Chapter 6: A Message From the Emperor

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Chapter 6: A Message From the Emperor.

(In the main hold area of the Millennium Falcon, Fishlegs observes a strange dialect on a control panel. Hiccup works on a control box next to him.)

Fishlegs: Oh, where is Snotlout when I need him? (to Hiccup) Sir, I think this power coupling needs to be replaced.

Hiccup: (looking at the dialect) Well, of course it's got to be replaced.

(He heads under a hatch in the ceiling where Toothless is working on another part and hands him a coil of wire.)

Hiccup: Here. And Bud, I think we better replace the negative power coupling.

(In another part of the ship, Ruffnut is welding valves and attempts to pull a lever attached to the valves but it doesn't budge. Hiccup enters the area.)

Ruffnut: Oh, I'm glad you're here. Look, I pulled this all apart, and it looks like your gonna need a new condenser.

Hiccup: (confused) Really? A new condenser?

Ruffnut: Yeah, and I'd also highly recommend a complete flush of your photon conversion system.

Hiccup: I swear I just did that.

Ruffnut: (scoffs) You make it so difficult sometimes.

Hiccup: (smiles) Yeah, I really do. But come on, admit it, sometimes you think I'm alright.

Ruffnut: (rolls her eyes) Occasionally , when you aren't completely acting like a scoundrel.

Hiccup: Scoundrel? You know, I actually enjoy being called that.

(He grabs her hands.)

Ruffnut: Hey, don't do that. My hands are dirty.

Hiccup: Come on, my hands are dirty too. It'll be fine.

Ruffnut: We still need to deal with the condenser and the photon conversion system.

Hiccup: Well, how do you propose we take care of it?

Ruffnut: Okay, well, how about this? Do you want me to just go ahead and flush the conversion system while I'm replacing the condenser.

Hiccup: I don't want you to do all that hard work.

(Fishlegs suddenly shows up looking eager.)

Fishlegs: Sir! Guess what? I've just separated the reverse power coupling flux!

Hiccup: (annoyed) Thank you. Thank you very much.

Fishlegs: Your perfectly welcome, sir.

(He leaves and Hiccup turns back to Ruffnut.)

Hiccup: You were saying?

Ruffnut: Look, how bout this? You get the condenser, and I'll make out with you.

Hiccup: (smirks) Okay, then. I'm gonna kiss you so hard, the scene's gonna change into something else.

(They start kissing and the scene shifts to the Imperial fleet in the asteroid field.)

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(A large asteroid collides with the command bridge of a Star Destroyer. On the bridge of the Executor, Darth Viggo stands before the holograms of a trio of Star Destroyer captains. One of them throws his arms up screaming as his hologram disappears. Viggo ignores it and speaks to the remaining two. One of whom is Griselda.)

Griselda:… and that, boss, was the last time they appeared in any of our scopes. Based on the damages to our ships, they must've been destroyed.

Viggo: No, Captain, they're alive. I want every available ship sweeping the field until they are found.

(The holograms fade out and Viggo starts walking across the bridge. Savage walks into the area and approaches him.)

Savage: Lord Viggo.

Viggo: What is it, Admiral?

(Savage looks terrified as he hands him a phone.)

Savage: The, um… Emperor is on the phone for you.

Viggo: (intrigued) The Emperor!? (takes the phone) Hello? Master? Can you hear me…? What? I didn't… I can't… hold on, I'm going to the knee pad. We''ll talk there. (to Savage) Admiral, move the ship out of the asteroid field so we'll get a clear transmission.

Savage: Yes, lord.

(As the Executor splits off from the fleet to leave the field, Viggo enters his private chambers alone and kneels down on a circular pod that lights up. A large hologram of Trader Johann in a dark cloak appears before him.)

Viggo: What is the bidding, my master?

Johann: I'm downloading all my music onto my iPod. Do you wish to own Def Leppard's Hysteria?

Viggo: No

Johann: What of the All American Rejects Move Along?

Viggo: No, thank you.

Johann: Imagine Dragons Night Visions?

Viggo: (excited) Yes! I mean… no. I mean, if your giving stuff away, yeah, sure.

Johann: Alright, now onto business. There is a great disturbance in the Force.

Viggo: I have felt it, too.

Johann: There is a new threat to us. The young Rebel who destroyed the Death Star. I have no doubt this boy is the offspring of Viggo Skywalker.

Viggo: (amazed) wait… are your sure about that?

Johann: Search your feeling, Lord Viggo. You will know it to be true. He could destroy us.

Viggo: He's just a boy. Valka Kenobi can no longer help him.

Johann: The Force is strong with him. The son of Skywalker must not be come a Jedi.

Viggo: What if we could turn him? Then he would be a most powerful ally.

Johann: Yes… he would become a great asset. Can it be done?

Viggi: My men and I are scouring to find him. When he faces me, I can give him a choice. He will join us or die, master.

(Viggo bows to Johann's hologram as it vanished.)

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(On Dagobah, a torrential deluge of rain comes down over the bog. Snotlout rolls to a window of a tiny hut made of mud and stone and peers inside. The old woman cooks a meal in a pot over a fire in a small kitchen-like room. Tuffnut is in the adjoining room crouching down due to the small space. He watches the old woman impatiently.)

Tuffnut: Look, I'm sure it's delicious. I just don't understand why we can't go see Gothi now.

Old woman: Have patience. Jedi's must eat as well. I make a mean stew, you know!

(Tuffnut gives in and goes over to the pot and ladles himself a bowl of stew. He takes a bite and finds it tastes surprisingly good.)

Old Woman: Root leaf. Told you it was good food.

Tuffnut: So, how far away is Gothi? Will it take us long to get there?

Old woman: Not far at all. Gothi's much closer then you realize. Soon, you will be with her. Why do you with her to train you to become a Jedi?

Tuffnut: (shrugs) Mostly because of my father, I guess.

Old woman: Your father, huh? He was indeed a powerful Jedi. Power Jedi indeed.

Tuffnut: (confused) What are you talking about? How could you know my father? You don't even know who I am. (angry) Oh, I don't even know what I'm going here. We're wasting our time!

(He throws down his empty bowl and sighs heavily. The old woman shakes her head and turns away from him.)

Old woman: I cannot teach him. This boy has no patience.

(Tuffnut gets even more confused as it seems she's talking to someone who isn't even there. He almost questions the old woman on her behavior when he suddenly hears a familiar voice echo out of nowhere.)

Valka's voice: He will learn patience.

Tuffnut: (bewildered) Va-Valka?

Old woman: He has too much anger in him. He's just like his father.

Valka's voice: Was I any different when you taught me?

Old woman: Got me there. But he's still not ready.

(Tuffnut figured the old woman was conversing with Valka's spirit but he didn't know how it was possible. Then he thought about what they just said and realized who the old woman actually was. He stares at her in amazement.)

Tuffnut: Gothi…

Gothi: (smiles) Indeed. Actually had you going for a while the "ohh, lamp eccentric old hermit" act, didn't I? (chuckles then frowns) But I speak true, I sense you're not ready to become a Jedi.

Tuffnut: But… I am ready! I can be a Jedi! Valka tell her I'm re-

(He stops talking as he bangs his head on the low ceiling.)

Gothi: Ready, are you? What do you know about being ready? You know, I trained countless Jedi for eight hundred years. I got my own counsel where I will decide who is to be trained. A Jedi must have the deepest commitment. The most serious mind. (to Valka) This one I have watched for a long time with the Force. All his life he had looked to the future, to the horizon. His mind was never on where he was. He was all about adventure and excitement. A Jedi doesn't crave these things. He is reckless!

(Tuffnut doesn't try to argue and just bows hid head in shame.)

Valka's voice: So was I, as you remember.

Gothi: Still, he's too old to begin the training.

Tuffnut: But I've learned so much.

(Gothi turns to him with a serious look.)

Gothi: (sighs) Will he be able to finish what he starts?

Tuffnut: (determined) I won't fail you. I'm not afraid.

Gothi: Oh, I think you will be. Yeah, you will be.

(Tuffnut is a little unnerved by these words but keeps up his confidence.)

Ok, now things are hitting off in full swing. Tuffnut's training with Jedi Master Gothi has officially begun, and Darth Viggo now intends to turn Tuffnut to the dark side. And as you can see, Trader Johann is the Emperor in this I originally intended to use Grimmel, since in my opinion he's the most evil of the villains as he wiped out almost an entire species simply because he felt like it. But Johann fits the bill of Emperor as well as , just like Palpatine, he pretended to be a good guy while playing them the whole time.

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