THE FAMILY OF AHSOKA TANO
BOOK 3: THE RISE OF VADER
IT HAS BEEN 5 YEARS SINCE KALIFA TANO SAVED THE REBEL ALLIANCE FROM TOTAL DESTRUCTION BY THE EMPIRE'S DREADED SUPER WEAPON: THE DEATH STAR. BUT THE EMPIRE'S REIGN OF TERROR IS FAR FROM OVER, THE REBELS HAVE BEEN CHASED ALL ACROSS THE GALAXY FROM THEIR SECRET BASE ON YAVIN IV.
NOW LED BY KALIFA, THE REBELS HAVE FOUND A NEW SECRET BASE ON THE ICE PLANET: HOTH, BUT NOT ALL IS SAFE AS THE SITH LORD DARTH VADER IS ON KALIFA'S TRAIL, OBSESSED WITH FINDING HIS DAUGHTER LORD VADER SENDS IMPERIAL PROBES DOWN TO THE PLANET HOTH WITH DARK INTENTIONS FOR THE YOUNG TOGRUTA.
MEANWHILE AHSOKA TANO HOPES TO TRAIN KALIFA IN THE WAYS OF THE JEDI BUT IT WILL PROVE MORE THAN DIFFICULT IN THE DARK AND DANGEROUS TIMES THAT NOW LIE AHEAD….
Prologue: THE RISE OF VADER
On the Star Destroyer: The Eclipse, deep in the communications chamber, the Emperor's most fearsome ally sat quietly and calmly. Thoughts dwelling on the same person he had been thinking about for the past five years. The young rebel who destroyed the Empire's super weapon: The Death Star. Vader had sensed something that day. The young pilot whomever she was had a great potential.
She like him was Force Sensitive and could if easily manipulated be a great ally. However there was a complication in this matter, this young rebel, Vader saw was his daughter: Kalifa Tano, and if his theory was correct, Kalifa was going to impossible to get near to, as she was in fact closely guarded by his wife: Ahsoka Tano a relic from his past as Alex a former Jedi. After the Death Star's destruction Vader had planned to reunite his family and secretly overthrow his Master: Emperor Palpatine, leaving them to rule the galaxy together.
But the more that Vader thought about this plan he knew that it would be a colossal failer, why did he know this? Well the fact was that's he tried to manipulate his wife twice into joining him and both times she refused the temptation, the second time that Ahsoka refused had all but convinced Vader that Ahsoka Tano was nothing more than an enemy. An enemy that he now had to take care of if he ever had the chance. Just like he took care of Anakin Skywalker, his former Jedi Master. Ahsoka Tano would die by Vader's hand.
That was certain as Ahsoka was the last living thing he connected to a past that he hadn't forgotten, he couldn't have that now. Suddenly the alarms sounded, breaking Vader out of his train of thought, this was indeed surprising as a voice from the intercom said, "Lord Vader, your presence is needed at the bridge, we think we have found something."
Interesting, so Admiral Ozzel may have just saved his own neck, Vader thought as he made his was to the bridge of the Eclipse, as he knew the inside of his personal Star Destroyer like the back of his hand, he could easily find his way around it and in such reached new his destination in only ten minutes. As he made his was to the main command centre, imperial officers and Stormtroopers bowed.
Ozzel, accompanied by his second in-command Piet approached Vader and showed him a screen that showed various images of the planet below. Vader was unimpressed by these images and directed his attention to the incompetent Admiral, "you brought me here to look at a slideshow?"
The Admiral looked nervous but nevertheless spoke with ease, "we believe that we have found the Rebels second base of operations." This peaked Vader's interest slightly as he hadn't infact been searching for the Rebel's base ever since their evacuation of Yavin IV. The screen then switched to the images of a power generator which indicated that signs of life, more than Hoth's own creatures inhabited the planet, "what do you wish us to do Lord Vader?"
For five seconds Vader said nothing until "send probes down to the planet at once, I can't make a move against the Rebels without gathering more data." As Admiral Ozzel followed his orders, Vader began forming a thought in his head, what if Ozzel was right for once? And this was the second secret Rebel Base? Could they be down there? Could Ahsoka and Kalifa be down there right now? Breaking his train of thought Vader caught the nervousness of the officers around him and smiled as he began forming a new plan in his mind. A plan that would surely bring the downfall of both Ahsoka Tano and her daughter at the same time...