Authors note: I realize that one of my main characters "Master Arca" has variably the same name of an ancient Jedi "Arca Jeth". I stumbled across this completely by accident, I had already created my character when I found out about this Jedi with variably the same name. Just so you know there are no links between the two Jedi, it is merely a coincidence that they share the same name.
The Story of forgotten Jedi Owen Sun
Chapter 4: All Hope Lost
In his private quarters on Coruscant Jedi Master Arca had just been given the details on his assignment when his comlink let out an unexpected twitter.
"Excuse me Jedi Master Arca" interrupted the protocol droid. "But are you leaving soon?"
"Yes, I was just about to depart with my Padawan" replied Arca tapping his comlink.
"Forgive me, I was told to give you a message before you left" the droid informed.
"And what is the message?" responded Arca.
"It is from Master Yoda, he would like to speak with you before you leave" the droid said.
Arca thought for a moment, he knew he had to get to Solar as soon as possible but he wisely realized a few minutes with the renowned Master Yoda could be important. "Tell him I'm on my way up" answered Arca.
Arca arrived near the top of the Jedi Temple towers and entered Master Yoda's private office, as was customary with the elderly Whill he was meditating.
"I guess you never break old habits" interrupted Arca.
"Umm yes, you have neither, brash still are you" replied Yoda in his broken Galactic Basic.
Yoda observed Arca's long brown/whitening hair with ponytail going through the middle flowing down into the rest of his hair seamlessly then to his unshaven beard starting to crop up again.
"Still unkempt are you with beard and long hair" Yoda joked.
"Notice white in both I do now, no longer young man I see" he teased.
"Well we can't all live to 800 now can we" replied the witty Arca.
"Heh-he good to see you again it is" greeted Yoda with a chuckle.
"It's good to see you too Master Yoda" returned Arca.
"You sent for me?" questioned Arca.
"Yes, yes inside you come, realize pressed for time you are but vision I've had and believe for you it is" began Yoda.
"The Force guiding you to Solar I deem, something else there hidden you must do, seen it I have" foresaw Yoda.
"What do you think it is?" wondered a befuddled Arca.
"Hmmm the Force is a shifting thing always moving forward it is" replied Yoda.
"Something however important there is, perhaps to you the Force is calling" informed Yoda in more of his broken basic.
"Does it involve the Civil War on the planet?" queried Arca.
"War, not war, not war at all but something or perhaps someone else" stated Yoda.
"Very well, when I arrive I will use the Force to guide me in finding it" agreed Arca.
"Good, leave you must, time running out it is, go now" issued Yoda.
Before departing through the office door Yoda asked one last thing. "Sure are you ready she is?"
"She's ready, Anna is skilled and has waited patiently long enough" answered Arca.
"Um agreed, May the Force be with you" stated Yoda.
"May the Force be with you" responded Arca as he left Yoda's private office.
Anna Arress was practicing her impressive dual lightsaber technique on a couple of hapless training droids, the brunette always tied her hair in a braid when she fought and let her front bangs hang down but just then her Master walked in as she turned her hazel eyes towards him, Anna was excited ever since she heard the news, this was her first mission as a Padawan. "Are you ready to leave my young Padawan?" asked Arca.
"I have been all day Master" replied Anna.
"Very well, we must leave at once, we are needed on Solar" stated Arca.
As both Jedi made their way to the hanger Anna started to wonder. "Master, I've never heard of this planet, is it far?"
"Yes, very far, it will take days to reach that is why we must hurry" replied Arca.
"I cannot help but be excited Master, this is my first mission after all, I'm eager to test my skills in battle" said Anna.
"I know you are skilled with the blade Anna but do not let your passion cloud your judgment" cautioned Arca.
"We are not going to Solar to wage war, we will try to find a peaceful solution, if we can't we will do our duty as Jedi and protect the Republic world" advised Arca.
"Forgive me Master, I will heed your wise words" replied Anna.
"You still have much to learn my young Padawan but I have faith in your abilities" Arca responded.
Arriving they both made their way into the small Jedi Starship and set off past the busy skies of Coruscant into space to the far off, mythical planet of Solar.
Meanwhile on the tense and uneasy Solar.
The parents of Owen Sun observe as he fixes the maintenance droid in their new home now in the City of Light. "Why do you let him do that, it isn't safe" watched Lena.
"He's done it a hundred times, he knows what he's doing" David responded.
"Why don't you sell that old scrap heap?" wondered Lena.
"Well, it still works doesn't it" replied David.
"David please, he's only five what if he gets hurt?" Lena pleaded.
"Okay, okay I'll see if I can get something for it at the droid shop" said David.
"Thank you dear" she said and just as David leaned in for a kiss Owen came over unexpectedly.
"All done daddy" said Owen.
Stunned Lena glanced at her husband. "How did he do that?" she asked.
"I told you, you just had to see him do it to believe me didn't you" David responded.
"Good job son" said David.
"Do you have anything else for me to do daddy?" asked Owen.
"Later we can take a look at that malfunctioning door to your room okay" said David.
"Okay daddy" said Owen.
He then looked to his mother. "Mommy can I have something to eat?"
"Of course sweetie go in the kitchen and I'll bring you something" replied Lena.
"I guess you were right, he is gifted" she stated.
"Its not just repairs honey, its all sorts of things" David recalled.
"I've just noticed it the past few months myself, he's naturally gifted I guess" said David.
"So what do you think we should do?" wondered Lena.
"Well, why not start sending him to school at the end of the year, he's obviously ready for it" David suggested.
"Oh David I don't know, it just seems too soon" replied Lena.
"Well I'm late for a meeting in the House of Laws I better go, at this hour the traffic starts to pile up out there, we'll talk about it tonight alright" settled David.
"Alright, I love you" she said as Lena reached in and kissed him goodbye.
"I love you too" he replied.
"Be careful!" Lena called out as David's Senators Airspeeder sped off.
Back in the western sector of the City of Light.
The Sun Gods were preparing for their strike against the rest of the city including the capital and the House of Laws. The Leader of the Sun Gods Seth Solaris was making his speech to his soldiers atop a platform in plain sight before they attack as they were all lined up fully armed and ready to fight.
"My brothers we have come a long way in the past few years and have waited for this day for too long!" stated Seth.
"It is time to show the people of Solar who their Gods are!" "Time we cleanse the taint the Galactic Republic has brought to our world!" "And most importantly it is time we rise up and take what is destined to be ours!"
"I am tired my brothers…tired of watching and waiting, tired of these dignitaries that have sold out our world, tired of being a slave to this Republic!" "This is our world and it is time the people of Solar realize that we are their Sun Gods, that the strong must always rule the weak and establish ourselves as what we know we are, racially superior and cure the infection of democracy the Republic has brought to our world!" stated Seth.
"Our time has come my brothers!" "Are you with me?" shouted Seth.
Hundreds of Sun God's roared in agreement as they jumped onto their heavily armed airspeeders, there was no stopping them, the Jedi had not yet arrived and there was nothing standing in their way from taking the City of Light and ultimately the entire planet.
Meanwhile back in the House of Laws at the center of the City of Light.
"…but we must strategize with what little we have!" stated David.
"Be reasonable, we only have the Senate Guards the Republic provided and they are not equipped to deal with this threat!" argued Tergen.
"He is right Senator Sun there's nothing we can do but hope the Jedi arrive before they get here" agreed Kayla.
A bustling of nods and gestures could be heard throughout the house as all diplomats agreed in unison with Tergen and Kayla.
"Listen, I understand that we have never had war on Solar but my friends war is here and unless we do something we are dooming our world to destruction and chaos!" stated David.
"You who have seen what The Sun Gods are like must know that they will not spare a single one of us, they are barbaric and will kill anyone who does not agree with their ideals" David disputed.
"So I ask the House of Laws one last time, we must formulate a defense or all is lost!" he stated.
Tergen stood up. "I'm sorry old friend but I am Head Senator and as for the House of Laws I say we will wait for the Je-"
Tergen stopped in mid-speech as through the glass walls of the House of Laws as far as the eye could see there was nothing but a mass of a heavily armed fleet. There were enough that they blocked out the radiant yellow sun of Solar. "By the sun of Solar, there's so many" stated Tergen coining a popular phrase on their world.
Kayla looked helpless. "What can we do?"
"Nothing" Tergen replied. "Nothing at all"
David hung his head in defeat, there was nothing that they could do but wait to be conquered by The Sun Gods. It was indeed the darkest day in the history of Solar and all they could do was hope that the Jedi were on their way…