Star Wars: Remix version
I'm Back! Sorry it's been awhile. time got away from me.
Chapter Thirty Five: Training
Luke face was standing on his hands, with Yoda perched on his feet. Opposite Luke and Yoda were two rocks the size of bowling balls. Luke stared at the rocks and concentrated. One of the rocks lifted from the ground and floated up to rest on the other.
"Use the Force. Yes..." Yoda said softly, tapping Luke's leg with his walking stick. Quickly, Luke lifted one hand away from the ground. His body wavered, but he was able to maintain his balance. Artoo, standing nearby, was whistling and beeping frantically. "Now... the stone. Feel it" Luke concentrated on trying to lift the top rock. It rose a few feet, shaking under the strain. But, distracted by Artoo's frantic beeping, Luke lost his balance and finally collapsed, Yoda jumping clear to avoid being trampled by Luke's feet.
"Concentrate!" Yoda said again.
Annoyed at the disturbance, Luke looked over at Artoo, who was rocking urgently back and forth in front of him. Artoo waddled closer to Luke, chirping wildly, then scooted over the edge of the swamp. Catching on, Luke rushed to the water's edge. The X-wing fighter has sunk, and only the tip of its nose showing above the lake's surface.
"Oh, no. We'll never get it out now" Luke complained. Yoda stamped his foot, growling in frustration.
So certain are you. Always withyou it cannot be done. Hear younothing that I say?" He asked, eying the look uncertainly out at the ship.
"Master, moving stones around is one thing. This is totally different" Luke replied.
"No! No different! Only different in your mind. You must unlearn what you have learned" Yoda snapped. He had never had this much trouble with a padawan, but Luke was an adult, able to think for himself, unlike regular padawan's that start as toddlers.
"All right, I'll give it a try" Luke sighed. Yoda groaned.
"No!" He said fiercely. "Try not. Do. Or do not. There is no try" He explained. Luke sighed again. Becoming a jedi was a lot harder than he had thought. There was so much he had to learn. He closed his eyes and concentrated really hard on thinking the ship out of the swamp. Slowly, the X-wing's nose began to rise above the water. It hovered for a moment and then slid back, disappearing once again. Luke opened his eyes. "I can't. It's too big" He said, breathing hard.
"Size matters not. Look at me. Judge me by my size, do you?" Yoda asked. Luke shook his head, but he also knew that Yoda was a very old jedi with a lot of experience under his belt. "And well you should not. For my ally in the Force. And a powerful ally it is. Life creates it, makes it grow. Its energy surrounds us and binds us. Luminous beings are we..." He pinched Luke's shoulder. "... not this crude matter. You must feel the Force around you. Here, between you... me... the tree... the rock... everywhere! Yes, even between this land and that ship!" Yoda pointed out at the swamp.
"You want the impossible" Luke muttered. Yoda sighed and turned to the swamp. He closed his eyes and raised his arm, pointing at the ship. Soon, the fighter rose above the water and moved forward as Artoo beeped in terror and scooted away. The entire X-wing moved majestically, surely, toward the shore. Yoda stood on a tree root and guided the fighter carefully down toward the beach. Luke stared in astonishment as the fighter settled down onto the shore. He began walking towards Yoda. "I don't... I don't believe it"
"That is why you fail" Yoda said quietly. Luke shook his head, trying to cmprehend what had just happened.
"I can do this" He protested. Yoda turned to face him, a worn out weary look on his face.
"too old you are" He said. "master the force, you must. endure harsh training, you must. complaining, you must not. train jedi for a long time, I have. but never train jedi as old as you, have I" Luke sighed.
"I will become a jedi" He said firmly. Yoda sighed.
"Very well. Much training, we shall do" he replied.