Hey, everyone, I'm back. Sorry for the short delay it was Christmas after all. Luckily, I'm back for now. Though I fear that once I return to school the rate of chapters will decline.


Obi-Wan, Captain Typho, and Dormé were in the industrial sector of Coruscant waiting for Anakin and Padmé's body doubles at the ramp of a transport ship heading to Naboo. He remembered how just an hour ago Padmé was reluctant to go off Coruscant and even more upon being told she was instead going to Tatooine. Ben took control and had to explain to Padmé as to why they she had to go to Tatooine with Anakin. Upon hearing about Anakin's mother she accepted wholeheartedly apologizing for the misunderstanding. Ben was reminded of Luke when Padmé said she was going to help Anakin find his mother. Apparently, the boy inherited a mixture of his father's recklessness and his mother's desire to help others.

"They're taking too long," Typho growled scanning the area with his one good eye. "They should be here by now." He said.

"Peace, Captain," Dormé said trying to ease Captain Typho. "It may be that they were delayed in traffic."

"She's right. Not even the greatest of Jedi have been able to find a source of weakness to this terrible disease that plagues this planet." Obi-Wan joked. His quip managed to elicit a giggle out of Dormé and a tiny grin from Typho.

However, Typho's face morphed into a frown when he noticed who was coming.

"They're here." He grumbled.

The two managed to get serious as they saw Rhys Darrows and Dané, Anakin and Padmé's body doubles respectively. The two looked exactly like them with a few minor differences. For example, Rhys had green eyes instead of blue eyes and Dané's hair was faintly strawberry blonde instead of a brunette like Padmé.

"Be safe, M'Lady." Typho said sounding actually concerned. Dané nodded in response and hugged Dormé. Dormé whispered something in Dané's ear most likely words of encouragement and concern.

Obi-Wan pulled Rhys Darrow close to him. "Anakin," he said. "Don't do anything brash without consulting with either myself or the Council first. Understood?" Obi-Wan said with Ben prompting him on what to say.

"Yes, Master." Rhys replied. The two walked towards Dané and the others.

"I will get to the bottom of this plot quickly, M'Lady." Obi-Wan said, bowing to the handmaiden, who looked confounded at the gesture. "You'll be back here in time."

"Thank you, Master Kenobi," She replied. "I am most grateful to the Jedi Order for their assistance."

"Last call for all refugees heading for Naboo." The speaker overhead boomed loudly, making everyone within its range wince.

"Time to go." Rhys said, reaching out to grab Dané's hand, making the young woman blush. Obi-Wan noticed a faint blush and grin on Rhys' face.

Several minutes had passed until the Jendirian Valley slowly began to rise in the air and began to ascend into the atmosphere before disappearing from the trio's sight.

"Are you sure that no one knows about this?" Captain Typho asked Obi-Wan as the three of them began to walk.

"Yes," Obi-Wan replied as Ben scanned the area around for any of Sidious' followers. "Only the Jedi, myself, you two, and the Chancellor are aware." He said lying about the Chancellor being aware. Though, Sidious didn't ask where they were heading.

"The Chancellor also specifically asked to not be posted regularly." Obi-Wan said.


Halfway across the planet, Anakin and Padmé were already aboard a freighter. They had been on it for a couple of minutes, but to Padmé it felt like she had been aboard for hours. The gaseous smell of the ship made her nose wrinkle. The constant shouting began to hurt her ears. When Anakin brought up using an alternative mode of transportation in secrecy she didn't expect much. However, she didn't expect this. She gave Anakin a glare.

"Don't look at me like that!" Anakin replied with a smirk on his face. "Would you believe that this was one of the more sanitary ships I could find?" Anakin asked.

"No, I wouldn't," Padmé said. A thought popped up in her mind. "How much did this and the supplies cost?" She asked.

"Ten thousand." Anakin said nonchalantly.

Padmé, however, wasn't exactly happy to hear that. "Excuse me?!" She blurted out.

"What?" Anakin asked innocently.

"You spent ten thousand on this?!" She asked with her eyes wide open.

"Actually it was nine thousand for the ship and a thousand for the supplies." Anakin again said nonchalantly.

Padmé still looked on in disbelief. "What makes you think this scrap heap will take off let alone get to Tatooine? Not to mention we'll have no money." Padmé explained.

Anakin had a sly grin. "The G9 Rigger-class light freighter may be old, but I can assure you that they're far from useless. Besides, don't you remember? Tatooine doesn't accept Republic Credits." Anakin explained.

Padmé looked taken aback. When Anakin told her that last part she remembered about how Master Qui-Gon Jinn was frustrated when trying to buy the T-14 hyperdrive generator because of Watto, Anakin's former master, only accepted Peggats.

"Oh." Padmé simply said feeling a little embarrassed.

Anakin grinned at her. "Don't worry," he chuckled. "Now let's go get those supplies. Unless you're willing to eat expired food."

Padmé chuckled "No, I'm not."


Obi-Wan walked through CoCo town on his way towards Dex's Diner. He already knew where the dart had come from he had an act to keep up.

"I've forgotten how crowded this place was." Ben said.

"You sound like you don't miss this place." Obi-Wan replied.

"Oh not at all." Ben replied. "You want to talk about something?" Ben asked.

"Yes. It's about Anakin and Padmé." Obi-Wan replied nervously.

"I can understand your feelings regarding you allowing Anakin to break the Jedi Code, but I can assure that the code was flawed. Our adherence towards it has blinded us from total victory over the dark side. It has allowed Darth Sidious to take advantage of us and exterminate us all." Ben said.

"What is that exactly?" Obi-Wan asked.

"Love. Love is what will allow us to defeat the Sith." Ben explained. "Master Qui-Gon told me that the dark is generous, patient, and will always win. However, in its strengths lies weakness: one lone candle is enough to hold it back. Love is more than a candle. Love can ignite the stars."

"It didn't work for Anakin then. What makes you think it'll be different?" Obi-Wan said.

"The difference this time is that Anakin won't have Darth Sidious for advice. It will be us. Besides we once thought as Anakin did." Ben replied referring to Satine.

Obi-Wan was silent thinking about what Ben had told him. Has what he had been taught for all of his life wrong?

"We can discuss this later. Right now we must talk to an old friend." Ben said.

Obi-Wan snapped out of it and saw that he was outside of Dex's Diner. He opened the door and Ben was once again nostalgic. Not that he blamed him of course.

Obi-Wan walked up to the counter where the waitress droid was.

"Can I help ya?" she asked.

"I'm looking for Dex." Obi-Wan replied.

The droid looked at him no doubt scanning him since he didn't look a regular customer.

"Waddya want him for?" The droid asked.

Obi-Wan raised his hands in a defensive manner "He's not in any kind of trouble," he continued with a smile "It's a personal matter of the sort."

The droid slowly made her way to the open serving hatch behind the counter. "Someone to see ya, honey," she said before lowering her voice. "A Jedi, by the looks of him."

A moment had passed before a large Besalisk, known to the people of CoCo Town as Dexter Jettster poked through the open hatch. His eyes scanned the inside of the restaurant before noticing Obi-Wan. "Well, whaddya know?" He chuckled loudly. "If it isn't Obi-Wan Kenobi!"

Obi-Wan ignored the wary looks of the customers. "Hello, Dex." He said with a smirk.

The diner owner smirked back at Obi-Wan. "Stay right there, I'll be right with ya!"

A few minutes later, the Besalisk emerged from the counter door and walked towards Obi-Wan. He managed to squeeze his way into the booth and smiled at the Jedi. "So, old friend, what can I do for ya?" Dex asked.

Pulling out the saberdart from his belt, he placed it on the table and spoke softly so no one could overhear. "I was wondering if you can tell me what this is?" He watched as Dex picked up the dart and examined it.

"Well, whaddya know," Dex said with nostalgia evident in his voice. "I haven't seen one since I was prospecting the Subterrel beyond the Outer Rim."

Obi-Wan, of course, already knew the answer, but still asked "Do you know where it came from?"

Dexter nodded, still caught up with memories of his past. "Yeah. It belongs to those cloners. What you got here is a Kamino Saber dart."

"So why didn't it show up in the Order's analysis archive?"

Dexter frowned his trip down memory lane now done by the look in his eyes. "Well, if memory serves, it's beyond the Outer Rim. I'd say it's about twelve parsecs outside the Rishi Maze, towards the south. It should be easy to find, even for those droids in your archive. Though from what I've heard, those Kaminoans mostly keep to themselves. They're cloners. Damn good ones, too, I might add."

A sense of fondness and bitterness rushed over Ben as he remembered the Clones. How they fought alongside him and his fellow Jedi before turning on them.

"Although," Dex mused to himself, bringing Obi-Wan out of his thoughts. "It depends on a few certain things if you want to get on their friendly side."

Obi-Wan held back a smile. "Oh? And what exactly would that be?" He asked.

"On how good your manners are," the Besalisk said then paused before leaning over to Obi-Wan with a greedy grin on his face "And how big your pocketbook is."

Obi-Wan couldn't help but laugh.


Alright here it is, chapter 5. I hope you all enjoyed it, and yes I did paraphrase the "Revenge of The Sith" novel by Matthew Stover as an homage. Leave your thoughts and tell me what you think of this chapter and the story so far. May the force be with you.