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Chapter Four - The Woes Of Luke Skywalker

"T-Tatooine, are you sure" Luke asked Kenobi.

"Yes, very, can you not feel it in the force?" He replied

Deep down Luke knew he was right, but he could not comprehend an attack on the people of his home planet.

"Does this planet hold some significance to you Luke?"

"Yes, i'm afraid it does. You see it is my home planet so I suppose it should give me more of an insentive to fight but I couldn't stand my people being attacked, I just couldn't. We must stop this, why Tatooine Rikki?"

"Vithrah wants to destroy the large power station on Tatooine as it is a focal point of the defences on Corruscant. If he destroys the power station, Corruscant is vunrable. He knows we will travel there to stop him too, so we must be doubley careful."

"Very well, Han, lets go you have to pilot us, I just wouldn't feel safe with anyone else" He said with a smile on his face, although deep down he felt a tearing feeling inside him.

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When they boarded General Solo's private craft, the Millennium Falcon, Princess Leia kissed them all goodbye and made Luke, Han and Kenobi that they would all return safely to her. Plo and Ki offered to join them but Rikki said that the 4 of them might not go unnoticed and could attract unwanted attention from the inhabiting Tuskans. Luke seemed very distant, almost as though he wasn't there.

His life had been turned upside down in the last 8 years. He had gone from a humble farmer's boy to a Jedi Knight under the trainership of Yoda and Obi-Wan Kenobi to the leader of the New Republic. He had discovered the truth about his father Darth Vader, and watched as he sacrificed himself to save his son. His dying words still echoed through Luke's mind everyday: "Tell your sister, tell her, you were right about me," and there lied another tale, finding out that the leader of the Rebel Alliance, Princess Leia was infact his sister.

Even now he sat and thought about what might have been if his father had not turned to the side of evil, or if he had joined his father on the Dark Side. He was told he was the chosen one by his father and The Emperor, and now the son of his mentor Obi-Wan appeared out of nowhere and was proclaimmed as the Chosen One who would defeat the Dark Side. Luke felt a great deal fo resentment and jealousy towards him, but tried to hide these dark feelings deep down inside him. The Force was puzzling him also, he felt great struggles of power, and a gigantic sense of forboding, like it was all going to end soon, but Rikki had said this was not to happen for a long while yet.

For now though Luke was happy enough to lock himself away and practice his Jedi arts in preperation for his showdown with the Sith. He would let Kenobi work out the mission, and leave Han to pilot the ship. For now he couldn't care less what happened.

"How much further General?" asked Rikki at the front of the ship

"About 5 minutes less than the last time you asked" He retorted

"Sorry, its just I haven't travelled as a passenger in a Spaceship since my father took me to Dantooine. Time passes quicker when you pilot don't you find General?"

"Please, call me Han. I knew your father, he was a crazy old man. I saw his dissappearence aboard the Death Star with Luke and Leia. So did Chewie here,"

A large creature with matted brown hair was sat at the controls. He was of course, the Wookie Chewbacca Han Solo's sidekick and companion. Also aboard the Falcon were two droids, C-3PO and R2-D2, both working hard in the Electronics bay decoding planetary codes and other technical things Rikki was not concerned with.

After about another hour they landed on Tatooine and were greated by the Senator for the planet, an elderly bald black man named Lance Traumanic who showed them to their quarters in the Republic base.

"Tomorrow me and Luke will travel to the power generator and take control of the guarding units there. You're free to spend some time in the Tatooine markets, you may be able to find some parts to upgrade -"

Kenobi's instructions to Han were quickly interupted

"Kid, I know my way around Tatooine, I worked here as a smuggler years ago"

"Very well Han, but I think you will find things have changed a lot since then."

As the sun set on Tatooine, as hooded figure was landing in the desert. Followed by three other hooded figures he was unmistakable as Darth Vithrah, the Jedi's adversary. The confrontation was imminant.