Chapter one: Hoth
The snow fell heavily on the planet of Hoth. Wampas roamed the snowy terrain, examining the multiple wreckage's of Rebel Snowspeeders and Imperial AT-AT's with curiosity.
One Wampa approached the wreckage of a Snowspeeder. Not only was is almost destroyed, but most of it was crushed almost flat, probably from one of the AT-AT's. Filled with curiosity of what was inside, the Wampa used its amazing strength to pull open the hood of the Snowspeeder. The Wampa looked inside and found the motionless body of a young man. He was dressed in a strange, orange suit with a white helmet. Thinking the man was dead, the Wampa walked away uninterested.
Once the Wampa left, the man in the Snowspeeder slowly rocked his head around as he slowly regained consciousness. Once the man was fully awake, he looked around at the graveyard of Snowspeeders and AT-AT's.
"Man! What happened?" The man asked himself as he got out of the Snowspeeder.
The man looked at a strange machine hanging over his chest. There was an Imperial blaster mark in the center. This man was Dack Raltar, Luke Skywalker's gunner during the battle of Hoth. During the battle, an Imperial blaster struck Dack. The machine, Dack's energy pack, took the shot, but the impact from the blast had knocked Dack out. Dack looked over at the near-flattened Snowspeeder. Judging by how much it was crushed, Dack guessed that it had been stepped on by an Imperial walker, but hadn't stepped on it fully, as it obviously missed stepping on Dack.
Dack slowly worked his way back to the formal Rebel Base. When he got there, the base didn't look soon good anymore. The generator was destroyed the walls were cracked, and half the base was even smoking. The inside was more gruesome that the outside. The base was filled with fallen Stormtroopers, and even a couple of Rebel pilots' bodies were lying on the icy floor. The computer screens were completely shattered, and several of the getaway vehicles were destroyed.
As Dack was passing one of the living quarters, he stopped and looked inside. Inside was a small droid lying on its side. The small droid looked like R2-D2 only it was black in the spots where R2 was white and yellow in the spots where R2 was blue. The whole droid had a shiny tint to it. This little droid was R7-G9, the most underused droid the Rebel Alliance ever had.
"R7?" Dack asked the little droid.
R7 spun his dome head around, and when he saw Dack, he started whistling happily as he deployed his third leg and rolled over to Dack's side. Dack got down on one knee and examined R7. Other than a bit of chipped paint, he was in perfect condition. R7 started whistling at Dack.
"I figured that Wedge said I was dead. I myself have no idea how I survived." Dack replied. He had the unique ability to understand R-type droids.
"I can tell you." A voice replied. Dack looked over his left shoulder and saw a bald, adult male dressed in a brown cloak. Although the man was surrounded in blue light, and held a bluish tint himself, Dack could tell that he had brown skin. Dack's eyes widened.
"Y-You're Jedi Master Mace Windu!" Dack exclaimed. "The famous Jedi who sacrificed his life fifty years ago! But how can I see you? You died before I was born! I thought people could only see the ghosts of Jedis that he or she knew."
"You're right." Mace Windu replied. "But I received permission to appear before you. You see, you survived the battle of Hoth because you're stronger than any normal human. Only Jedis can have your level of strength."
"Y-You mean that..." Dack asked, a little shocked.
"Yes, Dack. You are destined to become a Jedi." Windu replied. R7 whistled in astonishment.
"You mean that Luke and I would be the only Jedi left?" Dack asked.
"Well, not exactly." Windu replied. "There are four evil Jedis hiding out on Corosant. Even Luke doesn't know about them. While the leader of these four in unknown, the other three are known only as Darth Dread, Darth Yazuk and Darth Ibuki. It's up to you to take them out."
"All by myself?!" Dack cried.
"Don't worry, Dack." Windu laughed. "You see, there are three beings out there in the galaxies. All of them are on your side. Find them before travelling to Corosant and recruit them. Your first destination will be Tatooine to get a ship large enough to transport four people."
Windu pointed to the room.
"You'll find your equipment in there, Dack." Windu said.
Dack wandered into the room and came out a minute later with a strange- looking briefcase-type object and a small pocket radar. They had seemed to just appear out of nowhere.
"What are these?" Dack asked.
"That radar is what will help you locate the three other people. Any person who is destined to be found by you will show up as a blip on it." Windu replied. He then smiled. "Now open up the case."
Dack set the case on the floor, got down on his knees and opened it up. Dack stared at the contents in awe; For inside the case were four lightsabers.
"Choose your weapon, Dack." Windu said with a smile. "The other future Jedis are to pick theirs as well."
Dack looked at the four lightsabers. He pulled the fanciest-looking one from the case and held it in his hand. Dack activated the lightsaber and an orange beam of light sprouted from the base of the weapon.
"Yes." Dack said. "This is definitely going to be my weapon." He turned to Mace Windu again. "How can I ever thank you?"
"It's quite alright, Dack. Just keep the Jedi alive. Once you get your ship, I'll visit you every time you need to further your training." Windu replied. "May the force be with you, Dack." With that, Mace Windu vanished into thin air.
Dack deactivated his new weapon, attached it to his belt, closed the case with the other lightsaber, picked it up, shoved his radar into his pocket and turned to R7.
"Come on, R7." Dack said. "Let's find a working X-Wing." R7 beeped in agreement as the two walked towards the docking bay.
Dack and R7 searched the bay for three minutes trying to find one X-Wing among the fifteen that were there that actually worked. Dack finally found one, got a crane and used it to load R7 into it. Dack got off the crane and into the pilot seat.
"Ready, R7?" Dack asked. R7 bleeped 'Yes' as Dack turned the X-Wing on.
The X-Wing raised off the ground and flew towards the bay doors, which were closed. Dack fired a couple of laser bolts at the doors, blasting them open. Dack flew from the now-destroyed base and flew out of Hoth's atmosphere, into the void of space.
And so begins the adventure of Dack Raltar.
To be continued...
The snow fell heavily on the planet of Hoth. Wampas roamed the snowy terrain, examining the multiple wreckage's of Rebel Snowspeeders and Imperial AT-AT's with curiosity.
One Wampa approached the wreckage of a Snowspeeder. Not only was is almost destroyed, but most of it was crushed almost flat, probably from one of the AT-AT's. Filled with curiosity of what was inside, the Wampa used its amazing strength to pull open the hood of the Snowspeeder. The Wampa looked inside and found the motionless body of a young man. He was dressed in a strange, orange suit with a white helmet. Thinking the man was dead, the Wampa walked away uninterested.
Once the Wampa left, the man in the Snowspeeder slowly rocked his head around as he slowly regained consciousness. Once the man was fully awake, he looked around at the graveyard of Snowspeeders and AT-AT's.
"Man! What happened?" The man asked himself as he got out of the Snowspeeder.
The man looked at a strange machine hanging over his chest. There was an Imperial blaster mark in the center. This man was Dack Raltar, Luke Skywalker's gunner during the battle of Hoth. During the battle, an Imperial blaster struck Dack. The machine, Dack's energy pack, took the shot, but the impact from the blast had knocked Dack out. Dack looked over at the near-flattened Snowspeeder. Judging by how much it was crushed, Dack guessed that it had been stepped on by an Imperial walker, but hadn't stepped on it fully, as it obviously missed stepping on Dack.
Dack slowly worked his way back to the formal Rebel Base. When he got there, the base didn't look soon good anymore. The generator was destroyed the walls were cracked, and half the base was even smoking. The inside was more gruesome that the outside. The base was filled with fallen Stormtroopers, and even a couple of Rebel pilots' bodies were lying on the icy floor. The computer screens were completely shattered, and several of the getaway vehicles were destroyed.
As Dack was passing one of the living quarters, he stopped and looked inside. Inside was a small droid lying on its side. The small droid looked like R2-D2 only it was black in the spots where R2 was white and yellow in the spots where R2 was blue. The whole droid had a shiny tint to it. This little droid was R7-G9, the most underused droid the Rebel Alliance ever had.
"R7?" Dack asked the little droid.
R7 spun his dome head around, and when he saw Dack, he started whistling happily as he deployed his third leg and rolled over to Dack's side. Dack got down on one knee and examined R7. Other than a bit of chipped paint, he was in perfect condition. R7 started whistling at Dack.
"I figured that Wedge said I was dead. I myself have no idea how I survived." Dack replied. He had the unique ability to understand R-type droids.
"I can tell you." A voice replied. Dack looked over his left shoulder and saw a bald, adult male dressed in a brown cloak. Although the man was surrounded in blue light, and held a bluish tint himself, Dack could tell that he had brown skin. Dack's eyes widened.
"Y-You're Jedi Master Mace Windu!" Dack exclaimed. "The famous Jedi who sacrificed his life fifty years ago! But how can I see you? You died before I was born! I thought people could only see the ghosts of Jedis that he or she knew."
"You're right." Mace Windu replied. "But I received permission to appear before you. You see, you survived the battle of Hoth because you're stronger than any normal human. Only Jedis can have your level of strength."
"Y-You mean that..." Dack asked, a little shocked.
"Yes, Dack. You are destined to become a Jedi." Windu replied. R7 whistled in astonishment.
"You mean that Luke and I would be the only Jedi left?" Dack asked.
"Well, not exactly." Windu replied. "There are four evil Jedis hiding out on Corosant. Even Luke doesn't know about them. While the leader of these four in unknown, the other three are known only as Darth Dread, Darth Yazuk and Darth Ibuki. It's up to you to take them out."
"All by myself?!" Dack cried.
"Don't worry, Dack." Windu laughed. "You see, there are three beings out there in the galaxies. All of them are on your side. Find them before travelling to Corosant and recruit them. Your first destination will be Tatooine to get a ship large enough to transport four people."
Windu pointed to the room.
"You'll find your equipment in there, Dack." Windu said.
Dack wandered into the room and came out a minute later with a strange- looking briefcase-type object and a small pocket radar. They had seemed to just appear out of nowhere.
"What are these?" Dack asked.
"That radar is what will help you locate the three other people. Any person who is destined to be found by you will show up as a blip on it." Windu replied. He then smiled. "Now open up the case."
Dack set the case on the floor, got down on his knees and opened it up. Dack stared at the contents in awe; For inside the case were four lightsabers.
"Choose your weapon, Dack." Windu said with a smile. "The other future Jedis are to pick theirs as well."
Dack looked at the four lightsabers. He pulled the fanciest-looking one from the case and held it in his hand. Dack activated the lightsaber and an orange beam of light sprouted from the base of the weapon.
"Yes." Dack said. "This is definitely going to be my weapon." He turned to Mace Windu again. "How can I ever thank you?"
"It's quite alright, Dack. Just keep the Jedi alive. Once you get your ship, I'll visit you every time you need to further your training." Windu replied. "May the force be with you, Dack." With that, Mace Windu vanished into thin air.
Dack deactivated his new weapon, attached it to his belt, closed the case with the other lightsaber, picked it up, shoved his radar into his pocket and turned to R7.
"Come on, R7." Dack said. "Let's find a working X-Wing." R7 beeped in agreement as the two walked towards the docking bay.
Dack and R7 searched the bay for three minutes trying to find one X-Wing among the fifteen that were there that actually worked. Dack finally found one, got a crane and used it to load R7 into it. Dack got off the crane and into the pilot seat.
"Ready, R7?" Dack asked. R7 bleeped 'Yes' as Dack turned the X-Wing on.
The X-Wing raised off the ground and flew towards the bay doors, which were closed. Dack fired a couple of laser bolts at the doors, blasting them open. Dack flew from the now-destroyed base and flew out of Hoth's atmosphere, into the void of space.
And so begins the adventure of Dack Raltar.
To be continued...