Chapter 12

Admiral Ackbar stood on the bridge in stunned belief, looking out the observation window at the again approaching Imperial fleet. Round two was coming. It was impossible to win, fifty to twenty. The Imperials last attack had completely reduced their fleet size in half. No way could they stand another head on battle.

It was up to the fighters down on Coruscaunt to deactivate the power generator and stop the Super Star Destroyer. There was little hope, now that they hadn't received any form of communication in the past ten minutes. Ackbar stared back at the destroyers in silence.

Around him, confusion was everywhere. Communicators were trying to contact the other Rebel ships and the Falcon, while others ran from screen to port, shouting, directing, and even misdirecting. An aide handed Ackbar a comlink. Han Solo's voice was coming through barely through static.

"Home-One, this….Solo. Des-…power…-rator. Esc…ing…chain react…in…progress. Lost…a few of our…-ters. Collaps-…tunn-…" Then the comlink went dead. Ackbar's eyes deepened with sorrow. He had to know what was going on.

He looked back towards the Imperial fleet closing in on their positions. It was hopeless. The fighters had failed. The rebels had failed. He had failed. But then a bright light caught his attention on the Super Star Destroyer. Blue streaks of lightening randomly spout out from the body of the ship. The lights that had lit the Imperial warship before all turned off at once. The two round shield generators atop the destroyer burst into flame as lightening ruptured the structures.

It was a marvel to behold. The huge ship started to lean to one side as it lost control of steering. Before long it would be turned directly towards the emptiness of space, opposite Coruscaunt.

Ackbar commanded what he would do next to the officers and captains around him. "Fire at that destroyer! Its defense less now, but in a few minutes it will have its power back up!" The Admiral's eyes looked on as streaks of red soared towards the Imperial cruiser.

Inside the Super Star Destroyer, three people ran down a hallway leading to the docking bay. It was Leia, who had just been rescued from the prison cell by Luke and the ghostly form of Obi-wan Kenobi. The ship rocked as it was hit by continuous fire. The corridor leaned slightly to the left more and more each minute.

"The ship's main hanger should be just around this corner." Said Ben. "If were lucky a shuttle will be there for our escape."

"We're lucky we found you Leia." Luke mentioned. "Or you would have been Bantha Fodder in a second."

"Well I wasn't planning on staying in the first place." Leia replied. "Once is enough for onboard an Imperial Vessel."

"What about Yoda?" Luke asked Ben.

"He's fine." Ben answered. "The force is with him. Oh here we are."

The three rounded the corner and emerged into the hanger bay. In the middle was a huge hole that exited into space. By the walls were Luke's starfighter and one Imperial shuttle. R2 rolled over to them from the fighter and whistled in concern.

"I know R2, the ships breaking apart. Let's get going." Luke said.

The three ran over to the ships and got inside. R2 and Luke in his Jedi starfighter; Leia and Ben inside the shuttle. The two craft lifted off and slowly descended out of the destroyer and back to the Rebel Fleet.

In the holding office onboard the damaged vessel, the battle between Yoda and Sidious raged on. They were on the stairs now dueling with their lightsabers. For one so old, Sidious was keeping up well with the Force-consumed Jedi. The Sith lunged at the little green Jedi. Yoda blocked the stab with equal speed, recovering with a counter slash that the politician parried. Another attack and Yoda countered again, using this opportunity to get farther from the Dark Lord.

They continued to trade blows, with Yoda now backing toward the end of the stairs. Their sabers clashed, and the two energies produced a violent, sparking and flashing. Each combatant tried to overcome the other. Seeing this chance, Yoda took his free hand and using the Force, slammed him off of the stairs and into the wall behind him.

In the mix of all this, Sidious' saber had fell from his grasp. He looked around, still dizzy, but couldn't find it. His face saddened in defeat and exhaustion. "I'm too weak. Don't kill me. Please."

Yoda deactivated his blade and slowly walked towards the Sith, but not too close.

Sidious continues. "It's not the Jedi way. You must come to reason."

"Jedi way, you say?" Yoda shook his head in disagreement. "For ten thousand years Jedi taught in their way, look now where it got them. Jedi way, we have not, only the Force."

Sidious. "Jedi way? The Force is the Sith's way!"

"You are wrong." Said the disembodied voice of Qui-gon. "The Force is everyone's way. It is available to all that are willing to learn. This is where you, Sidious, have failed."

"What! Master Jinn! How could this be?" Exclaimed the frightened Sith.

"You aren't listening." The wise master spoke. "The darkside is fast and quick to power, but we, were patient enough to learn the very thing you wanted. Eternal life."

Sidious' eyes widened with fear. This was impossible. How could have they found it! He thought he had destroyed their order. " I will destroy the Jedi. Eternal life or not! Lightening spewed from his hands aimed at the Force ghost of Yoda. All of Sidious' hatred and evil fueled him. "Die Jedi! Die!

But to his amazement, Yoda just lifted his arms over his head and embraced the oncoming attack. His spirit absorbed the lightening coming from the foe. Even as the attack intensified Yoda kept on embracing the incredible Force power.

The Emperor had a face of doubt as he watched Yoda. How could this be happening! His hands started to become tingly. He was using every last bit of energy on Yoda. Then his skin started to peel and become a face white color. All over his body shades of white or deep purple started to appear. The Sith Lord's wrinkled face started to become older and older. His eyes were deep scarlet red. The bones on his face became more and more distinguishable. It was a face of evil!

As his onslaught went on, Sidious' source of lightning started to move up his arms. Instead of just his hands, both his arms were spewing lightening. He started to scream in pain as the lightening concentrated on him instead of Yoda. His face became electrocuted and soon his whole body! Smoke started to rise from him as he felt more and more pain.

Yoda looked on at the creature dieing in pain. He could have helped him, but this was the right thing to do.

"I HATE YOU MASTER JEDI!" He screamed as the lightening stopped. He fell on his knees for a moment and whispered: "Good-bye Empire, good-bye Sith." And then fell face forward onto the floor. And that was it, the last of the Sith was dead.

Across the galaxy a celebration was taking place…

…on Utapau, people crowded the streets cheering and riding their fast and cliff climbing lizards, varactyls…

…on Yavin IV the remaining Rebels that lived there in peace, looked up to the heavens with smile upon their faces…

…on Naboo thousands of humans and Gunguns roared through the streets trumpeting horns and throwing confetti…

…on Kashyyyk Wookies swung from tree to tree, finally free from slavery…

…on Bespin cloud cars raced past tons of people, igniting fire works as they went by…

…on Geonosis upon the ruins of Trade Federation core ships and spires; the last remaining Geonosians fluttered their wings as the got the good news…

…somewhere in space an Imperial warship floated through the stars, its destination unknown…

And finally on Coruscaunt, a young Jedi knight, two fearless smugglers, a beautiful princess, a daring Wookie, and two silly droids watched from atop a balcony the celebration of the various aliens and humans finally free from the Galactic Empire. Off in the distance lights and fireworks exploded across the city. Rebel star ships emerged from the clouds above, and countless fighters soared through the buildings. And as if from a dream, the group of heroes noticed two glowing forms walk into the sunset towards a five spired building glowing in the distance…

And this is how it ended…

…the Sith defeated…

…the Jedi victorious…

…the Empire gone…

…and the Republic reformed.

The End