The Jedi From Earth: A Star Wars Story #Wattys2023

Part 124

April 11th,2016
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War terrible war, that was what haunted his dreams, it was a mix of Earth ones with loud eardrum destroying gunfire and then Clone troopers and battle droids exchanging blaster fire with a Jedi Knight leading a charge of clones before they suddenly stopped shooting him in the back without warning, "Padawan run or fight!" A woman yelled as a young adolescent boy ran up a hill then stopped as she was shot in the back by a clone falling to the ground then shot repeatedly with burns. "Unlimited power!!!" Palpatine yelled as Force lightning shot from his hands as a man was flung out a window. "Vader! Come out!" Starkiller yelled as a burst of red light flashed brightly,

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Yavin 4,
"Your Highness you must be able to get us some tangible Intel on that battlestation" General Dodonna said to the hologram of Leia "I'll do my best General but It'll be difficult" she replied, "please try ma'am this is important the Chancellor will want this as soon as possible" Dodonna said,

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Shawn wandered through the palace still pulled pondering what he'd seen, though he was heading far down into it to the areas that Palpatine kept his many relics of the past, he looked around though it was very dimly lit by red lights at the floor or the top of the four story walls, it was cold as well though both temperature and the dark side. Shawn knew this as he'd found the dark side made him feel a guttural cold internally, but each of the doorways was guarded by Shadow Guards whose red visor against the black armor made them blend in with the rest of the halls, Shawn stopped in front of one of the doorways and saw it was a room full of lightsabers on shelves, he turned and walked in though braced in case the guard stopped him.

He looked at the sabers with curiosity, he picked one up looking it over and saw a blaster mark on it, Shawn set it back then saw one was on a pedestal with a small sign written in Aurebesh. "Property of M-Mace W-Windu" Shawn muttered making some sense of the letters, below it though was a severed human in clear container with some sort of preserving fluid around it, Shawn was disgusted and looked away but closer focusing on the saber which looked to be covered in scratches as if haven fallen from some great distance. Slowly he picked it up and heard the sounds of sabers clashing "he is the traitor ah!" A man yelled, the sounds of electricity sparking also sounded, Shawn brought himself back into reality to hear the rasp of Vader's breathing echo in the hallway behind him.

"Mendes" Vader said and Shawn turned around hiding the saber behind his back inconspicuously, "uh yes sir?" Shawn asked, "what're you doing down here?" Vader asked, "just exploring I was bored" Shawn said dismissively shrugging simultaneously. Vader took a breath then got closer holding his hand out "give that to me" he demanded, "what sir?" Shawn asked feigning confusion, "the lightsaber in your hand" Vader said, Shawn sighed and set the saber in Vader's open hand which he closed looking over it "hm what a surprise, what drew you to this?" Vader asked, "just wondering whose it was" Shawn said. "Hm" Vader said "this belonged to the Jedi who tried to kill the Emperor nearly nineteen years ago, that would be eighteen years by your calendar however" looking over the saber with both hands with the leather of his gloves making a grinding sound almost.

"What happened to him?" Shawn asked, "the Emperor has said he lost his hand by Anakin Skywalker" Vader said, "and what happened to that guy?" He asked "you ask many questions Mendes exercise caution what you ask and to whom" Vader said walking past him setting the saber back down. "Perhaps the next time you decide to explore the depths of the palace try not making it easy to sense you through the Force" Vader said, "and don't make yourself easy to read either the Emperor will sense your thoughts especially if there's something suspicious about them". Shawn didn't answer

"While you're here there's another area of training I don't think you ever were instructed on very well" Vader said, "pick one" then gestured to the many sabers, "what for?" Shawn asked. "Just do it" Vader ordered lowering his hand, Shawn walked around looking at all the many dusty hilts many of them looked damaged "use the Force which one speaks to you" Vader advised monotony, Shawn slipped into the Force feeling its currents as if it were a river that flowed all around seeing which one called to him. Then he a faint whistle like sound coming from one in front of him and grabbed it, then he walked back to Vader "hm good,give it to me" Vader said. Shawn handed the hilt to him, Vader set the hilt on the edge of the pedestal and waved his hand causing the hilt to fall into many pieces, "you must hone your skills to reassemble one of these should you ever find one on some distant world in the Outer Rim, now do it" Vader said turning away.