The discussion between the male Fetts on the way to Keyorin had been quite heated. Fortunately, it seemed that everyone in both the Rebellion and the Empire had latched on to the fact that Luke Skywalker son of Anakin Skywalker had destroyed the Death Star and no further questions about Luke's background had been asked since people had heard Darklighter talk about how Luke was from Tatooine. The fact that Skywalker was also a Fett was known for a fact by only seven people throughout the galaxy, Luke himself, Leia, Boba Fett, Sintas Vel, Ailyn Vel, Commander Solo of the Rebellion, and his companion Chewbacca. None of them were talking.
Time passed as it always does and always will do. Eventually, Fett got over the extremely idiotic thing that his son had done, tempers had cooled, and they were back to being a family. Luke and Leia began to hunt together in matching red armor and, like when they were younger, neither was seen without the other. As they took on bigger and better bounties, their reputations as hunters began to rise, and they started becoming known throughout the galaxy as "The Fett twins".
The cold hard shell that had settled around Luke's heart in his sister's absence slowly dissipated and he became more open and affectionate, like he had been before Leia had been taken. People started to notice that the strange darkness that surrounded the male twin which had made the hair on the backs of their necks stand on end had abated and nearly vanished. This relieved Luke's father, because he hadn't wanted to see what would have happened if his son had given into it. The galaxy had seen enough Sith, and he didn't want to be forced to kill his own child when the darkness eventually drove him insane as it always did to the people who gave in to it.
When the twins weren't hunting, they were at home spending time with whoever was there at the moment, since everyone in the family including Ailyn who was just getting her start and usually paired up with Sintas was a bounty hunter. Most often it was Ailyn who was holding down the fort, though occasionally they would have a day with Sintas or their father. Ailyn had been delighted to have an older sister with whom she could talk about girl stuff such as boys, explosives, makeup, the latest weapons systems, boys, armor maintenance, and boys. On rare occasions, everyone would be there long enough to share a meal together as a family.
Occasionally, a Star Destroyer would be sabotaged or an Imperial munitions dump would explode, and much to Luke's chagrin it would be attributed to "the younger Jedi Skywalker". None of these had been his doing. He or rather "Luke Skywalker" had become a symbol to a Rebellion which seemed to be in need of heroes. The Skywalker name carried a weight with it that few did thanks to the actions of the highly visible Anakin Skywalker during the Clone Wars. Having that name associated with the Rebellion had boosted recruitment a great deal as those who remembered and practically worshiped Kenobi and Skywalker twenty years before flocked to their banner.
Luke and Leia occasionally did business with the Rebellion if it paid well enough. They didn't work with them often, and kept their helmets on when they did, since they didn't want anyone recognizing them and asking awkward questions.
For three years, life continued in this manner before they got dragged into the fight between the Rebellion and the Empire again. They had been on Hoth delivering some sniveling spy to the Rebels when Luke had the vision that had set events rolling. He had been napping in his bunk aboard the ship he and his sister shared when that old fart Kenobi showed up like a bad decicred. The glowing blue light that the now see through bastard emitted prevented Luke from rolling over and going back to sleep, especially since it was shining directly in his eyes, and covering his head with his pillow hadn't worked.
His first thought when he saw Kenobi was that he was having a hallucination of some sort. Kenobi informed him that it wasn't a hallucination, that he'd become part of the Force, and had been able to visit him through the Force. Apparently, Jedi could come back from the dead. It looked like he and his sister would get their revenge after all. Kenobi then proved that death had rotted his brains, as he started ordering him around
"Luke, you will go to the Dagobah system." The apparition said in a mysterious voice.
"Get the Kriff out of here old man and let me sleep." Luke said rolling over yet again and covering his head with his blanket, which also failed to get rid of Kenobi.
"You will go to the Dagobah system." Kenobi said once more in the mysterious voice he was using for some strange reason, probably because he thought it sounded impressive.
"Once again, get the kriff off my ship." Luke said burying his head underneath his pillow once more for all the good it did him.
"Fine." the apparition of Kenobi said slowly vanishing, muttering rude things about Luke, both his fathers, his adoptive grandfather, and the condition of the galaxy as a whole the entire time he did so.
Unable to get back to sleep thanks to the glowing Kenobi's parting gift of more energy than he would have had after several cups of caf, he wandered over to the main mess hall where his sister was chatting up the newly minted General Solo (Wanted By The Empire, Half Million Credit Reward). He would have to have a talk with her about her little crush later, especially considering the much more suitable marriage proposal she'd received from "Kad" Skirata who was closer to their own age. Father would go through the roof if Leia and Solo started dating, especially considering his and Solo's history. Solo had been one of the very few living beings who managed to both outsmart and evade Boba Fett.
"Leia, do you mind staying here for a while? I'm going to some place called Dagobah." Luke said to his sister.
"I don't mind, why?" Leia asked, wondering if their father needed any help since he had mentioned going there the last time she commed him.
"To trash whatever I find there." Luke replied. If Kenobi had taken the time to come back from the dead in order to get him to go there, there was a good bet that there would be something there that was worth destroying in order to spite the old man.
"Okaaaay. Have fun." Leia said as she hugged her brother. Apparently, dad didn't need their help, and she would be able to have more time with Solo who their father most definitely didn't approve of. She'd ask her brother exactly what he wanted to destroy in that Forceforsaken swamp when he got back.
"What was that about?" Han asked after Luke had left.
"I have absolutely no idea." Leia replied.
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Aboard the Imperial Super Star Destroyer Executor, Darth Vader was attempting to alleviate his boredom by wondering once more why he had decided to serve that lunatic who called himself the Emperor, and why he continued to do so. The survival of his son had proven that Palpatine had lied to him about how Padme had died since she had lived long enough to give birth to the boy he was having a very hard time finding.
"Sir, one of our probe droids might have gotten something." Said the only competent officer above the rank of Sergeant aboard the ship, a Captain called Piett. He'd be getting a promotion soon if Ozzel continued being the total ass that he was. Speaking of Ozzel, there he goes talking about how he didn't want to chase some nothing lead to the ass end of space only to find a bunch of smugglers.
He walked over and looked at the image on the screen that the two officers were studying. The Force told him that what that droid had found was indeed the Rebel base.
"Set course for the Hoth System." he yelled over to the navigation team before wheeling around and heading to his quarters. Dealing with Ozzel for any amount of time gave him a headache. He hoped the moron would do something that would allow him to kill him without the Emperor complaining about him doing so very soon.
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Meanwhile, back on Hoth:
General Han Solo stared at the remains of the Imperial probe droid that he had just inadvertently blasted to pieces. Well, actually the thing self-destructed, but the end result had been the same. Unfortunately, it had managed to get a signal out before flaming chunks of it decorated the surrounding snowbanks. The Empire would be here soon. They would have to start evacuating the base immediately.
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Meanwhile, in space:
Luke prepared for his arrival on the planet Dagobah, snickering as he noticed the fact that his father was just leaving the system as he arrived. If there was anything down there that was left for him to destroy, it would not be there for very much longer.
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Han watched his unexpected passenger as they blasted off from Hoth in the Falcon. He hadn't expected to bring Leia along, but she had been short a ship, there hadn't been time to get her a ride on one of the transports, and he wasn't about to leave her behind for the Imperials to capture. She was a nice enough girl except for that whole Mandalorian bounty hunter thing. Oddly enough, he could see himself with her in the future, as long as Fett didn't decide to hang around. He hadn't thought that way about a woman since Bria.
He was pulled out of his reverie when the golden protocol droid that Leia had brought along with her tapped him on the shoulder.
"Hey meatsack," C-3PO said once he got Han's attention "Your hyperdrive's broken."
"What!" he yelled. He'd been about to go into hyperspace in order escape from the pursuing Star Destroyers. In fact, he'd had his hand on the lever when the droid had interrupted him.
"Are you deaf or just stupid, I told you your hyperdrive is broken." C-3PO said.
Han muttered under his breath as he headed toward the nearby asteroid field in order to escape the Star Destroyers that were hot on his tail.
"I think the answer is stupid, and kriffing insane." C-3PO said as the first asteroids sailed past the ship.
"Shut that thing off before I blast it to pieces." General Solo said as he took one of his hands off the controls and moved it towards his blaster.
"Someone shoul-" C-3PO began before he was deactivated.
Under the expert guidance of Han Solo, the Millenium Falcon raced through the asteroid field evading asteroids and pursuing TIE fighters with seeming ease. Coming upon one of the larger asteroids, the Millenium Falcon gracefully looped back and dove into a large hole in its surface.
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Aboard the Super Star Destroyer Executor, Darth Vader had watched the small Corellian freighter that he was going to add to his collection one day evade the fleet and head into the asteroid field. When he had reached his senses out toward the ship, he had felt a presence that was like his Padme, but not. Undoubtedly, his son Luke who had so far evaded his spies was aboard. He would do anything to have his son here by his side instead of out there and in danger.
Knowing that the small ship could wait in the asteroid field almost indefinitely, and that he and the other ships in the fleet would have to be called away on duty at some point in the near future since a large number of the rebels had managed to escape, he took one of the few avenues open to him at the moment. He called for bounty hunters.
As he waited for the bounty hunters to arrive, he took care of important ship's business and fielded a call from the Emperor in which he promised to have Luke join them. He was going to have Luke join him, but as long as the Emperor believed that he was his loyal servant, the Emperor pretty much stayed off his back.
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Leia was busy helping Han fix the ship so they could get out of here before they ran out of food in two months. The hyperdrive was shot to hell and would need to be taken care of at a spaceport, but other repairs needed to be made. Some part that she had been working on was stuck. As she struggled with it, Han came and helped her move it back into place. She didn't quite remember the conversation they had next, but one moment they were working on unsticking a stubborn part of Han's rustbucket and the next, they were kissing.
In the middle of a rather spectacular kiss, Han felt a blaster poking him in the back, between his ribs. He quickly broke the kiss and whirled around to see who had threatened him.
"Hands off meatbag." C-3PO said, blaster in hand and aimed straight at Solo.
Leia smirked as she left the alcove and headed up to the cockpit. Trust her father to add defense programming to the droid and not tell her about it. She would have to find it and remove it soon, after all she can't have C-3PO constantly threatening her future husband every time he kissed her.
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Luke and R2-D2 wandered around in the muck on Dagobah, searching for the strange presence that always seemed just a little farther ahead. The ship had crash landed in a muddy lake and Luke knew he would have a hard time getting it out later. Fortunately, it was all in one piece, and in relatively good condition.
After hours of wandering, he came upon a small hovel in a clearing. Sitting outside, was a small green creature with large pointy ears. R2 warbled a greeting at the creature.
"Haven't seen you since born, you were. Grown big, you have. Like your father, you look. Nice to see you again it is." the green creature said upon spotting Luke.
Edited on 3/14/2012