Death Star: episode #71 The Mystery revealed to Vader
Previously: Darth Vader puzzled over Luke, heads back to Coruscant. Mon Mothma doesn�t know Luke�s identity, either. Bail told her who Wedge is. The formal ceremony took place where Han, Chewie, and Luke were each given medals.
The ceremony is now over. As Vader heads to Coruscant, the Emperor gets some interesting information. A very top ranking Imperial officer who had not been lucky enough to be aboard the Death Star when it blew, but who had monitored the battle from Coruscant, came running to the Emperor�s throne room. He knew he had to slow way down before nearing the Red Royal guards. Those guys would kill anyone on sight unless they gave a good reason for being there (or unless they were Darth Vader.) �I must see his Royal Highness at once. Something drastic just occurred �and I have just received a full report on everything. I wouldn�t� have dared coming until I had that information.� The guards stand aside to let him pass through the doorway to the Emperor. The officer bows before the Emperor. �Your highness, I have some bad news.� �What is it,� demanded Palpatine. �Quit wasting my time.� �Yes, of course. Well�you see the Death Star was kind of destroyed�� �What?� �The Rebels found a wakens in the plans, and they were able to destroy it. Darth Vader even destroyed most of the Rebel ships in the battle. Several got away, and only one was in it at the end, along with the millennium Falcon. I did background chess on the ship and found someone named Han Solo owns it. That ship blasted off of Mos Eisley and was reported to have been on the Death Star. IT was allowed to escape there under Vader�s orders. We tracked it to Yavin�that�s how we knew where their base was.� �Interesting,� says Palpatine. �The one ship�how come Vader didn�t destroy it.� �I don�t know, sir. He followed it tightly, and shot at it several times, but the hit was never direct.� The Emperor says, �That�s odd. Who were the so-called heroes of this.� �Han Solo, Chewbacca a Wookiee, and someone named Luke Skywalker.� The Emperor turned so pale at the mention of Luke�s name (not that the Emperor wasn�t already pale from being on the Dark Side), that the admiral asked him, �are you all right?� Palpatine says after a brief moment of silence, �yes. This Skywalker, bring me a file on him.� �I have one, sir. There�s not much on him.� �How old is he?� �18.� The Emperor does some fast calculations. �Yes, that�s it. So he�s alive�he survived�contact Darth Vader immediately. Send for him. I must speak with him now. It�s time he learns�� The officer, confused, but not daring to question the Emperor, leaves to contact Vader. �The Emperor wishes to speak to you at once.� Vader says, �Tell him I�ll be there as soon as I can.� Then Vader says to himself, �he�s probably already heard about the Death Star.� Vader lands as quickly as he can. He knows it�s not a good idea to keep the Emperor waiting, especially when something like the event of the Death Star just happened. Vader finds the Emperor in a strange mood when he entered. �This is about the Death Star, isn�t it, Master?� �Yes. Vader do you know who blew up the Death Star?� �No, but I would like to. The strange thing is the force was strong with that person.� Palpatine says, �I know.� The Emperor watched Vader carefully before continuing, �That was Anakin Skywalker�s son.� Vader fell backward. �What?� �It�s not impossible that Anakin ahs a son, I is it, Vader/� �No,� Vader said honestly. �But�Anakin and his wife only spent one night together.� Palpatine says, �And she got pregnant.� Vader sits down. �How long have you known this?� �Ever since the child was born, but I thought he had died shortly after birth.� Dearth Vader asks, �Well, what�s his name?� �Luke.� Vader jumped up. He knew who it was now. It was the boy that he had thought was Owen�s son. He had seen him twice�once then and once on the Death Star. He even had picked Luke up and held him during the questioning. Vader was angry with himself for not being able to tell that it was Anakin�s son�even though he hadn�t known Anakin had a son. Then he thought back to the questioning of Samantha. She had told him that she had a son, but he had denied that it was Anakin�s. �I was wrong,� he says so quietly that the Emperor didn�t hear him. The Emperor observes from Vader�s reaction, �You know who he is then?� �Yes, he was on the Death Star with Obi-Wan. He and the people he was with rescued Princess Leia. I tracked them to Yavin.� I thought I told you to execute Leia.� �I gave the orders, but then the Millennium Falcon landed, and I thought it would be wider to let her escape with them and track them.� �You acted without my consent, Vader.� Vader said nothing. Palpatine then says, �Anyway, this son of Anakin�s has caused a great disturbance in the force. He is a threat to us.� Vader shakes his head, �master he is only a boy. There is no way that Obi-Wan could have taught him so much that�� �Vader, that boy is extremely strong in the Force. More so than even Anakin. You must kill him. That�s why I even mentioned him to you. We cannot allow him to live.� Vader sighed. He had felt the disturbance in the Force, but hadn�t given it much thought. �There must be another way�� The Emperor had been afraid of that. �If you wont� kill him, I will.� Vader thought a minute, �Well, perhaps if he could be turned he would become a powerful ally.� The Emperor smiled evilly. �Yes, yes�but can it be done?� �He will join us or die, my master.� The Emperor nodded, relived. You may leave now, Vader.
Until next time!
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Death Star: episode #71 The Mystery revealed to Vader