back to the main page

Note 1
Aunt Beru,

It will be awhile until I get back to the ship. I found that girl that the Maurders were looking for. We’re in some kind of strange factory. Don’t worry about me. I’m safe. I just wanted to let you know that. What do we do about Lissy? She knows no one here…she’s from another dimension. Sorry about the mistakes.

Bye for now,

Luke
_______________________________________________________________________________ Note 2
Luke,

I suppose we can take Lissy back with us to Tatooine, but I will have to tell your uncle. Please, hurry back. I don't know what these Maurders want with the girl, but it can't be good.

Beru
_______________________________________________________________________________
Note 3
Beru,

Good. Thanks for saying that we can take Lissy back with us to Tatooine.

Yes, thanks for telling him about her. He said it would be okay.

Don’t worry….Lissy and I are coming. I need to tell you something first.

Lissy and I found these droids, and I think they might be important to the Rebellion. I’m having them come with us. I hope you don’t mind that.

We’ll be back at the ship very soon. We’re just getting about ready to leave…..and I’m kind of sick.

Bye for now,
Luke
_______________________________________________________________________________
Note 4
Luke,

Hurry back, I don't want you getting too sick on me. Bring your friend and droids and hurry up. We have to leave.

Beru
_______________________________________________________________________________
Note 5
Aunt Beru,

Well I’m glad you found me. I’m sorry for getting sick, but I couldn’t help it. I’m really sick right now. I’ll be okay.

Well what do you think of Lissy and the droids?

Luke
_______________________________________________________________________________
Note 6
Luke,

Don't worry about getting sick, we'll get you home soon.

Lissy is a nice girl. Quiet, but nice. The droids...the golden one, what was its' name again? Anyway, that one is annoying and the other one I can't understand, so I don't really care for the droids, but if they have something that The Rebellion needs, we have to take them with us, no matter how annoying they are.

Beru
_______________________________________________________________________________
Note 7
Aunt Beru,

Thanks for getting me home so quickly. I feel a lot better now, but I’m still a tiny bit sick. My uncle still hasn’t given me my medicine back.

Yes, I like Lissy too….but she needs to get home soon. Do you think uncle Owen will be able to get her home?

The golden droid’s name is C-3PO. Yeah….he is a little annoying, but he’s also kind of funny in a weird way.

I need to tell you what happened, which I’m sure you are unaware of. Darth Vader followed uncle Owen back from Coruscant, and he stood back and listened to our conversations. He heard me telling uncle Owen about the plans…and he came after me.

He picked me up off the ground and started questioning me. I was so scared….because I’ve heard awful things about Darth Vader…that he killed off all the Jedi and….well…he has a reputation for killing people when he is displeased with them.

When he questioned me about the plans, I didn’t really know what to say. I knew I couldn’t tell him the truth, so I lied. I told him that I had sold them to a junk dealer headed for Dantooine. He believed me!!!!!! I hadn’t expected him to, but he did. He dropped me to the ground, and took off quickly. He grabbed grandfather Skywalker and then left.

What I want to know is why the heck did he take grandfather Skywalker and not me…..I mean I’m the one that knew about the plans. What could he possibly have against my grandfather?

We have to get him back!!!!!!!

And what do we do about the droids? They are EXTREMELY important if Darth Vader personally is looking for them.


Well I must go.

Luke
_______________________________________________________________________________
Note 8
Luke,

Vader came here? In my house? Talked to you? I can't believe that!! Ok, have you told your uncle? He must know. He'll know what to do if the droids are so important that Vader himself would come and try and get them. Good idea you had, and not telling him. We have to get the droids to the Rebellion somehow, and get your grandfather back.

Beru
_______________________________________________________________________________
Note 9
Aunt Beru,

Yes, Vader came here…in our house. Yes, he talked to me. He more like screamed at me and demanded to know where the plans were.

Yes, I’ve told my uncle. He’s well aware of it. He sent me and the droids over to Ben’s…I mean Obi-Wan’s. Uncle Owen took Lissy back to her own world……she should be back there by now. I’m going to miss her because I kind of liked her…..but oh well. He said he’d meet us back at Yavin.

Uncle Owen forgot to give me my medicine before he left, so I don’t have it, and I’m got sick again. A sandstorm came up, and that’s why I got sick. Ben left me with this lady named Jira. After a while, I went to join Ben at the cantina. There was a lot of smoking going on in there, which made me worse…but we did find a pilot named Han Solo and his Wookiee partner….they took us in their ship called the Millennium Falcon.

We just took off, so I should be on Yavin soon. I hope you got there safely.

Your nephew,
Luke
_______________________________________________________________________________
Note 10
Luke,

I know that Owen didn't give you your meds, because I asked him, and he told me that he will give them to you next time we meet. Be careful till then

Um, I never heard of Jira, but she sounds interesting. Well, see you at Yavin. Must go.

Beru
_______________________________________________________________________________
Note 11
Aunt Beru,

Well I’m sick….but I’ll be all right. I don’t know the next time I’ll see him…..because I got captured.

Jira is a very nice lady…..she’s really old….but she’s nice. She is interesting. I’ll have to thank her for what she did sometime.

It will be a while until I get a chance to go to Yavin. You see…..Ben and I found this guy named Han Solo who said he’d take us to Yavin. Well…..along the way we ran into this Imperial TIE pilot. Han wanted to report it, but it was going really fast. By the time we got caught up to it…it was too late. We saw this huge moon like thing……but it was a giant battle station. It was the Death Star…..and we got caught in it’s tractor beam before we even realized it.

We just got pulled in. I’m really sick and don’t feel like doing anything. I don’t know what we’re going to do…or how/if we’ll ever get to Yavin. We can’t leave because of the tractor beam.

Your nephew,
Luke
_______________________________________________________________________________
Note 12
Luke,

I think everybody knows you're sick, so what do you want me to go about it? Now that you're in the Death Star, there is NO way I can give you your inhaler, and I don't have it myself. Stop complaining, we can't do anything about it. Obi-Wan has powers, maybe he can help you, but till you get better (or way worse), I don't want to hear about it.

Well, I hope you get out of the Death Star and back to Yavin soon. Everybody is getting worried.

Beru
_______________________________________________________________________________
Note 13
Aunt Beru,

Not EVERYONE does know that I’m sick. I only mentioned it to people who HAVE to know. I only told you, my uncle, and Ben. Is that so many people?

I didn’t expect you to do anything about it…..I was just informing you. I began to think that you actually cared about me for once….but I should have known better. You were only acting nice to me because my uncle or Leia was around. Now that my uncle’s on the Death Star……away from you….and that no one else is around you…..you show your true self.

I think my uncle has my inhaler…and he’s on the Death Star too……and I’m going to go rescue him before he gets killed…Leia told me he was scheduled to be executed.

I’m sorry that I mentioned that I was sick. I won’t say anything more about it, okay? I know you can’t do anything about it….and I know that I can’t do anything about it…..I was just letting you know that I was sick…..because I thought that you SHOULD know…but next time I’m sick, I won’t tell you. Will that make you happy?

You honestly don’t know how sick I really am right now…or what it feels like to feel like this…..but anyway…..I’ll let you know when I get better. I’m not going to get way worse because I’m already about the sickest I’ve ever been in my entire life.

I hope I can get to Yavin soon too. Obi-Wan is working on the tractor beam right now, and I’m going to go rescue the others from the detention section…….so we’ll get home soon.

Luke
_______________________________________________________________________________
Note 14
Luke,

Listen, I do care about you, and I know you are sick, very sick, I've known it ever since you first told me. I'm grateful you told me, but I don't have you have you complaining in every letter to me, that you're sick, because I know, and all I can do for you is to tell you to be careful. Understand?

If there was another way of saying 'be careful' I would say it, because since there is none...be careful while you're rescuing your father, grandfather and Leia. Darth Vader will kill you if he finds you.

I'll see you when you get here, again, be careful and tell Obi-Wan to be careful too.


Beru
_______________________________________________________________________________
Note 15
Aunt Beru,

Well I WAS very sick, but I’m fine now. I don’t know if you’ve seen me yet, but I’m back from the Death Star. I rescued Leia, my uncle, and my grandfather. We’re all safe. Uncle Owen gave me my inhaler when I rescued him, so I have it now. I felt a lot better after he gave it to me, and I yeah…..I got sick a couple more times throughout the Death Star adventure…..but not nearly as sick as I had been before I had my medicine. I’m perfectly fine now.

I doubt I’ll ever get that sick again. I’ll be more careful from now on…and I won’t lose my inhaler again. I should be fine. I’m fine MOST of the time anyway.

I’m sorry that I complained to you about being sick. It’s just that I WAS sick.

No one has to tell me that Darth Vader will kill me if he finds me. I figured that out as soon as I lied to him…I knew it would cause my death if he ever were to find me again.

Well after the rescue, and getting in this huge garbage compactor thing….where the walls started closing in on us…and where this creature tried to kill me…and where I got really sick……we then broke up and Leia and I went down these halls to try to get back to the ship…but I took a wrong turn…and there was this area that needed extended bridges to get across….I blasted the controls that extended the bridge, so I made do and used my grappling hook to swing across. Leia kissed me in the process. I like her a lot. Do you think she likes me?

Well we all made it safely back to the ship…..but when we made it back to the ship…I noticed that Vader and Ben were fighting…..and that Vader took a swing at Ben….and it looked like Ben died. I screamed “No!!!” and everyone saw us. They started shooting at us…..and Vader looked like he was going to go over to us and kill me, so I hit a switch that closed the door and trapped Vader on the other side of it. We then got out of there.

Back in the ship, I shot down 2 of the 4 TIE fighters after us, and I had never used ship weapon fire before!!!! That was so awesome!

Well obviously we made it safely back to Yavin.

I got registered and I’m fine now. The only thing was the lady that registered me kept giving me these weird looks throughout the entire process. I also used the name Skywalker as my last name when I registered…..just so you know.

Um….I kind of ran into someone and caused her to spill coffee all over a dress. It has some really bad stains on it. Do you know of anything that could get the stain out? I feel really bad about it…..and I thought that since you have gotten a million of my stains out that you might be able to help…..and I doubt you’ll have to worry about whether she is allergic to the stuff you use to get it out….so maybe it will be easier for you to figure something out.

Well I have to go try on a flight uniform.

I’ll see you later.


Your nephew,
Luke
_______________________________________________________________________________
Note 16
Luke,

I'm glad to hear that you're feeling better. Just don't forget to tell us when you're inhaler is running low that this shouldn't happen again.

Sounds like you had an interesting time on the Death Star and rescuing everyone. Why did you go into the garbage compactor thing in the first place? You know it's not safe. You want to know if Leia likes you? Well, I'm not sure, I haven't been around you two long enough to see how she acts toward you, so I can't really answer that.

Yes, lying to Vader is something no one wants to do, because it could be the cause of their death. Just be careful next you meet (if you meet), because I'm sure he will want to kill you.

About that lady with the stained dress, I suppose I can try to get the stain out, but I'm not promising that I'll get it all out.

So who let you use the blasters to blow up the TIE fighters? You shot down 2 and you never used a blaster before!?! You must have a great aim or something.

Well, I'm still looking for you, but can't seem to find you. Where are you?


Beru
_______________________________________________________________________________
Note 17
Aunt Beru,

Yes…well thanks. I’m glad to be feeling better too. You can count on me not forgetting to tell you when my inhaler is running low for a long time. I think I’m going to remember these recent events for a long time, and I don’t think I ever want to be that sick again.

Yeah, the time on the Death Star was an interesting experience. Why did we go into the garbage compactor in the first place? Well…we were in the detention section of the Death Star, and since it was the detention section, they built that area keeping high security in mind. They only built the detention area to have one exit so that it would be hard for people to escape or to get into without permission. Han was blaster happy and kept shooting at things for the fun of it. Of course the Imperials heard the shots, and they cut off our only escape route by blocking the entrance. We couldn’t have held out long with all those stormtroopers shooting us, so Leia grabbed my blaster after seeing the grate to the garbage compactor…..and she shot it…..and we all jumped in. We really had nowhere else to go, and no one had a better idea.

Well if you get a chance to see Leia and me together, will you please let me know if you think she likes me or not?

I don’t plan on meeting up with Vader ever….and of course I would be careful if I did meet up with him. I know he’ll want to kill me if I do meet up with him, believe me, I am well aware of it.

Don’t worry about the lady with the stained dress. I know you have other things to be doing and to be worrying about. I’ll try and take care of it. I wouldn’t want you to take time out of your precious life to wash out a stain. It was my fault, so I’ll handle it. Just give me the solution, and I’ll handle it.

Who let me use the blasters to blow up the TIE fighters? Han Solo….the captain of the Millennium Falcon. Hey, he needed help, so I said I’d help him. Yes I shot down 2 TIEs even though I had never used a blaster before. I guess my aim’s okay. I don’t know…I did destroy the ships, but I still don’t think my aim’s “great.”

Where am I? Well I just put on my flight uniform. Did I tell you that I would be participating in the Death Star battle? Well I am. After that I’m going to see if I can get that stain out.


Luke
_______________________________________________________________________________
Note 18
Luke,

Ok, I understand why you went into the garbage compactor, Leia shot it? So, Han started shooting at nothing, and got you guys caught? That's stupid. Well, I'm glad you all got out fine and are here where it's safe.

If I meet Leia and IF she tells me, I guess I'll tell you, IF she doesn't tell me not to tell you. :-)

Yes, I think YOU should get that stain out. I'm quite busy here, so I don't have the time.

Good, DON'T meet up with Vader if you can help it.

So, you're working on your aim when you escaped. Ok, well, be careful in the battle, because shooting 2 TIE fighters doesn't mean you're the best fighter in the galaxy, so be careful.


Beru
_______________________________________________________________________________
Note 19
Aunt Beru,

Do you know who my real father was? I’m very confused about it because I was told that his name was Alex, but then my grandfather wrote me and told me he didn’t have any children named Alex. Am I related my uncle’s family or not? Please tell me the truth.

Yes, Leia shot at the garbage compactor grate thing so that we could all jump into the garbage chute. Well, I think the Imperials would have gone after us anyway, but Han’s shooting things sped the process up a little.

All right, I’ll take your word on that. If Leia does tell you that she likes me, I’m glad you’ll tell me. (as long as she doesn’t tell you not to tell.)

I tried to get that stain out, but I couldn’t finish it because I had to go and get in my ship for the battle. I hope that the lady could get the stain out.

Why would I want to meet up with Vader? I don’t want to. He’s the worst person who has ever lived in this galaxy.

I never had that bad of an aim, did I? I know that shooting two TIE fighters does not necessarily mean that I am a good pilot. I know that I probably am not. I have lasted up until this point in the battle, but Vader’s TIGHT behind me, and I just can’t shake him. He keeps shooting at me, and my ships been hit 2 times. Biggs died, and we only have one minute left until the Death Star will have Yavin in range.

Aunt Beru, I’m really scared. Vader has shot EVERYONE down that was in front of him. I don’t want to die.


Luke
_______________________________________________________________________________
Note 20
Luke,

No one wants you to die, so try and come back to us alive. I take your word in being chased by Vader is scary, but I don't want to know for sure.

I don't know if you ever had a good or bad aim, because you never shot anything. I just commented, because I thought I should.

I'm sorry to hear about Biggs. That's a shame to lose him in this battle.

Your father's name is...Alex Anakin Skywalker...I think. I never knew him and never met him, so I don't know. You have to ask somebody else. I asked Owen, because I wasn't sure what your father's name was (because I never really knew him), and he said Alex Anakin Skywalker, so there. Is there a problem with that?

Please, come back alive.


Beru
_______________________________________________________________________________
Note 21
First Luke and Beru Note written after AOTC came out



Aunt Beru,

Well I’m glad that you think no one wants me to die, but I know that one person does: Darth Vader. If he finds out that I…..never mind…you don’t know who blew up the Death Star, do you?

Well it’s nice to know that you assumed the worst of me (talking about my aim). You always have assumed the worst of me.

Yes, I’m still trying to cope with Biggs’ death. I don’t know how I should feel…if I should feel happy because the Death Star was destroyed, or if feeling happy is wrong because of all the lives that were lost in this battle, especially Biggs’ life.

Okay, well thanks for telling me what my father’s name was. So you never knew or met my father…not even once? How come?

By the way, did you try to get Mon Mothma’s stain out? I had to give up because I had to go fight in the battle. I know you said you weren’t going to try, but I do feel responsible for what happened, and I was wondering if you stepped in to finish the job. Do you know if the stain actually came out or not?

Is there supposed to be some kind of awards ceremony for the people who helped destroy the Death Star? And do you have any idea where the new Rebel Base will be?

Oh just for the fun of it, I found out that Darth Vader’s name was Nigel Reklaw. Don’t you think that’s funny?

Luke
_______________________________________________________________________________
Note 22
Luke,

No I don't know who destroyed the Death Star, do you?

No, I also don't know if the stain got out of the dress or not, but I'm not trying to get it out. It's your fault, so you should do something about it.

No, I never met your father, because he was a Jedi and living on Tatooine not many Jedi come around, you know.

No, I have no idea where the next base will be, and NO I don't know about the award ceremony.

As you can see, I don't know about anything, so you'll have to ask somebody else for answers.

I have to go.


Beru
_______________________________________________________________________________
Note 23
Aunt Beru,


All right…so you don’t know who destroyed the Death Star? Well it would be better if you didn’t know…I would rather it stay that way and I’m sure you would too. Do I know who destroyed the Death Star? No, of course not. How could I know?

Yes, I understand that you don’t want to get the stain out. It is my fault, and I’m sorry to have bothered you with it. Just please don’t beat me up when I get back to the base…all right. I know I’ve ruined your life now…since I lied to Darth Vader and we had to escape and everything. I know I deserve you to beat me…but sometimes you really hurt me, so I’d rather you wouldn’t do that.

Yes, I know the whole dress thing is my fault…and I keep feeling worse and worse about it because of all this stuff I’m learning about the person who gave the lady the dress. I tried my very best to get that stain out…honest I did…but I couldn’t stay and get it out. I’ll ask Mon Mothma if the stain is out yet or not. If it’s not, I’ll try and get it out again. I only wish I could do something for Mon Mothma to make up for ruining her dress….and for the other people who it’s affected…including you. Can I do anything for you, Aunt Beru?

Okay…so you never met my father? Yeah…well….I didn’t know. I didn’t know what Jedi did…and I didn’t know if they would come to Tatooine to be with their families or not. So I guess you couldn’t tell me if my father was sick or anything? Dr. John needs to know because he said it might help him understand my stuff…like about my legs, and why I have weak lungs and bad asthma.

So did you end up going to the Awards Ceremony or did you have stuff to do? I didn’t see you there, but then again, there were a lot of people there.

All right, all right…I’ll go to someone else to for the answers to my questions. Sorry to have bothered you.

By the way…what do you think of Hoth? I thought the move here went off pretty well…what did you think?

Han and I went out to look for life forms, but neither of us saw anything. Just as we were finishing up I saw something fall out of the sky. It looked like a meteorite, but it could have been anything. I’m not going to take any chances…and it COULD be an Imperial Probe Droid or something…maybe…probably not very likely…but still I want to check it out. It hit near here so it won’t take me long to check it out. I should be back in 5 to 10 minutes…not that you would care or anything. You probably wouldn’t care if something happened to me, would you? Do you even love me? You don’t act like you do…most of the time. My Tauntaun is acting very strangely, and I’m not sure what’s the matter with it.


Luke
_______________________________________________________________________________
Note 24
Luke,

I do wish that we hadn't had to of left and that we weren't in this whole mess, but wishing isn't going to change anything, is it? No, I don't hate you, of course I don't hate you. I'm just tired. Everything that has happened has just been just dancing on my nerves and it's showing up everywhere. Did you ever stop to think that if you hadn't lied to Vader, who's to say that he wouldn't have just destroyed our home? He left in a hurry to find the droids but what if he had already had them? You keep noting on how evil and scary he is. He probably would have destroyed the place for kicks.

But I do care about you and it would kill me if anything were to happen to you. So please be careful out there.

Are you STILL obsessing over the stain? If it's that much of a problem, have you considered just getting her a new one? Or is it really that special a dress? I suppose I COULD take a look at it if it's that important...

I don't know anything else about your father, really.

It took me a long time to find the awards ceremony but I did get there! There were a lot of people all over the place, of course. You were nervous up there, weren't you? Don't bother lying, I already know the answer. :-) What did you do with your medal?

It isn't so bad here... I just wish it wasn't so cold! But who wants to hear me whine about the temperature?

If the tauntaun was acting strangely you should have tried to arrange for another one to ride. It could be sick or something. I DO love you, okay? Even if I don't say it as often as I should.


Beru.
_______________________________________________________________________________
Note 25
Aunt Beru,

I’m sorry I can’t change the past. Have you found a job to do here in the Rebellion? Maybe that would make you have a better time here. You love me? Then how come you sometimes abuse me? Couldn’t you find another way to take out your frustration than on me? I’ve already told Uncle Owen about it, but he doesn’t believe me. Sigh…it doesn’t seem like ANYONE believes me…except Mon Mothma, but that’s probably because she doesn’t know you.

I love you too, though…even though you sometimes are mean, I do love you very much. You’re the only mother figure I’ve ever had, and I’m glad that you do care about me. I guess I’ve always known that.

You’re right…maybe if I hadn’t lied to Vader he would have decided to destroy our house. He was so caught up in the plans that I don’t think he was thinking about anything else. I can imagine how he would get a joy out of watching a poor farming family’s house burn. Vader is the most evil person I can think of. I’d love to kill him…with all the crimes he’s committed against this galaxy.

Well…I tried to be careful, but I almost died out there. I’m sure you’ve heard about my accident by now. I’ll tell you all about it, though.

Yeah, I was still worried about the dress. Mon Mothma’s backed off about it some, but it really is important to her. It was the last gift from her husband before he died…and it’s the only thing she has left of him. She told me that much in her letters. If you could do anything to get the stain out, I’m sure she would appreciate it greatly. Because of what the dress meant to her, I couldn’t just get her another one. Her husband died 20 years ago, and he died right after they married, so it’s not like I could replace that. Can you see what you can do with the stain? I’ve tried my best with it, but I couldn’t get it out. I would really like to do this for Mon Mothma.

Okay, thanks for telling me. I’ll ask Obi-Wan and Uncle Owen and grandfather…hopefully they would know more stuff about my father.

So you did get to the awards ceremony? So you know I was the one that blew up the death Star? When did you find out? Please don’t make a big deal about it. I’m trying to hide that fact from everyone who doesn’t know. I don’t like to be singled out like that. Yes, I was nervous up there. I don’t like it when a lot of people are watching me be awarded…something I didn’t think I deserved. I don’t like big formal ceremonies. What did I do with the medal? It’s in a bag with most of my other stuff. When we permanently settle down, I’ll hang it up somewhere. I didn’t get a chance to hang it up yet because we haven’t been here long (on Hoth.) Would you like to see it? I actually have that bag here. (I’m in the medical section right now, and I’ll tell you all about it in case you haven’t heard yet.)

Well INSIDE the base it isn’t too bad. We have a good control on the temperature, but then, you weren’t out all night in it. I almost froze to death…and I’m completely serious about that. It would be a little nicer if it were SLIGHTLY warmer on the planet, though, LOL.

The Tauntaun didn’t start acting strangely until I saw that meteorite, but that’s when the Wampa Ice Creature attacked me. I think it was acting strange because it sensed the Wampa Ice Creature nearby.

I love you too, Aunt Beru. Remember that. I probably don’t say it as often as I should either.

Now for the story of what happened out there:

Bail Organa asked for volunteers to go on shifts to ride out into the cold to make sure we were alone on Hoth…meaning no Imperial presence or anything like that. Han and I signed up for the last shift on that day.

Just as we were finishing up our rounds and getting ready to head back in, I saw something fall out of the sky. It looked like it might have been a meteorite or something. (Remember, that’s one of the last things I said in my last letter.) I had just checked in with Han, and as I prepared to get my Tauntaun moving again, my Tauntaun started acting very strange. I didn’t know what could be bothering it, and as I was looking around, a Wampa ice creature knocked me off of my Tauntaun, and I went unconscious. It dragged me to it’s cave (I still don’t know how far away the cave was from the base.)

When I woke up I found myself hanging upside down on the cave ceiling. My feet were frozen to the ceiling, and I couldn’t move them at all. I looked over to my side and I saw this ugly wampa ice creature chewing on bones from it’s last meal. It saw that I had started to move, and it got up to go after me.

When the creature stuck me to the ceiling, something fell out of my utility belt, and I thought that it might help me escape. I managed to get it in my hand, and I freed myself. I landed on the ground just as the creature started coming for me. I cut off the creature’s arm and took off running.

I wouldn’t have gone outside in the cold normally, because by that time it WAS storming, but I had no choice. I hadn’t killed that wampa creature, and it would have been mad at me for cutting off it’s arm, so if I would have stayed, it would have killed me.

I don’t know about you, but have you ever come close up to a wampa ice creature? That thing was scary! And have you ever become close to being it’s next meal? There was no way I was going to risk it, so I just had to leave. I knew I had to keep going for as long as I could.

To be honest, I was SCARED. I’ve never been that scared in my life. I was panicking a little because I didn’t know what direction the base was, and I knew that if I stayed out in the cold very long, I would freeze.

Luckily, Han went out and searched for me……and found me. He saved my life. He told me he put me inside a dead Tauntaun. I don’t remember that because I was barely alive.

Anyway, when they took me back to the base they put me inside the bacta tank, and then they put me in a bed in the med section. The doctors said I was close to dying, and I had cuts from where the Wampa hit me. Because of being out in the cold, I also came down with pneumonia, so I’ll be in bed for a while. Sigh…

I hate being in bed all day. It’s so boring. I’d love to be doing something…anything. You know something cool? Mon Mothma told me in her last letter that she had a son named Luke Skywalker once, but that he died. (Probably in a Rebel battle.) The name Skywalker is so popular…I used the name when I registered for the Rebellion. I know Lars is my legal last name, but I do like Skywalker better. There are SO many Skywalker’s in the galaxy. Leia told me it’s as popular as the last name “Smith” is on Earth. Luke’s a fairly common name too. But I still think it’s neat that her son had the name Luke Skywalker.

So what’s going on in the main section of the Rebellion? Anything interesting happening?

I have to go. The medical people are giving me dirty looks.


Your nephew,
Luke
_______________________________________________________________________________
Note 26
Luke,

Have I found a job yet? kinda... I just do regular things like running errands and other such chores. It gets boring. Sometimes I wish that something interesting would happen... though if something did, I'm sure that I'd wish it hadn't, so knock on wood. Yes, you do it to! The last thing we need right now is something else going wrong! >< I just jinxed us, didn't I?

I would like to see the medal up close since I did get there awfully late and could barely see what was going on. And yes, I do love you. See? I said it again. That's not really so hard, is it? Why do I abuse... sigh. I have a problem and I'm admitting it. I am, however, looking into group counseling if it makes you feel better... I just doubt that they have a program going now. This IS a war zone, you know. As for other methods of taking out my aggresions, I target Mr. Flufky now. Who's Mr. Flufky? A pillow in the shape of a clown. I hate clowns! Evil, evil! (C'mon, laugh! I'm trying!) I'll show it to you later if you want...

I don't really expect your forgiveness, of course. I just hope that you'll be able to trust me again eventually. No apology could be enough, but that doesn't mean I'm excused from trying anyway. Will you let me?

Have I ever been up close to a Wampa Ice creature? Are you sure you're not suffering from a concusion or something? Of course I haven't! And I wouldn't want to be close to one either. I know that you were found and I'm relieved to hear that you're recovering. And about being afraid, you are aware that only total idiots are completely void of fear, aren't you? If you had stayed and fought the Wampa, what could have happened? Injuries and possibly death, and it's not like that creature was posing a threat to the base, so it would have been a pointless victory against an animal. So yes, I'm glad that you ran. A little fear can be a healthy thing.

Mon Mothma's dress is the only thing that she has left from her husband? I really would prefer that you got it out becuase that's the only way you'll learn. But if you've tried and failed, I guess it's time for a professional. Fine, bring it by sometime when you're better and I'll see what I can do. I'm not promising anything, of course, but I will try my best, okay?

AH! Look at the time!!! I have to go!

Love you lots,
Beru.
_______________________________________________________________________________
Note 27
Aunt Beru,

I’m glad you’ve found a job here. Do you like it here? I don’t believe in jinxes J Anyway, aren’t you meeting a lot of great people with all the errands you have to run? I’m sure you’ve met some. Have you made any friends here? Have you met Mon Mothma? She’s really nice.

Okay, if you’d like to see the medal up close, stop by my room. I’d really like that. I know you’re trying, Aunt Beru. I can tell. Maybe you should bring someone else with you…just so you won’t accidentally abuse me or something. It’d be great for both of us if you could get that counseling. I also thank you for admitting that you have a problem with it. Well maybe the Rebellion DOES have some sort of program. At least you could try. Ask Mon Mothma or Bail Organa. I’m sure they would know. Oh, Mr. Flufky? That DOES sound funny. I’m glad you bought that pillow. Where did you buy it? Pillows can take a whole lot more abuse than a person J I don’t like clowns either. I think they’re annoying. Sure, I’d love to see this pillow.

Aunt Beru…I do love you too. And although it’s hard sometimes…I can forgive you, and I try to each time you hurt me. I’m willing to begin to trust you as long as you work on trying to not abuse me. Hopefully we can have a relationship like any other mother and son would have.

No, I don’t have a concussion. I was just trying to point out why I ran out of that Wampa creature’s cave. Thanks for being positive about the situation. You are really trying your best to show your love, and I appreciate it. I agree that fear is a good thing…most of the time.

Sometimes it can lead people to do mean things to others, though, and that’s why Obi-Wan said Jedi aren’t supposed to have fear. It’s supposed to lead to the Dark Side. I don’t think he was talking about facing Wampas though.

Yes, Mon Mothma’s dress is the only thing that she has left from her husband. And I swear to you…I have tried and failed to get that stain out. I would really, really appreciate it if you could try. Well since I’m in a bed in the med section right now, I can’t exactly bring the dress to you right now. Could you come in and pick it up? Thanks.

Han, Leia, and Wedge, and my cousins came into see me today. I fell asleep during the visit, but when I woke up, they were in the middle of a conversation about their birthdays. I caught the tail end of their conversation. Han was saying how Wedge and Leia have the exact same birthday as each other. That was interesting, and kind of weird. Then Han and Leia got into one of their fights…insulting each other in their usual way. It ended in Leia coming up to me and KISSING me! It felt so good! I probably went really red. Han was about to kill me for that…I think he likes Leia too. They both left the room.

Yes, Leia kissed me. It was in front of Han, Chewie, R2-D2, and C-3PO. Wedge and my cousins had left by that time. Just so you don’t get confused, my cousins that I’m referring to are my other uncle’s children…

Well, I guess Han was going planning on leaving to go to Tatooine so that he could pay off Jabba the Hutt. Leia went after him and tried to convince him to stay. Han, being the show-off that he is, tried hinting at feelings that didn’t exist between Han and Leia…like that she wanted him to stay because she liked him. That got Leia mad. But Han decided to stay for a little while longer…until I was at least out of the med section, not to mention the fact that Mr. Organa decided that it was too dangerous for any ships to leave. Leia told me about all this later. When they were in my room, Han and Leia were talking to me, and Han had to bring up what happened in the South Passage (what I just told you about).

He said to Leia, “Looks like you’ve managed to keep me around a little while.”

Leia’s response was, “I had nothing to do with it. My father thinks it’s too dangerous for any ship to leave the system.”

“A nice story, but I think you just can’t bear to let a gorgeous guy like me out of your sight.”

Leia’s response was, “I don’t know where you get your delusions, laser brains.”

Then Chewie laughed.

Han turned to him and said, “Laugh it up fuzzball. You didn’t see us alone in the South Passage where she expressed her true feelings for me.”

Leia called him some insulting names… and then said, “Well I guess you don’t know everything about women.”

That’s when she went up to me and gave me the kiss. Yes. That was the first time I’ve ever been kissed on the lips. Leia has kissed me before…but on the check. Yep! It was wonderful!

I heard that there was an Imperial probe droid spotted, one in which Han and Chewie destroyed. Do you know much about that? Could you please tell me if you do? I think it might have been the meteorite that I saw. I also heard rumors that there was an Imperial fleet detected in the Hoth system. IS that true? If so, there’s probably going to be a battle. Could you please tell me if you hear anything about it?

Oh one more thing…Obi-Wan came to visit me just after I was out of the bacta tank. He told me that he wants me to train with some Jedi Instructor called Yoda, and that I am to go to the Dagobah system as soon as I’m better. Do you know anything about this Yoda guy, or this Dagobah system?


Your nephew,
Luke

PS I have just received a letter from Vader. That man makes no sense, and he is scaring me. In his most recent letter he has suddenly had a change of attitude towards me. In all his letters before the Death Star was destroyed he was talking about how he hated me, he insulted me, and he was always saying how much better he is than me. Now that he’s learned that I was the one that destroyed the Death Star, he suddenly has a lot of respect for me. He told me how he regretted that I did not work for the Empire. I don’t know what his intentions are with acting like this…I don’t know if he’s secretly plotting my death, or if he is genuine in his letter. When I read it I get this warm feeling that he does respect and care about me…but how could he? He killed my parents! He killed all the Jedi, and he’s pure evil. I just don’t know what to think. Does he do stuff like this to people? To make them think that he has a high respect on someone? You’ve been working in the Rebellion far longer than I have. Have you ever encountered this before?


Here are a couple lines from the letter:

“ I also knew about your illness (pneumonia). I am sorry to hear that, and hope that you will recover soon. You have proved a worthy opponent when you destroyed the Death Star and eluded me. It is a great detriment to me and the Empire that you are not on our side. I even know about the Wampa ice creature that attacked you. My collegues saw to it that creature won't harm you again. Do get plenty of rest and get well. I would love to have another opportunity to croos sabers with you.”

Don’t you think his comments are strange?

_______________________________________________________________________________
Note 28
Luke,

Alright, I'll go see Mon Mothma. And I'll ask her if she knows anything about counseling. I just hope she doesn't try to kill me or something... Not that I wouldn't deserve it. But then again, if she did, I wouldn't be able to get that stain out. Which means that I should LIVE, though you'd be surprised what a person can live through.

And yes, I'll come down and visit you after I see her. Maybe I could get her to come with me? That would be nice... as long as it's not her dragging me to the med center to have injuries attended to. =) Me and my sense of humor. Are you laughing yet?

Mr. Flufky? I can't really remember where I bought him... I think it was a second hand shop somewhere. I've had the little bugger a long time, though. I used to be afraid that he would come to life and bite me or something. Yes, laugh, but I'm not kidding! I just couldn't throw him away, though. I must be part packrat. As for your medal, I'll wait until you're better so you can show it to me and embarrass yourself trying to act like it wasn't a big deal. Aren't I merciless?

So Leia kissed you? Isn't that cute? Little Luke is growing up! lol. Just don't go falling in love with her unless you know she likes you, alright? On that note, let's hope that those feelings don't exist between Han and Leia... that is, if you've got an interest in there. You do like her, don't you?

An imperial Drone? I'm not quite sure. Now that you mention it, I think that they've been boosting the defenses and there certainly is a lot more activity going on around here... I doubt that they'd let it be public knowledge that there's a fleet around just yet to avoid some sort of panic.

But you're right, that's probably the case. So there probably will be a battle coming up... but you shouldn't be well enough to fight if there is. So in the worse case scenario, you should just evacuate with everyone else.

Dagobah System?? I've never heard of it. As for this 'Yoda'... I think I remember hearing something about some old Jedi by that name... sorry, I can't recall anything else. Maybe your Uncle would know something else?

Waitasecond! Vader has been writing to you?! How? How does he know where you are?! Respects you?! Yes, I think those comments are VERY strange! How could someone like that know anything about respect? But if he knows that you destroyed the death star, maybe he wants you to switch sides? I mean, he even wrote he regretted that you weren't working for the Empire. I think it would be best if you continued avoiding him. He's an evil, deceptive man, after all. You can't trust him.

I wrote a lot... at least it'll give you something to look at. I think I'll go and see Mon Mothma now. Wish me luck!

Love you,

Beru.
_______________________________________________________________________________
Note 29
Aunt Beru,

Have you asked Mon Mothma about the counseling program yet? You said you would in your last letter. Why do you think she would try to kill you? She doesn’t even know you. Besides that, she’s really nice. I found that out after the whole coffee mess on her dress.

Hey, I was attacked by a Wampa Ice Creature, and lived through that, and I lived through the Death Star battle. I don’t think anything would surprise me to find out a person could live through.

And Aunt Beru, I don’t think you deserve to die. Yeah, you hurt me, but that doesn’t mean you should die, okay. I don’t hate you, and I’ve tried to tell you that I still love you. I don’t want you to die, and I don’t think you should.

Since you did come down and visit me, I assume that you DID talk to Mon Mothma. What did she say? It was nice of her to go with you. See, I told you she was nice. She didn’t hurt you, now did she? And why would she hurt you? I don’t think she could have gotten one of the top positions in the Rebellion if she hurt people.

Hmmm…you admit you’re a packrat? That’s new, LOL. Well that must have been where I got that from. I’m a packrat too. Well…I showed you my medal. What did you think of it?

By the way, I’m all better now. And…um…today is my birthday. I know with the battle going on, you might have forgotten.

Yep, Leia kissed me. Aunt Beru! I’m glad you made that comment in your letter instead of in front of everyone. You DIDN’T say that to anyone, did you? But I can’t help who I have feelings for. I DO have feelings for her, and I’m pretty sure it’s an attraction. I guess you could call it love. And how am I supposed to know whether she likes me or not? Yes, I do like Leia, and you better not tell anyone. But how will I know who Leia has feelings for? It’s either for me or Han.

It’s pretty obvious now that the Imperial probe droid led the Imperials to our base, and as we know from the battle, there WAS an Imperial fleet. And you know something? They’re chasing Leia and Han now! Leia wrote me and told me about it.

Hey, did you know that grandpa fought in the battle? I had no idea that he had done that. Did he survive the battle? Is he all right? I hope so. And you want to know something? I was in the battle to. I was up to it. I wasn’t going to let anything get in my way. If the medical people hadn’t allowed me to, I would have sneaked out of bed just so I could fight. Does grandpa know I was in the fight too? There were so many fighters that it was hard to see everyone.

I’ll ask my uncle about this Yoda guy, but I don’t think he’ll tell me anything. He doesn’t seem to like to talk about Jedi very much. Every time I’ve tried to bring up the subject he purposely changes it.

Yeah, Vader’s been writing to me for a long time. I actually was the one that wrote him first. I wanted to see what he would say to all the horrible stuff he has done to this galaxy. I don’t know…I think that Vader knew I was on Hoth, and that’s the whole reason he was trying to find the base. I’ve been having nightmares about Vader chasing me and going after the entire Rebellion, looking up this base, just so he could hunt me down and kill me. I know how Vader can know about respect, but I think he does respect me for whatever reason. That’s what Mon Mothma and everyone else I have talked to has said too…that Vader probably wants to recruit me for the Imperial Navy. I’ll tell you one thing though, Vader’s not doing a very good job of recruiting me. I know I can’t trust him, and I don’t know why I can’t simply stop writing him…but I keep wanting to prove that he’s wrong. I don’t know what I think I’m doing. I guess it’s fun trying to put him in his place.

Here’s what happened in the battle:
Well anyway, I’m out of the med section now, as you probably already knew. I did participate in that battle. We went out in snowspeeders, to meet the Imperial Walkers. Those things are huge! Dack was in the other end of my snowspeeder…he was a little younger than me. He was in charge of firing the weapons, while I controlled where we were going.

Well early on in the battle I figured out that the blaster’s weren’t working…so I knew we had to come up with another plan. I decided to try using the tow cables and tying up the Walker’s legs so that we could trip them, and then destroy them. I figured they were bulky enough, and that the people controlling them wouldn’t notice until it was too late. My ship was able to take one down.

We came into some heavy fire, and one of the blasts killed Dack. That was REALLY scary…looking back and seeing him dead. I felt so bad…like it was my fault. Well I couldn’t fire the tow cable from my section of the snowspeeder, so I contacted Wedge. I asked him to follow me on the next pass.

Wedge did, and he and his person in his ship successfully downed several of them by following me.

Then Wedge and his person went after the fallen Walkers and destroyed them. Wedge certainly can do good work!

Then I encountered some more fire, and it damaged my snowspeeder so badly that I could barely control it. I knew that I needed to crash land it. I tried to do it as gently as possible, but the landing was still rough.

There was this huge Walker coming towards me, and I got another idea. I grabbed some thermal detantors from the snowspeeder, and I jumped out just as the Walker was about to smash it. It did smash it…another near death experience. I seem to be good at getting in near death situations. Well anyway, I knew I wouldn’t survive long on the ground, so I through this grappling hook on the underside of the Walker. That pulled me up. I cut some insides of the Walker out…small holes, and through the detanoators in. I grabbed the grappling hook and jumped. Because of the long fall, and the cold, the fall made me go unconscious, but uninjured. I woke up a few minutes later…when the battle was over, and made a run back for the base.

That’s basically what happened in the battle. I hope to see you sometime soon. I must go and do my pre-flight checks on my X-Wing.

Have a wonderful rest of the day. You ARE having a good day, right? No one is allowed to have a bad day today, because I won’t allow it.



Your nephew,
Luke Skywalker
_______________________________________________________________________________
Note 30
Luke,

I believe you. But you know, I think it's possible for people to hate themselves. Ah... She was quite nice, actually. Yes, we talked for a while. What about? Nothing much, actually, so don't worry about it. There does seem to be some counseling sessions, and I plan on going to one in a week or so.

In love with Leia? Hmmmm... You HAVE had that talk with your uncle, right? So you think it's either you or Han she likes? After the way you've described how much they argue, I don't see how she could be falling for him. Unless it's teasing-fighting... which we should hope it's not. Have you tried hinting about the way you feel?

What did I think of your medal? Hmmm... well, I'm not really a judge in that area, but I thought it was nice. A memento that will serve to remind you of what you've done... as if you could ever forget it! But it commemorates you for your help, and I hope you take good care of it.

It's your birthday?! j/k! If you have to leave, I'd rather you came here first. Birthday cake isn't the same when the person who it's for isn't present.

I should assume that Vader couldn't do a good job of recruiting ANYONE! That job can't have many perks, and I'll bet the position and life of anyone working under him isn't secure. But trying to put him in his place? If you say so... You don't have the idea in your head that you can convince him that he's wrong and get him to surrender, do you?

Dack died? Oh... I'm sorry to hear that. But at least you're fine, of course. I'm sure he'll be mourned by many for a long time. I know that it hurt you to see that, but I wouldn't want for you to become so accustomed to death that you can see it without feeling anything.

But slicing a hole in the Walker and throwing explosives in was insane and foolhardy!

But also brave. And if it seemed like the safest route, then I can't really say anything about it... other than the fact that you could have been caught in the explosion!

My day? Alright, I suppose. How is yours coming?

Love you!
-Beru
_______________________________________________________________________________
Note 31
Aunt Beru,

Just because a person CAN hate themselves, that doesn’t mean they should. I’m glad Mon Mothma was nice to you! See I told you she was nice. I was just curious what you were talking to her about. If you don’t want to tell me, that’s fine. Well, have you signed up for one of the counseling sessions. You said you planned on going to one in a week or so.

I hope you’re having a great time! How is everything back at the fleet right now? You’ve got to keep me up to date because I’m not there. I’d like to know what is going on.

Aunt Beru, yes I HAVE had that talk with my uncle. I’ll be careful with a relationship. I do think I am in love with Leia, though. I don’t know how she feels about me. I’m a little scared to ask her though, because I’m afraid she’ll bell me it’s Han that she likes. I don’t know…I just have this feeling that they like each other, and I hope I’m wrong. Yes, they do argue a lot, but I still have this feeling that Leia likes Han instead of me. With Han and Leia, it’s kind of hard to read whether it’s teasing-fighting or not. I’m a horrible judge of that sort of thing. After all, I’ve never been in a relationship before. Leia kissed me when I was sick…she’s kissed me a few times. I know that she looks up to me, but I don’t have any hints of whether she likes me or not. Do you think she would have any reason to like me?

I’m glad you thought my medal was nice. Thank you for supporting me. I have a feeling that I will remember that Death Star battle for a long time. You’re right; I don’t think I would ever forget that. I will take good care of it. I consider it an honor to receive such an award.

Yes, it was my birthday when I wrote you the last time. Thank you for the birthday cake. I didn’t expect you to actually make me one, considering all the events that have been going on. It meant a lot to me, though. Do you know what the funny thing is? Leia and Wedge have the same birthday as me…the same year and everything. Leia told me it was her birthday in her last letter, and I knew that Wedge and Leia had the same birthday as each other from a different conversation. Don’t you think that’s weird? Well don’t tell anyone, please. I didn’t even tell Leia that it was my birthday. She said that Mon Mothma’s taking her and Wedge out for cake and ice cream. I wouldn’t want Leia or anyone else to tell Mon Mothma. I wouldn’t want her to feel that she had to give me a birthday celebration too. After all, I don’t want to be a burden to anyone. I’m glad that I stopped by before I left to have some cake. It was kind of an odd setting to celebrate a birthday…outside in the cold after a battle had just taken place, with the base falling apart like that.

I agree with you about thinking that Vader could never do a good job of recruiting anyone. Well the Empire had to go to the use of clones before they could get an army…a group of clones who take orders without question, and are idiots. The Imperial officers must get a high pay or something. If the Empire were just, I’d enjoy working for it. Remember how I wanted to go to the Academy so that I could become a member of the Imperial Navy? Or maybe the job is taken by people who just do not realize the evilness of the Empire. I do not know. Or maybe they think it is the only way to live…the only side to be on, because they think the Rebellion has no chance. You’re right about the position and life of anyone working Vader is not secure. I’ve heard many rumors of Vader killing officers that did not do as he pleased. Han used to be in the Imperial Navy. He told me that once.

I don’t know what I think…I just…I don’t know. I guess I enjoy standing up and arguing with people that are wrong. I don’t expect to change him. Vader’s evil, and there would be no chance of him having any good in him. I guess I just get a thrill of arguing my points with him…and insulting him. He thinks he’s the most intelligent and Force Sensitive person in the galaxy. He acts like he’s arrogant, and I think it would be fun to hurt his pride. I know I could never convince him that he’s wrong and make him surrender. I’d be a fool to think that.

Yes, Dack died. I barely knew him, but his death hit me hard. I wrote to his family. I hope that they find some comfort in the fact that he died doing his duty. And, I am fine. I have a few tiny cuts and bruises from the crash landing of my snowspeeder. I’m all right; just a little sore. I hope that I never become so accustomed to death that it does not affect me. I fear that it will one day happen, if this war continues like it has been going for much longer.

Hey, the Walkers had to go. They were shooting down our pilots, and one nearly trampled me. I always try to do what I can, Aunt Beru. I had the explosives, I had the lightsaber, and I had the extension belt, so I did it. I was in just as much danger as I was in during either of the two battles I’ve been in. Besides that, the Imperials couldn’t even detect me when I was doing it. The only danger was being trampled by a Walker, getting caught in the explosion, or landing wrong once I let go of the Walker. It turned out okay.

I was careful, Aunt Beru. I knew how long it took for the explosives to act, and I also knew that I could get away from the walker in enough time.

My birthday was wonderful, if you don’t count the many that died during the battle. Do you happen to know how many people were taken prisoners? I’m sure the Imperials took some.

Uh…Aunt Beru…I’m not sure if I told you this yet or not, but I’m going to train to become a Jedi. You can’t stop me from it because I already am on the planet for my training. That’s the reason I didn’t meet up at the rendezvous point with everyone else. Obi-Wan told me that I am Force Sensitive, like very Force Sensitive, and he started training me before. He gave me my father’s lightsaber. Have I showed it to you yet?

I don’t know how long this training will take. I promise I’ll catch up to the rest of the Rebellion once it’s over, all right? So how are things going in the Rebel fleet? I know you have some good stories to tell me. Now I need to tell you about Dagobah…..so here goes:

I set the course for Dagobah, the ship indicated that it actually did exist, even though I had never heard of it before…the flight was good.

Finally, when I got there, I encountered a lot of swamp fog and trees. I had trouble landing…I couldn’t see anything because of the fog and trees. I ended up crashing into a swamp.

When I got out, I started to unload the ship. Dagobah sure is weird. It gave me a strange feeling…almost like there was something familiar about it…but that’s stupid. I had never heard of it in my entire life.

Not long after I landed, R2 and I met this little green troll like creature. He started getting into all our stuff, so I got annoyed.

He talks really strangely. He asked me why I was there. I told him I was looking for a great Jedi master, although I couldn’t see why a Jedi Master would want to live on Dagobah. It was so swampy. I had my doubts that Yoda even existed, but the creature seemed to know who Yoda was, or maybe he just was being stupid.

The creature told me he could take me to Yoda, but that we had to eat. So as I write this, I’m on my way to the funny looking green troll’s house.

Well I gotta go. The green guy wants me to follow him.



Luke
_______________________________________________________________________________
Note 32
Luke,

Wow, it sounds like you're busy! Have you met this 'Yoda' guy yet? As for the green...thing, it's friendly at least, right?

Ah, no, I don't believe that you showed it to me. As for the cake... well, even if things are completely different now, and there was a lot of negativity abounding, it's sometimes important to do what you might normally do... right? Am I making any sense at all?

Here in the rebellion fleet? Worry #1: Look out for Emperials! ^___^ Of course we're all very careful. Stories? Ah, well, how about this? They were trying some new product out down in the caffateria, and were expecting good results. Problem was that they didn't ask, are you allergic to such and such, and we have a few people sick right now. Ah, nothing life threatening and they'll be fine soon. Other than that, normal stuff: Brawls, Counterstrike plans, droids being blown up. The usual. I guess I'm getting used to the environment.

Counseling. Yep, I went. Aren't you proud? I felt horrible but I went, and we went through the whole, HI! My name is such and such and I'm a something or other. Fun.

Why would a Jedi Master want to live on a remote, swampy world? Maybe he wants to be left alone?


Be careful out there!
-Beru
_______________________________________________________________________________
Note 33
Aunt Beru,

LOL, yes…about that small green person…

Okay now to tell you what’s been going on in my life since the last time I wrote you. You’ll never guess this, but the little green guy I was telling you about IS Yoda…can you believe that?

I followed him to his little house. He already knew who I was…Ben must have told him to watch for me. After I got inside, he offered me some food. It wasn’t what I was used to, but it was still good. He asked me why I wanted to become a Jedi. I told him that it was mostly because of my father. Yoda must also know who my father was because he said that he was a powerful Jedi. That annoyed me because I didn’t think that he really did know my father, and was just saying that. Then I got a tad annoyed with him…because I didn’t know he was Yoda yet, and I wanted to see Yoda right away. He kept telling me to wait…and that I’d see Yoda soon. Finally I couldn’t stand it anymore and I demanded to see him. When I did that, I bumped my head on the ceiling. That hurt, and it gave me a tiny headache. The ceiling was so low in there!

Then Yoda started talking to someone besides me. I was confused at first. Then I heard Ben’s voice. I turned around and saw him in a corner of the room that had been hidden from my view when I first came inside. Ben arrived before I did!

They got into this big argument about whether to train me or not. Ben was for me, and Yoda was against me. Yoda said I was too old…and impatient, and angry…and other weird stuff. Finally Ben convinced him by saying that I was their only hope, whatever that means.

Yoda seems so against me…(even now) and I don’t understand it. He asked me if I would finish what I begin…and I told him I wouldn’t fail him. Finally Yoda agreed…but I could tell he wasn’t happy about his decision. It was mostly because of Ben.

So the training started the next day. He got me up early in the morning, and he started teaching me things. He made me do all these physical exercises, and mind exercises too. The first couple of days I had a hard time with some of it because of my asthma, but I’ve learned to use the force more, and that makes things so easy.

Although I think I’m getting better with everything…relying on the Force, and using it…every time I think I’m doing well, I always mess up with something. I don’t think that Yoda thinks I am force sensitive enough to train or something, because he keeps making me do new things, and I keep failing. He hardly ever praises me for anything. About the only thing he’s said that’s been a praise has been, “Stronger do you grow.” And that’s it.

He led me to this strange cave thing that was strong with the Dark Side…and against his suggestion, I brought my weapons inside. After I got deep inside the cave, I imagined seeing Darth Vader…and fighting him…cutting off his head. The thing was when I cut it off, his helmet came off and I saw my face instead of his. That was a little scary.

The Jedi Training is a lot of work, but I actually think it’s fun. Yoda’s been telling me old Jedi Stories too. He’s a good story teller…and he’s lived a long time. He’s almost 900 years old! He was the head of some Jedi Council a long time ago, strange, huh?

The thing that really amazed me…while I was practicing lifting things with the force while standing on my head, my X-wing was sinking further into the swamp. I lost my concentration because R2 beeped at me. Yoda was sitting on my feet, so when I fell, he fell too. I hope he wasn’t hurt. Anyway, Yoda tried to tell me that I could use the force to move the ship to the land. I thought he was crazy. I mean a ship…that’s huge, and it ways a lot. Yoda urged me to do it…so I tried…I was able to get it up a little…but I lost my concentration and it fell back into the swamp. I went back to him…I was tired…it took everything out of me to attempt at moving it. I told Yoda it was impossible. Yes, I was a little annoyed with him.

While I walked angrily away, Yoda was using the force to my the ship himself. R2 started beeping wildly, so I walked back over to Yoda…I was amazed at what I saw! Yoda brought my ship all the way back to the land. Yoda wasn’t even sweating! He hardly put any effort into it.

Well, that’s as far as I am with my training right now. Sorry that I haven’t written in a couple days. Yoda’s kept me on a pretty tight schedule, and this was the first chance I’ve had to write anyone. I can give you more details from my training, if you’d like…but I figured you’d probably get bored with it.

Yeah, I’m pretty busy. Yoda has my whole day planned out…almost to the minute, and I’ve had training all day long, every day. It gets me pretty exhausted. You can bet I sleep well though.

Well now you know that Yoda is the little green guy, so yes, it was friendly.

Oh…I never showed you the lightsaber? I meant to. It has my father’s initials on it (AS for Alex Skywalker.) Yeah, I understand what you were saying about doing normal things even when there were bad things going on. I think it does help too.

Aunt Beru, there aren’t any Imperials on Dagobah, so don’t worry. It’s a swamp, and the only thing that lives here that actually talks is Yoda, and Obi-Wan is on a different section on the planet. I’m safe; so don’t worry.

You said they were trying a new product out in the cafeteria (I assume you mean a new food product), and they didn’t ask people if they were allergic to some of the stuff, so there are people sick in the Rebellion. Well I hope they get better soon. I’m lucky that I’m not allergic to any foods, even though I have other allergies.

Well I’m glad you’re getting used to the environment of the Rebellion. Is anything else interesting going on there?

I’m glad you went to counseling, and I am proud of you. I hope it helps you and everything, and you make more friends and all.

Well Obi-Wan told me that the Jedi were hunted down and killed during the time of the Clone Wars, while Vader and Palpatine murdered them all. Vader wants Obi-Wan dead, now that he knows that he’s still alive, I’d assume that he’d do the same to Yoda. It’s dangerous being a Jedi in these times. Their lives are constantly threatened. That’s why Yoda must want to live on a remote, swampy world.

I have to go because Yoda wants me to train some more.



Your nephew,
Luke
_______________________________________________________________________________
Note 34
Luke,

The green thing... was Yoda?! A jedi master is some little green creature living out in the middle of nowhere...

Well, I have nothing to say on the matter. As long as you can trust him, I guess I shouldn't worry. If you think you're making progress, don't let a lack of enthusiasm on his part get oyu down. Some teachers are like that, especially if they were against teaching in the first place. We're all rooting for you, anyway.

Ah, interesting things going around here? I hate to say so, but there were a couple of people under suspicion of being spies. I mean, in times like these I'm sure a lot of the accused are innocent, but all the same. I'm sure I'm forgetting something... oh well, if I remember I'll tell you in the next letter.

Lifted the whole ship out of the muck with the force, you say? Wow. When do you think you'll have that kind of control over it? Anyway, I need to get going now.

Lots of Love!

-Beru
_______________________________________________________________________________
Note 35
Aunt Beru,

I totally despise Vader!! He is a no good, very bad, horrible, loser, and a big creep!!!! I can’t stand him. You’ll understand why after I tell you what happened over at Cloud City.

Okay, now to tell you about what’s been going on recently. Well I got sick yesterday…like it was the flu or something, so Yoda let me stay in bed. He pretty much left me alone, but he did come in to feed me a couple times, and clean up some barf. I miss you…you’re great at taking care of me when I’m sick. Yoda’s okay, but you’re better at taking care of a sick human…than a troll. Well anyway, I was feeling better in the afternoon, so Yoda made me get up and do some training.

Yoda had me do the head stand again, but this time he didn’t make me move anything…he had me try to see things through the force…he had me focus on my friends…I thought of Han and Leia right away. As soon as I got a clear image…I saw a City in the Clouds…Yoda said it’s Bespin…and Han and Leia were there. They were together, but they weren’t safe. They were in a lot of pain and suffering. I actually felt their pain…Han’s pain hurt me some, but Leia’s pain REALLY hurt me, and I couldn’t take it, so I fell over. Yoda told me that it was the future that I saw.

That really scared me. I feel that they’re in danger…probably because of the Empire. Stupid Vader’s probably the cause of it…

How dare he hurt my friends? Especially Leia…she’s a woman…and I felt that she was in more pain than Han. What kind of living thing would hurt a female more than a guy. Oh I’m just so mad at the Empire right now!

I asked Yoda if they would die. I don’t want my friends to die. I feel that I MUST go after them and rescue them.

Yoda called Ben…(Ben had been staying on the other side of the planet) and they both tried to convince me not to go. I told them that I had to.

Ben and Yoda are afraid that the Emperor wants me for my powers, but I’m not going to turn to the Dark Side. I tried assuring them that I wouldn’t turn. I don’t think they were convinced. They kept on trying and trying…and Ben told me that if I chose to face Vader, I have to do it alone…that he can’t interfere. I promised them that I would come back to finish my training after I had rescued Han and Leia…they still didn’t look convinced. It was almost defeat that I saw in their faces.

You wouldn’t believe this, but Leia and Han’s pain is so intense that it is making me physically sick. I have to go and help them. And to top it off…I just received a letter from Vader. (This was after that vision thingy), Leia wrote to me and told me that Lando betrayed them to Vader and other Imperials. Apparently Vader put a bounty on them after they “lost” the Millennium Falcon, and Boba Fett took the job. He located the Millennium Falcon and notified Vader where the Millennium Falcon was going. Because the Imperials had working hyperdrives, they arrived before Han and Leia…so the Imperials hid. Leia and Han then showed up and Lando pretended like nothing was going on. Then he invited them to this banquet, and Vader was the host!!!!! He captured them and has tortured them extensively. Leia said that Vader hasn’t even asked them any questions. She doesn’t understand why Vader is doing this. I don’t understand it either.

I only hope that when I get to Cloud City I’m not too late. I don’t want them to die; they are my best and closest friends. How can Vader be like that?????? It’s pure cruelty. Why doesn’t he just kill them since he seems to want them dead so much. What pleasure could he possibly get from watching people suffer?

I’ll write down quotes from his last letter.
“If I left you alone, you and your pesky Rebellion would mess everything up. What, you think I have nothing better to do than chase a bunch of mismatched rebels, namely an overbearing thief, a princess without a throne, a growling rug,a trash can, a golden girlie-bot, a Jedi wannabe, and an old fool who doesn't have the common sense to stay dead?? I'd rather be home planning other things, like... well, never mind, none of your business anyway.

As for worrying, I'm not the least bit worried. My plans are falling into place nicely.

So the old relic Yoda is still alive, is he? I'm glad to hear that he has taken you on as a pupil. Yes, I know of your training. Don't worry, I wouldn't dream of interfering. I'm actually proud of you, and hope you grow stronger in all things. Now I am Scaring and beating the rebels can be so boring.

Learn well, and take care that the swamp's humidity doesn't flare up your illness. I want you in top shape when next we fight.”


How in the galaxy did he know who all my friends are? I haven’t mentioned all of them to him…and he seems to know more about all of us than he should. And I never even told him I was on Dagobah…I just told him I was training with Yoda. He knew I was on Dagobah, though! And why would he want me to train? I mean doesn’t he get it that we’re enemies, and if I train I’ll have a better chance at betting his stupid, no good self? And that’s about the first time he mentioned his “plans” to me. I threw that line in there because it was in reference to that plan thin you told me about. And I have no clue how he found out I had asthma, because I have not said a word to him about it…so he seems to be obsessed with me and my friends. I don’t like that at all. It’s scaring me. That man is a creep, and I don’t like it that he seems to know so much about me…or my friends. I truly do not understand the man.

Now that I have that off my mind…I’ll respond to what you wrote. I just had to get that out in the open.

Yes, that green creature was YODA! Can you believe that? I’m getting used to the idea that such a thing is a Jedi master…appearances are very deceiving in his case. Oh wow…I cannot even believe that anything else could have been Yoda.

Yes, I can trust Yoda. I may be alone with him here, but I get the feeling that he does care about me…and Obi-Wan is here too. But as I told you already, I’m not going to be staying here for long. I’m going to go help my friends! I KNOW I have made some progress….

Thanks…it’s nice to know that you and uncle Owen are rooting for me in my training. I really thank you that you two are so supportive of me in this.

You mentioned that there were a couple people in the Rebellion that were under the suspicion of being spies? Were either of them Arawn Corta? You remember that guy that we made the delivery to…the guy that lives on Blue Waters? Well Mon Mothma told me that he is a dangerous Imperial spy, and he’s been giving Vader “information that he shouldn’t know about.” Be on the look out for him. Mon Mothma told me that she’s going to Tatooine to look for the grave of her dead son. I haven’t told you much about Mon Mothma yet, have I? Well she and I are becoming pretty good friends. She told me that she had a son who died shortly after his birth, and that he died on Tatooine? Isn’t that so weird? Well she told me she couldn’t seem to find the grave there, so she’s going to Blue Waters, where she was told that his relatives moved to. She’s hoping that he’s buried there. Don’t say that to anyone else though…because I’m pretty sure she wouldn’t want that spread all over the Rebellion. I just thought it was interesting. She’s going to Arawn Corta’s planet…but I’m sure she’ll know enough to stay away from Arawn.

I’m sorry to hear that there were people accused of being spies in the Rebellion.

Yes, Yoda lifted my entire X-Wing out of the swamp…something I had found impossible to do. That guy never ceases to amaze me. You asked me when I think I’ll have that kind of control? Well I have no idea. I hope soon…but I haven’t finished my training. Each day I make a little bit of progress…one day I will be able to do that.

Well I’m getting ready to head off to Cloud City…so I must end this letter now.

In a few moments I’ll be taking off…see you later.


I love you too,
Your nephew Luke
_______________________________________________________________________________
Note 36
Luke,

It sounds as if you've had your hands full, what with training and all. What was that saying? Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger?

Er... well, I suppose it applies in most cases, anyway. I'm sorry to hear that you weren't feeling well again.

And how on EARTH does that man keep finding you?! I think it would be best if you didn't give him anything even remotely like a clue next time. He's probably baiting you. How can he be so cruel? Dear, if you don't know by now that he's evil, I don't know what I'll ever do with you. Actually, some people are just like that. You know what a sadistic person is, right? I'm guessing Vader fits into that catagory.

Leia and the others were captured? That's horrible! I know there's been a lot of people worrying over it, but there hasn't been an official announcement...

I suppose they're trying to not worry everyone. Perhaps they're working on a rescue plan... or maybe no one else knows yet. You said that they were well recieved at first, right? I hope that's not the view that's going around here.

But she wrote you? Then she must have had some one deliver the message. If she got one to you, then she probably got one to the rebel forces.

I'm going in circles.

So you're heading there? On second thought, by the time you read this, you'll probably be out of there and back on that planet, won't you? Well, I just hope you're careful when you go in there. Watch out for Imperial Soldiers in Cloud City.

Be careful!
-Beru
_______________________________________________________________________________
Note 37
Aunt Beru,

Well…I’ve made it to Cloud City…and um…things aren’t turning out the way I expected them to. I thought Vader was hurting them for his pleasure…but actually he used Leia and Han as bait to get me to come to Bespin. He tried telling me, “Your destiny lies with me, Skywalker. Obi-Wan knew this to be true.” He’s trying to take me to the Emperor so that I will turn to the Dark Side. What a creep. Why does he think I’d turn?

I can’t believe that he has gone to so much trouble to get to me. That’s probably the whole reason he went after the Millennium Falcon…because he thought I was on it. But why does he want me so badly? Aren’t there other Force Sensitive people he could try to hunt for? I know Force Sensitive people are kind of rare. Why doesn’t he just kill me off instead of trying to corrupt me? He killed off all the Jedi Knights, so why is he trying to get ME on the Dark Side.

Anyway, nothing in the galaxy would have stopped me from going to save my friends. He probably would have continued to hurt them until I came, so I hope I helped them in some small way…though I didn’t get to rescue them. I hope they’re all right.

Yes, both Obi-Wan and Yoda begged me not to go. Somehow they both knew Vader wanted me for the Dark Side, and that’s why they were trying to keep me from going. I don’t think they wanted harm to come to Leia and Han…but I guess they didn’t think I’d be able to handle Vader…and thought that I’d turn. You want to know what I said to them before I left?

Yoda said, “Luke, you must not go.”

I said, “And sacrifice Han and Leia?”

Yoda said after a moment, “If you honor what they fight for, then yes. If you go now, if you choose the quick and easy path as Vader did, help them you could, but you would sacrifice all for which they fight for.”

Both Obi-Wan and Yoda were convinced that if I went to go help them, I would turn to the Dark Side. That made (and still makes) no sense to me. Absolutely none.

Yeah…Vader was torturing them extensively without asking any questions. I guess the reason for that was that he knew I’d feel their pain through the Force, so it was his nasty way of getting me to Bespin.

I’m in the middle of a fight right now. I hope Vader can’t find me. Before I went to Cloud City, I was all for fighting Vader…now it’s different…now I want out!!! I suppose I should tell you what happened to me as soon as I got to Bespin.

All right, here goes:
Well I arrived at Cloud City fine. I landed with no problem. The minute I got out of my ship I knew that there was something wrong…the place was too quiet. I went into the main building, and again, everything was all quiet. I didn’t see anyone for a long time. I kept going further into the building…and then I saw Leia and Chewie and C-3PO being led by Imperials. I tried to stay out of view, but some of the Imperials saw me and started shooting at me.

The Imperials were dragging a table like thing…I couldn’t see what it was…I started to follow them. I couldn’t see Han. Eventually Leia saw me and tried yelling at me not to follow…that it was a trap. Being the stupid person that I was, I didn’t listen. I followed after her. I wanted to rescue her…but when I got to the hall that they had rounded, the door they went in was locked, and I had no choice but to continue down another hall.

As soon as I stepped into it, the door shut behind me. That was a little scary, but I didn’t have much time to think because I heard the breathing of Darth Vader. I looked around and saw him on the top of these stairs. I went over to him. I ignited my lightsaber…and he ignited his. We started fighting. To be honest, I thought fighting Darth Vader would be really easy. Oh was I wrong! He’s tough!!! He was too hard for me.

He pushed me backwards…and I fell down the steps. Then he jumped down…he tried jumping on top of me, but I got up and moved away quickly. We locked lightsabers again, but he pushed me backwards again. This trap door opened up and I fell in. The second I landed, I knew I was in danger, so I flipped out of the pit with the force. Vader didn’t realize that until after he shut the chamber. He made a comment about me not being as powerful as the Emperor thought. I made a comment to him, and I guess he was impressed that I had jumped out of the pit.

We started fighting again. The room started filling up with this gas, so Vader took the fight to another place. He jumped down to another hallway. I followed. I can’t believe how stupid I was…I would have tried running away…but no I had to go LOOK for him.

I really wanted him to pay for all of his crimes against the galaxy…especially the one where he killed off all the Jedi.

I heard his breathing down the hallway, so I followed it. I found myself in a room with a large circular window. I ignited my lightsaber again…like I was going to fight…and Vader did too…except that he raised his lightsaber and started using the force to throw things at me. He threw large pieces of equipment at me…really fast too. I tried my best to deflect them, but objects came from all directions. I started getting all these bruises and cuts and things…that was the worst fight I’ve ever had. ( Okay, so it was the only fight I’ve ever had…but still) I think he enjoys hurting other people. Well, one of the large pieces of equipment broke the window, and this violent wind came through…it pulled me out of the room. I somehow managed to grab onto something on the side of Cloud City…so I was okay. Another near death experience.

That’s where I am right now. Vader’s probably looking for me. I want out of this fight now! I didn’t know it would be like this. I wonder if this is how my father died…with Vader beating him up during the fight. Vader could have killed me by now…and I know it. I think he’s just playing around. He seems to like to do that.

I’m afraid that if Vader finds me right now…that he’s going to kill me. If anything happens to me, let Leia and Han and Wedge all know that I was thinking about them before I died. If by some miracle that I escape…then I’m never going to want to fight Darth Vader again.

I’ve been good at escaping near death experiences so far…but this is pushing it. I had no idea how powerful Vader was. Obviously, he’s more powerful than I am. Vader was trained as a Sith…probably for a long time. I’ve only been training as a Jedi for a few days. Why couldn’t I have listened to Ben, and Yoda?

Okay, I’m back from some more fighting with Vader.

All right, now you’re probably wondering what happened, right. Okay, here goes. Just after I finished writing you the last time, Vader showed up and we started fighting again. He still controlled the fight, and he took the fight to this long narrow platform. Soon after we were on that platform, I slashed at Vader…and caught him unprotected…I hit him in the shoulder with my lightsaber. That angered him…a lot…and it probably hurt him because he said ow…and screamed in pain for a second. Because of his suit, it didn’t hurt him much. It probably got to his skin, but not enough to do any real damage. He was angry with me for being caught off guard though…so he tried to distract me by having this piece of equipment fall. I turned to look, but when I did, I lost my balance.

I fell off that platform and landed hard…and wrong on my arm. It happened so quickly…but if I hadn’t fallen, Vader would have tried cutting off my arm…his lightsaber was almost touching my arm when I fell…his lightsaber was so close that it burned my arm a little.

Anyway, when I fell, I dropped my father’s lightsaber. My arm broke…it was a long fall, but I was okay. It was my right arm too…and I’m right handed…so it’s harder for me to write you. I hope you can read this.

Well before I could get up, Vader jumped down to my platform. Obviously I couldn’t fight anymore because I was hurt. Vader then did something that made me MAD. He grabbed my father’s lightsaber from the ground and hooked it onto his belt. That was my FATHER’S lightsaber…the only thing I have of my father’s, and he took it! What a creep! I tried to ask him to stop fighting…because I was hurt, and asked for my lightsaber back. He asked why…and I told him why…that it was my only connection to my father that I had. He laughed at me, but refused to give it back. There was nothing I could do about it.

Yeah…the training certainly did help me, but I wasn’t prepared to fight Vader like I thought I had been.

Yeah, well I’m much better now, that is…except for my arm.

I have no clue how Vader kept finding me. I didn’t even know that I gave him a clue the last time…but I must have. Vader is sharp.

Oh were you right when you said that Vader was probably baiting me! But what would have happened to Han and Leia if I hadn’t gone?

I know Vader is evil…I know that…it’s just hard to think that anyone can be so evil. I thought that even evil people would have some standards, but I guess I was wrong! Yes, I know what a sadistic person is. And I suppose you’re right about Vader being sadistic.

I have proof that they were captured because when I got to Cloud City I saw a group of stormtroopers leading them down passages. I have no idea what’s happened to them since. I hope they are all right. I don’t know what’s going on…maybe the Rebellion is trying to work on a rescue plan, but if so, they’d better hurry! Yes, they were received at first by Han’s friend Lando, who later betrayed them to Vader.

Yes she wrote me…you’d be surprised about messages getting sent. It’s kind of a mystery to everyone.

Well I’m not out of here yet…so just hang on. The Imperials were everywhere when I got to Cloud City, and some did shoot at me. But I don’t think they were trying to hit me (not that you can tell much with those stormtroopers, but for some reason I think they were missing on purpose.)

Don’t worry, I’m trying to be as careful as this situation permits. I have to go. Vader’s chasing me. I’ll write you again, probably after I finish the fight.




Your nephew,
Luke
_______________________________________________________________________________
Note 38
Luke,

I'm going to go out on a limb here and assume that by the time this reaches you, you'll be through with the fight and hopefully safe. You're a clever young thing, after all; you should be able to think of some way out of that mess. And of course he's stronger! He's been alive for how long now? And you've only started your training, after all!

So he was baiting you. Why is he so determined to turn you? Perhaps there's more here than meets the eye. You're training to be a Jedi, which is a group of warriors he killed off. Is the Empire not as well off as we're all assuming, and they're looking for talent in any place they can find it?

That would be great! ... er, except for those they're obsessing over, such as you. I just mean that if they're in that kind of a slouch, it would be good for the rebels. Or perhaps he's afraid that you'll become more powerful than him and is trying to get you under his thumb while he still can... than again, if that was the case, then why not simply focus on killing you? This makes little to no sense. Perhaps you'll have learned something by the time you're out of that hellhole. Be careful, okay?

Love you!

-Beru.
_______________________________________________________________________________
Note 39
Aunt Beru,

I’m so confused right now. I…I just don’t understand something that Vader tried to tell me.

Well the fight’s over…and I’m alive.

Oh Vader makes me so angry! He tried to claim something that is complete ludicrous.

Oh I’ll tell you all about it in just a second.

Well Leia and this guy named Lando were the ones that rescued me…oh I have so much to tell you.

Well Vader is an idiot…I think he’s going crazy. I suppose you could say what he tried telling me would be terrible…if it were true.

Han was frozen in carbonate…and Boba Fett, a bounty hunter, took him to Jabba’s…according to Leia and Lando. We’re going to have to go rescue him on Tatooine. We’ve already come up with a plan.

I think Vader really is crazy! He didn’t even try killing me…he just tried beating me up. So the fact that I decided to fight him didn’t turn out to be too bad…except now Vader’s after me because he thinks something about me which isn’t true.

I got worn out during the fight, but I’m all right…except for my arm.

After I broke my arm, that’s when Vader started to go really crazy. I jumped up from the ground and started walking away from him. He followed me. At that point I didn’t care about fighting him…I just wanted to get OUT of the fight.

Then he did something that made me REALLY annoyed. He tried to get me to join him…to turn to the Dark Side. I told him that I’d never join him! Why would he think I would want to join him? I mean come on, he killed all the Jedi…he killed my father…and he just finished beating me up in the fight. How could he possibly think that I would want to join him?

I told him that I’d never join him. Then he asked this question…in a really mean way too…he was like, “Obi-Wan never told you what happened to your father, did he?” The way he worded that just made me angry!! How dare he even bring up my father…especially after the fact that I knew he killed him.

I was like, “He told me enough! He told me you killed him!” I didn’t want to hear Vader tell me how he killed my father! Why would he think I would want to hear it from him…I want to hear it, but not from Vader.

Then Vader tried to suggest something that made me want to puke. He said, “No I am your father.” How stupid does he think I am? He actually thought that I would believe him? I’m not even sure Vader is human. Obviously he was just trying to manipulate me so that I would want to join him.

How dare he suggest such a thing! It doesn’t make any sense either. I mean…what woman in her right mind would sleep with/marry Darth Vader? What a creep! He actually thinks that I’ll believe him! I don’t even know if he knows who my father was…he probably does…and he obviously knows he’s dead, since he killed him. He was just trying to take advantage of the fact that my father is dead. But to suggest that he is my father…that’s beyond crazy. I know a lot about my father, and I know that he was a great man…so the idea that Vader would suggest that HE is my father…that just makes me sick.

Again, Vader tried to get me to join him…just after he tried telling me that. I told him no, and I jumped from the platform.

I fell a long way, I ended up falling into a tunnel and I kept going down tunnels until I fell into a trap door that took me to the underside of Cloud City.

I ended up hanging onto the weather vane thingy…barely holding on. I tried using the force to contact Ben…but he must have been too far away. Having no other ideas…and thinking about my feelings for Leia…the fact that we like each other and that she obviously cares about me…I didn’t know where Han was, and I didn’t know Lando…so I tried reaching out with the force to her. I didn’t know if I could contact people that weren’t force sensitive or not, but I figured I’d try…so I did. It must have worked…or maybe it didn’t…maybe the Millennium Falcon had just taken off and Leia or Chewie saw me…I don’t know…but whatever the reason, they came for me just as I was about to fall off.

We went to the Rebel ships. The medical people took care of my arm…and Leia told me about what happened to Han. That’s when I also met Lando.

Lando’s going to Tatooine right now…Leia and I are going to go get costumes so we can sneak into Jabba’s palace to rescue Han.

None of this would have ever happened if I hadn’t been stupid and gone off to rescue Han and Leia. They would have escaped on their own…my arm wouldn’t be broken, and Vader wouldn’t have my father’s lightsaber right now…and he would have never tried to get me on the Dark Side. That fight was the worst experience of my life.

Well, I better go now. I don’t know if you’re on the ship I’m on now or not…but everything is so confusing right now.

Yeah, the fight was horrible. I still can’t believe that Vader would expect me to believe his stupid lies. Actually, I think Vader’s just grown really crazy since he killed all the Jedi…he must be pretty old…like maybe he’s 80 or something. The reason he didn’t kill me is probably because of his craziness. He’s still good at fighting, but he’s messed up in the mind.

At least I know that Vader’s crazy now…but I don’t think I’d ever fight him again. He’s way too hard. I got beat up enough during this fight. Vader certainly is a nutcase! He is completely wacko. Can you imagine him claiming something like that? It’s kind of hard to ignore what he said though…I mean, I think the idea of it is disgusting and crazy…but a tiny part of me wonders if Ben, Yoda, and my uncle could have lied to me. I don’t know. I’m so confused. What if Vader is telling the truth and everyone just decided to lie to me? Ah!!!! I hate my life. It’s so confusing. Everyone keeps telling me different stories, and I don’t know which one to believe.

I don’t know what to think! I am just so confused. Most of me thinks Vader’s crazy and just lying, but a little bit of me wonders if it might be true. See how messed up this whole thing is.

I wish people would stop telling lies, especially Vader. I wonder if that’s how he killed off the Jedi…by telling them he’s related to them and trying to get them on the Dark Side. Actually, Vader didn’t really have a chance to kill me because I jumped before he could do anything…

I’m not leaving to go find Han for a few more days. I kind of need to get my thoughts straightened out first. I am just so confused right now. Nothing is making any sense.

Sorry if I sound like I’m angry…please don’t take offense to it. I’m just in a bad mood. How would you feel if Darth Vader tried telling you he’s your father? Or what if he took away something precious to you…like your father’s lightsaber. How would that make you feel? What if he went up to you and told him you were his daughter, after hurting you. I keep going to sleep and waking up with bad dreams of Vader killing me, or telling me he’s my father…and it’s really getting me angry. I can’t get it out of my head. What would you do if he tried to get you to turn evil…after claiming a relationship with you, when you well knew that he killed your parents?


Well if I have to trust someone, I certainly don’t trust Vader. I trust my uncle, Ben, and Yoda.


Okay, the doctor’s going to look at my arm now. The doctor’s name is Dr. Que…

My arm REALLY hurts. I hope after the doctor’s done looking at my arm he can give me some pain medication or something. I know I’ve never taken any before (because I haven’t needed to), but this time, I need it. This is the first time I’ve ever broken anything.

Aunt Beru, do you think you could help me out? You’re my aunt…but by marriage…but my uncle is your husband, and my uncle was my father’s brother….so do you know much about my father? Is Vader lying to me? Can you give me proof that he isn’t? Because I just can’t get it out of my head…and having something certain will prove that Vader is wrong. Do you really know what happened to my father? You’ve never really said much about my father…but can you tell me anything about him now?

Thank you for your compliments (saying that I was a clever young thing and should be able to think of a way out of that mess.) I am so glad that fight is over. It was the worse experience of my life!!

I don’t know how long Vader’s been alive, but if he really is my father….well I guess he could be any age over like 35….hey I don’t know how old my parents were when they had me…he could have been 15 when he had me for all I know…but please tell me that Vader is wrong (but only if that’s the truth.) It is true…I have only started my training, though.

I don’t know….everything is just so confusing right now. Maybe Vader made that up so that I would join him because the Empire is looking for talent in any place they can find it, like you suggested when I asked why he was so determined to turn me.

Well I have to go.


Your nephew,
Luke
_______________________________________________________________________________
Note 40
Luke,

... At least you managed to get out of there, even if you did break something. They would have managed to escape even if you hadn't been there? You shouldn't beat yourself up over that. After all, your heart was in the right place... and besides, how do you know your presence didn't affect the outcome? If you hadn't shown up, wouldn't there have been more soldiers to focus on Leia and the others? You never know, after all. Try to find some positive in the negative, alright?

Vader claims to be your father? Well, at least now we know why he's so intent on getting you to change sides... if he really does believe it. Are you two related? All I know is that your father was a Jedi. Now, some Jedi do turn, which means that in all reality this is possible... what do you think? I'm leaning more towards no freaking way is this possible, but you're the one who has to believe it or not. I wouldn't WANT to believe that it's true... have you considered asking your teacher? How about Ben? Your uncle avoided the subject obsessively... but I suppose after this I'll have to get some straight answers out of the man. Don't worry, I'll ask. Actually, am I on the ship? Yes, I'll see if I can track you down later on.

You trust your Uncle, Ben, and Yoda? I feel so left out. Is this some sort of a guy thing? j/k. Did Vader kill the other Jedi by being related to them? Ummm... well, I haven't the foggiest. Weren't there quite a few Jedi? I think that you're so upset by this that you're looking for any posible explanation. Not that I blame you or anything. If I was in your position, I'd probably be freaking out too.

I just had a thought. He didn't destroy our old home when we were still there. He didn't kill you, your uncle or me... and he's been keeping tabs on you. He really Might believe that you two are related... er, of course, that doesn't mean that it's true... I think I'd better wrap this up quickly.

You're going after Han? I think you'd better come up with a good plan for this. Jabba is notorious, after all. Be careful, okay? You just got out of one bad situation, you'll wear yourself out with all these heroics! So! I think that taking the few days to clear your head is a great idea. After all, a rested body can make all the difference in a fight.

I think I'll go see your Uncle now. I'll come find you after that.

See you soon!
-Beru.
_______________________________________________________________________________
Note 41
Aunt Beru,

I’m still in the bed on our medical ship in the fleet. Vader captured Mon Mothma while she was looking for what happened to her son. (She told me that he had died shortly after birth.) As soon as I’m able to leave the medical center, I’ll take off for Blue Waters and try to rescue Mon Mothma. After I rescue Mon Mothma, I’ll go and rescue Han. You know what Vader did to Mon Mothma? He gave her that Arawn guy’s address (and Arawn is Vader’s personal spy!), so when she got there she walked right into a trap. If only she had told me that before being captured I would have warned her about the address. I remembered it because of her order from us.

Is Uncle Owen my real uncle…I mean was he my father’s brother, or did you and him adopt me from adaptive agency? Were my parents teenagers who didn’t want me? Or what? I’m wondering if Darth Vader is my father…because Mon Mothma said that she thinks that he is my father, and that he raped my mother just so he could have a force sensitive child. After all, that makes more sense than having a Jedi father, or having parents that loved me. NO ONE would have been able to love Vader, or marry him. I don’t think that my father was a man named Alex Skywalker. I couldn’t be related to Uncle Owen…because Darth Vader’s name is Nigel Reklaw.

Oh wow…to think back on everything other people have said about Vader…to think they were talking about my father. I just can’t imagine it. I don’t want to believe it…but I’ve struggled with it and struggled with it, and I think Vader was telling the truth. Deep down inside, I believe the Force is telling me that he is my father. It’s nice to know then, that my father, Nigel Reklaw, did help people in the past. Do you know much about him before he became Darth Vader?

Mon Mothma told me that Darth Vader was once a slave. That means that my father was a slave. I wish that I was too. Then maybe I wouldn’t have to find out that my father is someone so evil! My true parentage is horrible. My mother couldn’t have loved me. How could someone who was raped (especially from someone so evil) love the child that came out of it?

But Vader’s real name was Nigel Reklaw, so I am related to the Reklaw’s. I’ve never met any other Reklaw’s, but maybe I’ll try and do research on it. Did you know the Reklaw family? I assume they were all slaves? Maybe they were killed. Or was Vader an orphan? If so, I guess I’ll never find out anything about my real family.

Yes, Vader told me he was my father. Here let me even quote him in his last letter:

“Luke,
I have been dying to tell you this for a long time, but I felt it'd be best if you were more prepared. And now at last you are.
Luke, I am very proud to say that you ARE my own son! I cannot believe how well you have grown, physically as well as with the Force. You remind me so much of myself in my youth. You have your mother's beautiful eyes. At times like this I almost curse the day I joined the dark side, for it kept me from watching you grow into the young man you are now. If not for the Dark Side, instead of fighting you, I'd be taking you into my arms and embracing you tightly with all the love I could muster. Curse that Obi Wan for hiding you from me!
I learned from my spy that you were raised by my brother Owen. Did he treat you well? I cannot believe he tried to keep you from taking your rightful place among the stars, following my footsteps as any son would want to do. I guess he was afraid you'd go into the Dark Side like I did.
You may wonder why I joined the Dark Side. Well son, I was drawn by its power, and when I learned that Darth Maul had a contract against the Jedi knights, I thought if I went to the Dark Side I would become even stronger and survive any attack against me. I got stronger, but at a price. My mind and heart were clouded with darkness, any hatred I had was magnified 500 times. I think it was worth the sacrifice.
I regret not being there to raise you, my son. But now I wish to make up for it, and I would gladly take you under my wing and show you what the Force is really capable of. Join me, Luke, and I will make you stronger than you ever realize. As the last two Jedi Knights, there is no end to what we can accomplish!

Your proud father,
Darth Vader”


What do you make of that? I forgot that he said he was Owen’s brother. But how could that be since his last name is Skywalker…unless my uncle HAS been lying to me about our last name too…..and it really is Reklaw. But then how come my uncle isn’t a slave? Or did he used to be and not want to tell me? I suppose he would have had no reason to. I never asked him if he was ever a slave. I’ll ask him that though.

Even though he is my father there is NO WAY I AM EVER JOINING THE DARK SIDE!!!!!

Anyway, Mon Mothma said that I had a half brother who died? I’ll quote you, “Vader told you that he was your father? I…we…he…how…this can’t be happening! It’s impossible! Vader left only one son, and he’s dead! I know it for a fact! Don’t ask how I know, I just do!” So his wife had a son, who died sometime, and Vader was upset by that, and decided to use the Force to try to have another child just so he would have an heir for the Dark Side?

That’s sickening! I feel so horrible and worthless. I wish I had never been born.

I see…so my father used the Force to rape a woman just so he could have a son. How many women did he do that to? I feel so dirty, and so used because of this. My father can’t really love me as a person. He must only want my power, which I will NEVER let him have. He brought me into existence, and I will continue to resist him. However, I don’t think I should use the Force at all. It just seems wrong to me, knowing why I was conceived. The more he talks about how he regrets not being there to raise me, the more sickening it gets. I am VERY Force Sensitive…Obi-Wan took a midi-cholorian count on me and said I had a count of 29,000. But I still don’t feel right in using the Force…I was created for a purpose of destruction and hatred.
I’m glad I lost my lightsaber now…because it couldn’t have belonged to my father. His initials were NR, not AS, so Obi-Wan lied to me about where the lightsaber came from, about my parents, and about Vader. I’m sure he didn’t want to tell me the truth, because it is so terrible…but I wish he would have. I could have at least been warned. Why didn’t he tell me?

How could my mother love me? How can a woman love a child who she got through and unwanted pregnancy? Especially a rape, and by someone named Vader? I know enough about that to know that women don’t like children who they got through a rape. How could she love me? Would you love a child that you conceived in such a horrible way? I don’t think any woman would. In fact, she probably HATED me. Most women who are raped want to have abortions, and most people in the galaxy would say they are justified in wanting that. Some people say there are cases, such as this, when it’s okay to have an abortion. Why didn’t she have an abortion? Or maybe she tried to…and that’s why I was born really premature. I was only born 1 pound 6 ounces, at least, that’s what my uncle told me, so I bet she tried to get rid of me, but for some reason, the method she chose didn’t kill me. That must be why I was so little. I asked my uncle why I was born so small, and he said that I was born small for no reason. He probably was trying to hide that fact from me.

Why did my mother have to get pregnant with me? Why couldn’t the abortion have worked? Why couldn’t I have died in some kind of accident…like in the Death Star, or out there on Hoth, or in the fight with Darth Vader? Why did the people on the Millennium Falcon have to find me? I don’t deserve to be alive.

Neither of my parents wanted me. (If Darth Vader really did love me, then how come he was never there for me when I was growing up? And my mother never was either.)

Why did you and uncle Owen have to take me in? Why couldn’t you have just left me off somewhere in the Tatooine desert to die? Maybe you were there when I was born, and my mother tried to kill me after I was born, and you wouldn’t allow it, and wanted to adopt me. You used to abuse me…did it have anything to do with my father? Maybe you wanted me so that she could have me to abuse…to get Vader back for all his crimes against the galaxy.

Anyway, as I told you, I’m not going to be a Jedi any more. Since I was conceived only to be Vader’s apprentice, I’m not going to use that power.

And I don’t think I even want to know who my mother is. It’s most likely that no one even knows. My uncle told me her name was Demetre, and Obi-Wan told me her name was Padmé. I think those are both made up names, and no one really knows. I will ask Vader in my next letter, though.

You want me to tell you my reaction to the painkillers they gave me for my arm? Well, it turns out that I have been allergic to some medications; I just didn’t know about it. My uncle came in to visit me. Anyway, I had an allergic reaction to the stuff they gave me, and now I’m sick. I had a really high fever…I mean extremely high, and I’ve been throwing up. My uncle didn’t want me taking aspirin because he said it’s not good for people who have asthma to take it. So I don’t know what was in that painkiller…maybe there was some aspirin in it. I don’t know. There are different kinds of painkillers.

Here’s page two of Mon Mothma’s most recent letter so you know where I am getting a lot of my information from:

Luke,

Vader told you that he was your father? I…we…he…how…this can’t be happening! It’s impossible! Vader left only one son, and he’s dead! I know it for a fact! Don’t ask how I know, I just do!

Unless…unless there was a second woman. Yes, that’s it. He was so ashamed he didn’t tell me. It all makes sense now.

You see, Luke, Vader DID have someone sleeping with him, after his first wife, most likely forcefully. You see, Vader is a very strong Sith, and his children will be very Force Sensitive, like you. Vader feels that if he had a son then the Sith line could survive after he was dead. That’s why he wants to turn you so badly.

That woman who slept with him was probably as repulsed as you were to here someone sleeping with Vader. Still, she must have loved you very much, and for your safety put you in the custody of your aunt and uncle.

Make sense? Well, all you really have to know is that just because your father is a Sith doesn’t mean that you have to be one, too. You are a wonderful Jedi, and you would make the man Vader once was very proud.

Still, find out who your mother was. Ask Vader in your letter, I doubt he’d hesitate to tell you. I’ll ask him, too, when he gets here to kill me, just to make sure I have the facts straight. And tell me who your aunt and uncle were. And…tell me how you react to the painkillers.
I don’t think you should tell many people about this. Don’t even tell Leia, not yet. Maybe once we’re all together again we can sort this out.


Mon Mothma


I suppose it is a good thing that I was able to get out of the fight, but I don’t feel like I SHOULD be alive…that I deserve it. I don’t know…I’m just angry at everything that has happened in my life.

You said that you knew my father was a Jedi? You honestly don’t know whether Vader is my father or not? I’m pretty sure that he is now.

My teacher certainly would NOT know whether Vader is my father or not…because how could he know? I don’t even know if he knows much about Vader anyway. I know he was interested in the Jedi, but I highly doubt that my teacher would know any more than I do. Maybe I could ask him for information on Nigel Reklaw, or Darth Vader. Maybe he’ll know something…but would most people know who Darth Vader once was? I mean he wears that suit and everything. Maybe people just thought my father died.

I asked Ben, but I haven’t received an answer from him yet. I want to go to Dagobah before rescuing Han too. I NEED to find out the truth. It’s killing me!

You said you would try to talk to my uncle about this…have you? (about my father)

I’m sorry if I offended you by leaving you off the list of those I trust. I didn’t mean to. It’s just that I knew you didn’t know much about my father. I trust you too…but I just didn’t think you had any outside information about my father, so you wouldn’t be able to verify anything…because you don’t know enough about my father to begin with. Does that make sense?

When I talked about Vader killing the Jedi, I meant did he kill the other Jedi by CLAIMING a relationship with them…not by actually being related to them. I don’t know how many Jedi there were. You must remember that I wasn’t even alive at the time that the Jedi were active in the galaxy.

You’re right; Vader didn’t destroy our house or kill any of us when he came there looking for the Death Star plans.

Yes, I will be going after Han…but not until after I rescue Mon Mothma (because she’s a good friend, and after I go to Dagobah.)

Okay, well I need to start packing for my trip.



Your nephew,
Luke
_______________________________________________________________________________
Note 42
Luke,

I'm sorry all of this is happening now, and that it's such a shock. I'm sorry that no one bothered to tell you anything, but even though I know very little, I'm sure it would have been a shock. So you can understand that everyone was trying to protect you, right?

Demetre and Padme? Padmene to my recently acquired knowledge, and if that is wrong, Mr. Flufky is going to bop your Uncle over the head until he tells me the truth or admits and convinces me of his ignorance. And as far as I know, he had one son. You say everyone says the child died. What would have happened if such a person had known about a force-sensitive child such as yourself? Do you honestly believe he would have let you go? Ben protected you from him and brought you to us, away from his influences.

But here me now, young man. If you continue to say such things about deserving death, I really will slap you the next time I see you, and will have good reason for it.

Don't ever say anything like that again! Yes, your parentage is in question and I know you feel horrible, but you had no choice in who your parents were. Think about the good you've done before wishing so harshly for death, and how everything could have been different if you hadn't been here.

You, Luke Skywalker, and that IS your name, are a kind person. Regardless of the circumstances, you are who you are. You've lived long enough without this knowledge, how do the facts change anything now? How will you rescue your friends if you don't fight for them?

Anakin Skywalker. If I'm not mistaken, Nigel Reklaw is an alias or... something of the sort. Perhaps it's a rumor that got started somewhere and spread. I know a few people with implied middle names that started in such a way. Unfortuantely, the only person who knows the facts is the person who hid you from your father. That would be Ben, and even he might not know everything.

Take a deep breath, a calming moment, and set your mind to what is most important right now. What is that? It's to rescue your friends, am I right? I'll offer the only thing I can: support. Right now, you're much closer to the truth than you've ever been. Try to be satisfied with that for now... and we're looking for information. But we left almost everything behind at our old home as well.

I was kidding about the trust issue. Kidding. You know, ha-ha? Criminey, everyone tells me to lighten up, and when I finally do, look what happens.

Try to lighten up. And you promise me you'll find at least one good thing going for you before you head off into trouble!

Remember: Love you! So take the support of everyone who cares about you and use it as a shield to ward off all those self destructive thoughts.

-Beru.
_______________________________________________________________________________
Note 43
Aunt Beru,

I have just received letters from both Obi-Wan, Vader, and Mon Mothma….and it appears as if Vader certainly is my father. All of them said he was…and you know something else? Mon Mothma is my MOTHER. She just told me in her most recent letter, but she didn’t know I was her son until I told her about Vader being my father…because she thought that I had died right after birth.

Here is a copy of her most recent letter:
Luke,

Can you disregard my previous letter completely? After getting some information from Obi-Wan and Vader, I realized how wrong my facts were, and how much pain I have caused you.

I am going to tell you this right out. No more lies, no more secrets. Vader’s name was not Nigel Recklaw, but Anakin Skywalker.

Remember what I said about remembering Anakin’s good qualities no matter what bad things you hear about him? I ask that you remember now what a great man Anakin once was, what a great Jedi, father, and husband he could have been.

Yes, husband. My husband. I don’t just know Vader’s wife, I AM Vader’s wife.

And I am also…your mother.

You’re probably thinking I’m crazy right now, so let me give you some proof. You remember how I told you that I had something called the Royal Force that would make me get sick whenever I ate painkillers? Well, I take it you’re throwing up right now as well. Also, you know that japor snippet that I gave you? Ask Vader about it. He was the one that had originally made it for me.

You see, my name is not Mon Mothma, that’s just a cover-up. My real name is Padmé Naberrie Amidala Skywalker.

I honestly didn’t know about this until a few days ago when Vader and Obi-Wan wrote to me telling me this! I always thought that my little Luke had died on Tatooine, but apparently that wasn’t the case. Obi-Wan gave you to Owen and Beru so that he wouldn’t have to bear the pain of seeing you die. You were so weak, nobody suspected you might live!

After Obi-Wan found out you were alive, he vowed to hide that fact from me, in case you were ever to turn to the Dark Side like Ani did. Don’t worry, I already wrote him a very strongly worded letter expressing my feelings against his lie.

You know what? Obi-Wan isn’t the only one lying. I’ve been keeping this a secret from everyone, in hopes that Vader might never find out, but now that I know he already knows, it can’t harm for you to know, too.

On Dagobah, when I went into labor, I produced two bundles of joy. That’s right. You are a brother.

Not a half brother, like you imagined from my previous letter, but a real twin brother. Your sister, you’re probably staring at her right now. Yes, Leia, she’s your sister. Now you know why I thought she was Force Sensitive.

You seemed a little unclear about your father and uncle’s status on slavery? You see, your grandfather sold your grandmother into slavery while she was pregnant with your father. Anakin grew up as a slave, while his brothers were free. I think that’s part of what made him turn. Later, after Anakin was freed, your father freed your grandmother, and your grandfather begged her forgiveness. Shmi for gave him, but Anakin never did.

I’m sorry I hurt you so much in the last letter. I was dealing with learning about you for the first time as well, and I just couldn’t handle all the secrets that were being revealed. Please forgive me. Your father was never that sick, he never raped anyone. He’s still above that.

And you, you are NOT a result of anything remotely so dirty, you were a result of love, of a bond that used to exist between your father and me. And as your mother, I DO love you! I DID want you! There’s nothing I want more than to get to you and hold you close and tell you how much I love you and miss you. (Unless that would make you feel uncomfortable. I understand this is going to be hard on all of us to accept this.)

As for using the Force, it’s better if you go to Obi-Wan for that. My opinion is that your commitment against the Dark Side is strong, and I think training you as a Jedi of the Light Side would be a wonderful thing for you. Then again, that almost promises another battle between you and Vader, and it would break my heart to see you die again.

Don’t worry about Gwydion and me. We already found a way out of Arawn’s home, and are now headed towards our ship in the trees. Although I would appreciate it if you didn’t go anywhere until Gwydion and I catch up to you. I want to get to know my son.

Was I in labor for a long time? Does twelve hours count as a long time? Because that’s how long it took. Don’t worry, it’s typical for a woman to be in labor that long. After the baby is born, you can’t feel the pain anyway; you’re more worried about the baby to feel anything. I know I didn’t really care for pain when I was holding you and your sister in my arms.

I can see how it must be frustrating to work with a Jedi Master who doesn’t seem to see your limits. It’s funny, when Anakin was training, he used to tell me how his master was holding him back, and you see to be frustrated about how your master is pushing you forward! Don’t worry, he only wants what’s best. Remember, you and Leia are our last hopes for Jedi.

Let’s see, stories about stormtroopers…there was a guy from the Rebellion once who tried to infiltrate the Empire. He actually did a pretty good job, slipping us codes and secret schedules. The Empire eventually found him, though, and executed him. There’s a memorial on one of our old bases honoring him; I don’t remember which one.

A democratic government WAS wonderful, while it existed. I know it seems like it must take a long time for a bill to become a law if it was scrutinized so much, but it’s amazing how fast work can be done if everyone is eager to do it. Most of the Republic love democracy , and would do anything to keep it.

Of course, there are always those few leaders who seemed to be running some sort of business, bribing and promoting bills that would only benefit them financially. I think that’s where all the corruption started.

I really hope if we ever get a New Republic that people can remember how corruption had almost destroyed them, and learn from their old mistakes.

You know, it’s not just blood that determines a family. It’s love. Does Lowdun Skywalker love you? That’s what makes him your great-grandfather, not some blood test.

Look just because Vader was who he was doesn’t mean that YOU’RE any different. Besides, I’ve learned to except over the years that Anakin Skywalker was dead, killed by a monster called Darth Vader. Your father’s name was Anakin Skywalker, not Darth Vader. Remember that.

You don’t need to go through such a long list if anyone ever asks you what your last name was. Your last name is Skywalker. Be proud of the man your father once was.

And you can probably see from what I’ve written so far why I’m not going to laugh at you.

You don’t have to hesitate around me when you have questions. I know you must be confused, and I’d be happy to answer any questions you have about your father, your sister, you as a baby even, anything.

When I said that I can almost hear my husband’s voice coming from your mouth, I meant Anakin, not Vader. You ARE a lot like him in some ways. He liked to race, and was a great pilot, like you. He put up with bullying very maturely, like you. When I said you shared qualities, I meant good qualities.

Han is ELEVEN YEARS OLDER THAN LEIA? And she LOVES HIM? This is NOT very comforting to a mother? Though, Han DOES seem like a good man, and I’m glad that he cares for her.

And don’t’ worry about a girl not liking you. If someone decides not to like you just because of your relation to a man you never met, then she really didn’t like you too begin with. And if it’s any consolation, I think you’re an angel.

Like I said, Gwydion and I will be out of here soon, just sit tight and don’t take any medicine.


Your mother,
Padmé


So Vader’s real name was Anakin Skywalker. That…that makes so little sense! I did a report on Anakin Skywalker, and Vader is nothing like him! I cannot believe all this…Anakin was the guy I did a report on, my mother married Anakin, and he’s my father, and she’s my mother. And to think that I was doing a report on my own father without even knowing it! My uncle and Obi-Wan both knew he was my father, yet neither one of them told me! I have all those pictures of him, and I’ve heard so much about him. And he became Vader? How did that happen? I don’t understand how a good man like Anakin could have become something so evil, like Vader. That does explain why Obi-Wan knew my father, and why my father’s lightsaber had the initials AS. My uncle told me that my great-great grandparents were named Alex and Demetre, and they were Lowdun’s parents.

That also explains why Vader is very Force Sensitive, why both my father, and Anakin also were, and why they loved to race together, always tying. They were the same person!

And if Vader is Anakin, how could he justify doing the things that he does? What about his old self? And I don’t know a whole lot about my father…only that he was a slave until he was 9, that he was good at flying, that he won a pod race, that he was a very nice person and friend, that he was a great Jedi Knight, and that he was Obi-Wan’s apprentice, and my mother’s husband. I also heard that he fought in the Clone Wars. That’s really about it. I have his pictures. I’m glad you persuaded me to keep them. Han said I looked a little bit like him, but he was only joking around, and it was before I knew Anakin was my father. I heard that he was a great man. What happened? And if he was once that good, there must be still some good left in him. Maybe I can turn him back to the good side. There MUST be some good in him. I’ve felt it…he didn’t kill me when he could have.

There is one thing though…my mother was so sure that her son had died. I did not die. In fact, I don’t even know what I was like as a baby. I knew I was small, but no one ever told me that I was so weak that no one thought I would live. I mean, I’ve always known I’ve had weak lungs …that I was born with them, but I didn’t think that I was THAT sick when I was born. No one has ever said a word about it.

What all was wrong with me when I was a baby. (And I don’t know the answer, so I’ll have to ask my uncle…just to make sure the stories match.) And why did everyone think I’d die? How weak were my lungs?

You know something else…my mother told me that Leia is my twin sister. Does that sound right to you? I have a twin sister? I’ve always wanted a twin…I thought it would be cool, but I thought I was always just dreaming. I never thought it would be true. And Leia is my sister! What? Why didn’t anyone tell me that! I had a crush on her! Yuck!

I knew she had the same birthday as me when she told me what day her birthday was. I didn’t tell her it was mine too…because I didn’t want to ruin it for her. I thought if I told her, I would be a burden to her own birthday celebration. She told me that Mon Mothma took Wedge and her out to eat, and then got them cake and ice cream. I didn’t want to interfere with that, so I never told her it was my birthday too. I didn’t think I deserved anything, and I knew that no one would come to celebrate my birthday, because Wedge and Leia had the same birthday…so I just kept it a secret from everyone except Obi-Wan. Obi-Wan tried to get me to tell Leia that it was my birthday too. He told me she’d be mad at me when she found out I didn’t tell her.

And Shmi’s my grandmother? I guess that would make sense…since she was Anakin’s mother. Hmm…does she know what happened to her son? Does she know that I’m related to her? I’ve been writing her too, but I don’t think she knows…if she does, she’s doing a good job of hiding it. Wow, she must have been strong…to be able to forgive my grandfather like that after what he did to her.

Well if being a Jedi means fighting Vader…I can’t do it. I can’t kill my own father. I do have a strong commitment against the Dark Side, but I just can’t kill my father.

Yes, I know Yoda wanted what was best for me all along. I’m glad he pushed me so hard, but sometimes, when I was actually training, I wished he would slow down the training a little. I was already in pretty good shape, and I exercised every day anyway, but he told me I had to unlearn my old standards of being in shape…and it was really tough training. It was worth it though. It’s too bad I won’t be using any of it anymore, though.

Well if Anakin is my father, and Summoner is my grandfather, then that makes Lowdun my great-grandfather. So Skywalker was my father’s legal last name? That means that the family changed the last name after my grandfather sold him. As I said, I like using the last name Skywalker.

I’m sorry that I didn’t stay long with the fleet, but I wanted to finish my Jedi training, and also talk to Yoda and Obi-Wan. The thing is, Obi-wan said the same thing that my mother said, about Anakin being gone for good, how he fought with my father to try to get him back to the good side, how my father fell in the lava pit during that fight…and he also said that I should not think of Vader as my father…but I cannot help it.

Here’s what happened:

Okay, I got to Dagobah fine, and I didn’t get stuck in the swamp this time. Yoda and Ben were both in Yoda’s hut. I walked in and found Yoda really sick. Remember how I told you I got sick on the day before I left for Cloud City? Well, I think Yoda caught whatever it is I had….because he’s been throwing up and things for a while. He really didn’t feel very well. Ben was taking care of him. I felt so bad for getting him sick…..I don’t like getting other people sick…but I couldn’t help it. If I thought Yoda was grumpy when he’s not sick….oh man….he was REALLY grumpy when I came back.

I almost was going to leave…..but I decided that I NEEDED to know some answers, so I approached them anyway. I told them that I was back and that I didn’t turn. Obviously they were happy with that.

I said, “I’ve come back to complete my training.”

Yoda said, “No more training do you require. Already know that which you need.”

I thought that was a little weird because I knew that my training wasn’t over. I think he said that because he was sick and wasn’t in the mood to train. I know that Ben and Yoda were still a little mad that I had left for Cloud City.

Ben decided to leave the room at that point. I think he was kind of tired of taking care of Yoda…and got tired of his grumpiness.

I went up to Yoda and asked him, “Is Darth Vader my father?”

I knew Yoda heard me, but he ignored me and turned over in his bed…

I said, “Yoda, I must know.”

Finally Yoda said in a frustrated way, “Your father he is. Told you did he?”

I nodded.

He said, “Unexpected this is and unfortunate.”

“Unfortunate that I know the truth.”

“Unfortunate that you rushed off to face him…without finishing your training. I was going to tell you at the end of your training, but not until then. Not ready for the burden were you.”

I didn’t know what to say, and I felt really bad about what I had done to everyone…..so I said, “I’m sorry.”

I then asked him if I was a Jedi.

He told me, “Not yet. One thing remains…Vader.”

“But if he’s my father…I can’t kill him.”

Yoda then said he was tired and that he didn’t have time to discuss it with me, so he sent me outside to go talk it over with Obi-Wan.

I went outside and it didn’t take me long to find Ben.

The first thing out of my mouth was, “Why didn’t you tell me?”

Ben knew what I was referring to…because he had probably heard my conversation with Yoda.

Ben sat down and motioned for me to do the same. I did.

I then said, “You told me that Vader betrayed and murdered my father.”

Ben said, “From a certain point of view, yes. Anakin Skywalker was a good person….and a great friend. But he was seduced by the dark side of the force. When that happened, the good man that was your father ceased to be Anakin Skywalker and became Darth Vader.”

I then said, “since he is my father, and I have heard such wonderful things about him, there must still be some good in him somewhere. He didn’t kill me. Maybe I can turn him back to the good side.”

Ben shook his head, “You can try, Luke, but I don’t know how successful you’ll be. He’s more machine now than man, twisted and evil. I tried to get your father back to the good side just after you were born, but we got into a fight on a lava planet. He fell into a lava pit and got burns all over his body. That’s why he has to wear the mask and the suit. After that fight, he was forever changed. No maybe you can see something that I did not see. Don’t count on it too much, Luke.”

Then I changed the subject because I knew it was making him uncomfortable…and that he felt that Anakin’s turning was his fault. Anyway, I said, “I know who my mother is.”

“Why didn’t you tell her that I had at least survived? She has thought for 19 years that I was dead, and now she’s going through a lot of pain….she went through pain after my birth, and she’s going through pain now. Why didn’t you tell her that I was alive?”

Ben’s response to that was, “I didn’t know you were alive either…until you wrote me….and you told me who your uncle was. And by that time, I didn’t know that your mother was even alive. And when I found that out, I didn’t tell her because I was afraid that if something happened to you, it would hurt her more than she has already been hurt.”

I then asked Ben what happened after I was born.

Ben said, “For that to make sense, I’ll have to tell you a few things. First of all, when your mother found out she was pregnant, she hid the knowledge from almost everyone…as soon as she found out she came directly to Dagobah to tell Yoda and myself. We decided that she should keep the information secret from almost everyone…..since we weren’t sure what had happened to your father…if he was working for the Emperor or not. A couple months later, we found out that Anakin became Vader….and that’s when we REALLY hid your mother. She stayed on Alderaan with her best friend Bail Organa.”

Then Ben said, “On the day of your birth, she happened to make one of her occasional visits to Dagobah. We needed to talk to her often and talk about her child…well she surprised us by going into labor…so we took her to the medical center on Dagobah so that she could have you. Then you were born…and the doctors knew right away that you had problems with your lungs. They examined you carefully and decided that you didn’t have much of a chance to live…..because your lungs hadn’t grown enough to really function very well. You were able to breathe, but your lungs were so bad that everyone knew that you would eventually stop breathing because your lungs just weren’t able to function very well. Your mother held you and tried to keep you alive as best she could. We all took turns holding you. Yoda and I talked about what to do…because we hadn’t expected that. But something we didn’t realize was that the Empire had spies…and so did the Maurders. About few days after your birth (sometime less than a month), One of the Emperor’s servants kidnapped you from me…it was so easy because you weren’t that big…you were really tiny. While I was holding you, I was knocked out, and they kidnapped you. As soon as I woke up, I realized what happened, so I followed. I went directly to Coruscant…..but I arrived just after the Maurder. The Emperor had you in his hands and was about to kill you when the Maurder ran in and grabbed you from the Emperor. The Emperor didn’t even notice because he was so focused on being evil and killing you. The three of us got into a fight…the Maurder, the Emperor’s servant, and me. I ended up getting you back….and as soon as I did, I took you to your uncle. I knew that I had to hurry…because your breathing had gotten a lot worse…and I knew that something had to be done….because if no one had done anything you would have died. I’m not exactly sure what the people at the medical center on Tatooine did to you, but apparently whatever they did worked because you’re alive now. After I took you to the medical center (somehow they were able to keep you alive), I told your uncle about you and…after some time, he agreed to raise you. Luke, the doctors on Tatooine, and the ones on Dagobah….all of them thought that you would die…but they tried everything they could to keep you alive. I seriously thought that you would die….and that there was no way you would survive. I blamed myself for everything….for Anakin’s turning, and for my failure to keep you alive…I thought that if you hadn’t gotten kidnapped that you might have been able to survive…because you were at least at the medical center. I stayed on Tatooine and kind of kept to myself. I kept in contact with Yoda….but everything had to be done carefully because all the Jedi were being killed. I knew Anakin would want me dead if he ever found me.

There is more to the story that I purposely did not tell you. I was prepared to tell it to you, but that was before I knew your mother was alive. I would rather have her explain it to you. I just don’t feel right telling you.”

I said, “I think I already know. She already told me something…that I have a twin sister, and that it’s Leia.”

Obi-Wan nodded, and told me that was what it was.

After that, I left for the Tatooine. Ben left in his ship too, so he’ll be back for you to talk to.

Leia told me in her most recent letter that she was in trouble. You knew they were rescuing Han, right? Well Boba Fett was also at Jabba’s palace, and got suspicious of Leia. He knew she was pretending to be a male bounty hunter, but he could tell from the way she walked and moved that she was female. He alerted Jabba, and they pretended to be asleep while Leia went to Han and unfroze him.

Jabba’s now taken Leia as his slave…one connected to a chain around her neck, and Han has been put in a cell with Chewie. I must go and help them. Jabba will not spare their lives. I hope to see you again soon.

Yeah, I know everyone was just trying to protect my best interests…but I wish that someone could have told me…I just felt so hurt by this lie.

Well my mother’s name has been cleared up. Now I know her name was Padmé, and nothing else. But Uncle Owen knew all along who my father was, didn’t he…but what about my mother? I don’t know…I don’t know what my father would have done, or what Palpatine would have done if they knew that I had lived…but my father didn’t even know about my existence until I blew up the Death Star.

All right…all right…I didn’t really want to die…I just said that because I was frustrated with everyone for lying to me.

And Nigel Reklaw was just the name Vader made up to use as his real name because he didn’t want to tell me that his real name was Anakin Skywalker at the time. He was probably too ashamed to admit it.

I will rescue my friend as soon as I can.

I love you too.

Your nephew,
Luke
_______________________________________________________________________________
Note 44
Luke,

I think I’ve re-read that last letter at least three times now.

Ah. So She’s you’re mother. I’m glad for you, dear. After all, after discovering the truth after thinking her dead all these years…

Yes, I’m happy for you. But really, how do you feel now that you’ve had all your worst fears put to rest. You were wanted by your Mother, and she loved your father. Oh, tell her I said hi, by the way.

And Leia is your sister? I’m suddenly glad you two never got anywhere. But I suppose you’re trying to be happy for her and Han…if they’re still okay. But you’ll see to their safe return otherwise, I’m sure.

Yes, when you were little, you had week lungs. Sometimes when children are born, they’re born a little different than everyone else. Sometimes that’s a good thing and other times it’s a bad thing. Such as in your case. However, if you think about it, it could have been so much worse. At least you’re still able to function.

You want to try and turn your father back onto the right path? Luke, I don’t know how you feel. How could I? You’ve just discovered your heritage, and it’s normal that you want to spare your father. And perhaps he isn’t completely evil, and there’s good inside of him. Just be careful and watch your back. He might be your father but he’s also a major part of the Empire.

I’m sorry; I’m not feeling very well myself right now…I think I’d better lay down.

Love you.


-Beru
_______________________________________________________________________________ To be continued.....
back to the main page
back to the Original Trilogy Notes page
Link to description of Luke and complete listing of notes involving him
Link to description of Beru and complete listing of notes involving her



Sign Guestbook View Guestbook