Chapter 11 - Jabba orders Execution
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Hi everyone! Just like i promised, i completed my 3 chapters for this month. THis is a bit long to make up to the previous short chapter. I will be temporarily hating updates in next month, due to exams (unless it gets postponed again due to the pandemic). However i will be publishing one more chapter in September, and i plan to wind it up with the Death of Jabba.
Enjoy.
In the Throne Room,
The crowd of creepy courtiers parts as Han and Chewie are brought into the throne room, and other guards drag Luke up the steps.
"Han!" Luke Calls
"Luke!" Han Replies, even if he was blind.
"Are you all right?" Luke Asks
"Fine. Together again, huh?" Asks Han
"Wouldn't miss it." Says Luke a bit happy to see Han doing fine.
"How are we doing?" Han says.
"The same as always." Luke says sarcastically.
"That bad, huh? Where's Leia?" Han says
Luke looks to Leia.
" I'm here." Leia Replies.
"It seems Young Skywalker, her sister and the smuggler makes a good team" Says Shaak Ti.
"A good team at getting into trouble" Says Saesse Tinn.
"It reminds me of when Obiwan, Anakin and Ahsoka working together" says Kit fisto.
The rest of the Jedi smiles or snickers at the similarities between Luke and Anakin's Company. (Except Windu Serious as always)
"Luke seems to have got Anakin's sarcastic sense of humor" says Obi Wan.
"Oh like you are any less of sarcasm master" Replied Anakin.
Threepio is standing behind the grotesque gangster as he strokes Leia like a pet cat. Several of the guards, including
Lando, bring Luke from the other side of the room. Boba is standing behind Jabba. Threepio steps forward and
translates for the captives.
"Oh, dear. His High Exaltedness, the great Jabba the Hutt, has decreed
that you are to be terminated immediately." He says.
"Do it Jabba, and you won't live to see that future" Anakin growls.
"I hope this isn't the end of Luke and his friends" says Ahsoka.
"I'm pretty sure they will get out of this eventually, Something tells me they have been through things much worse" Says Obi Wan.
"Good, I hate long waits." Says Han
"You will therefore be taken to the Dune Sea and cast into the pit of
Carkoon, the nesting place of the all-powerful Sarlacc." C3PO says.
"Oh no! That's even worse than the Rancor, Luke needs to escape now! Otherwise he is gonna die!" Yells Anakin.
"Anakin, I'm pretty sure that Luke can fight it just like the Rancor, even though he not having his lightsaber will be a critical issue" Obi wan states.
"What! No, You can't fight the sarlacc! A sarlacc lives in a pit and people are thrown into it, there is no way to get out once you fall!" Says Anakin exasperatedly.
"It is true. Its almost impossible to defeat a sarlacc without huge amount of firepower" Shaak Ti says in agreement.
"Why does my children have to face such hardships and near death experiences! They deserve a peaceful life after everything we do to bring the clone wars to the end." Padme says sad and depressed.
Anakin sits next to Padme and holds his hand. "Don't worry padme, I'm sure Luke will find a way out, if he's got my instincts he will get out of this mess" Anakin Assures.
The rest of the Jedi looks a bit surprised. They have never seen Anakin and Padme's relationship before.
"Doesn't sound so bad." Han says.
"Ha, He doesn't know what's in store for him! I can't believe my daughter chose someone like him!" Says Anakin.
"Anakin!" Padme scolds him. Whatever Anakin wants to say stopped halfway under padme's glare.
The Rest of the Jedi were shocked, they have never seen Anakin being so obedient before, always talking back and arrogant, being so lenient to Padme.
"In his belly, you will find a new definition of pain and suffering, as
you are slowly digested over a thousand years." Says C3PO
"On second thought, let's pass on that, huh?" Asks Han
Chewie barks his agreement.
"You should have bargained, Jabba. That's the last mistake you'll ever make." Says Luke.
"Young Luke seems to be almost as confident and stubborn as Anakin" Plo koon Analyses.
"Indeed I see so much resemblance in Anakin and Luke, However despite being stubborn, Luke seems much calm and calculating than Anakin who acts with his emotions" says Kit Fisto.
Jabba cackles evilly at this.
As the guards drag the prisoners from the throne room, a loud cheer rises from the crowd. Leia and Chewie exchange concerned looks, but Luke Skywalker, Jedi warrior, cannot suppress a smile.
"Luke has a plan, he has predicted Jabba's actions it seems" says Plo Koon.
"It seems we underestimated young Luke" Says Shaak Ti.
"I knew Luke would have a secret plan, After all he is my son" Says Anakin Proudly.
"We're never gonna hear the end of this" Obi Wan groans.
In the Dune Sea in tatooine.
Jabba's huge SAIL BARGE moves above the desert surface accompanied by two smaller Skiffs. One of the skiffs glides close, revealing Luke, Han, and Chewie - all in bonds - surrounded by guards, one of whom is Lando in disguise.
"I think my eyes are getting better. Instead of a big dark blur, I see a big light blur." Says Han
"There's nothing to see. I used to live here, you know." Says Luke.
"What!" Anakin exclaimed in shock.
"What's the matter skyguy?" Asked Ahsoka.
"Why is Luke living on that desert rock! That place I horrible to live, and all that Sand! Its Rough Coarse and Irritating and it gets everywhere!" Says Anakin.
"WE KNOW" Obiwan, Ahsoka and Padme yell at the same time.
"Oh sorry! But my point is I would never let my children grow up in Tattoine, I'm sure Padme won't either, unless…" Anakin trails off.
"We cannot be sure Anakin in this dark future, We know that the sith rule, the jedi might be in hiding. It might be that you chose tattoine to hide." Says Obi Wan.
"I would never choose tatooine under any circumstances master! I would choose some far away planet or anywhere but not tatooine" Anakin retorts. "However My step brother Owen lives in tatooine, if Luke lived in tatooine that could mean only one thing.. that he lived with Owen." Anakin concludes.
"But if that so it means.." Padme begins a look of Horror coming on her face.
"That Padme and myself are dead. Otherwise we would never leave our children from us" says Anakin shocked and sad.
Now, it is finally revealed to the Jedi that Anakin and Padme may not be alive in this dark future. Now replying to some of my fellow reader's reviews.
Zweig - Now i understand, that Windu along is not responsible for Anakin's Turn and most of Windu's actions were justifiable, but it is not the Jedi way to always be judgmental and distrustful towards fellow Jedi, Windu could have at least not shown it to Anakin in such manner, We see other Jedi masters not liking Anakin much, but they don't push it as hard as Windu, and appreciates the good deeds of Anakin as much as they point out his mistakes. And finally i believe the entire Jedi Order cannot be held responsible either, Anakin didn't all the thousand Jedi of the order personally, and most of the younger and Jedi knights looked up to him as the hero with no fear. As a matter of fact, its the Jedi High council that has to be held responsible for Anakin's fall.
Hlebertowski - While i myself considered the idea of making Luke, Han and the others joining this, the prelude i made to this story is conflicting with such plot twist. The story is the jedi council finding a mysterious holovid and watching it in the Jedi temple from the clone wars era, not magically whisking awaya everyone from their timeline to a place where time is stopped and letting them watch. Sorry, but the story has to continue this way.
Well then See you all in September.
May the Force be with you!