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Chapter Ten: A Lot to Explain, You Have

Nineteen years into the future…

Why do I have such bad luck? Luke thought to himself, no one has worse luck than me!

Meanwhile, on the other side of the shuttle, Vader was also doing some thinking. This isn't how I planned for things to turn out! Why do I have such bad luck? No one has worse luck than me!

At that point, the shuttle landed in the Executor's docking bay. Vader stood up and motioned for Luke to follow him. Not seeing much of a reason to disobey, Luke stood up and followed his not-so-wonderful father out of the shuttle.

Suddenly, they both felt a disturbance in the Force. The disturbance was so strong, that it knocked Vader of his feet, and Luke fell on top of him.

"That didn't feel so good," Luke commented.

"What? The disturbance or the fall?"

Luke rolled his eyes. "The fall didn't feel good either, but I was talking about the disturbance."

"Yeah." Vader stood up and helped Luke to his feet. "I wonder what it was all about?"

Luke tried focusing on the Force. "Well I can tell you one thing," he said after a moment. "My friends seem to have learned how to disappear out of existence."

Vader also seemed to focus for a moment before coming to a conclusion. "Come with me. I think I know what happened."

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Leia looked from Padme, and back to Anakin. How was she going to explain all this? This woman, Luke's mother, was getting really impatient. The truth seemed to be the best route for now.

"My name is Leia. I'm from the future. I was simply explaining something to Anakin, and he freaked out. I was just giving him an encouraging kiss on the cheek. I do that a lot with everyone I know," Leia commented.

Padme paused, digesting the news. If this woman was from the future, then what was she warning Anakin about? Was it something that she needed to know about? If it was, then Anakin would tell her. Or not…

"If all this is true, then what were you warning Anakin about?"

Leia paused before answering. She didn't want to scare this woman, but she didn't want to lie to her either. "I was warning him about the downfall of the Republic."

Padme gasped. "The Republic's downfall? The Separatists aren't that strong!"

"I wasn't warning him about the Separatists… or whatever you call them! I was warning him about Palpatine and Darth Vader."

"Palpatine? Why would he have to be warned about him? And who's Darth Vader?"

Leia began to feel like she was being interrogated. So many questions! Questions that she'd have to repeat.

"Listen, I'd love nothing more than to tell you right here and now, but I know that I'm going to have to say this all over again, so how about you guys direct me to the Jedi Council, and I'll explain it to everyone." Leia paused before remembering something. "Oh! And I'd like to find my friends first."

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Half an hour later, Han, Chewie, and Leia stood in the middle of the Jedi Council. Marle' had wanted to come, but she wanted to find something other than the slave girl, dancing dress to wear.

"A lot to explain, you have," Yoda commented. "If true, what Skywalker says, from the future you are."

"Yes," Leia said. "We need to warn you."

"What must you warn us about?" Mace Windu asked.

"The Sith. Palpatine is the Sith Lord that all of you are looking for."

Everyone except for Anakin expressed their shock by murmuring among themselves, considering what they'd just been told.

"How can this be?" Obi-Wan asked. "How could the hide right under our very noses?"

Han rolled his eyes. The old man –well, not so old any more- was still just as dumb as before.

"There's more!" Leia said, trying to be heard above all the talking. Everyone quieted down, and she continued. "There is supposed to be another sith, Darth Vader. He's the one who killed you all off in the future. We need him dead as soon as possible. He's holding our friend captive."

Anakin's eyes grew wide. "Which of your friends?"

Everyone in the room turned to look at him, and Anakin knew he was done for. The entire Jedi Council was going to find out about his relationship with Padme!

Leia paused for a moment, considering if she should tell Anakin. Would he freak out if he learned that his killer was the one holding Luke as his prisoner? Before Leia could decide, Han spoke up.

"Our friend, Luke. Vader's been after him ever since Luke destroyed the Death Star. The bounty Vader put on the kid's head is infamous…" Han didn't get beyond that. Anakin leaped out of his chair, taking the news exactly the way Leia had expected him to.

"LUKE? Leia, why didn't you tell me about this earlier?"

The Jedi Council watched this, stunned. Did Anakin know this Luke? Why was he so worried all of a sudden?

"I didn't want to worry you," Leia said. "We were going to try to rescue Luke, but right after we took off, our ship got pulled into the time glitch, and we couldn't do anything about it. That's why we need you to kill Vader. The sooner Vader is killed, the sooner we can ensure Luke's safety.

"Not know who Vader is, we do," Yoda said.

"And who is Luke?" Windu asked.

Leia glanced at Luke's father. "I think Anakin is the one who needs to explain that to you."

"Anakin?" Obi-Wan asked. "What do you know of this?"

Anakin looked around the room. All eyes were glued on him, unfortunately, and he grew very nervous.

"Uh… well… before I tell you who Luke is, there's something else that you need to know."

"Oh? And what is that?" Obi-Wan asked, patiently.

"I… I'm married."

For a moment, there was silence, and then suddenly, everyone began asking a million questions at once, giving Anakin a headache.

"WHAT?"

"To who are you married to?"

"When did you get married?"

"Against the Jedi Code, this is!"

"Anakin, why did you lie to us?"

"You do realize that you may not be able to remain a Jedi, don't you?"

"How did this happen?"

"SHUT UP!" Anakin yelled. After everyone had quieted down, Anakin tried to answer their questions. "Remember that time when I was assigned to protect Senator Amidala?" the Jedi nodded. "Well, the basic story is that we fell in love and married. Luke, who is these people's friend in the future… is also my son."

This time, no one spoke. They all stared gravely at Anakin, and he, in turn, was hanging his head, specifically avoiding Obi-Wan's eyes.

Finally, Mace Windu spoke. "Skywalker, your marriage is in violation of the Jedi Code, and you will have to be stripped of your title as a Jedi."

Anakin nodded in humble resignation and despair, and, for a moment, he looked too much like Luke for Leia to handle. "NO! Marriage isn't wrong! It's the root of love! I thought that the Jedi were supposed to love. If you want the Jedi to love, then how come they can't love the woman who loves and supports them?"

"Understand, you do not," Yoda declared. "Attachment, forbidden it is!"
"I don't think you see the whole meaning of love and attachment. Attachment is family, and I know from experience that without family, you can't love. If you can't love, then you are no better than a sith."

"And how would you know this?" one of the Jedi asked.

"That's the way it is with Luke. All he ever had was his aunt and uncle. He never had anyone else, but he always loved them and he always loved his parents although he never knew them, and Luke is the most wonderful person I've EVER known! He's so full of love, and he readily expresses it to anyone. Without love and attachment, then there would be no hope for the Jedi in the future, because Luke's the only one left."

Leia finished her speech, and Anakin breathlessly awaited the Jedi Councils' reaction.

"Hmm…" Yoda said thoughtfully. "Perhaps wrong, the Jedi Council was. Rethink the Jedi Code, we will."

"Does that mean that Anakin can remain a Jedi?" Obi-Wan asked hopefully.

"Think about that too, we will."

"Good!" Leia said happily. "Now, back to the subject of Vader. Do you think that you can kill him?"

"That's a problem," Windu said. "Because we have no idea who or where Vader is."

Leia and Han exchanged bewildered expressions.

"How could you not have heard of Vader? Let me describe him; very tall, shiny black armor, scary mask, creepy breathing noise… sound familiar?"

Everyone shook their heads, and Han, Leia and Chewie just became even more bewildered. Why hadn't they heard of Vader? Was Vader hiding, waiting for the right moment to show himself? If that was the case, finding Vader would prove to be extraordinarily difficult.

Suddenly, a big, black hole appeared in the center of the room, and everyone dove for cover. Funnily enough, the black hole was pushing everything away from it, instead of towards it. This was soon explained, when two figures were violently thrown into the room. Just as suddenly as it had appeared, it decreased, and disappeared entirely.

Once it was gone, they all stood up to see the two people who had caused the disturbance.

It was Luke and Darth Vader!

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