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I have not read Dark Empire, but only because I have no known way of doing so. If someone knows of a legal way to read those comics then PLEASE let me know. As such some details will probably be wrong, though I have learned as much as I could about that time period.
Dark Empire: The New Hunt
Prolog
Skywalker sat up on the hard bench of his cell. He had no idea how long he had been in here. Had it been days? Weeks? Months? Years? "No." He decided. It had only been four days. Four days of being tortured by that monster.
"How had this happened?" He thinks to himself. "I had been so close. So close but now…" He looks to the door as it opens revealing the monster who had him locked up. He looks down, unable to look the monster in the face.
"Are you finally going to give in?" it asks.
Skywalker shakes his head. "No. I will never give in."
"But the Dark Side longs for you to join once more." The monster says, "You gave in once. Why not again?"
"Because during my time under its influence I caused so much pain and despair to so many beings. I do not wish to do so again."
The monster laughed. "So? Those beings probably deserved it."
"But they did not." Skywalker insists.
The monster scoffs. "Says who? The Jedi? What do they care? They never cared as evident by the Clone Wars which brought about their destruction. And now you are the last."
"No. Leia is one too." Skywalker reminded the monster.
"Not for long. She is very close to breaking. So she will give in and will join me, as you will."
Skywalker shakes his head. He does not want to believe this monster, but knows that it will never lie to him. Leia, she cannot be close to falling. Not her too. But her children and husband, while her greatest strength, are also her greatest weakness.
Skywalker lifts his head and braces himself. He looks the monster in the eyes as much as possible. He was so close to defeating this monster, but then Leia was hurt, he lost focus and then the monster cut off his left prosthetic hand and the destroyed his lightsaber in one movement. Unarmed the monster unleashed Force Lightning on them until they lost consciousness. When he woke up he was in this cell. Alone and cut off from the Force. The torture began that day.
Skywalker lets out a deep sigh. "Why will you not let go? Let go of the Dark and come back to the Light." He begs the monster.
The monster laughs. "You know, I remember a time were you told to do just the opposite."
Skywalker closes his eyes remembering that time. He opens them again and stares into the yellow orbs of the monster's eyes. "I was wrong then. I was wrong to want to condemn you."
"No, you were right. I was wrong for not joining you then." The monster retorts, "But now that can change."
Skywalker shakes his head, "Not like this. I will not turn."
"But I need your help. You are the only one who can complete my training."
"I will. As a Jedi." Skywalker response.
"That's not what I meant." The monster complains.
Skywalker sighs. He looks at the monster's eyes with pleading in his own. "Please, for Leia's sake, for my sake, for your own sake, stop this and come home. Please Luke, come home."
Luke looks away and whispers, "I can't. I don't want to." He looks back. "Don't you see father? This is who I am now. Nothing can change that. If you would just join me then I can truly attain the rank of Sith Apprentice. You can be my master. Together we will destroy the New Republic and rule the galaxy as father and son. Just as you once wanted."
Anakin shakes his head. "But that is not what I want now. What I want is for you to let go and come home."
Luke looks away. "It's too late father. Too late."
He leaves and interrogators step in to begin yet another day of torture. As Anakin is dragged away he looks back at his son and sees tears in his eyes. He is dragged into a room and the door slams shut. Anakin looks up and wonders where and how this went so wrong.
A/N: This chapter, the whole story really, is inspired by the fic Darkness Reborn by Jade Pilot. Love that story and wish the author would have continued it, but didn't so this is my version of that idea, except with Luke and Anakin. Details about why Anakin's alive, how Luke captured him, how Luke fell ect, will be explained. Let's just say that RotJ's ending was a little different.