He's Our Father

Anakin found Han Solo and frowned. "I need you to come with me to get something."

"What?" Han asked him. He was having a good time at the party, and Leia seemed to enjoy his company more than ever. So what if she wasn't biologically a princess. Of course her real mother had been an elected queen. Maybe it was about Leia, Skywalker was afterall, her father.

"There's something I need to fight Vader and his Emperor."

"Why not take the old man?"

"Because what I'm here to acquire will make me very weak. I use the Force every moment I'm breathing. I may even collapse. I've never been around these things I've only heard tales of them. I have a greater Force connection than anyone, that's why it makes them so dangerous. Obi-Wan may die if I let him around them."

Han was interested. "What are they?"

"Ysalamir. It's a tree-dweller. It repels the Force turning a force user into a normal person, which is why I need you."

"Gee thanks, because I'm the only one without those mystic powers I get chosen."

"It creates a Force bubble, a void in the Force. I've only heard legends of what they do to Jedi."

"You are risking alot, Skywalker," Han said thoughtfully.

"Han, call me Anakin. You are dating my daughter aren't you."

"Look Anakin."

"Do I look like I'm giving you a lecture. If you hurt her, I won't kill you, but you will never understand true pain until I am done with you. Now that that's over let's go get them."

"Sure thing, Anakin."

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The closer they came to the cave, the weaker Anakin appeared. Han, for the first time felt like the stronger one. "What exactly are we looking for Anakin?"

"They dwell near trees," Anakin said and took another deep breathe. He was getting weaker and weaker and leaned his head against the granite of the entrance. "We...are...close. Small...furry...lizards."

Han put and arm around Anakin, "Hey, buddy, are you okay?" Anakin didn't answer. He could feel the holes in the Force and it was draining him. The room was spinning but he got up and pushed forward. It would be worth it when they destroyed Palpatine.

"We need their blood. See if you can take some alive."

"How will I keep it in a room full of Jedi? I don't want to hurt you or the kid. Or Leia."

Anakin nodded, "Those eggs will hatch in a few days. Since they are still in eggs, they are not strong enough to hurt...much," Anakin said, pushing forward as he used his lightsaber and slashed off one of the heads and put it into a container he had brought.

"What are you planning on doing with that?" he asked as the lightsaber slipped out of Anakin's hand and he stumbled to the floor. "foolish Jedi," he mumbled. "Must be where the kid gets it. I hope he remembers this when I ask his daughter out...formally," Han mumbled seeing the unconscious form of his friend. He picked up the lightsaber and clipped it to his belt as he brought Leia's father back to the base.

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"Leia," Luke said leading Leia away from the celebration of the Ewoks.

"What is it Luke?"

"Dad's gone to find something to destroy the Emperor."

"He's gone alone?"

"Han's with him."

"Oh," she said, her face coloring.

"There's something I need to tell you, sister."

"If you tell me Han is our brother...I swear...I'll kill you," she said threatingly.

"No, it's not about Han. It's about Father."

"Is he okay?" she asked.

"Father is...The Force is strong in my family. I have it, my father has it, my sister has it."

"I know."

"Vader's here. He senses my presence. It's why I must go to him."

"If Vader can sense your presence then leave this place. I wish I could too but..."

"No, Leia, you are strong, like our father and our mother. I have no memory of my mother," Luke said softly. "Vader is my father."

"But Anakin. No, Luke it's not possible. He's a hero."

"The Hero with No Fear," Luke agreed. "He wanted me to tell you. You know he came through time to be here with us. The greatest Jedi of them all fell. The galaxy was destroyed in the moment when the greatest Jedi of them all fell."

"It can't be, Luke."

"Search your feeling, Leia."

"But Vader's a monster."

"He's our Father."