The Skywalkers were up early the next morning to go to the Arch.

"So that's it?" Leia asked, looking a bit disappointed.

"Yes, that's the Arch," said Padme.

"That's nothin'!" said Luke, "I like all the things on Corascant better!"

"Yes, Luke, but for a primative planet like Earth, this is a big deal," Anakin explained.

Luke and Leia looked at each other and shrugged.

They went around to the entrance. There was a short line to get in. As Padme stepped through the doorway, an alarm blared.

"I'll need you to step over here," said a security guard, "Do you have anything that would make the metal detector go off?"

"Just my blast...uh, gun," said Padme.

"Ma'am, you are aware that weapons are not permitted in the Arch? I'm afraid you'll have to leave that here," said the security guard. Padme scowled and unholstered her blaster.

"Thank you, ma'am," said the guard.

"Hold on, I'm not done," Padme said with an annoyed look.

She proceeded to pull three more blasters from her belt, two smaller blasters from her leg holsters, a vibroblade from her shoe, two blasters from under her shirt, two more vibroblades from up her sleeves, and a tiny blaster from her hair. The guard stared, and motioned to the other guard, who's mouth dropped open when he saw the huge pile of guns on table.

"Are you done yet?" he asked.

"Not quite," said Padme. She pulled several more blasters out and set them on the table.

"You can never be too careful," Anakin said.

"Do you have any weapons, sir?" asked the bewildered security guard.

"No," said Anakin, "Well, only my lightsaber."

"Your what?"

"My lightsaber. The weapon of a Jedi," said Anakin.

"Whatever," groaned the guard, "Just put it on the table."

Anakin did so, and the security guard glanced at Luke and Leia.

"What about them?" he asked.

"Do I really look like the kind of guy who would give weapons to his children?" Anakin asked.

The guard just looked at him.

"All right, all right," Anakin grumbled, "Kids?"

Luke and Leia obediently set their mini-lightsabers on the table.

"May we go now?" Anakin asked.

"Wait, Daddy," said Luke.

"We have more," said Leia.

"More what?"

"Lightsabers!" they chorused joyfully. They proceeded to produce three more lightsabers.

"Is-is that Uncle Obi's?" Anakin asked.

"Yeeeees," said Luke.

"But remember, Daddy? He isn't our uncle!" said Leia.

"Is-is-is that...Master Windu's?" Anakin groaned.

"Yeeeeeees..."

"Please tell me that isn't...Master Yoda's?"

"Yeeeeees!"

"KIDS! They will be furious! At me! Then again..." Anakin said. His mind started drifting, imagining himself returning the lightsabers with a disappointed look, muttering to Obi-Wan about how the weapon was his life, never to lose it, shaking his head in shame at his former master...

"Hey, uh, we need to move the line along," said the security guard. Anakin snapped out of his daydream.

"Any more weapons?" asked the guard.

Anakin shook his head.

"Are you sure?"

Anakin nodded.

"All right, then. Proceed."

As soon as the Skywalkers were out of earshot, the security guard pulled out a walkie-talkie.

"Yeah, someone had better check out this family. There's something really odd about them. They had a lot of weapons, so we need someone to come and take a look at them."