Prologue
It seems so long ago that these events took place. I was a young boy back then, but now, I am an old man, preparing to become one with the Force. I have lived a full life, with enough adventure and action for any man. I started as a misfit boy, someone who could care less what happened to the Galaxy that he lived in, but I became one of its most important figures.
My entire life has been based off a lie. A lie that sprang from the root of a half-truth, a half-truth that sprang from the root of a hyperbole.
For the sake of those who come after, I will recount these events as if the boy in the story were a stranger, someone whom I have never met in my life. I only hope I can manage to get it all out before the end comes. My name is Marek Bonteri, and this is my story.