel spies patrolling a moon of
Hoth have discovered imperial activity there." Hoth, Luke thought to himself, would they really
be so blunt to start operations on the moon of a planet where the hidden rebel base had once
been? Or was that their plan, after all that would be one of the last places you'd think to look
for them. He quietly wandered to himself about what he was to do next.
***
"Get ready to put her down Chewie" Han said. Chewbacca activated the landing gear
and Solo put the Millennium Falcon down with a smooth landing. They had to land a few miles
away from Serba's palace so they wouldn't be noticed, they were trading with him but he was
not aware that they were coming. The landing pad came down and Han walked out, "Just being
here brings back memories of that stinkin slob Jabba." He wanted to get in and out of Tatooine
as fast as possible. They walked for about a half hour and came to Serba's palace. Shivers
crawled up his spine being at the palace that Jabba used to oversee. A small sphere like eye
shot out of the door and said "be broo som ka da". "We're here to speak to Serba" Han said
"Con had for be twoo" it sputtered back "I'm Han Solo and this is my good friend Chewbacca,
we're here to discuss trading with Serba to the republic. "Er tay Solo eh eee tay supa em kay lu
fa" meaning "So your Han Solo ay? I'm surprised you had the guts to come back her again."
Han yelled back "Listen pal I'm not here to talk to some low life servant of a hutt ok, now let
us in pal." Eeem pay seeew elm Solo" it said in a suspicious tone. Which means ,"of course
Captain Solo have a nice stay". As they walked through the dark chambers Han said uneasy " I
have a bad feeling about this" Chewbacca grunted in agreement.
****
Luke quickly removed his jedi robe and put on his black jumpsuit. He strapped on his
utility belt and headed out the door. " Wedge, I'll need my ship prepared immeadiately and
ready to leave for the 4th moon of Hoth" he said quickly. " Already on it Luke it will be ready
in a few hours." Luke replied approvingly " Good, I have to get there as soon as possible I feel
a great disturbance in the force." He went to his room to meditate and refine his jedi skills. A
few moments into his meditation he was interrupted by a knock at his door. "Come in" he said.
Leia came into the room hastily " I've heard of your mission to Hoth and am requesting
permission to accompany you there." "Absolutely not" he repied " It is no place for a novice jedi
to be, there is great probability that this is a new training ground for the sith I have felt it." She
spoke sternly to him " I guarentee I've been in much worse conditions than this and am sure I
can handle it." Luke said calmly " I do not lack the confidence that you can handle it emotionaly
but there could be powerful sith there and you are not strong enough in the force yet to handle
them , some may even be more powerful than I, besides I don't plan on running down there and
getting in a fight that may bring my death, I am going to scout it out then bring back the
information of it. Also, this is a crucial time in the republic's rebuilding, they need you, their
leader, to help see it through." As much as she hated to say it Luke was right. It was the
strangest thing, ever since he had battled his father and Palpatine he had grown up so much
mentally. Maybe it was because he was growing stronger in the force, but no matter what the
reason he had become a great leader and jedi. " You are right Luke, I will stay here" He gave
his sister a hug, and left out the door. Later, she went to see him off depart. As his X-Wing left
the atmosphere, a shiver went up her back. Calm yourself Leia he will be fine, she reassured
herself. As the last bit of the X-Wing could be seen she quietly said out loud "May the force be
with you Luke, always."
****
Han and Chewie reached Serba's main hall and they finally laid eyes on the huge beast.
"Am tay ree threewt hee saf erm Solo em paa ruu" The droid translated "The mighty Serba
says he has been told you have come to bargain Solo is this true?" Han repied "Yeah I'm here
on business for the republic would you be willing to help?" "Maye Maye heem fay seer tii meep
ray tooo"? The droid translated again even though Solo knew what he'd said " The great and
powerful Serba says he will help all in good time but 1st you must do something for him" "
What!? How so?" Chewbacca tapped him to tell him not to get to angry. "Peer tay oom fa ley
ka pa" "The wondorous Serba has said you must go to the west side of Tatooine and pick up
some supplies for the Great Serba." Han thought for a moment " I wouldn't help you for all the
credits in the galaxy……….but since its for the republic I think we can come to some sort of an
agreement. " eree eree Solo, me soo popp oh ka ray tone tay fuu" Serba said triumphantly.
The great Serba replies " very good Solo come back in 36 standard hours and we will discuss
matters further." Han just wanted to get out of this dreadful place, so he agreed and they left for
Mos Espa.
****
Luke circled the isolated moon of Hoth in his X-Wing, He hoped the engines could survive the
coldness until he was ready to leave again. He was ready to land on the northwestern side of the
moon. He was ready. He had to make sure the empire did not come back into power. Ever
since Vader had been destroyed, Luke had had a feeling that the Rebel Alliance had finally won,
but that feeling faded away as soon as he was informed of the imperial activity here. Why, this
so much though? I mean a great deal of things had happened in the past 8 years since the battle
of endor. But none had alarmed him this much, Why? Was it just a Imperial base? That would
be his best hope, for their were thousands of bases around the galaxy but rarely did any ever
cause any big trouble. Or was it something worse? Something much, much worse?? Like a
main control center for the imperials or……. or possibly a Sith Temple. No, it couldn't be,
Vader and Palpatine were the last of the sith? Weren't they? Obi Wan had told him not so long
ago" Not the last of the old jedi are you, but the 1st of the new." But it seemed as it had been
so very long ago. But he had to expect the unexpected, let the force guide him and not let his
feelings cloud his judgement. He put the Skyhopper down between two large mountains of ice
and threw on his heavy-duty winter jacket, it would be the only thing that would keep him alive
on this brutally cold planet. He walked forward for about 15 minutes and saw his worst fears
become reality. About 20 stories high he saw what no one had seen since the old republic era,
a Sith Temple. "It can't be" he said aloud, but he knew it was. He knew what he had to do,
he had to scout it out and find who was behind this. How could there really be another sith??
He cautiously snuck around the corner of the temple and saw what seemed to be a docking
bay. He peaked around the corner and saw three stormtroopers. He had to try to get in
unnoticed to the training grounds for the sith. He crept around a few crates and found a
staircase. He walked up it and found a control room as he was looking for some kind of
information, any kind of information about this he was interrupted by a " Hey who are you?" It
was a stormtrooper, and it was too late, he hit the alarm which notified everyone in the temple
that he was here he focused on the force and threw the stromtrooper into the wall knocking him
out. He ignited his lightsaber and rushed down the stairs. There he was met by what seemed to
be an army of stormtroopers. He twisted and twirled with his saber cutting 3 or 4 in half and
killing10 or 15 more. But their were too many, he jumped onto a crate looking at them all as
they fired their blasters at him and then it all went dark.
****
When Luke came to his head pounded with pain. It took him 3 or 4 minutes to realize
that he was tied up and that his lightsaber was no longer with him. He tried to remember what
had happened and suddenly it all came back to him. He was captured. He had to figure out
how to get out of this predicament. While he was thinking he was interrupted "Ahhhh I see you
have found us Skywalker" The dark raspy voice said " I sense you are surprised that we are
here, why is this." " Did you really think that the emperor would let the sith die out so quickly?
Let them die all at once?” “Palpitine spen over a millenium buildingup the sith to destroy you and
I assure you we will not bge defeated easily, if at all, granted it was an unexpected death for the
emperor but still he wasn’t the emperor for no reason at all." Luke searched through the
mysterious figures thoughts trying to figure out who he was and what he was, but he came up
with nothing. " It is official now that you will not be turned, but I promise you, you will die." All
the sudden the dark jedi's lightsaber ignited. It's red gleam filled the dark room. Luke tried to
see the jedi's face but it was too dark. He had to figure out where the control board for these
cuffs were. It was his only chance. He felt the force flow from within him as he searched for
the control board. He was running out of time when at last he found it. " You shouldn't of came
here Skywalker you will not leave alive." The Dark Jedi ran at him with his saber above his
head. Luke quickly threw the switch with the force and jumped out of the way of the blade.
The board he had been on was shredded to pieces. " Indeed you are strong Skywalker." Luke
felt around for his saber and again the dark sith spoke "Looking for this " he asked calmly and
he held up Luke's saber. "It is a wonderful weapon is it not?" "Yes it is" Luke replied "And it is
the weapon that will destroy you" "Ha ha ha ha ha so confident are you." "Confident yes,
Overconfident no." Luke replied. With that Luke threw the unaware dark jedi against the wall,
and while he was down pulled his Lightsaber to him. " Powerful indeed, but still no match for
the sith." Luke ignited his green saber and the jedi swung hard at luke head. Luke blocked and
spun around to connect again and again with the red saber. he connected again 5 or 6 times
with the dark jedi's saber, he pulled back focusing on the force and leaped high in the air. He
swung down towards the sith's head but was blocked again and thrown towards the wall. "I
will destroy you Skywalker." He screamed. He sprinted towards Luke, but Luke jumped onto
the platform above. As he jumped a door opened and stormtroopers started towards him. But
before they could get through he called to the force, flicked the switch slamming the door
closed, killing them all. He turned and there was the sith. The dark jedi swung hard at lukes
head but Luke blocked. Three more times around and around the saber twirled but Luke
blocked them all. He was truly a jedi. The red saber swung again but Luke blocked and
jumped high above the next swing. They battled on and on with nobody seeming to have the
upper hand when at last the dark jedi soared above Luke and came down hard on Luke's blade
above his head " Now you DIE" he exclaimed. But as the sith started his swing luke kicked
him in the stomach did a backflip and swung for the sith’s feet. The sith jumped but while he
was in the air and unaware of Luke’s next move Luke stabbed him through the stomach bringing
an end to the Dark Jedi. As the jedi slowly faded away he took a last look at Luke and through
garbled words declared “You truly are the son of Vader.” and with that he died.
*****
Solo leaned forward the lever of the falcons controls. A series of grunts from
Chewbacca showed his disapproval. “Listen, I don’t want to be here any more than you” he
growled. “But the new republic needs these supplies badly and we’re the ones that have to get
them, if we like it or not.” The trip had been uneventful so far and that was just fine for him. He
didn’t like being here and he couldn’t hide it. Odd? Where was this supposed safe haven for
dealing supplies Serba had spoken of? “Chewie get those coordinates for me again.” The
sentence was barely from his mouth when the sky was suddenly filled with green laser bolts.
“What the.” When it hit him. A trap. Serba didn’t need supplies. He was in a deal with the
empire. He sent Han off to get these so called supplies so the empire could amubush him. But
why? Why did they want him? there wasn’t time for questions. “This is why you never deal with
a hutt.” He mumbled to himself. “Take the controls,” he snarled “I’m going to the gunner
station,” He flew into his seat and started firing rapidly at the tie fighters. There were three of
them, at least three thathe could see. An unfair fight, but hey, he was used to that by now. The
lead fighter was a risk taker. He flew a lot like Han himself. But he couldn’t control it as well
as Han quickly saw. Barrel rolling left and right, Han fired away at him. But this particular
fighters overconfidence would be his end. Han estimated his move and fired heavy at him,
hitting his target directly. He blew into a enormous ball of fire falling helplessly to the ground.
As he fell he went directly into one of the other ties taking it down also. Not the empire’s best
pilots thats for sure, he thought to himself. “One left” he said aloud. And a moment later it was
all over. “ Quick and easy” he stated, half smiling. “Just the way I like em.” But the time for
gloating would come later, it was time to leave for now before they outstayed there welcome.
“I told them that dealing with a hut was a terrible mistake. But does anyone ever listen to Han
Solo, Nooo of course not.” he said sarcastically. “Lets get outta here before some of there
buddies show up. We’ll see what the republic says about not listening to me this time.”
*****
Luke had to think fast. The entire base was alerted of his presence and he didn’t have much
time. But that was the least of his problems. He had no idea at all where he was. He was taken
away to perhaps a place miles from where he had been knocked out. But he couldn’t think
about that now, he had to get away from this place. He ran down hallway after hallway of the
dreadful temple trying to find some kind of exit. When suddenly he passed the prisoner corridor
and the force suddenly called out to him. He knew his time was limitied but had to answer the
call. As he ran down the hall he suddenly stopped and looked in through the small window in
the cell door. There sat a sleek, approximately 2 meters tall, blond haired young man. Calling
on the force, the door swung open. “Huh” the man said in confusion. “ I’m here to rescure
you.” Luke said suddenly reminded of the first tme he met Leia. Why was he making this stop
to help this particular man? This didn’t make sense. He was running out of time. But perhaps it
was the force’s will that he find this man for some reason? He didn’t know. All he knew was he
had to get them out of there. “ I have tried to map this place out in my mind the entire time I’ve
been here” the man said with garbled words. He was indeed frightened. “ I think I know a way
out.” “Go, lead the way” Luke shouted. They ran down 3 different hallways and ended up in a
wide open room. “Now whe...... GET DOWN.” Luke screamed
As soon as they hit the floor laser fire flew by them. Before the young man could look up
Luke’s saber was ignited and he was ready for battle. There was a squad of stormtroopers
blocking the exit. Luke flew into the air, lightsaber twirling above him. he struck down 4
stormtroopers before they even knew he had moved. The force as his guide he blocked there
shots with ease. He called upon the force and threw 3 of them against the wall. Before they
could get up they were sliced in half. As the battled continued the prisoner realized this was a
jedi knight. He watched from a far as he overcame feats that would be impossible without the
force. Perhaps this man could teach him the ways of the force and he too could become a jedi.
And repay the sith for what they had done to him, his family, and his world. Assuming they got
out alive. As he watched the battle proceed he saw something from above. A stormtooper
from above targeting the man who was his last hope for survival. “No” he said calmly and he
called out to the force. The trooper’s blaster trembled and with a sudden rush flew into his
hand. Reflexes controlling him now he quickly fired upon the trooper killing him instantly.
Luke saw this and was somewhat astounded. Almost allowing himself to be overtaken but
quickly was back into the battle. How did he do that he wondered? Is he a jedi? Focus, he
told himself. With dozens of stormtroopers lying around him there was only three remaining.
He leapt into the air, and while in mid flight pulled a troopers blaster to him shot two of them
directly and cut the remaining down with ease. The battle was now done. “Come on” He
yelled. Following the mysterious jedi they finally left the vicinity of the temple and entered the
harsh cold of winter.
To Luke’s surprise they were not very far from where he had enterd on the west side of thhe
building. A little extra running and they would be to his ship. Luke was hoping it was not
conviscated by the imperials. After a long run, Luke felt a rush of relief when he saw his
X-Wing . “Lets get out of here.” As they left the moon Luke could see Hoth. Things had
changed so much since then. He wondered to himself if any of the base was still there, or if the
imperials had wiped it out completely. They probably had. After all it had been over 11 and
half years since there secret base had been there. Still, he wondered. Not that it really
mattered. He was abrubtly interrupted when the man next him screamed, “TIE FIGHTERS!!!
HERE THEY COME!!! The boy was obviously scared, for his life and maybe more so the
fear of having to go back. “ Yeah well lets see if these ties are as good as there reputation” he
said almost smiling. The battle went quickly or so it seemed. And they were off to hyperspace.
“I’m afraid I haven’t introduced myself” Luke said. “Luke Skywalker, pleased to meet you, and
you are????” The man looked at him “ L..L..L..Luke skywalker, I knew you would come!! I
told them, they said you didn’t care, they said only a fool would come to a sith temple but you
came I knew it!” Luke replied, “Well I didn’t really know it was a sith temple when I ca......”
“Thank you so much for rescuing me,” the boy delcared not letting Luke finish his sentences.
“You were awesome in those battles.” “You weren’t all bad yourself, how did you know how
to focus the force like that?” Luke said. Ignoring his question the man spoke again “I’m Jer’den
Rala, from the planet Ferdian in the Optinetall system” The man’s tone suddenly saddened. “Or
at least I was until the empire moved in. He suddenly stopped. “What did they do?” Luke
asked. “It was about 11 years ago when I was only 14. They ambusehd our planet and
kidnapped everyone that was force sensitive, leaving everyone else to die. Later there star
destroyer Chimera destroyed the planet and everyone on it. My brother and I were brought
here to become dark jedi’s or sith. When I refused to take the training I was thrown into prison
only kept alive because they wanted me to change my mind.” “What about..your brother?”
Luke asked quietly. “He could not withstand the dark side of the force and accepted the
training. I have not seen him in 5 years.” Rala finished “Did you say 11 years ago???” Luke
questioned. “Yes” Rala answered. “That explains it, when we had our base on Hoth the
imperials figured it was a good place to stay conceled and built there temple. When we were
driven out, they figured we would completely forget about Hoth. And we almost did.” Luke
stated. “That explains alot to me also, When I first got here many prisoners were brought out of
captivity to fight in some battle against there will. It must’ve been Hoth.” “So you are force
sensitive??” “Yes very much so according to the empire, that is why they kept me alive in my
opinion” Rala said. “Then its settled. I will take you to my jedi academy on Yavin IV to be
trained as a jedi. If you are alerady experienced enoungh to bring a blaster to you at your will
then you will definitely be trained in the jedi arts.” Luke declared. And that was that. Luke still
had many questions but those would have to wait until Yavin. After being in captivity for 11
years, probably the last thing the man wanted was to answer questions. The force had called
him. The will of the force to find him most certainly. Even for him the force was still somewhat
a mystery. If only Ben were here to answer some of his questions.
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