Disclaimer: I am not Rick Riordan or George Lucas.

Enter Luke, Mara (unconscious), Corran, Lowbacca, and Saba, on Monarg's planetoid.

Luke. Lowie. How . . . ?

Lowbacca. Boga. She's been following us since we left the Praxeum. After the destruction of the Chimaera, she found me floating in space and rescued me. I've been searching the Unknown Regions for you ever since. Luckily, I caught scent of these shaak and found this planetoid.

Luke grins.

Luke. [aside] I'd love to embrace that big oaf. But he's standing in the middle of Monarg's carnivorous shaaks. [to Lowbacca] Lowie. Thank the Force. Mara is wounded.

Lowbacca. [frowns] You thank the Force she is wounded?

Luke. No.

Luke kneels by Mara's side.

Luke and Corran exchange nervous looks.

Lowie. The Crystals. Can you get them for me?

Lowbacca examines the field, where he discovers Monarg's collection of lightsaber crystals.

Lowbacca. Which ones?

Luke. In the tree with the violet flames.

Lowbacca. Oh, yes, pretty.

Lowbacca wades through the carnivorous shaaks and retrieves the Healing Crystals of Fire. Then he starts to wade back toward the Jedi.

Luke. No time. Throw them.

Lowbacca tosses the Healing Crystals of Fire to Luke.

Luke sets the Healing Crystals of Fire on Mara's chest.

Immediately, color returns to Mara's face, and she awakes.

Mara. [to Corran] You're not . . . married?

Corran. [grins] No. My friends talked me out of it.

Luke. Mara. Just lay still.

Instead, Mara sits up, the Healing Crystals having returned her to perfect health.

The shaaks begin sniffing in the Jedi's direction.

Lowbacca. No, shaaks. This way. Come here.

Lowbacca leads the shaaks away from the Jedi.

Luke. We have to go. Our ship is . . . [frowns at the now destroyed bridge] Lowie. Can you lead the flock as far away as possible?

Lowbacca. The shaaks want food.

Luke. I know. They want sentient food. Just lead them away from the path. Give us time to get to the landing bay. Then join us there.

Lowbacca frowns doubtfully.

Lowbacca. Come on, shaaks. Er, sentient food this way.

Lowbacca leads the shaaks away.

Luke. [to Mara] Keep the Healing Crystals around you, just in case you're not fully healed yet. Can you stand?

Mara tries to stand, then groans.

Mara. Oh, no. Not fully healed.

Saba drops next to Mara and feels her chest.

Saba. Ribz broken. They're mending, but definitely broken.

Luke. How can you tell?

Saba. [glares at Luke] Because this one haz broken a few, runt. This one will have to carry her.

Saba picks up Mara, then heads for the landing bay, followed closely by Luke and Corran.

Luke touches the Merciless and wills it fly toward them.

As soon as the Merciless arrives, Lowbacca returns, chased by the flock of shaaks.

Lowbacca. Incoming.

Luke. They probably won't follow us in the water. All we have to do is run for the ship.

Saba. With Mara like thiz?

Luke. We can do it. Once we get to the ship, we'll be able to take off.

All leap into the water and wade toward the Merciless.

Enter Monarg, who roars with rage.

Monarg prepares to toss rocks at the escaping Jedi and their allies.

You would think he would have run out of rocks.

Corran. Swim for it.

Corran and Saba (with Mara) dive in water and swim toward the Star Destroyer.

Monarg glowers at Lowbacca.

Monarg. You, young Wookiee. Traitor to your kind.

Lowbacca freezes.

Luke. Don't listen to him. Come on.

Lowbacca turns to face Monarg.

Lowbacca. I am not a traitor.

Monarg. You serve the Jedi, thieving humans.

Monarg tosses his first boulder, but Lowbacca tosses it aside.

Lowbacca. I am not a traitor. And you are not my kind.

Monarg. Death or victory.

Monarg charges after Luke and Lowbacca in the water, but stumbles on his way. The Wookiee growls with rage.

Corran, Saba, and Mara have almost reached the Merciless.

Saba. Luke. Come on.

Lowbacca. [to Luke] Go. I will hold Monarg.

Luke. No. He'll kill you. We'll fight him together.

Lowbacca. Together.

Luke activates his lightsaber.

Monarg tosses a second boulder, but Lowbacca knocks it aside.

Luke kicks Monarg in the eye and uses his hydrokinetic Force powers to blast the Wookiee with water.

Monarg. I will destroy you, thief of the Healing Crystals.

Luke. You stole the Healing Crystals. You've been using to lure Corellians to their deaths.

Monarg. So? Corellians are good eating.

Luke. The Crystals should be used to heal. It belongs to the children of the Je'daii.

Monarg. I am a child of the Je'daii.

Monarg swipes at Luke, but the Jedi dodges.

Father Vader. Curse this thief.

Luke backs out of Monarg's reach.

Luke. Vader won't curse me. I'm his son, too. He won't play favorites.

Monarg roars and pulls out a tree as a weapon.

Monarg. Jedi are not the same . . . nasty, tricky, lying.

As she, Corran, and Mara board the ship, Saba waves for Luke to hurry.

Lowbacca works around Monarg, trying to get behind him.

Young one. Where are you? Help me.

Lowbacca stops.

You weren't raised right, poor orphaned brother. Help me.

Lowbacca steps forward, his hands raised defensively.

Lowbacca. Don't fight, Wookiee brother. Put down the . . .

Monarg turns toward Lowbacca.

Luke. Lowie.

Monarg knocks Lowbacca backward, sending him flying back onto the beach. The elder Wookiee charges after him.

No.

Luke strikes at Monarg with his lightsaber.

Monarg. O!

Monarg swings at Luke.

Luke dives, but is still scratched by the branches.

As Monarg swings the tree, Luke grabs hold and allows the Wookiee to lift him into the air. Then the Jedi leaps downward and lands onto Monarg's good eye.

Monarg howls with pain. Lowbacca tackles him, pulling him down. Luke lands next to them, lightsaber in hand, within striking distance of the Wookiee's heart.

Luke exchanges looks with Lowbacca.

Luke. Let him go. Run.

Lowbacca pushes Monarg away, and he and Luke flee into the ocean.

Monarg. I will smash you.

Monarg doubles over with pain, his hand covering his eye. He removes his eye patch, revealing a prosthetic eye. This second eye, however, is only good for microscopic vision, making it difficult for him to view his enemies.

Luke and Lowbacca dive into the water.

Where are you?

Monarg tosses the tree, and it falls in the water to their right.

Luke uses the Force to speed his way toward the Merciless.

Saba. Yes, Skywalker. In your face, Wookiee.

Luke. [aside] "Shut up," I want to yell.

Monarg roars and tosses his boulder toward the ship, but misses the Star Destroyer.

Saba. Yesss. You throw like a wimp. That should teach you to try marrying this one, idiot.

Luke. Saba. Shut up.

Monarg tosses the boulder at the Merciless, and it rips right through the hull. No longer space-worthy, they would be unable to use it even if had not sunk.

Luke curses.

Dive.

Luke and Lowbacca dive underwater, swimming toward Mara, Corran, and Saba. But even they are not strong enough to pull their friends out of the water.

We need help.

Lowbacca. Yes, help. [to all] Boga.

Luke. Boga! We need you.

Enter the varactyls, among them Boga.

Using the Force, the varactyls are able leap into the sky and vanish into space, travelling back into the Unknown Regions.

Exit all but Monarg.

Monarg. I did it. I finally sank Nobody.

Exit all.