Thanks for the reviews. Electric amish – thanks for saying I was accurate, I'm trying to keep it accurate and keep it in line with what happened in A New Hope and Empire Strikes Back. Here's Chapter 3.
Luke knew Vader was powerful, but he didn't know how powerful until that moment. He could feel the raw, surging energy and anger from the man, the machine, an anger which made him unstoppable.
Luke kept trying to block Vader's strong swings with his blue lightsaber, but Vader was edging him back, further and further. Luke swung his lightsaber, but the Dark Lord easily dodged this and thrust his lightsaber forward, narrowly missing Luke. Vader than brought his lightsaber down. Luke blocked again, but the swing was so strong he nearly fell back into the wall.
"You are strong with the Force, Skywalker," Vader said menacingly. "But you are no match for my powers. Only your hatred can destroy me."
But he had been overconfident. Luke pressed forward with his lightsaber, pushing Vader back. Vader smashed down with his lightsaber, nearly cutting Luke in half. However Luke parried this and jumped forward and slashed at the Sith lord. Vader just dodged a fatal injury but the lightsaber cut his right shoulder. Vader yelled out in pain, and then started slashing viciously at Luke in a blind rage. Luke kept jumping back and dodging each swing, but soon he was up against the wall. Vader quickly swung upwards, cutting Luke's lightsaber in half. Luke fell against the wall, and Vader lowered his red lightsaber until it was at Luke's throat.
"You will not escape me, Skywalker. Soon you, and your friends, will be dead."
Meanwhile, Han Solo walked out onto the balcony and looked out again. C-3PO stood in a corner. His friend, R2 D2 whistled and beeped. Leia was getting impatient.
"There's nothing there, Han!" she exclaimed.
"Luke hasn't come back yet," Han replied, still looking out. Chewbacca growled softly.
Suddenly, a huge explosion across the street threw Han back into the room. R2 toppled over as several red blasts shot into the room, missing Han by inches. Chewbacca roared and picked up his gun, a Wookiee bowcaster. Han drew out his blaster pistol. C-3PO shouted out as a blast narrowly missed him.
"Stormtroopers," Han muttered.
"Come on!" Leia yelled, as more blasts shattered the windows. Han looked out at the street to see a group of about twenty stormtroopers aiming at the room from the street.
Han quickly shot one in the head, as did Chewbacca. However, several more blasts came from the street. Han looked down at them to see three thermal detonators flying towards them.
"Bombs!" he yelled, as the detonators came through the window. Han and Chewbacca dived as the explosion ripped half of the room away. The two beds were thrown out of the room, and debris and rubble littered the street below them. The group ran out of the room and down the stairs. They made their way towards the back door when about a ton of rubble came hurtling down, blocking their path, filling the corridor with dust.
"We have to go out the front door!" Han shouted.
"Are you crazy?" Leia yelled back. "All those stormtroopers are there!"
Suddenly, they went quiet as the building creaked on its foundations. Han realised, with horror, that the whole hotel was about to collapse. They would all be crushed, or they would suffocate. Han turned to Leia, and smiled grimly.
"I don't think we have much of a choice, your highness," he whispered. He turned and ran down the corridor, shouting at the others to follow him. Chewbacca came up behind him, and Leia and the droids followed. Han jumped out of the front door, blasting at the stormtroopers standing in front of him, killing three of them. Chewbacca came out next, blasting four stormtroopers. Han dodged several shots, hitting another trooper as Leia and the droids emerged from the hotel, which was burning. Five stormtroopers remained.
"Retreat!" the leader yelled, and they started to run away.
"Chewie, get them!" Han shouted, as he blasted one of them. Chewbacca roared and took down two more. Han ran forward and shot a trooper, leaving only the leader left. Han raised his blaster pistol and pointed at the stormtrooper.
"Don't move!" he yelled. The stormtrooper turned around as the rest ran up, Chewbacca pointing his gun in the trooper's direction.
"What are you doing here? Who led you here?" Han demanded.
"Vader led us here, there's only about thirty of us, but there will be more. You rebel scum will soon be dead," the trooper said. Han swiftly shot him in the head, and then turned to Chewbacca, Leia, and the droids.
"Leia, you and the droids go to the Falcon, start her up. Me and Chewie will try and find Luke."
Leia nodded, and she, C-3PO and R2-D2 walked over to the hangar. Han turned to Chewbacca.
"Let's go, Chewie."
Darth Vader stood, his lightsaber at Luke's throat.
"Obi-Wan has taught you well, Skywalker. But you will not escape me."
The Sith lord paused for a moment.
"Obi-Wan never told you, did he?"
"What?" Luke said fiercely. "He told me you killed my father."
Vader paused again, his lightsaber still at Luke's throat. He was about to speak again but suddenly he turned round. Luke turned as well to see Han and Chewbacca standing a few metres away from Vader, their guns raised.
Vader raised his lightsaber. Chewbacca and Han shot several blasts at him. He deflected them easily, then ran forward. Han kept blasting at Vader. However, the dark lord deflected these shots again, and swung his lightsaber at Han. The smuggler dived underneath the swing and ran over to Luke.
"Let's go, kid!"
Luke stood up and started to run away but found himself face to face with Vader. The Sith warrior raised his lightsaber and was about to bring it down when Chewbacca shot him in the back. Vader was blasted forward, but his armour prevented most of the damage. He jumped up to see Han, Chewbacca and Luke running away. He didn't chase them. He put his lightsaber back and walked through the gates back to his TIE fighter.
He would catch them on the Executor.
Okay, still not a very long chapter, but I hope you all enjoyed that! Please review!