Leia's x-wing was slightly cramped, with Yoda sitting down just in front of
her. It's a good thing that Master Yoda isn't how I originally envisioned
him, otherwise, he wouldn't fit into my ship! "We have about another ten
hours left until we arrive on Coruscant."
"After all these years, finally going back to Coruscant."
"Master Yoda, what will I do when I see Luke again?"
"Confront him, you will have to. Back to the light, try to bring him. If unable is his sister, never come back, he can."
Leia was slightly afraid to ask her next question. But it wasn't the question that she feared. It was the answer. "...And if I can't bring him back?"
Yoda paused. He obviously didn't want it to happen anymore than Leia. "If too far into the dark, is he...fight him, you will have to. And kill him."
Leia winced, as if she had just been stabbed. "Kill him? I can't kill him, he's my brother!"
"As your brother, try not to think of him. As an advantage, the dark side will use it. Your compassion, will it manipulate. Your brother, that is not. But a slave in the body of your brother."
Leia listened and understood Master Yoda had said, but she was still not sure. What am I going to do if I have to fight him? I don't even know if I could defeat him if I have to fight. Luke, please see what you're doing to yourself!
Leia's x-wing continued on its journey through hyperspace.
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Darth Vader was alone in his quarters. He sat down at a table and pulled out a holo-disc from a secret drawer under it. He held it in his hands and turned it on to reveal a three dimensional picture of his wife, Padme. He said nothing and did nothing. Only looked at her smiling face.
"Is that who I think it is?"
Darth Vader quickly turned his head around to see Luke standing behind him. How could I not sense Luke standing right behind me?
Luke took a guess at what his father was thinking and answered him. "I've been practicing on blocking minds out from sensing me when I don't want them to. I guess I'm getting pretty good at it, if it worked on you."
"Yes, you are. And if you ever use that trick on me again, it will be last thing you ever do, aside from hitting the ground!"
"Forgive me, Master."
"Yes, you are forgiven. How successful was your mission?"
"Completely. Those officers were complete cowards. They admited to their crimes and I gave each of them a swift and fair punishment."
"You killed them all?"
"No, I killed none of them."
"No? And why is that?"
"They are all cowards when it comes to defending their own lives, but they are very good when it comes to military strategies. It would've been too much of a waste to the Empire to lose these officers."
"So what did you do to them."
"I lines all of them up and cut off their stronger hand at the the elbow. So that--"
"So that they could never again raise a hand to the Empire. Poetic justice...I admit that I am impressed Luke. You may go now."
Luke hesitated. This was a rare moment of challenging his master, but this was something he had to know. "I will go, but please answer me. That holo; is that my mother?"
After a long pause, Darth Vader reluctantly answered. "Yes. That is your mother."
Luke stared at the picture, not knowing quite what to say. Finally, he said the only thing that came to mind. "She was...very beautiful...What was her name?"
"Her name was Padme."
Luke took a deep breath, let it out and for the first time, said his mother's name. "Padme..."
"When she was 14, she was the elected ruler of a small system called Naboo."
"I've never heard of a system called Naboo."
"That is because it no longer exists. At the beginning of the Empire, Naboo was the system that began the Rebellion. In an attempt to stop it right there, a deadly plague was released onto the planet that killed all humans. The plague is gone now and the planet sits there."
"But that still doesn't explain why I've never heard of it."
"Because the name of the planet is no longer called Naboo. It now goes by the name of Dagobah."
Luke was startled to hear that news. Dagobah used to be the planet that my mother was the ruler of? Yes, that's why when I first came to that planet, I knew I had been there before. That something was so familiar about it. Why didn't Yoda ever tell me about that? Another secret that they hid from me!
Darth Vader motioned for Luke to sit down. "Come, Luke. Sit down and I will tell you the history of the Skywalkers. But after you know, I want to never hear of it again. You will let the past die."
"After all these years, finally going back to Coruscant."
"Master Yoda, what will I do when I see Luke again?"
"Confront him, you will have to. Back to the light, try to bring him. If unable is his sister, never come back, he can."
Leia was slightly afraid to ask her next question. But it wasn't the question that she feared. It was the answer. "...And if I can't bring him back?"
Yoda paused. He obviously didn't want it to happen anymore than Leia. "If too far into the dark, is he...fight him, you will have to. And kill him."
Leia winced, as if she had just been stabbed. "Kill him? I can't kill him, he's my brother!"
"As your brother, try not to think of him. As an advantage, the dark side will use it. Your compassion, will it manipulate. Your brother, that is not. But a slave in the body of your brother."
Leia listened and understood Master Yoda had said, but she was still not sure. What am I going to do if I have to fight him? I don't even know if I could defeat him if I have to fight. Luke, please see what you're doing to yourself!
Leia's x-wing continued on its journey through hyperspace.
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Darth Vader was alone in his quarters. He sat down at a table and pulled out a holo-disc from a secret drawer under it. He held it in his hands and turned it on to reveal a three dimensional picture of his wife, Padme. He said nothing and did nothing. Only looked at her smiling face.
"Is that who I think it is?"
Darth Vader quickly turned his head around to see Luke standing behind him. How could I not sense Luke standing right behind me?
Luke took a guess at what his father was thinking and answered him. "I've been practicing on blocking minds out from sensing me when I don't want them to. I guess I'm getting pretty good at it, if it worked on you."
"Yes, you are. And if you ever use that trick on me again, it will be last thing you ever do, aside from hitting the ground!"
"Forgive me, Master."
"Yes, you are forgiven. How successful was your mission?"
"Completely. Those officers were complete cowards. They admited to their crimes and I gave each of them a swift and fair punishment."
"You killed them all?"
"No, I killed none of them."
"No? And why is that?"
"They are all cowards when it comes to defending their own lives, but they are very good when it comes to military strategies. It would've been too much of a waste to the Empire to lose these officers."
"So what did you do to them."
"I lines all of them up and cut off their stronger hand at the the elbow. So that--"
"So that they could never again raise a hand to the Empire. Poetic justice...I admit that I am impressed Luke. You may go now."
Luke hesitated. This was a rare moment of challenging his master, but this was something he had to know. "I will go, but please answer me. That holo; is that my mother?"
After a long pause, Darth Vader reluctantly answered. "Yes. That is your mother."
Luke stared at the picture, not knowing quite what to say. Finally, he said the only thing that came to mind. "She was...very beautiful...What was her name?"
"Her name was Padme."
Luke took a deep breath, let it out and for the first time, said his mother's name. "Padme..."
"When she was 14, she was the elected ruler of a small system called Naboo."
"I've never heard of a system called Naboo."
"That is because it no longer exists. At the beginning of the Empire, Naboo was the system that began the Rebellion. In an attempt to stop it right there, a deadly plague was released onto the planet that killed all humans. The plague is gone now and the planet sits there."
"But that still doesn't explain why I've never heard of it."
"Because the name of the planet is no longer called Naboo. It now goes by the name of Dagobah."
Luke was startled to hear that news. Dagobah used to be the planet that my mother was the ruler of? Yes, that's why when I first came to that planet, I knew I had been there before. That something was so familiar about it. Why didn't Yoda ever tell me about that? Another secret that they hid from me!
Darth Vader motioned for Luke to sit down. "Come, Luke. Sit down and I will tell you the history of the Skywalkers. But after you know, I want to never hear of it again. You will let the past die."