On the surface of the planet there were forests, beaches, and mountains--just as Leia remembered it-only different. She didn't recognize anyone near the palace, or in the city for that matter. At one point in her life, Leia thought, she had known everyone on the planet.
"What's going on here?" Leia asked herself, not expecting an answer from anyone.
Leia waked up to the nearest person who looked as if they had live on the planet and knew it well. "Excuse me, but might I ask who in ruling this planet?"
"Why certainly," the elderly man replied, "He is Bail Organa."
"Oh, okay, thank you." The man turned to leave. "Wait," Leia said. "What happened to his daughter? Princess Leia, I believe her name was."
"Yes, it was terrible, such a tragedy, she was kidnapped by a space pirate and killed. Such a tragedy." He murmured again. "I was her care taker when she was little."
"Seron?" Leia asked.
"Yes, that is what she called me."
"You're Seron aren't you?"
"Well, yes, but everyone calls me Ethir."
"I'm the princess. I'm Leia Organa!"
"Oh, my, no you can't be. The princess died three years before the Clone Wars." He reassured himself.
"That's insane! " She told him again. "I wasn't even born then."
Who was it that supposedly kidnapped me?" she asked.
"A somebody named Solo."
"Ha!" Han said poking a thumb at his chest. "I did no such thing!"
"This is Han Solo, my husband, and retired general of the New Republic." Leia told the old man.
"We've been married for five years and we have three year old twins." Han said.
"I must take you to see your father!" Seron replied.
"My real father is dead." She said solemnly. "The Emperor killed him."
"Yes, I suppose he did, didn't he. Darth Vader-." He began but Leia stopped him.
"My father was not Darth Vader, my father was Anakin Skywalker.
And I would appreciate it if you did not speak him in my presence."
"I will take you to the palace now." The old man said.
* * *
"I don't trust that guy." Han muttered to Leia under his breath.
"He's old. I sense that there is nothing to fear. If there is, I have my lightsaber." Leia answered.
"Let's just hope that your Jedi senses are strong enough to sense danger. I'm no Jedi and I can even tell were in trouble!"
"We'll see."
In front of the palace, Seron asked Han to leave his blaster at the door with the droids and the Wookie.
"No way am I going to leave this out there with those three!" Han growled.
"Honey?" Leia said pleading with him to go with their wants.
"If you will not cooperate with me, then I will be forced to make you stay outside." The old man said.
"All right, all right. Don't have to get huffy with me. It's just that I not used to going without my blaster."
"Alderaan is a peaceful planet, there is no need for weapons."
"Yeah, yeah whatever." Han said as he handed his blaster to Threepio and told him to take good care of it.
"Yes, Master Han." C-3PO said.
Ethir led the two down a long corridor that Han wondered if would ever end.
"Leia, why didn't the idiot make you leave your lightsaber behind?"
"Maybe he thought that it was standard Jedi dress. Most likely, sense we seem to have gone into the past, technology on Alderaan has not been created to sense them. Lightsabers are pritty hard to detect."
"That might just be to our advantage." Han replied.
"Pick up speed! I don't have all day you know?" Ethir said.
"Something about that guy just isn't right." Leia pondered aloud.
"People change over time." Han told her.
* * *
"I do wonder if Princess Leia and General Solo are all right." The golden protocol droid said. R2-D2 whistled his agreement. Chewbacca roared something that Threepio ignored. Chewie snatched Han's blaster from the droid. Chewie roared something again. "You're probably right, Chewbacca, and if I stand here much longer my joints are going to rust together!!!" So, the two droids and the Wookie, a rather odd looking group in the mass of humans, began to walk around the city. Chewie ask directions to the nearest cantina only to learn that there were none that would serve the droids. C-3PO wanted to look for a main computer system to see if he could obtain some information about the planet.
Soon, C-3PO found the main computer and asked it some questions about an Ethir or Seron, whichever the information he needed would be under. The computer soon found the information on a shady character named Ethir. It told him that Ethir, in some unpronounceable language, meant spy. The man was an Imperial spy. Their companions were in great danger!
"What's going on here?" Leia asked herself, not expecting an answer from anyone.
Leia waked up to the nearest person who looked as if they had live on the planet and knew it well. "Excuse me, but might I ask who in ruling this planet?"
"Why certainly," the elderly man replied, "He is Bail Organa."
"Oh, okay, thank you." The man turned to leave. "Wait," Leia said. "What happened to his daughter? Princess Leia, I believe her name was."
"Yes, it was terrible, such a tragedy, she was kidnapped by a space pirate and killed. Such a tragedy." He murmured again. "I was her care taker when she was little."
"Seron?" Leia asked.
"Yes, that is what she called me."
"You're Seron aren't you?"
"Well, yes, but everyone calls me Ethir."
"I'm the princess. I'm Leia Organa!"
"Oh, my, no you can't be. The princess died three years before the Clone Wars." He reassured himself.
"That's insane! " She told him again. "I wasn't even born then."
Who was it that supposedly kidnapped me?" she asked.
"A somebody named Solo."
"Ha!" Han said poking a thumb at his chest. "I did no such thing!"
"This is Han Solo, my husband, and retired general of the New Republic." Leia told the old man.
"We've been married for five years and we have three year old twins." Han said.
"I must take you to see your father!" Seron replied.
"My real father is dead." She said solemnly. "The Emperor killed him."
"Yes, I suppose he did, didn't he. Darth Vader-." He began but Leia stopped him.
"My father was not Darth Vader, my father was Anakin Skywalker.
And I would appreciate it if you did not speak him in my presence."
"I will take you to the palace now." The old man said.
* * *
"I don't trust that guy." Han muttered to Leia under his breath.
"He's old. I sense that there is nothing to fear. If there is, I have my lightsaber." Leia answered.
"Let's just hope that your Jedi senses are strong enough to sense danger. I'm no Jedi and I can even tell were in trouble!"
"We'll see."
In front of the palace, Seron asked Han to leave his blaster at the door with the droids and the Wookie.
"No way am I going to leave this out there with those three!" Han growled.
"Honey?" Leia said pleading with him to go with their wants.
"If you will not cooperate with me, then I will be forced to make you stay outside." The old man said.
"All right, all right. Don't have to get huffy with me. It's just that I not used to going without my blaster."
"Alderaan is a peaceful planet, there is no need for weapons."
"Yeah, yeah whatever." Han said as he handed his blaster to Threepio and told him to take good care of it.
"Yes, Master Han." C-3PO said.
Ethir led the two down a long corridor that Han wondered if would ever end.
"Leia, why didn't the idiot make you leave your lightsaber behind?"
"Maybe he thought that it was standard Jedi dress. Most likely, sense we seem to have gone into the past, technology on Alderaan has not been created to sense them. Lightsabers are pritty hard to detect."
"That might just be to our advantage." Han replied.
"Pick up speed! I don't have all day you know?" Ethir said.
"Something about that guy just isn't right." Leia pondered aloud.
"People change over time." Han told her.
* * *
"I do wonder if Princess Leia and General Solo are all right." The golden protocol droid said. R2-D2 whistled his agreement. Chewbacca roared something that Threepio ignored. Chewie snatched Han's blaster from the droid. Chewie roared something again. "You're probably right, Chewbacca, and if I stand here much longer my joints are going to rust together!!!" So, the two droids and the Wookie, a rather odd looking group in the mass of humans, began to walk around the city. Chewie ask directions to the nearest cantina only to learn that there were none that would serve the droids. C-3PO wanted to look for a main computer system to see if he could obtain some information about the planet.
Soon, C-3PO found the main computer and asked it some questions about an Ethir or Seron, whichever the information he needed would be under. The computer soon found the information on a shady character named Ethir. It told him that Ethir, in some unpronounceable language, meant spy. The man was an Imperial spy. Their companions were in great danger!