Sith Redemption
Star Wars V
The Prince's Revelation
ABY 3
Dagobah System
"Away with your weapon! I mean you no harm," Yoda said.
"I'm on Jedi business, if you can't help me move along," Luke said to Yoda.
"Jedi, you seek Jedi," Yoda guessed.
"Yes, I'm looking for a certain exile named Yoda," Luke clarified.
"Yoda, take you to him," Yoda said.
Luke put his lunch away and stared at the creature. "You will show me where he is, or I will kill you," Luke threatened.
"Kill me will you, then you will fail," Yoda said.
Luke rethought his position. "All right, bring me to this Yoda, I'll give you whatever you want," Luke promised.
"I want this," Yoda said grabbing Luke's flashlight. R2 disagreed struggling with Yoda over the flashlight.
"Let him have it," Luke allowed.
"Come, take you to Yoda I will," Yoda said walking towards his dwelling. Luke followed the creature toward his hut.
"Stay with the ship," Luke ordered the droid.
Back on the Falcon
"Sir, I don't know where your ship learned to communicate, but it has the most peculiar dialect. I believe, sir, it says that the power coupling on the negative axis has been polarized. I'm afraid you'll have to replace it," C3PO reported.
"Well, of course I'll have to replace it," Han said annoyed.
"Here! And Chewie..." Han began giving Chewie some equipment. "I think we'd better replace the negative power coupling," Han said taking C3PO's idea as his own.
Meanwhile Leia worked on welding a valve in order to reengage the system. Unable to work on technical failures she limited herself to what she could do. Unfortunately even this task proved difficult. Han saw her struggling and moved to help her.
"Hey, Your Worship, I'm only trying to help," Han said after Leia pushed him away.
"Would you please stop calling me that?" Leia said still struggling with the lever.
"Sure, Leia," Han called her by her name probably for the first time.
"Oh, you make it so difficult sometimes," Leia said still failing to work the lever.
"I do, I really do. You could be a little nicer, though," Han commented. "Come on, admit it. Sometimes you think I'm all right," Han said judging her reaction.
"Occasionally….maybe...when you aren't acting like a scoundrel," Leia said fed up with the lever.
"Scoundrel? Scoundrel? I like the sound of that," Han laughed.
Leia used the Force to push the lever into place. In the process she had her hand outstretched. Han took her hand massaging it.
"Stop that, my hands are dirty," she protested.
"My hands are dirty too, what are you afraid of?" Han asked her.
"Afraid?" Leia denied the idea.
"You're trembling," Han observed.
"I am not trembling," Leia still in denial.
"You like me because I'm a scoundrel. There aren't enough scoundrels in your life," Han said moving closer to her.
Leia attempted to read his mind, but became frustrated when she realized he was still counting cards in his head.
"I love it when you do that," Han smirked.
"Do what?" Leia asked confused.
"Read people's minds," Han said smiling.
"I don't read minds," Leia brushed off the accusation.
"It's okay, you're an open book to me," Han allowed.
"I happen to like nice men," Leia said contradicting him.
"I'm a nice man," Han said.
"No, you're not…." Leia began as Han kissed her.
"Sir, sir! I've isolated the reverse power flux coupling," C3PO said excited.
"Thank you. Thank you very much," Han said giving the droid an icy stare.
"Oh, you're perfectly welcome, sir," C3PO said not noticing Han's glaring expression.
Turning away from the droid he realized that Leia had walked away.
Inside the asteroid field Star Destroyers had received heavy damage from the asteroids. The Executor's elite shields had prevented any serious damage. Anakin was in the center of the hologram room where twenty captains were assembled.
Suddenly one of the captains disappeared as his ship's bridge exploded. Anakin didn't care to notice. " ..and that, Lord Vader, was the last time they appeared in any of our scopes. Considering the amount of damage we've sustained, they must have been destroyed," Captain Needa said.
Captain Needa had been the lieutenant commander of the Venator star destroyer that destroyed General Greivous' ship, the Invisible Hand. "No, Captain, they're alive. I want every ship available to sweep the asteroid field until they are found," Anakin ordered.
The Imperial captains faded out returning to their tasks. Anakin turned to Admiral Piett. "I will be in my chambers, I don't want to be disturbed," Anakin said leaving the admiral.
Anakin went into his chambers. "The Force is not with me, I can't find her," Anakin said.
"Patience my love, you will find her. She will be revealed to you," Padme assured him.
"How, my officers have failed me," Anakin said.
"Look beyond your officers, your empire. Look for familiar friends," Padme said.
"I understand, I will not fail," Anakin said.
"Luke, he will confront you," Padme told him.
"Confront…what do you mean?" Anakin asked confused.
"He is angry and filled with rage. He will attack you," Padme predicted.
"How can this be?" Anakin asked dismayed.
"He blames you for my death, you must have mercy on him," Padme said.
"If he holds these feelings I will help him to know the truth," Anakin promised.
"What is the truth my love?" Padme tested him.
"You were killed by Obiwan, and for that his memory and all those who follow his ways will be destroyed," Anakin said.
"Thank you my love," Padme said fading from him.
Luke entered Yoda's small hut. The hut that was bound by the Force making it impossible for Anakin or any Jedi for that matter to find him. "Look, I'm sure it's delicious. I just don't understand why we can't see Yoda now," Luke complained after tasting Yoda's horrible food.
"Patience! For the Jedi it is time to eat as well. Eat, eat. Hot. Good food, hm? Good, hmm?" Yoda said.
"Patience is for those who allow evil to occur unchecked," Luke said taking a teaching from his father.
"Much of your father I see in you," Yoda observed.
"How could you know my father, you don't even know who I am. We're wasting our time," Luke said beginning to become angry.
"I cannot teach him. The boy has no patience," Yoda said to Obiwan.
"He will learn," Obiwan's ghost responded.
It dawned on Luke to what Yoda really was. He took out his pistol and pointed it at Yoda. "Master Yoda," Luke addressed ready to pull the trigger.
"Much anger in you I sense," Yoda said not fearing the weapon.
"And you're a fool," Luke said about to pull the trigger. Yoda suddenly Force pushed Luke out of the hut. The walls were blasted open. Luke hit a tree hard, the pistol knocked out of his hands.
Yoda walked calmly toward Luke with a cane to help him. Luke got back to his feet. "Kill me you could, but wise it would be to learn the secrets of the Force," Yoda said.
"The only thing I need to learn is power. Power brings understanding," Luke replied.
Yoda shook his head. "The dark side I sense in you. The path to power is a path to suffering," Yoda told him.
"And you see peace and happiness in this place exile," Luke spat.
"My home this is," Yoda said.
"The only truth is in power, if you cannot defeat me than you will not be master over me," Luke said igniting his blue light saber.
Yoda watched as Luke charged at him. Raising his hand he Force blasted Luke into the lake. With his hands he sent the X-wing further into the swamp making it impossible for it to be retrieved.
"I'll kill you," Luke said enraged. He raised his hands and shot Force lighting at Yoda. Yoda absorbed the energy and shot it back blasting Luke to the ground. "Much to learn you still have," Yoda said.
Luke struggled to get up. Yoda Force paralyzed him in place. "From me you will learn or never will you leave," Yoda said. Luke saw his ship fall into the swamp until it was completely covered in water.
"All right, Chewie, let's get out of here!" Han ordered running toward the cockpit.
"The Empire is still out there. I don't think it's wise to..." Leia began as Han rushed past her.
"No time to discuss this as a committee," Han said interrupting her.
"I am not a committee," Leia said angrily catching up to Han.
"You can't make the jump to light-speed in this asteroid field..." Leia protested.
"Sit down, sweetheart. We're taking off!" Han informed her. The Falcon lifted off and headed toward the exit of the cave.
"Look!" C3PO said as the cave began to collapse.
"I see it," Han said increasing the speed of the ship.
"The cave is collapsing," Leia said startled.
"This is no cave," Han said as the monster's teeth began to close.
"What?" Leia asked confused
The Falcon sped through the monster's teeth and sped forward evading the space worm's jaws. The Falcon went up into the asteroid field dodging the rain of asteroids.
Luke got to his feet stunned by Yoda's attacks. "What is it you want from me?" Luke asked realizing he was stuck on the planet.
"Want? What do you want for yourself?" Yoda asked.
"I want to be the most powerful Jedi ever," Luke replied.
"Not with a light saber can you obtain such power, but through the Force," Yoda said.
"What do you mean?" Luke asked.
"Learn to be one with the Force, not to control it," Yoda said.
"To be one with the Force is to cheat death like Obiwan," Luke guessed.
Yoda nodded. "Teach me this power," Luke requested.
"An apprentice you will be," Yoda allowed.
Anakin followed his dead wife's advice contacting the empire's deadliest bounty hunters, one of which Boba Fett. Admiral Piett and two controllers looked at the bounty hunters with disgust.
"Bounty hunters, we don't need their scum," Piett said to his controllers.
"Keep checking, those rebels won't escape us," Piett ordered.
"...there will be a substantial reward for the one who finds the Millennium Falcon. You are free to use any methods necessary, but I want them alive. No disintegrations," Anakin said turning to Fett.
"As you wish," Fett said through his masked helmet.
"Lord Vader! My lord, we have them," Piett said excited. Anakin turned from the bounty hunters and listened to the report.
Captain's Needa's Star Destroyer shot at the Falcon hit it on the side.
"Let's get out of here. Ready for light-speed? One...two...three!" Han said powering up the hyperdrive.
The Falcon failed to go into hyperspace. "It's not fair!" Han said stunned. The Star Destroyer continued to blast the Falcon causing sparks to fly from some of the controls.
"The transfer circuits are working. It's not my fault!" Han yelled at Chewie as the two begin to argue over whose fault it was.
"No light speed?" Leia said half expecting it.
"It's not my fault," Han defended.
"Sir, we just lost the main rear deflector shield. One more direct hit on the back quarter and we're done for," C3PO warned frightened.
"Turn the ship around," Han ordered Chewie. The Falcon swung around towards the Star Destroyer. "They're going into attack position," Needa said confused.
"Shields up," Needa said as the Falcon rushed at bridge.
"Track them," Needa ordered as the Falcon went past the bridge.
"We've lost them on our scanners," a controller informed Needa.
"That's impossible, a ship that small can't have a cloaking device," Needa doubted.
"Lord Vader wants a report on the pursuit," a controller told Needa.
Needa stared at the controller fearful. "I will resume full responsibility for loosing them. Prepare my shuttle, continue scanning," Needa said to his second in command.