The Forgotten Hero: A Star Wars Story

Barge Party

With samurai speed, Luke ignites his emerald blade and attacks the guard who prodded him off the plank, sending the hapless monster screaming overboard. The other guards swarm toward Luke.

He wades into them, lightsaber flashing. Lando struggles with another guard at the back of the skiff. Guards start flying off of the top of the barge as Y/N swings his amber saber throughout his reach.

One of the bewildered guards lands in the soft, sandy slope of the pit, and begins sliding. He claws desperately as a Sarlacc tentacle grabs him and pulls him screaming into the viscous mouth. Y/N cringes at the sight but averts his eyes and continues tearing through Jabba's militia.

With two swift strides, the dangerous Boba Fett ignites his rocket pack, leaps into the air, and flies from the barge down to the skiff. Or rather he would have if he wasn't grabbed onto by something strong. Boba looks back and sees the menacing form of Y/N with a stoic face, holding on firmly to the center of his rocket pack.

Fett panics and boosts the thrusters on his rockets, breaking free of the grip of the Jedi. But not without a cost.

Y/N falls back to the floor with a clump of thruster in his hand.

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Jabba watches Luke and explodes in rage. He barks commands, and the guards around him rush off to do his bidding. The scuzzy creatures watching the action from the window are in an uproar. A body falls through the ceiling to screeches of fright from the party goers. Silence and stillness for a moment.

Then Y/N drops through the hole in the ceiling. He clears the dust around him and stares down the guests.

Y/N: Hello there.

A frenzy breaks out again and the room's chaos turns up by a mile.

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Luke knocks another guard off the skiff and into the waiting mouth of the Sarlacc. He starts to untie Chewie's bonds.

Luke: Easy, Chewie.

At that moment, the deck gunmen on the barge unleash a series of blasts from a big cannon on the upper deck. Lando is tossed from the deck of the rocking skiff. He manages to grab a rope, and dangles desperately above the Sarlacc pit.

Lando: Woah! Woah! Help!

Boba Fett lands roughly on the skiff and scrambles to his feet. He starts to aim his laser gun at Luke, who has freed Han and Chewie from their bonds. But before Boba can fire, the young Jedi spins on him, lightsaber sweeping, and hacks the bounty hunter's gun in half.

Immediately, the skiff takes another direct hit from the barge's deck gun. Shards of skiff deck fly. Chewie and Han are thrown against the rail.

Han: Chewie, you okay? Where is he?

The Wookiee is wounded and he howls in pain.

Han: I'm okay, pal.

For a moment, Luke is distracted, and in that moment, Boba fires a cable out of his armored sleeve. Instantly, Luke is wrapped in a strong cable, his arms pinned against his side, his saber arm free only from the wrist down. Luke bends his wrist so the lightsaber points straight up to reach the wire lasso and cuts through. Luke shrugs away the cable and stands free.

Another blast from the Barge's deck gun hits near Boba and he is knocked unconscious to the deck, next to where Lando is hanging.

Lando: Han! Chewie?

Han: Lando!

Luke is a little shaken but remains standing as a fusillade brackets him. The second skiff, loaded with guards firing their weapons, moves in on Luke fast. Luke leaps toward the incoming second skiff. The young Jedi leaps into the middle of the second skiff and begins decimating the guards from their midst.