Star Wars: Remix version
Chapter twelve: eighteen years later
It' been eighteen years since the clone wars. With each passing day, the rebellion grows larger and stronger. Ready to take down Darth Sky and the Empire. Rebel spaceships, striking from a hidden base won their first victory against the evil Galactic Empire.
During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans to the Empire's ultimate weapon, the Death Star, an armored space station with enough power to destroy an entire planet.
Fourteen year old Princess Anna sat in her room aboard the Alderann ship.
"Princess, They are after us" Admiral Darkis said. Anna sighed.
"Prepare the cannons. They must not retrieve these plans" She stood up. "Where is R2D2?"
"I don't know, your highness" Admiral Darkis. "Do you wish me to find him for you?" She shook her head.
"I'll find him" She said, sweeping out of the room. An explosion rocked the ship, nearly causing her to fall. The robots, she found were near the control center.
"Princess Anna, how may we be of service?" Threepio asked.
"I need R2" the R2 unit rolled up to her. Threepio watched as she whispered something to the R2 unit and slipped something into a slot onR2.
She pulled her hood up and grabbed a blaster. "go" She hissed. Threepio followed R2, who was beeping shrilly.
"Slow down R2" Threepio reprimanded. Anna hid by a main way as a tremendous blast opened up a hole in the main passageway and a
score of fearsome armored spacesuited stormtroopers made their way into the smoke-filled corridor. In a few minutes the entire passageway was ablaze with laserfire. Anna slipped away unnoticed, hoping to reach an escape pod.
The seven-foot-tall Dark Lord of the Sith made his way into the blinding light of the main passageway. His name was Darth Sky, right hand of the Emperor. His face was obscured by his flowing black robes and grotesque black mask. Everyone instinctively backed away from
the imposing warrior and a deathly quiet swept through the Rebel troops. Several of the Rebel troops turned and ran in a frenzied panic.
The evil Dark Sky stood amid the broken and twisted bodies of his foes. He grabbed a wounded Rebel Officer by the neck as an Imperial Officer rushed up to him.
"The Death Star plans are not in the main computer, Lord Sky" He said. Sky squeezed the neck of the Rebel Officer, who struggled
in a vain attempt to get away.
"Where are those transmissions you intercepted?" Sky asked harshly. He lifted the rebel off his feet. "What have you done with those plans?"
"We intercepted no transmissions. This is a consular ship. Were on a diplomatic mission." The rebel stammered.
"If this is a consular ship...where is the Ambassador?" Sky asked. The rebel didn't answer. Sky proceeded to choke the life out of the rebel, before tossing him in a heap on the floor. "Commander, tear this ship apart until you've found those plans and bring me the Ambassador. I want her alive!" The stormtroopers scurried into the subhallways.
Princess Anna huddled in a small alcove as the stormtroopers searched through the ship. The fear in her eyes slowly gave way to anger as the muted crushing sounds of the approaching stormtroopers grew louder. One of the troopers spotted her.
"There she is! Set for stun!" He shouted. Anna stepped from her hiding place and blasted a trooper with her laser pistol. She started to run but is felled by a paralyzing ray. The troopers inspected her inert body.
"She'll be all right. Inform Lord Sky we have a prisoner." Commander Cody said firmly.
Artoo stopped before the small hatch of an emergency lifepod. He snapped the seal on the main latch and a red warning light
began to flash. The stubby astro-robot worked his way into the cramped four-man pod.
"Hey, you're not permitted in there. It's restricted. You'll be deactivated for sure.." Threepio said worriedly. Artoo beeped something to him.
"Don't call me a mindless philosopher, you overweight glob of grease! Now come out before somebody sees you." Threepio demanded.
Artoo whistled something at his reluctant friend regarding the mission he was about to perform.
"Secret mission? What plans? What are you talking about? Is that was the princess wanted?" Artoo beeped some more. "I'm not getting in there" Threepio snapped. Artoo wasn't happy with Threepio's stubbornness, and he beeped angrily. A new explosion, this time very close, sent dust and debris through the narrow hallway. Flames licked at Threepio and, after a flurry of electronic swearing from Artoo, the lanky robot jumped into the lifepod.
"I'm going to regret this." Threepio muttered to himself.
On the main viewscreen, the lifepod carrying the two terrified robots sped away from the stricken Rebel spacecraft
"There goes another one." One of the controllers said.
"Hold your fire. There are no life forms. It must have been short-circuited." The captain told them.
Princess Anna was led down a low-ceilinged hallway by a squad of armored stormtroopers. Her hands were bound and she was brutally shoved when she was unable to keep up with the briskly marching troops. They stopped in a smoky hallway as Darth Sky emerged from the shadows. The sinister Dark Lord stared hard at the frail young senator, but she didn't flinched.
"Lord Sky, I should have known. Only you could be so bold. The Imperial Senate will not sit for this, when they hear you've attacked a diplomatic..." Her voice trailed off as Lord Sky stepped closer to her.
"Don't play games with me, Your Highness. You weren't on any mercy mission this time. You passed directly through a restricted system. Several transmissions were beamed to this ship by Rebel spies. I want to know what happened to the plans they sent you." Lord Sky said in a low voice.
"I don't know what you're talking about. I'm a member of the Imperial Senate on a diplomatic mission to Alderaan..." She was once again cut off
"You're a part of the Rebel Alliance...and a traitor. Take her away!" Darth Sky commanded.
Anna was marched away down the hallway and into the smoldering hole blasted in the side of the ship. An Imperial Commander turned to Sky.
"Holding her is dangerous. If word of this gets out, it could generate sympathy for the Rebellion in the senate." He said.
"I have traced the Rebel spies to her. Now she is my only link to find their secret base!" Sky declared.
"She'll die before she tells you anything." The commander reminded him.
"Leave that to me. Send a distress signal and then inform the senate that all aboard were killed!" Lord Sky snapped. "Make sure this news reaches Senator Padme"
"You have plans for the Senator?" The commander inquired.
"Yes, I will make me tell her where she has hidden Anakin's offspring, for when I find him, I will kill him" Sky sad furiously.
"Wih all do respect, Lord Sky, why haven't you captured Padme?" The commander asked.
"I did, once to find the offspring, but she got away with the help of King Bail and guard. I will not be so easily fooled next time. The Senator will be mine!" Lord Sky declared.
Another Imperial Officer approached Sky and the Commander.
"Lord Sky, the battle station plans are not aboard this ship! And no transmissions were made. An escape pod was jettisoned during the fighting, but no life forms were aboard." He told them.
Sky turned to the Commander.
"She must have hidden the plans in the escape pod. Send a detachment down to retrieve them. See to it personally, Commander. There'll be no one to stop us this time." He said.
"Yes, sir." the commander replied, bowing.