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In the Alderaan sector, the Death Star jumped out of Hyperspace near the planet of Alderaan and began to move into it's orbit and began to orbit around the planet as Tarkin stood inside of the battle station's control room with his arms behind his back as he quickly spoke to an Imperial officer before they walked away from the Grand Moff as Princess Leia was brought into the room by Vader and a couple of Death Star troopers as Motti, who was standing in the room with Tarkin.
"We've entered the Alderaan system," Motti reported ro Tarkin as he walked up to him.
"Governor Tarkin. I should have expected to find you holding Vader's leash," Leia said, greeting Tarkin before mocking his aristocratic upper-class Core world accent, "I recognized your foul stench when I was brought on board."
"Charming to the last," Tarkin told her as he chuckled before he gripped her chin, "You don't know how hard I found it signing the order to terminate your life."
"I'm surprised you had the courage to take the responsibility yourself," Leia replied as he let go of her chin.
"Princess Leia, before your execution, I would like you to be my guest at a ceremony that would make this battle station operational," Tarkin told her as he walked behind her, Motti and Vader with his arms spread outwards before lowering them to his side, "No star system would dare oppose the Emperor now."
"The more you tighten your grip, Tarkin, the more star systems like Lothal will slip through your fingers," Leia stated.
"Not after we've demonstrated the power of this station," Tarkin argued before pointing his left index finger at her as he began to walk back towards her, "In a way, you have determined the choice of the planet that'll be destroyed first. Since you are reluctant to provide us with the rebel base, I have chosen to test this station's destructive power on your home planet of Alderaan."
"No, Alderaan's peaceful. We have no weapons," Leia pleaded with the Grand Moff, "You can't possibly…"
"You prefer another target? A military target? Then name the system!" Tarkin demanded, "I grow tired of asking this. So, this will be the last time. Where is the rebel base?"
"Dantooine," she answered as she stared out the battle station's viewport at her home planet of Alderaan for a second, "they're on Dantooine."
"You see, Lord Vader. She can be reasonable," Tarkin told the Sith Lord before turning to Motti, "Continue with the operation. You may fire when ready."
"What?!" Leia yelled with shock and disbelief in her voice.
"You're far too trusting. Dantooine is too remote to make an effective demonstration, but don't worry, we will deal with your rebel friends soon enough," Tarkin explained to her.
"No!" Leia muttered as she went to rush towards the Grand Moff, only for Vader to stop her as he grabbed her by her right shoulder and pulled her back towards him.
"Commence primary ignition," a computerized voice said within the Death Star as Imperial technicians began clicking buttons at the super weapon's systems for the Death Star's super laser, while a couple other Imperial technicians pulled down the levers for the Death Star's super laser and as the super weapon's green super laser began firing, one of the two Imperial technicians covered their faces within the control system as the super laser flew past them as eight green light beams formed around the Death Star's weapon.
As the Death Star's super laser left the battle station, it fired at the planet of Alderaan, destroying it and killing all two billion people on the planet's surface, including her adoptive parents, Senator Bail Organa and his wife, Queen Breha Organa as Leia watched on in horror, knowing that her home planet had been destroyed by the Empire.
On the Millenium Falcon, Luke was holding his father's lightsaber in his hand with it's blade ignited and a training remove hovering in front of him inside of the ship's common room as Obi-Wan watched as he stood nearby, while Chewbacca and C-3PO were sitting around the holotable and playing dejarik with R2 sitting next to the protocol droid as Cade stood nearby.
"Well, you can forget your trouble with those Imperial slugs. I told you I'd outrun them," Han said as he entered the room and sat down on a chair across from the holotable and looked at the former Jedi, "So, Captain, it seems that you know Chewie. Care to explain where you know him from?"
"I know him from when me and a fellow Padawan named Ahsoka Tano were captured by Trandoshans during the Battle of Felucia and were taken to Wasskah," Cade answered, causing Obi-Wan to look at him with a bit of sadness in his eyes, "Soon after we arrived there, me and Ahsoka met up with a couple of Jedi who were also captured, but unlike us they were younglings and were being led by a human female named Kalifa. Before we met Chewie here, we witnessed her being killed by one of the Trandoshans that captured us and after we returned to the other younglings, we discovered that the Trandoshans were transporting in another prisoner and found that it was empty after we infiltrated the ship, we found Chewie here and brought him back to our camp and found a transmitter to contact his people for help, but we didn't get a signal at the moment, but after we left to take down the Trandoshans, the transmitter got a signal and arrived to help us as we were dealing with the Trandoshans before they brought me and Ahsoka back to the Jedi temple on Coruscant."
"Chewie, you were actually captured by Trandoshan slavers during the Clone Wars?" Han asked the Wookie as he turned to him before he growled a reply in Shyriiwook when Obi-Wan and Cade both felt something through the Force as they began to walk away.
"Are you both all right?" Luke asked both Cade and Obi-Wan with worry in his voice as he deactivated his father's lightsaber and approached them, "What's wrong?"
"I felt a great disturbance in the Force as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced," Obi-Wan answered, "I fear something terrible has happened."
"As did I, Luke," Cade told his nephew, "This is all the Death Star's fault."
"What's the Death Star?" Luke asked his uncle with confusion in his voice.
"Yeah, what is it, Cade?" Obi-Wan said, agreeing with Luke.
"Is it a super weapon?" Han asked the former Jedi before Chewbacca growled in Shyriiwook.
"It is, Han," Cade answered, "The Death Star is a super weapon created by the Empire with the ability to destroy planets. It has already been used to devastate Jedha and Scarif. And Satele suspects that it's being powered by Kyber Crystals to power its super laser, similar to what we and Anakin found were being bought on Utapau by Grievous when we were sent to the planet after Master Tu-Anh was mysteriously killed on Utapau before Obi-Wan here destroyed the crystal on board a Separatist DH-Omni Support Vessel with his lightsaber with me and Anakin being nearby."
"What are you saying, Uncle?" Luke asked him.
"What I'm saying is that I suspect that the Empire destroyed Alderaan," Cade answered with anger in his voice.
"That's actually not that surprising," Obi-Wan stated, "Considering how much brutality the Empire has inflicted upon the galaxy. But you'd better get on with your exercises, Luke."
"Don't everybody thank me at once," Han muttered as Luke walked away from them and reignited his father's lightsaber as he continued his exercise with him deflecting sting beams from the training remote as Chewbacca growled in Shyriiwook as he continued to play dejarik with C-3PO, "Anyway, if all goes well and Alderaan is still there, we should reach the planet in about 0200 hours."
"Now be careful, R2," C-3PO warned the astromech droid as one of the creatures that he was playing as defeated one of Chewbacca's, causing the Wookiee to growl in Shyriiwook before the protocol droid turned to him, "He made a fair move. Screaming about it can't help you."
"Let him have it," Han urged R2, "It's not wise to upset a Wookiee."
"But, sir, nobody worries about upsetting a droid," C-3PO protested.
"That's 'cause a droid don't pull people's arms out of their sockets when they lose," Han explained as he leaned towards the protocol droid, causing C-3PO to turn to Chewbacca and watched him place both of his arms behind his head, "Wookiees are known to do that."
"I see your point, sir," C-3PO told the smuggler as Chewbacca growled in Shyriiwook again before he leaned towards R2, "I suggest a new strategy, R2. Let the Wookiee win." Chewbacca then growled in Shyriiwook again.
"Remember, a Jedi can feel the Force flowing through him," Obi-Wan reminded Luke as he and Cade watched Luke continue exercising with his father's lightsaber and the training remote.
"You mean it controls your actions?" Luke asked him.
"Partially," Obi-Wan answered, "But it also obeys your commands."
As Luke continued with his training exercise with his father's lightsaber and the training remote, he tried to deflect another of the training remote'ssting beams, only for him to miss and get hit in the leg instead, "Oh!"
"Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a blaster at your side, kid," Han told Luke as he laughed at Luke getting shot by the training remote.
"You don't believe in the Force, do you?" Luke asked the smuggler as he deactivated his father's lightsaber.
"Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other. I've seen a lot of strange stuff, but I've never seen anything to make me believe there's one all-powered force controlling everything," Han explained, "There's no mystical energy field controls my destiny. It's all a lot of simple tricks and nonsense."
"That's a strong belief that you have, Han," Cade told the smuggler.
"So, you know Captain Syndulla, Cade?" Han asked the former Jedi , "You mentioned the Ghost, and that's her ship's name."
"General," Cade corrected the smuggler, "And yeah, I do, Han. She's the leader of Phoenix Squadron. Have you and her met before?"
"Yeah, we have," Han confirmed, "Let's just say that me and her have a rivalry between who's ship is superior." Chewbacca then growled in Shyriiwook again, "I was just getting to that, Chewie." He then turned back to Cade, "So, Captain, why do you have DC-17s and a DC-15A blaster rifle?"
"Let's just say that I became a soldier for the Republic after I left the Jedi Order near the end of the Clone Wars," Cade answered.
"I suggest you try it again, Luke," Obi-Wan told Luke as he grabbed a rebel pilot's helmet with a blast shield rather than a visor from a stand nearby before he began walking towards Luke and placed the helmet over Luke's head, "This time, let go your conscious self and act on instinct."
"With the blast shield down, I can't see," Luke stated, "How am I supposed to fight?"
"Your eyes can deceive you," Obi-Wan explained, "Don't trust them."
"Don't worry, Luke, I went through something similar at the Jedi temple on Coruscant at the beginning of the Clone Wars," Cade assured his nephew, "Remember what Obi-Wan said, don't look with your eyes, but with the Force instead."
Luke then reignited his father's lightsaber as the training remote began to hover around again and fired sting beams at him again as he missed to deflect it again, causing him to stumble backwards a bit.
"Stretch out with your feelings," Obi-Wan urged Luke before he began to follow Obi-Wan's guidance and began to deflect the training remote's sting beams with his father's lightsaber before deactivating it, "You see? You can do it."
"Yeah, well done, Luke," Cade said, agreeing with the Jedi Master.
"I call it luck," Han told them as Luke removed the rebel pilot's helmet from his head.
"In my experience, there's no such thing as luck," Obi-Wan argued as he turned to the smuggler for a second.
"Look, good against remotes is one thing," Han told them, "Good against the living, that's something else." The console that he was sitting at then began to beep, "Looks like we're coming up on Alderaan." He then got up from his seat and began to leave the common room as Chewbacca did the same from the holotable as he began to follow Han.
"You both know, I did feel something," Luke said as he walked up to Obi-Wan and his uncle, "I could almost see the remote."
"That's good," Obi-Wan told him as he placed his right hand over Luke's left shoulder, "You've taken your first step into a larger world."
Back in Capital City Hospital on Lothal and outside of Ward 17, Satele, Sabine and Janus were sitting back down on the seats that they were sitting on before Jacen was born and before they found out that Satele was pregnant as they were sitting across from Zeb, Ryder, Mart and Raddus when both Satele and Sabine felt something through the Force, causing them to widen their eyes in shock as Sabine placed her right hand over her forehead, while Satele placed her right hand over her forehead as well and placing her other hand over her stomach as she felt the one week embryo inside of her try to get out of her before they all heard Jacen starting to cry from inside of Ward 17.
"Satele, Sabine?" Janus said as he turned to his girlfriend and her sister, "What's wrong?"
"I'm not sure, Janus, but something's happened," Satele answered before contacting Kallus and Lyste with her wrist communicator, "Captain Kallus, Ensign Lyste, have either of you made contact with Yavin yet?"
"Yes, Commander Wren," Kallus answered, "We just got in contact with Rebel Command."
"Well, me and Sabine just felt something through the Force and Hera's son, Jacen is crying," Satele told him, "Did they tell either of you anything that's happened in the last few hours?"
"Yeah, they just told us that they just received word that Alderaan is gone," Lyste answered, causing everyone to widen their eyes in shock and sadness, "The Empire must have used the Death Star on the planet and destroyed it."
"Can you both grab my and Sabine's art supplies from our room on the Ghost and bring them to us here at Capital City Hospital?" Satele asked Kallus and Lyste with her wrist communicator.
"Yes, Commander Wren," Kallus answered, "Both me and Ensign Lyste will grab you and your sister's art supplies and bring them to you and her at the hospital. So, see you both along with everyone else when we get there."
"Well, then see you both soon," Satele told Kallus and Lyste with her wrist communicator before deactivating it and turning to everyone, "I think there's something that everyone should know that me, Sabine and Janus found out a few hours ago from Kanan."
"Well, what is it, Satele?" Zeb asked the Mandalorian Jedi Knight.
"I'm… I'm pregnant," Satele answered with happiness in her voice as she tried her best not to tear up.
"So, that's what Kanan and Hera wanted to speak with you three about," Zeb realized, "And congratulations, Satele."
"Yeah, and I'm pretty sure you'll be a great mother, Satele," Ryder said, agreeing with Zeb.
"Thank you, Governor," Satele told the Lothalite governor with a smile on her face.
"And I'm pretty certain that you'll be a great father as well, Janus," Mart said as he looked at Janus.
"Yeah, I believe that you'll be a great father as well," Raddus told the Mandalorian, "And I believe your child will be a great warrior to your clan."
"Thank you both for saying that about me," Janus said, thanking them for saying that he'll be a great father, "And you're right, Admiral, they'll be a great warrior within Clan Wren."
"I would be a great aunt to your child," Sabine told her sister and her boyfriend with a smile on her face.
"Sabine, can you and the others leave me and Satele for a few moments?" Janus asked his girlfriend's sister, "I want to privately speak to your sister."
"Will do, Janus," Sabine answered before turning to the others, "Come on, let's leave Janus to talk with Satele."
"Jan'ika, what is it that you wanted to speak to me about?" Satele asked her boyfriend as Sabine and the others left the area.
"All I wanted to say is that how you've helped me get over the loss of my parents, John and Avira Wren along with my older brother, Krez as well as my younger sister, Kera when Governor Gar Saxon had them executed in a firing squad with members of his Saxon clan Imperial Super Commandos, so that I wouldn't join the Rebellion since I met you about two years ago after you and Sabine reunited with our clan," Janus told her as he smiled with his voice filled with a bit of sadness, "But as you know I eventually did, and I love how you helped me overcome my guilt of being there to witness when they were killed."
"Is this going anywhere, Janus?" She asked him, suspiciously.
"It is, Teal'ika," Janus answered as he sighed and pulled out a ring made from Beskar and kneeled down before her, causing her to gasp and widen her eyes in shock, "What I'm trying to say is, Satele, will you marry me?"
"Of course, Janus," Satele replied with a smile on her face, "Of course, I'll marry you. You're the only person I could ever love."
"Ni kar'tayl gar darasuum, Satele," Janus told her in Mando'a as he placed the ring over her ring finger as he stood back up.
"Ni kar'tayl gar darasuum, Janus," Satele replied in Mando'a as they embraced each other in a hug before they began kissing each other passionately.
Back aboard the Death Star and inside of the conference room, Tarkin was sitting at his seat around the conference table with Vader standing nearby and two Death Star troopers standing on both sides of the room's entrance with the door sliding open as Casss entered the conference room.
"Yes?" Tarkin asked Casss as he looked up at him.
"Our scout ships have reached Dantooine. They found the remains of a rebel base, but they estimate that it has been deserted for some time," Casss told him, "They are now conducting an extensive search of the surrounding systems."
"She lied," Tarkin stated as he turned to Vader as Casss left the room, "She lied to us."
"I told you she would never consciously betray the rebellion," Vader told the Grand Moff as Tarkin stood up and began walking towards him.
"Terminate her immediately," Tarkin ordered him as the room's entrance slid back shut.
"Stand by, Chewie. Here we go. Cut in the sunlight engines," Han told Chewbacca as he clicked a few buttons on the ceiling of the Millennium Falcon's cockpit as the YT-1300 Corellian light freighter continued to travel through Hyperspace before exiting Hyperspace as he sat down in the ship's pilot's seat as he felt the Millennium Falcon shake and saw that Alderaan was missing and that there were asteroids where the planet should be, "What the…" Chewbacca then growled a question in Shyriiwook, "We've come out of Hyperspace into a meteor shower, some kind of asteroid collision. It's not on any of the charts."
"What's going on?" Luke asked as he, Cade and Obi-Wan entered the cockpit.
"Our position's correct, except no Alderaan," Han explained.
"What do you mean?" Luke asked the smuggler with confusion, "Where is it?"
"Sith spit!" Cade cursed with anger in his voice, "Looks like I was correct. The Empire destroyed Alderaan."
"Looks like Cade's right, kid," Han said, agreeing with the former Jedi, "It ain't there. It's been blown away."
"The Death Star?" Luke asked Cade with confusion.
"Exactly, Luke," Obi-Wan confirmed, "It's been destroyed by the Empire."
"With the Empire destroying Alderaan, there will be more sympathy towards the rebellion than before," Han stated, "Considering that the planet was peaceful and one of the cultural centers of the galaxy. I'll bet that some Imperials will defect to the rebellion because of this."
"Yeah, and this is something that will not go unpunished," Cade said, agreeing with the smuggler when they all suddenly heard beeping coming from the console.
"There's another ship coming in," Han explained.
"It's an Imperial fighter," Obi-Wan told him as a TIE fighter flew past the Millennium Falcon.
"It followed us," Luke stated.
"No. It's a short-range fighter," Obi-Wan told him.
"And they don't have Hyperdrives, Luke," Cade added, agreeing with his former master.
"There aren't any bases around here," Han stated, "Where did they come from?"
"Sure is leaving in a big hurry," Luke muttered, sarcastically, "If they identify us, we're in trouble."
"Not if I can help it," Han retorted before turning to his Wookiee co-pilot, "Chewie, jam its transmissions."
"Let it go," Obi-Wan told him, "It's too far out of range."
"Not for long," Han argued as they continued to follow the TIE fighter as Chewbacca jammed the ship's transmissions.
"A fighter that size couldn't get this deep into space on its own," Obi-Wan stated as he watched the TIE fighter fly around space.
"Yep, and it couldn't have without a Hyperdrive which TIE fighters don't possess," Cade said, agreeing with the Jedi Master.
"He must have gotten lost, been part of a convoy or something," Luke surmised.
"Well, he ain't gonna be around long enough to tell anybody about us," Han stated as they continued to follow the TIE fighter.
"Look at him. He's heading for that small moon," Luke said as he watched the TIE fighter fly towards a spherical object in the distance.
"I think I can get him before he gets there," Han told them, "He's almost in range."
"That's no moon," Obi-Wan stated, "It's a space station."
"It's too big to be a space station," Han argued.
"No, Obi-Wan's right, that is a space station," Cade said, agreeing with his former master as the spherical object appeared through the ship's viewport, "That's the Death Star."
"That's the Empire's super weapon that destroyed Alderaan?" Luke said with shock in his voice.
"Yeah, it is, Luke," Cade confirmed, "But at least it's not the Star Forge from the days of the Old Republic before it was destroyed by the Republic during the Jedi Civil War."
"I have a very bad feeling about this," Luke muttered to himself as Chewbacca growled in Shyriiwook.
"Turn the ship around," Obi-Wan ordered the smuggler.
"Yeah, turn the ship back around, Han," Cade said, agreeing with the Jedi Master.
"Yeah. I think you're both right. Full reverse," he told them before attempting to turn the Millennium Falcon back around, "Chewie, lock in the auxiliary power." The Wookiee growled a response in Shyriiwook as the ship began to head towards the Death Star as Han continued to try to turn the Millennium Falcon back around, "Chewie, lock in the auxiliary power." Chewbacca then growled in Shyriiwook again as he tried to lock the ship's auxiliary power.
"Why are we still moving towards it?" Luke asked the smuggler.
"We're caught in a tractor beam," Han explained, "It's pulling us in."
"There's gotta be something you can do," Luke told him.
"There's nothing I can do, kid," Han stated, "I'm at full power. I have to shut down." He then stood up and switched a few switches on the ceiling off, "They're not gonna get me without a fight."
"You can't win, but there are alternatives to fighting," Obi-Wan told the smuggler.
"Obi-Wan's right, if we fight, we'll be killed instantly," Cade said, agreeing with his former master before Chewbacca growled a response in Shyriiwook.
With that said, the Millennium continued to be pulled towards the Death Star, near the battle station's equator.
"Clear Bay 327," a voice said from the Death Star's intercom as the Millennium Falcon began to approach one of the battle station's landing bays with two Death Star troopers standing at a console inside of the Death Star as they watched the YT-1300 Corellian light freighter being pulled towards landing bay 327, "We are opening the magnetic field."
As the Millennium Falcon continued to be pulled towards landing bay 327, two spacetroopers, a variant of stormtroopers wearing a rebreather pack to survive the zero gravity of space, were standing near two of the battle station's turbolaser cannons and were on patrol as they watched the YT-1300 Corellian light freighter being pulled into landing bay 327.
"To your stations," an Imperial officer, wearing a black tunic and cap with light skin, brown hair and brown eyes ordered a squad of stormtrooper as he stood in one of the Death Star's corridors with them and a couple of Death Star troopers before he turned to the Death Star troopers, "Come with me." He then began to run down the corridor with the Death Star troopers following him as the stormtroopers ran down towards the opposite end of the corridor.
"Close all outboard shields," a masculine voice said over the Death Star's intercom as the squad of stormtroopers entered Bay 327 as the Millennium Falcon had landed within the landing bay with the stormtroopers surrounding the YT-1300 Corellian light freighter, "Close all outboard shields."
"Yes?" Tarkin said, answering a call from a communications system from the conference table as he walked back towards the table.
"We've captured a freighter entering the remains of the Alderaan system," a masculine voice told the Grand Moff, "Its markings match those of a ship that blasted its way out of Mos Eisley."
"They must be trying to return the stolen plans to the princess," Vader surmised, "She may yet be of some use to us."
"Unlock one, five, seven and nine. Release charge," a masculine voice said over the Death Star's intercom as they began to walk towards the Millennium Falcon as a squad of stormtroopers walked away from a hole in the floor and past a squadron of their fellow stormtroopers,"There-one-six, report to control."
"There's no one on board, sir," an Imperial officer with fair skin, brown hair and gray hair named Edmos Khurgee reported to the Sith Lord as he and two stormtroopers walked down from the YT-1300 Corellian light freighter's ramp as they exited the ship, "According to the log, the crew abandoned ship right after takeoff. It must be a decoy, sir. Several escape pods have been jettisoned."
"Did you find any droids?" Vader asked him.
"No, sir," Edmos answered, "If there were any on board, they must also have been jettisoned."
"Send a scanning crew aboard," Vader ordered, "I want every part of this ship checked."
"Yes, sir," Edmos replied.
"I sense two things, two presences, one of them being Cade Skywalker, which I haven't sensed since we captured the princess and the other is one I've not felt since…" Vader then began to leave as Edmos looked shocked at what the Sith Lord sensed, but he shrugged it off as he began to walk around the area.
"Get me a scanning crew in here on the double," Edmos ordered the stormtroopers, "I want every part of this ship checked."
Inside the Millennium Falcon, a stormtrooper was patrolling the ships' corridor, wielding their E-11 blaster rifle as two more did the same before he approached another stormtrooper near the ship's ramp.
"There's no one here," the stormtrooper reported to the other stormtrooper as they exited the YT-1300 Corellian light freighter before Han lifted up one of the floor compartments as he and Luke emerged from the floor as he held his DL-44 in his hand.
"Boy, it's lucky you have these compartments," Luke told the smuggler.
"I use them for smuggling. I never thought I'd be smuggling myself in 'em," Han explained as the floor compartment behind them was lifted up as Obi-Wan and Cade emerged from the floor compartment, "This is ridiculous. Even if I could take off, I'd never get past the tractor beam."
"Leave that to me," Obi-Wan assured the smuggler as he and Cade began to leave the floor compartment with the former Jedi holding one of his DC-17s in his hand.
"Damn fool," Han muttered to himself as he and Luke began to leave their floor compartment as well, "I knew you were gonna say that."
"Who's the more foolish, the fool or the fool who follows him?" Obi-Wan retorted as Luke and Han sat on both sides of their floor compartment before Chewbacca appeared from the floor compartment that Obi-Wan and Cade were hiding in as he growled in Shyriiwook.
"The security isn't good here as most Imperial bases that me and my squad have been to," Cade stated with surprise in his voice.
"From what I've heard, you are right, uncle," Luke said, agreeing with Cade, "I never heard of an Imperial base with this little security."
"Who are your squad, Cade?" Obi-Wan asked his former Padawan.
"They're the Bad Batch, master," Cade answered, "I think you met most of them after the Battle of Anaxes, a few hours after they along with Anakin and Rex rescued Echo from Wat Tambor and the Techno Union on Skako Minor."
"Your squad within the Rebellion are the Bad Batch?" Obi-Wan said with shock in his voice.
"Yeah, they are," Cade confirmed with a smile.
Back outside the Millennium Falcon, two Imperial officers, wearing gray colored uniforms with black caps over their heads were transporting a crate that was mostly black and a bit red on top of it before they removed the crate's lid to reveal scanning equipment.
"The ship's all yours," a stormtrooper told the scanning crew as he walked over to them as one of the scanning crew officers picked up one of their scanning equipment to check to see if it was working before placing it back in the crate, "If the scanners pick up anything. Report it immediately." He then began to walk away from them as they picked up the crate and began to walk into the Millennium Falcon as he and a squad of stormtroopers began to walk away from the YT-1300 Corellian light freighter, "All right. Let's go."
As soon as the scanning crew entered the ship, they were attacked by Chewbacca as he knocked them to the ground with his paws, knocking them out.
"Hey, down there!" The three stormtroopers guarding the Millennium Falcon's ramp suddenly heard a voice call out to them from inside the ship, causing them to turn to the entrance of the ship, "Could you give us a hand with this?"
The three stormtroopers rushed into the Millennium Falcon, only for Han and Cade to fire their blasters at them, killing them instantly.
Back on Lothal, Satele and Janus stopped kissing each other as Sabine and the others walked back towards them.
"Come on, guys, let's see Hera," Satele told her sister and the others, "Me and Janus have some news to share."
"But we want to announce it in front of Hera and Chopper," Janus added.
"All right, let's go see Hera," Sabine said as they began to walk back into Ward 17.
"Let's hope this news is worth it," Zeb muttered to himself as he followed them back into Ward 17.
"I'm sure it is, Zeb," Ryder assured the Lasat, "Why else would Satele and Janus seem happy?"
"I guess you're right, Governor," Zeb told him as they entered Ward 17 and saw that Jacen was sleeping in Hera's arms.
"What do you guys want?" Hera asked everyone as she looked up and watched them enter Ward 17 as she put Jacen down and sat up.
"Me and Satele have something important to share with everyone," Janus told her.
"Well, what is it, Janus?" Sabine asked him as he crossed her arms.
"It's that we're getting married, Sis," Satele answered as she showed everyone the ring made from Beskar that she was wearing over her left hand's ring finger.
"Congratulations, Satele," Hera told the Mandalorian Jedi Knight.
"Yeah, congratulations, Sis," Sabine said as she hugged her twin sister, "I suspected that's what Janus wanted to speak to you privately about."
"I knew that the two of you would eventually get engaged," Zeb told Satele and Janus, "Besides, you two are practically made for each other. But I congratulate you both as well."
"I congratulate you both as well," Mart said with a smile on his face as he looked at Satele and Janus.
"Commander Wren and Lieutenant Commander Wren, I congratulate you both for getting engaged as well," Raddus told Satele and Janus.
"I also congratulate you both for getting engaged," Ryder said with a smile on his face as he crossed his arms.
"Thank you all for supporting me and Janus getting engaged," Satele told everyone as she smiled.
"Yeah, thank you guys for supporting us on getting engaged," Janus said, agreeing with his fiancée.
"When is your wedding?" Ryder asked them.
"We haven't decided yet, Governor," Janus answered the Lothalite governor.
"But we're hoping for it to be within a month," Satele added, "But when we do have a set date, you'll all be invited."
"On the day of your wedding, I'll have to have my deputy take care of business here on Lothal then," Ryder told them.
"So, I see that you and Janus are getting married, Satele," they all heard Kallus say as he, Lyste and Wolffe appeared in the doorway of Ward 17 with him holding both Satele and Sabine's airbrushes, while Lyste held one of their canvases in his arms as Wolffe held his helmet under his arm.
"Yeah, we are, Kallus," Satele confirmed before looking at Wolffe with shock, "What are you doing here, Commander?"
"Yeah, shouldn't you be training the people of Lothal to fight back against the Empire?" Janus asked the Clone Commander, agreeing with his fianceé.
"I just got done training the civilians of Lothal for today," Wolffe explained, "So, I figured, why not come here to see how General Syndulla was doing."
"Satele, Sabine, here are your art supplies," Kallus said as he and Lyste handed both Mandalorian Jedi Knights their art supplies.
"Thank you, Captain, Ensign," Satele told Kallus and Lyste as she smiled.
"Yeah, thanks for bringing us our art supplies," Sabine said, agreeing with her sister.
"Kallus, Lyste and Wolffe, I would like you three to meet my son, Jacen, but don't bother him, he's sleeping right now," Hera told Kallus, Lyste and Wolffe as she looked up at them.
"Satele already told me and Lyste what his name was when she contacted us earlier," Kallus said as he, Lyste and Wolffe walked towards them, "We have some distressing news that you need to hear, General Syndulla."
"What is it, Captain Kallus?" Hera asked the former ISB/Fulcrum Agent.
"Alderaan's been destroyed, General," Wolffe answered.
"Bail," Hera gasped with shock in her voice.
"Don't worry, Hera, we along with the Rebel Alliance will finish what he started," Satele assured the Twi'lek.
"I know that we will, Satele," Hera said, agreeing with the Mandalorian.
"Come on, Sis, let's go," Satele told her sister as she looked at her.
"Alright, Sat," Sabine replied as she and Satele began to leave Ward 17.
"Where are you two going?" Janus asked them.
"We're going to paint a memorial for the remaining Alderaanians who weren't on Alderaan when it was destroyed, Jan'ika," Satele answered as she and Sabine left Ward 17.
Meanwhile back aboard the Death Star and inside a command office, a human male Imperial officer with light skin, brown hair with sideburns and brown eyes, wearing a black colored Imperial tunic with a black cap over his head and a lieutenant's rank plaque over the left side of his chest named Pol Treidum approached the command office's communications system.
"TK-421 and TK-541, why aren't you both at your posts?" Tredium asked, contacting two of the stormtroopers that were stationed outside of the Millennium Falcon, "TK-421 and TK-541, do you both copy?" He then walked over to the command office's viewport and watched as two stormtroopers exited the Millennium Falcon, wielding E-11 blaster rifles before they looked up at him and tapped on their helmets' comlinks, causing Treidum to give them a salute before he walked away from the viewport and turned to one of the Imperial officers working at the command office's consoles, "Take over. We've got two bad transmitters. I'll see what I can do."
As soon as Treidum walked over to the command office's entrance, he clicked on the panel in the doorway, causing the doorway to slide open to reveal two stormtroopers and Chewbacca standing next to the stormtroopers before Chewbacca growled in Shyriiwook as he threw the Imperial officer back towards a group of canisters, knocking him out before the Imperial officer that Treidum spoke to before he walked towards the door stood up, only for the stormtroopers to fire their E-11 blaster rifles at the Imperial officer.
Chewbacca growled in Shyriiwook again as the stormtroopers, Obi-Wan, C-3PO, R2 and a stormtrooper behind them entered the command office as two of the stormtroopers removed their helmets, revealing themselves to be Cade and Han with the former Jedi removing his helmet first as the smuggler walked over to the viewport and looked at the Millennium Falcon in landing bay 327 through the viewport.
"You know, between his howling and your blasting everything in sight, it's a wonder the whole station doesn't know we're here," Luke remarked, looking at Han as he removed his stormtrooper helmet and closed the door with the door's control panel.
"Well, bring 'em on," Han retorted as Luke placed his stormtrooper on a ledge next to him with Cade doing the same, "I prefer a straight fight to all this sneakin' around."
"That would be a suicidal act within an Imperial base unless you're well equipped, Han," Cade told the smuggler.
"We've found the computer outlet, sir," C-3PO said as he looked at Obi-Wan.
"Plug in," Obi-Wan ordered him, "He should be able to intercept the entire Imperial network."
As R2 plugged his scomp link into the astromech port around the consoles, Luke put a hand through his hair as the astromech began rotating his scomp link around the astromech port as he began beeping a response.
"He says he's found the controls to the power beam that's holding the ship here," C-3PO translated for everyone, "He'll try to make the precise location on the monitor." The monitor around the console then began to show multiple locations around the Death Star, "The tractor beam is coupled to the main reactor in seven locations. A power loss at one of the terminals will allow the ship to leave."
"I don't think you boys can help," Obi-Wan told Cade, Luke and Han as one of the locations on the monitor began blinking as he turned to them, "I must go alone."
"Whatever you say," Han muttered as Obi-Wan walked past him, "I've done more than I bargained for on this trip already."
"I want to go with you," Luke protested.
"Be patient, Luke," Obi-Wan told him, "Stay and watch the droids with your uncle."
"But he can…" Luke began to say.
"They must be delivered safely or other star systems will suffer the same fate as Alderaan," Obi-Wan explained before he placed his left hand over Luke's right arm, "Your destiny along with your uncle's lies along a different path from mine." He then clicked the panel next to the command office's door before it slid back open as he turned to Luke and Cade, "The Force will be with you… Always."
"What's wrong, Uncle Cade?" Luke asked his uncle as he clicked the panel next to the command office's door as Obi-Wan ran down the corridor outside of the room that they were inside of as he looked at him with concern.
"It's just that this might be the last time we ever see Obi-Wan," Cade answered with sadness in his voice as Chewbacca growled in Shyriiwook.
"Boy, you said it, Chewie," Han said, agreeing with the Wookiee, "Where did you both dig up that old fossil?"
"Obi-Wan was my Jedi master during the Clone Wars," Cade reminded Han as he began walking back towards him, "And besides, he's one of the best Jedi that the Jedi Order has ever produced."
"Ben is a great man," Luke added, agreeing with his uncle as he followed his uncle towards the smuggler.
"Yeah. Great at getting us into trouble," Han remarked, sarcastically.
"I don't hear you give any ideas," Luke told him.
"I doubt a smuggler like him could give any idea as great as a soldier or military leader could," Cade muttered, sarcastically.
"Anything's better than just hangin' around waiting for 'em to pick us up," Han told them.
"Who do you think…" Luke began to say before R2 began to beep, causing him, Cade and Han to turn towards R2 and C-3PO, "What is it?"
"Yeah, what's wrong?" Cade asked, agreeing with his nephew.
"I'm afraid I'm not quite sure," C-3PO answered, "He says 'I've found her,' and keeps repeating, 'She's here.'"
"Who?" Luke asked the protocol droid as he walked towards him and R2, "Who has he found?"
"Yeah, who is it, 3PO?" Cade said, agreeing with his nephew as he followed him towards C-3PO and R2.
"Princess Leia," C-3PO answered.
"My sister?" Luke said with shock in his voice, "She's here?"
"Sister?" Han asked Luke with shock in his voice.
"Where? Where is she?" Luke asked the protocol droid.
"Sister? Princess? What's going on?" Han asked Luke as he approached him and Cade.
"Luke's twin sister, Princess Leia Organa of Alderaan, seems to be imprisoned here on the Death Star," Cade explained, "They were separated at birth, so the Empire wouldn't discover their connection to the Force."
"What's so important about her then?" Han asked the former Jedi.
"She could probably give you the credits to pay off whatever it is you're running from," Cade explained as R2 began beeping again.
"Level 5, Detention Block AA-23," C-3PO translated before R2 began beeping yet again, "I'm afraid she's scheduled to be terminated."
"Oh, no," Luke muttered with shock, "We've gotta do something."
"We're going to rescue her," Cade told them.
"What's your plan?" Han asked the former Jedi.
"3PO, hand Luke those binders there, will you?" Cade requested the protocol droid as he saw a pair of stuncuffs on one of the consoles before he handed them to Luke.
"Now what, Uncle?" Luke asked Cade.
"Okay. Luke, now, put them on Chewie," Cade answered.
"Will do," Luke said as he walked over to Chewbacca as he went to place the stuncuffs over the Wookiee's wrists, only for Chewbacca to growl at him in Shyriiwook.
"Let me do it, Luke," Cade told his nephew as he approached him and Chewbacca and took the stuncuffs from Luke as he went to place them over the Wookiee's wrists, "It's alright, Chewie, we're just going to pretend that you're a prisoner that needs to be transferred."
"Wait, Chewie, you're letting him place binders on you without any issues?" Han said with shock as he watched Cade place the stuncuffs over Chewbacca's wrists.
"He trusts me because of the time when we were captured by Trandoshans," Cade explained before he walked over to the ledge where his and Luke's stormtrooper helmets were and placed it back over his head as he grabbed Luke's helmet and handed it back to his nephew, who placed it back over his head before Han did the same with his helmet as they began to leave the command office with Chewbacca as their 'prisoner', "Let's go."
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