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Luke looks at Anakin, then says, "Did any other Jedi survive. Or are us Skywalkers and Ahsoka the last Jedi left in the galaxy? I know Ahsoka left the Order…"

Anakin says, "Yes, some other Jedi survived the Purge."

Luke says, "Who?"

Anakin says, "As Vader, I captured Jedi Master Unduli and her former "fallen" Padawan, Barriss Offee. I tried to turn them into Inquisitors by trying to torture them into falling to the Dark side. I thought Barriss would be very easy after I took the mind control necklace, the one that Palpatine had put on her to mind control her into bombing the Jedi Temple, off. As it turned out, neither Barriss or Master Unduli fell. I tried shocking them by telling both of them separately who I once was. It didn't work at all. I turned them over to the Inquisitors and told them to try to make the two into Inquisitors. That failed as well. After a while, I dumped them both in stasis in the Jedi Temple basement."

Flashback

Imperial Palace

Date : Sometime during the Empire

Vader walks into a cell. The thin frame of a Mirialan hangs limply in stasis cuffs. Barriss Offee. She still won't take the last step and fully join the dark side as an Inquisitor, but it's not for lack of trying by Darth Vader and his Inquisitors. After all the torture, she still doesn't fall, which doesn't make Vader happy.

Barriss whispers, which is all she can do, after what Vader did to her, "I will… not be… your… Inquisitor… I will not… fall that… far, Vader…"

Darth Vader says, "You will be my Inquisitor! Join the Dark Side! You bombed the Jedi Temple. You killed six Jedi scum, and many civilians! You will finish joining the dark side or you will die!" He attempts to mind-trick her, but fails.

Barriss says weakly, "You killed… even more… No, I'm… not going… to be your… Inquisitor!"

Darth Vader says, "I was once Anakin Skywalker!" As Barriss hears that, she thinks of the whole Temple bombing, back in the Clone Wars.

Vader continues, "You framed my Padawan, Ahsoka Tano! You should be grateful that I haven't killed you yet! You will join me and you will be my Inquisitor. Use your hate! Use your rage! Join the Dark Side!" As Barriss hears that, she thinks back to the day when Anakin arrested her for the Jedi temple bombing, back during the Clone Wars. She wanted to say something about being forced into it, but the mind control necklace wouldn't let here. She tried to stop the bombing, but couldn't. She saw it all, but couldn't do anything about it. To her, it was like living a horror movie, but in real life. How far Anakin had fallen since then.

Barriss says weakly, "No, I will never… be a Sith… or an Inquisitor… like you want… me to be…"

Luke says, "I think we should have Leia be with us when we get them out of stasis, as we kinda need a high government official to supervise. Not that I really want to have one looking over my shoulder, though. Leia's busy and not in a great mood because of your return and the Ball prep taking up so much time to do, so let's do it tomorrow or a day after that and tell her today."

"I also tried the same stuff on Jedi Master Shaak Ti. She never fell either. I dumped her in stasis at my castle on Mustafar." Luke hears regret in Anakin's voice. Regret for harming so many Jedi.

"Mustafar is currently in a highly contested sector. It might be tough for you to get in safely if you don't take me along. I mean you would need Imperial and New Republic codes and Leia would never, in a million years, give you the New Republic codes… ", says Luke.

"I thought this would be an good trip for us to do together. Leia will almost certainly like that we aren't around to make a big mess for her to deal with," says Anakin

"Yep, she will just love a break from us, knowing her."

"Do you know your way around the lower levels of the Temple?" asked Anakin.

"No, not really. I've stuck to the upper areas to avoid getting lost. It's so big, I'm just trying hard to not get lost," says Luke.

Anakin says, "I had that same issue, all those years ago, when I was a Jedi Padawan. Don't worry, it won't take too long for you to figure things out."

After the meeting with Mon Mothma, Leia walks over to her office and begins to deal with the stack of paperwork that has piled up on her desk overnight. She also begins drafting her speech to the Senate about Alderaan's survival and her acceptance of the Triple Crown award.

Then, Leia's com beeps. She pulls it out of her pocket and and checks the caller ID. It's Pooja Naberrie, her old friend from the Senate, and as it turns out to be, cousin. They had all sorts of adventures on their diplomatic aid missions together and while Pooja never officially joined the Alliance, she did help gather a bit of intelligence when she could do so. She stayed out of the Alliance officially because she knew that her whole family would definitely be killed if even one member looked the slightest bit pro-Alliance. She answers her com and sees the small hologram of her cousin pop up.

"Senator, how are you doing?" Leia says, hoping Pooja is still safe.

"Your Highness, I'm doing fine. How are you?"

"Pooja, I'm having a crazy day. Do not come to the Jedi Temple. I'll explain why. Do you remember Anakin Skywalker?"

"Yes, he came to our place in Theed with Auntie Padme. We were told to call him Ani. He tried to braid my hair and failed and was very nice to me and my sister."

"This next piece of info is not to be shared. Please sit down, if you aren't already."

"I understand."

"As it turned out, Padme married Anakin in a secret marriage at Varkino. Anakin didn't die in the purge, he was Darth Vader and came back to the light side of the Force at Endor to kill Palpatine, though I like to think it was Luke killing Palpatine. Me and my brother, Luke thought he was dead and staying that way. As it turned out, he came back from the dead and is back to being Anakin Skywalker, Luke and Ahsoka claim. He didn't try to hurt me when I was at the Jedi Temple, thank the Force as my morning is crazy enough without that happening.

Senator… I mean your Aunt and my biological mother Padme is alive and showing up to the Ball tonight. Anakin might end up coming with his former Padawan Ahsoka, which you might remember from the whole Temple bombing incident during the Clone Wars." Pooja nods, then Leia continues, "Oh, and by the way, this is a really bad time to tell you, but you remember the midi-chlorian test you did a little while back?"

"Yes, I remember the test. I will keep that secret for you. I understand the fact that you have these crazy family issues. Thank you for trusting me. Can you protect me so I can let Anakin know I'm mad at him? And mind texting me what outfit Auntie Padme is wearing so it will be easy to find her at the Ball tonight so we can get back in touch. I haven't seen her alive since a few months before the end of the Clone Wars, when the Senate had a two week break. I heard about Alderaan's survival from a bunch of people, so congratulations on your home world's survival. I hope to get to come there to visit when I have a vacation from the Senate."

"Sure, big cousin. You're family, Pooja, so it will be super easy to have you stay at one of the many palaces or estates my adoptive family owns. Oh, and by the way, you're slightly Force Sensitive. If it will make you feel more comfortable, I'll use the Force so he can't mind-trick you when you go to tell him you are mad at him for being Darth Vader."

"So, you mean I could be a Jedi?"

"Yes. I'm still working on my lightsaber skills, but I can find someone to try to teach you some basic stuff to keep you safe. After all, with you wanting to do diplomatic aid missions in highly contested sectors, you need to be able to protect yourself."

"Wow! That's so cool! Thanks! I have to go get ready to help with the cookies for the traditional Cookie Contest between our worlds, so bye."

"Bye." Leia hangs up. She gets back to work on her speech.

Thanks to: princesselsaamidala22, The Warrior Of Twilight and the guest who reviewed. If I missed you, know that I still care and read these! I'm rewriting this to some degree, thanks to a review by The Warrior Of Twilight, but my home has no Internet right now due to an outage.

Update: We have Internet again! Yay!

By the light and the Republic, we will get through Covid-19. And may the Force be with you!