Kaiba-Kun here

Kaiba-Kun here.

IMPORTANT! PLEASE READ!! THIS IS THE REDO OF CHAPTER 1…

After finding the lost notebook with the details of this story after…. um…about a year and a half of it being on hold…I am pleased to announce that the story shall continue on! Yeah, I know you're all happy. I've decided to redo the story, but the plot line remaining the same. Do not be alarmed that all of the chapters have disappeared. They will return in a few days…

This is the sequel to Star Wars Episode 3 ½: Winning Back a Good Soul. I hope you like it…

Just a few things to know:

The villain in this story is from the book Shadows of the Empire by Steve Perry. I recommend it to any star wars fan. The book is fantastic! The villain's name is Prince Xizor.

I know that in Episode VI, Vader's Star Destroyer Executor collides with the new Death Star. For the sake of the story, a different one collides instead. I don't want Admiral Piett to die. He's just too cool!!

As always, I do not own anything from Star Wars and Shadows of the Empire. They belong to George Lucas and Steve Perry!

Read and review! (Seriously….)

Chapter 1: The Fall of a Tyrannical Era

" …If you will not turn from the dark side, then perhaps she will!" Vader bellowed. He and Luke were engaged in a saber fight.

" NEVER!" Luke shouted. All of Luke's stored anger exploded into his lightsaber as he ran towards his evil father. He swung violently, backing Vader into a railing. His father was forced onto his knees to support himself, but it was too late for Luke's saber sliced thru Vader's hand, sending it along with the Sith saber into the darkness below.

" Good, good…." The emperor laughed. He slowly made his way down the steps toward Luke.

MEANWHILE

The battle of Endor continued. The Death Star II continued to destroy rebel ships and fighters, along with some star destroyers. The shield on the moon had been destroyed so the millennium falcon and Wedge's X-wing fighter sped towards the inner core of the space station.

ELSEWHERE

" Good, your journey towards the dark side is almost complete. Now finish this…. Take your father's place at my side. Together, we can rule the galaxy!"

Luke looked at his father sprawled on the ground, breathing heavily and struggling to get up. Luke noticed that the area where his saber cut through was not flesh, but wires and circuits. He then looked at his mechanical hand and realized that the two of them were more alike than he had thought.

" Never…I am a Jedi…like my father before me." He threw his light saber across the room. "I will never be a Sith."
" So be it, Jedi." Palpatine snarled angrily. " If you will not turn to the dark side, then you will be destroyed!" Suddenly and without notice, giant sparks of lightning shot at Luke. Our hero fell to the floor, howling in pain as Vader struggled to stand, then moved and stood at his master's side. When the lightning stopped, Luke was breathing heavily.

" Now young Skywalker, you will die…" Even more shots of lightning flung from the emperor's hands.

" Father…. please!" Luke cried for help. He knew this was the end. The rebellion would be crushed, and his friends would die.

Vader watched his son. This scene looks familiar to me


FLASHBACK (star wars 3 ½: winning…good soul chapter 5)

" Annie, please stop!" Padmé pleaded. She finally worked up the courage to speak. " Look at yourself! Look at what you're doing! Can't you see its wrong? Can't you see what you've done: to our family…to me!"

" Padmé, calm down." Hermione said.

" No-be quiet." Snapped Padmé. She turned back to Vader. " Can't you see what you've done to me? To yourself? You're trapped in that suit because you burned on Mustafar, because you provoked Obi-Wan, because you turned to the dark side…. all because you wanted to save me! I told you that you were able to protect me from death just the way you were…but you wouldn't listen to me. Obi-Wan told me everything!"

" I don't want to hear anymore of that fool!"

" Hey!" Obi-Wan protested.

" You're doing it again!" Padmé said, she was calming down a bit. " Let me help you…go back the way you were…I don't care if I can never see your face again…is just the Anakin I lost that I want back!" Vader turned away. " Is that what you wanted when you turned? To loose the only family you had left?"

. HoooPA…HoooPA…. HoooPA….

" Senator, you are a member of the empire, seeing that you were a senator of the republic…" Palpatine said.

" You monster!" I trusted you… and all this time you were hypnotizing the senate for years. I knew something was wrong once you kept receiving power and never stopped the war. The Jedi knew it…I would never join your empire!"

" That goes for us, too!" Hermione said suddenly. Vader turned to her.

" What are you three doing here, anyway?" The dark lord asked, approaching Hermione.

" That's none of your business!"

" Don't provoke him, Hermione…he's not the right man to mess with!" Obi-Wan warned.

" You're here to turn me from the dark side, aren't you?"

" I never sa-"

" It doesn't matter. I can sense it. I wouldn't count on your success. The odds are rarely in your favor."

" Anakin, you're a good person, why do this? Stop now! Please!"

" Padmé, your cries of pity mean nothing to me."

" Annie, you're breaking my heart!" "

" So you refuse?" Palpatine asked.

"You're going down many to all paths I cannot follow, Anakin. I would never join you."

" So be it." Palpatine snarled. He slowly raised his hands upward towards Padmé. Then, sudden bursts of force lightning right at her. They quickly struck her, and she instantly fell to her knees, screaming in pain.

" Oh no!" Hermione cried. She reached for her wand, but Ron saw her.

" 'Mione, what're you doing?"

" We can't just stand here! They're killing her!"

" There's nothing we can do!"

END FLASHBACK


No! He wouldn't loose another part of his remaining family on the account of Palpatine. His master had caused enough damage in his life already. He knew that if Luke died, Leia would be the next target. Suddenly, Luke's saber came into view.

" Father, please! Help!"

Vader knew what he had to do.

Suddenly, the lightning stopped. Luke peeped an eye open. Palpatine hadn't stopped the lightning; a light saber was blocking the path of the bolts. The lightning was deflected back onto the source of origin, causing the dark lord to become extremely weak. When Palpatine stopped the lightning, Vader quickly sliced the hands off his master. Palpatine collapsed in pain. Then, Vader turned to Luke.

" My son, are you alright?"

" I think so…" Suddenly, there was a huge jolt. Vader sprung to the glass window behind Palpatine's throne chair. " A star destroyer has collided into this station. We must leave immediately!" He helped his son to his feet and helped him to the shuttle bay.


MEANWHILE

The Falcon had just shot the lasers at the reactor core and had started its descent out. Meanwhile, limp and frail Emperor had one of his guards quickly send a decoded message into space that only one man in the galaxy could read. Then, he collapsed into a dead heap on floor-never to move again.

The shuttle containing Luke and Vader got out of the ruined space station just in time. Whizzing by them was the Millennium Falcon.

"There is good in you…" Luke smiled as he sat back in his chair. Had I done it? Have I turned my father from the dark side forever?

"Son, I will admit that the good, if any, inside had shone and destroyed the emperor, but I am still a Sith Lord, and no one stops being a Sith. There is darkness inside of me that shall remain there forever."

" If you say so…" Luke said. But if that much good came out enough to destroy your former master after over twenty years of silence, I bet there's more in there that's going to shine soon…He looked out the cockpit window to see that they were heading away from the sanctuary moon and towards Vader's enormous Star Destroyer.


ENDOR

Although, the rebel alliance knew nothing about the dark lord of the Sith surviving the explosion, the Ewoks and rebel pilots threw a major celebration to celebrate the end of tyrannous rule. The empire had been destroyed. All was well with the galaxy. Han was celebrating this victory with Leia when something popped into his mind.

" Hey, where's Luke?" Han asked. " I'm sure he wasn't on the station when it blew."

" No, he wasn't. I could feel it." Leia replied calmly.

" You love him…" Han said, a hint of sadness in his tone.

" Yes." Leia shrugged. She looked at Han with a small puzzled look.

" Ok…fine. Its cool with me…. I wouldn't want to get in your way."

" What are you talking about…oh, Han…Luke is my brother."

" Your brother?"

" Yes, my brother."

" This has just gotten stranger." Han said quietly. He looked at Leia, who was looking at the sky. " What is it?"

" I feel something…but I'm not sure what…I think its Luke!"

" Well…let's move."

Lando, Chewbacca, and the rest of the rebels were doing the LIMBO dance with the Ewoks. Threepio was falling over all over the place, and R2 was wiggling and beeping happily. Suddenly, Lando stopped.

" Hey Chewie…"

" RGGGGGGGUUYYY?"

" Have you seen Luke, Leia or Han anywhere?" The wookie shook his head.

" C'mon, lets go find them…and bring the droids."

Chewie growled something in a complaint and pulled the droids out of the crowd and signaled them to follow him.

" Just like always, R2. No one cares for us droids!"

When Han and Leia arrived at the spot of the landing craft, the ramp was coming down. Luke appeared.

" LUKE!" Leia cried, running to give him a big bear hug. As Han caught up to Leia, he saw Vader emerge from the shuttle, with his damaged arm in a black sling.

" I was right, Leia…I was right." Luke whispered to her as he hugged her.

" Um…Leia? We have a problem." Han said. He reached for his blaster. Leia walks over to Vader. She looked at his helmet. She then attempted to put her arms around him and gave her father a hug.

Of course, Han is ever so confused. Vader looks at Luke, not knowing what to do next. Since Luke smiled, Vader hugged her back with his remaining hand. Han watched this in disbelief.

" OK, HOLD EVERYTHING!" Han shouted.

" HAN! Stop making a fool of yourself!" Leia scolded. I knew this wasn't going to be easy…Lando and Chewie heard poor Han's screams of confusion. " Yep, he's this way." Lando pointed. He and Chewbacca ran off.


" Wait! Wait for us." Poor Threepio cried as he and his rolling companion maneuvered around the forest plants.

" Ok, lets explain this again, for Han's sake." Leia sighed.

" Must we?" Vader grumbled as he rose to his full height. " Captain Solo, we have attempted to make this small conception clear for your minuscule mind over ten times! Perhaps your brain isn't capable of understanding such small, simple, information."

" Han, Luke is my brother, right?" Leia asked, slowly.

" Yeah"

" Han, Vader is Luke's father."

"He is?" Han asked, wide-eyed.

" I know this may be hard for you to understand, but Vader IS my father!"

" I still don't get it."

"Your mind is lost in hyperspace!" Vader grumbled.

" I don't understand how a monster like you could be a father…I mean: who would marry you?" Han accused.

" Do you honestly think I was born in a suit of life-sustaining armor? I used to look like a normal human being." Vader growled.

" You lost me."

" Have you ever heard of the tragic tale of Anakin Skywalker?"

" No…why?"

" Sit-I'm going to tell it to you:" not that I really want to…

Anakin was born a slave on the planet Tatooine. His father never existed, so he lived with his mother in slavery. One day, a Jedi named Qui-Gon Jinn approached him, finding Anakin strong in the force. Anakin became a Jedi under the knowledge of Obi-Wan Kenobi-"

" I know that old coot-he owes me money!"

" DON'T INTERRUPT!" Vader shouted. "During his time as a padawan, he met Padmé Amidala-the senator of Naboo. They fell in love and were married in secret. Later on, after Skywalker became a Jedi, he learned that he was to be a father. He went to Yoda and Chancellor Palpatine for help. Palpatine helped him, and without knowing it, tricked Anakin to turning to the dark side of the force. In order to prove himself, Anakin and Obi-Wan fought on the Mustafar planet. Skywalker fell into lava and burned. Obi-Wan got away. Palpatine found Skywalker and preserved him in a life-sustaining suit of armor where he would stay for the rest of his life."

" You know, the last part…about the armor reminds me of someone."

" Really? Who?" Vader asked sarcastically.

" You!" Han smiled, pointing at Vader.

" Very good…you have a brain. I was referring to myself for the entire story. I was Anakin Skywalker.

" Oh."

" Hey Han, Leia, I found-" Lando looked at what was in front of him. " What's going on?"

" Pops here was telling us a life story." Han said.

Vader slapped his remaining hand into his helmet.

" Ok, I'm still confused about the whole family thing…"

" Let me guess…Vader is Skywalker's dad or something?" Lando asked.

" Congratulations. You have some form of intelligence…." Vader grumbled. He rolled his eyes under his mask.

" Master Luke…Princess Leia…we found you!" cried Threepio and R2. " Oh my goodness…it's a real party."

Here we go again. Thought Vader.

Everything seemed fine and hunky-dory now that the Skywalker family was reunited, but little did they know that deep in the stars above, an old enemy awaits his revenge!


Thanks for being patient with me as I redo this story! Review please!!