Chapter 1 – The Lightsaber
A large shadow of a dreadnought blocked the view of Crait below as hundreds of transport ships raced out into the shadow of the dreadnought and down towards the planet.
"Why can't I see it, seriously, I want to get my money for this and you could be lying to me," a man dressed in an old worn shirt and leather jacket as he looked down at the chest.
"You must trust me and get this to the alliance, it is a symbol of hope, it contains the great King Skywalker's lightsaber!" another old man exclaimed.
"Alright I'll do it!" he replied as he suddenly heard the noise of a flying ship as he raced outside to see transports landing on the surface.
"Quick, Jondi you must go!" the old man instructed.
"What about you?" he replied.
"Verdian Jondi, you are a good man which is why you must go and deliver this to the rebellion, I've given you to coordinates, now go!" he replied.
Verdian looked one last time at the old man and ran off to his speeder with the chest as he packed it into a side compartment. A squadron of stormtroopers fired at him but he shot back shooting them all in the head as he sped off, he was chased by two soldiers on speeder bikes.
A wild chase began across the flat, dry ground of Crait towards a ravine. Verdian spoke into his comlink, "Uiw, stay in the ravine, get ready for departure, oh and open the top hatch."
"Roger sir."
The little dust which lay on the ground was whipped up as it blew into the stormtroopers eyes behind blinding them so they couldn't aim. The ravine was in sight. Verdian raced closer as he grabbed the chest from the compartment as a stormtrooper shot the engine of his speeder as he skidded towards the ravine.
Verdian heard the sound of a ship and smirked as the speeder fell off the edge of the ravine, he leaped into the top hatch of his smuggling ship, Firefly.
The stormtroopers watched in confusion as they made their way to the ravine edge to observe the man who drove himself off a cliff when the Firefly raced out the ravine and across the surface shooting them down sending rocks flying down into the ravine below as the ship raced up into the sky.
The Firefly raced into space towards the massive 80000 metre dreadnought.
"Sir, get up here," Uiw instructed in his deep droid voice as Verdian raced up to the cockpit and said, "Look at the size of that thing!"
"Sir, the possibilities of surviving a head-on encounter with a Super Star Dreadnought is four-hundred-and-fifty-seven to one," Uiw replied.
"Calculate the hyperspace coordinates for the jump to Radr One," he instructed as he sat down and piloted the ship towards the dreadnought.
"Sir what are you doing?" Uiw replied.
"None of your business! Now figure out the coordinates you clanker!" he yelled in response as he dodged lasers and missiles as he raced across the surface of the dreadnought past the bridge and down the back of the engines as another three Star Destroyers appeared behind it.
"The odds are now five-hundred-and-thirty-eight to one!" Uiw implied.
"Shut up!" Verdian yelled as he knocked out the Star Destroyer's power supply as it drifted through space with no power as he raced off towards the jump point at full speed.
"Are the coordinates complete?" Verdian asked.
"Sir, they are 67.97 percent complete," he replied as Verdian looked him in annoyance.
"Well you better get a move on, otherwise we'll be polarised!" Verdian yelled as the ship travelled further and further away from the turning fleet as suddenly the ship was hit by heavy fire taking down the shields.
"Bloody hell, get a move on you stupid clanker!" he yelled as the ship raced towards, "The hyperdrive is leaking!"
"Sir it will take me approximately four standard minutes and fifty-five seconds to recalculate to the nearest repair centre," Uiw replied.
"I'll make the calculations for you then!" Verdian yelled as he rapidly typed in coordinates and punched the lever as they flew into lightspeed.
Onboard the massive Super Star Dreadnought, Ferocia II, Captain Joobal entered Emperor Foxy's quarters as he turned around to face Joobal, Foxy already knew the truth.
"My lord, we have lost them," he apologised.
Darth Foxy grunted in hatred, "This is your final warning Captain, calculate every possible destination along the last known trajectory!"
"Yes my lord," replied Joobal as he walked out and the doors slammed shut rapidly behind him.
Verdian fiddled with the chest trying to open it as he said, "Why won't this damn thing open."
Suddenly, he noticed a small script on the back as he read it: "Greetings to whoever reads this, I am Ali Skywalker I was the King of Naboo and a powerful Jedi, until I died at the hands of Darth Foxy, I write this through the force and to whoever finds this but most importantly to the only two people who can open this, the ones who will bring balance to the force. Please deliver this to them, they will greatly appreciate it and may the force be with you"
"Guess we've gotta find these 'ones who will bring balance'," he said.
"Sir, my databanks do not say anything about ones who will bring balance," Uiw replied.
"I'm glad you're here to tell me these things," Verdian said sarcastically.