"I have a bad feeling about this!"

"I can't believe I am doing this!", the man said while gazing from the rooftop of an ancient stony temple at the seemingly endless hillsides of Arvick, which surrounded the rebel base. In the dense forests of trees that ran along the hillsides, a myriad of leaves glistened brightly. The sun brightened the clear blue sky. The flowers' fragrance filled the air. The sight was majestic and seemed like a painting, one that no human could paint.

That man had shaggy brown hair and was wearing black trousers, a white shirt and a dark jacket. He was no other than the now famous Han Solo. Once a smuggler who cared only for himself, he had reluctantly joined the Rebellion against the Galactic Empire after befriending Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia. But he was still not sure if he had made the right choice.

"Helping Luke blow up the Death Star was one thing, piloting into a planet full of Stormtroopers and Imperial Walkers is just crazy."

Chewbacca, the Wookie friend of Han Solo, roared. Although most people were not able to understand the Wookie dialect, Han Solo was able to learn that language after so many years spent together with Chewbacca.

"Yes, I know that the Death Star too was full of Stormtroopers and yet we managed to escape but because we did such a crazy thing once, it does not mean that we have to repeat it."

"How are you doing Han?", Luke asked. "Are you ready for the mission?"

Luke was a young man with short blonde hair, blue eyes, a fair and handsome face and well-proportioned features. He was relative tall and slim and was wearing long white robe and trousers.

Han turned around and replied to Luke, "Don't know, kid. I have a bad feeling about this! I mean, going into this strange mythical planet full of Stormtroopers is not my idea of fun."

Luke laughed. "Don't worry, we will make it. We have been to much crazier missions before and we managed to survive, so this mission should be no problem. After all, I have improved myself with the lightsaber. I've been training constantly those few months. I am a Jedi Knight now, just like my father."

Han smirked. "Ben too was a Jedi, kid, but this did not save him."

Luke sighed. "You may be right. But Ben died only because he had to face Vader. I am sure he would be able to escape with us if he faced only Stormtroopers. And from the information our spies have collected, it seems that Vader will not be on Korriban. So we have nothing to be afraid of. My lightsaber skills should be more than a match for Imperial troops."

"Hope this is true or this mission will be a really short one."

"You should do less talking and spent more time preparing for the mission.", a female voice was heard saying. "You will need to leave this place very soon, so there is not time to waste on talking and joking."

That voice belonged to Princess Leia.

"Of course, your Highness.", Han angrily retorted. "Maybe you want us to not sleep too and work twenty fours the day for your rebellion? 'Don't do this', 'Don't do that'. The only thing you do is giving us orders."

Leia sighed. "Why do you have to be so annoying? You know that I cannot come with you on your missions because I have to coordinate the rebel fleets from the headquarters. And I am not giving orders, I am just giving you some advices so you can stay alive and not get shot by the Imperials."

"I have no need of female advices. I can survive on my own."

"Fine then, you will get no more advices."

Leia then turned to Luke, "I have faith in you. I am sure that you will succeed in your mission. May the Force be with you."

"Thanks Leia. I am confident that I will not fail you.", Luke replied.

Leia left and Chewbacca roared.

"Yes, go to the Millennium Falcon and prepare for takeoff.", Han said. He then said to Luke, "I will be going too to make some updates to my rifle. Leia is right. We have no time to waste on talking."

Luke smiled. "If she is right, then why you argued with her?"

"Because…because the way she gives her advices is annoying. Anyway, it's a complicated issue and we do not have the time to discuss this. See you later on the docking bay, kid."

Luke headed back to his room to prepare his stuff for the journey. He had gone a long way from being just a farmer boy to becoming a Jedi Knight. After Ben's death, he had no one to teach him how to use his lightsaber. Although he trained hard for a few months using a hologram left behind by Ben and droids for targets, he was still not a fully trained Jedi despite what he himself said, mostly to reassure himself and to not lose hope.

As he was preparing his stuff, he heard some knocking his room's door. "Who is it?"

"Nara.", a woman replied.

"Come in."

Luke could not hide his smile when the female pilot entered his room. Nara had long black hair, lips that were redder than the fire, a skin almost as white as snow, eyes that shone like the clear and piercing light of the moon and a face so beautiful that it dazzled all who looked at her.

Her beauty was the least of the reasons why she was so famous among the rebels. Nara was the best pilot of the rebellion until Luke joined them. Long before Luke blew up the Death Star, Nara had led small groups of rebel pilots in almost suicide missions of attacking the Imperial fleet. She herself had blown up more than a few of Star Destroyers.

Nara was of course intrigued by this farmer boy who had managed to blow up the Death Star. She herself was on another mission when the battle took place, so she met him only after the rebels retreated from Yavin IV. When they met, they instantly liked each other and spent most of their time competing in X-Wing races.

"You are leaving.", Nara said. "So I came by to say goodbye and wish you good luck. This is a dangerous mission and you better not overestimate yourself or underestimate the enemy."

"Don't worry, I will return alive."

Luke wanted to say more, much more to Nara. He wanted to admit to her that he did not see her just as a friend. But he did not have the courage to do so and so he just awkwardly smiled at Nara. But she gently kissed his cheek.

"For luck.", she said and left the room. Luke blushed and was lost in his thoughts, only to be brought back by the bleep sound made by R2-D2.

"Hey R2, you are coming with us too?", Luke smilingly asked.

"Bleep weeble bloop!"

"So you will stay here to help Leia on fixing the hyperdrives of some damaged rebel freighters. Good luck with that, it must be a tedious job."

"But I will be coming with you, sir Luke.", C-3PO, the golden protocol droid, said.

Luke was surprised to hear that. "I am glad to have you aboard 3PO, but I do not see how a protocol droid can help us in our mission. "

"I very much agree with you, sir. I did not want to come on this suicide mission, but Princess Leia insisted that you would need me to translate ancient artifacts the Empire may have found. She said that she is sure that's the reason why the Empire has sent troops there as Korriban is known to be the birthplace of the ancient Sith Empire."

Meanwhile, in the docking bay Han's shouting could be heard all over the place. "I told you Chewie to fix the shields, not to fix the hyperdrive! That's why you found the hyperdrive not needing any repairs! Because I did not ask you to fix it in the first place!"

Chewbacca roared.

"I am sure Chewie that I was not the one who messed up the two. I clearly said fix the shields! Dammit! I sure hope the Imperial fleet does not discover us while travelling to Korriban or we will be blown to galactic dust!"

"Calm down Han.", Luke, who had just arrived to the docking bay, said. "I am sure that even without the shields we will be able to complete successfully this mission."

"Yes, sure, the Force will protect us."

"We should be optimistic. We will return back as heroes once again."

Han sighed. "I sure hope you are right Luke."

Chewbacca opened the outer hatch of the Millennium Falcon and lowered its ramp. Then, he and Han boarded the ship and headed to the cockpit. Han sat on the pilot's seat while Chewbacca in the co-pilot's. Luke and C-3PO too boarded the ship and rushed to the cockpit.

"Let's head for Korriban!", Luke said.

Han pulled a lever, pushed some buttons and launched the ship. The Millennium Falcon took off from the hangar and sped towards space.