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Note 1
Han,

I am disappointed that you didn’t register. The lady that registered me kept giving me weird looks…it made me nervous. When I said my name, she just stared at me, and when I said I was from Tatooine, she made me repeat it and acted the same way. And then she asked me all these questions about the Empire. I don’t think the registration process went well. And that Queen person that I ran into…that worries me, and Han, what if I get in the X-Wing and can’t figure out how to work it? I’ve never flown before. Oh, and what do you think of my friend Leia?

Luke
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Note 2
Luke,

Don’t worry, kid, you’ll do fine in that X-Wing. Just remember, whatever that old man was talking about, if anyone’s got it, you do. I’m sorry I didn’t register, but I’ve really gotta pay off Jabba, otherwise there wouldn’t be any point in me fighting, because as soon as I set foot on a planet, I’m dead. That’s strange that you would have trouble registering, usually they’re anxious to get fresh blood. You said she mentioned Tatooine? Oh well, I wouldn’t think to hard on it. Keep your mind on that X-Wing, and you’ll do fine.

Han
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Note 3
Han,

I sure hope you are right. I will try my best...Ben told me that my father was an excellent pilot, and that I probably inherited some stuff from him that would probably make me a good pilot too....I'm not so sure about that, but hey. I'll try and use the force...to concentrate on the moment, to feel and not to think. I've always been pretty good at going off instincts and reflexes.....because I somehow feel when I'm headed into danger...it's kind of hard to explain. I'm pretty sure it has something to do with the force, though. Thanks for your encouragement. How did you get into trouble with Jabba anyway? Well it wasn't so much that I had trouble registering...maybe I was overly self-conscious or something. The lady, I think her name is Shmi or something, just gave me strange looks......I felt like she was staring at me and like everything I said was wrong. Maybe she is just a difficult person or something. I'm registered, and that's all that matters now. She didn't really mention Tatooine.....she asked me where I was from, and I told her.....she gave me a strange look, but I don't think she said anything about it. I haven't told you much about my father, have I? Well he was a Jedi Knight....and Darth Vader killed him.

According to Ben, Darth Vader killed a lot of Jedi. I wrote to Vader...and I kept on insulting him. It was hilarious!!! I mentioned that lady we ran into.....and suggested that they might make a good couple (I was only joking), and he wrote me back asking for her name and number!!!!! Do you think I should give it to him? That would sure get that lady back for the rude way she treated us...but, no matter how much I dislike her, she IS a Rebel leader...I maybe shouldn't give the info to Vader. Well anyway, what do you think of Leia?

I really do feel that you should have signed up.....that you're turning your back on the Rebellion. I mean, they need you, Han. You're a great pilot, it would only take a little of your time. After the battle's over you could go back and pay off Jabba the Hutt. This is so important to the Rebellion, Han. Please consider sticking around.

What are your opinions on the lady we ran into? There is something really strange about her.....like she seems really sad and unloving.

Well I have to head out to the Rebel meeting to find out how we're going to destroy this Death Star.

-Luke Skywalker
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Note 4
Luke,

That’s the spirit, kid! Don’t let those Imperial jerks scare you. They’re all talk. Anyway, about Jabba, I was working as a smuggler for him, and a damn good one at that. Once when I was transporting, um, “goods”, these Imperial people boarded my ship, right? And you know the penalty for smuggling goods. So I did what I had to do. I dumped ‘em. It wasn’t my fault. Everyone gets boarded once in a while.

You said her name was Shmi? Hmmm…sorry, I can’t make a connection to anyone I know. That’s strange, to say the least. You might want to keep an eye on it, just to be safe.

No, you haven’t told me a lot about your father. But that’s OK. If there’s one thing I’ve learned from working with those Hutts, it’s don’t ask questions. Darth Vader killed him? That’s awful. It just makes me hate the Empire even more. I can’t believe you actually wrote to him! Good idea, give him hell! He deserves it! And he actually asked for her phone number? That’s rich. I wouldn’t do it. I wouldn’t give that slimeball anything.

Leia…she’s pretty special. I’ve never met a girl like that. I don’t really know, Luke. Either I love her or I hate her, but I’m not sure which. Why, do you like her?

Believe me kid, I wouldn’t signed up if I had the choice. Maybe I’ll come back after I pay Jabba. MAYBE. I’m not too crazy about a suicide mission, but I’ll try to come back, Luke, I’ll try.

I don’t know about that lady. I totally agree with you that it’s strange. Oh wait…I think I remember something about a Shmi! I’m really not sure, it was so long ago, but I think that was the name of Vader’s mother or something. But then again, there has to be more than one Shmi in the world. I just don’t know. But if she is…no wonder she’s sad and unloving!

-Han
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Note 5
Han,

Vader just wrote me and told me that he didn't kill my father!! He won't admit it, and he called me his friend!!!!!! What an idiot! I'm the one that blew up his stupid Death Star.

Oh, you were one of Jabba's smugglers? That's too bad that you had to dump all that spice and get in big trouble with Jabba. Yeah.....that'd be hilarious if Shmi is Darth Vader's mother!!!!!! I just asked him about it!

Well we didn't do too bad at destroying the Death Star, did we? Thanks for coming back after me!

Now I have to take that stupid Queen Samantha person to Hoth because I got the shortest straw.....I gotta go.....I'll write you m ore later.

Luke
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Note 6
Han,

Sorry about cutting the last letter a little short. Vader's too much of an idiot to scare me. All right, this is all I know about my father.....I've gotten the info. from different places....from Jira back on Tatooine, and Old Ben,mostly, and a little bit from my uncle.

1. He was a slave on Tatooine, and he was an excellent pilot and mechanic. He built this cooling unit for Jira...long story...I can tell you if you want.

2. He won his freedom by winning a race. Everyone tells me he was the nicest person they knew....that he never did anything for himself.....always for others.

2. He became a Jedi Knight, and became a good friend of Old Ben's (Obi-Wan)

4. Then the Emperor came along and his helper, Darth Vader, who was trained by Obi-Wan (so that means Vader knew my father...the Jedi must have been close) Vader betrayed and murdered his friends!!!! He killed my father! I wonder if they were best friends or something.

5. I know that my father was a key player in the Clone Wars......I guess he was the hero.

Old Ben gave me his lightsaber. That's the only thing I have....my only connection to him.

That's all I know about my father.

What about your parents?

No, I'm not going to ask that Queen Samantha for her phone number to give to him. I may not like her, but she certainly doesn't deserve to talk to him.

Well anyway, all the pilots who participated in the Death Star battle drew straws....and whoever ended up with the shortest one had to take Samantha. I got that piece.....so now I have to go take her to Hoth. She doesn't like me.....I don't like her. It should be real fun! I'll have to tell you what happens once we get to the Hoth base....that is if you decide to stick around.

-Luke Skywalker
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Note 7
Hey Han,

It's me again. I realized I forgot something else. I forgot to answer your question about Leia. I agree, Leia is special....different from any girl I've ever met. Well, somehow I just can't see Leia and someone like you together....it just doesn't fit...but that may be because.....

Yes, I do like her. I like her a lot, Han. Ever since I found her in the factory (did I tell you that story....oh I have so many stories to tell you). I met Leia because I was going around with my aunt.....we were delivering shipments from our farm...and we had to go to Anuvuin (the Maurder Base). Well when we landed, I heard the Maurders talking about wanting to kill some girl. I decided to go look for her......so yeah.....I ran off not knowing where I was going. I found myself in some kind of strange factory. Leia was there...she went by the name Lissy then because she didn't know she was Bail's daughter. She came from the other dimension....Earth. The Maurders had kidnapped her when she was a baby, according to her father...and now she's back. Anyway, I invited Leia to go back to my house the the Maurders couldn't kill her. My uncle tried taking her back to the doorway, but they found it could never be open again. It was lucky, because then she would have never met her father. When she went to the Rebellion to go register, she met her father and he told her what had happened.

Anyway, I have this really strange feeling for her....I've never felt this feeling before. I don't think it's quite love, but it's something. I admire her a lot. She is a great person.

-Luke Skywalker
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Note 8
Luke,

Wait a minute. Are we talking about the same guy here? Vader? So basically he was this nice little kid with an addiction to engines and a competitive spirit. Will wonders never cease! That's weird, kid, really weird. I wonder what made him change so much.

My parents? There's not really much to tell. They both died when I was little. My dad was a pilot, I know that, but my mom died when I was really young, only about 3, and my dad never talked about her. Then he got killed by those Imperial scumbags, and he didn't even do anything wrong, when I was 10. Then I kinda just traveled around, staying with people who had an extra bed and a loaf of bread, until I won the Falcon from Lando. So that’s my life story. Any other deep-seated questions?

Don't let that Samantha person get you down. And one word of advice: Always carry an extra straw that's longer than the others with you in your pocket.

Han
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Note 9
Han,

No!! You misread the last note! I wasn’t referring to Vader…….I was referring to my father. I talked about Vader being too much of an idiot to scare me…..that’s all I said about him. Then I started talking about my father. You must have missed the word father, and not understood that I totally switched subjects. I guess I wasn’t clear…sorry about that. So, the “nice little kid with an addiction to engines and a competitive spirit,” was referring to my father, NOT VADER. Don’t get confused. I don’t have any idea what Vader would have been like as a little kid. He was probably a mean little idiot that always got into trouble.

That’s really sad…about your parents. Your father was a pilot too, that rocks!!!!! The Empire killed your father too…well it looks like we’re in the same boat. So, tell me the story of how you won the Falcon from Lando….who is Lando anyway? I don’t think I’ve ever met anyone by that name.

Well, I had an eventful trip with Samantha. Right now we’re on some tiny planet…because we had to land somewhere. It’s a long story, and now she’s so mad at me that I had to get away from her. I’m off wondering on this strange planet. Don’t worry, I’ll meet back at Hoth soon….I just have to give the ship some time to get all ventilated out, and for Samantha to cool down. If you want me to tell you the complete story of what happened with Samantha, I can. Oh, that lady annoys me!

Good advice, Han…….but what if the extra straw is a different kind than the kind they’re using.

The Idiot wrote me again (Vader), and he tried telling me he had no mother!!!! He is such a creep, and he’s proud of killing off all the Jedi. He told me they got in his way. Oh!!!!! I can’t stand that helmet head!!!! I wonder what he’s going to say now that the Death Star is gone.

Luke
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Note 10
Luke

Whew!! I was scared there for a minute. Vader? Normal? Nahhh! He was probably the little kid that continually tried to beat up people like your dad.

You really want to hear the story about Lando? OK. Well, Lando's my old buddy, and this one day we were playing cards, and he was bragging about this new ship that he won at poker. So finally I couldn't take anymore of it and got him to bet with it. He was low on cash, or something, because otherwise I don't think he would have done it. But anyway, he dealt me the luckiest hand ever: ROYAL FLUSH. So he was all mad at me, but it was bet, and where I come from, a bet is the law. So he couldn't do anything about it.

What happened with you and Samantha anyway, when you were on that trip? I wanna hear all about it.

Han
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Note 11
Han,

Well, I do know a little about Vader’s past. Ben told me that Vader had been a pupil of his, and that he was seduced by the Dark side of the Force. He helped the Emperor hunt down and kill all the Jedi Knights, including my father. I do know that my father and Obi-Wan were friends…….and if my father was friends with Obi-Wan, that means he was probably friends with Darth Vader. So I guess Vader must have once been a little decent, but I still can’t imagine him being very nice to anyone. Maybe Vader wasn’t friends with my father, and Obi-Wan hated training Vader because Vader was so mean and awful. I suppose we’ll never know.

That’s what that Lando guy deserved for bragging about his ship! Wow! That’s so awesome that you won the Millennium Falcon. So you’ve done a lot of gambling? I never have. I don’t know if I’d be very good at it, and I always thought that whenever you gamble, eventually you lose, but that’s just me. What is a royal flush?

Okay….the story with Samantha. As soon as we left Yavin, she started complaining to me. She complained about not feeling comfortable being in the same ship with someone who had only flown once in their entire life. She just would not relax. She kept on holding onto things, like she thought we were going to crash. She didn’t trust me, regardless of the fact that I had been the one that was able to blow up the Death Star. Then she went off on telling me that she would rather have someone else take her……my father!!!! She actually mentioned his name! She started criticizing everything that I did and comparing it to Anakin (the name of my father). I don’t think she knows he’s my father, but I don’t give a care. Even though Anakin was my father, it was really annoying that she compared me to him, and that she told me I wasn’t doing things Anakin’s way. She knew my father too!!!! It seems like everyone knew my father!!!! Then I asked her how she knew Anakin, and she got really really mad at me. I decided that she didn’t deserve to know that Anakin was my father, so I didn’t tell her. A little bit later she complained that my ship smelled. I don’t know what she expected, because as you know, I was in an intense battle……I sweated a lot. She made me so mad that I made a comment that got me into trouble later on in the trip…I told her that the ship wasn’t supposed to smell nice…..that it was just a ship, not a perfume factory. At that point, I started ignoring her…oh she was making me angry. She continued to mention my father’s name in her continued criticisms of me. I wasn’t paying attention to her at all…I was just concentrating on flying…and trying to get us to Hoth as soon as I could. Then she did something that I was unaware of right away…because of the comment that I had made she decided to spray perfume to make the ship smell to her liking…but the only thing is I’m allergic to it when it’s in high concentration. She didn’t do that on purpose…..I mean she didn’t know I was allergic to it.

Well anyway, my asthma started bothering me…and finally I was getting so sick that I knew I had to find a planet to land on so that the smell could go away. She wasn’t happy about that at all, but she went along with it. After we landed, and got out of the ship, we started talking…a little. She’s an impossible person to carry on much of a conversation with…anyway, she got made at me because I had asthma…because she told me she had a son who had it…and who died shortly after birth or something. She also told me that her son wouldn’t be able to walk or something because there was something wrong with his legs…..and she asked me if she knew any guys who were in wheelchairs who had asthma. I told her I didn’t know any. Then somehow we got on the subject of the Clone Wars….I think it was because she said she had her son just after the Clone Wars…or a little after…..I don’t know how long after, and I mentioned something about the Clone Wars. She didn’t realize that I was too young to even be alive during the Clone Wars!!! She said, “You remember how things were during the Clone Wars…” She expected me to remember the Clone Wars. I told her that I wasn’t old enough to have even been alive…….and then she realized that it had been 20 years!!!!!!!! She didn’t realize that 20 years had passed!!!!! Then we had some silence, and I decided to try and bring up Anakin Skywalker….again. Big mistake!!!! When I brought his name up, she screamed at me and told me to go away. I took her advice and left the area. And that takes you up to the present. Now you know what happened. What have you and Leia done while I’ve been gone?

-Luke Skywalker
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Note 12
Luke,

Poor old man, having to try to train a creep like Vader! Don't you find it strange that everyone seems to know your father? I mean, Vader knew him, Ben knew him, and that Samantha lady knew him. He must have been very popular. From what you've told me about him, he seems like he was a really nice guy.

Yeah, my old buddy Lando still holds a grudge about me winning his ship. He should know by now not to bet with something he can't afford to lose. I'm not a big gambler, let's just say that I gamble when it’s necessary. Lately, though, I've been gambling with my life a hell of a lot more than with my money! A royal flush is the best thing you can get in poker, and it is a hand full of face cards of all the same suit.

Sounds like our little Samantha liked your dad a bit more than was appropriate for a Jedi! But I have to admit, that would get very annoying fast. I know exactly how that feels. Everyone knew my dad back on Corellia, and they kept saying how good of a pilot he was, and how nice he was, and how everyone loved him. I mean, obviously you love your dad, but enough's enough, right?

You have asthma? That's awful. My aunt had asthma, and it was so bad a lot of the time she couldn't breathe right. You must not have a very acute case of it, cause otherwise I probably would have noticed. Hey, doesn't Vader have asthma or something? That would explain the way he talks. You can hardly understand him.

Me and Leia haven't really been doing anything. She's really sad about her dad dying, and she doesn't talk much. And even if we did talk, you know us well enough to know that we'd be biting each other's heads off!

Han
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Note 13
Hello Han,

Yeah, I feel sorry for Old Ben. Vader, the creep, wrote me and had the nerve to lie to me!!!! He tried telling me he’s my father!!!!!! What a jerk! I think he knows I’m the last Jedi Knight, and thought it would be funny, and use his lie as a way to get me to the Dark Side. He is so full of crap! I can’t wait to see how he’s going to answer my letter! And I’m sure Vader’s going to know a lot of stuff about my father….use it against me to try to convince me of his lie. Vader knew my father, I have no doubt of that. I have to try and prove him wrong…..make him look like an idiot for his lie. Oh, I am going to make his life miserable.

Yeah, my father must have been very popular. It is kind of strange to think that he knew so many people. He must have been a really great person. That’s why it’s so revolting that Vader would try and pass off as my father!!

Samantha gives me such mixed messages about my father! She acts like she liked him a lot, yet she acts like she hated him. About the only explanation for that…I would guess…would be that she had a huge crush on him…and that he did not feel the same way about her. Because of this, she must have felt like her heart was broken…or whatever…been mad at him for not liking her that way…that she has those mixed feelings for him. She must never have been able to let go of her feelings for him…even though she got married herself. Her mentioning my father so often would not have been annoying, except for the fact that she was the only one allowed to talk about him. Whenever I brought him up, she got really mad at me. She compared me to him, and was criticizing me in the process…that’s what was so annoying about the whole thing. I don’t like to be compared with anyone.

I don’t mind when people talk about my father…just as long as they don’t compare me to him, and criticize me.

Yes, I have asthma. I’ve had it ever since I was a baby, but it doesn’t affect me very often. Most of the time, I breathe like any other normal person. It’s just that once in a while I have attacks, and even then, it’s barely noticeable to most people. During the attacks I cough a lot and get out of breath, and I do have trouble breathing, but it’s not THAT much trouble breathing. And even when I have attacks, most people around don’t even notice. I am perfectly fine most of the time. So no, I don’t have it very badly at all. You didn’t notice it…you actually were around when I was having attack….back on the Death Star. See my uncle had my inhaler…..and he was captured on the Death Star, so I didn’t have it with me until I rescued him and Leia. That’s a long story…….but usually it doesn’t even bother me very often at all. Maybe once a month at most….but no, you didn’t notice….

Yes, Vader told me he had asthma. I asked him why he had to wear the suit and mask. When he wrote me, he told me he had it, and that he had it so badly that he had to breathe his medicine all the time…or something like that. Vader has it far far far far worse than I do. I mean you can hear him on the other side of the room……and me……it’s only during the attacks…..and most of the time…….I am the only one that can even hear it. If it’s a bad attack, than MAYBE the person sitting right next to me can hear my breathing, but that’s it. I guess Vader has asthma all the time. I don’t. A number of people in the galaxy probably have it….you said that your aunt did. I’m lucky that I don’t have it very seriously. So really, Han, it’s not that bad. I’ve had to deal with it all my life.

No, Han….Bail Organa’s still alive. I intercepted a message from one of the Imperial ships…in it they said that they were going to send a false message to several members of the Rebellion to tell them that Bail Organa’s ship was shot down. I guess they were hoping to cause chaos in the Rebellion…seeing how Bail is the leader and everything. When his ship arrives, you’ll all know that the Empire was trying to spread a lie. Tell that to Leia.

I have something interesting to tell you. You know how I said I was walking away from Samantha…..and I wasn’t sure where I was going? Well I came across this old man…we talked. He didn’t know what the Clone Wars were…but he saw the beginning of the Clone Wars. The Maurders left him and a few other people here to die…….in the very beginning of the Clone Wars……before war was declared……so he didn’t know what was going on. I got to talking about him…and I found out that his name is Lowdun Skywalker, my great grandfather!!!!!!!!!!!!! That was so awesome! He didn’t know about my father……but he said he knew when his son’s wife was pregnant. Summoner, my grandfather, sold my grandmother to the Hutts when she was pregnant with my father!! That’s why my father was a slave. Summoner told his father (Lowdun) that his wife had died. Lowdun decided to move off planet……to Alderaan, and was traveling with several other people in a ship when the Maurders attacked them and left them to die on the planet I’m on now. Consequently, he never got to meet my father. Well, it’s been a while, so I’m going to go back to Samantha. Lowdun’s coming with us. This should be fun….3 people in my tiny X-Wing, but at least I don’t have to be alone with Samantha. She was sure making my life miserable with the way she was acting.

-Luke
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Note 14
Hey Luke,

He thinks he's your father??? I think the old man's been inhaling that asthma medicine of his a little too deep!!! What a slap in the face! If he tried to tell me that he was my father, I don't know what I'd do. Don't believe him. He's just trying to manipulate you.

Geez...for such a romantic, Samantha seems like a really annoying person. About her and your father, your guess is as good as mine. Maybe they just had a real love-hate relationship, like me and Leia.

Oh, by the way, thanks for telling me about Bail. She was so sad, and it made her really happy to hear that he was OK (obviously it would). She thanks you to, and says to tell you that she can't wait to see you again.

You're right about your asthma, anyway. I couldn't even notice it.

That is an interesting story. Your great-grandfather's still alive? He must be a real old-timer! Anyway, your grandfather sounds like a strange fellow. Who would sell off their own family?

Oh yeah, if you want to know more about the Clone Wars, just say the word, and I'll do some digging. It's surprising what people around here know. I get the feeling that they are keeping all these secrets bottled up, and are just too intelligent to let on. I'll find out what I can.

Han
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Note 15
Han,

Vader makes me want to puke! It sounds like he truly believes he’s my father!!!! I gave him a bunch of questions to answer, and he said that:
1.) 1.) I was hidden from him when I was born
2.) 2.) that he couldn’t tell me who my mother was
3.) 3.) that his asthma used to be as slight as mine, but suddenly got worse as soon as he got out into space (yeah right)…even though I have pictures of my father 9 years AFTER “he got out into space” and he didn’t have any masks or anything dumb like that. You try to tell me that that makes any sense…
4.) 4.) and the rest he quoted was just from my father’s history…information that he could have found easily….seeing how popular my dad was. 5.) 5.) Oh, and when he was talking about the Naboo Invasion, he thought it was in the timeframe of The Empire!!!! What an idiot!!!!

He is a crazy old Stupidhead!!!

Tell Leia that I was glad to pass along the news.

My great-grandfather’s like 80….my dad, if he were alive, would only be 39, and that means that he was 21 when I was born…21 when he married my mother. Jira told me that my father died right after the wedding….after one night of their honeymoon. She told me they were moral people and didn’t sleep together until the honeymoon…..kind of strange….I was conceived on their honeymoon…and Jira also told me that they got married at the end of February. My grandfather…..I met him once, but he doesn’t know I’m not Owen’s son…anyway, he’s around 60.

Yeah about my grandfather, my uncle told him that he (Owen) was my father…because he hated my father for whatever reason. I guess their personalities clashed…probably because of what my grandfather did…so if he knew I was Anakin’s son, he would hate me just because he didn’t like my father!!!!!

Just for my own amusement, I asked Obi-Wan why Vader had to wear that mask all the time. You know what he told me? He told me that since Vader had been a pupil of his, he wanted to get him back on the good side, but Vader was too seduced by Palpatine. Obi-Wan followed Vader to some lava planet, and they got into a big fight. Vader, being the idiot that he is, wasn’t watching where he was in relationship to this big lava pit, and he fell in. He got burns all over his body, and I guess he burned his lungs too…So Vader lied to me J Don’t you just love that?

(I wonder if that had an affect on his sanity…)

Yeah, could you please do some digging about my father….and see if you can find out about Vader too…in that period (The Clone Wars). You may not be able to get much on Vader…seeing how he was probably with Palpatine and tried to hide until the Empire came into place. I can’t wait to prove him wrong!!!! (do not look at episode 2 and 3 for this information. Make it up. I don’t want to know about episodes 2 and 3….I’m avoiding all info. About them) Oh, and look up Samantha too…and her husband….I would assume the last name would be Jedi. (if you can’t find anything on her, don’t worry about it…I’m just interested in what her role was).

Well, I’m on my way to Hoth now. Vader was behind us at one point in the trip, but I lost him! (the dumbhead fell for one of my tricks that I just made up).

-Luke

PS I contacted Bail to see what he would say about this problem with Vader…I contacted him through hologram…I asked him if it was possible that Vader had a son, and told him that Vader tried telling me he was my father. He looked at me REALLY strangely, but shook his head. He did get concerned about something. When I asked him why, he told me that Vader did have a child, but it wasn’t a boy…it was a girl. He was surprised to find out that Vader knew about his child, and he got all panicky. He then told me to keep it confidential….that he knew who Vader’s daughter was, and that she was in danger…..I guess his daughter is part of the Rebellion. How strange!!! But at any rate, he told me not to tell anyone. I’m decided to tell you, but you’re not allowed to tell anyone now. I just wanted to know what you thought of that!!!!
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Note 16
Luke,

You actually asked him all those questions? You got guts, kid. Although, if Vader tried to convince me that he was my father, I'd want some proof too!

Haha!! Vader fell in the hole! What an idiot! I can't believe someone that "powerful" did that! No wonder he tried to hide it! If I were to meet Vader again, that would be the first thing I'd shove in his face!

Sorry this is so short, we've been kind of busy around here. I'll right again soon.

Han
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Note 17
Han,

Well, as you know, I got to Hoth safely. And as you also know, you volunteered me to go look for lifeforms with you…and that I was missing, that you found me, and now I’m in the medical center getting over my little Hoth experience. I didn’t have a chance to tell you what I did while I was out there. Remember how I was going to go check out that meteorite? Well the “meteorite” turned out to be that probe droid (apparently Vader’s serious about finding me…he sent out probes!!!!!!!!) that you shot. Anyway, just as I was about to go my Tauntaun sensed something was wrong…a few seconds later this huge ugly creature knocked me off the Tauntaun…so hard that I went unconscious…and he must have killed the Tauntaun…

I identified that creature as being a Wampa Ice Creature. He somehow got me to his cave…where I found myself hanging upside down with my legs frozen to the ceiling. The Wampa Ice Creature was chewing on his last meal. He saw me wake up and started going for me. My lightsaber had fallen into the ice just below me, and I used the Force (that’s the only way that I could have possibly have gotten it out), and then I cut the ice off my legs and fell to the ground…just as the creature was about to kill me. I cut off it’s arm and made a run for it. By that time, the temperature outside had dropped drastically, and it was so cold….and I ended up going unconscious a couple of times…because it was so cold. Somehow you found me when I passed out for the final time.

Then the next thing I can remember is being in that bacta tank. I hate bacta!!!!!! But anyhow, I’m feeling much better now.

My uncle, Leia, Wedge, and a few others have been into see me already. Ben came by too…and he told me to go to the Dagobah system so that I could meet this Jedi Master called Yoda…so I’m going to go train to become a Jedi Knight. Anyway, yes, I asked Vader all those questions. As I said before, I’m not afraid of him. Once I’m trained as a Jedi Knight, I’m going to go after him…and then he’ll know that he should have never messed with my father!!!!

You never know, maybe Vader will claim that he is your father too.

If Vader doesn’t mention about the falling in the hole part, I’m going to bring it up in my next letter to him!!!!!!!!! Your response to that part of my letter made me laugh! “Ha ha! Vader fell in a hole! What an idiot! Someone that “powerful” did that! No wonder he tried to hide it! If I were to see him again, that would be the first thing I would shove in his face!”

Well, come and see me sometime…It’s kind of boring to be stuck in bed all day.

-Luke
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Luke,

Yeah, I'm still digging for information. No one around here seems to want to talk about the Clone Wars, least of all your father. He's kind of a sensitive subject here. I don't know why though, whenever I ask people, they just say that they don't want to talk about it.

That's a pretty amazing story. I'm surprised you lived through it. And to think, I'm still trying to get over the way that tauntaun smelled!

Ben told you to go to the Dagobah system to learn from a Jedi master named Yoda? Why am I not surprised? Still, I've heard stories about Yoda. Powerful, powerful little creature, very intelligent. If he exists, that is. I've been to Dagobah before, it's an awful place. One giant mudhole. It seems strange that a Jedi master would live in a place like that. But then, if the stories are true, they are supposed to be in hiding, right?

Vader's an idiot. You're right, you shouldn't be scared of him. But most of the people I know would sooner turn in their own mother and father rather than take on Darth Vader, least of all if they didn't have to. But then, you're not most people, are you?

Anyway, I'm glad I gave you a little chuckle, although I wasn't joking. I would throw that in his face!! That jerk deserves everything he gets.

Han
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Han,

For some reason Vader’s been really nice to me, even though I insult him every time I write him. I just shoved the story about him falling in the lava pit right in his face, so I want to see what he has to say about that! Well I guess everyone loved my father…he must have been REALLY popular…and it probably hurts them to talk about him.

Yeah, I’ve lived through so much stuff when I should have died…like my uncle said I was really really sick after I was born, and that I shouldn’t have even survived from the beginning. The Death Star Trench Battle…I shouldn’t have lived through that either.

Well, now that our little Hoth battle is over, I’m going to go to Dagobah to find out about Yoda. I’m taking R2 with me…I hope you can make things up with Jabba the Hutt….Leia got on that transport right? I’ll probably never see her again. :(

Well, let’s just say that Vader needs to pay for his crimes against the galaxy…I want to make him pay!! No, I suppose I wouldn’t be classified as normal….I am very unique.

Hey, thinking back to a conversation we had earlier….with my cousins, you, and Leia all in the same room…when I was still recovering from Hoth…didn’t you find it interesting that there were two people with the same EXACT birthday as mine. Both Wedge and Leia have the same birthday. I think that’s pretty awesome. Have you ever met anyone with the same birthday as you (even the right year)? Where is Wedge from anyway? I know Leia’s from the other dimension…but her father’s from Alderaan, so that means she was born on Alderaan…Wedge was born on whatever planet he’s from, and I was probably born on Tatooine.

Well, keep checking on the Clone Wars/Anakin Skywalker information, and I hope to get back in contact with you soon.

-Luke
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Luke,

Have fun with Yoda! (Yeah right. From what little I know about Jedi training---not fun!)

And hurry back. We need your help. Wow this feels weird. I'm the one telling you to come back and help the Rebellion! Strange.

Yeah, Leia got on the transport. But don't worry. You'll see her again. I don't know how, but you two are practically cosmically bound to each other. You'll definitely see her again.

No, I've never met anyone with the same birthday as me. And you know how you were talking about Wedge? He's from my planet.

I've been checking out the Clone Wars stuff, but there's this one thing that doesn't seem to check out right. I can't find any record of Darth Vader until after the Clone Wars. But if he's as old as I think he was, wouldn't he be in his early 20s during the Clone Wars? I've got kind of an idea, but I'm not sure yet. I'll tell you about it in my next letter, because right now I've got to go.

Han
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Han,

Um…I have some bad news, but first let me tell you about my Jedi training. Well, first off, I asked Yoda all these questions about the training and the force (I didn’t know THAT much about it going into the training), and then we started off with the training. Yoda sure keeps me busy…all day!!!!!! I have no breaks whatsoever, and some of the training has to do with mind stuff, some with concentration on the Force, and some on physical exercise. It sure is hard work!!!!!! Yoda has me exhausted! I have all these things I have to do, plus there’s my asthma on top of that…which definitely affects me during the training. I’ve gotten through a day of the training so far…

I will come back, Han, but not until I’m done with my training.

I hope you’re right about seeing Leia again. Do you think she likes me back?

Wedge is from your planet!!!!! That’s awesome! Do you know his parents…he looks kind of like…I wonder if he’s related to…but that’s silly. They have different last names. Ignore that.

Um, I think I might know what you’re you were talking about…when you said that “there’s one thing that doesn’t seem to check out right. I can’t find any record of Darth Vader until after the Clone Wars. But if he’s as old as I think he was, wouldn’t he be in his early 20s during the Clone Wars? I’ve got kind of an idea, but I’m not sure yet.” Um, don’t kill me for this, but are you thinking that Darth Vader could really be my father? I’m beginning to think that…and that’s what I meant when I said I had bad news. I mean, before I told him that I was Anakin Skywalker’s son, he was mean…and was his normal Vader self……and ever since then…he’s been really nice to me. I’ve never heard of him being NICE to anyone before. I feel really bad because I’ve been so mean to him. He called me a brat, Han. I get the feeling that he really does care about me. Because of this uncertainty that I had…..and it was really really bothering me, so I went to Yoda about it. I asked him if Darth Vader was my father. And you know what his reaction was to me? He pretended he didn’t hear me. Then I said, “Yoda, I must know.” Finally Yoda answered me with, “Your father he is. Told you did he?” I nodded, and then showed him the letters. He said, “Unfortunate this is.” I said, “Unfortunate that I know the truth?” He then said, “Unfortunate that you rushed to contact him…against Obi-Wan and Owen’s wishes.” That I should have talked to Obi-Wan or my uncle first.

So is that what you were going to suggest, Han? That means that Obi-Wan, my uncle, and Bail all lied to me…

I still want you to look up the Clone Wars stuff, and look up my father’s medical history.

Vader’s being so nice to me….maybe I can turn him back to the good side of the Force…

Yoda told me that Palpatine somehow contacted my father, and was seduced by the Dark Side of the force, just after he married my mother. (I still don't know who my mother was) but everything else about my father is true...

-Luke
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Luke,

Yeah, I assumed that was what your training would be like. I personally don't think I would do it. Stick to flying ships, that's I would do. But I'm sure you love it.

I can't really say whether or not she likes you like that, but I do think you two have a connection beyond friendship. Would you be mad if I said that I like her too?

Yeah...that was what I was going to suggest. I mean, there's no other explanation. Obviously he would have been alive by then, so the thought crossed my mind that maybe he went by a different name then. But when you brought up that Vader said that he was your father, it seemed like it might be true.

But he was nice to you? That seems a little strange. But then, if you are his son, he would be. I found a little info on him. He was a big war hero for--get this--the good guys!! I am still in a state of shock after that one. I mean Vader--a good guy? I know he used to be your father, but I still can't imagine him being any way other than the way he was.

I found a picture of him before the Clone Wars, when he was about 19. I showed it to Leia (this was before she left, but I didn't tell you about it cause I still wasn't sure), and she said he was cute! Hehe...should you tell her or should I?

Han
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Han,

Even with all the hard work that training to be a Jedi Knight is…..I love it. Yes, it’s hard, but now I’ve been training for 3 days, and I am improving. It’s actually kind of fun……to work so hard at something and to see your improvements. I am really good at using the force…..I’m not exactly sure why, but I am. I really really like it!

No, I wouldn’t be mad if you said you liked Leia too. She’s a great girl, and there’s nothing wrong with both of us liking her, as long as we don’t fight over her, or as long as she stays single. If one of us starts seeing her in a boyfriend/girlfriend kind of way……uh….I would respect your relationship, and I wouldn’t try and break you two apart or anything. I hope you would do the same for me. I am more her age than you are…..you are several years older than her…..and I have the same birthday, but hey, in true relationships age doesn’t matter. I wish you luck with her. Whichever one of us (if either of us) she is meant to be with, she will be with. Of course, she may reject me because of my father……I mean she IS the princess of Alderaan….and a key person in the Rebellion…..and for her to like the son of Darth Vader……..

How do you think she will react when she finds out he’s my father? Do you think she’ll break off even our friendship? How would her father handle it? I mean he is the LEADER of the rebellion. And what about Samantha? She already hates me…if she were to find out that Darth Vader is my father…….I don’t want to be kicked out of the Rebellion. Or maybe she already knows that he is my father, and that’s why she hates me…because she hates my father. What am I going to do, Han? How many people do you think know that he is my father? Do you think that Bail and Leia already know? Why do I have to be defined by who my father is? I’m not my father….just because he’s evil…doesn’t mean I am. What are people going to say about me?

Yes, Vader has been really really nice to me!!!!! It is really strange…..but I don’t see him as Darth Vader…….I seem him as Anakin Skywalker. Yes, Jira had told me that he was a hero of the Clone Wars…..that he was the main hero. I don’t know what exactly that involved, but yes, I knew he was on the good side. Thanks for telling me anyway. It’s nice to hear it from different sources. He must have turned to the Dark Side after the Clone Wars. I wonder if he was good or bad when he married my mother. I wonder about my mother……if she was good or bad. But then, if she were bad, she wouldn’t have hidden the fact that she was pregnant from him…..and somehow my uncle got custody of me. I’m still unclear as to how my uncle got me. Due to that reason, I would have to guess that my father was still basically good, although he was probably working for Palpatine in some form…..

You have a picture of my father during or before the Clone Wars…when he was like 19? Cool. I have a couple pictures of him when he around that age….can you please make me a copy of it…I may not have that exact picture. Leia said that she thinks my father was cute??? Tell her it was my father, but don’t tell her that he became Darth Vader. I don’t want her to know that yet….because I’m not sure how she’ll feel towards me after she learns that Darth Vader is my father. I want to wait a little bit before I tell anyone else. Thanks.

Your friend,
Luke
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Luke,

Wow kid, thats some heavy stuff. I don't know what to tell you, except that I don't think people like Leia and Bail would hold it against you. Some people that don't know you might, but who cares about them. All of us around here have seen you fight enough to know that you are faithful to the Rebellion.

Of course I'd support you and Leia. All I want is for her to be happy. Err...I mean, and to get rich, of course. Oh well, I'm sure you already know that I don't care about money as much as I seem to. Just don't tell anyone, OK, it might ruin my rep. LOL.

I don't think you should lie to everyone about it. Just tell them when you feel ready. I already know what the reaction would be from Bail and Leia, but who knows about Samantha. She is one weird lady.

Oh yeah, I haven't found much out still about the Clone Wars and your father, but I found a little bit about Samantha. I think she used to go by a different name too. Weird how everyone around here wants to hide their past. But anyway, I heard that she fought a little bit in the Clone Wars, and that she was really good. I was asking around about her, and everyone's saying that she was a real sharpshooter with a blaster. Doesn't seem like the type, does she?

I told Leia that the picture of him was your father, but don't worry, I didn't mention anything about Darth Vader. It was really strange though. The picture...I didn't notice it until Leia pointed it out to me, but she has the exact same eyes as he did.
Weird, huh?

Han
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Han,

This whole thing about Darth Vader being my father makes me nervous! Should I tell Bail that Vader’s my father? Since Leia’s a good friend of mine, she should know. Go ahead and tell her that Vader’s my father. I don’t know Bail that well, so I’m not going to tell him unless he specifically asks me, or if Leia tells him. You could ask Leia not to tell her father. Let me know what Leia says after you tell her.

LOL, Han. You’re not all money. If you were, you wouldn’t have saved my life twice.

I didn’t plan on lying to anyone about my father. If anyone asks me about my father, I’ll tell them, but I don’t see any reason to tell anyone for the fun of it. I’m still trying to get used to him being my father….it’s so weird. Leia should know only because she’s such a close friend, and you already know, and beyond that, I don’t NEED to tell anyone.

Samantha has me puzzled…..I know she knew my father, and probably knew him well, but he hasn’t mentioned her to me…unless……I’m beginning to wonder about something, but I’m going to need to ask Vader a question…I’m going to ask him if he knew Samantha…I mentioned her to him once, and he seemed to know who she was. I’m beginning to think that it is POSSIBLE that she could be my mother, but I don’t know yet. From the things she said, and what Vader said about my mother…and what you said about Samantha when she was younger….it has me thinking. Don’t mention that to anyone because I’m not even sure I’m right yet. You said that you think she used to go by a different name during the Clone Wars, and Vader hinted that my mother is still alive. He said that he thinks she’s going by a different name now, and that she liked going by different identities for protection. You said Samantha was a sharpshooter…..Vader told me that my mother was really good with a blaster and he said that he had the job of protecting her or something, and that she didn’t really need his protection because of her ability to defend herself. So I don’t know, it’s on my mind. It seems like it’s possible, but then again, I could be totally off base. I don’t think I’m going to tell her….I would lie to her about it, until I find out if she’s my mother or not. If she IS my mother, then she doesn’t even know I’m alive. Remember, I told you that she told me that her son died. There’s even stuff that would make sense with that…because she told me that her son was really sick when he was born, and that he had asthma. There is ONE thing that doesn’t make sense though. She said there was something wrong with his legs…like they were really crooked so that he wouldn’t be able to walk or something. I don’t THINK there’s anything wrong with my legs, and I can walk just fine. That’s the only thing that doesn’t fit. What do you think?

The colors on that picture that picture you are talking about…the one of my father, must be wrong. My father has blue eyes, not brown. Leia has brown eyes. In every picture that I have of him, he has blue eyes and blond hair. So I don’t know what you mean about her having the same eyes as he does, except if you mean shape and size or something…..but the color is different. But yeah, that’s weird.

Han, since you’re not done with your Clone Wars searching, try and look up the names Padmé and Amidala…..those are both names that my mother went by (according to Vader). Also, find out if there was a Captain Antilles…..I’d assume he would be around during the Clone Wars…I don’t know about the first name. I asked Wedge about him, and he told me he knew nothing about any Captain Antilles….

Who are Wedge’s parents? Maybe he’s related to Captain Antilles but doesn’t know it.

Your good friend,
Luke
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Luke,

All I can tell you about telling Bail is to tread lightly. I don't think that he would hold it against you, but you never know, so just be careful.

I just told Leia. She was really skeptical at first, but after I told her everything she believed me. It was really weird, she didn't seem as shocked as you might imagine. I told her not to tell her father. At first she kept telling me that she couldn't keep a secret like that from her father, but after some persuading (courtesy of me), she finally agreed.

I don't know. Maybe the whole crooked legs thing was actually true, and it was corrected at birth or something. But who knows, it might have been deeper. She might have been told that her son had crooked legs and died so that she wouldn't cause trouble. If you had a son, wouldn't you want to see him? It actually makes sense. It sounds really melodramatic, but it could happen.

Are you sure he had blue eyes? In my picture they look a little darker, but hey, it's actually not a very good copy, it's really dark and people are moving in the back so it is blurry. That's why I didn't send you a copy, because I thought that you would have a better one. But anyway, they look the same.

I looked up those names, and I got a bunch of different information. Some say that she was a senator, some says that she was a queen of Naboo, even though she would have been pretty young to be a queen, especially since I heard that Naboo was a democracy. Who would vote for a kid who couldn't have been over 15?

Han
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Han,

Yeah, I just found out something interesting….well I’m pretty sure that Shmi is my grandmother because her last name is Skywalker, and Vader told me his mother’s name was Shmi.

Is there a Bail Antilles in your information that you looked up? I ask this because I accidentally saw a file with the name Bail Antilles on it that Shmi was going through. She got mad at me when I saw it and acted like I wasn’t supposed to see it. Is Bail Antilles Bail Organa, or are they two separate people? Can you find out any information about Bail Organa from your Clone Wars information?

Would Leia know anything about it if they are the same person?

So do you think that it’s possible that Samantha could be my mother, based off of what I found out so far?

Yes, in all the pictures of my father, he had blue eyes.

Yeah, Vader told me that my mother was elected as queen of Naboo at the age of 14, but remember, that was Palpatine’s planet. Maybe he wanted her elected on purpose, and arranged it so that she would be elected, because he felt he would be able to manipulate a young queen. Vader also told me she was a senator.

I have to go. Is it possible that Bail is related to Wedge if they have the same last name? They look like they might be related….and that would mean Leia’s related to Wedge, but Wedge said he didn’t know anything about a Captain Antilles…I assume that’s who Bail Antilles is….it makes sense, since C-3PO said his former owner was Captain Antilles, and I had always thought C-3PO was owned by the Royal family of Alderaan……it didn’t make sense before, but if Bail originally had the last name Antilles, it does. Anyway, if Wedge doesn’t know Bail, and it doesn’t appear that he does, then that means they must not be too closely related. Maybe Leia is Wedge’s 2nd or 3rd or even 4th cousin. Again, you haven’t answered this, and I figured you’d know since Wedge grew up on your planet, whom were his parents? Or maybe I’m all wrong. I mean there are a lot of people who have the same last name, but are not in the least bit related.

Luke
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Luke,

No, I didn't find anyone named Bail Antilles. I found a lot of people with the last name Antilles, but I didn't find any first names except for Wedge. I know Bail was a big hero, but that’s all I got.

I doubt that Leia would know if they were the same person. I mean, if they were, Bail is obviously trying to keep it a secret.

Samantha could be your mother, you never know, anything's possible. It seems kind of unlikely, but then, that's what I said about Vader being your dad, too. Ok, then I must just have a bad picture. The eye shape is the same, anyway.

Bail could be related to Wedge somehow. I don't know who Wedge's parents are, because Corellia is a pretty big place, and I didn't even know him until I joined the Rebels. I asked him once I think, but he did one of those answering-without-really-answering kind of things.

Keep trying to piece it together, and like I said before, anything's possible.

Han
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Han,

Yoda let me off the training for a while. He said that I should go back to the Rebellion to find out what’s going on with it, since it’s important. I’ll come back to the training after spending some time back at the base. I don’t know if you noticed that I was back or not, but I am. That is how I was able to ask Shmi…

I wonder how long Bail has been the ruler of Alderaan….there has to be some record of that, but then if he is trying to hide his old last name, he probably changed all the records to say Organa. I’m probably over-reacting, and Organa’s been his last name all along. Maybe Bail Antilles was just a little person that didn’t have real importance to the Rebellion, but Shmi was annoyed with me for seeing confidential information.

Why would he keep something like that a secret (even if it is true)? Why change your last name?

And about Samantha, yeah, I agree…..it seems pretty unlikely that she would be my mother.

Well a lot of people have the same eye shape. I don’t think it really means anything, do you?

Maybe Wedge was an orphan and he was just too embarrassed to say it. I mean most people are happy to talk about their families.

Well, Shmi has been looking for me. Great! I’m in trouble…..Bail wants to talk to me. I’ll have to talk to you later.

Luke
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Luke,

You never know, Bail could be anyone. When you're that important, you can be anyone you want to be. With enough money, you can buy a new identity.

I don't know, a lot of people have the same eye shape, but just the way their eyes gleam...the only three people I've ever met who's eyes do that are you, Vader, and Leia.

Wedge could be an orphan, I suppose. It would explain a lot of things, for sure.

LOL...I'll talk to you later...if Shmi doesn't kill you for whatever it is that you did!

Han
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Han,

I have I got a strange story to tell you! I know a little bit more about Bail, but I’ll save it for the end of the letter.

Han, it is true that my father and I have the same color of eyes, but I still think it’s a little hard to compare me and my father with someone that has a different eye color…..I still don’t know what you’re talking about when you say that Vader, me, and Leia all have the same gleam, but hey, maybe you see something I don’t. I’m not good at being able to telling similarities in people’s appearances.

You said that Wedge COULD be an orphan, and that it would explain a lot of things, for sure. What kinds of things are you talking about? Yes, I’m aware that you know him far better than I do, but still….

Okay, now for my interesting story. Well, I went over to Shmi, and she took me into a conference room with Bail. As soon as I got in, they shut the door so that our conversation would be private. Okay, imagine how I felt when they did that. The following conversation took place, and I will try to describe the events that took place as accurately as possible:

Bail went over to me and said, “It was brought to my attention that you saw confidential information…do you deny this?”

I was scared, and I didn’t know exactly what to say to that, or how to act, so I said, “It was an accident. I was just trying to find out Shmi’s last name, because my friend Han told me something.”

Shmi then approached me and demanded to know why I cared what her last name was.

I swallowed hard and thought quickly, “Because he thought you might be my grandmother.”

Shmi must have remembered my registration then….she must have remembered that I was a Skywalker too, and remembered that I was from Tatooine.

Bail looked at Shmi for an explanation. Shmi said, “Oh, he is either Owen or Rhun’s son then. I hadn’t realized that when I registered him.”

I was going to tell her differently, but something told me not to. Bail must have known who my father’s brothers were, because he nodded.

Shmi then said, “You are my grandson if one of them is your father.”

Bail then said, “All right, but next time don’t go around snooping at papers you shouldn’t be looking at.”

I said, “But it was an accident. I didn’t mean to look at anything. It caught my attention because of the last name, that’s all. I have a friend with that last name, and I was just wondering…”

Bail then asked me, “A friend?”

I nodded and said, “Yes, Wedge Antilles.”

Bail turned very pale when he heard the name, so I knew he knew something about Wedge. Shmi looked at Bail too, and I saw that she saw his reaction too…..it must have surprised her.

No one said anything for a minute…but then Shmi did. Forgetting that I was even there, she directly asked him, “Is he related to you, Bail?”

Bail didn’t say anything, but he gave her a look that told her that it was information not to be discussed in front of anyone.

I couldn’t help it, so I asked, “Hey, so that WAS about you on the form……I was wondering….since you had the same first name as that person.”

Bail’s reaction was quick, and he told me, “Keep that information confidential. It is NOT to be discussed with anyone. Yes, my real name is Bail Antilles. It is imperative that you keep this information in this room. Don’t talk to anyone about it.”

“What about Leia, is she aware of her real last name?”

Bail said, “You’re one of her friends, aren’t you? Keep this information ESPECIALLY away from her. She is not to know that. And don’t go talking to Wedge either.”

I asked him, “Is Wedge related to you?”

He finally gave in and said, “Yes, he is a relative, but he isn’t to know it, you hear me?”

I asked him why, and this was his response.

“For protection. There are things you cannot understand. No one was even supposed to know this. Since you discovered it, I must tell you why it is so important……if anyone finds out either of those two things…..it could put your friend Leia’s life in danger.”

I had know idea why it would be so important for Leia’s protection, and I wanted to ask more questions, but I knew I couldn’t.

It looked like we were all done in the conference, and we all got up and were about to leave when Shmi asked me who my father was…..if it was Rhun or Owen.

I have been okay about this whole thing with Darth Vader being my father…..but at that moment, I fell apart.

Both Bail and Shmi noticed this, and they asked me if I was all right.

I sat down…..and although I had tried to guard against it…..I tried to fight it…..tried to fight telling them that Vader was my father…..I couldn’t. I don’t know how it happened, but somehow I ended up very quietly letting it out. I answered her with, “I can’t take this anymore.”

They looked at me strangely, but I didn’t care. I said, “Neither one of them is my father……Darth Vader is my father.”

Poor Shmi must not have known what happened to Anakin, because she screamed at me, “You tricked me!!!!!! I knew I shouldn’t have let you register! You are really working for the Empire, and you are just spying for your father!!!! You horrible little…”

I cut her off with, “If I was working for the Empire, why would I have destroyed the Death Star?”

Shmi, who must not have known I was the one who destroyed it said, “Don’t lie to me.”

Bail had reacted very differently to the news. He looked at me in disbelief…but he was calm about it. Shmi went to go punch me, but Bail got between me and her. He said, “Shmi, don’t. This is all a misunderstanding. Vader CAN’T be his father anyway…it’s impossible, so I think it’s time for you to leave. I’ll talk to the boy more and get him to understand that he’s wrong.”

Shmi, not liking it, left. I was then alone with Bail.

Bail said, “Now, whatever it is that caused you to think that Vader is your father is wrong…I know for a fact that he can’t be your father….”

“But he IS my father.”

Bail didn’t stay calm long…..we got into an argument about whether Vader was my father or not.

Bail said, “Do you know what it means to say that Vader is your father? Do you understand all the complications it would present…do you even know who Vader was before he turned bad?”

I nodded and said, “All I know is what several people have told me…..including Vader himself. I know that Vader used to be Anakin Skywalker, my father.”

“Anakin can’t be your father, because that would mean two people that I trust dearly kept a secret from me for so many years. Vader’s wife would not do that to me.”

“But he is…I…I don’t have much proof with me….but all I know is that he is my father.”

“Quit saying that because it’s not true.”

We argued for a little bit more, and finally Bail got up and said, “Wait here. Since you will not listen to me, I will prove you wrong. Vader can’t be your father.”

Bail left and came back with a little machine thing…

Bail then said, “I’ll have to check your blood…..that’s the only way I can prove that he’s not your father. It is POSSIBLE that he is your father, but highly unlikely, because, as I’ve said, two of my best friends would have had to have hidden information from me.”

He then demanded to know when my birthday was. I told him, and he said, “I don’t know how you got that…”
I looked at him strangely. But anyway, he asked me to give him my finger. I knew that it was some kind of blood test….so I gave it to him.

Well he pricked my finger and put the blood sample into that machine thing…and waited for the results. I watched him very carefully. That machine must be able to tell genetics or something…..it must hold everyone’s information in there…..because I remember that Leia had told me that it was the blood test that made Bail know that Leia was his daughter.

The readings must have come in because Bail went very very very pale. I asked him if he was all right. He glanced back over at me and didn’t say anything at first. Finally the only thing that came out was, “I can’t believe your mother didn’t tell me…or Obi-Wan.”

“So now can I go, since you believe me?”

“Who raised you?”

“My uncle Owen.”

“And why did he tell you Vader was your father?”

“He didn’t…he told me Anakin Skywalker was my father….and that’s what everyone else told me too. I told Vader that Anakin Skywalker was my father, and then Vader told me…”

Bail said, “All right, but be careful. Who all knows that he’s your father?”

“Only you and my two best friends…Han and Leia.”

“Leia knows your father’s Darth Vader? I wish you hadn’t told her, or your friend Han.”

“I had to tell someone.”

Bail nodded and then said, “Well remember, don’t tell anyone about anything we have discussed. I have to go find someone.”

We then left.

What do you think of that????? So Bail is Bail Antilles, and now he knows Vader’s my father. I expected him to kind of act in a different way than he did when he found out Vader was my father.

-Luke
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Note 32
Luke,

About Wedge, I was thinking that he's not an orphan. I don't know why, but I can usually tell when someone's an orphan. So he's Bail's relative? That's a little weird. But they do look a little alike, so I guess it's possible.

Wow...so your grandmother really doesn't want anybody to know about your father. I guess she's been hiding out a little just like most of us here. That's a little sketchy explanation she came up with, though. I mean, if you were Owen or Rhun's son, would she know you? Oh well, maybe it's just me. I'm confused easily.

LOL...Great job at keeping that confidential. Remind me never to tell you any of my deep, dark secrets!! :)

So you fell apart...

So Bail was really close to your mother? You should ask him about her, after he gets over that shock. You might find out more about her. Oh yeah, I have a question. You might have told me. Is your mother still alive?

Oh great, bring me into it. Next time, don't mention me. Nothing personal, I just like to keep a low profile.

So why do you think it's so important that Wedge be kept confidential? I know he would love to know who his father is, but if it's to keep him safe...

How did you expect Bail to act? Happy?

Han
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Note 33
Luke,

Oh wait, I just realized that you never said that Bail was Wedge's father. Oh well, that’s my guess anyway. Why else would it be so important for them to be kept apart?

Han
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Note 34
Han,

Well, Bail SAID he was related to Wedge. Of course with all this secrecy, and everyone’s lying….you never know. What exactly did Wedge tell you about his family? I mean obviously SOMEONE raised him. If his parents had the last name of Antilles, and he looks very much like his parents, then it would be obvious that Bail lied. I AM the one that asked about Wedge specifically, maybe he just made it up…the fact that he is related to Wedge. I don’t know…everything is so confusing around here!

No, Han….the point I was trying to make was that I don’t think Shmi knows about Vader being Anakin. I don’t think she realizes that her son became Darth Vader. She probably assumed that he died. I tried talking to my uncle about everything……and he was shocked to find out that I had been writing to Darth Vader. He got really mad at me, and when I told him that Vader had told me that he was my father, he got ANGRY. He wasn’t just angry with me, he seemed to be angry with Vader, Obi-Wan…..everything. He just started yelling about different things. Finally he calmed down to the point where he admitted that he had lied to me, and that Vader is my father. I tried asking him about my mother, but I think that he honestly has no idea who my father married. He told me that he had known Anakin married, but he was unable to attend the wedding, and I guess Anakin and my mother made plans for a wedding as soon as they were allowed to be married. (Obi-Wan told me there were problems with her parents not wanting her to marry Anakin or something…). Anakin got mad at Owen and refused to tell him who he was marrying. Due to that, my uncle has no clue who my mother was. I didn’t tell him that my father had told me what her name was…just because I’m trying to figure out if it IS Samantha, or if I am way off.

No, Han, I’m usually really good at keeping secrets…it’s just that this whole mess is bothering me so much…I just wanted to tell someone else. You are one of my best friends, and I thought that maybe you could help me sort all this out.

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. If Bail was really that close to my mother….then certainly he could tell me what happened to my mother. Of course, that doesn’t mean that he’s going to tell me, but I can at least try.

Before I believed Vader, he seemed to hint at the fact that my mother was still alive. I don’t know if he said it because he knew for sure, or if he said it to try to get me to believe him, but he said, “I’m not going to tell you about your mother because I don’t think that she would wants everyone to know” or something like that. Then later I asked Vader, and he didn’t seem to know anything about her…..so I don’t know.

Bail already knows that you’re my friend. I’m sorry for bringing you into it, it’s just that…..I don’t know…..I guess I acted without thinking.

I am very puzzled over the whole Wedge thing. If Wedge is his relative, that means that he’s Leia’s relative too. Why would it protect her if she didn’t know Wedge was related to her? Bail said that no one could know about Wedge for Leia’s protection…..not Wedge’s protection. I don’t get that.

So you think that Wedge is Bail’s son? Well Leia is Bail’s daughter, so that would make Leia and Wedge brother and sister….even more than that, they’d be twins. Remember, they do have the same birthday. Why would Bail separate his children? It doesn’t make any sense. And why for Leia’s protection? Here’s a thought…..don’t think I’m crazy, it’s the only answer that I could think of…..maybe the Maurders or Palpatine or something wanted to kill Bail’s son….maybe someone knew that Bail’s wife was pregnant, and somehow found out that Bail’s wife was having twins. Since Bail is the ruler of Alderaan, maybe this someone had some kind of interest with the heir to the Alderaan throne. Because of this, Bail somehow got Wedge over to your planet. Once he was safe, maybe this someone didn’t care about Leia. Maybe they only care about twin births, and assumed that whoever had informed them that Bail’s wife was having twins was wrong, and that’s why they didn’t care about Leia. Maybe if this certain someone discovered that Leia and Wedge were twins, then they’d be in danger. I don’t know, that’s just my thought. I know it seems pretty far-fetched, but that’s my only explanation that I could think of. That is of course assuming that Bail didn’t lie, and that you are correct in your assumption that Wedge IS Bail’s son.

I don’t know, nothing is making sense to me. You know, I think I’m going to go talk to Bail right now.

Okay, I just got done trying to get information from him. I bluntly asked him about my mother. With much reluctance he finally told me that Samantha is my mother!!!!! He told me not to go talk to her about it, because she was in no mood to talk to anyone. He said that they just got into some kind of disagreement when he had asked about me. Samantha had been annoyed that Bail knew that she had a son. She wouldn’t believe him when she tried to tell him that I was alive. She still won’t believe him. He was about to tell her that it was me when they just got into a huge fight, and now they’re not talking. So she is my mother!!!!!! I tried asking about Wedge, but Bail refused to answer any of my questions. I then tried asking why Leia can’t know about Wedge, and he told me to just go away. I think he was really stressed because of the fight with my mother. They must be very very close friends, and their fight must have hurt him.

What do you think of that?

Your friend,
Luke
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Note 35
Luke,

Wedge didn't really TELL me anything about his family. People around here don't tell anyone anything unless it is necessary. I think he grew up with some distant family member or something, but then they died when he was a kid. I'm not really sure.

Did someone tell everyone that your father died? Because it seems that everyone you run into that had any connection with him thinks that he is dead. Although I guess it does seem kinda impossible, from what you've told me about your father, that he was Anakin Skywalker.

Yeah, if you're gonna ask anyone something about your mother, Bail would be the one to ask. I would wait though, until he's gotten over the last shock. If he won't tell you, I would suggest going to Samantha and asking her. That way (assuming she doesn't bite your head off) you'll at least get an honest answer.

Han
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Note 36
Han,

You’re not going to believe this….but um…Leia’s my twin. Wedge IS Bail’s real son. Leia was adopted….and Leia and he were switched at birth, before Leia was kidnapped, to protect Leia.

I guess everyone knew that Anakin Skywalker suddenly disappeared, and that all of the other Jedi were being killed off about the same time. I suppose they assumed that he had died because of that.

No, I’ve gotten it confirmed from my mother…although it seems impossible, Vader used to be Anakin Skywalker, the man my mother married.

Obviously, I’ve talked to someone to find out all this information. I went to Samantha, and she told me all that. I am her son……and she is my mother. I still don’t get the crooked legs thing, but oh well.

Now I’m trying to get Vader back on the good side.

What do you think about everything that I have said so far?

Luke
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Note 37
Luke,

Well, the world just turned and I wouldn't believe it if I wasn't right here.

So does that mean that Leia is Vader's daughter?

So Samantha IS your mother. Yeah, I agree about the crooked legs thing. Why would anyone need to say that you had crooked legs if you died at birth from something completely different?

You're trying to get Vader back on the good side? Good luck. You're gonna need it. I just have one question. If Obi-wan couldn't get him back, than what makes you think that you can?

Han
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Note 38
Han,

If Leia is my twin, and my father is Darth Vader, then yes, Vader is her father too.

Yes, Samantha is my mother.

No, you see, when Samantha told me about her son (neither of us knowing it was me), she said that she wasn’t sure if he had died or not. She said she thought he had because of how sick I was at birth. She was trying to find out if her son was alive or not, and when she found out I was the same age as her son, she asked me if I knew any guys about my age who had asthma and in a wheelchair. She told me that if her son were alive that he wouldn’t be able to walk….because of really really crooked legs. That’s why she mentioned it to me.

Yes, I’m going to try to get Vader back to the good side. LOL. Thanks Han. Why do I think that I can get my father back on the good side? Because there is still good in him, and a lot of people love him. My mother still does. I’m his son…so he’s more likely to listen to me than anyone else. Eventually he’s going to have to make a decision…because I’m with the Rebellion. He loves me…and he cares about me. Because I’m directly rebelling against the Empire, he’s going to have to face a decision someday…where he is faced with either joining me or killing me….and he’ll choose me over the Empire.

I know this…so really there’s nothing holding him back from coming to the good side.

Luke
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Note 39
Luke,

Yeah, I guess you're right. If anybody can get him back, you can. One thing though. You said that people love him. People love Anakin Skywalker, Jedi Knight. Not Darth Vader, a lord of the empire. I know that to you he is the same, because he treats you the same. But to a lot of other people, they'd just as soon see him dead, whether or not he returns. I think he would know this. I'm not trying to convince you not to try, but I'm just telling you that it's gonna be harder than you think. Still, I know that you'll try. Just a little food for thought.

Han
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Note 40
Han,

I’m my father’s only hope. Well, Vader can become Anakin Skywalker again….the person that everyone loves. I know he can. I have confidence in this. I honestly don’t know if he DOES treat other people differently, but I don’t see how he could still be so mean to them….when he feels shamed by what he has done to the galaxy. I don’t think it would make any sense for him to be mean to them. I think he really wants to come to the light side, but is too afraid.

He is my father Han…I have to try.

Other people…I’m sure some people would hate him, but maybe we could fix his scars…and I don’t know….do something so he doesn’t have to breathe his medicine all the time so that he wouldn’t need the mask. I don’t know the extent of his injuries, or if his asthma can be lessened, but hey…maybe somehow…if he was all fixed up…no one would know he was Darth Vader….and he would be fine.

I wonder if I could get a Rebel doctor to look at him and see what the doctor would say. Maybe if he can be normal…maybe he could accept that and then be able to come to the light side.

What do you think?

Luke
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Note 41
Luke,

I don't really know what to say. I think you should try, for the sake of the Rebellion, but more importantly, for your father. Give it all you've got.

Han
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Note 42
Han,

Thanks for supporting me, even though it’s kind of a crazy idea. My father said he’s willing to go along with it…I only hope that the doctor can fix him all up….all I would ask would be that he wouldn’t have to breathe his medicine all the time, and that all his scars would be healed. I don’t know what to do if the doctor says that it’s impossible to fix him. Please pray for him.

How does Leia feel about all of this? Will you ask her for me? Thanks.

Well, I’m going to send Dr. Que over…he’s the doctor that delivered Leia and me…and he kept me alive after I was born, so he must be pretty good. See, I was really sick when I was born, and everyone including my mother thought I would die. I asked my mother for a recommendation. I didn’t tell her about my plan…just that I was wondering who she considered the best Rebel doctor, and one that can keep a secret…one that I can trust. She looked at me weirdly and wanted to know what was going on, but I told her it was a surprise.

I can’t wait to have my father write back and give me a report on what the doctor says. I only hope that it’s positive.

Luke
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Note 43
Luke,

Wow! You actually convinced him? I'm impressed.

Leia...well, she thinks it's a good idea in theory. She had the same doubts that I had, wondering if he would actually come back. But I just told her that you told me that he would, and she's ecstatic. She told me to tell you that she is really happy for you and that she can't wait to see you again.

OK...so you are going to tell your mother eventually. Like, when he actually comes back, right?

Good luck, and I'm hoping for you and your father.

Han
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Note 44
Han,

Yep, I’ve convinced him! The doctor looked him over…and my father told me that he won’t have to wear a mask anymore because he can take this medicine instead, and that they’re going to do surgery on him to remove all his scars.

Isn’t that awesome! Maybe his hair will grow back. I’d like to see what shade it is in real life instead of from the pictures.

Of course I’m going to tell my mother….or maybe I’ll have my father surprise her…but I just have to make sure that everything works first….that all his scars can be removed, and stuff like that.

Thank you, Han. Things will work out.

Luke
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