Tatoo I and Tatoo II bore down of the desolate terrain of Tatooine. A winding road lead to the massive palace of Jabba the Hutt, a vile gangster. If you weren't his type of scum, you never left the palace free and alive. Somewhere inside that palace was the frozen form of Han solo. Walking up the winding road to Jabba's palace were two jedi. Luke Skywalker and Anakin Skywalker walked with the hoods of their cloaks up concealing their identities. They had sent Artoo and Threepio to the palace three days prior as part of their plan as a sort of peace offering with a message to Jabba telling him that they wanted Han Solo. Leia went there two days ago disguised as a bounty hunter with Chewbacca as her prisoner to infiltrate the palace. Lando Calrissian was there as well, disguised as one of Jabba's guards. Infiltrating Jabba's palace was easily done with disguises.

"We have no way of knowing if they're all right and haven't been caught," Luke said.

Anakin closed his eyes and reached out with the force. But the palace was closed off. "No. We don't," he said at last.

They continued walking up the winding road to Jabba's palace. Anakin had been here before when he was a small child. Back then it belonged to Gardulla the Hutt, that is until her death. After which Jabba seized her palace. Anakin knew this palace inside and out.

"Our plan will work even with minor set backs. Everything will work out. They always do," Anakin said.

Luke nodded. They haven't spoken of anything but their plan in the last two weeks. Luke had voiced his desire to see Yoda again and asked his father to accompany him. To Luke's surprise Anakin agreed. Luke planned on gaining Yoda's help in getting Anakin to talk about what he had seen in his dreams. As far as Luke knew, Anakin had stopped having visions in his sleep. For the past week, Anakin had seemed to have gotten some sleep and hadn't woken up screaming. For that Luke was grateful.

They approached the giant iron door to Jabba's palace. Anakin nodded at Luke and together they used the force to open the giant door which slowly slid upwards. Once the door was high enough for them to walk in, they slowly walked out of the bright light from Tatooine's twin suns and into the barely lit palace. It took a few moments for their eyes to adjust to the change in light. Anakin noticed Jabba's male twi'lek servant Bib Fortuna hurrying forward. Anakin backed away.

"You know what to do, I'm going to have a look around," Anakin said to Luke before joining the shadows before Luke could respond.

Two of Jabba's guards stepped forward to stop Luke from stepping forward blocking him with their spears crisscrossing before him. Luke raised his hand at the puzzled guards, who immediately lowered their spears and fell back. Luke continued onward into Jabba's palace. Bib Fortuna approached Luke and spoke to him in huttiese.

"I must speak with Jabba," Luke said. Bib Fortuna protested telling Luke that Jabba refuses any deal that he could make to rescue Han Solo. But Luke held up his hand and used to force to trick Bib Fortuna's mind. "You will take me to see Jabba now," Luke said.

Bib Fortuna looked at Luke transfixed. "I will take you to Jabba now," he said and turned to lead Luke into Jabba's throne room.

"You serve your master well," Luke said calmly. Bib Fortuna responded in saying something in huttiese. "And you will be rewarded," Luke finally said.

Anakin watched Luke follow the twi'lek into Jabba's throne room. He moved amongst the shadows and made it into the throne room and stood behind where Lando was posing as one of Jabba's guards.

"How's the plan going so far?" Anakin asked making Lando jump slightly at the sound of Anakin's voice.

Lando looked behind him but all he saw was shadows. That is until he heard the fold of fabric as Anakin hid his lightsabers behind him. He leaned in the direction of the soft noise. "Leia managed to free Han of the carbonite but Jabba caught her when she removed her mask for Han. Han and Chewie are in the dungeon and Leia is over there with Jabba," Lando said quietly.

Anakin quickly looked over at Jabba and saw Leia dressed in a skimpy slave girl outfit held by a chain to stay close to Jabba. Anger boiled within Anakin at the sight of his daughter being one of Jabba's slaves. His hands itched for his lightsaber so that he could kill Jabba on sight. "Why that slimy no good slug! How dare he make Leia a slave!" Anakin muttered angrily.

Lando leaned back towards Anakin. "Leia's about as upset about it as you are. But, if we're going to make this work, we must remain calm," he said.

Lando's words were heard on deaf ears as Anakin rushed forward without thinking how this was going to effect their plan.

"Jabba!" Anakin shouted catching the vile hutt's attention. He lowered his hood and when he next spoke it was in huttiese. "Remember me!" Anakin shouted.

"Anakin Skywalker!" Jabba shouted angrily slamming his fist.

"IN THE FLESH!" Anakin shouted for everyone to understand pulling out his lightsaber and igniting it. Luke looked at him sharply while Jabba's cronies all backed away in fear of the jedi weapon.

"If you don't release Solo, the wookiee and Leia now, you will be dead in five minutes time," Anakin said dangerously.

Jabba laughed and pulled a leaver. Suddenly the floor beneath Anakin and Luke gave away making the shocked Skywalkers fall into a pit along with a helpless guard.

Anakin and Luke quickly got to their feet while the guard fearfully tried to find a way to get out. Luke glared at his father.

"Now look what you've done!" Luke yelled at him.

"No time to yell at me now, we have to get out of here before..." Anakin said and soon the grinding of an iron door was heard as it lifted. "They let the rancor loose," he finished darkly.

"Rancor! What the hell is that?" Luke yelled.

"You'll see in just a few moments, quick get your lightsaber out if you don't want to become Rancor food!"

Luke instantly pulled out his lightsaber as the hideous rancor emerged. Luke's eyes widened as he took in the thirty foot tall monster with stumpy legs, long arms and long claws with a hunch back came forward. It's face was flat and it had long sharp teeth dripping with saliva.

"This isn't going to be pretty," Anakin commented, ignited lightsaber gripped tightly in his mechanical hand.

Just then the rancor picked up the guard that was scrambling to get out and chomped down on him with a sickening crunch.

Luke looked away from the rancor and looked sharply at his father. "You're awfully calm about this!" he said.

Anakin didn't reply to that as the rancor came closer to them. As the rancor reached out to them, Anakin quickly sliced off the rancors upper arm. The rancor backed off howling in pain. Anakin and Luke quickly rushed towards the gate finding the only doorway beyond the gate locked. By now the rancor had recovered and came at them again seeming to be pissed. Luke watched in horror as the rancor come closer as Anakin trust his lightsaber through the door. By now the rancor was right under the gate. Luke saw this and looked for the control to the gate, finding it right by the rancor which was reaching for them. As Anakin was cutting a hole through the door, Luke used the force to push the lever to close the gate on the rancor. The gate came crashing down on the rancor's head killing the beast. With the rancor dead the door that Anakin was cutting into opened and the guards came through. Anakin and Luke made quick work in disposing the guards as they made their way into Jabba's dungeon.

"We need to find out where Han and Chewie are being held," Anakin said putting away his single bladed lightsaber and pulling out his dual bladed one. Luke did the same as more guards came down into the dungeon. Anakin quickly disarmed them by cutting off their hands. When no more came down, Anakin pulled one of the guards up and spoke to it in huttiese. "Where's Solo and the wookiee?" he demanded. The guard quickly mumbled something keeping it's eyes on Anakin's lightsaber. Satisfied with his answer, Anakin threw the guard against the wall.

Luke quickly grabbed some blasters from the wall of the dungeon and headed down to the cells. Luke stopped right before the tenth cell on the right and used the force to slid open the door. Chewie roared up at him.

"Han, you alright?" Luke asked.

"Why don't you get frozen for god knows how long and we'll see how you are!" Han shot at him looking around the cell for Luke.

"Think you can handle a blaster?" Luke asked skeptically seeing Han stumble around using his hands to feel around.

"I can't see but firing a blaster is second nature to me," Han said taking offense at Luke's skeptical tone.

Luke handed the blaster to Chewie. "You help him out of this cell, come on," he said to the wookiee as they left the cell.

"I can take care of myself kid!" Han said hotly but Chewie growled at him. By the time they reached the entrance of the dungeon, Anakin was no where in sight. All they guards were in a heap of either dead bodies or injured bodies. Luke sighed to himself. It seemed to be something his father liked to do to an enemy.

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Leia looked around fearfully at the direction the guards had left to retrieve Han, Chewie, Luke and Anakin. No one had returned yet. It had been more than ten minutes. Finally a commotion was being made in the other direction. Leia turned in time to see Han firing a blaster in every which direction and Luke wielding a lightsaber with two green blades Chewie was strangling and throwing guards all over the place. Lando was already at her side. She turned to him and nodded at him. She was going to be alright. Lando took the hint and joined Luke, Han and Chewie. Lando quickly grabbed the blaster out of Han's hands and shoved Han down before shooting more of Jabba's guards. Jabba was outraged and pulled her closer putting a dagger to her throat speaking in huttiese. All the fighting stopped as everyone realized that if they didn't Leia's life was on the line. All Leia could think about at that moment when she stayed still was where Anakin was. He was no where to be seen. That is until she heard a slow hum from behind her.

"Drop the dagger Jabba," Came Anakin's threatening voice.

Leia felt the dagger press harder to her throat before it was viciously yanked out of Jabba's hand. As soon as it was gone she pulled away from Jabba and turned around to see Anakin come around with a double bladed lightsaber to Jabba's throat.

"Let the face of the hero without fear be the last one you see before you die, Jabba!" Anakin said loudly before plunging his blade through Jabba's chest.

Leia watched with morbid fascination as the vile slug withered and died. Anakin quickly stepped down as soon as his lightsaber was deactivated and clipped to his belt. He then approached her and pulled out his other lightsaber with one hand and grabbed the chain around her neck.

"Keep very still," Anakin told her and sliced off the chain with his lightsaber before hooking it back on his belt. He then shrugged out of his cloak and wrapped it around her. He pulled her close to him. "Did he hurt you?" he demanded.

Leia was taken aback by Anakin's show of possessive protectiveness. This was a side of him that she didn't know. He was only like this with Luke. Why was he acting this way with her suddenly? Leia nodded regaining her composure. "I'm fine," she said stepping away from him and pulling his cloak more firmly around her. "Thank you," she added. Anakin Skywalker was an enigma to her. She had known him for four years now but the man was still a mystery. He was a cunning worrier and by looking at what he did to Jabba, he was a very dangerous opponent, thankfully he was on their side.

With Jabba dead, his cronies were all scattering away from them. Luke ran up to them while both Chewie and Lando were trying to direct a semi blind Han out the door. Luke looked at Leia first. "Are you okay?" he asked her.

Leia pulled Anakin's cloak tighter around her again. "I'm fine, but I'm not so sure about Han," she said and looked over to where Han had gotten away from Lando and Chewie and was still stumbling around.

Luke then turned to Anakin. "I thought you would be waiting for me when I got Han and Chewie," he said.

"I had to come up here and make sure Leia was alright. Knowing Jabba, he could have hurt her for what we had done," Anakin said and walked away to try to contain Han.

"Your brother is a dangerous opponent, I'm glad he's on our side. I'd hate to think of how the Empire would use his skills," Leia said.

Luke looked at her sharply. He wanted to tell Leia and Han the truth. That Anakin was his father and a jedi knight from the old republic, Leia especially but something was stopping him. Instead he nodded. "Yeah, I know what you mean," he said as he and Leia joined the rest.

Leia put her arms around Han and brought his face down to hers before kissing him softly. Luke turned away to see Anakin glare at Han for some odd reason. Luke was going to question him about that later.

"Lets leave this place," Leia said.

"I couldn't agree with you more. Threepio! Artoo!" Anakin said and they left with the two droids following them.

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Luke sat down with Anakin outside back at Obi-Wan's old hut. They all had taken a vehicle from Jabba's palace back to the hut where they were helping Han recuperate. Leia was busy feeding Han while Lando and Chewie were doing a few repairs on the Falcon on the other side of the hut where two X-wings sat. Artoo, Arfor and Threepio were both inside playing a game. Anakin and Luke watched Tatoo I set closely followed by Tatoo II.

"So are you going to tell me why all of a sudden you have an interest with Leia?" Luke asked.

Anakin didn't answer him at first as he continued to watch the twin suns set. "She's your sister," Anakin said quietly.

Luke looked at him sharply at that. "What? Are you sure?" he asked shocked.

"It took me three years to realize, but her force signature very closely resembles yours, they're almost identical. There is no mistaking it. Leia is your twin sister," Anakin said.

Luke looked at the setting suns as he let the realization sink in. Leia was his sister. His twin sister. He had never been told that he had any siblings. He had always assumed that he was an only child. He had a sister. It explained the fact the he felt closer to Leia than anyone else. Now he knew why. "We have to tell Leia," he said and went to get up but Anakin held him down.

"We're not going to do anything about it right now. When the time is right. She will know about everything. For now, just leave her with Han," Anakin said firmly.

"But don't you want her to know the truth as I do?" Luke pressed.

"I hardly think that telling her that Darth Vader is her father going to make her trust us. She'll throw us out of the Rebellion in no time," Anakin said wanting to laugh bitterly.

"We don't have to tell her about Vader. We can leave that part out," Luke said.

Anakin smirked. Yes, they can leave that part out. But what will it help? Anakin continued to watch as finally Tatoo II disappeared behind the sand dunes. He wanted Leia to know who he was. He really did. But she was still mourning Bail Organa, the man who raised her, the man who adopted his daughter. Would she accept the truth? Would she believe it as Luke did? Leia was smart like her mother. In fact she had many of Padme's traits down pact. A powerful and compassionate leader. She could argue her point until she had you agreeing with her. Anakin still couldn't believe that it took him three years to realize it.

Softly he felt a small brush against his cheek as though it were wind against his cheek. Anakin closed his eyes as the scent of a lotus flower engulfed him. "Padme," he breathed softly. As fast as it came, it was gone and Anakin opened his eyes to see Luke curiously looking at him. "Come on, we should get some sleep. Tomorrow we'll finally be leaving this dust ball," he said standing up. Luke followed shortly while Lando, Han and Chewie boarded the Falcon to sleep.

When they stepped into the small hut, Leia was cleaning up the mess. It was the fist time the hut was actually being cleaned since Anakin and Luke took refuge here. Leia's slave girl outfit was discarded in a corner since Anakin had taken a trip to Ancorhead to get her some decant clothes. Of course they were Tatooine rags in comparison to what she was used to, but Leia didn't complain. In fact she tanked him with a hug before dashing off to change.

Leia turned to them when they entered. "Didn't you guys ever clean while you were here?" she asked them. Luke and Anakin shrugged.

"We had other things to do that were more important," Anakin said sitting down.

"Like what? What could you possibly have done here?" Leia asked.

"Training," Anakin said simply.

Luke looked up at Leia from his spot on the bench against the back wall. "I cleaned a little," he said.

"Obviously not enough," Leia said and put down the rag that was in her hands. She then turned to Anakin. "Why didn't you help him?" she asked.

"I've try to avoid cleaning," Anakin said. He then looked up at Leia. "You should get some sleep, we'll all be leaving this desolate place tomorrow," he told her.

Leia nodded. "Just make sure you two get some sleep as well," she said before disappearing into the bedroom in the back.

Luke turned to Anakin. "Are you going to get some sleep?" he asked.

"I'll get a little," he said and Luke nodded before slipping inside the sleeping bag he would be sleeping in. Anakin watched over him as he fell asleep thinking about what it would be like to watch over his children when they were little.