Man, this came easy and hard.
Just to clear up confusion. The clones get their memories of their old selves through the Force. 98% of the time they have to be using the Force to 'see' or 'experience' events.
Little Anakin was using the Force to soothe his pain and through the Force he "remembered" the reconstruction. Sometimes things just ring some bells.
If there are any other questions let me know.
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Leia felt relief as the Falcon exited hyperspace and the Rebel Fleet appeared.
After nearly three months away from her son she was returning to him. She wished that Han was at her side for this.
It had taken her awhile but she had realized that she loved Han. She had wanted him to know before he was frozen in a block of carbonite her true feelings for him.
He had said that he knew how she felt.
Han had never said out loud that he loved her but his actions said everything.
Leia briefly spoke to an officer and explained that Luke had been injured and needed medical attention.
They were given permission to dock and a medical was waiting for them in the hangar.
The medical was quick in their brief examination of Luke before rushing Luke off the medical area.
For a few moments Leia warred with herself on whether or not she should go with Luke or set off to find her son.
"Mom!" a voice she knew all too well called out; putting an end to her internal debate.
Leia turned and started to smile only to gasp at the sight of her son. Markings that looked like healing burns were all over his face.
"Anakin," Leia cried as she crouched before her son.
"I will stay with Luke." Chewbacca told her as he headed after the medical team.
"I will check out the Falcon and see if she has any major damage." Lando informed her.
"What happened to you?" Leia asked through some tears.
"Someone sabotaged a station in a storage bay that exploded and I got burned." Anakin explained.
Leia pulled Anakin into a hug and didn't let go for a long time.
"Mom, where is Han?" Anakin asked.
Leia bit her lip.
"Ani, Darth Vader captured us with the help of a bounty hunter and Han was frozen in carbonite and taken to Jabba the Hutt. Chewie, 3PO and I escaped with the help of the man that came with us." She explained.
"Mom, will Jabba kill Han?" Anakin asked, worry in his voice.
"I honestly don't know Ani." Leia answered.
"Maybe Jabba will unfreeze him and keep him prisoner or maybe he will put Han on display somewhere." Leia mused.
"Echo was worried about becoming a wall decoration." Anakin commented softly.
Leia was used to her son's offhanded comments but there were times where he surprised her and this was one of those times.
"Echo?" she asked, hoping that he would elaborate. She rarely asked him about the beings or events that he mentioned because most of the time he couldn't answer her.
She watched as Anakin's face screwed up as he searched his memory.
"Echo was killed on a mission." Anakin answered. "And-"
Leia watched as an angry scowl came over her son's face.
"It's Tarkin's fault that Echo died!" Anakin said with anger.
"Honey," she began, "Echo must have known the dangers of the mission but he went anyway. I am sure that you would do him a disservice in staying mad with the man that was responsible for his death." Leia reasoned.
Leia wanted to dig a little deeper but she decided that Anakin would only work himself up over this. He had done it a few times before when she or someone else pressed the matter.
A few years ago he had had a reaction to the volcanic world of Mustafar. She had pressed him for answers only for him to start crying and saying that he was sorry.
She begged him to forget the whole thing after a vase shattered into hundreds of little pieces.
Leia's worry for her son had prompted her to tell him to forget the whole thing before he fell asleep.
While Anakin had slept she had cleaned the destroyed vase. She had shed no tears over the vase since she hated it so much that she had been looking for an excuse to get rid of it without hurting Winter's feelings.
Leia pulled herself back to the present and stood.
"I want to see your schoolwork and then we will go and see how Luke is." She told her son.
"But I need to ask Luke something!" Anakin protested.
Leia hesitated.
"Ani, Luke fought Darth Vader and he got hurt. I don't want you to see him until we know for sure that he's alright." Leia said as she knelt in front of her son.
"Luke feels broken." Anakin said softly.
"I know I feel what you feel too." Leia said as she hugged her son.
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Luke tried to put the events of Bespin out of his mind but he was failing miserably.
The horror he felt at the words that Darth Vader had spoken haunted him. He couldn't believe that Darth Vader was really his father. Anakin Skywalker was his father!
Yoda had told him that those that served the Dark Side were masters at deception. That they could bend the truth in many ways and it would seem like the truth.
But something told Luke that Vader wouldn't have told him of their family connection unless he, Vader, believed that they had one.
And that brought another question to Luke's mind: why would Vader believe that he and Luke were father and son?
Had Vader and Anakin Skywalker loved the same woman? Or was the truth as simple as that Anakin Skywalker and Lord Darth Vader were the one and the same?
That thought just brought on another question: if Anakin Skywalker and Darth Vader were the same person then why had Ben lied to him?
His thoughts went back to his time on Dagobah and how Yoda had taught him that the Sith were evil, a blight on the Galaxy and had to be eradicated.
Luke felt sick that the thought that Yoda and Ben had lied to him so that he would either have no qualms about killing the Sith or so he would do it out of misguided revenge.
Bile rose in his throat, threatening to erupt.
He wished that he could forget what Vader had said and go back to hating the Sith without conflict
But Luke couldn't forget how the Force had felt when Vader had uttered those four words. His entire being told him that Vader had spoken the truth.
Luke decided that he needed Leia and little Anakin nearby. Leia's presence helped him feel safe and he felt cheerful around little Anakin and he could more easily chase away the thoughts if the boy was nearby.
"Chewie, could you go and get Leia and Ani?" Luke asked.
"Are you sure?" the massive wookiee asked him.
"Yes, I am sure." Luke answered.
Luke found himself wondering as Chewie left what a terrible trick of fate it would be if Anakin Skywalker and Darth Vader were the same person. Anakin was one of her heroes.
Who am I? He wondered.
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I haven't decided what injury that Luke received at Bespin so I am going to see what you guys think. Should Luke lose his hand or something else?