Star Wars VIII: Shadows of the Past
#1 of Star Wars
I posted this as a rough draft a few months ago. Now that the series is done, I'll be officially posting it.
"Victory for the Resistance! After successfully infiltrating and destroying the massive planet/weapon Starkiller Base, the First Order has been dealt a heavy loss. General Leia Organa has received both pieces of the map that can lead to her brother. Ray and Chewbacca travel to his coordinates, hoping to find the long lost Jedi."
"I believe this is yours," Ray said to the bearded man standing a few feet from her. She was holding out the lightsaber that had belonged to Luke Skywalker. The man switched from looking at her to looking at the weapon in her hand.
"You think that this belongs to me?" the man asked.
"This is the lightsaber of Luke Skywalker," Ray responded.
"And you think that I'm him?" The man walked forward until he was just two feet from Ray. Getting no reply, he slowly lifted his arms and removed the hood of his cloak from his head. Looking at his hands, Ray noticed that his right hand was bionic. A layer of metal formed the shape, but she could see the gears, springs, and other mechanisms inserted within the frame.
"I know you're him," Ray finally answered.
"Hmm," the man muttered as he walked back to the ledge and continued to gaze out at the vast ocean in front of him. "Luke Skywalker...haven't been called that name for a long time." There was a long pause. Nothing was heard besides the *SPLASH* of the water on the rocky beach below and the occasional sound of a bird flying overhead. Ray still held the lightsaber in her, now lowered, hand. She had not moved, but was getting slightly annoyed by the silence. "I can tell by your shuffling that you're growing impatient," Luke said, breaking the quiet.
"I didn't just come to bring you your saber. There are other matters at hand. General Leia Organa has been looking for you for a while. The whole..." Luke raised a bionic finger to silence her. He turned back to face her.
"Where is your ship?" he asked. Walking past her, Luke flicked his left wrist, and the lightsaber came right out of Ray's hand and into his. Astonished for a second, Ray turned and trotted after the Jedi Master. She led him back down the stairs that she had, just earlier, climbed up to find him. After what seemed like forever, they arrived at the base of the staircase. In front of them stood the famous Millennium Falcon. Its docking pads were surrounded in vapor from the engines, which were still warm. R2-D2 was soldering something attached to the loading ramp. As Ray and Luke came closer to the ship, it turned to them. Seeing Luke, R2 gave an orchestra of cheerful beeps and buzzes, clearly excited to see him. "It's nice to see you too, buddy," said Luke as he leaned down and patted R2's blue domed head.
Hearing the ruckus outside, Chewbacca appeared at the top of the ramp. "Grrrh rrh," he happily grunted. Strolling down the ramp, he enveloped Luke in a big, furry, hug. "Ugh...Hey Chewy," Luke groaned as he tried to pry the massive arms off of him. "I know, I know, I've missed you too fur-ball." He almost had to yell over the wookie's excited grunting. Finally freeing himself from the hug, Luke turned to Ray and asked,"So where's Han?" Those three words quickly ended the reunion. Everything was quiet, except for the sounds of steam vapor coming from the ship.
It took all of her strength to hold back the tears, but Ray finally said,"He's...um...dead. Han's dead."