Darth Revan
Luke was dizzy. His head hurt. He opened his eyes and saw that he lying on a bed in a comfortable apartment. He got up and said, "Han! Chewie! C-3PO! Where are you? Where am I?"
A light-skinned man entered the room. He was tall, standing two meters in height. His head was adorned with blue tattoos and a large metal shield covered his face from his upper lip down. He was wearing a skin-tight, red-orange body armor that showed off his physique, draped in a half-cape of black cloth.
Luke's face became ashen white due to fear and he immediately reached for his lightsaber, but he could not find it. "Who are you?", he asked.
"I am Darth Malak, apprentice to Darth Revan, Dark Lord of the Sith and Great Conqueror."
Luke had never heard of this name before. He only knew of Darth Vader. He didn't knew that they were other living Sith Lords. According to Leia, all other Sith Lords were long dead. So who was this mysterious man who claimed to be a Sith Lord?
"I've never heard of you or your Master.", Luke admitted. "Now, will you tell me how I got here or shall I have to resort to violence?"
Malak laughed. 'This kid believes that he can threaten one of the most powerful Sith Lords who ever existed?', he thought.
"I would love to teach you a good lesson, kid, but my Master wanted me to take you to him.", Malak replied.
"Very well. Lead me to your Master."
Malak led Luke to a small room and then walked to room's balcony. A hooded man wearing a dark robe gazing at the bright sun and the endless expanse of sea was waiting there. Luke understood that the building was located in a coastal area, but Korriban did not have a sea, so he could not be in Korriban. A red Mandalorian armor hid the hooded man's face.
"Do you like the sight of the sea? Isn't it beautiful?", the hooded man asked.
"Who are you?", Luke said.
"I'm Revan, Dark Lord of the Sith once. 4000 years ago."
Luke's face became ashen white upon hearing this. How could this man be still alive if he was 4000 years old? Was he a spirit?
Revan laughed. "Do not worry, I mean no harm. I only wish to make you see the truth. When did you felt stronger? When you were calm or when you were angry? When you were angry you felt a surge of power in you, you were able to crush the Tie Fighters using just the Force. That is the power of the dark side. It is stronger than the light. Only by using your emotions and utilizing the power of the dark side can you save your friends. Only then can you destroy the Empire and take revenge for your father. Otherwise you will lose everything and everyone you care about: the rebellion, your friends, the woman you love. Only by embracing darkness can you save the galaxy and restore order and peace!"
"I'll never fall to the dark side!", Luke shouted. "I am a Jedi Knight, just like my father before me."
"So was I, before I fell. Malak too was a Jedi Knight. We were the greatest Jedi of the Order, the defenders of the Republic, the heroes. And yet we fell to the dark side. So do not think that being a Jedi Knight will prevent you from becoming a Sith Lord. All great Sith Lords were once Jedi before falling to the darkness. I and Malak embraced the power of the dark side for the greater good. You should do that too. Only then can you defeat the Empire!"
"The light side always prevails in the end."
"And yet it never managed to eradicate darkness. The dark side will always exist. And it will always be stronger. Because we Sith are not afraid to use our powers like the Jedi are, nor are we afraid of our emotions. The Jedi can never reach the full extent of their powers because they are afraid to use them. We are not. We are ready to do whatever it needs to be done in order to enforce peace and order on the galaxy."
"And yet, despite this, you always lose."
"If I remember correctly, it was Vader who killed your pathetic Jedi Master, not the other way around."
Luke was enraged when he heard Revan insulting Ben Kenobi. His entire body was trembling and his face was red due to his anger. He could feel cold sweat on his forehead. He roared and charged at Revan, who easily pushed him back with the Force. At that moment, Revan waved his hand and Malak, seeing this signal, threw Luke's lightsaber on the balcony's floor just besides Luke.
Luke immediately got up, grabbed his lightsaber and ignited it. He then charged once again at Revan only to be struck by Force lighting and be electrified until he could barely stand on his two feet.
"Good.", Malak commented. "Use your anger, use your hatred. Only then will you be able to defeat my Master."
Luke was about to attack again Revan, but hearing those words he remembered Ben's teachings. 'I cannot betray Ben and my father. I have to calm down and not give in to my anger, whatever tricks this Revan uses to enrage me.', Luke thought.
He then threw to the floor his lightsaber and said, "I am a Jedi, I will not allow myself to be consumed by anger and hate."
"Good.", Revan said. "Very good, what a noble Jedi you are. Too bad this will lead to your friends' death and you shall also die."
With a movement of his hand, Revan began force choking Luke. "How do you feel now, 'Jedi'? You see how good it is to be noble? You could be so much more, and yet you chose to die instead of gaining ultimate power. But before killing you, I shall break you."
Malak left the balcony to go back to the room and Luke heard the sounds of Malak's lightsaber being ignited and of screams. Suddenly, Malak brought the corpses of Han and Chewbacca in the balcony and threw them on the floor.
"No!", Luke shouted. "They cannot be dead! They cannot be dead…."
Revan laughed. "You could have saved your friends. You had the power to do so. But instead you decided to deny using your power and pretend to be noble. That is what you get for being noble and for refusing to wield the powers you have! Everyone you love will die because you are too afraid of using your powers, your emotions to save them."
Luke could no longer maintain his composure and screamed and raved like a madman. But Revan simply sighed. "Too bad you realize the errors of your ways and decide to use your powers too late. You've already failed your friends and you've already sealed your fate. You are a dead man. A dead man. A dead man!"
Revan ignited his red lightsaber and stabbed Luke's chest with it. Luke's eyes closed and there was darkness.
"Hey, kid, wake up!", Han was heard saying.
'It must be a dream', Luke thought. 'Malak killed Han, so it is not possible that he is speaking to me.'
"Kid, tell me you are alive!", Han said.
Luke opened his eyes and saw Han, Chewbacca and C-3PO standing before him. He was lying on the ground, his head bleeding. He looked around and realized that he was still on Korriban. What he saw was a mere vision.
"I am alright, Han.", Luke replied. "What happened?"
"You collapsed after those Tie Fighters were somehow blown up. Thankfully, there were no other Tie Fighters and while you were unconscious Chewbacca fixed C-3PO."
"It's great to see you again conscious, Master Luke.", C-3PO said. "Since the Empire knows of us beforehand, what about leaving this place Master? It is surely a trap."
"We cannot do that, C-3PO.", Luke replied. "And although they knew of our plan, now they think that we are dead. So they will not expect us to go on with our plan. As such, we have the advantage. Let's move forward. We have a mission to accomplish."