Luke was alone in the Palace Chamber meditating. He came out of it and
opened his eyes when he sensed another presence in the room. "Hello,
Father." When his father didn't respond, he grew a little suspicious. "Is
there something wrong?"
"I have another test for you. Similar to the test that I had to endure in order to become the Dark Lord of the Sith."
"You mean when you had to kill my mother?" Luke said with no anger. Simply that that was the way it had happened.
"Yes. I have been successful in finding someone close to you in your old life." Darth Vader pulled his com-link from his belt. "Bring him in."
Four Royal Guards came into the chamber with another carbonite slab. When they brought it upright, it was revealed to be Luke's best friend, Han Solo.
"It took much...persuasion for Jabba the Hutt to hand Solo over to us. You will free him from the carbonite, allow him get to his feet and look you right in the eye. Then, you will kill him!"
Luke didn't want to do it, he knew that if he didn't, his father might kill him. Or worse, think him unworthy of the Sith. There's no other way.
Before Luke could answer, a voice came out of Darth Vader's intercom from his throne.
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The hyperdrive in Leia's x-wing began to beep. "We're here, Master Yoda." She shut off the hyperdrive and came back into real space. Coruscant was right there in sight through the canopy. "So, Master Yoda, how are we going to get to Luke?"
"Quickest way to any point, a straight arrow is."
"But isn't that a little dangerous. What if we hurt Luke?"
"Then extra careful, you will have to be. Drawn onto the Force."
As they entered Coruscant's atmosphere, Leia closed her eyes and opened herself to the Force. She sped up her ship...And headed...Straight...Towards...The Palace!
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From Darth Vader's throne intercom, a panicked voice screamed from it. "Invasion near Imperial Palace! Headed directly for the Palace Chamber! Do you copy?"
Before Darth Vader could even respond, the roof exploded with a shower of green lasers. Rafters were crashing to the ground and debris from what used to be a ceiling came down onto the ground, leaving the entire room full of smoke. The only thing that could be made out was a small ship, x- wing class, coming through the hole that was made and landing on the floor.
The canopy opened to reveal Leia and Yoda leaping out of the x-wing. Leia stood before Luke, and Yoda stood before Darth Vader.
"Well Luke, it appears you have an even better test before you. Kill this traitor of the Empire. She deserves death for her treachery."
"Yes, Master." With his lightsaber ignited, he started to approach Leia, who cooly pulled her lightsaber from her belt and ignited the violet blade. Luke stopped in his tracks in surprise to see Leia with a lightsaber.
"Why do you have a lightsaber? You're no Jedi Knight!"
"Yes, I am Luke. I've learned a lot in the past months. I'm even your equal in power. I know this, because..." Leia halted for a split second. This is the only way I know of to bring him back. "Because, we're twins! That was the bond we felt when we met on the Deathstar. You have to know that it's true."
I have a sister? Why is my entire life being hid from me? This is just going to make this that much harder. "Even if that's true, it doesn't matter. My Master has ordered your death. I must obey. I'm destined for the dark side, Leia. I know that now, because there was a lot that Obi-Wan hid from me. Leia, my father was not killed by Darth Vader. My father-- our father...is Darth Vader!"
Leia hadn't expected anything like that at all. Leia hoped that this was a lie. "How can this be true? Why didn't Master Yoda tell me this?"
"Because the Jedi lie, Leia! They manipulate you and tell you what they think you want to hear. The dark side has the real power, Leia. Our father has never lied to me. The Sith tell you how it really is. The Jedi fluff everything up to keep you from knowing and understanding reality."
Luke struck at Leia with his lightsaber and she instinctively blocked the strike with her own lightsaber. The blades struck at one another with a blow so forceful that a small shower of sparks came from them.
As the Skywalker twins continued to give each other blow after blow, Luke started to taunt Leia to distract and intimidate her.
"You're very powerful, Leia. But you aren't my equal in power. Because you are only a Jedi. I am the Dark Lord of the Sith. You can't defeat someone without the dark side, Leia. I was never able to defeat our father without it. If you really think that you can defeat me without using your anger, then just try."
"Do or do not. There is no try." Instinctively, Leia quoted the old Jedi Master who had shown her the key to her power. Luke and Leia's blades locked together and they both started trying to gain the upper hand. Luke had no idea where Leia had gotten the strength, but all of sudden Luke flew back a couple of meters, somehow managing to stay on his feet.
Enraged now, Luke lunged at Leia, but what happened next was something that even the great Jedi Master, Yoda wouldn't have seen coming.
Leia came back at Luke with a spin and strange twist of her lightsaber right at Luke's middle. It wasn't Luke's body that the blade went through, but the hilt of his lightsaber and it blew up in his hands.
The explosion startled Luke so that he jumped back, and tripped onto the floor. He just looked up at Leia, who was still in battle stance, prepared for anything he might have planned. He had a look of complete surprise on his face. They stared at each other for a long moment, before Leia spoke up.
"You see, Luke? You can win with the light side. You don't need to use your anger. Let go of it. You just weren't ready for Darth Vader last time. Now you are. Come back to the light...come back to me."
"I can't, Leia. It's too late. The dark side's grip on me is too strong. My destiny has already been foretold. There's no point in fighting destiny."
"That's not true, Luke! Master Yoda told me all about it." She extinguished her lightsaber. "When Darth Vader-" and winced at her next two words, "-our father began his training, his destiny was to bring balance to the Force. He was going to be the most powerful Jedi Knight who ever lived. Even more powerful than Master Yoda. He was known to many as 'the Chosen One.' But he changed his destiny, because of one choice that he made. You can make a choice too. You don't have to play the hand that has been dealt to you! You can change the destiny foreseen by the Emperor and our father! Please, come back to us!"
Luke began to feel his anger rising up in him. "You're not listening to me! Just like Yoda and Obi-Wan did! You all spew out these little quotes and never open your eyes to what's real. My father has already shown me that there's no line between good and evil. There's only the Force."
"Luke, if you're so much more powerful than me, then how come your lightsaber is destroyed and you're the one sitting on the floor? I know that you think that the dark side is giving you great power, but it's not! You're not just limiting yourself. You're paying a heavy price for power that's weak!"
"You're sounding just like Yoda and Obi-Wan again. They told me that same thing. Only they never say what that 'heavy price' is!" Luke is now challenging Leia. "What is it? Just what's this heavy price for using the dark side Leia?"
"Look at yourself, Luke! Even though you believe you're powerful, you're still angry. You spend your entire life living with your fear. Because that's all that you'll have. That's the life of a Sith. Of both Vader and the Emperor. Isolation. Fear. Pain. I s this the kind of life that you want? I remember when I first met you. The only thing that you wanted was to bring peace to the galaxy. Let that person come back out. You can still change this destiny."
Leia extinguished her lightsaber and tossed it Luke's feet. Luke sat there looking down at the lightsaber near him. The he looked back up to Leia, who had an emotionless expression on her face.
"Take my lightsaber if power is the only thing you care about."
"What if I decide to kill you right now?"
Leia shrugged and said, "That's your decision. But is that who you really want to be? Is that who you are? Is that who you, Luke Skywalker, truly want to be?"
Luke said nothing. He just laid there on the ground looking up at his sister. Leia's words burned through his mind and began a spark of something that he had almost forgotten. That's it...That's the heavy price...Why didn't I see it before?
DON'T LISTEN TO HER! SHE'S CLOUDING YOUR MIND! YOU'RE NOT WEAK! YOUR POWER IS IMMENSE!
No! I have to try and let go.
YOU'LL LOSE YOUR FATHER! BY LETTING GO OF YOUR ANGER, YOU'LL NEVER HAVE YOUR FATHER BACK!
But I'll have my sister...A twin sister. She's right. I could kill her. But that's not who I am. That's not who I want to be.
Luke picked up Leia's lightsaber and got up to his feet. He walked up to Leia and after a few moments reached out for her right hand and pulled it towards him. He placed her lightsaber into her hand and closed it around the metal hilt. They stood there for a moment, and almost as if it had been timed out, they put their arms around each other and just stood there clung together.
We won't have our father after this, Luke. But at least we'll have each other. Together with Master Yoda, the Jedi Knights can one day flourish in the galaxy again.
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While all of this was going on, Master Yoda and Darth Vader were having their own battle. It had been many years since Master Yoda had fought with his lightsaber. He had lost a step or two and was not quite as quick, but he was still great enough for to be a challenge for Darth Vader. Yoda dodged and weaved away from Vader's blade; always moving, he was in a dance of the Force: striking, parrying, thrusting, weaving, leaping into the air.
Finally, their blades locked and they stood there staring at one another. To an onlooker, this would seem very comical to see the great Darth Vader in a duel with a little green creature who came only up to just above his knee. But to Vader, this was a very serious duel. "Now, I can prove to Luke who the true Master is. After I destroy you, Yoda."
"Foreseen this, I have. But already lost, have you. Destroyed the Emperor, you may have, but Leia already has brought Luke back from the dark side. Sense it, I do."
"That is not possible. Luke is completely within my power. There's nothing that you could do to take him away."
"True, this is. Nothing that I can do, is there. But possible, it would be, to be brought back by.his sister. Your daughter, she would be."
"My power over Luke will never change. He is mine."
"Similar, do you mean, to the Emperor's power over you?"
"I'm sorry, Father. I cannot be the Dark Lord of the Sith. The Sith must end here." Darth Vader turned around to see Luke standing next to Leia, who had her lightsaber ignited, ready to fight. Luke, Leia, and Master Yoda formed a circle around Darth Vader.
Despite everything that he had done, Luke knew that he felt compassion for his father, and didn't want it to end this way. "It doesn't have to be this way, Father. Please, let go of your hate."
"Are you trying to make me let go of the dark side? It's too late for me, son. Obi-Wan and Yoda filled your mind with a lot of lies. The dark side is where the true power is!"
"No, Father. You're wrong. I was wrong. The dark side isn't more powerful. It's just easier. It gives you all of your power at once. That's why it seems to be so powerful. You don't have to die here, Father. When you were telling me about my mother, I could tell that even though you had to kill her, you still loved her. I think you still do. There has to still good in you. Somewhere, in your mind, a small bit of Anakin Skywalker still lives. Please, Father. For me. And for Leia. Let him come out."
"I will never turn from the dark side, Luke. Never!"
Leia took a step towards Darth Vader, but Luke stopped her. "No, Leia. Let me do this. I must carry the burden."
Leia stared into Luke's eyes and nodded as she deactivated her lightsaber and handed it to him. Please be careful. We've come so far, I don't want to have to watch you die now.
Darth Vader and Luke began their ultimate battle. A rematch that Luke swore to himself would not be a failure like last time. Luke became one with the Force as he battled his father. As the battle continued, he felt himself grow more and more with the Force. Strength gathering, knowledge growing, and his lightsaber began to move more rapidly. To sped to the point where it looked as if his father had begun to slow down. Luke began to realize that he was going to win. He didn't know how he knew or how quickly it would happen, but he knew he was more powerful now. And he realized that is father knew too. Father, there isn't much time left in this battle. Please come from the light.
This is my destiny, Luke. It cannot be undone. The prophecy MUST be fulfilled.
What are you talking about?
This is the way it must be Luke. When this is over, there is something hanging from my belt behind my back. Take it. I love you, Luke. And Leia. I will miss you both.
But--At that moment, Luke realized that he had just put his lightsaber through his father's chest. He extinguished the blade as his father fell to the ground.
Luke, Leia, and Master Yoda all walked up to Darth Vader, who was laying there very still. Leia and Luke both got to their knees and helped their father sit up.
His breathing was hoarse and very slow. "Luke...Leia. I'm dying."
"No, Father. You don't have to. We'll get a medic droid down here. You can live."
"No, Luke. I don't want to live. I don't deserve to. All the lives that I've destroyed...I only hope that someday, I will be forgiven. But right now, I want to look at the both of you through my old eyes. Please, take my mask off. I don't have the energy for it."
Luke and Leia looked at each other through watery eyes. They nodded at each other. Leia pulled off their father's helmet and dropped it to the ground with a thud. Luke put a hand on each side of the mask, and stalled for just a second before he pulled off the mask to reveal the pale face of a scared and scarred old man.
"Thank you both for helping to release me from the dark side. Master Yoda?"
"I am here."
"Thank you for training my children. They will make very powerful Jedi Knight." Anakin let out a small moan of pain. "Luke? Leia? Succeed where I failed." And Anakin's focus began to blur. Everything went dark. And after this, the slave who became a Jedi Knight; the Jedi Knight who became a Sith; the Sith that destroyed the final Master of the Sith...died.
Luke began to sob quietly as Leia got up to carbonite slab of Han Solo and released him from it. Han's body fell away from the slab. Leia bent over to help him to his feet. He was covered in sweat and breathing heavy. "What--What's going on, Leia? Where am I?"
Softly, she told him, "We're on Coruscant at the Imperial Palace."
"We have to get out of here!"
"It's okay, Han. Master Yoda, Luke and I defeated Darth Vader. We're winning the war, Han."
"Huh? Who's Yoda? And how did you defeat Darth Vader? What's going on?"
Leia embraced Han and said, "Calm down. When we have time, I'll explain everything." She and Han walked back to Luke and Master Yoda. She noticed that Luke had a holo-disc in his hand. "Before he died, this was something that he wanted us to have."
Luke handed it to Leia. She turned it on and they saw a picture of a young man of about 20 years wearing a Jedi Knight robe and a padawan braid. Next to him, was a picture of a young woman somewhere in her mid 20's, who was very beautiful, wearing her long dark hair up. A tear came down Leia's cheek. "That's our mother. That's the face from my memories. And that must be our father. Before he...became Darth Vader."
Luke put his hand on Leia's shoulder. "There's a lot about our family that our father told me. When there's time, I will tell you all about the Skywalker line that he told me."
"Do you think that he'll be forgiven for all that he's done?"
Yoda had been standing off to the side with Han, but now he walked slowly up to Luke and Leia kneeling there. "Only forgiven will a man be, if truly worthy, is he."
Luke and Leia both looked at Yoda, waiting for him to finish.
Yoda nodded. "Forgiven, will he be. Come. Time, it is, to go home."
"I have another test for you. Similar to the test that I had to endure in order to become the Dark Lord of the Sith."
"You mean when you had to kill my mother?" Luke said with no anger. Simply that that was the way it had happened.
"Yes. I have been successful in finding someone close to you in your old life." Darth Vader pulled his com-link from his belt. "Bring him in."
Four Royal Guards came into the chamber with another carbonite slab. When they brought it upright, it was revealed to be Luke's best friend, Han Solo.
"It took much...persuasion for Jabba the Hutt to hand Solo over to us. You will free him from the carbonite, allow him get to his feet and look you right in the eye. Then, you will kill him!"
Luke didn't want to do it, he knew that if he didn't, his father might kill him. Or worse, think him unworthy of the Sith. There's no other way.
Before Luke could answer, a voice came out of Darth Vader's intercom from his throne.
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The hyperdrive in Leia's x-wing began to beep. "We're here, Master Yoda." She shut off the hyperdrive and came back into real space. Coruscant was right there in sight through the canopy. "So, Master Yoda, how are we going to get to Luke?"
"Quickest way to any point, a straight arrow is."
"But isn't that a little dangerous. What if we hurt Luke?"
"Then extra careful, you will have to be. Drawn onto the Force."
As they entered Coruscant's atmosphere, Leia closed her eyes and opened herself to the Force. She sped up her ship...And headed...Straight...Towards...The Palace!
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From Darth Vader's throne intercom, a panicked voice screamed from it. "Invasion near Imperial Palace! Headed directly for the Palace Chamber! Do you copy?"
Before Darth Vader could even respond, the roof exploded with a shower of green lasers. Rafters were crashing to the ground and debris from what used to be a ceiling came down onto the ground, leaving the entire room full of smoke. The only thing that could be made out was a small ship, x- wing class, coming through the hole that was made and landing on the floor.
The canopy opened to reveal Leia and Yoda leaping out of the x-wing. Leia stood before Luke, and Yoda stood before Darth Vader.
"Well Luke, it appears you have an even better test before you. Kill this traitor of the Empire. She deserves death for her treachery."
"Yes, Master." With his lightsaber ignited, he started to approach Leia, who cooly pulled her lightsaber from her belt and ignited the violet blade. Luke stopped in his tracks in surprise to see Leia with a lightsaber.
"Why do you have a lightsaber? You're no Jedi Knight!"
"Yes, I am Luke. I've learned a lot in the past months. I'm even your equal in power. I know this, because..." Leia halted for a split second. This is the only way I know of to bring him back. "Because, we're twins! That was the bond we felt when we met on the Deathstar. You have to know that it's true."
I have a sister? Why is my entire life being hid from me? This is just going to make this that much harder. "Even if that's true, it doesn't matter. My Master has ordered your death. I must obey. I'm destined for the dark side, Leia. I know that now, because there was a lot that Obi-Wan hid from me. Leia, my father was not killed by Darth Vader. My father-- our father...is Darth Vader!"
Leia hadn't expected anything like that at all. Leia hoped that this was a lie. "How can this be true? Why didn't Master Yoda tell me this?"
"Because the Jedi lie, Leia! They manipulate you and tell you what they think you want to hear. The dark side has the real power, Leia. Our father has never lied to me. The Sith tell you how it really is. The Jedi fluff everything up to keep you from knowing and understanding reality."
Luke struck at Leia with his lightsaber and she instinctively blocked the strike with her own lightsaber. The blades struck at one another with a blow so forceful that a small shower of sparks came from them.
As the Skywalker twins continued to give each other blow after blow, Luke started to taunt Leia to distract and intimidate her.
"You're very powerful, Leia. But you aren't my equal in power. Because you are only a Jedi. I am the Dark Lord of the Sith. You can't defeat someone without the dark side, Leia. I was never able to defeat our father without it. If you really think that you can defeat me without using your anger, then just try."
"Do or do not. There is no try." Instinctively, Leia quoted the old Jedi Master who had shown her the key to her power. Luke and Leia's blades locked together and they both started trying to gain the upper hand. Luke had no idea where Leia had gotten the strength, but all of sudden Luke flew back a couple of meters, somehow managing to stay on his feet.
Enraged now, Luke lunged at Leia, but what happened next was something that even the great Jedi Master, Yoda wouldn't have seen coming.
Leia came back at Luke with a spin and strange twist of her lightsaber right at Luke's middle. It wasn't Luke's body that the blade went through, but the hilt of his lightsaber and it blew up in his hands.
The explosion startled Luke so that he jumped back, and tripped onto the floor. He just looked up at Leia, who was still in battle stance, prepared for anything he might have planned. He had a look of complete surprise on his face. They stared at each other for a long moment, before Leia spoke up.
"You see, Luke? You can win with the light side. You don't need to use your anger. Let go of it. You just weren't ready for Darth Vader last time. Now you are. Come back to the light...come back to me."
"I can't, Leia. It's too late. The dark side's grip on me is too strong. My destiny has already been foretold. There's no point in fighting destiny."
"That's not true, Luke! Master Yoda told me all about it." She extinguished her lightsaber. "When Darth Vader-" and winced at her next two words, "-our father began his training, his destiny was to bring balance to the Force. He was going to be the most powerful Jedi Knight who ever lived. Even more powerful than Master Yoda. He was known to many as 'the Chosen One.' But he changed his destiny, because of one choice that he made. You can make a choice too. You don't have to play the hand that has been dealt to you! You can change the destiny foreseen by the Emperor and our father! Please, come back to us!"
Luke began to feel his anger rising up in him. "You're not listening to me! Just like Yoda and Obi-Wan did! You all spew out these little quotes and never open your eyes to what's real. My father has already shown me that there's no line between good and evil. There's only the Force."
"Luke, if you're so much more powerful than me, then how come your lightsaber is destroyed and you're the one sitting on the floor? I know that you think that the dark side is giving you great power, but it's not! You're not just limiting yourself. You're paying a heavy price for power that's weak!"
"You're sounding just like Yoda and Obi-Wan again. They told me that same thing. Only they never say what that 'heavy price' is!" Luke is now challenging Leia. "What is it? Just what's this heavy price for using the dark side Leia?"
"Look at yourself, Luke! Even though you believe you're powerful, you're still angry. You spend your entire life living with your fear. Because that's all that you'll have. That's the life of a Sith. Of both Vader and the Emperor. Isolation. Fear. Pain. I s this the kind of life that you want? I remember when I first met you. The only thing that you wanted was to bring peace to the galaxy. Let that person come back out. You can still change this destiny."
Leia extinguished her lightsaber and tossed it Luke's feet. Luke sat there looking down at the lightsaber near him. The he looked back up to Leia, who had an emotionless expression on her face.
"Take my lightsaber if power is the only thing you care about."
"What if I decide to kill you right now?"
Leia shrugged and said, "That's your decision. But is that who you really want to be? Is that who you are? Is that who you, Luke Skywalker, truly want to be?"
Luke said nothing. He just laid there on the ground looking up at his sister. Leia's words burned through his mind and began a spark of something that he had almost forgotten. That's it...That's the heavy price...Why didn't I see it before?
DON'T LISTEN TO HER! SHE'S CLOUDING YOUR MIND! YOU'RE NOT WEAK! YOUR POWER IS IMMENSE!
No! I have to try and let go.
YOU'LL LOSE YOUR FATHER! BY LETTING GO OF YOUR ANGER, YOU'LL NEVER HAVE YOUR FATHER BACK!
But I'll have my sister...A twin sister. She's right. I could kill her. But that's not who I am. That's not who I want to be.
Luke picked up Leia's lightsaber and got up to his feet. He walked up to Leia and after a few moments reached out for her right hand and pulled it towards him. He placed her lightsaber into her hand and closed it around the metal hilt. They stood there for a moment, and almost as if it had been timed out, they put their arms around each other and just stood there clung together.
We won't have our father after this, Luke. But at least we'll have each other. Together with Master Yoda, the Jedi Knights can one day flourish in the galaxy again.
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While all of this was going on, Master Yoda and Darth Vader were having their own battle. It had been many years since Master Yoda had fought with his lightsaber. He had lost a step or two and was not quite as quick, but he was still great enough for to be a challenge for Darth Vader. Yoda dodged and weaved away from Vader's blade; always moving, he was in a dance of the Force: striking, parrying, thrusting, weaving, leaping into the air.
Finally, their blades locked and they stood there staring at one another. To an onlooker, this would seem very comical to see the great Darth Vader in a duel with a little green creature who came only up to just above his knee. But to Vader, this was a very serious duel. "Now, I can prove to Luke who the true Master is. After I destroy you, Yoda."
"Foreseen this, I have. But already lost, have you. Destroyed the Emperor, you may have, but Leia already has brought Luke back from the dark side. Sense it, I do."
"That is not possible. Luke is completely within my power. There's nothing that you could do to take him away."
"True, this is. Nothing that I can do, is there. But possible, it would be, to be brought back by.his sister. Your daughter, she would be."
"My power over Luke will never change. He is mine."
"Similar, do you mean, to the Emperor's power over you?"
"I'm sorry, Father. I cannot be the Dark Lord of the Sith. The Sith must end here." Darth Vader turned around to see Luke standing next to Leia, who had her lightsaber ignited, ready to fight. Luke, Leia, and Master Yoda formed a circle around Darth Vader.
Despite everything that he had done, Luke knew that he felt compassion for his father, and didn't want it to end this way. "It doesn't have to be this way, Father. Please, let go of your hate."
"Are you trying to make me let go of the dark side? It's too late for me, son. Obi-Wan and Yoda filled your mind with a lot of lies. The dark side is where the true power is!"
"No, Father. You're wrong. I was wrong. The dark side isn't more powerful. It's just easier. It gives you all of your power at once. That's why it seems to be so powerful. You don't have to die here, Father. When you were telling me about my mother, I could tell that even though you had to kill her, you still loved her. I think you still do. There has to still good in you. Somewhere, in your mind, a small bit of Anakin Skywalker still lives. Please, Father. For me. And for Leia. Let him come out."
"I will never turn from the dark side, Luke. Never!"
Leia took a step towards Darth Vader, but Luke stopped her. "No, Leia. Let me do this. I must carry the burden."
Leia stared into Luke's eyes and nodded as she deactivated her lightsaber and handed it to him. Please be careful. We've come so far, I don't want to have to watch you die now.
Darth Vader and Luke began their ultimate battle. A rematch that Luke swore to himself would not be a failure like last time. Luke became one with the Force as he battled his father. As the battle continued, he felt himself grow more and more with the Force. Strength gathering, knowledge growing, and his lightsaber began to move more rapidly. To sped to the point where it looked as if his father had begun to slow down. Luke began to realize that he was going to win. He didn't know how he knew or how quickly it would happen, but he knew he was more powerful now. And he realized that is father knew too. Father, there isn't much time left in this battle. Please come from the light.
This is my destiny, Luke. It cannot be undone. The prophecy MUST be fulfilled.
What are you talking about?
This is the way it must be Luke. When this is over, there is something hanging from my belt behind my back. Take it. I love you, Luke. And Leia. I will miss you both.
But--At that moment, Luke realized that he had just put his lightsaber through his father's chest. He extinguished the blade as his father fell to the ground.
Luke, Leia, and Master Yoda all walked up to Darth Vader, who was laying there very still. Leia and Luke both got to their knees and helped their father sit up.
His breathing was hoarse and very slow. "Luke...Leia. I'm dying."
"No, Father. You don't have to. We'll get a medic droid down here. You can live."
"No, Luke. I don't want to live. I don't deserve to. All the lives that I've destroyed...I only hope that someday, I will be forgiven. But right now, I want to look at the both of you through my old eyes. Please, take my mask off. I don't have the energy for it."
Luke and Leia looked at each other through watery eyes. They nodded at each other. Leia pulled off their father's helmet and dropped it to the ground with a thud. Luke put a hand on each side of the mask, and stalled for just a second before he pulled off the mask to reveal the pale face of a scared and scarred old man.
"Thank you both for helping to release me from the dark side. Master Yoda?"
"I am here."
"Thank you for training my children. They will make very powerful Jedi Knight." Anakin let out a small moan of pain. "Luke? Leia? Succeed where I failed." And Anakin's focus began to blur. Everything went dark. And after this, the slave who became a Jedi Knight; the Jedi Knight who became a Sith; the Sith that destroyed the final Master of the Sith...died.
Luke began to sob quietly as Leia got up to carbonite slab of Han Solo and released him from it. Han's body fell away from the slab. Leia bent over to help him to his feet. He was covered in sweat and breathing heavy. "What--What's going on, Leia? Where am I?"
Softly, she told him, "We're on Coruscant at the Imperial Palace."
"We have to get out of here!"
"It's okay, Han. Master Yoda, Luke and I defeated Darth Vader. We're winning the war, Han."
"Huh? Who's Yoda? And how did you defeat Darth Vader? What's going on?"
Leia embraced Han and said, "Calm down. When we have time, I'll explain everything." She and Han walked back to Luke and Master Yoda. She noticed that Luke had a holo-disc in his hand. "Before he died, this was something that he wanted us to have."
Luke handed it to Leia. She turned it on and they saw a picture of a young man of about 20 years wearing a Jedi Knight robe and a padawan braid. Next to him, was a picture of a young woman somewhere in her mid 20's, who was very beautiful, wearing her long dark hair up. A tear came down Leia's cheek. "That's our mother. That's the face from my memories. And that must be our father. Before he...became Darth Vader."
Luke put his hand on Leia's shoulder. "There's a lot about our family that our father told me. When there's time, I will tell you all about the Skywalker line that he told me."
"Do you think that he'll be forgiven for all that he's done?"
Yoda had been standing off to the side with Han, but now he walked slowly up to Luke and Leia kneeling there. "Only forgiven will a man be, if truly worthy, is he."
Luke and Leia both looked at Yoda, waiting for him to finish.
Yoda nodded. "Forgiven, will he be. Come. Time, it is, to go home."