POWER STRUGGLE
MARA JADE
The revelation of Darth Vader's son opened her eyes and Darth Jade decided not to serve Vader anymore. She removed her Sith robes, but kept her lightsaber. She found a long-range ship, killed the family and left Bespin. She set course for her home world Chandrilla. She had been taken from her home at the age of two, by an Inquisitor who felt the force in her. Palpatine recognized the force in her as well and trained her to be his Hand.
Her home world was under the occupation of Revenant forces. Chandrilla secretly supported the Rebel Alliance. It was like Alderaan in many ways, except that Chandrilla trained soldiers for war. The planet's defense grid was controlled by the Empire. Jade's ship was inspected for smuggling or spying. When she was allowed to land she walked the streets towards the court of commons.
She enters a bar, "Can I help you?" The bartender asks.
"I'm looking for the Jade family."
"Jade! Whose asking?"
"I'm an old friend from Telos…Been promising to visit, was just able to…"
"There dead…"
"What happened?"
"Iro and Syra Jade spoke out against the Empire one too many times after their daughter was taken away. They were publicly executed by the Empire on Governor Avad's oders."
Jade leaves the bar after ordering a few drinks. She takes a speeder to the Governor's mansion. She stops a mile from the mansion and walks the rest of the way. She force chokes any guards walking the perimeter. When she reaches the mansion, Jade enters and sneaks through the vents to his room. The governor is with a woman. She reaches out in the force and grabs his heart. She ruptures an artery killing him.
DARTH VADER
The Inquisitors and Hands appear before Vader again. They bow and then rise when he commands it, "Darth Jade has turned her back on me…I need a new apprentice." He walks up to the ninth Inquisitor, "What is your name?"
"Aryne my Emperor."
"You are my apprentice Darth Inquisitor…" He looks at the rest, "The rest of you hunt down my former apprentice and kill her. Train as a unit…Do not underestimate Darth Jade…"
"We will not fail you my Emperor." The Fifth Inquisitor replies.
LUKE
He lands his ship on the cliff near the village on Ahch-To. He walks across the village to Yoda's hut. The door opens through ise of the force from Yoda. He enters and Luke stops as Ben's force Ghost stands beside Yoda. "You! You lied to me…Why?" Yoda and Ben look at each other, then Luke and remain silent. Luke realizes that he is angry, he takes a deep breath and sits down to meditate. "Why did the two of you lie to me?" He calmly asks after an hour.
"Not ready for the truth you were."
"And who decided what I could and could not handle? Or was it that the two of you were afraid I would follow in my father's footsteps and turn to the Darkside."
"You have your anger issues Luke, but you are nothing like your father. He grew up a slave on Tatooine…You a free man…Raised by two loving parents…They may have not been your real parents, but they were as good as any father and mother." Ben says.
"And you let me go off thinking Vader had killed my father. When Vader was my father."
"The Sith must be stopped."
"At all costs Master Yoda?"
"No…hoped we did that by seeing you…Anakin turn from the Darkside he would."
"Who is Leia to me? I feel her thoughts…We are connected."
Yoda looks at Ben "Leia is your twin sister…We separated the two of you at birth…Bail Organa was present at your birth…He wanted Leia…It made sense to take you to Tatooine…By then your father hated that planet and vowed never to return to it. I bought you as a baby to your Aunt and Uncle…"
"What of my mother's family?"
"Dead they are…at the hands of Darth Revenant. Queen of Naboo she was…Then Senator…"
"She died giving birth to you Luke."
Luke closes his eyes, "I don't ever want to see you again…Either of you…" Ben starts to fade away, "And if it is my sister's wish to learn the ways of the force…Then I will tell her of you Master…If not and she wishes it…I will teach her." Luke leaves determined to turn all his attention to Darth Revenant. Then maybe he can turn his father from the Darkside.
DARTH REVENANT
He spent his time training his new apprentice Darth Camora. His troops traveled around trying to take Star Systems from Vader. "What is your next move Master. She asks as they train in lightsaber combat.
"Focus on what is front of you." He replies countering her attack.
She glances her blade of his and thrusts, then she flourishes her saber and leaps back throwing it. "I am, but Vader grows stronger my Lord." The lightsaber flies at him, he bats it away, but it never hits the ground. The lightsaber flies back to her hand as he leaps at her.
She blocks him and locks swords, "Vader has never been my equal."
"Perhaps, but he is building a new Death Star."
He force pushes her and switches off his lightsaber. "You have foreseen this?"
"No I see it…"
"How far does your force sight go…"
"Across the galaxy…There are things I can see and things I cannot. Planets so attuned to either side of the force that I cannot pierce the vale…There are those so strong in the force they escape my notice."
He nods, "Your sight will get stronger with training…Come!" They go the bridge of his command ship, "Where is this new Death Star?"
"The Mustafar System…Vader's fortress."
"Emperor on deck!" Admiral Versio says.
"Admiral general hail…Assemble the fleet around Terroth…" A few weeks later Revenant's entire fleet assembles around the Mid-Rim world of Terroth.
"All ships present and accounted for My Emperor…
"Set course for the Mustafar System."
GRAND ADMIRAL THRAWN
Thrawn had been sent to the Death Star in the Mustafar System. He calculated an eighty percent probability that Revenant would learn of the Death Star and attack it or try to take control of it as he did the last one. Vader left the planning of the trap to him. Sensor beacons had been hidden in the system to detect hyperspace jumps into the system.
"Grand Admiral…One of the beacons has been set off…Hyperspace incursion in sector 5."
"Signal the fleet, but do not react." He commands and smiles drinking from his cup with a meal in front of him.
DARTH REVENANT
Before he commands his fleet to attack, he puts on a space suit and flies through open space to the nearest Star Destroyer. He is able to enter, but then he feels the force abandon him. Something was preventing him from calling on his power. "Dam!" He says, Darth Raga before he died had told him about the Ysalamari. His Sith Sorcery was useless. He had to fly back to his ship and as soon as he did the enemy fleet attacks.
"EVASIVE MANEUVERS!" Admiral Versio commands. Then there is a bright green flash and the Star Destroyer Resolve is completely destroyed. "All ships prepare to make the jump to lightspeed." Another ship is blown up as the fleet gets ready to make the jump.
THRAWN
He watches the holo-screen as the enemy fleet retreats. Thrawn finishes his meal and contacts Emperor Vader. "My Emperor…As I predicted the enemy attacked…And we were able to successfully repel them."
"Well done Grand Admiral…Set course for the Core Worlds and begin retaking what rightfully belongs to me."
"As you command My Emperor."
LEIA - ENDOR
Leia's severed hand had been replaced with a cybernetic implant. She is in her room flexing her fingers. She thinks about her fight with Darth Jade and how angry she got, the power surge allowed her to break her hold and she was able to put up a better fight. But the power she got from anger frightened her. "All commanders please report to the command center…" She leaves her room and heads for the command center aboard the Flagship Freedom. As she walks Leia runs into Han.
"Any idea why they called this meeting?"
"Not a clue Fly Boy…"
"Perhaps we will abandon this position…I mean if one of the Imperial Emperors was going to attack they would have done it by now."
"You have a point."
"How is the hand?"
She holds it out to him, "You tell me."
He grabs it. "Wow it feels so real."
She sighs, "And yet it is not."
Rebel High command gathers in the command center. Mon Mothma is present to Leia's surprise, "Let us begin. Bothan spies recently caught wind of a battle in the Mustafar System…Emperor Vader has built another Death Star…Like the other one this one has a shield generator, unlike the previous Death Star this one has no weakness."
"Excuse me Ma'am." General Wedge Antillies says raising his hand, "But how did we come by this information?"
"An anonymous source on Chandrilla…The Bothan's confirmed that the intel is real…We recently got a message from the Core World of Tinnel IV…The Death Star and Vader's fleet appeared and has driven off all of Revenant's forces…Admiral Ackbar."
"We are putting together a special unit…Code Name Rogue Force…This unit will be led by Princess Leia…Your objective will be to plant an Astromech droid loaded with a platinum level 10 fusion bomb. The bomb will be tied to a long-range remote carried by Princess Leia…Once you escape set off the bomb."
Leia raises her hand, "And how will be infiltrating the Death Star?"
General Syndulla steps forward, "The anonymous tip also provided updated access codes and an Imperial shuttle."
"This sounds a little too convenient." Han says speaking up.
"All intel was confirmed by the Bothan Spy syndicate…It can be trusted." Mon Mothma says speaking up. She looks at Leia, "We would be more confident that this mission can be pulled off with Jedi Skywalker…Have you or General Solo heard from him?"
"No we haven't…"
Mon Mothma sighs and whispers with the other commanders, "We will wait for another week, then we commence with the operation."
LUKE
Five days later Luke arrives in the Endor system. He is immediately called to Mon Mothma's office for a debriefing, then Luke goes looking for Leia. He sighs, telling her could be a distraction while on the mission. "Luke!" He was so in his thoughts that he failed to sense her coming.
"Leia…"
They hug, "What's wrong?"
He sighs, "Ask me again sometime."
"I need to speak with you."
"About what?"
She sighs, "I felt…I felt great anger while fighting Darth Jade…She threatened to kill Han and Chewie …Then I felt this great surge of power and I was able to free myself…Luke I don't know if I can do this or if I should train to use the force."
He smiles, "With great power comes great responsibility…I will not push in that direction, but I can show you how to overcome the fear."
"Yes show me that." It only takes one day to master the technique and then Rogue Force assembles for the mission.
