On their ship, Luke and the others didn't know what was waiting for them at Bespin. They were trying to figure out a way that they could talk to Gandalf, keeping in mind that their friend wasn't himself at this point. Frodo noticed that Luke seemed troubled, and asked him if he was all right. Luke looked up at him with haunted eyes.

" I have realized why Gandalf is not among the light any longer. He is being possessed by the spirit of the former Emperor of the Galaxy"

They looked at him in horror, and they all drifted to desolate corners of the ship to think by themselves. Luke just sat there, knowing that if they couldn't do anything very soon, the two worlds would be pulled into the Dark Side forever. He then got up to check the navicomputer, and saw that they were only 1 standard hour away from Bespin. He sat in the cockpit, wondering what would greet them on the planet....

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He still couldn't believe how easy it had been to gain access to the Istari's mind. When he had projected himself towards him, it was clear to Palpatine that he wasn't expecting him to do that. Then again, neither was Skywalker, and he was supposed to be a Jedi. He laughed to himself, and pushed Gandalf's essence further into the Darkness in his own spirit. The wizard's mind tried to break free of Palpatine's grip, but failed and as a retaliation for it, Palpatine whiplashed his essence, reveling in the pain he was feeling from Gandalf. He now had control of the body, but he didn't have control of the 'magic' yet. He knew that it would only be a matter of time before he would be in complete control of Gandalf..

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In orbit above Bespin, the occupants of the freighter Starlight were discussing what they should do when they landed on the remains of Cloud City. Frodo noticed that Luke looked disturbed, and asked Anakin about it.

"Let me talk to Luke" "Alright Anakin"

Luke was pulled out of his unpleasant memories by a slight tremor in the Force. He looked at Frodo, and realized that his father wanted to talk to him.

"Luke, you and I know that there is a specific reason why Palpatine chose this planet to confront us all" Luke nodded. "He wants to try to shake me, and make it easier to capture us"

"Be careful my son, you must keep them from dying in our galaxy. If they do, both worlds will suffer the concequences"

With that, Anakin left, and Luke told the hobbits to take their blasters when they entered the city. There could be troopers who were still loyal to Palpatine, and whom he could have contacted.

They then entered the city, blasters at the ready. There was no-one there, which gave them a feeling that they were being watched. They were very careful as they traveled through the destroyed city, but they hadn't counted that Palpatine would have called Dark Troopers, his royal guard, and his Sovereign Protectors. When they first met up with the Dark Troopers, it soon became very clear that they had orders to take them alive. Suddenly one of the Troopers threw a smoke grenade at them, and forced the hobbits away from Luke.

When the smoke cleared, Luke found several blasters pointed at him and the hobbits were nowhere to be found.

"Surrender yourself Skywalker, there is no escaping us"

They put him in binders and escorted him to an interrogation chamber, where 2 royal guard and 1 Sovereign Protector waited. They pulled him towards a table and strapped him to it. The Troopers then left the room, leaving the Protector to question the Jedi Master. The Protector flipped a switch and the table flipped vertical, forcing Luke to look into the Protector's eyes. What he saw in them awakened fear in his mind, and he tried to use the Force to get free of the table. The protector laughed at Luke's efforts, and sent a jolt of electricity through the table. Luke screamed in pain, and the Protector brought his face closer to Luke's.

"You will soon tell me all of your secrets Jedi"