I've decided that this chapter is too short. So we get a little tiny taste of Mace Windu and Obi-Wan Kenobi in this chapter. But only a little bit. So don't ask anything about them if you review because there's something in here that will be important to Episode VII: The Rise Of The Alliance. But I'm not telling you what it is.
Cloud City...
What Leia, Lando, Han, Vader and Chewie didn't know was that when Lando lead the group inside the room was that Padmé heard Qui-Gon say something.
He said, "There will be bonds broken and despicable lies."
On Dagobah…Yoda was teaching Luke to meditate and lift objects with him mind. He made Luke stand in an awkward handstand.
"Concentrate... feel the force flow. Yes. Good. Calm, yes. Through the Force, things you will see. Other places. The future... the past. Old friends long gone." Yoda said.
Luke suddenly became distressed.
"Han? Leia? Mom!" Luke said.
The two packing boxes and Artoo (which Luke was floating) fell to the ground with a crash, then Luke himself tumbled over.
"Hmm. Control, control. You must learn control." Yoda said shaking his head.
"I saw... I saw a city in the clouds." Luke said.
"Mmm. Friends you have there."
"Yes, but my mother was there."
"Why shocking is it?"
"Because Vader caught her."
Yoda realized what Vader was doing. He was setting a trap for Luke.
"Ok are they?" Yoda asked.
"They were in pain." Luke said.
"It is the future you see."
"Future? Will they die?"
Yoda closed his eyes and lowered his head.
"Difficult to see. Always in motion is the future." Yoda said.
"I've got to go to them." Luke said.
"Decide you must how to serve them best. If you leave now, help them you could. But you would destroy all for which they have fought and suffered." Yoda warned.
Later…"Luke! You must complete the training." Yoda said.
"I can't keep the vision out of my head. They're my friends. I've got to help them." Luke said.
"You must not go!"
"But Han, Leia and my mother will die if I don't!" Luke protested.
"You don't know that." They heard a ghostly voice say.
Luke looked toward the voice in amazement. Qui-Gon had materialized as a real, slightly shimmering image near Yoda. The power of his presence stopped Luke.
"Even Yoda cannot see their fate." Qui-Gon said.
"But I can help them! I feel the Force!" Luke said.
"But you cannot control it. This is a dangerous time for you, when you will be tempted by the dark side of the Force." Qui-Gon said.
"Yes, yes. To Obi-Wan you listen. The cave. Remember your failure at the cave!" Yoda said.
"But I've learned so much since then. Master Yoda, I promise to return and finish what I've begun. You have my word." Luke said.
"It is you and your abilities the Emperor wants. that is why your friends are made to suffer." Qui-Gon said.
"That's why I have to go." Luke said.
"Luke, I don't want to lose you to the Emperor the way Obi-Wan lost Vader." Qui-Gon said.
"You won't." Luke said.
"Stopped they must be. On this all depends. Only a fully trained Jedi Knight with the Force as his ally will conquer Vader and his Emperor. If you end your training now, if you choose the quick and easy path, as Vader did, you will become an agent of evil." Yoda said.
"Patience." Qui-Gon said.
"And sacrifice Han, Leia and Mom?" Luke asked.
"If you honour what they fight for... yes." Yoda said.
Luke was in great anguish. He struggled with the dilemma, a battle was raging in his mind.
"If you choose to face Vader, you will do it alone. I cannot interfere." Qui-Gon said.
"I understand." Luke said. He moved to his X-wing. "Artoo, fire up the converters."
Artoo whistled a happy reply.
"Luke, don't give in to hate. That leads to the dark side." Qui-Gon warned.
Luke nodded and climbed into his ship.
"Strong is Vader. Mind what you have learned. Save you it can." Yoda said.
"I will. And I'll return. I promise." Luke said.
Artoo closed the cockpit. Qui-Gon and Yoda stood watching as the roar of the engines and the wind engulfed them.
Yoda sighed then said, "Told you, I did. Reckless is he. Now matters are worse. Our last hope, that boy is."
"No. There is another." Qui-Gon said.
"Heh! Her? Believe help can her, you do? Believe can train her, you do? Heh! Cannot help, can her Qui-Gon. Help she cannot."
"Don't underestimate her. She could help Luke. But I guess your right. She wouldn't be able to be a Jedi. Not with her temper, it's too much like her father's." Qui-Gon said.
"See my point you do. Doomed are we if survive this Luke does not." Yoda said.
"Oh Obi-Wan, if only you were the one talking Luke would have listened." Qui-Gon said.
"I'm sorry Master. But being in this certain position don't you think it would be a little bit hard?" Obi-Wan's voice said
Obi-Wan's voice didn't surprise anyone. Yoda and Qui-Gon frequently talked to Obi-Wan and Mace Windu over the past 3 years.
"He's right Qui-Gon. Obi-Wan wouldn't have been able to talk to Luke. I think that if Obi-Wan started talking to Luke, that would scare him." Mace's voice said.
"He's right." Obi-Wan said.
"Yeah." Qui-Gon and Yoda said.
'Cause I still believe in destiny. That you and I were meant to be. I still wish on the stars as the fall from above. 'Cause I still believe, believe in love.
I'm determined to finish this story today so there's going to be a lot of chapters coming out today.
