"Hi, this is 'Question Corner' and I'm your host, Kale." I say, my arms hanging awkwardly at my sides as I smile in a weak attempt to contain my excitement, "I want to start off by saying I have some great news! A lot of you are disappointed about the cancellation of Star Wars the Clone Wars, but I have found out they've recently finished season 6. According to Dave Filoni, we'll be seeing it sometime soon in 2014." Instantly, the crowd cheered with acclaimed joy; making the series of shouts and whoops reflect off the walls and create an ear-shattering discord. I instantly went to plug my ears, "However," I yelled, silencing them a bit, "I respect it if you don't believe me and are thinking, 'What was these lies?' So if you wish to see proof, just ask and I will tell you where to look."
"Oh," I add, "and if what Mr. Filoni says is true, my names Miss Kale. If not..." I lowered my voice and waggled my brows, "I'm Bob from Nantucket. But, back to our show! Please welcome our guest, Saw Gerrera!" I begin to clap on with the rest of the fans as the young man comes forth to shake my hand. Afterwards, I offered him a seat and sat down myself. I had to admit, it was a little foreign to see him out of his rebel's gear and in more civilian clothing. But, the dark shirt with sage pants tucked into boots did seem like an off branch of his armor, though.
"Saw, thank you for coming." I crossed my legs and picked up the questions from the table. Thumbing them with my gloved fingers, I watched as he laid his ankle on his knee and folded his arms. "Thank you and allowing me to come." he said, but that was hard to believe with his posture screaming he 'no' at the notion of interviewed by dozens of people he'd never yet met.
"We'll begin the questions now." I said, pulling out the first card, "Our first question is from 'Jedi-TARDIS-Chick101' wants you to and I quote, 'Describe yourself in 5 words."
He blinked at me for a moment, registering the question for what it was worth. Obviously, he was expecting something more serious. Maybe about their strategies or even about the tips of the Jedi, but this was beyond him. He seemed pleased at this unexpected turn, though, and his shoulders and features softened because of it. "Strong...prideful, I've been told," he trailed off for a beat, then said, "Stubborn, but fair, and a rebel to the core." he thumbed his chest at this.
"'Ahsokatano191' asks, "What was it like to shoot a rocket launcher?"
"It was something I never thought I would get to do," he said "but it was great watching that piece of scrap metal go down. The Jedi really pulled through on that one."
As he said this, I pulled out a silver and blue wrapped boxed with a bow bursting on the top from behind my seat. Handing it to him, I said, "This is also from her and she wishes to give you her condolences." Grasping the present, he pulled at the ribbon's string and opened the lid. His jaw dropped as he held up a medal with the words, Bravery and Courage engraved in the face of it. "Thank you." he mumbled, laying it back down in it's box and setting it aside, "I don't really deserve it."
"Don't say that, Saw." I shook my head, "You do and no one could disagree with that, right?" the crowd gave a cheer for the young before it died down and I went onto the next card, "'Dark Star' asks, 'Why did you go to rescue King Dendup?'"
Prying his gaze from the medal in the box, he answered, "I thought it was the best strategy. At the time, it seemed like rescuing him then and there was the least they'd expect, but...my sister was right, I shouldn't of gone."
"'Dark Angel' asks, 'How did you feel when the Rebels chose Steela as their leader?'"
"Angry at the beginning, I guess, but I learned soon afterwards that we probably wouldn't have gotten as far if it weren't for Steela. she earned it and..." he dropped his shoulders, "I don't know..."
I put the card down and hesitated to grab another. I felt sorry for the kid and I felt worse that I wasn't good at comforting the solemn. And unfortunately, it seemed like everyone had a tragic event happen in their lives. When I skimmed the card, I felt relief that it wasn't about his sister, "'Jedi-TARDIS-Chick101' asks, 'What was your opinion on the Jedi not being able to directly help you?"
"I wasn't as upset as some," He shrugged, staring down at the medal in the box, "Though, it was still hard to hear we couldn't get any support of any kind."
"'Emerald the Warrior Princess' wants to give you these," I handed him a box filled with candy canes and continued, "and she asks, 'Do you think your sister had a crush on Bonteri?" Mentally, cursing the universe as I did.
Just as he had allowed his arms to settle on the armrest, he refolded them up again at the question of his late sister, "I knew. Yes. But the entire camp knew. She took care of him; watched out for him. And, at the beginning I'll admit it, I just considered him a naïve politician and wanted him galaxies away from my sister. But I see now she made the right choice, as she did in many things..." he trailed off with an expel of breath.
"You're sister was an amazing warrior, Saw." I said, lowering my voice, "I'm sorry about what happened..."
"It doesn't matter. It happened and that's, that's." He lifted the box of candy canes in acknowledgement and said, "Thank you for the gift."
"She writes that they taste better in coffee." I add, fruitlessly before going on, "'Rogue2k8' wants to know, 'Did Steela's relationship affect your friendship with Lux? Like if there was a senate, guard position open for you; would you take it?"
Even with the tense situation, he partly chuckled, "I wouldn't spend my remaining days taking care of him twenty-four seven. Steela wanted to do that."
"I could see where that could be irritating." I chuckled. Imagining Saw standing and pacing behind a door for hours on end as Lux Bonteri gave a speech for Onderon didn't seem like his type of mold to life. "But what do you plan to do with your future, now? Now that the war's over?"
"I'm not sure, yet." he remarked as he absently scratched the side of his jaw, "To tell you the truth, when I was supposed to start making the big decisions in my life, King Rash stole the thrown and we had to fight. So, that became my big decision in life."
"Well, I know whatever you choose you'll be good at it." I picked up another card, and added, "He would also like to offer his condolences."
"Thank you." he again frowned.
I then read, "'Ahsokatano191', asks, 'How did you feel when Onderon was freed from the grip of the Separatists?'" before placing the card on the table among the rest.
"It was great seeing the Seppies run with their tails between their legs," he clenched his fists in recollection, "They deserved everything they got and maybe even a thousand times more."
"No one can disagree with that, but before we continue, we'd like to introduce our comedy act, 2-2-7!" The audience cheered and, at this, the curtain raised to show a droid in front of a silver microphone. He wore a piece of metal around his neck that resembled a black, bow tie and he adjusted it nonchalantly.
"Hello, Everyone!" He tapped at the head of the mic, "Is everyone having fun tonight?"
When they shouted back, 'Yes,' he began,
"A lawyer and a blonde are sitting next to each other on a long flight from LA to NY. The lawyer leans over to her and asks if she would like to play a fun game. The blonde just wants to take a nap, so she politely declines and rolls over to the window to catch a few winks.
The lawyer persists and explains that the game is really easy and a lot of fun. He explains" I ask you a question, and if you don't know the answer, you pay me $5, and vice-versa." Again, she politely declines and tries to get some sleep.
"The lawyer, now somewhat agitated, says, "Okay, if you don't know the answer you pay me $5, and if I don't know the answer, I will pay you $500," figuring that since she is a blonde that he will easily win the match. This catches the blonde's attention and, figuring that there will be no end to this torment unless she plays, agrees to the game.
The lawyer asks the first question. "What's the distance from the earth to the moon?" The blonde doesn't say a word, reaches in to her purse, pulls out a five dollar bill and hands it to the lawyer. Now, it's the blonde's turn.
She asks the lawyer: "What goes up a hill with three legs, and comes down with four?" The lawyer looks at her with a puzzled look. He takes out his laptop computer and searches all his references. He taps into the Air phone with his modem and searches the Net and the Library of Congress.
Frustrated, he sends E-mails to all his coworkers and friends he knows. After over an hour, he wakes the blonde and hands her $500. The blonde politely takes the $500 and turns away to get back to sleep.
The lawyer, who is more than a little miffed, wakes the blonde and asks, "Well, so what IS the answer!?" Without a word, the blonde reaches into her purse, hands the lawyer $5, and goes back to sleep."
"That is one clever blonde, if you ask me." he laughed, before the curtain fell down and the audience applauded as he waved goodbye.
Both of us laughed and Saw chuckled, "That's one droid I wouldn't mind letting live."
"He'll thank you for it." I replied, "Anyway, we don't have much time left, so we're going to try to breeze through these finale questions. Okay?"
"Alright."
"So, when I ask you a question, you try and answer with one word." and then I began, "'Ahsokatano191' asked, 'How did you feel when the Jedi showed up?'"
"Pleased."
"Jedi-TARDIS-Chick101' asked, 'what were you thinking when you realized that the Separatists had caught you?'"
"Defeated."
"Emerald the Warrior Princess' asks, 'If Ahsoka left the Order and went to Onderon, what would be your reaction? Like, emoticon wise."
He raised a brow, "Emoticon?"
I waved off the question, "Just what would your face look like."
He shook his head, "I'd be stunned if the Commander left the Order, but she's always welcome on Onderon. She assisted us in the war and helped free my people."
"One," I laughed, "That wasn't a face, and two, that was more than one word."
"Sorry." Saw chuckled.
"Alright," I stood up and said, "That's the last of our questions, but before we go." I gesture for Ashley to bring on the girl, "we have one person who would like a hug." I looked to him and asked, "If you don't mind, of course?"
"Not at all." he told me, through a sheepish grin on his lips.
"Great." I turned to face the crowd, "Audience, please welcome, Dark Angel!" Angel came up the steps and onto the platform in a shyful pace before stopping a step from me. She had brown hair with cardinal, colored highlights done up in curls which swayed when she looked up at me expectantly. "Well," I said, nodding towards Saw, "Go give him a hug."
Blushing, she swiftly wrapped her arms around the Rebel's waist before hastily releasing him. "Thank you." She gushed, brushing a brown curl behind her ear. "It's no problem." he softly chuckled, before Ashley lead her back to her seat. She waved to him as she left and Saw waved back in return.
"Thank you, Angel." I said, "And thank you, Saw, for coming on our show."
"Thank you for having me." We shook hands and he grabbed the box of candy canes before getting off the stage. The crowd cheering in his wake as he did. When he was gone, I drew my hands behind myself and clasped them together on the small of my back as I said, "That's all the time we have left for this week, but don't worry, we'll be giving you an update on our next guest soon. Thank you and have a great week."
"But before we go, let me say thank you: Dark Angel and Dark Star, Jhinx1, Emerald the Warrior Princess, Rogue 2k8, Sithlord8665, AngelAxexinf, Dark Brother 16, jediclonecowgirl, Comrade, TripleThreat123, weathergirl17248, Dovahkiin154, Dogma23, Rexsgirl123, purplewillowtrees, NobelMeta, Kickincupcakebutts6, glabierules, Ahsokatano191, JediChick101, Hazardous By Instinct, Celtice and Dukakis 2016, AaylaKit, Bookreaderninja, Yaya The Elf, AaylaKitofNiflheim, Dogmatup23, Spikala, Shadowclanwarrior, Snip1212, Captainrexbest35, Rex133668, monsterhuntergod-Ratholas Mkl, Gamergirl052, Nat13cat, AaylaKit, Avalonyx, AL0LT0, just another fanfic author, Angel's anthem, Anakin Ahsoka, Azalea, Rose, Tessika 14, Queen, Thearistacats, Skywalker02, Onryo, KitFisto'sGirl, Alex Tsukino, lady gaga, lefty blondy, Ahsoka33, and TCTrent45!"
After John called out 'cut', I waved goodbye to the audience as they stood and slowly began to make their leave in an orderly fashion. It was when I was about to leave when I spotted the gold medal still laying in its box on the side of the floor. Taking it; I thumbed the ridge to the word's Bravery and Courage and pursed my lips. I'd never had a guest forget their gift before, but to everything there is always a first. So, stuffing the item in my pocket, I ran off stage and went into the back to find Saw. When I got there, Greg was handing him his weapons. Saw had hooked a belt around his hips and was stuffing the blaster pistols in their proper holsters when I said, "You forgot this." and pulled out the medal by its red collar to let it dangle from side to side.
"Sir," a young guard ran up to Greg's side and said professionally, "we're ready to begin the last security sweep, but Kyle says we can't start until you're there."
Annoyed, he muttered, "Ah, I'm coming." and casted a quick glance back towards us before he followed the man out. Obviously he wanted to be there and see what was going on, but a job was a job. He couldn't change that.
When the security chief left, Saw gazed down at the item and sneered, "Keep it."
"I don't think that's how it works." I said. "Saw, everyone knows that you deserve this." Stretching the medal out a little further, I managed to nudge his shoulder with the gold surface.
"Yeah, well, maybe they shouldn't." he muttered, pushing it away in refection.
"And why is that?"
"Because I killed our leader."His brows creased together when he snapped, "and I killed my sister."
"Saw." My arms dropped to my sides. "It-that was an accident..." I had a feeling this was coming. Saw didn't seem social when he came on set which is why it surprised me that things went the way they did back there. He answered the questions, he didn't get mad, and he acted solid in spite of it all. The feeling of pain swept through my chest and slipped into the pit of my stomach. "You can't spend your entire life blaming yourself, Saw."
He scowled down at me, "That doesn't change a thing. My sister earned courage and bravery, not me." before he turned to leave, but I stopped him by the elbow. I took in a gulp and said, "Saw, you fought in that war, too. Taking this is something Steela would want." but when a beat went by and his words were largely vapid, I expelled a breath. "Fine. Don't believe me, but everyone else does. That's why Ahsokatano191 gave this to you, because you earned it." I shoved the medal in his one hand, "You're right. Steela did earn a medal, so if you won't take this gift...then give it to her. Go to her grave."
He stared down at the item for a moment and, when he did this, I noticed he wasn't trying to push it away anymore. His fingers wrapped around the piece of honor and finally he caved and put the trinket in his pocket. I released his elbow and before leaving he nodded and said, "Thank you."
I nodded back, "Good luck, Saw."