The large clipper ship was taking heavy fire from the newly deposited stormtroopers. Captain Antilles ordered his gunnery to take aim at the pods as they streamed in to stem the tide. His ship was close to the edge of the air shield and one side could fire on the pods as they entered the air space while the other picked off stormtroopers below. They managed to destroy a few pods and they actually struck another one before it breached the outer shield.
That pod exploded outward, sending its inhabitants hurtling in all directions out into space. One of those figures flipped himself around, spun and landed on an outer planetoid. With his cape floating up behind him, Darth Vader kicked off of the metallic rock and guided himself easily onto another one. Landing with ease he fanned his arms and out ignited his bright red lightsaber and split oncoming debris as it passed near him. He repeatedly kicked up and jumped from rock to rock.
With feet first he burst through the air shield and landed onto another small planetoid inside. He jumped again and with his lightsaber swinging in bright red arcs he sliced through the web of connecting ropes that crisscrossed between the upper most planetoids. After finally falling into the gravity field of the dock, he guided himself with his lightsaber stretched out before him. He dropped like a stone and crashed onto the deck of the Venturous with a tremendous bang.
Captain Antilles spun around to see more than twenty of his crew rushing towards the large black figure that had just made a crater on his deck. The creature breathed loudly and rose up out of the small pit and stood tall. The bright red of his lightsaber illuminated some of the mysterious buttons and devices that lined the front of his spacesuit. As the pirates assailed him with their own swords he quickly dispensed with them one at a time, running them through.
Antilles froze in horror as the limbs of his closest comrades flew up and were scattered about the deck. His first mate jumped in front of him and blasted his own rapid firing laser rifle only to have the creature raise his sword of fire and cast the laser bolts away as if he were swatting flies.
"Run for it, Captain! Get help, I'll keep it busy!"
The first mate rushed at Vader with his drawn sword. Vader grabbed him up with his free arm while searing off both of his hands in one terrible swing of his lightsaber, then simply turned and cast the man over the side. He walked slowly towards Captain Antilles who was standing frozen still. He had not moved.
"What evil demon spat you out of hell!" the Captain said hoarsely as he backed up from the approaching monster. Vader's loud mechanized breathing starkly swept over the silence of the dead who lay all around.
"Where is the crew of the Millennium Falcon?" Vader asked in a booming voice.
"The Falcon?" Antilles eyes opened wide and he anxiously stammered on. "You want Solo? Captain Han Solo? Well, I have him. Aye- and ya' best stop ravengin' my crew if you want him!" the Captain said quickly as he backed up against the side rail of the ship.
Vader approached him with an outstretched hand towards his throat. At the same moment another pirate leaned over a parapet just above them and yelled out.
"Captain!" yelled the older man who had just come down from the upper sails and was looming over Vader back.
The man drew his blaster and fired repeatedly at Vader. Instantly Vader turned as his lightsaber went up and blocked the oncoming laser blasts. Vader deflected most of them directly back at the poor man who took several redirected hits. He fell over the edge and dropped at Vader's feet. Vader turned back towards the Captain just in time to see him with his gun of an arm aimed directly at Vader's head. Antilles grinned widely while he fired. He felt for sure he had defeated this angel of death.
Vader threw himself back, giving him the microsecond he needed to raise his lightsaber and split the speeding projectile. With his arm raised he guided the pieces to his sides where they passed him harmlessly. Antilles fired over and over while Vader stood tall and continued to block the shots, slowly walking towards the captain. Finally he lunged at Antilles with his lightsaber and sheared his forearm clean off, sending the large gun-arm right over the side of the ship and it clanged against the hull all the way down. Antilles fell backward as Vader raised his red sword high up to level a final blow. Suddenly he froze.
Beyond all of the explosions and cannon fire, the Dark Lord of the Sith heard a distinct far off sound that gripped him and shook him to his core. It was the slow searing sound from someone igniting the weapon of a Jedi.
Vader turned to see far down below on the docks the faint and very bright blue glow of Anakin Skywalker's lightsaber coming to life. It was held aloft by the rebel pilot who had caused so much trouble. Luke, the son of the Jedi, was again wielding the force with great strength. He was running past a wookie, swinging his weapon haphazardly, and quite successfully, fighting off dozens of laser blasts from attacking stormtroopers. Vader leapt up onto the top rail and dove off, dropping out of sight. Antilles grabbed and cradled his amputated limb as he crawled back in exasperation. He slowly disappeared below deck.