On board the Chimaera, Therane took the admiral's seat and watched as hundreds of Rebel ships pulled out of hyperspace and prepared to engage them at point-blank range. A battle they would normally win, although this was not an ordinary battle.

Anakin took the seat next to Therane, keen on controlling the battle - and the Empire. His eyes were closed and he was meditating soundly. He lifted his hands up and twisted them to the side, as if ripping apart a loaf of bread. All of a sudden a Mon Calamari Star Cruiser broke in two and then blew up into oblivion. Anakin smiled.

Luke and Kyp moved swiftly through the jungle at a speed only the Jedi could attain. They came to the fifth Trandoshan base. With a snap-hiss, their lightsabers hummed to life as they engaged the base camp.

In ten minutes' time, the base was theirs and they barely had a scratch on them. Luke then shivered. A tremor ran through the Force, as if hundreds of lives had suddenly been taken. A battle was going on, although far from there. He felt through the Force as greatly as he could. "Kyp," he said sternly. "We must get back."

Kyp furrowed his brow. "What'd you mean Master? We haven't met up with Tenel Ka and Lowbacca yet."

"I have no time to explain, but we must leave and I need your help. Will you assist me?"

Kyp closed down his lightsaber and turned around, ready to head back towards the X-Wings. "I will do what I can Master."

They made it back to their ships and took off into space. "Okay Kyp. I'm sending you the coordinates. Set S-foils in attack position immediately after exiting hyperspace."

"Naboo?" Kyp asked. "Is there a battle there Master?"

"The Force will tell you." With that he switched the comm off and watched as the stars became starlines and then a purple tunnel, propelling him through the galaxy, faster than light.

"Whoa!" Kyp yelled as he exited lightspeed and nearly collided with an oncoming TIE-fighter. He swerved to starboard and engaged two 'TIEs' at point-blank range. They both exploded as he felt the Force flowing through him. "Yee-hah!"

He tapped into Rogue Squadron's private line. "Alright Rogues this is Jedi Knight Kyp Durron. I've got Master Skywalker with me. Follow our lead. Let's mow these bantha fodders down!"

Luke swerved his X-Wing to avoid a red laser blast sent at him. He swung the ship around and pulled his index finger hard on the firing button of the joystick. Two green laser blasts could be seen firing from his ship and connecting with the TIE-fighter. He shot down two more - one was chasing Terrin Hobbs, an old friend and one of the best pilots Luke knew. Hobbs was flying an A-Wing with incredible finesse and prowess. "Thanks Luke," he called over the comm.

Kyp pulled his X-Wing up out of a chicken-run and then swerved it back down, destroying the TIE-fighter and flying through its flames. "Alright now, let's take you Imperial lowlives out!" he said to himself.

He swung straight through the midst of an Imperial/Rebel entanglement and nearly colliding with a Mon-Calamari cruiser. He pulled up and skimmed the top of it, turning to his left and engaging a Victory-Class Star Destroyer. With five consecutive blasts he brought the ship's shields down and destroyed its main deflector shield, a big sphere located just above the bridge. It had a twin deflector shield parallel to it, which Terrin Hobbs destroyed. "Thanks for clearing the way," he called to Kyp.

Kyp flew next to him and waved, then twisting away. "Time for fun!"

He pulled his X-wing down, pressing hard on the throttle, spiraling down into a spin. Around ten TIE-fighters followed him. He dodged their blasts with ease and entered the planet's atmosphere.

"Alright boys, gimme whatcha got!" he taunted them, swerving to avoid yet another blast. He flew through the sunset sky and low into the rocky canyons. He turned sideways and closed his S-foils to fit through the canyon, then opening them back into attack position. He got rid of two 'TIEs'. A green laser blast grazed the roof of his top-left wing. "Now that was too close."

He pulled up and around, now face-to-face with the eight TIE-fighters left. He blew up four of them easily and with prowess destroyed one more. One of the other ones got him, sending his ship to an ugly demise. He pulled up on the throttle and flew past one of the three remaining TIE-fighters. Using the Force, he propelled himself out of his cockpit and onto the high-flying TIE.

With a snap-hiss, his lightsaber ignited and with skills of a true Jedi Knight, he split the starship in half, holding onto the right half. He had cut it at just the right time as the left side of the fighter flew directly into one of the two remaining TIEs.

Just as the right half was about to crash, Kyp flipped up onto the last one, grabbing it by the left laser rifle. He swung forcefully until gaining enough momentum to swing onto the back of the TIE-fighter. He then swung up into the cockpit and tried to open it - it was sealed. He cut it open with his lightsaber and sliced the Imperial pilot down. He glanced at the screen and noticed it was set for self-destruct.

He turned and jumped off the ship moments before it blew, leaving him to crash on the hard canyon floor.

Luke turned in his X-Wing, trying to keep the battle even. Kyp had disappeared and the Empire seemed to have taken an advantage over them. Luke could feel an amazingly powerful Force-user nearby - at least two of them aboard the Chimaera. There was something that did not make sense though. Using the comm, he keyed in Mara Jade Skywalker.

"Luke," she said, recognizing his comm signature. "There's a battle going on in orbit of Naboo. Where are you?"

"Where d'you think?" he asked, stating the obvious.

"Well then why did you call?"

"Listen to me very carefully Mara, I need you to make sure that the New Republic sends everything they've got to this battle. It is very important."

"You sound almost frightened. Why?"

"Just can you deliver that message?"

"Yes, I promise."

"Okay. Make sure they realize how important this battle is. I sense a presence I have not felt since..."