Star Wars: Remix version
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Chapter Thirty Three: Yoda
There was a heavy downpour of rain pounding through the gnarled trees. A strange baroque mud house sat on a moss-covered knoll on the edge of a small lagoon. The small, gnomish structure radiated a warm glow from its thick glass windows. Luke and Artoo had seeked shelter inside the strange creature's house. The hut was a very plain, but cozy dwelling. Everything was in the same small scale as the creature. The only thing out of place in the miniature room was Luke, whose height made the four-foot ceiling seem even lower. He satcross-legged on the floor of the living room. The creature was in an adjoining area - his little kitchen - cooking up an incredible meal. The stove was a steaming hodgepodge of pots and pans. The wizened little host scurried about chopping this, shredding that, and showering everything with exotic herbs and spices. He rushed back and forth putting platters on the table in front of Luke, who watched the creature with interest.
"Look, I'm sure it's delicious. But I really have to find Yoda" The creature sighed but said nothing at first.
"Patience!" He said finally. "For the Jedi it is time to eat as well. Eat, eat" Moving with some difficulty in the cramped quarters, Luke sat down near the fire and served himself from the pot. Tasting the unfamiliar concoction, he was pleasantly surprised.
"How far away is Yoda? Will it take us long to get there?" Luke asked. The creature sighed again.
"Yoda not far" He said. "Soon you will be with him. Why wish you become Jedi?"
"Mostly because of my father, I guess" Luke replied.
"Ah, your father. A Jedi he was not" The creature said.
"I know but..." He paused and stared at the creature. "You know who I am? Who my father was?" He asked in disbelief. It didn't seem possible.
"Anakin Skywalker, great pilot, he was" The creature replied. Suddenly he turned to the side slightly.
"I cannot teach him" The creature said softly. "I can no longer teach" Luke's head spun in the direction the creature faced. But there was no one there. The boy was bewildered, but it gradually dawned on him that the little creature was Yoda, the Jedi Master, and that he was speaking with Ben.
"You were a great jedi and teacher" Came Ben's voice.
"Failed to destroy the emperor, I have" Yoda responded.
"That was not your fault" Ben said. "The emperor killed every other Jedi, you managed to escape. Luke and Leia are our only hope"
"They are not ready" Yoda replied.
"Yoda! I am ready. I... Ben! I can be a Jedi. Ben, tell him I'm ready" Luke protested.
Trying to see Ben, Luke started to get up but hit his head on the low ceiling.
"Ready, are you? What know you of ready? For eight hundred years have I trained Jedi. My own counsel will I keep on who is to be trained! A Jedi must have the deepest commitment, the most serious mind" He indicated towards Luke, talking to Ben. "This one a long time have I watched. All his life has he looked away... to the future, to the horizon. Never his mind on where he was. Hmm? What he was doing. Hmph. Adventure. Heh! Excitement. Heh! A Jedi craves not these things" He turned to Luke. "You are reckless!"
Luke looked down. He knew it was true.
"So was I, if you'll remember" came Ben's voice.
"Ah yes" Yoda said. "Much trouble to Qui-Gon, you gave" He sighed, his resolve leaving him. "Train you, I will, But will he finish what he begins?"
"I've learned so much" Luke said. Yoda turned his piercing gaze on Luke, as though the Jedi Master's huge eyes could somehow determine how much the boy had learned. After a
long moment, He sighed. "I won't fail you - I'm not afraid" Yoda looked straight at him.
"Oh, you will be. You will be"