Blue
Waters: episode #37 The Wedding
Previously: Minka got pregnant again, and has been since December. I also told you that the wedding between
Anakin and Samantha would be a small one. Palpatine has sent for Anakin again. He tried to get Anakin to come to the Dark Side, but Anakin didn't quite
cooperate. He did use anger, hate, and
aggression, thought to kill a Jedi without realizing it. You see, Anakin had
thought he had killed a Sith, but realized just after he killed the guy that it
wasn't. Palpatine had tricked him.
"Now,
you'll have to excuse me, but I have a wedding rehearsal to go to."
With that, Anakin rapidly makes his way to
the door, slamming it behind him as loudly as he can. Palpatine smiles.
"He won't be hard to get on the dark Side. He's so close…yet so far away."
The next day is the wedding. And it is the next day now. Anakin had had trouble sleeping the night
before. He kept on thinking about what Palpatine had set him up for…and the
excitement of the wedding. He decided
not to tell anyone about this thing he had with Palpatine.
"I'll take care of
him,"
and he intended
to. Anakin hated Palpatine for
1.) Hurting his soon to be wife beck when she ruled Naboo. She too had fallen into one of his
traps. He had taken over her planet
just so he could be Emperor now. 2.)
for killing Qui-Gon Jinn (actually, it was Darth Maul, but Palpatine had
trained him) 3.) For killing Mace Windu and other Jedi 4.) For stating this
terror…Empire 5.) For ticking Anakin into doing little deeds for him: gwythaints and now this Jed.
"It's almost as if
he was trying to prevent me from marrying Samantha."
If he had decided on going along with
Palpatine, he could have lost Samantha…and Palpatine's offer was tempting.
Anakin would never admit it to anyone else…or himself when he was actually with
Palpatine, but it was. Anakin got up and washed up. The big day had begun. Anakin and Samantha were planning on going
on a honeymoon…to Alderaan. Because of Palpatine being the Sith master and the
recent disappearing of several Jedi Knights, the Council decided to temporarily
relocate to a planet called Daogobah. Anyway, both Anakin and Samantha got ready for the wedding. He wore a
suit. She wore a beautiful silver dress. As I said before, this was to be a very
small wedding. Anakin had invited Obi-Wan, and the entire Jedi Council (12
members…a new one to replace Mace Windu), Shmi (yes, she's alive…I just hadn't
mentioned her recently), Kitster, R2-D2, C-3PO, Jira (the street shop lady),
and I guess that's Anakin's list. Samantha's list includes her parents, her adopted brothers (not Beru,
because she didn't know what happened to her), Dalben, Jar Jar & the other
Gungans, Captain Panaka, Ric Olie, Bail Antilles and his wife, her old
handmaidens, including Mrs. Solo and her husband, and I guess that's the end of
the guest list there. Anakin is already
up at the alter. He has momentarily forgotten the events of the past day as he
anxiously looks down the aisle for his beautiful bride. Shmi is very proud of
her son as she watches him. He smiles at her, and she starts to cry. HE quickly glances at Obi-wan, Yoda,
Kitster, R2-D2, and C-3PO. He then looks at Samantha's mother. She doesn't have
an extremely pleased look on her face, but Anakin doesn't have much time to
ponder it, because Samantha is being led down the aisle bye her father. He just stares at her.
The pastor then
says as Samantha stands beside Anakin, "We are gathered her to witness the
wedding between Samantha Amidala Jedi to Anakin Luke Skywalker." And blah,
blah, blah, okay, now: "Do you, Anakin
take Samantha to be your wife and blah blah blah. If so, say I do."
"I do."
"Do you, Samantha
take Anakin to be your husband and blah blah blah. If so, say I do."
'I do."
"Now for the rings."
Anakin gets out a
wedding ring at the same time that she gests out one. HE put it on her first. By the way, the service is outside. I kind of forgot to mention that. Then she does the same to him.
"Okay, now as
something special, this couple now before you would like to release butterflies
as a symbol."
So Anakin and Samantha take a box that no one
had seen until now and hold it out between them. They left the top of the box
off an all these butterflies come out.
After this is
done, the pastor says, "and now you may kiss the bride."
Anakin and
Samantha kiss for a really long time.
"And now, may I
present Mr. And Mrs. Anakin Luke Skywalker."
Anakin and
Samantha walk down the aisle. This had been something they'd been waiting for
for a long time. R2-D2
beeps. Everyone laughs, including the
bride and groom. And no, Blue Waters is
not over yet. They all head off to the reception.
Until next time!