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These are notes between Darth Vader and Padmé (Amidala), but it’s AU. (Yes, Amidala’s alive in my fic…).

The people playing the part of Padmé: Celina Jovia and Bobill

Note #1
Padmé,

I heard that you were alive. My nephew informed me. You can’t hide from me…I’ll find you. How’s your life? I hope it’s rotten. You messed up your own life by not joining me when you found out I was Darth Vader…instead you hid from me. (If you know who I am). Yes, I’m still alive, and it must be a shock since you have not heard from me since a little after our wedding. I know that you are a Rebel. So tell me, Rebel, where is your base? It would also be helpful to know where the tactical plans to the Death Star are. You must know about that. And did Arawn…nevermind…I was thinking of something to ask Gryvon.

Bye now,

Darth Vader
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Darth Vader,

You have a nephew? I never would have guessed. Is he as bad as you?

Yes, I'm still alive, and no my life is not rotten, but it got bad with getting your note. I hid from you, because I do not know you. The Anakin I once knew, died...when you took his body.

I know you were a blond, but you were really smart. What happened? Did you lose your hair or something, because you became greatly stupid to think I would tell you anything at all.

What were you going to go ask Gryvon? And who is Arawn?

Padmé
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Padmé,

Yes, I do have a nephew. I actually have two. One of my brothers had four children, but you know what? I kidnapped them all when they were young. Heh, heh, heh.

My nephew works for me….but unfortunately my brother, his father, didn’t have a very strong force at all….and his son has even less of a force. That’s rare for my family. As you know, a strong force runs in my family. Gryvon, that’s the name of my nephew, is quite stupid. He’s a stormtrooper, but he is very loyal to me.

Well I sent a probe droid out to find you….and it found you! I’m coming to get you! I’m going to lock you up, and then torture you until I get the information about the Death Star plans from you.

And admit it! I’m your husband. Deal with it. Don’t mention the name Anakin to me, because it no longer has any meaning to me.

I am not stupid, thank you very much. You WILL tell me what I want to know. I know you tend to resist things, but I’ll find a way to get the information form you.

I was going to ask Gryvon to set the torture chamber for you. Arawn is one of my personal spies.

Well the Maurders were up to something…I have no idea what. They have this doorway thing, and when I went to go confront Mr. Idiot, I could come up with no conclusion. I don’t know why they bothered to experiment with that stupid doorway. One of the girls from the other dimension got through.

Well you better count your time precious because as soon as I already have the course set for Endor……I’m going to capture you. There is little use in resistance……because I have hundreds of stormtroopers and officers with me.


Darth Vader
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Note 4
Vader,

When you do come to capture me with your stormtroopers be sure and bring your nephew, so I can tell him you think he's stupid and that you kidnapped him when he was a kid. What do you think of that?

If you capture me, do plan on wasting the rest of your dark life questioning me for something I will not answer. Go ahead torture me, but Anakin would never do that, now would you, Anakin? Think back on the times that we spent together, what happened? Nevertheless, if you insist on torturing me, go right ahead, I do not fear torture, Vader.

Oh sorry, was that your probe droid? Opps, well maybe we had thought you learned from all the other 100s of droids that never returned to you. Well, since you know where we are, there is no reason why not to fight. You do know how much we enjoy killing your millions of credits worth of droids don't you?

By the way, you're not my husband. You said it yourself. You said that Anakin has no longer any meaning to you, but Anakin has meaning to me and he is who I married, not some walking building!

Padmé
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Note 5
Padmé,

Gryvon, my nephew, would not listen to you. If you tried telling him that, he wouldn’t believe you. I’ve brainwashed him because he is so stupid….he listens to everything that I say.

Well we came to Endor…..but you must have escaped. NEXT TIME YOU WILL NOT ESCAPE ME. Beware.

When I find you I will torture you.

Our Death Star plans were stolen, and I want to know what happened to them. I demand that you tell me.

My name is not Anakin. It’s Darth Vader. NEVER refer to me by the name “Anakin” again.

The time I spent with you was a complete waste. I wish I had never met you.

Credits mean nothing to me. I have the power and influence. People listen to me….besides that, I’m one of the richest people in the Empire.

Your Anakin is dead. Live with that.

By the way, I’m going to the Death Star now to learn more about those hidden plans.

Bye you ugly hag,
Darth Vader
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Note 6
Darth Anakin,

Yes, I escaped like I said I would, and you didn't get me or the plans. Aren't I smart. You wouldn't dream of whom I have helping me. It's the ghost Qui-Gon. I'm sure you remember him. Anyway back to real life, I will not tell you ANYTHING about what happened to the plans, why should you care? You made them. You surely are a Dumb Blond if you didn't make a copy.

Anyways, if you say Anakin is dead, then so be it. That means I can be even meaner and insult you all the more. How do you like that? By the way, I'm thinking about getting married to someone I met. He's really nice, handsome, has great manners, and simple minded. Nothing like you.

Padmé
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Note 7
Padmé,

I’ll find you soon enough…..don’t worry. We’re going to kill you with the Death Star!!!!!

I was not the one in charge of the Death Star project. Tarkin was. Besides that, the point is not that we don’t have copies of the plans…we do…..but the point I was trying to make is that if a copy of the plans is in the Rebel’s hands…..then you may analyze our base and find a weakness. That is why we are in search of them so badly.

By the way….guess what I just did!! I captured a Maurder ship…..and guess who was on it. My father was the one on it!!!!!! It was so fun to question him…because he didn’t know who I was. He knew me only as Darth Vader. I let him go after making him give regrets about what he did to me…..but don’t worry, I’m tracking his ship.

I’m going back to report to the Emperor, and when I come back, I’m going to track his ship to find out where he went. Once I find that out, I’m going to follow him and capture him. Then I’m going to torture him. I’m going to pay him back for what he did to me!!!!!!!!

I could care less if you insulted me. It’ll just make me hate you more.

I could also care less if you marry. Go right ahead. I have no use for you anyway. I’m so glad that we didn’t have any children…because no one can compete with me!

I’m the most force sensitive person in the universe!!!!! And also I don’t have anyone to remind me of you.

Well……I’m off to go find my father.

Looks like he went to Tatooine…..well I’m going there now too.

Bye for now.

Your hater,
Darth Vader
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Note 8
Darth Vader,

Well, is there anything else you're doing that I should know. I mean, I know how you're going to kill me, what you're doing to your father, what you want with the plans, why you want them, so is there anything else?

By the way, isn't the Death Star a planet like thing? How can a planet kill someone, or anything?

Well, if you don't care about this guy I'm going to marry, then you don't mind me telling you why I like him. Well, he is very sweet, has a great sense of humor, does ask for help if he needs it, he doesn't make me think he's too powerful or too weak, he is very handsome, caring and all the things you're not. And I did say I was going to marry him. I made up my mind and decided it was the right thing to do.

Well, have to go, He's coming any minute. Bye.

Padmé
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Note 9
Padmé,

I could care less if you knew every detail of my plans, because there’s nothing you can do to stop me. Right now I’m spying on my family.

Guess what, I followed my father to my brother’s house where I learned some interesting information about what happened to the Death Star plans. My brother’s son happened to come across them, and I’m getting ready to ask him about the plans. IF he refuses to tell me, I’m going to take him back to the Death Star and torture him. I know he knows about the plans.

So I could care less if you know how I’m going to kill you, what I’m going to do to my father, what I want to do with the plans, why I want them. Go ahead and know what I’m going to do to my nephew too. You can’t stop me.

The Death Star is a battle station. You want to know how it can destroy a planet? Okay, this is going to be a long explanation. I came up with the idea myself. I was thinking to myself, there must be a way that you can destroy an entire planet…(pretend he goes into all this detail about how the firing mechanism on the Death Star actually works, exactly how he calculated the amount of energy it would take to destroy an entire planet, how he figured he could get that amount of energy…and all this detail). You see, really it is a simple physics problem.

I don’t care why you like this other guy. You know….I am very sweet, I have a great sense of humor, I do ask for help sometimes, and I don’t THINK I’m too powerful…..I KNOW I’m powerful. Go ahead and marry that creep. I don’t give a care.

Bye until I blow you up,

Darth Vader
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Note 10
Darth Vader,

Wow, I never knew you had the brains for such a big bomb, Vady. I knew Anakin did, but you're not him, so I'm shocked you could have thought up such a thing.

Well, I may not be able to stop you, but I can do the next best thing. I'll warn them. I'm going to show your letters to all my friends, and they will help us.

By the way, you're not a kind uncle if you're going to torture your nephew. What are you going to do? Tell him your past?

Padmé
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Note 11
Padmé,

Let’s get a couple of things straight. First of all I conquered Anakin Skywalker…I still have his intelligence, but the name Anakin no longer has any meaning to me.

The second thing we need to get straight is the Death Star. It is not a bomb, okay….it is a battle station. It is a huge battle station. Inside the battle station we have a huge gun like thing, which shoots a very intense beam of power……and it shoot a very powerful projectile blast with such a large magnitude that it has the ability to destroy an entire planet.

Now moving on, I don’t care if you warn my relatives. It’s too late. I already have my father in custody. He’s already on the Death Star. I’ll be taking him to Coruscant where I can torture him more thoroughly. I have a torture chamber waiting for him already. Go right ahead and show all my letters to all of your friends. I don’t really care. You Rebels are stupid if you didn’t know that we were already going to come and destroy you.

The only thing that I ask is that you not show my letters to my mother. I don’t think she knows that I’m Darth Vader, and I don’t want to shock her…or anything. I love her, and I know she loves me. I don’t want her to get hurt…that’s all.

Do I have to be a kind uncle? No. But I didn’t end up having to torture him. You see, I was able to corner him and ask him about the plans. At first he refused, but finally he admitted the truth. I know where the plans are, and you don’t! I’m going to go retrieve them now. You see, my brother does not have a strong force, and he’s not even force sensitive. I already told you that Gryvon is stupid….well Gryvon’s brother is stupid to because he told me right where the plans were. It’s fortunate that I have stupid nephews. See if I hadn’t known about Gryvon, I might have not believed him, but knowing Gryvon…..I knew that his brother wasn’t very smart either. Owen was my favorite brother because he treated me well, so I let his son go…just because he was Owen’s son. I would have been forced to torture him had he not point blankly told me what he had done with the plans.

Well anyway, I am already on my way to retrieve the plans…I must go to another planet. By the time you receive my next letter I will have already gotten the plans. Soon you can say good bye to your stupid Rebellion…but first we need to know where your base is.

Darth Vader
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Note 12
Darth Vady,

No, I didn't know you were intelligence, because you keep saying that you're Vader and not Anakin, and then you say you're Anakin...you're making no sense. How can you be two people at once, I never heard of such a thing! Oh, sure go ahead and say you're Anakin, but you're not. You killed him. I hate you for that. You don't know how much Anakin meant to me.

Ok, sure I get the Death Star now! I know you're going to show me how it works, when you try and kill me. Anyway...why would we take the Death Star plans if we didn't know what they were and what you would do. Huh? Well, duh, because we did know! We're not stupid, Vady, you were stupid to think that.

All right, you have your father, and I'm shocked you didn't take your nephew, but of course if he's as stupid as you, I don't wonder why.

Now, two things I want to get straight. One, you can love? I didn't know you still had a heart. Two, why not tell your mother? She IS your mother after all, and deserves to know that her son is killing people, planning on killing his ex-wife, going to kill his father. I just think she has a right to know, don't you. Now, if you let your father go, and do not bother your family again, I will not tell her about you being Anakin, but if not I will tell her, and you will hurt her because of what you're doing, and did. Well, what are you going to do? Kill your father, and hunt down your family for the rest of their and your lives, or save them, and let your mother know who the true Vader is, or was before you turned? I think I know what you're going to say, but I want you to tell me.

Padmé
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Note 13
Padmé,

You know very well who I am. Oh did I ruin your life by turning to the Dark Side? That’s too bad. I don’t give a care. I’m glad I turned.

I just wanted to clear up any confusion you might have had about the Death Star. You’re the one that asked me how it could destroy a planet. I just simply answered the question.

Ah!!!!! About my nephew…I’m going to kill him the next time I see him….I don’t care if he’s Owen’s son. He lied to me, and he’s going to pay. No one gets away with lying to me! I went to that stupid Dantooine planet…the planet where the boy said he’d sold the droids…..well I got there and I found out that droids are ILLEGAL on that planet because the governor of the planet doesn’t like them. He tricked me! I thought he was as stupid as his brother…..but he was down right lying to me. No matter, now I have to go back to Tatooine and capture the boy.

Yes, I have the capacity to love. I love my mother still.

But what good would telling my mother that I was evil do? It would make her so sad that it would probably kill her. Don’t tell her…..please.

You have no right to tell what I can do with my family and what I can’t do with them. The only people of my family that I want to kill are my father and my nephew. My father sold my mother as a slave while she was still pregnant with me…and my nephew lied to me and knows exactly where the plans are….I have no doubt of that. He’s a lot smarter than his brother.

Bye,
Darth Vader
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Note 14
Darth Vader,

Your brothers are my brothers-in-law, your nephews are my nephews, your mother and father are my mother-in-law and father-in-law, so they're my family too. They think you're dead, but that doesn't mean I can't be a part of your family. So, if you hurt my father-in-law I will tell your mother, my mother-in-law. I'm her daughter-in-law, and nothing you do is going to change that. So, yes, I do have a right to tell you not to touch my family, because they're MY family. Well, what are you going to do now?

Well, your nephew sounds smarter than you. Everyone would have thought that you would have taken him with you, but no, you decided to go to Datooine, and then figure out it was a lie.

Well, must go.

Padmé
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Note 15
Padmé,

If you want to claim my family as your family, go right ahead. I don’t really care. I have my father as a prisoner on the Death Star, along with my brother Owen…..and Lissy….I’ve been having fun torturing them.

As it turns out, that Lissy girl is really Bail Organa’s daughter…and her name is Leia or something. Since she’s his daughter, I’m going to torture her until she gives the name of the Rebel Base. Since Leia’s not related to me, you wouldn’t mind if I tortured her, would you.

Don’t even suggest that my nephew is smarter than me. I have more intelligence than him….because I have a stronger force. There is no way that my nephew could have a stronger force than me, so I am smarter than he is. I figured he was as stupid as Gryvon, so I didn’t WANT to take him with me. Do you know how annoying stupid people are?

Well I must get back to my torturing.

A ship named the Millennium Falcon just got pulled into our tractor beam. I think they have the plans…..so soon I will have the plans back into my hot little hands.

Bye.

Darth Vader
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Note 16
Darth Vader,

Do you know something? I DO mind if you torture Lissy, because Bail and I are friends, and if you dare touch her you are dead!!

I never suggested that your nephew was more force sensitive than you, but maybe he is, no, you're right, the most stupid people in the galaxy are Skywalkers.

Must go.

Padmé
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Note 17
Padmé,

Awww….is Bail your friend? Well too bad. I’m killing his daughter, and there’s nothing you can do about it. You said that if I dared to touch her that I was dead…..well guess what, I HAVE touched her. I’ve tortured her extensively and now I’m going to kill her. I have just signed her execution orders…..and I’m killing my father and brother along with her.

I thought that you and Bail were close friends!!!!! It’s obvious that you care a great deal for him and his daughter….almost too much. Is Bail the man that you said you were going to marry? If so, go right ahead. Marry him. You won’t have a long marriage….because my spies are searching for your base.

Leia refused to tell me about the base…..but it won’t matter…..I will find out soon. And anyway, you couldn’t kill me. I can kill you, but there is no way you could kill me.

You know that it is impossible that my nephew could have a stronger force than me…….because I am WAY more force sensitive than anyone in the galaxy. The only way my nephew could have gotten a strong force is if his father was close to my force sensitivity…..because mine is the highest….and he couldn’t have gotten that high because his father is not force sensitive at all. His father has a WEAK force……he only has 100 midi-cholorians….and my other brother only had 50 midi-cholorians…..I have 24,000 . And you know how that happened? Because my father was force sensitive….and my father had 20,000….but he lost it because he became a Maurder. When that happened the frequency of having a child with a strong force sensitivity was greatly lessened….he had a 1 in 1,000th chance of having a child with a strong force….and a 1 in 1,000,0000,000 chance of having a child with the same force sensitiveness at or above his level. I just happened to get lucky and be that really rare number…..my mother is pretty force sensitive. She had like 15,000 midi-cholorians, so that’s how I got a higher number than my father. Since Owen had a weak force, it is impossible for him to have a force sensitive child…….because he has NO chance of it happening. He didn’t have the high midi-cholorian count to even draw from….and I don’t think his wife is force sensitive either……the highest any of his children could have had would have been like 100 midi-cholorians. Gryvon on has one midi-cholorian…..so you see that the child does not have to have the same number of midi-cholorians as it’s parents……and it is actually rare normally to go above your parents counts…….even if both parents are force sensitive.

So because of all that that I have just told you……you can’t even say that maybe my nephew is more force sensitive than me……because he CAN’T be. Got that? Good.

And not all Skywalkers are the same, okay? There are a lot of Skywalker families in the galaxy…and most of them aren’t even related to me. A long time ago, a Skywalker did something famous…..and a lot of other families got jealous and decided to change their names to Skywalker…..so that’s why there are so many of us. So there are a lot of stupid Skywalkers in the galaxy…but that’s just because it is the most common last name.

I for one, have a lot more intelligence than anyone else in the galaxy.

Well I have to go prepare the execution chambers. I’ll let you know when I’ve killed those people

Oh and another thing…..Obi-Wan is now on the Death Star……I have sensed his presence……but do not worry, soon he’ll be dead too. He will not escape. I have a feeling he’s not alone…so I’ll kill all his companions too.

Bye.

Darth Vader
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Note 18
Darth Vader,

If looks could kill, you're dead. If words could kill, you're dead. If thoughts could kill you're dead. If hearts could speak, you would be ANAKIN SKYWALKER the MAN I LOVED!!!! Now, I hate you. Got that? HATE YOU!!!! You say you're WAY more Force sensitive, but I'll tell you what you are. You're WAY too prideful!!! I mean, in you letters, the words, EVERYTHING is disgusting, it's a disgrace!!!! You are the MOST prideful being in the galaxy, and I hope you know that that will be your downfall.

Oh, so killing people is your hobby now? VADER, Don't you EVER think!!!!! Or did you lost that with you gained the mask and suit!?! These are people, they live, and are loved, even if SOME of them don't know it. With you, I would love you again, if you just freed Anakin. But I'm wasting my breath.

So, Obi-Wan is with you, I've been wondering where he's been. We had to take a break in writing letters, because work got too piled up. How is/was he? You know, you're stupid and he's smart. If he's on the Death Star he has his reason, so don't even say that you're smarter than he, because you may just want to watch your back on this one, Vady.

Padmé
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Note 19
Padmé,

Well obviously, you can’t kill me. Looks, words, and thoughts CAN’T kill. Don’t ever mention the name “Anakin Skywalker” to me again. Got that?

Good. I’m glad you hate me. I hate you too.

I am not too prideful, so shut up. I will have no downfall. If you haven’t noticed, the Empire is winning. We always will win. Why do you think it’s been around for 19-20 years?

Killing people is not my hobby, but it is something necessary. Of course I think. How do you think I came up with the Death Star idea?

I don’t care if they are people or not. I kill them when they get in my way. I could care less about their families or the fact that they are loved. This is a time of war. Do you think their thoughts and relationships really matter to me?

Well I KILLED Obi-Wan!!!!!!!!! Finally. It was a good riddance. I am NOT stupid, so never call me that ever again. I can still whip you or anyone else in the entire galaxy on any intelligence test out there.

But I do have something that I’m angry about. Remember that nephew that I told you about who lied to me? Well you know what he did? He RESCUED my father, my brother, and Leia!!!!! He ruined all my plans!!!!! And then he escaped. You know what else he did? He blasted the control panel the separated me from him so that the door shut and I couldn’t kill him. I HATE HIM. The next time I see him, he’s DEAD.

Well right now we’re making plans for our approach of Yavin. I have figured out just how much power will be necessary to destroy it.

This day will be long remembered. It has seen the end of Kenobi and will soon see the end of the Rebellion.

Bye doomed one.


Darth Vader
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Note 20
Darth Vader,

You said looks can't kill, so the next time you 'see' your nephew, he'll be still alive. Think about that!

Could you just SHUT UP about your 'intelligence'!!! What if there was someone smarter than you, what would you do? So, hush up about it, and I won't call you Stupid, got that, Dim-Wit?

You don't want me to mention the name Anakin Skywalker? Well, Anakin Skywalker WAS your name, so Anakin Skywalker should STILL be your name, but because Darth Vader came, Anakin Skywalker WAS 'killed' by him. Anakin Skywalker would NEVER boss me around, Anakin Skywalker would NEVER kill for no reason, and Anakin Skywalker would STILL love me, and last of all YOU KILLED ANAKIN SKYWALKER!!!!!!! Tired about me mentioning the name Anakin Skywalker yet? I can keep going...

Wow, way to go for your nephew!!! He seems to have out-smarted you in your own game. I'm surprised with 'everything' you know about the Death Star that you didn't THINK about having a second control panel to open the door. Did you EVER think of that???

No, I didn't know you had to Think to come up with the idea of the Death Star. I thought it came when you accidentally bumped your head when you first got that suit and mask on. Oh, I was wrong? Sorry, I thought surely someone could think of the Death Star (what kind of name if that anyway?) by just bumping their head. I could do it, that's for sure.

Yes, I'm sure after you read this letter, you'll hate me even the more. So? I don't care, because you're not ANAKIN SKYWALKER!!!!



Padmé
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Note 21
Padmé,

I did not mean that by my looking at him that I would kill him. What I meant was the next time I come into contact with him I’m going to kill him. The next time he is in the same room with me, I’m going to kill him instantly.

There is no one smarter than me okay. IF there were someone smarter than me, I would kill that person or I would make them work for me…..but it is impossible for anyone to be smarter than me because no one could have a stronger Force than me.

The light side is weak. The Dark Side is strong.

I may have come up with the idea of the Death Star…but I did not design the doors or anything like that. I just told everyone HOW it could be done. Other people came up with the actual design.

Anyway, people weren’t supposed to come and rescue my prisoners. You’re a stupid airhead. A person does not get an idea such as the Death Star from simply bumping their head.

Well soon the Rebellion will be crushed and you will be dead.

Also, there is a certain boy in the Rebellion that has been writing to me. He says his name is Andrew Smith, but I know he’s lying. Advise him to stop insulting me, or he will be very sorry. He has already made me angry enough to have signed his death warrant.

Obi-Wan ended up using a Force trick and disappeared, so I didn’t kill him…unfortunately. It will not matter though. Soon Yavin will be in billions of pieces and you will all be dead!!!!


Darth Vader
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Note 22
Vader (Brick-head)

I know you didn't kill Obi-Wan, but I don't think you will anytime soon. Go ahead, plan on blowing us up, like you planned on killing your 'prisoners'. I don't know what it is, Vady, but your plans never seem to work as you hope.

Oh, sure I'll tell this 'Andrew' guy about what you said, but why would you care if he insults you or not? I didn't think that someone like you would care, so is there still a little of Anakin Skywalker in that black suit or not?

So, you didn't design the Death Star. Ok, but IF you were smart enough, then you would have designed EVERYTHING, and your prisoners wouldn't have escaped, and you would have killed that person that rescued them. Well, it looks like you're not as smart as you think after all. Next time, think about EVERYTHING before doing something.


Padmé (Air-head (since you called me one))
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Note 23
Padmé,

Well it is now 1 minute until Yavin gets blown un and until you’ll finally be dead! Obi-Wan will also be dead in one minute! My plans would have worked perfectly before if it hadn’t been for my nephew. He ruined everything! (I’m talking about the one that rescued the prisoners.)

He better not ruin the Death Star….because if he does…oh……wait until I get my hands on him. He said he would be flying in the Death Star battle. I’m surprised you let him fly because it is so dangerous, heh, heh, heh.

Do you know the “Andrew” guy I’m talking about? Let me know what he says when I told him not to mess with me…but that is IF he survives the Death Star battle (which he won’t.) The fact is he doesn’t have any respect for when he insults me, and NO ONE can get away with insulting me. There is no good in me. Leave me alone about that.

I had no time to design the everything about the Death Star. I have had to go on jobs for the Emperor, and I had other projects to work on. Furthermore, the stormtroopers were supposed to stop and prevent the prisoners from escaping. I was preoccupied with other business…and then I fought Obi-Wan Kenobi. I had no time to personally hunt down the prisoners and kill them. That’s what stormtroopers are for (if they would only be smart enough to get the job done right!).

I am glad that you admit that you are an airhead.

Now…I’m fighting in the battle and I have just killed many X-Wings and Y-Wings that have tried to make runs in a certain trench on the Death Star. At this moment I am on the leader of the last group…he’s been difficult to get, but I’ll have him soon and then you will all die.


Darth Vader
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Note 24
Darth Vader,

1 minute...

Well, since you believe that you'll win this battle, I wonder what your reaction would be if the tables turned on YOU, and you lost. I bet you would HATE that!!!!

56 seconds...

Yes, we let Andrew fly, because he was a pilot, and if you know how battles work you know that you need as many pilots as you can get. Since he was up to it, there was no reason to say no.

45 seconds...

Oh, Little Vady doesn't like being insulted? Well, that's great to know, because I already know how much you HATE me, so I can insult you the more, because you can't be sure I'm dead, unless you kill me yourself, so why should I warn Andrew? I should just join him, and insult you the more. And now that I know how much you HATE that, I should do it, and I'll get more of my friends to do it as well. Wouldn't you just love that?

38 seconds...

Well, you're the dumb one that hired the stupid stormtroopers, and you should have known that they can't learn from their mistakes. They're stupid and nothing else. They don't teach or learn, and they can't follow orders well, and well, I'm shocked that you haven't looked for some replacements for the stormtroops, because if you ask me, that's very much needed.

33 seconds...

Well, you're the Brickhead, and why not agree that I'm an 'airhead?' I know that's not true, but I'm also not going to use your way of disagreeing and argue my way out of it. If you say I'm an 'airhead', I know it will only take time for you realize that you're wrong and until that time you may call me Airhead as much as you wish, because I'm not taking it to heart, Brickhead.

26 seconds...

I'll wait patiently and finish this meeting with Shmi, well I wait out the last few seconds of the battle.

Good-bye, Brickhead.


Padmé
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Note 25
First Vader and Padmé Note written after AOTC came out. I also read the book, and because of that I found out what Padmé’s parents names were so I have changed their names from Tim and Sally to Ruwee and Jobal. I have also decided to no longer use the name Samantha and to use the name Padmé. Her family’s last name will no longer be Jedi, but it will be Amidala. Instead of being the royal family of Coruscant, they will be the Royal family of Naboo. They do not rule anything though. The elected Queen of Naboo still does that.


Padmé,

Uh…about the battle….well it’s over…and one of your stupid pilots just HAD to blow it up. It was all because of that Millennium Falcon pilot. If the Millennium Falcon had not come and shot at me, I would have killed that pilot.

I got hit and started spinning out of control. That made me SO mad. Luckily I spun away from the Death Star, and with enough speed that I didn’t get caught in the Death Star explosion. I saw the Death Star get blown up.

I cannot believe that the plans had that big of a weakness. I should have looked them over myself. And just so you know, I’m not really the person who came up with them, okay. I was just saying that. Actually it was that Count Dooku guy from the beginning of the Clone Wars, and the Trade Federation army. I actually had no say in the design of the Death Star, so the weakness was not my fault. The Emperor never authorized me to do anything with the Death Star plans. I KNEW I could have made them better, but I was not allowed to make any changes to them. The Emperor was confident that they were fine.

All right….so Andrew flew because he was a pilot and you needed a lot of them. Whatever. I don’t care about him or any other pilot.

Go ahead and insult me. I’ll just ignore your insults, and if Andrew continues to do it…well I’ll teach him some respect. No one can get away with insulting me. You’re all going to die some day, you hear me!! I will personally kill you once I get my hands on you.

I did not hire the stupid stormtroopers. Palpatine was the one that did that, and he’s the one that wanted them created. They’re stupid clones (all except Gryvon and other people with exceptionally low intelligence) and they can be easily controlled. They were an army that was quickly created, and they take orders without question because they’re stupid. They do serve a purpose. They DO follow orders most of the time, (at least the clones do). Stupid people like my nephew are the ones that are hard to get to follow orders well. Stormtroopers do their job well most of the time. How could we replace so many clones? There isn’t anyone alive that would be stupid enough to take orders without question all the time, and ones that don’t have the ability to reason.

You know what, I don’t care if you meet with my mother or not. Go ahead. What do you talk about with her anyway? How is she doing? I hope she’s doing well.

One more thing I need you to answer for me, or rather something I need to discuss with you. You know something, I just found out about our son Luke’s existence. One of my spies just told me. How could you have hidden that from me? That’s not right. Well it doesn’t matter because now I know about him. So do you know what happened to him? Is he even alive? And you WILL tell me, because I want to know. I assume you hid the pregnancy from me because you and Obi-Wan thought that you could raise him in safety without me ever finding out. Well guess what I JUST FOUND OUT AND OBI-WAN’S GOING TO PAY FOR HIDING HIM FROM ME. How dare you hide him from me! I demand to know everything about him. Where is he if he is alive?

Now I have to go and report to the Emperor about what happened with the Death Star. Your so-called heroes are going on my most wanted list. Bye.


Darth Vader
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Note 26
Darth Vader,

First of all, I will answer your question about our son. Yes, I was pregnant with our son, but when he was born he died, all right? He was too sick, too weak to live, so he die. That was 19 years ago, so now you know. Obi-Wan had nothing to do with this. You never asked about anything, so no one ever told. You leave Obi-Wan out of this, please? You're doing him too much wrong already, so can you please spare him this? He had nothing to do with it. He didn't hide Luke, and he couldn't save his life. If you're going to blame anyone in the millions of galaxies, you might as well blame me, because I was the one that carried him and gave birth to him, but could not save him. So, please, blame me and not Obi-Wan. I'm truthfully telling you, he had nothing to do with it.

So, you were bragging about the Death Star being YOUR idea when it was this...Count Dooku's idea. That's real smart, Vader.

You're still alive (well you have to be in order to write), so what are you going to do now? Report to the Emperor, or something?

Clones or no clones, they're all stupid, so I don't care about them.

I have a question, that's rather stupid in a sense, but why do you want to kill me? When you turned, what did I do that made you hate me SO much that you would want to kill me with your own hands?

Your mother is fine, but you're scaring the wits out of her, by sending her letters, so STOP IT!!!! She doesn't know or understand why you're sending her letters, so you'll have to either tell her who you are/were, or stop sending her letters, because she doesn't like it.


Padme
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Note 27
Padmé,

Thank you for admitting that you had a son. So he died shortly after birth? Okay, fine. Thank you for telling me that too. He was too sick and too weak to live…I see. How can you tell me that Obi-Wan had nothing to do with that? Of COURSE he did. He HAD to have known that you were pregnant…and he HAD to have been there when you gave birth. The both of you hid your pregnancy from me…and that makes me mad. Where was I to get the idea that you were pregnant? We only spent ONE night together, so how was I supposed to even think of it. And of course Obi-Wan hid Luke’s existence from me. I don’t know why he did that since Luke died anyway…but the whole concept makes me mad. Don’t worry…I’m not going to blame you for our son’s death (even though you want me to). It’s all Obi-Wan’s fault! I’m sure he purposely fixed everything up so Luke would die because Obi-Wan just couldn’t STAND to have anyone be more force sensitive then he was…and he was jealous of me because I got married and had a child and he didn’t. I assure you that Obi-Wan had more to do with it then you realize.

Well I was the one that rediscovered the Death Star plans. Palpatine had them in some old box, and I pulled the plans out and asked him what it was. That’s when Palpatine and I decided to build it to blow up the Rebel Base.

Yes I’m still alive, and I have now reported to the Emperor. He’s very displeased about the Death Star getting destroyed.

Yes, the stormtroopers are idiots.

Now to answer your question…and since you answered the stuff about our son truthfully, I’m going to answer your question truthfully. You asked me why I wanted to kill you. Okay here’s the answer…I still love you very much…but I’m evil; I’m a Sith. Love is not encouraged for evil people…it shows a weakness. I cannot stand to have weaknesses….and I WILL NOT HAVE THIS VERY HUGE WEAKNESS. The only way to get rid of this weakness is to get rid of you. If Palpatine knew I still had feelings for you he would never take me seriously…no one would. That is why I want to kill you. I have always loved you ever since I first met you…and I just can’t make my feelings for you go away. It’s really annoying because I don’t want to care about you. I don’t want to love you…and I can say that I hate you and everything…but deep down inside I know it’s a lie. I love you and it makes me angry. If I could kill you with my own hands…if I could have the power and the strength to do that…then I would fully be a Sith. There you go…now you know why I want you dead. Do you know that I still have hung onto our old letters? I have them in a box. I still have our wedding picture…and my Padawan braid…and I think of you all the time. You know how terrible that is? Do you know how terrible it is for an evil person to spend so much time thinking of another person? I can’t have that.

Good. Thanks for telling me about my mother. I’m glad she’s doing well. I’m scaring her by writing her? But if I tell her who I am she probably won’t love me anymore…and I…would like to have her continue to care about me. I don’t know what I’d do if I knew that my mother didn’t love me. Well if you think I only have two choices…I’m going to prove you wrong. I’m not going to tell her who I am (at least not yet), but I’m still going to continue to write her.

Um….well I see that you have left Yavin. I suppose there’s no point in asking you where your new base is. Do not worry…I will find it and get what I want from your base. Even now as I’m writing this letter I’m sending out probes to locate your base. I’ll find out where your new base is…and…and…then the Empire will take you down. We’ll strike back at your stupid Rebellion and crush you like an ant.


Darth Vader
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Note 28
Darth Vader,

Don’t you DARE say such things about Obi-Wan! He has been a great friend to me, one of my only friends, I might add, since you destroyed my home! You have some nerve blaming him for the mistakes that you made, brickhead! If you had not turned, do you think I would even consider not telling you about our son? Heck, he might even be alive today since I wouldn’t have needed to go into hiding and stayed away from public hospitals! It isn’t Obi-Wan’s fault that I had to live in fear of my own husband! If you must blame someone besides yourself, it would only be logical for you to blame me, anyway, as I am the one who wasn’t capable of doing what most mothers are capable of doing, keeping our son alive. Still, you have no idea how much it warms my heart to hear that your love still lives. And no matter what Palpatine has told you, my love for you still burns twice as strong Anakin. I still treasure the dress that you gave me, the last gift I ever received from you every time I look at it, I think about all the good times, and what we could have had together had things turned out differently. Please, stop this madness. If you would just let yourself free of that Emperor Palpatine, we could go back to the way things were! You and me, and Shmi, and Obi-Wan, and all of our other old friends.

Please, Anakin, I beg of you, stop this madness. I am asking you this for Shmi’s sake, and stop writing to her! She thinks you are just an obsessed former suitor! If you want her to be happy again, give her back her son. And while your at it, give me back my husband, and Obi-Wan apprentice.

I still don’t understand why you are so intent on taking credit for building a space station that is now blown into pieces! Anyway, this just shows that no matter how powerful evil may seem, good will always prevail! Remember that the next time you kill a good man. The Emperor is displeased that the Death Star is destroyed? Well good! That’s why we destroyed it!

If stormtroopers are idiots, then why in the world do you keep them around? Is it perhaps that anyone with half a brain could see what evil you and the Empire are?

And you might as well know that I am not scared of your probe droids. Remember how much good they did last time? The Empire will never take us down because it was built with darkness, while we are fueled with light. We are not the ants, but you are because even if we do not succeed, sometime, somewhere, somebody will.


Anakin’s lover, Vader’s hater
Padmé
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Note 29
Padmé,

I can say whatever I want about Obi-Wan. He is no longer my master, and he has gotten in my way for the last time! I HATE HIM. You know if it hadn’t been for my mission to protect you, and for his having to go on a separate mission, my mother would have died! It was only because I was able to get away from him that I was able to safe her. Let’s see, what else did he do? He never listened to me, and he always tried to hold me back. When Palpatine came along he showed me more power than I could have ever had under Obi-Wan. Obi-Wan was jealous, and he’s still jealous of me! I know FOR A FACT that our son’s death is all Obi-Wan’s fault. He had much more to do with it then you realize, and thanks to my personal spy, Arawn, I now know the extent of what Obi-Wan did with his jealousy! Obi-Wan needs to die!

Maybe he’s “acted” like a great friend to you, but trust me, he is your enemy. He is no real friend of yours…and he…he is no friend to ANYONE. He’s a dirty little horrible old man!

If you hadn’t HIDDEN from me, I would have protected you and our child from Palpatine. I could have gotten a medical person to care for you and our son, and I would have kept it a secret. It could have kept our son alive (I mean….look what happened to me. I got burned, and an Imperial medical person was able to keep me alive.) So you’re right, it IS partly your fault, but it’s much more Obi-Wan’s fault!

Yes, I do still love you, but if that leaks out to anyone, I WILL kill you. I thought I told you never to call me Anakin again. That isn’t my name; understand! My name is Darth Vader. I’m glad you still have the dress. Now if you ever want to change your mind and join the Empire, I can still keep you protected from Palpatine.

Palpatine is my master, and he has taught me more than anyone else has ever taught me. He’s taught me the true nature of the force, without holding ANYTHING back from me. I do not trust him, but if I have a certain plan. I cannot ditch him yet. Besides that, I have an important reputation to keep, and I have an important role in the Empire….and if things work out as planned, I will soon be rid of Palpatine and will take over the Empire. Once I’m rid of Palpatine, you can join me in ruling the galaxy. You will not have to hide, and there will be no one to oppose it. I will keep you protected. How does that sound? I will kill Obi-Wan, but you and Shmi will be well-protected. The Dark Side will still rule, under my rule. There are certain things I’d like to change in the Empire…besides that, I’m smarter and more force sensitive than Palpatine.

I will not stop writing to my mother. She’s my mother, so I can write her if I want to. You, of all people, are not going to tell me what to do! After my plans are complete, I will reveal myself to her as her son.

I admit that the Death Star plans were not my idea, okay? They were Count Dooku’s, and it’s his fault that the Death Star had a weakness. I would have built it so that it would not have failed! Uh, Padmé, if “good will always prevail” then how come the Republic and Jedi fell? How come the Empire has lasted for 20 years, no one being able to stop us? I will guarantee that NO ONE will be able to stop us. I am the most force sensitive person in the galaxy, so I can’t fail.

The stormtroopers were not my idea either, but they work well. Palpatine came up with that idea just after the Naboo Invasion, and he decided to create them. It’s actually a good idea to have stupid people as soldiers. They take orders without question, and they are not a pain to have to deal with. With smarter people, we’d run into problems with people complaining. The stormtrooprs are clones, so every one of them is the same size, has the same level of intelligence, and they were raised in groups. Stormtroopers are very cost efficient because we don’t have to worry about different sizes. Palpatine, the officers, and I are the intelligence of the Empire. It works very nicely because the soldiers never argue with us. It’s easier to control stupid people than it is to control more intelligent people. Understand?

I know that you are alerted to our presence (I’m talking about MY fleet when I said our presence). Do not worry, I have more troops than you possibly could have, and we will destroy your new base. In a matter of minutes we will destroy you with our ground assault forces. I hope you enjoy your defeat.



Darth Vader


Written 9/30/02
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Note 30
Anakin Skywalker,

How should I phrase this in a way your weak little mind can understand this? YOU ARE A COMPLETE MORON! You gave up what could have been a very good life, with a loving wife, wonderful children, and a great master who was only looking out for YOU! Instead, you turned your back and joined league with that, that dark, monstrous thing! Obi-Wan, he couldn’t have foreseen what happened to your mother, he couldn’t have changed that! And as much as you want to think that you were mature and strong enough to past the trials, the fact exists that YOU WEREN’T READY! NO ONE is to blame for this, not me, not Obi-Wan, not our children, not even Palpatine! This was YOUR doing, and it’s YOUR fault! For goodness sake, get that into your head!

You must have something eating at your brain to think that I would ever even consider letting you put Luke into a machine! You say you could have kept him a secret from Palpatine, but when you are presented with the choice between what Anakin Skywalker believed and what Darth Vader believes, what will you choose? How can you expect anyone to trust you if all you can think about is gaining more power, no matter who it will hurt?

You say not to call you Anakin? Anakin, Anakin, Anakin. That is who you are, and that is what I will call you. Don’t even bother to fight it, because it won’t do you any good. I will always call you Anakin, because that is who you are, whether or not you care to admit it!

You suggested that I join you in ruling the Empire. Look, Anakin, I want to be with you. I LOVE you, I and I want more than anything for us to be together. But when it comes between a choice of my heart or my morals, I have to choose morals. I told you before, there are some places I cannot follow you. I know that Palpatine is evil, I know that the Empire is evil, and I know that Vader is evil. But I also know that you have the capability to ditch not only Palpatine, but also the Empire and Vader, and instead become good old Anakin Skywalker. If you ever think of that, I would gladly return to your side. But you must first promise me not to let yourself be such a slave of the Dark Side.

As for writing letters to your mother, she’s your mother, you know her best. Do you think she would like to hear that her precious little son is not only stalking her, but has joined the Dark Side, and is supporting a form of government she is trying so hard to fight? Do you think it would be wise to write letters to her, or reveal yourself to her? You’re a big boy, Ani, act like one!

You said that since the Empire has lasted for 20 years and brought down the Republic and the Jedi. That means that good does not always prevail. Uh, Anakin, the Republic and the Jedi have stood for thousands of years. The Empire has stood for twenty years, and already will soon collapse because of the Rebellion. Think about that before you start bragging about evil again.

I understand that it is easier to control stupid people than it is to control smart people. Yet the Rebellion thrives on smart people. What does that tell you? It tells me that anyone who actually uses the gushy thing in their head otherwise known as a brain knows better than to support something as evil as the Empire. Maybe you should take that into consideration the next time you start your relentless bragging.

You say you have a fleet? Bring it on. We defeated you in the Battle of Yavin, and we’ll defeat you here. Just wait, someday, there won’t ever be an Empire again.


Padmé Samantha Amidala Skywalker (notice I don’t flinch to use my real name)

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Note 31
Padmé,

You have no place to insult my intelligence! Let’s get one thing straight: I do NOT HAVE A WEAK MIND. As I have already told you numerous times, I am the most intelligent person in the galaxy. Do you think that you could ever come up with the things I have come up with? Could you have built a droid when you were a little kid, all by yourself? Could you come up with such detailed Imperial plans as I do?

Palpatine is not a monstrous thing! He is your Emperor, and he deserves respect! My life on the Dark Side has given me much more than I could have ever dreamed of having on the Light Side. I get to help rule the galaxy, and I have learned so much more with my use of the force.

Obi-Wan never listened to me, and he never thought about me. For a month, I kept on having nightmares about how my mother was in pain…and I knew they were a vision through the Force. I could feel her pain, and if Obi-Wan would have listened to me, I could have stopped her pain. But NO, it took a mission in protecting you, an opportunity to get away from him, that gave me the chance to save her life. You know what would have happened if Obi-Wan would have been with me the entire time? He would not have allowed me to save my mother, and you know what? SHE WOULD HAVE DIED. It IS ALL OBI-WAN’S FAULT!!!!!!

How would you know whether I was ready for the trials or not? You weren’t there when I was training, and I assure you, my skills far surpassed Obi-Wan’s! I was READY.

And by the way, you made several references to the phrase, “our children.” What do you mean by that? You said, “You gave up what could have been a very good life, with a loving wife, wonderful children, and a great master who was only looking out for YOU!” and “No one is to blame for this, not me, not Obi-Wan, not our children, not even Palpatine!” You make it sound as if we had more than one child. The only child we had was Luke, who died, so what is your meaning? Did you have twins or something, and you better tell me. If you don’t tell me, I’ll get the information from someone who does, and who will explain. Explain. That’s the only way we could have “children”, because we only spent the night together one night after our marriage…and that was the night of our wedding. It would be impossible for you to have any other child unless we had twins, triplets, quadruplets, or whatever. I WILL find out the information. You can count on it. And if we have any living children, I WILL find them, so YOU BETTER TELL ME NOW.

Now when I said my doctors would have helped Luke, I did not mean that he would live in a suit like mine. (Unless Obi-Wan burned him, just like he burned me. If that’s the case, then yes, he would have to be in a suit like mine.) I know all about Luke…about how he was only one pound and six ounces when he was born, and that his lungs hadn’t grown enough to be able to function, and that he had really bad asthma. But if you didn’t have him on any machines after he was born, it IS your fault that he died! (But Obi-Wan probably wouldn’t let you do it either, so it’s also his fault.) I’m sure he would have only had to have been on machines for a couple months, until his lungs had developed well enough to function on their own. Of course, I don’t know the seriousness of everything, and maybe his lungs never would have grown enough to be able to function. In that case, then, yes, he could live in a machine. Why are you so against that idea? Our son could be alive, but NO you didn’t want him to live in a machine.

Yes, I could have kept Luke a secret from Palpatine…and I could have raised Luke and taught him how to use the Force (if he was Force Sensitive. Was he, or do you know?) I would have trained him to use the Dark Side, without holding him back. Then, together, we would have gone against Palpatine, and after that, we would have ruled the Empire as father and son. But NO YOU HAD TO RUIN THAT BY LETTING HIM DIE. I hate you!

My name is Darth Vader; your Anakin is dead. So STOP CALLING ME ANAKIN.

And another thing, I will never ditch the Empire, or the name Vader. You should know that by now! You made an unwise move by choosing the Rebellion over me. I made you an offer, and the offer will just get better very soon. You will not be able to refuse me after my plans fall into place. I am not a slave of the Dark Side; I am a user of the Dark Side. I know how to extract power from the Force so that I can be the most powerful person in the galaxy. How could anyone refuse this power?

The same goes for my mother, once my plans come out, I will tell my mother. She will not be able to resist the urge to join me in the Empire. If my mother knew what had become of me, I’m sure she would be very proud of me. I am a great leader in the Empire, but I cannot tell her that until I accomplish my goal.

Padmé, the Republic only lasted for ONE thousand years, not more than that. Before that time period, there was no Republic, and the Sith, because there were too many of them, were defeated. Now, there are only 2 Sith now, and after I kill Palpatine and accomplish my goal, I will be the only Sith. No one will be able to oppose me. That was also the only war in the Republic’s history, until the Clone Wars. The Republic, because of how it grew, became corrupted. Palpatine, whose father found the Sith journal from the Sith who were killed off 1,000 years ago, took things back into control and put the Sith in charge. There were no Sith until Palpatine’s father came along, because he’s the one that found the journal, so the Sith had no opportunity of taking on the Republic and Jedi until that time. For this reason, the Sith also had no opportunity to fail, and the Republic/Jedi were never challenged. The Empire will hold for much longer than a thousand years. You will understand that. The Empire will not collapse because of the Rebellion. I KNOW it will not, but I have information you don’t have. You’ll see why I’m saying that once everything happens.

Name someone in the Rebellion who you think is smart (besides yourself.) The Republic has no army, like the Empire does. That’s why you don’t need stupid people to be controlled. If you had an army, you would see why stupid people are better than more intelligent people. The use of droids for an army has been outlawed since the Clone Wars, so you don’t even have any luck with that. You basically have no training methods, or financial stuff to help you out there. I’ll have you know that there are many bright people throughout the galaxy who support the Empire. We have far more followers than you will ever have! You know why? It’s because Palpatine and I have shown that we will not let anything push us back. When citizens of the Empire hear our names, they know that we are power, and that our system of government works, and that we serve our people better than the Republic ever did.

Your Rebel pilots put up a good fight, but many were killed. Our side won. We knocked out your shield generator, and we captured several prisoners, and several of your ships. I know that many still got away. Do not worry; we will deal with the rest of your pathetic Rebellion later. Your Rebels couldn’t even put up a fight against us. The prisoners that we captured are now dead…I killed them for treason.

I must go now because I have some pressing business to deal with at the moment.


Darth Vader
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Note 32
Vader,

When I said “our children”, I meant the children we could have had. We don’t have any other children besides Luke. We could never have; after all, we only spent one night together.

All right, I admit, you have a strong mind. It’s a weak heart that you have. Why do you insist on using all of your intelligence on destruction? Why not coaxing the galaxy out of corruption, instead of simply demolishing it?

How could you blame Obi-Wan on almost killing your mother? Don’t you understand that he was only doing what he thought was best for you? That he honestly had no idea that Shmi had almost died?

I many not know everything it takes to be a Jedi, but I do know that a Jedi must be relaxed and focused. You, on the other hand, were arrogant and impulsive! IF you had taken the trials and become a Jedi, you would have gone out of control! You will kill more people than you would save, like you are doing now! And don’t you dare say I don’t know that about you, because I WAS YOUR WIFE! OF COURSE I DID!

Palpatine is not only a monstrous thing; he is a HORRIBLE, SLIMY, MANIPULATIVE, EVIL REPTILE! Look what he has done to you! Look at all the hatred he poured into you! You say that your life on the Dark Side has given you much more than you could have ever dreamed of having in Light. So what you mean is that power and glory is worth more to you than your mother, your wives, even the children you could have had? If so, you truly ARE Darth Vader, instead of Anakin Skywalker. In that case, I don’t know how to make you understand your wrongs.

You said that you could have kept Luke a secret from Palpatine, and then say that you would never ditch the Empire. Can you see your paradox? Do I need to spell out why I don’t believe you? Can’t you see that you’ve become Palpatine’s puppet? He says, “jump”, and you say “how high”! If Luke were trained like that, he would be exactly like that, a puppet and a slave! I would never let that happen! Sometimes I feel that Luke was better off dead, and in a better place, than here, suffering the wrath of you and the Empire.

Can you honestly say that the Empire isn’t ten times more corrupt than the Republic ever was? The only difference is that the Empire makes no effort to hide its faults! You should know that all these deaths that you cause within your Empire will not only spark, but encourage Rebellious feelings that would one day be your demise!

You asked me to name people in the Rebellion smarter than you. Lets see, Shmi, Bail, his daughter Leia, her friend Han Solo, and Wedge Antilles, and Luke Skywalker (the boy who destroyed your space stations, not your son), only to name a few. None of them are stupid, yet they would follow any order we give them if it would help the cause of the Rebellion. We don’t use force to make people work hard, yet people seem to work all the harder without it. Just like the citizens of the Republic were a lot more cooperative than citizens of your Empire.

I have to go now. Gwydion and I are leaving to find out more about Luke’s death. If you like, I will tell you what I find, as he is your son as well.


Padmé

PS You seemed to have taken an unusual interest to one of our recruits, Luke Skywalker. Why? Is it because he shares our son’s name? Or is it because he destroyed the Death Star, so you want him on your side?

Anyway, he asked me to tell you to stop those comments. If you really want to recruit him, you’re not making a good impression of yourself on him.
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Note 33
Padmé,

Well the way you wrote “our children” in your other made it sound as if we had other children. I haven’t gotten the opportunity to ask Arawn about it yet, but I still intend to…just to make sure. I figured that you meant the children we could have had, but I need to make sure, because that could be an easy cover up for something else. I mean, you didn’t even tell me about Luke, and I just learned it from Arawn. If you weren’t going to tell me about Luke, what makes me think that you’d tell me about other children? Yes, I know we only spent one night together, but there is such a thing as multiple births, you know. I need to make sure that you’re not hiding anything from me…like twins, triplets, quadruplets, 5, 6, 7, 8 babies……..whatever. I know that Luke only weighted 1 pound 6 ounces at birth, so it’s possible that you had several children. I’m going to ask Arawn and everyone else about it as soon as I can.

My heart is perfectly fine, for your information. It is very strong, and it always has been. I’m not using all of my intelligence on destruction, either. I’m using it for my plan, for gaining information, for bettering the Empire. I destroy things when they get in the way. I do not intend on demolishing the galaxy. I would like to have an effective government, and this is the only means of accomplishing it. I am partially in charge of the Empire, and soon I will be in charge! The Dark Side will rule, but in a different way than Palpatine is ruling right now.

And about my plan, in case you’re wondering, it’s going perfectly fine. I had to change my plan slightly, but everything will turn out fine. Soon I can reach my goal…I only have to wait patiently now.

How can I blame Obi-Wan on almost killing my mother? Let’s see…maybe because I had Jedi visions for an entire month, and he never listened to me about the visions. He considered them “just bad dreams.” He knows what a Jedi vision is, and he knew how force sensitive I was! He purposely ignored me. He didn’t regard me as his equal…like he was above me! It IS his fault! Doing what was best for me, LOL? I don’t think so. He was jealous of me. Do you understand that? He was JEALOUS of me. He wanted my mother to die, and he wouldn’t listen to me. He didn’t think that my thoughts were worth anything. He was the Jedi master, and I was only his Padawan. He always treated me as such. He never stopped looking for something to say that would put me down.

You’re beginning to sound like my mother when she writes me! I am NOT arrogant, and I was never that way. Impulsive? That’s how the Force works best…didn’t you ever wonder why I was always so good with the Force? It’s because I have a lot of it and act on it. Anyone with a strong force would do this…even some of your precious friends in the Rebellion. You watch and see. I would have been the best Jedi ever to be in the Jedi Order if I had taken the trials. I wonder why the Council was surprised that I turned. Didn’t they realize that holding me back would make me resent them, and make it easier for Palpatine to turn me? Palpatine offered me much more than the Jedi Order ever did.

You would have joined Palpatine if you were force sensitive! Remember when you were Queen of Naboo. Who did you run to? You came to Palpatine for help. You knew what a helpful, powerful person he was, even if you didn’t know he was a Sith at that time. You always looked up to him. Why did you turn on him and join the Rebellion? Didn’t you consider what it would do to his opinion of you? Weren’t you afraid of what he would do to you? He could have killed you, all because you were his enemy. Why not join league with him? And remember, you ARE the person that put Palpatine in the Supreme Chancellor position, and remember it was also Jar-Jar Binks, a member of your own planet’s representation, that called for his Emergency powers at the beginning of the Clone Wars. Even you cannot resist him. You’re just making up an excuse for yourself on why you should be against him. I could never go against Palpatine…someone that has held me in such high esteem ever since the Naboo Invasion. He has helped me grow, he always talked to me when no one else would listen, and then he asked me to be a part of his plan for the galaxy. How could I refuse him? And how could I endanger myself by making myself his enemy? I had no choice, and I have no choice now. I owe everything to that man, and he is my master. I must obey him. Remember when I told you I wanted to become the most powerful Jedi Knight ever? Well I am right now. Palpatine gave me that power….and the Jedi Order crumbled because they were too stupid for their own good. They could not foresee my master making his plans. I do love you, as I said before, I love my mother, and if Luke had lived, I would love him too…..but I could never abandon Palpatine. You must join me in the Empire, or you shall have to die.

You truly do not understand me, Padmé. When I said I could have kept Luke a secret from Palpatine, I meant it. Soon, I hope to prove that point to you…maybe you will be able to join me then. I cannot ditch such power as I have been given by Palpatine…but I can make the Empire better. I am NOT a slave. Don’t ever call me that again! I know you would have never let Luke join the Dark Side…and that’s because you don’t see the point and greatness of the Dark Side. Well, if you feel that Luke is better off being dead, that’s your own problem. I think he would have been a great asset to me in my plans. But since he is dead…I had to find a different way. Oh well…

The Empire might seem corrupt right now because we have had to use great force on systems that have insisted on resisting us. Once the resistance is gone, the Empire will function very well; you will see. We will use fear to keep the systems in line…no one will dare oppose the Empire.

My mother is pretty intelligent, but she is not smarter than me. And Bail and Leia and Han and Wedge…they could not POSSILBLY be smarter than me. They are not Force-Sensitive. And Luke isn’t smarter than me either. Don’t you EVER even suggest that other people are smarter than me. Yes, but they are all just people in the Rebellion. They do not make up an army. The stormtroopers are an army! They need to be stupid because they need to function as a unit…to make them work for us. You know what I mean…have them all trained exactly the same way, so that they take orders without question and work hard. Also, that way we are not using actual “real” people. It doesn’t matter so much if they die, and their position does not require much intelligence. Our Imperial Officers are actually required to have intelligence, but sometimes they make stupid mistakes. I make it known to my officers that they are not allowed to make very many stupid mistakes. If they do, they find themselves very dead.

You and Gwydion are leaving to find out more about Luke’s death. Really? Where are you going? If you are thinking about going to Tatooine, your travel will be in vein. My brother Owen and his family moved far away from Tatooine several years ago, and they are now living on the plant Blue Waters. I suggest that you go there. If you already knew that my brother’s family moved away, then maybe you are going to the right place. Why are you trying to find out about Luke’s death anyway? Isn’t it enough for you that he died? I don’t think you should try to find his grave…it might be too depressing for you. I would rather spare you the harm. If you would like, I can send my nephew, Gryvon along. He is Owen’s son, but he doesn’t know it. But don’t you dare say anything about it to my brother or to Gryvon, or I will harm you. He (Gryvon) is stupid, as I said before, but I will give him instructions on where to take you. Or would you prefer that I send you another of my officers? I would be very glad to do that…it is one of the ways I hope to prove my love to you and our dead son. I would go myself, but I am very busy at the moment with another issue. Yes, I would like to know if you find out any information about his death…it should prove very interesting.

Oh, so that Rebel pilot of yours has been writing you? (That other Luke Skywalker person) He’s been showing you my letters, or what? How did you know what I was saying to him? It is none of your business whether I take an interest in certain people in the Rebellion. I can do whatever I like. Stay out of this matter, or suffer the consequences. If you MUST know, I’m taking an interest in him because he destroyed the Death Star. He proved to be a good pilot, and I could use him in the Imperial Navy. That’s the only interest I have in him. If I see that someone possesses exceptional skill in any area that could serve the Empire, I go after that person. I have recruited many officers this way…even some from your Rebellion. I may not be making a good impression of myself on him now…but I guarantee I can make him an offer that he couldn’t possibly refuse. I’ve done it before. He will want to join me, trust me.

I must go now. I have an upcoming banquet that I must attend to. I need to make proper preparations, and set everything up just right.


Darth Vader
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Note 34
Darth Vader,

YOU ARE A PATHETIC MORON! After ALL Obi-Wan has done for you, you insist on blaming him for what he couldn’t control! You think he wanted you to suffer, for your mother to die? You were like a SON to him! A SON, Ani! He CARED for you, he PROTECTED you, he pretty much RAISED you! He, a great Jedi Knight, jealous of you? Of such a weak, heartless fool? You flatter yourself.

Palpatine offer more to you than the Order ever did? HAH! He turned you into his SLAVE! Don’t you see? You are his puppet! If you weren’t so arrogant and impulsive you would have seen that from the start! You fell into the grips of a MADMAN!

I fight against Palpatine not because he is powerful but because he is evil. I once thought of him as a good man who cared for the good of the Republic, so I trusted him, relied on him, made him a chancellor. Now, I realized the cost of my mistake. He is not a good man who cared for the good of anything, only a twisted mind hungering for control. Don’t you find it ironic that the man that you look up to is just like the Tusken Raiders who nearly killed your mother? He’s cold, unmoving, not the least bit hesitant at the thought of killing an innocent being. Can’t you see that? Can’t you see that there’s more to him than his power? Or are you truly the monster I feared?

Why are you so intent on proving me wrong? I told you, we only had one child, and he’s dead. Can’t you find that enough? Why in the world to you intend on this useless endeavor? Don’t you realize that you could be doing so many better things? Don’t you know how pointless this is? Don’t go, it wouldn’t be good, don’t bother trying to find out. You wouldn’t find anything. Really, you wouldn’t.

Don’t tell me that your heart is fine, because how can a nonexistent heart be fine? You say you want to have an effective government. You got your wish; you got a government built on the foundations of tyranny and chaos. You may say that you would rule better than Palpatine, but in reality you ARE just like him, and you will RULE just like him. A tyrant, a Sith.

Speaking of which, why in the world are you employing my brother-in-law to be your spy? You do know that Arawn Corta was once married to Sola. Why in the world are you having him do your dirty work? Do you intend on destroying any hint of a once so tight-knit family?

How can you be so cold at the topic of our son? Doesn’t it mean anything to you that he is DEAD? Dead, because of US? That if we had worked together through this mess then maybe I wouldn’t have had to go into hiding and not have the proper medical supplies for his birth?

What is this plan that you keep talking about? Does it involve the pilot, Luke? I know that you keep contacting him, sending spies and stalking him. I know you don’t think he’s any of my business, but unlike you, I CARE about my friends, and I CARE about Luke! What are you planning to do with him? I know it isn’t just wanting to recruit him to your Empire, because you never show that much interest in any of your recruits. So what is it? If you don’t tell me I’ll find out.

Are you so insecure with your intelligence that you can’t even accept that there will always be someone smarter than you? In your case, though, there are a LOT of people smarter than you.

If you cannot find enough smart people to support your cause, doesn’t it show that your cause isn’t very good? The Rebellion found quite a lot of people to support their cause, which is your destruction. What does that tell you?

Owen and Beru moved? No wonder their homes seem empty. No, don’t send anyone here to help me find their new homes, just send me the address. Gwydion and I can find it on our own. Right now, though, we’re going to look for any graves that might be here.


Padmé
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Note 35
Padmé,

I don’t know what Obi-Wan wanted. But don’t assume anything about him. You weren’t is apprentice, and you don’t know what I had to suffer through daily. He NEVER LISTENED TO ME, HE THOUGHT HE WAS SO GREAT BECAUSE I WAS HIS APPRENTICE, HE DIDN’T IGNORE YOUR JEDI VISIONS, HE DIDN’T TRY TO HOLD YOU BACK FROM BECOMING A JEDI KNIGHT, so what was I supposed to think? I KNOW he was jealous of me. I do believe he wanted me to suffer and that he wanted my mother to die. You don’t know him like I did. I know for a fact that he as done wrong to you. Soon I can tell you, and you’ll know exactly what I’m talking about.

And don’t you dare say that I was like a son to him. How could anyone treat their son like he treated me? He never seemed to care about what I thought. If I had a son I would at least try to care about what they thought. He thought he was so much better than me, just because I was younger. Many times he emphasized to me how young I was. He never tried to understand me. And don’t call me Ani. You know I don’t like it. I want you to call me DARTH VADER.

Obi-Wan protected me? Hah! He did NOT CARE for me at all, and don’t you ever say he pretty much raised me. My mother is the one that raised me, not Obi-Wan. After I left my mother, Palpatine was always there for me to talk to.

Obi-Wan never took the trials anyway. Just because he defeated Darth Maul he was made a Jedi Knight. He probably couldn’t have passed the trails anyway. I was much more powerful than he ever was!

I am not Palpatine’s slave. And anyway, soon I can be rid of him and rule the galaxy myself…..in a much better way. You might not think my leadership will differ any from Palpatine’s. It WILL, and you’ll see how once I can reveal my plan. My plan is falling into place very nicely. Very, very soon, I will have accomplished my goal. Soon you will no longer have to fight against Palpatine. If you fight against my new form of government, you will be a heartless fool. You will be able to see how great my plan is in a very, very short amount of time. So don’t worry, my dear wife, so you will be rid of Palpatine. You will not want to fight against me when you realize my plans.

All right, all right, I’ll stop talking about your children comment. However, I do have spies, and they have very little to do right now. I will ask them as soon as I can for information. If they cannot give me anything, I’ll let it rest. You cannot argue against this. I am not personally doing the research, so it wastes none of my time.

And just so you know, I am doing a much better thing than research right now. You will soon see how wise I am.

I suggest that you take your own advice about Luke and don’t go trying to research him too hard. You won’t find much about him either. I understand your need to look though, which is why I’m going to give you his aunt and uncle’s new address.

Get a paper and pen ready…okay it is house number 585748 on the planet Blue Waters. I will include a map so that you can find the house quickly and end this pointless search. You said so yourself…our son is dead, so why look for his grave? It will only sadden you. I have already seen his grave, and I can send you a picture if you want me to.

If my heart were nonexistent, I wouldn’t be alive, now would I? Yes, I did get my wish for an effective government. Soon I will make it more effective. :)

As for the business of my spy, Arawn Corta, that is little concern for you. But since you insist on knowing, I’ll tell you. Didn’t you know Arawn Corta worked for Palpatine back during the time of the Old Republic? Under Palpatine’s orders, he poisoned the ruler of Naboo before you, and messed up the ballots to make sure you were elected as the new ruler. He thought you would be easy to control, because you would so young and naïve, and the Trade Federation went along with his plan. As much as you’d like to think, it wasn’t your good leadership qualities that got you elected. Arawn was an orphan that Palpatine decided to use…very smart on his part, since not very many people would be able to recognize him. Arawn was Palpatine’s spy long before he was mine. During the first few years you were Senator, he fell in love with your face while he was digging for information on me. (Because Palpatine knew I was important and worthy of the research.) He mistakenly saw your sister one time while she was a slave working for the Maurders. He thought it was you, and he proposed to her on the spot, offering her a chance of freedom. She accepted, and then he found out his mistake. He continued to serve Palpatine for many years until he failed to kill Luke…after his birth. Arawn has told me all about this, so I know it’s true. When Palpatine found out about the failure, he put Arawn on his most wanted list, and Arawn came to me for protection. Of course I didn’t find out about Luke’s existence until Arawn told me very recently…and it was really by accident that the subject came up. All I knew was that Palpatine was a fool to lose such a valuable spy. I promised Arawn that he could work for me, and I would keep it a secret from Palpatine. It’s always useful to have a spy that’s not connected with Palpatine, because I have found out some of Palpatine’s moves before he actually made them. Of course Luke died right after Arawn’s failure anyway, but Palpatine was still angry that Arawn had failed him. I wouldn’t go spreading this around to too many people, because if Palpatine finds out, he won’t hesitate to kill him…and then you’d be responsible for your sister’s husband’s death. Wouldn’t that be so unlike you?

I can say whatever I want to about our son because he is dead. I still say, if you had joined me, he wouldn’t have died. See, I protected both Arawn and Shmi from Palpatine. What makes you think I wouldn’t protect our son? Do you think that I would have wanted Palpatine to have killed my son…to ruin my plans? No, so why do you keep thinking that I would go to Palpatine about it? It’s all because of YOU that he’s dead. Your mistrust of me! It’s your fault, and Obi-Wan’s too! I hate both of you for letting him die!

And about my plan, do you honestly think I’m going to tell you? It’s my top-secret plan. If I told you what it was, you might ruin it, or you might tell someone else. I don’t want it ruined. You’ll find out soon enough, and that’s all you need to know. I’m not even going to bother answering any of your questions regarding my plan, because it’s none of your business. I can do whatever I want.

And for your information, how would you know how much interest I show in my recruits? You’ve just never been friends with any of my recruits, so you don’t know. I AM like that with all my recruits. I want them to join the Empire, so I like them to feel like they’re special, okay?

Of course my plans don’t involve the pilot Luke! Why would I include a little pilot in my ultimate plan for the galaxy? You make no sense. And do you think I care if he’s your friend or not? Like that’s going to stop me from trying to recruit him to the Imperial Navy! I’ve already told you all that you need to know in reference to him. Besides that, you wouldn’t have the resources to find out what I’m trying to do with him. I have spies, and if I thought that anyone would slip you information, they would already be dead by now. But you don’t have to worry about that because I already told you…he’s just a pilot I’m trying to recruit for the Navy.

I’m am not insecure about my intelligence; I KNOW what I’m the smartest person in the galaxy, and don’t you ever suggest anything else!

I can find plenty of smart people to support my cause. But you completely missed my point. The stormtroopers are there simply as our ARMY. We have officers in the Navy who are very intelligent, and loyal citizens throughout the galaxy. Many billions of people support the Empire. Using stupid people as our army works well, because like I said, they’re easy to control and they take orders without question. You Rebels don’t even have an army, so what does that tell you?

Yes, Owen and Beru moved. See, it was a waste of your time to go to Tatooine! I suggest that you go to Blue Waters as soon as you can so that you can learn more information about your dead son. I’m allowing you to look him up without Palpatine knowing, so be thankful for that. I have included the address and the map with this letter, so I hope you find them soon! And I don’t expect you to find Luke’s grave on Tatooine. Don’t you know the Tatooine law? Once someone moves away, all the grave markers are allowed to be pulled up. Whoever bought their home probably pulled it up, since it meant nothing to them. If you don’t believe me, ask someone else from Tatooine, they’ll tell you. Why don’t you ask that pilot you seem to be so friendly with? He’ll tell you!


Darth Vader
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Note 36
Vader,

Stop flattering yourself, no one would go through so much trouble for your demise. If anything, he encouraged your potential TOO much, but he never really held you back. You say he did a wrong to me. What wrong? Do you and him know something that I should know, but don’t? I can tell he’s hiding something from me, I just don’t know what!

Still, Obi-Wan IS a good man. He DID protect you and treat you like a son! Think, was there really ever a time that Palpatine did something GOOD for you? Did he ever try to benefit you, without somehow benefiting himself? Did he ever sacrifice everything for you, like Obi-Wan did? Yes, your mother raised you, but even SHE understood your need to become a Jedi!

Palpatine, he defied ALL of your needs and wants and just manipulated you to his slave!

You say you aren’t Palpatine’s slave? Can you honestly say that you can defy him? The next time Palpatine tells you to terrorize a planet, refuse, just to see how he would react. You can tell me how he responded from the hospital (or will you be in a grave?).

Don’t think you’re any different. I know that with or without Palpatine, you will still be Vader. The Ani I once knew is disappearing so fast. I know you’ll terrorize the galaxy, and the Rebellion will be right here to stop you.

Would you degrade the memory of your child so much as to simply use his existence as a job for lazy spies? How can you be so heartless to your own blood? Let his spirit lie in peace! Don’t bother it anymore with your endless searching!

I won’t be searching that long myself. I’ll go to that address, but I would appreciate it if you would respect the past enough to let me conduct this search in peace. I know you’re a Sith, but I also know you are the father of my children. I trust you to treasure the memory enough not to use it as some sort of ambush.

Corta told you all that? So, he was never really in love with Sola after all! That maggot! Sola was so hurt when he left her. Don’t worry, I won’t tell her about Corta, she’ll only be heartbroken, and unlike some people here I actually CARE about my loved ones’ feelings.

Why did you imply that I could kill someone? You wrote in your last letter about me causing Corta’s death, and you said, “Wouldn’t that be so unlike you?” Were you trying to be sarcastic? Why? What did I ever do to suggest that I was a killer like you?

You said that you would protect Luke like you protected Arawn and Shmi. So, you’re saying that if I had given Luke to you, you would have either turned him into your slave, or keep him completely clueless of his connection to you? That would probably be best, anyway. You can blame me all you want about Luke’s death, though. You’re right, I shouldn’t have let him die.

Maybe the pilot Luke isn’t a major part of your ultimate plan, but he IS still a part of your plan, isn’t he? Well, leave him alone. I could care less what hurt you inflict on me, as you have already inflicted so much, but the least you could do is to leave that innocent pilot out of this! If you want to kill him, then kill him like you kill all the other members of the Rebellion: in battle. Don’t kill him by messing with his head like that.

Well, we’re approaching Blue Waters now, so I’d better go.


Padmé
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Note 37
Padmé,

If someone hates you enough, they WILL go to extremes for your demise. That’s what Obi-Wan did to me. How can you say Obi-Wan encouraged my potential too much? You know what he did to me! Remember how he acted towards me when we were sent to protect you? How can you say he never held me back? Of COURSE he did. He never taught me stuff that he should have. He purposely held me back by not showing me certain things with the Force.

And yes, as much as you think so highly of Obi-Wan, he HAS done a wrong to you. You ask me what wrong…if you don’t know yet, you don’t deserve to ever find out. I will reveal it to you…except my plan didn’t go the way I thought it would, so now I have to take extra measures. At least my plan has begun working…it will just take some more time.

Yes, I DO know something you don’t know, and I’m proud of that fact. You’re NEVER going to find out until my plan is revealed…then you’ll be forced to join me in my rule of the galaxy. I will tell you that Obi-Wan is HIDING something from you. I think he’s trying to make you look like a fool. That would be so typical of him.

Yes, Palpatine has done a good thing for me. He taught me how to use the full potential of the force, to become more powerful than anyone ever had been before…Obi-Wan sacrifice everything for me? Oh please. Instead of killing me, Palpatine saw my potential and wanted me enough and cared about me enough to reveal his plan for me and to help him rule the galaxy. What more could I want?

Of course I wouldn’t refuse to terrorize a planet if Palpatine asked me to; that would be stupid. I am a Sith…that’s part of my job. Now once my plan finally falls into place, I WILL kill him and rule the galaxy.

I’ll tell you one thing, and this should make you shut up about your argument that my rule of the galaxy would be the same as Palpatine’s. It can’t be. I’m more force sensitive than Palpatine is…and with two VERY force sensitive individuals ruling the galaxy, NO ONE would be able to oppose us. Do you understand? NO ONE WILL BE ABLE TO OPPOSE US BECAUSE WE ARE BOTH MORE FORCE SENSITIVE THAN ANYONE ELSE WILL EVER BE. It will be impossible to go against my form of government. Fine, I’ll tell you my secret, and this should scare you. I have found an apprentice that will help me take Palpatine down and will help me rule the galaxy. This apprentice is more Force Sensitive than Palpatine. No one will be able to stop us. That is my plan. There’s nothing you can do about it, because:
1. My apprentice is hidden from you (thanks to everyone)
2. You’re not going to be able to find my new apprentice
3. You only have that Luke (pilot) guy that is Force Sensitive on your side. My apprentice and I can take him down. We’ll conquer the Rebellion easily. He is no where near as strong as my apprentice and I are
4. You don’t know who my new apprentice is
5. You have no resources of finding out this information
6. My apprentice and I are the most intelligent and force sensitive people in the galaxy, so we’ll win


All right…enough of that. As you can see, your Rebellion will soon be crushed.

I can search for information about our son if I want to. It can’t hurt him since he’s dead. Yes, I will use his existence as a job for lazy spies, and I still feel like you’re hiding something from me. I’m sure Arawn is showing you how wrong you were to do that….right now. You have gone to the house by now, and have been captured by him, I take it. You walked right into my trap! I love it when that happens. Arawn will hold you there until I can get to you. I need to finish my ultimate plan first, though…revealing my new apprentice to you.

Again, you used the phrase, “my children.” Let me put that into context for you, “I know you’re a Sith, but I also know you are the father of my children.” You would think you would be smart enough not to use that phrase again! If Luke was our only child, why do you keep using that phrase? I think there’s more to it now, more than ever. You WILL tell me. I demand to know! You’re going to make things a lot easier on yourself if you would tell me now…but I WILL go and ask Arawn. I’m sure he would be able to tell me straight out. If he found out about the existence of Luke for me…if we have other children, he also knows about them. I’m asking him. You can’t stop me.

I hope you enjoyed the ambush we set up for you. Did you know I gave you Arawn’s address? That was pretty funny, I would say.

Oh, Arawn did love Sola…after a while…after they were married. He has told me that several times, so don’t think too badly of him.

I only meant that should Arawn’s existence reach Palpatine, he will search Arawn out and kill him. Since you’re at Arawn’s house, and Palpatine would recognize you, I’m sure he would kill you on the spot too. I was being sarcastic because you are so against killing other people…thinking your way is right. I wanted to make it clear to you that you could cause the death of Arawn, one of your family members, and that you have already caused the death of our son.

You’ll find out what I meant soon enough…about how I would have protected Luke the same way I protected Arawn and Shmi. Just empty that little mind of questions. All will be revealed in time. I was trying to say that if Luke wouldn’t have been worthy of being connected to me (if he wasn’t force sensitive), I would have killed him, had he lived. Do you understand what I’m saying? If he would have been worthy, I would have turned him to the Dark Side. (Again, if he had lived.)

Thank you for admitting that Luke’s death was your fault. NO, you shouldn’t have let him die, and I hate you for letting him!!!!!

I’ve tried to tell you a hundred times, the pilot Luke has nothing to do with my ultimate plan. Why don’t you believe me? If I want him to join the Imperial Navy, I will continue to try recruit him. I will not leave him alone. He’s none of your business anyway, so quit trying to read anything into this. When I want someone on the Imperial Navy, I stop at nothing to get them there, okay.

Tell me all about the ambush on Blue Waters. Was it exciting? How do you like your accommodations in Arawn’s cells? I think they would suit you well. I can’t wait to see you again, because when I do, my ultimate plan will be well on its way.

You didn’t hear what happened on Cloud City, did you? Ha ha! You couldn’t even learn any information about that…see how little use you Rebels are. I captured Leia Organa and Han Solo. I was hoping to kill them as examples to the rest of the Rebellion (they seem to be key members), but then that stupid Luke pilot had to come along and rescue them from me! He always seems to be ruining my plans. Oh well, it won’t be long before his demise.


Darth Vader

PS I’m working on a new Imperial plan…and this time you Rebels will not be able to stop us. I came up with the plans for it myself. Yes, it’s a new Death Star. Palpatine told me he wanted you Rebels to know about it. This Battle Station has no weaknesses like the last one did, and Palpatine will be personally overseeing the completion of it. He also wanted you to know that. I’m currently on this new Death Star right now, and the Emperor should be arriving any moment. You must excuse me…
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Note 38
Vader,

I CANNOT believe you ambushed us! Have you no respect at all for your child’s memory? You’re right; the Ani I once knew and loved really IS gone.

Yes, Arawn DID throw Gwydion and me into cells, and your oh so intelligent stormtrooprs are studying the fascinating art of dissection, using their guns as a scalpel and Gwydion and me as lab test subjects.

You said that Obi-Wan never showed you certain things with the Force. By certain things, do you mean the Dark Side of the Force? Because if you think that a man like Obi-Wan would even DREAM of teaching ANYONE the ways of the Dark Side, you really ARE whacked!

You might as well stop trying to make me join your Empire. No matter what you, or Palpatine, or even Obi-Wan do, I will NEVER join the Empire!

You feel that you would rather have power than love? That you would rather be a feared tyrant than a revered father? That you would rather have Palpatine’s power than my love? I really did misjudge you.

You know what? It really doesn’t matter if you or your apprentice are Force Sensitive, because you are only two people. Get that? TWO PEOPLE GOING AGAINST THE ENTIRE GALAXY! As long as there are organizations like the Rebellion around, you won’t EVER be able to rule the galaxy! Hasn’t anyone ever told you that the tighter you hold your fist, the more systems will slip out of your grip?

When I said children, I meant the children that we were going to have together! I told you! There was only ONE REAL CHILD, and he’s DEAD! I TOLD YOU A MILLION TIMES! STOP THIS POINTLESS SEARCH, ALREADY!

Arawn loved Sola? And he still left her? How could he! Just goes to show that he’s in league with a Sith Lord, I suppose! Don’t worry, though, I won’t cause Arawn’s death. I’m not a Sith, I don’t kill intentionally.

All will be revealed in due time? WHAT WILL BE REVEALED? WILL YOU STOP WITH THE SECRETS? First Obi-Wan, now you! IS Luke alive? Is that what you’re implying?

I DON’T believe that you’re not using Luke for your ultimate plan because you keep following him, questioning him, writing to him! Will you just stop it? Goodness!

I heard exactly what you did on Cloud City, and I CAN’T believe what you are doing to innocent civilians! But, I know for a face that you are lying to me, that you never intended to kill Leia or Han, and only using them to bait Luke. I don’t know what you’re up to Vader, but I’ll find out soon!

I believe you told me before that the first Death Star had no weaknesses, and now it is scattered among all the other space junk in the galaxy, so don’t expect me to quiver at your threat.

You know what? I don’t even know why I’m talking to you, you callous murderer! If you really want to kill me, get over here and get it over with! I’m sick of waiting!


Padmé

PS: You told Luke that you were his father. Why? Are you his father? Is he the apprentice that you were bragging about? What’s going on, tell me! I’d like to know before you kill me!

Was Luke OUR son? OUR boy? It isn’t possible, I would have known. Is it? Tell me how you came to such a conclusion!
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Padmé,

I see that you have been in stronger contact with Luke than I thought. He must be writing you too, just about as often as I am writing you.

You have now given me no choice but to reveal my ultimate plan to you in it’s full depth. Sit back and enjoy while I tell you….

Yes, I did tell Luke that I was his father. I told him that because it is the truth…and it is all a part of my ultimate plan. Yes, he is the apprentice I was bragging about. Once he joins the Dark Side, no one will be able to stop us, because we are the most Force Sensitive people in the galaxy. So yes, Luke is our son. How else could I have a son, especially one named Luke?

You see how inferior your spies are to mine. You couldn’t even find that small fact out. Too bad. But now you are safely tucked away in Arawn’s cell…so you cannot ruin my plans.

You want to know how I came to such a conclusion? I would be happy to tell you…let’s see here…Luke had visited Blue Waters with my brother’s wife to deliver some items that Arawn had ordered from them. When he saw Luke, he started wondering about his identity…Luke looked like he might have been part of my family. He mentioned this to me in a letter, and I had no idea who Luke was. I asked him to do some research on him for me. Arawn did…and through his research, Arawn was able to conclude that Luke was my son. He did this because, as I told you before, he worked for Palpatine. His last assignment was to spy on you…and during his spying, he found out you were pregnant. (I didn’t know until Arawn told me of Luke’s existence.) He reported that back to Palpatine. Palpatine assigned him to kidnap your children, but Arawn failed in the attempt…because Obi-Wan and the Maurders kidnapped the children. (And yes, I am using the word children because Arawn has just given me more information.) Arawn told me that Luke was so sick after he was born, how small he was and everything…and he went through Luke’s medical record and was able to match everything up with our son…and he did all sorts of research on Luke. He found out that Luke was adopted by Owen and Beru…..and tons of more information…enough that Arawn was certain that Luke was my son. I noticed that Luke was Force Sensitive in the Death Star battle, but I didn’t know who he was at that time. Arawn kept telling me not to hurt Luke, not to kill him, even though he had lied to me…until I knew a “certain piece of information.” After the Death Star battle, Arawn told me that Luke was my son.

His evidence was conclusive enough for me to also draw the conclusion that he was my son. I also got additional evidence from you, from Obi-Wan, and from Owen.

Here let me quote them.
Your quote:
“First of all, I will answer your question about our son. Yes, I was pregnant with our son, but when he was born he died, all right? He was too sick, too weak to live, so he die. That was 19 years ago, so now you know. Obi-Wan had nothing to do with this. You never asked about anything, so no one ever told. You leave Obi-Wan out of this, please? You're doing him too much wrong already, so can you please spare him this? He had nothing to do with it. He didn't hide Luke, and he couldn't save his life. If you're going to blame anyone in the millions of galaxies, you might as well blame me, because I was the one that carried him and gave birth to him, but could not save him. So, please, blame me and not Obi-Wan. I'm truthfully telling you, he had nothing to do with it.”

Owen’s quote:
“I had a duty and that was to protect Luke as long as I could, until you found out. Since you have now learned that he is your son and he knows nothing of it, hopefully you'll get some sense and know that he's living a good life and if you enter it you'll ruin it.”

Obi-Wan’s quote:
“All right, now that you know about Luke being your son, I will tell you only the truth. He is my apprentice, and I've been training him for a while. Yes, he's using your old lightsaber, but he knows nothing of you being his father. He doesn't know that Anakin was he father. He only knows that Alex Skywalker was his father (who you killed, along with his wife Padme). He knows that Alex was a Jedi knight, and Padme a Senator, both of which you killed. He's being trained as a Jedi and I doubt you will make him turn, he's got his mother's stubbornness and her focus.”

Now after I found out that Luke was my son, my ultimate plan developed. Finally I had a way to rule the galaxy the way it should be ruled…so I set off on a hunt for Luke. I tricked Palpatine into thinking I was after Obi-Wan, and he allowed me to use an entire Imperial fleet, plus thousands of probe droids. I gladly used them and searched the galaxy for our son.

I then went to Hoth in hopes to capture Luke. But after the stupidity of my officer, we could not attack the way I had intended, and we had to use the ground assault. I saw the Millennium Falcon escape. Thinking Luke was on it, I sent the entire fleet after the ship. I even chased them through an asteroid field. When we lost the ship, I sent out the Bounty Hunters to find them. Boba Fett noticed the ship and reported that it was heading for Cloud City. We arrived, and secured the place before their landing.

When I found out Luke was not on the ship, I had an idea. My spies told me Luke was training on Dagobah, so I decided to use my own personal experience…remember when my mother was being tortured in the Sandpeople’s camp? I felt it through the Force. The Jedi vision was so clear to me…clearer than most Jeid’s visions were (on account of the strength of my force.) I began torturing Han, Leia, and Chewie in hopes that Luke would feel their pain through the Force.

He did, and he went after them, just as I knew he would. Meanwhile, I sent you to Arawn’s house so that you couldn’t mess with my plans. I already knew where our son was, so your mission had no significance to me. I saw it as a perfect opportunity to capture you, so that is exactly what I did. I did not believe that you would go to the address with no question, but I am glad you did.

There was a carbon freezing chamber there, and I thought that would be a perfect way to transport Luke to Palpatine. The only thing was, I wasn’t sure if a person could survive the process. I did not want to kill Luke on a stupid error…so I had the process tested on Han.

I was about to take Leia and Chewie to my ship for a swift execution, but they managed to escape.

The fight with Luke went pretty well. He had learned much, as I had anticipated. However, he did not turn as I hoped he would after I revealed our connection. This is just a small complication. In a while, I will get him to turn. He will rule the galaxy with me, a father and son rule…and we will get rid of Palpatine.

Can you not see how brilliant my entire plan was?

And that I actually do care about Luke? Look at what extent I went to capture him. I am giving him the chance to embrace the power of the Dark Side and to become as powerful as I have become. That is something that a good father would want for his child. I could have killed him…he has not finished his training, but I didn’t because I still have hope that he will turn.

After Luke and I have established our rule of the galaxy, won’t you come and join us? And I have to work on Leia…we could rule the galaxy as one big happy family. No one will be able to oppose us.

Yes, as you said, Luke and I are only two people, but we are also the most force sensitive people in the galaxy. Yavin would have been destroyed had it not been for Luke…so with Luke on my side, what Force Sensitive person could oppose us?

If you will join me when I get to Blue Waters, I will not kill you. But should you cause me a problem, I will gladly do it. My intent in capturing you, however, was to prevent you from contacting Luke.

Obi-Wan lied to you about Luke’s state of existence, and he kept you from your son. Doesn’t that make you mad? That’s the wrong that I meant when I said he did a wrong to you.

Obi-Wan held back my learning in the ways of the Force. There were higher Force things he could have showed me, which he did not.

So tell me, Padmé, would you be able to resist the Empire if your husband and son were ruling it? (And possibly your daughter)? You would want to join it, wouldn’t you?

Yes, I would rather have power than love. If you had as much power as I had, you would agree with me. That is why I will not fail in getting Luke to join the Dark Side. He’ll soon see how great a thing power really is. Don’t underestimate the power of the Force. Two force sensitive people could oppose a thousand Rebellions.

And I know you’ve been lying to me about the number of children we had. You said “children” twice in your letters. I contacted Arawn about this, and he told me the rest! Sister, so Luke has a twin sister, doesn’t he! And it’s Leia! I know it because Arawn has just told me. Don’t try to deny it.

So yes, Luke is alive. And you also should know why I’ve been following Luke, questioning him, and writing to him. If he will not turn to the dark side, he will die. He’s too much a threat to me otherwise.

I never told you that the last Death Star had no weaknesses. I can’t recall telling you that at all. But the new Death Star DOES have no weaknesses, because I was the one that designed it.

In fact, I am on the new Death Star now. I have to say, it’s looking very nice. Do not worry, I will come to Blue Waters very soon. I had to go to the Death Star because Palpatine asked me to. He of course does not know about the activities on Blue Waters, so I had no choice but to go there first. You’ll be dealt with soon enough.


Darth Vader
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Note 40
Vader,

Yes, I HAVE had more contact with Luke than you thought. He and I had a good friendship bond, which has only multiplied in strength, now that we have a blood bond. You are JUST LIKE Obi-Wan, by keeping knowledge of a son from his mother! You think that you can do everything for him? Did you know that he tried to take painkillers? PAINKILLERS? He was throwing up everywhere! Don’t you see? He’s as much my son as he is yours!

With that, of course, also comes the fact that he has just as much obligation to please me as he does to please you, which basically means he doesn’t have to join you, not when he knows he still has a mother who loves him.

You say that you cared about Luke? How could you have? How could you have even dreamed of turning your son into something…something like YOU? Don’t you see? You would have only twisted him to become a MONSTER like YOU! He would become evil, and possibly even kill YOU! Don’t you see what you are doing to him?

So you finally found out about Leia? I suppose I wouldn’t have been able to keep that from you for long. Yes, we had twins. You know something? It would be ten times as great for us to be a family of the Light Side as it would for us to be a family of the Dark Side! You could cure the galaxy of corruption through peaceful ways, instead of all those “aggressive negotiations”!

Yes, Obi-Wan DID lie to me, and hurt me deeply. Still, he’s my friend, and I know deep inside that he never meant to hurt me. I’d think by now you’d understand that, too.

You’re coming to Blue Waters? Go right ahead. You won’t find anyone there.


Padmé
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Note 41
Padmé,

Hmm…well since you were so good friends with Luke before he found out he was your son, you should encourage him to join me. If you know what’s good for him, you’ll do just that. I kept knowledge of Luke from you because I knew you wouldn’t understand what I was planning on doing with him. I knew you’d want to hold him back from taking his rightful place at my side. Yes, I CAN do everything to help him become the great Sith he could become. It’s not my fault your family line has something that makes them allergic to pain pills. He’ll know not to take any from now on. It’s as simple as that. Yes, he is as much your son as he is mine, but you can’t provide him with his full potential like I can.

There is one small problem that you didn’t take into consideration. I am a Sith, and you’re not. I can threaten him to join me, and I can kill him, if I so desire. You offer him no advancements, no power. I’m offering him the galaxy.

I did not tell Palpatine about Luke. As I told you before, I did hide knowledge of him from Palpatine…until Palpatine found out on his own through his own plans. Palpatine wanted him dead, so I made a deal with Palpatine. I suggested that Luke would be a great addition to the Dark Side…that Luke wouldn’t die. If he doesn’t turn, he has to die. I have my orders from the Emperor. So if you want Luke to live, help me out by getting him to the Dark Side. It’s the only way for him to live. We Sith suffer a small consequence in our search for power.

Yes, I found out about Leia. If Palpatine finds out about her too, I’m going to have to turn her to t he Dark Side right now. Don’t worry, I’ll turn her eventually, but it’s easier to train someone when you only have one person to train. Leia will have a much harder time resisting me than Luke will have…because her brother…her twin will already be on the Dark Side.

Ah, so you still remember my comment about aggressive negotiations?

Obi-Wan is a cruel, horrible man. He hid Luke from both of us, so that we would both suffer. He is no friend of yours.

I see that you have escaped in my absence. It is unfortunate that I could not have arrived on Blue Waters sooner. They’ll be another time that I can capture you. After all, do you really want to fight against this son you love so much? And When Leia turns, can you fight against both your children, plus your husband?

I must go back to the Death Star now. The Emperor shall be arriving shortly. I don’t want him to think that anything is going on, and I cannot be late for his arrival. I also have to talk to the commander of the Death Star. We’re off schedule. Palpatine is displeased.


Darth Vader
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Note 42
Vader,

I would NEVER encourage Luke to become a Sith! He’s a good boy, he and Leia are the only good that’s left from what we once had! Can’t you see that! Don’t you care at all to preserve what we once had?

You’re right, I would NEVER understand the purpose of what you are planning now! You were probably better off not telling me!

Perhaps it’s not your fault that our family cannot eat pain pills, but it IS your fault for not making your son aware of that!

You offer him power, I offer him love. You offer him madness; I offer him peace and dependence. What do you think he will choose?

Leia would NEVER join you! And neither will Luke! Get that into your head! Our children have integrity; they aren’t like that at all!

Ah, so you still remember my comment about aggressive negotiations? Yes, Anakin, I remember aggressive negotiations. I remember everything about how you used to be, every good deed you once did, just as I remember every bit of pain you inflicted on me. I only wish you could say the same.

I admit that Obi-Wan is not my favorite person right now. I’m not talking to him. Still, I know in my heart I won’t hold a grudge against him forever, like you have. He IS a good man, even if he DID make a horrible mistake by telling those lies.

If you turn my children, I will only fight them. They are important to me, but my morals are even more important. I know that sounds cold, but you should realize that I won’t barter my morals for my children.

I’m off to see Luke soon. Maybe I can comfort him and tell him he made the right decision in not giving to the Dark Side, something that BOTH his parents should be doing!


Your wife, or at least your children’s mother,
Padmé
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Note 43
Padmé,

You would rather have your son die than for him to join the Dark Side? I thought you loved him. Oh well, since I will be getting no help from you, I’ll have to convince him on my own. You and I could go back to what we once had if you would only join me on the Empire. I could use your help, and you would be back with your family. We could be husband and wife again. I promise you…I will turn Luke or he will die.

I told you my plans because I want you on my side. I have gone too long without you, and I long for you to be at my side again. We can restore our family and rule the Empire. Don’t you want that?

I forgot about the Royal Force thing…okay. That’s why I didn’t tell Luke about the painkillers. Are you satisfied? I did NOT do that on purpose.

In this galaxy, so much more can be done with power than can be done with love. That’s why the Jedi were so weak. If they had only seen the power on the Dark Side they would have all been Sith! The Dark Side is not madness. If Luke has any sense, he will be like me and choose power over love.

Don’t be so sure that Leia and Luke will never join me. Would you have thought that I would have been a Sith while I was a little boy on Tatooine? Or when I was a Padawan under Obi-Wan? Anyone can become a Sith once they see the advantages that are presented.

I thought I told you never to call me Anakin again. That name means nothing to me now, nor do any of the actions that that person once did. That person was ignorant of the Dark Side.

See, you’re angry at Obi-Wan. If you were only Force Sensitive you could be a Sith too! Then you would know where I am coming from. You are not talking to Obi-Wan because you are mad at him? Isn’t that a little childish? I even talk to Obi-Wan, and I HATE him. How can you say Obi-Wan is a good man after you knew everything that he has done to me? What proof do you have that he is a good man, like you say he is?

So you will fight your own children? I see how you are. Well then, if that is the case, then so be it. It is a price you will pay very dearly for.

Go ahead and try to “comfort” Luke. See if I care. In the end he will come to me. There is a compassion in him, and it will be his undoing.

I must cut this letter short. The Emperor’s shuttle is approaching, and I have to make sure everything is in it’s place for his arrival.



Your husband that wishes you would join the Empire,
Darth Vader
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Note 44
Vader,

Yes, I WOULD rather have my son end his life than to live it in madness and tyranny. If Luke were ever join the Dark Side, I would treat him as I treat you. He would be dead to me, his heart and morals quenched. The same will happen to me if I were ever to join the Empire. I will do anything in my power to keep either situation from happening.

I would want more than anything for our family to be fully restored. However, though Anakin is a welcome member of our family, Vader is not. He is a monstrous creation, a slave of the Dark Side. I’m touched that you still have feelings for me, but having feelings and acting upon them are two different things.

The Dark Side is not madness? So the Empire kills thousands of innocent souls just for the heck of it, and it’s not madness? Have you lost all common sense? Come back, Anakin, I KNOW you can fight this if only you wanted to!

Luke and Leia both already know the good and the bad of becoming evil. They know that even with the power they are offered, they must in turn give a heavy price, losing everything they ever had. They know what evil has turned their father into, and they know lost you had to endure.

I’m sorry I let your old name slip. I realize that that name has no room in your heart, just as the name Vader has no room in mine. I will never attempt to bring what’s dead back to life again, if that is your wish.

Don’t worry about Obi-Wan, I apologized to him for my childish behavior. I know of my mistakes, and I admit them and work to amend them. Unlike some people here.

You’re right, there IS compassion in Luke, compassion for the man you once were. I’m not going to try to discourage this compassion. He needs to see for himself just what kind of monster you are.


Your wife that would never join the Empire,
Padmé
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Note 45
Padmé,

The Emperor has just arrived. We are discussing our plans, and he is as confident as I am that Luke will turn to the Dark Side. You just wait and see. So you would treat Luke the same as he would treat me. Then he would see how justified we are in hating the Light Side.

I told Luke what you said about being dead to you. I hope he sees you for the person you are before it is too late.

I am NOT a slave to the Dark Side. How come everyone keeps saying that? First it was my mother, then it was you, and then it was Luke. What makes you think I am not acting on my feelings for you? Don’t you know I have tried everything to get you on the Empire? I protected you from Palpatine. What do you expect me to do for you?

I am a Sith. I’m not going to come back to the light side. Once a person has made the decision to be a Sith, they are a Sith forever. Don’t you know that? And just think of what everyone would think of me if I came back. They would want to kill me! I’d have to die. As you can see, there is no way I am turning from my Sith ways.

Luke WILL turn. He would be a fool not to.

Luke has told me you’re at Jabba’s palace. Be careful there. If anything were to happen to you, the Empire could not interfere, and I am on the Death Star.



Darth Vader
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Note 46
Vader,

How can you blame me for what you did? You were the one who abandoned your wife and future children! You killed your friends and terrorized the galaxy! Anakin Skywalker would never have done that! As long as Anakin is dead, then so is my husband.

Perhaps the reason everyone says you are a slave to the Dark Side is because you ARE a slave to the Dark Side! What do I expect you to do for me? Bring back Anakin Skywalker, that’s what! I appreciate the idea that you might still have feelings for me, but acting upon them in this way will not gain you anything!

You don’t have to be a Sith forever! That’s a choice YOU make! If you really wanted to come back to the Light Side, then all you have to do is say so, and Obi-Wan, Yoda, Luke, Leia, Bail, everyone else, and I will do everything to protect you from anyone who wanted to kill you! We’d give you a family! Something that the Empire had always denied you of!

Don’t worry about Jabba’s palace. Luke and I can handle it.


Padmé
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Note 47
Padmé,

I abandon you?! That is NOT what happened. I have told you a thousand times that you were the one who did not come to the Empire when I turned, and you HID from me. How can you tell me that’s abandoning you? I tried everything in my power to get you to be with me on the Empire.

And how could those have been my friends…the people that held everything back from me? They probably laughed at me in their free time!

As for “terrorizing” the galaxy, that was the only way I could get respect. The Empire acts out of fast actions. If you don’t agree with the leaders, you simply get killed. It’s simple, really.

And I am NOT a slave to the Dark Side. How could something that gives such power make you a slave to it? I have become more powerful than even Palpatine himself.

And as I have told you before…ANAKIN SKYWALKER IS NOT COMING BACK. Get that through your head.

I am a Sith, and I’ll be a Sith forever.

I want you to be on the Empire so much…I just wish you could love me the way you once did. I still love you as much as I did the first time I saw you.

You don’t know anything about the Sith, do you? You don’t know of the power one can yield with the Dark Side. Who would give up that power once you had it?

And Obi-Wan would NEVER protect me. He’s still jealous of me. I hope he doesn’t hold Luke back too much. And I don’t believe any of the other people would protect me, except maybe Luke. You yourself would not protect me. You hate me.

Jabba is a nasty creature. I hope that everything goes well for both of you. I hope that Luke and you can take care of your situation. Luke, I have my confidence in him, because he is my son.

You must excuse me, I have a meeting with the Emperor.


With Love,
Darth Vader
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Note 48
Anakin,

Who was the one who left me to join the Empire? Who was the one who was once fighting the Dark Side with me side by side? And who was the one who gave up his family and friends for power? Oh, Ani, don’t you see? I could never join the Dark Side! You might have been drawn to its power but I never will! Can’t you even remember the ideals we used to fight for? Peace, justice, freedom, we fought so hard for it and you just… forgot it all!

Ani, let’s not be like this. I know you love Luke, and his determination to bring you back has made me realize how special you still are to me, and that you aren’t dead, physically or spiritually. I don’t want to fight with you, especially since we have children to raise now. You just have to understand that I could never join evil, knowing what it once did to Naboo.

No one ever laughed at you, not me, Obi-Wan, Yoda, anyone. Yes, we breathed a sigh of relief when the first Death Star was destroyed, but that was out of fear of destruction, not hatred towards you. We still care for you, or at least for Anakin.

You don’t need to terrorize to gain respect. I know that Anakin Skywalker gained much more respect, and all Vader ever gained was fear. If you had remained on the Light Side, you still could have rounded up enough people to fight slavery, corruption, everything that is a part of the Dark Side.

Perhaps you are powerful, but to keep that power you became a puppet. You killed people not for your own wishes, but for Palpatine’s sick pleasure. You don’t live by any moral laws, only by your anger, and what it controls you to do. Can’t you see that?

I know you don’t want to be called Anakin, but that is who you are, deep inside. Obi-Wan and Yoda might think you completely gone, but I realize now that it isn’t true. Luke saw it in you, and now I do, too. You’re Ani, my Jedi Protector, and the father of my children! You don’t need to come back because you are already here! All you need to do is to realize how much you have changed, and how much you can change again. You don’t have to be a Sith forever.

I DO love you, Ani, I love you so very much every day! It’s hard for me to sleep at night to know that you aren’t with me, to never feel your hold, I miss it so very much! It’s just… there are some places I cannot follow you! I don’t hate you, Ani, I never did and never will. There were some things that you did that I didn’t particularly like, but I never hated YOU! I LOVE YOU!

Don’t worry about Jabba, though. Luke has a plan, and I have confidence in him also.

You seem to have quite a few meetings with the Emperor. Is he on the Death Star with you?


With much love also,
Padmé
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Note 49
Padmé,

I didn’t technically leave you. This is what happened, okay. Because the Council couldn’t know about our marriage, I had to report back to Coruscant the day after our wedding (and of course that’s when you got pregnant, but I had know knowledge of it), and I was asked to fight in the Clone Wars. I had to do my duty, and could not see you very often. Nute Gunray still wanted you dead. Now it was during that time that Palpatine revealed himself to me as a Sith, and told me about my powers. How could I refuse? I accepted, and it was through the Clone Wars that I gathered up as many Jedi as I could and led them into one of Palpatine’s traps. Then we started killing them. It was the Jedi that had been holding me back all along, that never listened to me, that prevented me from helping my mother when she was in pain, that were too foolish to see the true nature of the Force. I couldn’t find you after I turned…and I guess that word had already reached Obi-Wan that I had turned. He went off to protect you after it was clear that the Jedi were being eliminated. He was a good general, but was no match for the power of the Dark Side. When I tried contacting you, you must have found out what happened to me, and you refused to join me on the Empire. I had no idea you would refuse.

And the Empire is not the same thing as the Dark Side. Sure, Palpatine, a Sith, is the leader of the Empire, but he and I are the only Sith in the Empire. Yes, I did fight Dooku in that first battle of the Clone Wars, but that was before I knew its power.

I had no friends except you. And I thought you’d want to join me in the Empire. What reason would you have for refusing? But, no, you just HAD to go along with Obi-Wan, and believe him over your husband.

And for your information, THERE IS NO CONFLICT IN ME. I am a Sith; I have no good in me. Would you and Luke quit trying to say that there’s the light side in me in me? Would someone that was on the Light Side do what I have done? If you and Luke think that about me…what would other people think?? I must be extra careful to prove my power to more people. I am a SITH. Look what happened to me when Obi-Wan tried to bring me back! He only made me realize how weak the light side was, and it made me MORE of a Sith.

I admit that I do have feelings for Luke…I do love him…but he is my son. I am a Sith, and I will move past my love for him, and do what is requested of me. I must obey my master. If Luke does not turn, he will die, regardless of my feelings for him. That is the way of it.

The name Anakin Skywalker no longer has any meaning for me, so quit bringing it up! Just let go of what I used to be. That was before I knew what true power was.

And Luke and Leia are 20 years old. You’ve always thought 20 years olds still needed to grow up though. They’re grown up already, and we don’t need to raise them. However, I do need to get them on the Dark Side.

Well you know, it wouldn’t have to be that way. You wouldn’t have to fight in the Rebellion……you…you could drop out of it. If you don’t want to join the Empire, just don’t join either side, and I can still visit you when you have time off. That way, you wouldn’t have to fight me, since you say you don’t want to.

Obi-Wan was too jealous of me to ever respect me as a person. He….he…..was always trying to find a way to bring me down. I am sure that he has laughed at me in the past. You just never knew him that well. You didn’t have to train under him.

Fear is a powerful tool. That is how you can control people…that is how Palpatine has always done things.

Why was it up to me to round up enough people to fight off Palpatine? Obi-Wan was the general of the Clone Wars, and he knew well what was going on, yet when he tried to round up people, he failed. That just shows you how much stronger the Dark Side is than the light.

But it is anger that gives a person so much power. I am not the Emperor’s lackey. I have my plans for him, as I have already told you.

And how DARE you say that I am on the Light Side right now? I am a SITH!! Does that word mean anything to you? It should imply that I am on the Dark Side. Even now I am working on a way to destroy the Rebellion. Would a Jedi do that?

And I do have to be a Sith forever. It is the only way I can survive. You don’t know what it means to be a Sith, and would it would mean to lose all that power.

So you love me? Then quit the Rebellion, and we can still live together, as married people should. Wouldn’t you like that? It couldn’t be that hard for you to quit…you’re going to lose anyway. Our Death Star will be fully operational soon, and then no one will dare to oppose us. But I’d be afraid that you would not like to be held by me when I’m in this suit. However, that shouldn’t be a problem for long. I have doctors in the Empire who are talking about a possibility of my burns being healed, and that I can be normal again. Wouldn’t you like that?

So how was Jabba’s? I’ve heard a little bit of it from Luke, but I would like to hear your story.

Yes, the Emperor has quite a few things he needs to discuss with me, and yes, he is on the Death Star with me. I thought I had already told you that.


With love,
Darth Vader
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Note 50
Anakin,

Normally I’d give up on that name by now, but for the sake of our son and what he is trying to do, I will support him. You ARE Ani, no matter how much you try to fight it.

Well, I suppose I should be grateful that you still have any feelings at all for me. It’s nice to know that you love me…but I still can’t join the Dark Side. Your proposition to just be neutral is so tempting, but I’ve committed myself to the Rebellion, just as you have committed yourself to the Dark Side.

I’ll make a deal with you. You ditch the Sith, and I’ll ditch the Rebellion.

It wasn’t that I believed Obi-Wan over you, it was just that he represented all that was left of Anakin Skywalker. And it was ANAKIN that I was married too, and ANAKIN that I am still married to!

It really is hard to tell now if there is any conflict in you, but if one was to look close, I can still see it. For example, you constantly say you are not Anakin, yet you unconsciously refer to him as you. You talk about how Obi-Wan hurt you, and how the Tusken Raiders hurt your mother. From what I can see, Vader was never hurt by a Jedi, and never had a mother. Anakin Skywalker did.

I don’t think you will kill Luke. I see something in the letters that Luke sends me about you, a sort of fatherly love. It’s amazing how easy it is to start loving them, isn’t it? Anakin, this is the life we can have! We can be parents, peaceful parents of two wonderful twins! They may have grown up, but in a way they are still our babies, our innocent little babies!

Perhaps Obi-Wan was over-pressuring in the past. I admit, I don’t know. However, I DO know what he’s like now. He’s an honest, brave, and very sad Jedi. He misses you! You were like a son to him! He would never hurt you now, not like that!

Look, the only reason you are so powerful is because you’re the Chosen one and you have so many midicholrians! If you were just like everyone else, you would have been squash! And now you have Like and Leia, who have tons of midichlorians as well, fighting against you. Do you really think you’re going to have much of a chance?

The word Sith means a whole lot to me! It means that my husband is lost, confused and hurt, and needs to find his way back. Don’t you see, Ani, what it’s done to you? What a monster it has made you? Why can’t you see that?

I suppose you WOULD lose some power if you were to turn back, but don’t you see what it would give you back in return? Friends, family, children even! Don’t you see what you could have?

I would really like for your burns to be healed, so you can look better. No matter what the medics do for you, though, you are Ani to me, my little Ani. All it takes is an aplogy and returning to the Light Side to make me ecstatic with happiness.

About Tatooine and Jabba, well, Luke and I are okay. We actually had quite an exciting fight! Luke gave Artoo his lightsaber and right before he was killed, he drew the lightsaber out of Artoo and killed the guards. Somehow through the mad flurry that followed, I managed to pick up on a blaster and stunned quite a few guards to get out of there. Leia managed to kill Jabba, and together we escaped from Tatooine. I suppose Luke has a really detailed idea of what happened, though. He’s very enthusiastic in that way, don’t you think?

Well, I’d better go now.


Padmé
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Note 51
Padmé,

You are being ridiculous. Just because Luke believes something does not mean he is right, just because he is our son. I am a Sith! Get over it. I don’t know how to get Luke to see that he is wrong, but I’m sure he’ll realize it when I turn him over to the Emperor, and or when I fight with him. This time I’m not going to baby him when we fight. If he does not turn, I swear, I’ll KILL HIM! He’s had enough time to think it over, and he’s become too powerful. We just couldn’t afford to have him alive. If I must, I will kill him. I must obey my master.

If you will not join me on the Imperial side, then you do not deserve my love. This is your last chance. Join me, or suffer the consequences. Even though I love you, I cannot have you on the opposing side. If you won’t join me, you will have to die. I cannot allow you to live otherwise, because I love you too much.

The idea of me ditching the Sith is ridiculous. I cannot believe you even suggested that. As a Rebel, you do not have the Force, but with a Sith you do. Do you really think I would ever give up the power that I have at my disposal with the Dark Side?

I did not mean that I was NEVER Anakin. I know what my past was…but I am Darth Vader now. I remember the past, okay…and everything that affected me when I was younger, still hurts me. I hate the Tusken Raiders and I did have a mother. Anakin Skywalker was who I was in the past, before I discovered the power of the Dark Side. I am not a separate person from when I was younger, and I know that. My identity is Darth Vader now. I am a Sith, and it is my Sith name. Anakin was what people called me before I discovered my power, and the things that I once wanted mean nothing to me because that was before I discovered my full potential for my power. Do you understand me? I never said that I was never Anakin. When I said that Anakin Skywalker was dead, I meant everything before I received the true knowledge of the Force, meant nothing to me. Do you understand what I’m saying? Did you get the idea that I thought I was a different person, and that I had no knowledge of what I did when I was Anakin Skywalker or something? Because if you thought that, you were completely wrong. When I say that I am not Anakin it means that I do not hold the beliefs that I held before I turned. It is a symbol for the light, weak Light Side of the Force. Darth Vader means strength, power, Dark Side….and it insults me when someone calls me Anakin. I am a Sith, and there is no Jedi left in me. I KNOW I’M NOT A SEPARATE PERSON FROM WHEN I WAS YOUNGER, OKAY?

If you don’t think I’ll kill Luke, then you’re as deluded as the Jedi Council once was. I can, and I assure you, I will kill Luke if it is necessary. I may love him, but as a Sith, I cannot let love control me. I will do what is in the best interest for the Sith.

I doubt that Obi-Wan misses me. What makes you think he would miss me? You have no idea what I had to suffer to be Obi-Wan’s Padawan Learner.

You’re right; I am the Chosen One. You know what that means? I get to balance the Force. It was in an old Jedi Legend. I bet the Jedi Council never thought of what it could mean. I can kill off the entire Light Side of the Force, and destroy it forever. That’s what balancing the Force means. I only have to kill Obi-Wan, Yoda, and Luke to make that come true. I have already killed many Jedi. Surely you cannot argue against that. You cannot possibly think that I have good in me now, since I gave you that evidence.

Leia has not even been trained, so it will not be hard to destroy her. Luke will present a greater challenge, but I am sure I can overcome him, with Palpatine at my side…that is if he does not turn.

I am not lost, confused, or hurt. I am a Sith a Sith, and although I was hurt in the past, with the Dark Side, I can overcome it all, when releasing my anger and…using the Dark Side. I am certainly not lost or confused. I know what I am doing, and where I am in the Empire. I know what will work and what won’t…that the Empire will always triumph.

I do not need friends, family, or children. I am a Sith. A Sith needs none of those things.

The doctor that I have been seeing recently, Dr. Percy, is really optimistic about my injuries. I will not have to wear this suit much longer.

I see that I was not Sith like enough to you in my most recent letters. That’s going to change. I was wrong to have soft feelings for you.

It is under my understanding that a small group of Rebels has penetrated the shield and landed on Endor. I know that they stole an Imperial shuttle, and that Luke is with them. That was a stupid move for you Rebels to make. We have plenty of troops stationed on Endor, and our security code for the bunker is quite secure. I think you will have an impossible time trying to deactivate the shield. Palpatine is also aware of your endeavor, but he does not seem surprised by it. In fact, he seemed pleased. You Rebels are going to DIE.


Darth Vader
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Note 52
Vader,

You’d kill your own son in cold blood like that? You’d sacrifice your son to some sick twisted Emperor who looks and smells like a raisin? What has happened to you?

Don’t answer that, I think I already know. You traded your morals and values for lies and madness.

You would kill me also? Go ahead. I’d rather be dead than join the Empire. I have a son and a daughter to look after, plus, being the leader of the Rebellion, I have lives to take care of every day! I wouldn’t betray them if my life depended on it! They mean something to me!

I understand now that your precious Sith means more to you than family and friends. I’m sure you’ll find a very happy life killing people. I, on the other hand, will find my joy in the Sith’s demise, and end this killing that you create!

Just because you are Vader doesn’t mean that you don’t have a little Anakin in you. You admit it yourself, Anakin is your past, your childhood, you were raised as him. In some eyes you will always be Anakin, though I’m not so sure about mine anymore. That was a very hurtful note that you just sent me. I want to hold on for Luke, to support him in his effort to turn you back, but with notes like this, it’s becoming hard to see you as Anakin.

You’re right, I don’t have any idea what it’s like to be a Padawan. Such a title is only for a privileged few, a few which included you. It was a rare gift from a good friend, and you spat in his face. I really don’t know what to make of you anymore.

Don’t you understand what the word balance means? It means making things equal! Do you think it’s really equal to kill any remembrance of the Light Side and only have the Dark? Is that what you think you were born to do? Don’t you feel any responsibility to use your talents to help others? I suppose all you can think now is how to use your power to kill others. What a disappointment.

You’d kill Leia too? Even though she isn’t trained, and is pretty much defenseless against you? Luke, Yoda, Obi-Wan, they’re your friends, but since you consider yourself pure Sith now, I can imagine you wanting to kill them, but Leia? How can she hurt you? By keeping the Rebel Base a secret? You’d kill her for that?

I don’t think you DO know what you are doing, and I DO think you are lost and confused, but I see now that that’s no excuse for what you have become. And just because you know military strategy doesn’t mean you can fathom what you are doing to others as a result of it.

(Wet circles that look like tears wrinkle the page here.) You don’t need friends, family, or children? I see. You really HAVE changed. All this time, I thought that you might have a little sanity, a little love within you, but now I see that it isn’t true. You’re cold, bitter, evil…you aren’t Anakin anymore.


Padmé
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Note 53
Padmé,

Yes I WOULD kill my own son, if that is what needs to be done. If I don’t kill him (and he doesn’t turn), then he will kill me, so in actuality I’d be killing him in self-defense instead of cold blood. Understand? If Luke doesn’t turn, I’m sure he will try to kill me. After all, he could kill me and THEN turn, so that he could take my place. We cannot allow such a Force Sensitive individual to live, who is on the Light Side. Luke has the ability to kill both Palpatine and me, and we cannot risk having him attack us some day. We’ve been playing with him for too long.

How can you be so surprised that I would kill Luke for the Dark Side cause. Hasn’t it become clear to you yet that I AM A SITH. When I became a Sith, my life changed for the better.

And yes, I would kill you also. Remember, I told you long ago that I meant to kill you with the first Death Star. How could you have forgotten that. The sooner you’re dead, the less I have to worry about my feelings for you, and I will no longer have to worry about my weaknesses…feelings of love for another person. A Sith CANNOT show such a weakness. 2 letters ago, when you wrote to me telling me that I was still Anakin, that made me mad! I saw that I had let my guard down too much, and that you were destroying me. I realized that the only way to prevent that happening again would be to kill you. I also realized that I was acting too nice towards you. From now on I will guard my feelings more again, and will never allow myself to slip.

Well too bad if they mean something to you, because they mean nothing to me. I can and will kill them if I must.

I’m glad you FINALLY understand that being a Sith means more to me than family and friends. Wonderful. I was wondering how I would ever get that into your head. You seemed to be ignoring that thought in all my letters, not believing it. Now you know how Sith-like I am, and that I am NOT on the Light Side, like you accused me of being on 2 letters ago.

When I became a Sith, I turned from what my former self had been, and I became a new person. I became a Sith. I shed everything Anakin about me, so how can you say that I have a little Anakin in me? It’s all gone. When I turned, I completely turned. Don’t you understand that? OF COURSE I admit that I was Anakin in my past, but it is a part of me that I wish never existed. It is a disgrace to the Sith. But I told you that I have my memories, and that I am still the same person…it’s just that I turned to the Dark Side and became Darth Vader. I could never deny that Anakin was my past. But I am different now…I am a Sith.

Well if Luke thinks that I still hold my old self, then he will soon see how wrong he is once he gets here. He wrote me, telling me he would be coming. I am waiting for him. I expect him to come very soon, and I am excited about our meeting. I will finally prove you wrong and turn him to the dark Side, and then together, we can kill Palpatine and rule the galaxy as father and son.

Oh, was my last letter hurtful to you? Well too bad. I’m so SORRY that I hurt you. Get used to it. When you married me, you married me, and now I’m a Sith. It’s your mistake for marrying me.

Of course I know what the word balance means…but there are other ways to interpret it. You and too many other people take balancing the force the wrong way. It does NOT mean making the Force equal between light and dark. It means getting rid of one side so that the other side is the only one that exists…there is nothing opposing the left over side, deciding the fate of the galaxy, and to change it forever. That’s what it means. I heard a man named George Lucas agreed with my view on this. Yes, I do think I was born to get rid of the Light Side. Once the Jedi are gone for good, there will be no conflict in this galaxy. So you see, it WILL be helping others. But at any rate, I am a Sith, and do honestly think I care whether I help another person or not? There is more to me than just killing, however.

Yes, I would have to kill Leia too. If Obi-Wan or Yoda or Luke got a hold of her, they could train her too. I can’t have that. She needs to die like everyone else on the opposing side. How can you say, “since you consider yourself pure Sith now?” I have ALWAYS considered myself pure Sith from the time I turned. I just made slip-ups in writing you, revealing too much of my feelings, and realized that I was giving you the wrong impression of myself.

How can you say that you don’t think I know what I am doing? I DO know what I am doing. I am accountable for my actions, so just leave it at that. Why do you have to continue to search for flaws in me? I am doing what must be done. I can to fathom what I am doing to others as a result of what I do. I am destroying the Rebellion. I know that there are people in the Rebellion, and that I am killing them, but they must die in order for the Empire accomplish what needs to be accomplished.

And no, I do not need friends, family, or children. They make a Sith weak. I can support myself without them.

And I DO have sanity. I know what I’m doing.

I TOLD you I had changed, but it took you 20 years to find out? Sith cannot have love, which again is why I need to kill you.

I must go now, because I have now landed on Endor, and one of my officers has informed me that they have captured a Rebel. Hmmm…I wonder who that might be. Any guesses? I’m sure you know as well as I do that it will be Luke.



Darth Vader
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Note 54
Vader,

So you finally admit that you’re playing with Luke, lying and manipulating his heart! Don’t you understand he’s just a boy, and OUR boy! How can you be so callous to him? Because you’re a Sith? You’re supposed to be callous?

You’re pathetic.

You think killing me is going to solve your problems? I remember once when I was your anchor, the one thing that held you stable. You used to say that if I died, you would go insane!

Then again, you already are insane.

The twins mean nothing to you? Is there anything that means SOMETHING to you? The Empire and the Sith don’t count.

To say that you are of the Light Side is NOT an accusation, it’s a compliment, one that you are unworthy of. I know that you are about to kill Luke, and if you do, I will never forgive you. Remember that when you prepare to dismember your own flesh and blood.

I see, not only are you pathetic, you’re a jerk! I can’t believe I once saw good in you! I see now just how wrong I was!

Coruscant dictionary:
Balance: to make both sides EQUAL!!!!!!!!
I don’t know who this George Lucas is, but if he believes that balance means killing off one side, he is either illiterate, incompetent, or both. You, you’re just incompetent.

You TOUCH one hair on Leia’s head, and I will be after you! You may kill me, bu tyou will NOT walk away unharmed! Bet on it.

Why do I search for flaws within you? Because there are so many of them! I never searched for flaws in Anakin, but Vader, that’s a different story. You don’t have a clear idea what you are doing, because if you did, you wouldn’t be doing this!

I am cutting this letter short because I have nothing nice to say.


Your ex-wife,
Padmé
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Note 55
Padmé,

What I say to Luke is my own business. He has no right to share it with you. I can do whatever I want to him because, like you said, he’s OUR boy. And for your information he is the same age as I was during the first battle of the Clone Wars, and the age I was when I turned. So there. He can become a Sith, I assure you.

You call me pathetic? I think you’re pathetic. You’re the one who never saw the nature of the Dark Side, and the wisdom of joining me on the Empire.

Yes, killing you WILL solve my problems. I’ll finally be rid of the thing that is holding me from becoming a Sith with my full potential.

Since you seem to be so fond of definitions, I don’t think you know what being insane means. I am NOT insane. Insane is a legal term which means a person cannot be held accountable for their actions due to a mental illness. But I KNOW what I’m doing, and I have no mental illness.

You have that right. The twins mean nothing to me. And how come the Empire and the Sith don’t count as something that means something to me. They DO mean something to me. Don’t you understand that that is what my life is devoted to, and I cannot go against it.

To a Sith it IS an accusation to say that I am of the Light Side. The Light Side stands for the weak. I am a powerful Sith, and don’t you ever forget that!

I assume that Luke has told you about our little fight. I do not understand why the boy will not turn to the Dark Side, but of course it will result in his death. I cannot hold out forever on this. I could care less if you forgave me or not.

But don’t you see? I tried to tell you there is more than one definition of balance…not only that, but that the phrase could be interpreted in more than one way. Did you ever consider that? And being illiterate means not being able to read or write. I believe George Lucas wrote something for the Jedi Archives…some famous piece of work. And I am not incompetent, and neither was George Lucas.

You know something, I have already touched more than a hair on Leia’s head. I have tortured her extensively, so there. I wouldn’t bet on anything. I don’t believe that you would be capable of harming me, because you still seem to cling onto the idea that I am still of the Light Side.

For the millionth time I DO have an idea of what I am doing, and guess what, I am doing it.

Well if you have nothing nice to say, than neither do I.

I’m having fun fighting with Luke, although I have to admit that he does impress me. He surrendered himself to my troops, and I took him to Palpatine. He drew his lightsaber and tried to attack the Emperor, but I blocked it, and our fight began. He has improved since our last fight.

He is being so stubborn about not turning to the Dark Side. I threw my lightsaber at him when he was on a ledge, but it missed, and hit the supports to his ledge, causing him to fall. As I write this I am in search of him. He cannot hide from me forever.



Darth Vader
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Note 56
Vader.

If you were Luke’s father, mentor, even friend, I would allow you to decide how to discipline him. But you’re not. You’re his enemy, is attempted murderer! How can you even refer to him as your son?

The wisdom of joining you? You mean insanity? Because there is NOTHING wise about killing!

You DO have a mental illness! You force yourself to forget the past, even when it glares you in the face! You kill first and regret later, having no respect for the human life. You thrive on killing, not understanding its consequences until it is too late. I only hope that one day you will be saved.

You devote your entire life to the Empire and the Sith? Then not only are you a slave, but a slave of madness! I understand that you will not go against it now. It is why Anakin is truly dead.

I have contacted this George Lucas myself, and found that what he meant was the balance in having the LIGHT Side, not the Dark Side. People of the Light Side make mistakes, but always balance it out with their eternal motive of goodness. THAT is what he meant, and I agree!

If you kill Luke or Leia, I will never speak to you again. Count on it.


Padmé
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Note 57
Padmé,

I know that it would be too good to hope that you would ever love me again. You must be surprised to hear from me, since the Death Star is now no more. Well I wasn’t on the Death Star when it blew up.

I won’t tell you where I am because if you knew you would want me dead, and I would rather be alive than dead. Don’t bring a search party for me either. You would all kill me before I had a chance to say anything.

I know you don’t consider me Luke’s father, but I am his father. You can’t just not decide that I cannot discipline him. Of course it wasn’t my idea that he would be hit by Palpatine’s lighting…but I was not the cause of that. The Emperor will never hurt Luke again, though.

And for your information, I do not wish to be Luke’s enemy, or his attempted murderer. I actually saved his life. You probably don’t believe me, and I shouldn’t even be telling you that. I’m not even going to tell you what happened because you wouldn’t believe it anyway. I can refer to him as my son if I want to.

Listen, I’m sorry for how I have acted towards you recently. What you and Luke were saying was annoying me. You kept trying to tell me that I was still on the Light Side, and I was afraid that I was looking too weak to everyone, and that the Emperor would notice, and that no one would take me seriously anymore. The fact is that I really do love you and was trying to talk myself out of my feelings for you, covering it up with telling you how much I hated you and Luke and wanted you both dead. I know I hurt you and you’ll never forgive me. I was trying to sort out my true feelings…and it was hard for me.

I do NOT have a mental illness, and I have never had. I have continually told you that I never forgot the past, okay. Just drop the subject because I do not have a mental illness, and never did. Killing does not mean someone has a mental illness. At any rate, you might be surprised about your comment about hoping that I’d be saved one day.

Your words hurt me. But I know that you never want to look at me again anyway. Just promise that you won’t send a group of your Rebel friends out to kill me. I am not a slave. I want to devote my life to you now, okay. But you’re not going to allow it because I know you think I’m the worst person in the galaxy, and that I don’t deserve to be alive right now.

Oh, so you have contacted George Lucas yourself. I see. Well whatever…I still think balancing the Force means getting rid of one side…but that’s just my view. I see that we’re not going to agree on this matter, so let’s stop talking about it, okay?

I’m not going to kill Luke or Leia, okay.



Darth Vader
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Note 58
Vader,

That’s how you still sign your name, isn’t it? If Anakin is still here, then why isn’t his signature there?

Look, I’m sorry if I sound cold or mistrustful. It’s just that you haven’t really given me a good reason to trust you. After all you did, after all the tricks you pulled, trying to have Luke and I turn, what am I supposed to expect? Luke already told me where you are, but I’m not going to reveal that to anyone, not even Obi-Wan (unless he already knows), until I get a chance to think this through, and decide whether or not you are worth trusting.

You’re right, I DON’T consider you Luke’s father, and I DON’T think you have a right to discipline him. Just helping to produce a child and raising a child are two completely different things. You never raised him, never gave him advice that he should need, and never showed him the love and affection he needed from his father. Therefore you are not worthy of that title. Like I said, though, I’m not shutting out the possibility that you have changed, and if you have, I will of course reconsider the statement.

I’m glad to see that you’re sorry. You should be. You hurt us all as great deal by your confusion. Still, I’m willing to forgive you, as long as you are Anakin Skywalker. I only love him.

I’m glad that you’re not going to kill Luke and Leia, and I hope that you can one day learn to love them as I do. I mean that honestly.


Padmé
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Note 59
Padmé,

If you hate me so much, why don’t you divorce me? We never officially got divorced. If you don’t want to divorce me officially, then I’ll just stay away from you forever. Is that fine with you? I’ll never go to Naboo ever again, or any planet that you like to go to.

Since I am unwanted by everyone, I’m just living off on some planet where no one else lives. I won’t even tell anyone where it is. Now you’ll never have to think of me the rest of your life.

Don’t you understand that this is hard for me? After all, I knew you would never consider me as anything other than Vader. It’s hard for me to let go of everything. I cannot sign my name as Anakin to a woman who wouldn’t accept it in the first place.

It’s been a week since the battle.

Fine, if you can’t accept my last letter, see if I care. I only killed my former master, who you knew meant so much to me, in order to save Luke’s life. I’m still, evil though, of course, in your eyes. Go ahead and consider whether I am worth trusting. I know what your decision will be. That is why I am living far away from you on an unnamed planet.

If I might point something out, how COULD I have ever raised Luke when I didn’t even know about his existence until after he destroyed the first Death Star? And that was all thanks to you and Obi-Wan. But I do know that you DID know about him, yet you never raised him either. You have no room to talk about me not having a right to discipline him. You have no right to have him live with you! I know you better than to know that you will never reconsider that statement you wrote in your last letter.

You’ll never be able to love me again, because you’ll never believe me.

For your information, DO love Luke and Leia, but you’re not going to believe that either. I have loved them for a long time. But you think I’m making that all up.

Bye forever.


Your ex-husband
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Note 60
Vader or Anakin,

Do you really want me to divorce you? Is that what you want? Do you want for us to never see each other again? IF not, then please don’t suggest it ever again. You aren’t the only person that this is affecting.

And you aren’t unwanted by everyone. Your son wants you so very much. I can see it in his eyes when he speaks of you. I have to see for myself before I can trust you, but I’m not shutting you out, so don’t suggest it.

And whether or not you are Anakin should not have to do with me. If it does, then you really haven’t changed. Whether or not you wish to change does not have to do with you as a father or husband or Jedi, but as a man! What kind of man are you? What does your heart say? That is the only thing that can affect how you sign your name.

Look, don’t be sarcastic, because it isn’t helping anyone. It will take a while for everything to settle, but if you really have changed then it will only be a matter of time before we are a family again. If you aren’t then I will know when I see you.

Did you ever wonder WHY neither of us could raise Luke? It was because of you and your master! If you hadn’t turned, we could be a family! Don’t blame me or Obi-Wan for not being able to be with Luke.

You’re right, I DO sometimes think that you made up everything in your past two letters, but if you weren’t the you should just have faith that everything will be all right in the end. Believe it or not, I DO still love you!


Padmé
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Note 61
One year later:


To my dear sweet Padmé,

It’s been a year since the event of the destruction of the Death Star and the events surrounding it.

The doctor who I told you about has healed my injuries so that I do not have scares all over my body, in my lungs, and I have hair again on my head. I no longer have to wear that horrible suit, and I can breathe with no mask.

We have two wonderful children now…and they have children of their own. I was pleased that I was able to go to their weddings, and to see their children. Would you have believed that our children would each have a set of twins of their own?

And now…the new government has been established, and peace now reigns in the galaxy. Of course I am sorry for my years of darkness, but I will never again leave you. I promise you that. I have so much of my life ahead, and I hope to one day make up to you all my past actions.

I want to do good in this galaxy…

I am glad that we did not have a divorce, and that you were able to come to me, and believe that I had changed. You believed in me all along, didn’t you? I am glad that we can once again live in the same house, with our children’s family and my parents also occupying the same residence.

You have always loved me no matter what, and I have no way to thank you for that. I hope that you know that I have never stopped loving you, although I did some pretty bad things and tried to make it seem like I did not love you.

A few weeks after the Death Star was destroyed, both our children go married to the people that they loved. I hope they have better spouses than I was to you.


With love…and looking forward to the rest of my life joyfully.

Your husband,
Anakin Skywalker

PS There is one last matter I need to bring up. With the togetherness of our family, I see no longer any reason to write you letters. We can talk to each other now, and we have the rest of our lives.
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Note 62
Dearest Anakin,

Even after a year it feels so wonderful to call you that, Anakin, knowing that you will not object. It pleases me so much to see you as you are now, handsome and healthy, and perfectly human.

You are right, our own kids are wonderful. Leia has grown to such a successful politician in the Republic, and Luke is a full-fledged Jedi Knight, not unlike yourself! I’m so proud of them!

I know you will never leave me, Anakin, and it fill my heart with joy to know that, knowing that I no longer have to live in fear and mistrust, and you no longer hurt and unsure. Those first few days after you turned back to the Light, you were so uneasy, so unsure of whom to trust! But now, we are a family, a real family, just as it should be.

I did believe in you all along, Anakin, I always believed that you were in there, somewhere beneath Vader’s mask. And I was right, you were there, and now you are here, able to live and love and do so much good!

I am sorry that this will be the last note we write each other, I had found such a comfort in the words of the pen. But you are right, we can speak to each other now, tell each other of our dear feelings, of which we will share for the rest of eternity


Your loving wife,
Padmé
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To the readers of this fic,

I would like to take this time to thank you for reading my fic. If you have read it, would you please leave a comment so that we know you read it. It took a lot of time on our parts, and we would just like to know if anyone was actually reading these.

Thank you very much!!! It was a lot of fun!

Lissy (Vader)


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