Star Wars:Windu

Jediknight1997

Chapter 5: Dagobah

A year later on the planet Naboo in the rocky mountains away from the Emperor, Petro, last youngling out of his class, began training with then Jedi master Mace Windu. For the last year since the departure from the Martez sisters, Mace has been continuing Petros training by teaching him both the light and dark side of the force.

"Concentrate young one. Channel your emotions" Mace's purple lightsaber and Petros blue lightsaber continues trading blows.

Pedro has been channeling his emotions to learn the lightsaber form Vapad. This is a lightsaber form that Mace Windu has used, but used this form to control his emotions using both the light and the dark side of the force. Petro has been using this form to help keep his emotions in check in order to use all the aspects of the force to defeat the Empire.

"Thats enough for today young one" Mace and his new apprentice turns off their lightsabers for a break.

"Your training is making good progress for just a year" Mace compliments his new apprentice. "Thank you master. With not being able to save my friends, I been using that as motivation and I know its wrong to give into my feelings, but they were my friends" Petro stares down at his lightsaber, holding it.

"I get it, but you had no idea what was going to happen to that shuttle. Can't blame yourself. We were deceived. Maybe if we focused through all aspects of the force the Jedi could have been saved. That's why I am teaching you my fighting style, so another one of us doesn't turn to the darkside", Mace still thinking about the betrayal of the now Darth Vader.

"What do you mean another?" Pedro begins to stand up in question, but Mace shrugged it off. Mace does not want to tell Petro what really happened otherwise that might push his teachings away and turn to the darkside, or that's what Mace thought. Windu still blames himself for the treatment towards Anakin.
"Lets keep practicing" Mace ignites his lightsaber and the two continue to practice.

Later that night Mace is looking down on the cliff he is sitting on where he hears a familiar voice.

"Greetings old friend"

Mace is taken aback by this.

"Master Yoda? Your Alive" Mace felt it, he always somehow knew. He could hear his voice at night when he was trying to sleep, when training he could feel him as well.

"Why didn't you contact me sooner?"

"Ready you were not. Broken, but found purpose, however much fear in you I sense."

Mace looks down in guilt, but turns the head. "Yes I am teaching the boy everything I knew. All we been doing was train, but I don't know if it will be enough"

"I am disappointed in you my friend. As long as there people standing there is hope"

Mace then begins to smile again.

"Come to Dagobah you will. Much to discuss we do" Yoda requesting his old friends presence.

"Alright I will come to you alone in the morning"

"Bring you apprentice you won't?"

"No, he will stay here to continue training. I need to see you alone"
"Very well much to discuss we have"

Later that morning

Petro woke up seeing his master pack his things.

"Master where are you going?" Petro is confused.

"I have to go somewhere alone. I will be back in a few days. Stay here and continue your training" Mace finished packing his stuff.

"But where are you going? If you're leaving Why can't I come?" Petro is still confused about what is happening.

"Nothing is wrong I can ensure" Mace puts his hand on his student," I need to go on this journey alone to find myself. Only then can I truly help you finnish your training"

"Okay...how are you going to get to where you need to?" Petro questions this.

"Don't worry I will find away I need you to keep training. Promise I will tell you everything once I am back" Mace jumps down the cliff and walks through the mountians.

Mace is walking a shuttle near the imperial palace with his hood up. Before the troopers can speak. Mace uses the force without being directed to force slam into those troopers. Windu then gets in the shuttle and takes off, but when he leaves there is a probe droid that directs this scene to someone.

Dagobah

The shuttle arrives on the swampy world of Dagobah. A small green creature greeted the former jedi master as he walked out from the shuttle where the Mace bowed to his old master. The both said they are good to see each other and proceed to sit near the hut and talk.

"Busy you have been I see. Train a new apprentice you have, however why do I sense doubt?" Yoda taps his walking stick down.

"Master Yoda there is something I must tell you about Palpatine's apprentice" Before Mace says it Yoda cuts him off, "Skywalker it is"

Mace looks up in shock, "How do you know"

"Mysterious ways the force has. I know you blame yourself. Feeling bad about failing to save the Jedi and the Republic don't. By the time we realized it was too late it was. Move forward you shall. In order to find yourself go in the cave without your lightsaber you shall" Yoda points to the darkside cave.

Instead of arguing Mace drops his lightsaber off and walks in the cave.

The Cave

Its dark, but Windu can sense how strong the darkside really is. While walking around finding where to go a dark cloaked figure attacks Mace, but lucky he dodged and kept dodging, but he is startled by the figure that removes his hood. Is it Mace Windu? After keep dodging he then is backed into a wall. Before the crimson lightsaber can strike him down Windu catches it with his good hand. Coming into the realization that maybe Yoda is right.

"I can see what Master Yoda was saying. The darkness that's been inside me for years needs to disappear. For so long even before the Clone War I have felt the darkside pull at me and when the Republic fell it got worse, so I shut myself off for a while, but now I have purpose again. I will continue training my padawan to defeat the Empire and bring the force back to balance. Yes Anakin I failed you, my treatment pushed you to the darkside whatever you were looking for, but now I realize what I have to do. I am going to save you. That is a promise I owe you that much" As Mace thinks to himself the ghost disappears. Guess it was all a dream as Windu wakes up in front of the entrance of the cave.

Yoda walks up with a smile, "Found yourself you have?"

"Yes for the first time since I became a master I found purpose again. I kept blaming myself, but now I understand to keep move forward I need to let go of my hatred" Mace stands back up grabbing his lightsaber. "I should be going. Time I train Petro the correct way"

"Before you go sit we should catch up before you go" Yoda insists.

Mace then smiled and decided to walk back with his master and spends some time before leaving for Naboo.