Everlasting Peace

Then came the day when I met her, Le'ah. She was the embodiment of everything beautiful and pure. It didn't take long before we were together, and in even less time, we were married. I spent less and less time at the office and more with her. Then, she was with child. Sooner than I thought was possible, I had found my soul mate and together we had created our beautiful daughter. My life was turning out to be better than I ever thought it could. Everything was falling into place as the Force had deemed.

We moved to the outskirts of Theed, settled down in a small Naboo house. I worked at Theed hospital, helping adventures with their injuries and train Novice Doctors. Le'ah spent her days working in the cantina; she always said she liked dancing there more than the performing arts. Our daughter was growing to be as beautiful as her mother with all the brains of her grandmother.

She was six standard years, our daughter, when I decided to plan a special vacation for the family. I spoke with a galactic travel agent; thought of a few different worlds that I knew Le'ah had always wanted to visit. After a long decision, I settled on Alderann. I had heard about the flower paintings that cover the landscape and seen holos of them, but I knew they were far lovelier before my own eyes.

I bought three tickets, rushed home and told my wife. She was thrilled; it was a trip she had always wished for. I called my office informing them I'd be out for a few weeks, and she was packed and ready to go before I got back home. We all piled in our speeder and headed for the Spaceport.

As I was checking the bags I got a call from the hospital, it was mother. There had been an explosion; she was on her way home from the theater. I told Le'ah that I had to go see mother, and that I would catch the next starship to Alderann. She understood, she always understood, and I left.

When I got to the hospital it was too late, mother didn't survive. They told me that some terrorist had planted bombs outside the shuttle port. Rebels were targeting innocent civilians, civilians who didn't agree with their views. I spoke with an Imperial Officer, he told me that they already had some of the Rebels responsible for the attack, I wanted nothing more than watch them die.

I called Le'ah on her comlink, told her about mother and that it would be a few days before I left. She wanted to come home to me, to help me with my grief, I told her no. I never saw her again, never heard her voice, never looked into those green eyes. When I went the star port to buy my ticket, there was a large crowd around the holoscreen; the newscaster was giving details of a failed Rebel attempt to construct a massive weapon. These Rebel engineers had caused a sort of malfunction or something. I never got all the details, but they managed to destroy the entire planet, all the innocent lives, including the two most important women in my life, gone.

I left the hospital, sold the house, and wandered the planet. I was numb; I had nothing left to live for. There were times, times when all I wanted was to die, so I could be with Le'ah again. I left Naboo; I left Naboo and all the memories that were there on it. I didn't know where to go so I bought a ticket at random and left, never to look back, never wanting to remember. I arrived in Bestine, Tatooine; about as backwater as backwater can get. I spent the first few weeks in the cantina, drinking away my memories.