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A Drinking Problem – Chapter 8

Luke remained standing, looking at the floor and as soon as Solo walked away four stormtroopers entered bringing the two pilots who were with Luke in Coruscant. They were very afraid and were placed down on their knees. Vader took the light saber and approached the two pilots, Luke placed himself between his father and the pilots, he went down on his knees.

"Please, father…I am sorry. It will never happen again, I swear. Please don't take their lives because of my mistakes!"

Vader pushed Luke aside with the Force and disabled his movements, he approached one of the pilots, as young as Luke. The pilot looked up, tearful eyes.

"Whose fault is?" Vader asked.

"I-it wa..was ours…milord," he replied truthfully.

"And you?" Vader asked the second pilot.

"H-he is right, milord…it was our fault."

Vader paced around the frightened pilots and glanced at Luke.

"Please, father…don't take their lives…" Luke pleaded through the Force…

"What do you have to say about this?" Vader asked the young pilot.

"I am very sorry, milord. I would do anything to atone for my mistake."

Vader looked at his son and saw too much fear and he felt somewhat disturbed. He didn't want his son to fear him. He wanted to kill the pilots but Luke's despair stopped him.

"You may return to your quarters and I will send word what your new position will be."

The pilots gasped…they were going to live!

"Thank you, milord!" They responded in unison and left the Sith's presence.

Luke sighed in relief.

"Thank you, father."

Vader whirled around suddenly his black cloak hitting Luke in the face as he scurried backwards hitting the wall and rubbed his head for good measure.

"I am not done with YOU, young one!" he pointed the finger to Luke's face. The young boy froze. "I changed my mind about you working at the garage pit. You will stay away from any craft; therefore you will be repairing and cleaning droids as well in charge of the trash compactor!"

"Will I be able to train…with my lightsaber?"

"I will not train a drunk! You must prove yourself worthy of training."

"Yes, father."

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TATOOINE…

Obi-Wan had constant nightmares since Darth Vader took Luke away. He feared that the young man would succumb to the Dark Side….

Obi-Wan got up fast, from his nightmare and grabbed a bottle of Corellian Ale to ease his pain and troubled mind. . .

"No…Obi-Wan…you must resist this!" Qui-Gon specter appeared.

"I have been having nightmares, master…about Luke…"

"Dreams pass, in time…it is only your fears that are causing this dreams my old padawan…"

"I fear that I have failed him as I failed Anakin….Luke is lost, master."

"Get rid of this bottle and go to Naboo…"

"Naboo? Why in blazes would I go to Naboo?"

"I am not sure if I should tell you that, but I hope it can help you..."

Qui-Gon walked away from Obi-Wan then turned around.

"After my old Padawan, Xanatos..turned to the dark side…I started drinking…"

"What?"

"Yes, I was on a mission in Naboo…before Viceroy Nute Gunray took over…remember?"

"Yes, master, you were gone…without me…what happened?"

"I was attending the Galactic Alcoholics Anonymous…their headquarters were in Naboo…I know that still exists."

"I never knew…master."

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Han Solo was eating with the other pilots when he received a message to report Lord Vader. He immediately left to meet the Dark Lord, knowing that the Dark Lord had very little patience.

"I have a mission for you, Solo. I want you to transport a prisoner to the Death Star, and you will relay a message to Moff Tarkin. I will be arriving there shortly."

"Yes, milord." Han replied and headed to the Detention block.

"Last time I transported a prisoner got me in trouble…I hope I don't get into another one…" Han thought as he walked the corridor of the Detention Block.

Han Solo entered the prison's chamber.

"What business has you here?" The imperial warden asked.

"Prisoner transfer." Solo replied.

"I wasn't informed of that. I need to clear it."

"Go ahead." Solo sarcastically responded.

"TK 138, requesting information on prisoner transfer request," the warden spoke through the intercom.

"Transfer request is affirmative, sir. I am sending you the code transmission for the orders."

The warden's eyes widened when he recognized the code.

"Why didn't you tell me that it was Lord Vader's orders?"

"You didn't ask." Solo replied with a smirk on his face.

"Please, go ahead, she is on level 5"

"She?"

"Yes, the prisoner…Princess Leia Organa of Alderaan."

Han Solo opened the cell and faced the feisty Princess staring at him.

"What do you want, nerfherder!"

"I have a bad feeling about this." Solo thought as he rolled his eyes and sighed deeply.

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Luke entered the dark room filled with droids. He heard a few beeps and noticed the astromech droid shaking wildly. The confrontation with his father still ringing in his ears, but at least he still had ears and breath in his body, even if he still shaken by the whole experience; dear Old Dad definitely needed some parenting classes. . .

"Hey, what's wrong with you?"

"Hello, sir." A protocol droid came from behind, startling Luke.

"Hi…what is wrong with him?"

"I don't know sir. He is claiming that you look like his old master. I don't know what he is talking about but our old master was Captain Antilles and you don't resemble him in any way."

Luke smiled at the droid. "Perhaps he had too much oil to drink." Luke smiled at his joke. C3PO didn't understand…

"He doesn't drink, sir, he is a droid."

Luke laughed… " I was only kidding…well, I guess I will clean primary photo receptor a little and he will be able to see better."

"That would be good, sir."

"I'm Luke. Just call me Luke."

"Yes, sir Luke.."

"No…just Luke…and who are you?"

" I am C3PO human-cyborg relations, and this is R2D2 my counterpart."

Luke is cleaning the lens. "Well, he is very dirty."

"Actually we are in a very good condition, considering we were captured."

"Captured? When?"

"I don't recall…we were on board of a Corellian Corvette…Tantive IV…if my memory is correct."

Luke returned to work on R2D2 when suddenly a holo-image of Princess Leia appeared…

"Help me Obi-Wan Kenobi…you are my only hope!"