"The Skywalker Destiny" (The Skywalker Dynasty"
Part II
"The Winds of Change"
Chapter 5
Yoda's spirit felt comforted back in his old surroundings, the dank, damp, dark cave in Dagobah. It was there he summoned the spirit of Obi Wan Kenobi. Yoda's blue glowy spirit shook its head.
"Disappointed I am in Luke, stronger, better than this, I expected."
"Too much of his father in him, I'm afraid" Obi Wan's spirit responded. "But I have not given up hope yet. I still feel that in time, he will turn back to us"
"What of Vader, hmmm?"
"He may bring him back as well.
"Count on it, I would not. Act now we must. Leia we must reach."
Even for Jedi spirits, finding her in the depths of space wasn't going to be easy. Far away, she, Han, and Chewy were still having trouble with the hyperdrive on the Millenium Falcon. While Chewy and the droids did all they could, Han tried to pilot his craft. Finally, he left it on autopilot watched by Leia as he went to help the others. Their situation was desperate.
"If we can't fix it soon, we're going to have to find a safe place to land for repairs." He said with gloom written all over his face.
"Safe? Where is that, with the galaxy in turmoil?" She wondered out loud. He did not answer, he just went to help with the mechanical repairs. Leia was left alone, gazing out into the stars. She felt so much. So now she was officially engaged, but to what life was she entering with uncertainty around for all? She was perplexed as to how she had known of her parents' secret wedding, how did that message reach her? It must have been the same way she had feelings of remembering her mother, though she had died in childbirth. Maybe she had the force after all, Luke was right. And maybe somehow it was working in her now, just not in the way it did in Luke. Maybe she would never wield a lightsaber and battle bravely, but she could fight in other ways.
Back at Vader's home in Coruscant, the dark lord had risen long before his tired son. He walked down the dark, desolate hallway and peeked into Luke's room to watch him sleeping, like any father would do his child. Luke was snoozing so peacefully, Vader did not want to disturb him. Inside his mask, he smiled. Then he saw that in Luke's hand was the picture he had given him, the one of Padme. Thankfully, it was turned to the backside so Vader didn't have to see her face, something he could never bring himself to look upon in all these years. He shut the door and walked away, heading down to his shuttle. He was going to travel to the medical center to have his hand replaced, he could manage to fly alone with just one hand, he could use the force to work some of the controls. This would also be an indication to him of how well recieved he was going to be in Coruscant, following the fall of Palpatine. Being that he was Palpatine's right hand man, would he also be hated by those who had ripped down the statue? At this time, he truly wished he could go around the city incognito to find out, but being trapped in his suit he was very conspicuous indeed. Perhaps he could speak to the droids about creating him an alternate form of life support so his dark form would not be so easily recognized by the population as of now.
Han and Chewy thought they had found the problem on the Millenium Falcon, but the droids tried to warn them the computers were indicating it may not be right. Desperate, Han went ahead with his action. Immediately, the hyperdrive kicked in, but with such a noise and such shaking that the ship shot backward violently!
"Ooooh dear!" Threepio cried. "No one ever listens to me"
"RRRwwahhh!" Chewy slapped him. Shut up and help us!
"What the...?" Han declared as he watched out the viewport as his ship went into hyperspace BACKWARD! Leia was trembling. She knew Han and spoken of hitting stars and supernovas if the coordinates were off, and they were totally out of control! Where were they going?