"So, I have to infuse my powers into the crystal?" says Darth Vader, Dark Lord of the Sith.
"Yes, Lord Vader," says Emperor Palpatine, "but you'll have to get one first."
A clone commander, newly renamed Stormtrooper of the Galactic Empire, suddenly bursts through the door.
"Emperor Palpatine!" says the commander, positively panting, "There was a major disturbance on the planet of Ithor. It looks like a rebellion and a Jedi is leading it.
Palpatine looked delighted at this interruption, "Lord Vader, my order is for you to go and take care of this pesky rebellion, destroy this Jedi, and get yourself a Lightsaber."
"Yes, my master," says Vader kneeling to his master, "I will succeed."
Thinking these last few days, Vader finally realized he has no one left. No Padme, no children. Only Palpatine, only his master was left to him. Unbeknownst to Vader, half a galaxy away, his son had been adopted by his stepbrother or that his daughter had been adopted by the Organa family.
"Lord Vader," says a voice.
Vader turns around seeing a man whom he was familiar with. It was Moff Tarkin, a man whom he had met during the Clone Wars.
"This small-scale rebellion has cost us about 500 soldiers, especially due to the Jedi," says Tarkin, "Do you think you can handle it?"
"I will take care of this small rebellion," says Vader, angry at this shot to his pride, "just go and do your job, Moff."
"Yes, Lord Vader," said Tarkin, looking quite unnerved, "at once."
He gave a small courteous bow and left quite quickly. Despite only being enforcer for a few days now, everybody seemed frightened of angering Vader.
As Vader stood there quietly for a few moments, he had a sudden, frightening thought.
'Are you sure you can beat a Jedi,' said a nasty little voice in his head, 'after you lost to him, and after this amount of damage to your body?"
'I don't know," said another voice, 'I really don't know…'
Vader immediately started walking toward the elevator, still thinking about whether or not he could do the job. He got to the elevator and pushed the button for the ground floor.
'What if you die?' says that voice, 'Palpatine will just replace you like he did with Maul and Dooku.'
'You're lying," says the other voice, 'he can't just replace me, and he has no one else left.'
'You're kidding yourself,' says the voice, 'listen, if he replaced Maul and Dooku that fast, do you think he can't do the same for you that fast, if not faster? He probably has a line of people to replace you, namely Maul.'
Vader got out of the elevator after what felt like forever and continued walking into, the pain of his singed skin more powerful than ever.
Living these past few days were a torturous haze of pain, he hoped would just end, but he knew it won't.
It never would…