Over a month...well, at least it's better than some of my previous update lengths.

Has this ever happened to anyone else? I recently went back and read all my old stuff, like the first two in this series, and the first chapters of other stories, and to me it just looks like utter crap.No joke, some of it makes me cringe at how naive and immature I was as a writer.

Disclaimer: I wonder what would happen if I said I DID own Star Wars. I highly doubt anyone would arrest me.

Chapter 5: He Has SISTERS!

Lila kneeled next to Luke in a small, desolate hut on the swamp planet of Dagobah.

Master Yoda was dying. And all Lila could think about were all the times she had ignored the Jedi Code.

"Soon I will rest. Yes, forever sleep. Earned it, I have," said Yoda.

"Master Yoda, you can't die," protested Luke.

"If you die, there would be no one to teach me," said Lila.

"A teacher, you need not. A Padawan learner you are no longer." Lila bowed her head.

Luke had a troubled expression. "Master Yoda, is Darth Vader my father?"

Lila tensed. Yoda's face was sad and weary. "Rest I need. Yes, rest."

"I must know."

"Your father, he is. Told you, did he? Unexpected, this is, and unfortunate." Yoda smiled sadly.

Luke furrowed his brow. "Unfortunate that I know the truth?"

Yoda sighed. "Unfortunate that you rushed to face him, that incomplete was your training! Not ready, you were. Also unfortunate that secrets you keep from your friends!" This last was directed to Lila.

Luke looked at her. "Does this have to do with what Vader said?"

"I'll tell you later," Lila hushed him. "Let Master Yoda speak."

"Remember, a Jedi's strength flows from the Force. But beware. Anger, fear, aggression. The dark side are they. Once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny."

Lila cringed at the utter amount of anger, fear, and aggression she had displayed over the past few years. What's my destiny, then?

"Lila...Luke...Do not underestimate the powers of the Emperor, or suffer your father's fate, you will. When gone I am... the last of the Jedi you will be." Yoda was having trouble breathing now. "Luke...the Force runs strong in your family...pass on what you have learned...There is...another...Skywalker."

And Master Yoda died.

"That's depressing," muttered Lila as she and Luke walked outside.

Luke sat down on a log. Lila paced the area. A ghost of Obi-Wan Kenobi appeared. "Yoda will always be with you."

Lila whipped her head around, and then stared at the ground. Luke looked up glumly. "Why didn't you tell me? You said Vader betrayed and murdered my father!"

"Maybe he didn't have the time? I mean, you only knew each other for, what, two days?" suggested Lila.

"Luke, your father was taken in by the Dark Side. He stopped being Anakin Skywalker and became Darth Vader, and when that happened, the man who was your father was destroyed," said Obi-Wan, giving Lila a strange look. "So what I said was true...from a certain point of view."

"A certain point of view!" scoffed Luke.

"That sounds messed up, even to me," said Lila.

"You two need to learn that a very large amount of what we believe depends on our point of view," admonished Obi-Wan. He sighed. "I'm sorry for not telling you; I didn't think you were ready for the knowledge. I don't blame you for being angry. If I was wrong, it won't have been the first time."

"Come on, Master," said Lila playfully. "You know how touchy people can be after finding out their father screwed up the galaxy!"

"Anakin was a good friend. When I first knew him, he was already a great pilot, but I was amazed how strongly the Force flowed within him. I thought that maybe I could teach him as well as Yoda; I was wrong," declared Obi-Wan.

Now Luke was interested. "There is still good in him," he insisted.

Lila snorted. "No, there isn't," she said, recalling her short stay on an Imperial Stardestroyer six months ago. "There isn't good in him."

Obi-Wan had to agree. "He's more machine now than man," he said sadly, "twisted and evil."

"I can't do it, Ben," Luke said, shaking his head.

"You want me to do it for you?" asked Lila. Obi-Wan cut her off. "You cannot escape your destiny. You must face Darth Vader again."

"I can't kill my own father!"

"Again, want me to do it?" suggested Lila. Again, nobody listened to her.

"Then the emperor has already won," said Obi-Wan. "You were our only hope."

Luke paused, then changed the subject. "Yoda spoke of another."

"Mm. Two others, actually. He spoke of your sisters."

"But I have no sisters!" pretested Luke. Obi-Wan sighed again. "To protect you from the emperor, you were hidden from your father when you were born. The emperor knew, as I did, that if Anakin had any children, they would be a threat to him. And that is the reason why your sisters remain safely anonymous."

"...Leia! Leia's my sister?" exclaimed Luke.

Obi-Wan nodded. "Your insight serves you well."

"But I have two sisters..." Luke looked at Lila. She grinned a slightly mischievous grin. "Lila?!"

She nodded. "And that's a point away from your side, because YOU have just been revealed to have been falling in love with your SISTER. Leia. Is. Off. Limits."

Obi-Wan took the politer route. "Bury your feelings, Luke, They could be made to serve the emperor."

Luke nodded. "I can't believe YOU'RE my sister," he grumbled as he and Lila made their way back to the ships.

"Oh yes, we're certainly turning out to be one big happy family already!" said Lila brightly.

SWSWSWSWSWSWSWSWSWSWSW

Han stared at Lando. "Wow, a general?"

Lando laughed. "Someone must have told them about my maneuver at the Battle of Tanaab."

"Well don't look at me, I just said you were a fair pilot—I didn't know they were looking for someone to lead this crazy attack!" said Han.

Lando shrugged. "I'm just surprised they didn't ask you."

"Well who said they didn't? But I ain't crazy," muttered Han, sitting down for the briefing. "You're supposed to be the respectable one."

Mon Mothma began to speak. "The emperor has made a critical error and the time for our attack has come. The data brought by the Bothan spies pinpoints the exact location of the emperor's new battle station. We also know that the weapons on the new Death Star are not yet operational. With the fleet spread out in an effort to engage us, the station is virtually unprotected. Most importantly," she continued, "the emperor himself will be personally overseeing the final stages of construction." Mon Mothma paused. "Many Bothans died to give us this information."

A squid-like person, Admiral Ackbar, stepped forward. "You can see here that the Death Star is orbiting the forest moon of Endor," he said, gesturing to a large holographic image in the center of the room. "Although the weapons are not operational, the Death Star does have a strong defense mechanism. It is protected by an energy shield, generated on the nearby moon."

The picture changed to show a small yellow circle protecting the red battle station. Ackbar continued. "The shield must be deactivated for any attack to succeed. Once the shield is down, our cruisers will make a perimeter while the main fighters will fly into the main stricture and attempt to knock out the main reactor." The holograph shut off. "General Calrissian has volunteered to lead the fighter attack."

"Good luck," stated Han. "You're gonna need it."

A man named General Madine spoke. "We have stolen a small Imperial shuttle. Disguised as a cargo ship and using a secret imperial code, a strike team will land on the moon and turn off the generator."

"Wonder who they found to pull that off," said Leia, looking as though that person could not have done any stupider thing.

"General Solo, is your team assembled?" asked Madine. Leia whacked her forehead with her hand. Han ignored her. "My team is ready, but I don't have a command crew for the shuttle."

Chewie said something. Han looked affronted. "Well, it's gonna be rough, I didn't want to speak for you!" Chewbacca whined. Han looked back at Madine. "Well, there's one."

Leia rolled her eyes. "General, count me in."

"We're coming too," announced Lila as she and Luke entered the room. Leia hugged him and Lila gagged. Seeing that he looked troubled she asked him what was wrong. "Ask him again later," Lila advised.

"Luke, Lila," said Han by way of greeting. "How was swampland?" Lando asked Lila. She whacked him. A gentleman like you could never have withstood the dirt," she teased. "WHY are you so tall?" she demanded, referring to Lando being five inches taller than her.

"Because I'm normal," he retorted. Lila smiled sweetly and stepped on the edge of his foot, right on a pressure point. Han broke them up.

"I need Lando for something," he said, dragging his friend to the hangar. "I want you to take her," he said, gesturing at the Millennium Falcon. "I mean it, take her! You need all the help you can get, she's the fastest ship in the fleet!"

Lando laughed. "All right, old buddy. No, I know what she means to you! I'll take good care of her. She won't get a scratch," he assured Han.

"Like hell she won't, if your flying is anything like his," called Lila, passing through.

Han walked off, then he turned back. "I got your promise, right? Not a scratch..."

"Would you get going, you old pirate?" Lando chuckled.

"Good luck," emphasized Han.

Doo dee doo...I can't wait to see how Lila's going to mess up the part where Luke tells Leia.

Up until now I've been using SimplyScripts as my script source, until I realized that that website does not have a copy of the shooting script, only the drafts. So now I watch the movie on watch(dash)movies(dot)net. Really, between the online script I had and the actual movie, there are some glaring discrepancies.

WWMTgirl: well, who ELSE are you supposed to ship? Luke/Chewie?

Fictionfrek101: Oh, hells yes! He needs to toughen up and stop being such a pansy and that, my friend, is but one of Lila's many goals.