Authors Note: Thanks again to all who have sent me feedback concerning this tale. Once again thanks again to my best friend and beta reader Kym "Idea Girl" for giving me this great idea.
Family Ties Chapter 5 - An Ice World, a Base and More Dreams
Luke Skywalker and Artoo-Detoo and his Rogue Squad along with Han Solo, Chewie, Princess Leia Organa and C3PO had landed on the sixth planet of the Hoth System, to help establish the new rebel base.
Hoth was an isolated and desolate world because of the extreme freezing temperatures. This seemed to be a perfect place for the alliance to hide and establish this new base in secret. There didn't seem to be any life forms on the planet at all.
The months had passed and the base was established. With things seeming settled down it looked like things were getting back to some sense of normalcy.
Han and Leia were once again at odds with one thing or another. Rogue squad was in tip top shape and battle ready if needed. Luke had finally found time to actually get some well deserved rest. As he lay in bed he thought of his mother, he had just had that one dream before they came to this world.
Now he wanted to know more. He was torn because he wanted to understand Vader's reasons for wanting him alive he felt that it must have something to do with his father Anakin at the same time he wanted to try and learn more about Anakin and the woman in his dream named Padme who claimed to be his mother. Was it even possible that Vader, Anakin, Padme and Obi-Wan all had a connection? Luke closed is eyes and went to sleep.
Luke awoke once again to sounds he was back on his uncle's farm on Tattooine. He walked to dining area and saw Padme.
Padme smiled at her son and spoke "Owen and Beru send you their love Luke; it's just not possible for them to be here. You were right in your thoughts that there is a connection between your father, myself, Obi-Wan and Vader and believe me I'll come to it in time. Luke in order for you to understand this connection, you first have to understand my relationship with your father. This is going to take awhile to explain so let's sit and get comfortable."
Padme gestured for the table and chairs. Luke sat down and waited for Padme to begin.
"As I said before I didn't see your father again for ten years. While your father remained on Coruscant, I went back to Naboo to finish serving out my term as queen and then later on the new queen asked me to serve as a Senator in the Republic Senate on Coruscant. It was not a peaceful time, Count Dooku a former Jedi Knight and Nute Gunery the Viceroy of Trade Federation had started and was leading a movement for several solar systems to separate from the Republic. The separatist movement had overwhelmed the Jedi Knights and had made it difficult for them to maintain peace and order all through the republic. In response the senate was going to vote on an issue of creating an army for the republic to assist the Jedi."
"I had worked for over a year on this very issue, on my return to Coruscant there was an attempt on my life, Chancellor Palpatine who was also from Naboo insisted that I be under protection of the Jedi. So I was placed in the protection of Obi-Wan and your father Anakin. Anakin swore that they would find out who it was that was trying to kill me, when a second attempt was made Anakin and Obi-Wan caught the assassin that was killed before she named the bounty hunter. Obi-Wan went in search of who was actually behind the attempts on my life while Anakin and I went back to Naboo.
"It was on Naboo that your father first kissed me, we were in the lake country at my family retreat on the balcony over looking the lake, one minute we were talking, the next minute we were kissing. I pulled away and came to my senses. Later we went on a picnic and we talked, we laughed, we had fun. When we returned later on to the house our talk became serious. We ended up deciding not to fall in love but I was already in love with him. I wasn't about to give into it, even though Anakin said that we could keep it a secret from the JedI Council and the Senate. I told him that we would be living a lie and that it would eventually catch up with us and destroy us."
"Later that night I heard your father moaning in his sleep, he was having a nightmare, the next morning I saw our father meditating I was going to leave but he asked me to stay."
"He had been having dreams of his mother and believed that she was in trouble because she was in pain. He wanted to go to Tattooine to find her. I told him I would go with him, so we left Naboo headed for Tattooine. We first went to Mos Espa back to the Toydarian named Watto who once owned both Anakin and Shimi. Watto had told your father that he sold Shimi to a moister farmer on the other side of Mos Esisley, by the name of Clegg Lars. Clegg had freed her and then married her."
"We found the farm and that was the first time that your father and I had met Owen and Beru. Owen was Clegg's son which made which made them step-brothers. Clegg introduced himself to us. Your father's droid C3PO was still with Shimi but Shimi had been taken by the tuskan raiders sand people as you would call them. Nobody held out any hope that she was still alive, because according to Clegg she had been missing for a month. Your father was determined to go and find her and he did. She died in his arms; your father in his grief killed every one of them in that camp. The men, the women and even the children he knew it was wrong but his anger got the better of him, after we buried Shimi Artoo came out of the ship with an urgent message from Obi-Wan that needed to be sent to the council on Coruscant.
"Obi-Wan had apparently tracked this bounty hunter to a planet called Kamino. He had learned that a JedI master had paid the Kamino's who were cloners to build a clone army."
"The council had never given such order. Obi-Wan had learned the name of the bounty hunter. His name was Jango Fett he escaped Kamino when Obi-Wan had tried to arrest him so that he could take him back to Coruscant for questioning by the council. Obi-Wan had tracked him to a planet called Genosis; Obi-Wan had learned that Viceroy Gunery was behind the actual attempts on my life. During the message Obi-Wan had been attacked by something and captured. The council ordered Anakin and I to stay here on Tattooine, but I wanted to go and help Obi-Wan since we could get there quicker then the other JedI; so your father and I along with Artoo and Threepio left Tattooine and headed for Genosis."
"We landed and got inside, but we got captured. It was right before they led us out to the arena that I told your father that I loved him, we kissed and then we were led out to where Obi-Wan were."
"There was a battle and the JedI Knights had infiltrated the arena and then Count Dooku unleashed the droid army. Many JedI died that day. Master Yoda had rounded up the clone army from Kamino."
"Chancellor Palpatine had been given emergency power by the senate to create the army for the republic and so Yoda brought the clone army to Genosis to help the JedI."
"They rounded up the survivors including Obi-Wan, your father and I. Another battle ensued and I was knocked out of the transport. Your father and Obi-Wan went after Count Dooku there was a lightsaber battle and Obi-Wan and your father were both injured. Count Dooku severed your father's right arm from his elbow down."
"Yoda and Dooku had a battle and Count Dooku had revealed that a Sith Lord had control of the senate and his master was indeed this Sith Lord. Count Dooku escaped. That battle on Genosis Luke was the first battle of the clone wars. We returned to Coruscant were your father and Obi-Wan could receive medical attention by doctors as well as JedI healers."
"Soon after your father and I returned to Naboo and were married in secret. Shortly after that your father went through his trials and became a JedI Knight."
"It wasn't long after Anakin was knighted that your father and Obi-Wan were sent to the Outer Rim. Your father and Obi-Wan had made quite a reputation. Obi-Wan and Anakin were both generals and Obi-Wan was known as the Negotiator while your father was known as the Hero With No Fear."
"It was long before General Grievious and Count Dooku had gotten to Coruscant and kidnapped Chancellor Palpatine. The council had recalled your father and Obi-Wan back from the Outer Rim Sieges in order to rescue the Chancellor."
"My time is once again growing short I will tell you the rest another time."
Padme stood up and went to hug her son. "Stay safe, I love you son."
Luke awoke wide eyed and realized he was back in room on Hoth. He got up and went to the fresher then went to join Han and Leia for the morning briefing.
Meanwhile on the other side of the galaxy Darth Vader stood on the bridge of the Superstar Destroyer Executor and stared out the stars trying to sense his son Luke. When for brief moment he thought sensed a familiar presence.