Star Wars: Remix version
Chapter Thirty Seven: Prisoners
Lando led the group inside.
"What are you doing here?" Lando asked.
"Ahh... repairs. I thought you could help me out" Han said, gesturing towards the ship. Lando sighed. "come with me" He led them into a room and began looking around to make sure there were no hidden cameras or spies.
"Okay, now 'm jittery" Han said. "What's going on Lando?" Lando sighed.
"You need to get out of here Han. Take the women and leave" He said quickly.
"What!" Han snapped. "Lando, my ship..."
"Won't be of any use to you dead!" Lando said.
"What are you talking about?" Padme asked.
"Sky is here, in cloud city" Lando whispered. "He remembers you Han, he knows you're the reason Padme survived all those years ago. He's going to use you as bait for someone named Skywalker, and then he's going to turn you over to Boba Fett" Padme paled.
"Boba Fett is here?" She asked nervously.
"Yes" Lando said. "Do you know him?" Padme nodded.
"He isn't human" she told them. "If you looked at his face, and those of the storm troopers, you would see that they all look the same"
"What are you saying?" Anna asked. Padme sighed.
"I am one of the only people left alive who knows that the storm troopers were created on a cloning planet called Kimino. Boba Fett was an unaltered cone and raised by Jango Fett, the man who was used to create the storm troopers. They used to work for us" This was news to everyone except Han.
"What do we do?" Han asked. "I doubt that we can get out of here on the falcon, but if we stay, Luke will be lured into this trap" Suddenly the door opened and Dark Sky stood on the other side.
"Well, Calrissian, it seems that this is where your loyalty lies" Sky said angrily. He turned to the troopers.
"Lock them all up" The storm troopers grabbed Han, Lando, Leia, Padme and Anna and threw them in a cell along with Threepio and Chewie.
"I'm sorry" Lando said. "I wanted you out of here before he caught you"
"I understand friend" Han said, slapping Lando on the back. "We can figure a way out of here"
"There has to be a way to warn Luke" Leia said, tears falling down her face.
"Maybe there is" Han said quietly. Padme turned to Han quickly.
"You mean..." She trailed off as he nodded.
"It's worth a shot" He said closing his eyes. He had turned his back on the force a long time ago, when all of his youngling friends had been killed, but it was time to get reconnected with his past.
In the bright lights of the fighter, Luke loaded a heavy case into the belly of the ship. Artoo sat on top of the X-wing, settling down into his cubbyhole. Yoda stood nearby on a log.
Luke. Luke's head snapped up.
"Han" He said aloud. Luke, listen to me. Do not come to Cloud City. "But..." It's a trap Luke. Sky is after you. We'll be okay. Stay where you are. Luke was silent for a moment, wondering how Han had used the force to communicate with him. He turned to Yoda and relayed the message.
"Then you must not go!" Yoda said. Luke sighed.
"They'll die if I don't" He said.
"You don't know that" Old Ben materialized as a shimmering image next to Yoda.
"But I can help them! I feel the Force!" Luke said quickly.
"But you cannot control it. This is a dangerous time for you, when you will be tempted by the dark side of the Force" Ben replied. Luke sighed and sat down on the edge of his ship.
"what if they do die, and I did nothing to stop it" He said. "My sister, my mother, my friend...I can't just sit by and do nothing"
"It is you and your abilities the Emperor wants. that is why they are made to suffer" Ben explained.
"He has Leia" Luke said. "She has the force in her too and if he realizes that..."
"Luke, I don't want to lose you to the Emperor the way I lost Sky" Ben said.
"And I don't want to lose Leia to the Emperor" Luke said. "If they don't get me, what stops them from targeting her. She hasn't had any training, I have, even if a little" Yoda sighed.
"Right you are" Yoda said softly. "Learn patience you must. Let not Dark Sky turn you toward the Dark side"
"I won't" Luke said. "Are you coming with me?" He asked the little alien. Yoda thought for a moment.
"Too old am I. Fight alone you must. Courage you must have. Anger you must let go" Yoda replied. Luke nodded.
"I'll remember" Luke said. "I'll come back. I promise"
"Luke, don't give in to hate -that leads to the dark side" Ben called out. Luke nodded and climbed into his ship.
"Strong is Sky. Mind what you have learned. Save you it can" Yoda said. Luke nodded again. Artoo closed the cockpit. Ben and Yoda stood watching as the roar of the engines and the wind engulfed them. Luke's tiny X-wing rocketed away from the green planet of Dagobah and off into space.
Luke was grim-faced as he piloted his course toward Bespin's shining city. Artoo's beeped and whistled are transmitted onto the scope.
"No, Threepio's with them" Luke replied. Artoo whistled another worried inquiry.
"Just hang on. We're almost there" Luke replied.