As the years pass, we are transported back to Naboo. The scene switches back to a far view of the Great Palace, now known to the Galaxy as Imperial Palace. Almost all of the coloring is in gray. Most of the plants and trees appear to be dead. We can hear Threepio's first line and then the scene switches to a view of Threepio and Sidious. Threepio and Artoo are attached to restraining bolts singing. Sidious is laying back in his large throne.
Threepio: Nobody knows, The trouble I've seen, Nobody knows My sorrow...
Sidious: Oh Threepio, do lighten up. (He tosses a vase at Threepio with the Force and it clatters and smashes against the droid's golden outer casing) Sing something with a little... bounce in it.
Threepio: (Thinks a moment and looks at Artoo who bleeps at him) It's a small world after all...
Sidious: (Interrupting, almost shouting) No! No. Anything but that!
Threepio: (Thinks, then holds up a metal hand as a tune from his memory bank comes to him, which he used to sing for the twins, when they were younger to make them laugh.) I've got a lovely bunch of coconuts (Artoo bleeps diddely-dee-dee) There they are a-standing in a row...
(Sidious is enjoying this and starts to join in)
Sidious and Threepio with Artoo bleeping along with them: Big ones, small ones, some as big as your head...
Threepio to Artoo: (While Sidious continues) Oh... I would never have had to do
this for Master Anakin.
Sidious: (Quick and angry) What? What did you say?
Threepio: Oh, nothing!
Sidious: You know the law: Never, ever mention THAT name in my presence. I... am... the KING!
Sidious turns to the two droids his yellow eyes glowing and his yellow and brown teeth spitting at them. His wave of anger sends the two droids clattering against the wall
Threepio as he helps Artoo back up: Yes, sire. You ARE the king. I... I... Well, I only
mentioned it to illustrate the differences in your royal managerial approaches. Nervous laugh
Dooku: My Lord
Sidious: Oh, What is it this time?
Maul: There seems to be a problem my Lord.
The three clones enter behind the two Sith apprentices.
Boba: Your Majesty, there's no food, no water...
Konaki: Yeah, it's dinner time, and we ain't got no stinkin' entrees.
Sidious: (Exasperated) It's the servants and Gungans jobs to do the hunting...(makes helpless gesture)
Konaki: Yeah, but they won't go hunt.
Konaki to Boba: I thought things were bad under Mufasa.
Sidious: (Quick and angry again) What did you say?
Konaki: I said Muf...
Boba and Denahi are smiling at Sidious and thwap Konaki to remind her
Konaki: I said, uh... "Qué pasa?"
Sidious: Good. Now get out.
(The clones start out but then pause)
Konaki: Mm... yeah, but-- we're still hungry.
Sidious cries and throws them out with the aid of the Darkside: Out!
Meanwhile the scene switches to a view of the jungle. We hear a large belch reverberate across the landscape. The scenes pans to the three figures of Han, Chewbacca and Luke lying on their backs looking at the stars after a long day of work.
Han grins over at Luke and says "Whoah. Nice one, Luke"
Luke stares over at him and grins. "Thanks. Man, I'm stuffed."
Chewie also grins and sighs at the other two "Me too. I ate like a Wookie"
Luke rolls his eyes as Han puts a hand over his face almost in defeat and shakes his head. Both of them say. "Chewie-- you are a Wookie."
Chewie ruffles his fur an almost vacant look comes across his face as he growls "Oh. Right."
(All three sigh deeply, in unison)
"Han?" said Chewie wondering up at the black veil that hung above them.
"Yeah?" he said answering him back.
"Those stars, we know they're planets, galaxies, but do you wonder that they have more meaning to them?"
"Chewie, I don't wonder, I know"
Luke laughed under his breath at Han's remark.
"Oh, so what do you think?" said Chewie.
"They're firebugs that got stuck up there"
Chewie rolled his eyes mockingly then turned to Luke, who gazed up at the sky longingly.
"Luke, what do you think?" he said
"Uh, Well I don't know…." he said pulling his gaze from the sky
"Aw come, Give, give, give .. Well, come on, Luke , we told you ours... pleeeease?" grinned Chewie.
Han also joins in the cajoling saying "Come on, come on... give, give.."
Luke takes a deep breath and looked up at the stars again.
"Well, somebody once told me, that the Great Jedi of the past are up there, watching over us" he said sighing remembering the time Leia, himself and their father had talked into the night after their encounter on the outer rim planet.
Chewie looks up at the twinkling sky and says in an awed, either genuinely or mockingly voice "Really?"
Han turned to him then looked to the sky and pointed. "You mean a bunch of crackpot religious dead fighters are watching over us?" trying to keep composure, then says
"Pbbb."
Luke turned his gaze away as Chewie and Han exploded into a fit of laughter rolling around on the grass. Luke laughs half-heartedly.
Han wipes at his eyes as he smiles over at Luke and says "Who told you something like that? What mook made that up?"
Luke's head drops a little as he stares back up at the sky and then his face takes on a pained expression which the two friends cannot see as he says "Yeah. Pretty dumb, huh?"
Han laughs again as he holds his stomach saying "Aw, you're killing me, Kid," he said as he reached over to pat his shoulder, but Luke pulled away and got up quietly walking away from them, his feet shuffling through the grass.
Chewie looked at Han."Was it something I said?" he said looking at Chewie as he shrugged his shoulders. Unknown to them, that Luke had been practicing his Force skills in secret, over the years he had lived with them.
Luke took his T-16 speeder and flew to the edge of the mountain and gazed out there longingly and collapsed onto the grass.
Meanwhile on the planet of Dagobah, Yoda was meditating when he felt a large, familiar signature radiate through the Force, he quickly opened his eyes and began to think, when he had last felt it. He got up and hobbled to his small hut as the Force again urged him to look at the holochip he had of the ceremony of Naboo, the Force was pointing to Luke, whispering to the old Jedi Master that he was alive.
Yoda laughed with glee and says over and over to himself "Luke? He's- he's alive? He he- he's alive!" and hobbled out of the small hut and turned to the human female that stood behind him holding her training sabre and pulling the helmet off her head to reveal long brown hair and chocolate brown eyes, "Master Yoda?"
Laughing in delight,. he turned and looked up at her and smiled and said "Time, it is"
On the planet of Antar, Han and Chewie were exploring the forests while Luke had been quite distant with them from the night they had stargazed and had not returned.. We hear Chewie signing "The Lion Sleeps Tonight". Han joins in as they walk towards the camera.
Chewie: SingingOhi'mbube, Ohi'mbube (etc...
Han: SingingIn the jungle, The mighty jungle, The lion sleeps tonight.
In the jungle, The mighty jungle
(Chewie turns to follow a Zondark; he fades out.)
Han: The lion sleeps...Speaking I can't hear you, buddy, back me up!
(Chewie has faded out, having followed the Zondark into the bushes. The following line is in full and good falsetto.
Han: A-WEEEE-ee-EE-ee ba-Pum-ba-bum-ba-way…..Uh, Chewie?
Chewie has wandered out into the open land still humming the tune to himself and grabs his blaster as the Zondark jumped out of his view, through the grass, he heard the rustling and began to panic and only looked back as the Zondark ran past him, he looked back to see a female human with a sword of light run towards him, she began to gain on him as they ran through the forest. Chewie shouting Han's name as he fell and caught his leg on one of their animal traps, Han found him and tried to pull his leg from the trap, he aimed a blast from Chewie's weapon which the female easily deflected with her sabre, as Chewie roared in pain.
By this time Luke pulled up on his speeder and ignited his training sabre and flipped over Chewie and Han and stood over them protectively, as they looked up in surprise, watching their young friend as he moved with ease, and poise, clashing sabres with the female human, both of them moved with grace and speed, blocking each others blows, Han looked down at Chewie as he prised the trap off his leg. "See, told ya the kid would come in handy someday" Just as Luke swung his sabre around, she brought her own down and burnt his shoulder in the familiar way Luke had always tried to block when he was younger, Luke fell to the ground in pain, and as she stood over him and turned off her sabre and he could see her standing there with her hand on her hip and saw her face in the sun and the necklace she wore around her neck, he realised there was no mistaking who his attacker was.
As he held his shoulder and gritted his teeth with the pain, he looked up into her eyes and sent one word into her mind "Leia?" she backed away from him confused as he got up and she looked at him more closely and questioned him.
"Who are you?"
Luke smiled as he put his sabre back onto his belt, and then looked at her and said.
"Is it really you?" then paused for a second noting her confusion before he said "It's me, Luke"
The look of confusion began to erase slowly from her face as he pulled out his necklace from under his jumpsuit and he let his signature radiate through their twin bond and the Force.
"Luke" she whispered half through her tears and trembling voice as she ran forward as he opened his arms to her and hugged her tightly. She felt their bond become stronger with each passing second. Chewbacca and Han watched in amazement, as the reunited siblings smiled and laughed with each other, talking so fast they could barely make them out. "What are you doing here?" he questioned.
"What do you mean, What am I doing here? I should ask you what are you doing here?" said Leia as she smiled at her brother. At that moment Han stood up and walked between the two siblings and whistled and shouted. "HEY! WHAT'S GOIN' ON HERE!"
Luke turned to Han, "Oh sorry guys, I'd like to introduce you to someone, calm down Han" Chewie limped forward, and smiled sheepishly at Luke.
"Who is she?" interjected Han, as Leia looked at him raising her eyebrow as she looked him up and down.
Luke put his arm around Leia and smiled, "She is my sister, my twin".
"Twin?"
"Hey Chewie, come over here a second"
Chewie sat down on a log and reached for Leia's hand shaking it and smiled. "Pleased to meet your acquaintance"
Leia laughed and replied. "The pleasure's all mine, I will take a look at your leg and heal it for you, once I've talked with my brother here"
"Woah woah! Hold on just a minute, you know her, and she knows you, but she just attacked him, Did I miss something?" retorted Han waving his blaster at Leia . She frowns and then turned to Luke and smiled again at him, still hardly believing her eyes and silently thanking the Force he was alive.
"Wait until everyone finds out you've been here all this time, and Mom what will she think?"
Luke stepped away from her and looked at his feet, misunderstanding the situation "She doesn't have to know, nobody has to know."
Leia crossed her arms as she moved forward closer to him. "Of course they do. Everyone thinks you're dead……"
Luke's eyebrows rise in surprise. "They do?" he says
Leia nods solemnly as she says "Yeah, Palpatine…..He….Uh… told us about the stampede."
"He did? Well…What else did he tell you?" he says uneasily beginning to see something and fearing that his secret would be exposed, that he had killed their father.
"Why does it matter? You're alive, that's all that matters!" she said happily
Then she realised what she and Luke would be doing by going back to Naboo, what Master Yoda was helping her to do.
"And that means, you're the King" she added with a hint of pride and happiness in her voice.
Han turns to Leia and motions his hand with the blaster at her and laughs haughtily "King? Pbbb. Lady, have you got your sabres crossed."
Chewie looks at Luke in awe as he moves towards him and drops to his knees as he says "King? Your Majesty! I gravel at your feet." He starts bowing at Luke's feet.
Luke steps away from his large friend and says "Stop it" with a hint of annoyance.
Han turns to Chewie and says "It's not "gravel." It's "grovel." And DON'T-- he's not the king. …Are ya?" turning to Luke.
Luke glares at them and says "No."
Leia stands in front of him questiongly "Luke?"
Luke threw another glare at Leia then sighs tiredly. "No, I'm not the king. Maybe I was gonna be, but that was a long time ago"
Han and Chewie, turned to Luke with a look of astonishment on their faces. "Let me get this straight. You're the King of Naboo and you never told us!" shouted Han
Luke sits down on a rock and puts his sabre back on his belt.
"Look, I'm still the same guy." He says waving a hand over himself
"Yeah Luke, you are but now with power!" Han says enthusiastically
Luke put his hands over his head and groaned. Leia knelt down and put her hand over Chewie's injury and began to heal it with the Force. He stood up and grinned at Han who only stared at Luke with a newfound outlook on his friend.
Leia turned to Han and Chewie and says apologetically "Could you guys….. excuse us for a few minutes?"
"Hey, anything she's got to say she can say in front of us. Right Luke" says Han with his hand on Chewie's shoulder as he nods.
Luke turned to Leia and seeing the look on her face, he knew that they needed to talk. He looks to Han and motions with his hand for them to leave "Hmm. Maybe you'd better go."
Han stood there looking shocked and turned to Chewie and grabbed their blasters and put his hands in the air as they walked back to the ship saying, "It starts, you think you know a guy!"
When they were finally alone, Luke turned to Leia who was sitting on a nearby rock, looking at her necklace. He walked next to her and put his arm around her shoulder, and she froze slightly under his touch. "What Leia?… what is it?" he said softly.
She turned away from him, as tears filled in her eyes then looked him straight in the face full of pain "It's like you're back from the dead, you don't know how much this will mean to everyone, what it means to me"
"Hey, its okay" he said as she looked up into his face and put an arm around her shoulder
"I've really missed you Luke" she said as she leaned into him.
"I missed you too Leia" he said as brother and sister hugged each other for the first time in eight years.
As day turned into night, Luke showed Leia around the deserted planet. Her mind was so full of questions, but she knew somehow if she pushed it with him, he would only clam up.
As they walked through the forest, passing the waterfalls, he said "Isn't this place great?"
Leia nodded "It is beautiful"
Leia decided to ask him a few questions. "But I don't understand something, you've been alive all this time, why didn't you come back to Naboo?"
"Well,I just needed to... get out on my own. Live my own life. And I did. And it's great!"he says almost as if trying to convince himself as well as Leia as he pulls himself up onto a tree leaning against the tree base. Leia suddenly didn't like the way he was sounding.
Her voice catches as though barely under control as she says"We've really needed you at home"
Luke laughed under his breath and looked towards the waterfalls. "No-one needs me" he said.
"Yes we do, you're the King"
"Leia, we've been through this already, I'm not the King, Palpatine is"
At that moment Leia interjected "Luke, he let the clones, the Sepratists and his apprentices take over the lands."
Luke sits up in shock "What?"
She begins to go on "If we didn't need you, why is it that Naboo and other systems are almost destroyed or either at war, because of Palpatine, he uncovered himself as Darth Sidious, he is the Dark Lord of the Sith that we were looking for! The Jedi Order has fallen and scattered all over the Galaxy, our people and the Jedi are suffering Luke!"
Luke shakes his head as he gets up off the tree. "I can't go back."
Leia looks at him beginning to feel more frustrated with him by the second.
"Why?" she shouts
"You wouldn't understand." He says tiredly.
She walks in front of him blocking him and says "What wouldn't I understand?"
Luke turns away from her quickly and says hastily "No, no it doesn't matter. Hakuna Matata" he said to himself
"What?" asks Leia confused.
"Look sometimes bad things happen….." he says pacing around her his hands behind his back. Leia glares at him, not believing that this is really the brother she grew up with "Luke!" she shouts again showing her irritation at his arrogant attitude.
Luke continues saying "...And there's nothing you can do about it. So why worry?"
"Because it's OUR responsibility!" Leia shouted again, as birds flew out of the trees, startling them.
Luke listened to her, and tried to not show the concern he felt and then interjected. "Well what about YOU, you're the High Princess and YOU left!"
"I left to find help, and I found YOU! Don't you understand we are their ONLY hope"
Luke turned away without trying not to show his feelings.
"Sorry".
"What's happened to you? You're not the Luke I remember." She said crossing her arms and standing in his way.
"Your right. I'm not, now are you satisfied?"
"No, just disappointed" she interjected
Luke got up and jumped off the tree and stalked past her.
"You know, you're starting to sound like Dad."
"Good, at least one of us does"
At that moment, anger surged through him at the mention of Anakin.
He spun round and shouted, "Listen, you think you can just show up and tell me how to live my life, you don't even what I've been through!"
Leia who was determined to stand her ground, spun round and faced her twin and threw her hands in the air almost in defeat "I would, if you just tell me!"
Luke walked off and shouted, "Forget it!" as he heard her answer back with a stubborn "Fine"
As he walked further out into the open land towards the hills, he realized how much the planet reminded him of Naboo, and then shouted up into the night sky.
"She's wrong, I can't go back. What would it prove anyway, it wouldn't change anything. You can't change the past." He says looking up at the stars and then shouts up into the night sky "You said you would always be there for us! But you're not, and it's because of me… it's my fault…It's my fault" He bows his head, choking back tears.
As he continued to gaze up at the stars he was suddenly aware that he was not alone. He looked into the long grass and saw a small green creature approach him and sit next to him.
He got up and headed towards the log over the stream and lay down on it, his reflection staring back at him, again the creature followed him. Luke turned to him "Will you cut it out, Hey quit following me!" he said as he walked further out into the grass.
The little alien remained silent, he stayed by Luke's side until he began to shout "Who are you?"
Yoda turned round and looked at the boy that looked so much like his father. "Question you ask me, when, whoooo are you?"
Luke opened his mouth to respond and then sighed, and scratched his head taking his pendant and rolling it around in his palm. "I thought I knew, now I'm not so sure"
"No!" said Yoda
Luke turned round and grinned slyly at the little alien. "Oh yeah, and I suppose you know?"
"That I do, son of Anakin Skywalker, you are" he says smiling at Luke.
Luke turned away and found the old master hobbling away fast from him towards a rock.
"Hey! Wait a minute!" he shouted as he ran to catch up with the old Jedi Master
"You knew my father?" He said as Yoda meditated and opened his eyes and nodded. "Correction, Young Skywalker, Know your father, I do"
Luke looked down at his feet, and again looked at his lightsabre.
"I hate to tell you this, but he died a long time ago"
Yoda pushed himself with his cane up from the rock and jabbed it at Luke's shoulder.
"Wrong again, you are, alive he is, follow me and show you I will"
Luke stared at Yoda and reached out with the Force, he knew he wasn't lying so he followed the old master into the forest until they came to a waterfall.
"Look down there" said Yoda pointing his cane into the water. Luke stepped forward confused as why he was looking into the water.
He stared back into his reflection and sighed and turned to Yoda who looked at the boy with so much uncertainty in his face.
"That's not my father, it's just my reflection"
Yoda stepped down from the bank and patted Luke's arm.
"No, look harder you must" he said as he reached out with his cane and the water began to ripple with Luke's reflection.
Luke began to stare harder as he listened to Yoda.
"You see, he lives in you"
The wind began to whistle around them both as Luke stared into the water as the reflection changed to his father's face, the same short sandy blonde hair, and the same crystal blue eyes.
It was then he heard a voice
"Luke"
Luke is awestruck. The wind picks up. In the air the a blue image of Anakin is forming from the clouds. He appears to be walking from the stars. The image is ghostly at first, but steadily gains colour and coherence.
"Father?"
The clouds had begun to merge together and Anakin's face appeared through them.
"Luke, you have forgotten me"
"No, how could I" he said
"You have forgotten, who you are, and so forgotten me, look inside yourself Luke, you are more than what you have become, you must take your place as King of Naboo with Leia and fully accept your destiny in the Force"
"How can I go back? I'm not who I used to be"
Luke stares up at the form of his father, Anakin is framed in swirling clouds, radiating golden light as he hears his voice rumble through the Force and air.
"Remember who you are, you are my son, and the one true King"
The clouds began to fade away pulling Anakin's spirit with it.
"Remember" he said
"No, Father, don't leave me" said Luke as he ran across the grasslands as his father's face disappeared.
He stood and looked up to the sky.
At that moment he heard shuffling in the grass beside him and watched as Yoda also looked up into the night sky. "Hmmm, the weather, peculiar don't you think?"
Luke nodded. "Yeah, It looks like the winds are changing"
"Ahhh, good, change is"
"Yeah, but it's not easy, I know what I have to do but going back means I'll have to face my past, I've been running from it for so long"
Unknowingly Yoda reached out with Force and floated his cane above Luke's head and brought it down with a clash on his head.
"Owww Jeez, what was that for"?
"Hmmm Hmmm, matter it does? In the past it is"
"Yeah but it still hurts" said Luke as he rubbed his head trying to numb the pain.
"Yes, Hurt the past can, see it the way I do, run from it you can, or learn from it" he said as he brought the cane up over Luke's head. He ducked just in time and sent Yoda's cane flying out of his hand.
"Hmmm Hmmm, you see, now what are you to do?"
Luke smiled at Yoda and then called upon the Force and drew the cane towards him and threw it across the grassland.
"Going somewhere you are?" he shouted as Luke sprinted off towards the forest
"Yeah, I'm going back!" he said smiling
Yoda summoned his cane back to him and watched as the young boy ran off into the distance.
"A true Jedi and King, you are" he whispers into the night sky.
Han and Chewie were asleep in the Millenium Falcon's chambers, Leia snuck inside as she heard their loud snores.
"Hey, Wake up!" she whispered jabbing her finger against Han's shoulder.
Han woke up to the blurry image and began to shout and reached for his blaster and aimed at Leia, she pulled her sabre out and deflected the shot that blasted off of the walls of their room, waking up Chewie who growled in his native tongue.
"It's OK. Whoa, whoa. It's OK. It's just ME" she said as she called upon the Force and turned on the lights.
Han rubbed his head and pulled a face at her.
"Don't ever do that again! Jedi! Oy! " He said as she glared at him.
Leia rolled her eyes, and put her hand on Luke's bunk.
"Have you guys seen Luke?"
"We thought he was with you" says Han rubbing his head
"He was but now I can't find him" she said worriedly
Leia felt the familiar presence of Master Yoda as he stood at the entrance to the ship.
"Find him here, you will not, Hmmm, Hmmm, the King has returned" he said bowing to Leia.
Leia's face broke into a smile, as Han jumped out of his bunk, as did Chewie
"I can't believe it, He's gone back!" she exclaimed excitedly
"Gone back? Whaddya mean?" Han said
"Hey! What's goin on here, who's the little green guy?"
"Oh, that's Master Yoda"
"So, where is Luke?" said Chewie worriedly.
"He's gone back to challenge the Emperor, and to take his place as King," she said explaining to the two confused friends.
Meanwhile, in space Luke flew a small star fighter that he had built and kept on the Falcon over the years back towards his home planet. As it came into view, he looked at the place he had spent the early years of his childhood with his family. This planet was his home and he would do anything to get it back from the Emperor.
He flew into an abandoned port, which he knew the Imperials would not think of searching. He and Leia had used it that day they had their adventure on the outer rim moon.
He jumped out of the cockpit and stared up into the sky, that was dark and grey as clouds hovered heavy over the planet. He could feel the power of the Dark Side resonating from the core of his home. His eyes scanned the desolation of his home planet and a look of determination, even fury, appears on his face.
At that moment he senses another ship fly into the atmosphere, it too was a star fighter. As he watched the occupant of the ship emerge from the cockpit, he knew of only one person it could be.
"Leia, what are you doing here?" he asked through the Force.
"I'm coming to help you Luke."
As they looked upon the scene in front of them Leia turned to her twin.
"It's awful isn't it?"
Luke nodded his head as he scanned the horizon that was barely recognisable.
"I didn't want to believe you," he said shamefully.
"What made you come back?" she said softly
Luke turned to her and smiled fondly as he thought back to his and Yoda's meeting.
"I finally got some sense knocked into me, and I've got the bump to prove it"
Leia smiled, finally he was sounding like the Luke she had always known.
"This is our Kingdom, if I don't fight for it, who will?"
"I will," said Leia
"It's gonna be dangerous Leia" he said not wanting to involve his twin in the oncoming battle.
"Ha! Danger? I laugh in the face of danger!" she said mimicking Luke from when they were seven years old.
At that moment Luke felt two familiar presences through the Force approaching them.
"I see nothing funny about this" they heard behind them.
Luke turns and smiles "Han? Chewie? What are you guys doing here?"
Chewie bent down on one knee in front of Luke and Leia and says
"At your service, your Highnessess."
Han pulls his blaster rifle onto his back as Chewie stands up again and they look out onto the palace.
"Uh. We're going to fight the Emperor... for this?" he says a little disappointed.
Luke turns to Han then looks at Leia.
"Yes, Han; this is our home."
Han turns to Chewie and whispers "Ffh. Talk about your fixer-upper."
He stares at his friend "Well, Luke, if it's important to you," he then bows and then throws a quick smile at Leia who's face reddens in return. As he says
"We're with you to the end."
Luke smiles appreciatively. As the group of four stand on the hill viewing the challenge ahead of them.
As they make their way to the Palace, Luke and Leia use their mind trick on a few of the weak minded troopers to cover their paths as they sneak closer to the Palace gate.
As they run behind one of the walls to hide Han peeks his head out for a second to look towards the gate. He turns to Luke who is beside him as he whispers "Imperials. I hate Imperials." As a few of the troops and droids march past them. "So what's your plan for gettin' past those guys?" as he nudges Luke who is in deep concentration.
Luke smiles slyly at Leia, who smiles back at him in return as they turn to Han.
"Live bait." He says waiting for Han to realise.
"Good idea" he says turning to look at the crowds of troopers and droids.
Then a wave of realization washes over his face, as Leia's smile grows wider.
"Heeey!"
"Come on, Han- we need you guys to create a diversion"
"What are we supposed to do, dress in drag and do the hula?" says Han
"Oh, I'm sure, you can think of something," says Leia as she and Luke push him and Chewie out into the view of the troops. A trooper sees them and begins to set shots their way, "You guys are gonna pay for this!" shouts Han as he and Chewie make a run for it.
Luke and Leia manage to pass by the troops and droids easily. As they enter the Palace gates, Luke turns to his sister and speaks to her through the Force "Leia, you find Mom, Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan and rally Jar Jar, Threepio, Artoo and the Gungans." He stares up at the Palace and says determinedly "I'll look for Palpatine."
Leia nods and replies "Be careful, Luke, he has more than one apprentice"
Luke nods again as he watches her make her way into the Palace. As he begins his climb up towards the Ceremonial Tower he hears the calling of Padme's name echo around the building that makes him pause at the top of the staircase to watch the scene enfold in front of him.
"PADME!" shouts Sidious.
Padme ascends the tower, looking weary, sad, and almost defeated. Dooku and Maul glare evilly after her as she makes her way forward to their Master. She only glares disdainfully at them.
"Yes, my Lord?"
"Where is your daughter? I wish to turn her to the Dark Side, I have sensed the power and the hate she has for me, flowing through her, like poison waiting to be released from a wound, she will soon become a worthy apprentice" he says cackling.
"I do not know, she left a few weeks ago" she says staring but can feel him trying to invade her mind
"You will find her, bring her to me, unlike your son who remained defiant, she is powerful, and can be bent to my very will, in time she will call Master."
"And if she does not turn? What then? Will you sentence her to death? As you have done with so many others" she says as she looks at him with a passion of hate in her eyes.
"If that is her fate, then so be it" he says rising from his throne, letting his hood fall as he stares into Padme's soft brown eyes his yellow eyes piercing into her very soul.
Padme is disgusted, and amazed at his remark as Luke watches his Mother's bravery seep through again "You can't do that!" she shouts at him, pain echoing in her voice at the thought of losing Leia like she lost Anakin and Luke.
He laughs at her as he stares out over the Kingdom. "I am the King. I can do whatever I wish."
She pulls out a blaster, knowing it will not do any good against him, as she shouts "If you were half the king Anakin was you would nev—". She begins to struggle for breath as she watches Sidious curl his fingers Force choking her, he lifts her from the ground and sends the blaster flying out of her hand, and just before he drops her he screams "I'm ten times the king Anakin ever was!" then drops her to the ground.
At that moment Luke appears on the staircase, brandishing his sabre. He leaps out and runs to his mother. Sidious mistakes Luke as Anakin at first and for a moment his eyes show he is understandably frightened.
He looks to Maul and Dooku, who also look on in surprise as he whispers to himself "Anakin? No. He couldn't have escaped the force binds"
Luke pulls his mother to him as she coughs and gasps for air; her hair is strewn across her forehead, he softly brushes the loose strands away from her face as her eyes open to look at the person who is holding her.
As Padme stares into Luke's face, she realises he looks so much like Anakin as he softly strokes her hand.
"Anakin?" she asks her voice raspy, thinking it's a dream.
Luke shakes his head sadly at his mother, as he replies to her question
"No Mom; it's me"
Padme's eyes widen in surprise and shock as she looks upon her son that is holding her, drinking in every feature of him. "Luke? You're alive? How can that be?" she says as he watches her expression change to confusion.
"It doesn't matter Mom, I'm home" he said sitting her up as she takes him into her arms and they hold each other tightly.
Sidious turns to look at Mother and Son and begins to smile evilly.