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Author	Topic: The CT Scene Write/Rewrite Contest: Game 24 (Super Game 3) - Kyle Katarn's Rebel Mission
rpvee Registered: Feb '07	Date Posted: 8/2/07 9:23am Subject: RE: The CT Scene Write/Rewrite Contest - Game 17: Obi-Wan's Tale
	Oh. -----signature----- "Lord Vader... Can you hear me?" A sinister silence. "Yes, Master." http://z6.invisionfree.com/Pure_Star_Wars/index.php? My Star Wars board- perfect for any Star Wars fan! R.I.P J.F, F.W, M.J: You were all great friends.
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brodiew Registered: Oct '05	Date Posted: 8/2/07 3:07pm Subject: RE: The CT Scene Write/Rewrite Contest - Game 17: Obi-Wan's Tale
	Obviously this is a popular idea, but I don't get it. Re-writing what has gone before... I'd be thinking how the orignal played out the whole time. I'm not sure my brain would allow it. -----signature----- Drabble Babble the Third: http://boards.theforce.net/beyond_the_saga/b10477/29083113/p1/?23
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rpvee Registered: Feb '07	Date Posted: 8/2/07 6:00pm Subject: RE: The CT Scene Write/Rewrite Contest - Game 17: Obi-Wan's Tale
	I hope that this one isn't too hard... -----signature----- "Lord Vader... Can you hear me?" A sinister silence. "Yes, Master." http://z6.invisionfree.com/Pure_Star_Wars/index.php? My Star Wars board- perfect for any Star Wars fan! R.I.P J.F, F.W, M.J: You were all great friends.
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JediXManSerenaKenobi Registered: Jul '07	Date Posted: 8/3/07 9:05am Subject: RE: The CT Scene Write/Rewrite Contest - Game 17: Obi-Wan's Tale
	Interesting idea! I've always wanted Obi-Wan to tell Luke more about his family. This'll be a challenge to pull off. -----signature----- " 'Do you believe in God?' written on the bullet/ Say 'yes' to pull the trigger / And I will pull the trigger!" Talon Intelligence Squadron Artist! Talons rule! Proud member of Wrenga Jixton's Virtual Blondies! Christian=follower of Savior Jesus Christ
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brodiew Registered: Oct '05	Date Posted: 8/3/07 9:24am Subject: RE: The CT Scene Write/Rewrite Contest - Game 17: Obi-Wan's Tale - Date Edited: 8/3/07 9:25am (1 edits total) Edited By: brodiew
	JediXManSerenaKenobi posted: Interesting idea! I've always wanted Obi-Wan to tell Luke more about his family. This'll be a challenge to pull off. But should he mention Padme? -----signature----- Drabble Babble the Third: http://boards.theforce.net/beyond_the_saga/b10477/29083113/p1/?23
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rpvee Registered: Feb '07	Date Posted: 8/3/07 2:04pm Subject: RE: The CT Scene Write/Rewrite Contest - Game 17: Obi-Wan's Tale
	brodiew posted: But should he mention Padme? That's up to you! -----signature----- "Lord Vader... Can you hear me?" A sinister silence. "Yes, Master." http://z6.invisionfree.com/Pure_Star_Wars/index.php? My Star Wars board- perfect for any Star Wars fan! R.I.P J.F, F.W, M.J: You were all great friends.
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JediXManSerenaKenobi Registered: Jul '07	Date Posted: 8/5/07 11:57am Subject: RE: The CT Scene Write/Rewrite Contest - Game 17: Obi-Wan's Tale
	Here's my next entry, then! Luke sighed, rested a hand on his X-Wing. He glanced down at his faithful droid of so many years and said heavily, “I can’t do it, Artoo. I can’t do this alone.” “Yoda will always be with you,” a familiar voice said from his right. Luke turned sharply and stood to see the ghost of Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi, or Ben, moving slowly towards him through the mist. His blue transparency created an aura of mystery around him, and Luke couldn’t help but feel so insignificant to the deceased Jedi. But then, he remembered what Yoda had confirmed, and he grew irritated. “Obi-Wan,” he said, “why didn’t you tell me?” His clear blue eyes bore hard into those of the ghost. “You told me Vader betrayed and murdered my father.” “Luke,” the ghost sighed, “Vader did betray and murder your father… from a certain point of view.” He sat on a log, resting his hands on his knees. Luke sat next to him. “A certain point of view?” “Yes, Luke. Sometimes the truth depends on a certain point of view. In this case, I could not tell you that Anakin Skywalker was Darth Vader because I don’t believe you could’ve handled it then. But now, you’re ready to hear the entire story.” Obi-Wan’s eyes were sad as he began to remember the past. “Is it painful for you to say this?” Luke asked hesitantly. Obi-Wan nodded, and Luke thought he detected traces of tears around his eyes, but he wasn’t sure. “Anakin was a good friend,” Obi-Wan began. “When I first knew him as a boy on Tatooine–” “Tatooine?” Luke interrupted. “You mean he lived on Tatooine, too?” Obi-Wan smiled. “Like father, like son. He grew up there, lived there with his mother, as slaves, until I and my master, Qui-Gon Jinn, came along and took him to Coruscant. He was already a great pilot, having won the dangerous pod race at the tender age of nine. That was back during the invasion of Naboo, where your father also met your mother.” “My mother? Who was she?” Obi-Wan glanced at Luke. “She was one of the finest women I have ever had the pleasure of knowing. And certainly one of the bravest. She was the Queen of Naboo at fourteen, and then went on to become a senator.” “A Queen…” Luke breathed, completely astonished. Obi-Wan nodded. “Yes. She met your father on Tatooine, disguised as one of her handmaidens, and fooled us all. She was very clever.” “What did she look like?” Luke questioned eagerly. Obi-Wan smiled fondly in remembrance. “Very much like someone else you know,” he said mysteriously. “She had brown eyes, a beautiful, kind face, and long brown hair. She was very small, but she was one of the most stubborn people I knew. Other than Anakin.” He chuckled. “They were perfect for each other. Both intelligent, strong-willed.” His smile faded into a sad expression. “Your father loved your mother more than anything else in the galaxy,” he said. “I have no doubt that if he had been forced to choose, he would’ve given up the Order just to be with her.” “What happened?” Luke asked quietly. Obi-Wan’s expression became pained. “I never knew. And to this day, I still don’t. Something happened to Anakin that enabled Palpatine to manipulate him, and he turned to the dark side. I think he thought he was doing it for your mother, but I’m not sure. He tried to persuade her to join him, but she would not. That was the breaking point for Padmé.” He rubbed his beard, eyes filled with grief. “Padmé? She was my mother, then. Padmé.” Luke tested the name out on his lips, relishing in the fact that for the fist time in his life, he knew his mother’s name. “What happened to her?” “She died.” Obi-Wan’s reply was flat. “The medical droid said she had lost the will to live, but I know it was more than that. Luke,” he looked at the young man, “your mother died of a broken heart.” Luke stared at him. “My father… he broke her heart by turning to the dark side,” he stated, agonized. Obi-Wan slowly nodded. “I have no doubt that to this day, he still loves her. But his mind became so twisted, he believed that she had betrayed him.” He shook his head. “Little did he know.” Luke was silent for a moment. “What were they like before…? My parents.” “Anakin Skywalker was a good-hearted young man and a cunning warrior,” Obi-Wan told him, a hint of pride in his voice. "He was known in the Clone Wars as 'the Hero With No Fear.' Without a doubt, he was the best Jedi Ace in the Order. And Padmé... Padmé Naberrie Amidala was gentle, kind, and loving. She was selfless and headstrong, but a clever politician. Although I didn’t learn of their marriage until you and Leia were born–” “Leia?” Luke gasped, stunned. Obi-Wan shot him a smile. “Yes. Leia is your twin sister.” Luke blinked, still in a shocked state. “Leia… my sister. So, that’s who you were saying my mother looked like!” Luke smiled. “Is she like her? Leia, I mean.” “Actually,” Obi-Wan replied, “I think your sister is more like your father was in his youth. Stubborn, a bad temper, and the urge to have everything his way. But what was I saying before? Ah, yes. I didn’t learn of your parents’ marriage until you and your sister were born, but all three of us were great friends.” He glanced at Luke, and his face turned grave. “But that was then,” he said, somber, “this is now. My old master always told me to focus on the moment. Luke, your father is not Anakin Skywalker anymore; he is Darth Vader. And he and the Emperor will try to turn you to the dark side. What you must decide is whether or not to follow your father’s path of a Jedi and resist the darkness, or become like Vader has, and turn to evil. You must face Darth Vader again.” Luke stared at him. “I can’t kill my own father, Ben,” he protested. “There must still be good in him. I have to try and turn him back.” Obi-Wan looked at him sadly. “Anakin Skywalker is dead, Luke.” Luke pressed his lips firmly. “I refuse to believe that. He loved my mother. He didn’t kill me on Bespin when he could’ve. There is still some good in him, and I’ll do everything I can to bring that back.” Obi-Wan sighed. “I’m sure you will, Luke. Just beware of the dark side. I don’t want you to end up the way your father did.” Luke rose. “I won’t.” His eyes sparked with determination. “I promise you. And my mother. And my father. I won’t turn to the dark side.” His gaze flickered to his hand, then to his lightsaber. “I am a Jedi, like my father before me.” -----signature----- " 'Do you believe in God?' written on the bullet/ Say 'yes' to pull the trigger / And I will pull the trigger!" Talon Intelligence Squadron Artist! Talons rule! Proud member of Wrenga Jixton's Virtual Blondies! Christian=follower of Savior Jesus Christ
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rpvee Registered: Feb '07	Date Posted: 8/5/07 4:29pm Subject: RE: The CT Scene Write/Rewrite Contest - Game 17: Obi-Wan's Tale
	Well, that's one scene! -----signature----- "Lord Vader... Can you hear me?" A sinister silence. "Yes, Master." http://z6.invisionfree.com/Pure_Star_Wars/index.php? My Star Wars board- perfect for any Star Wars fan! R.I.P J.F, F.W, M.J: You were all great friends.
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rpvee Registered: Feb '07	Date Posted: 8/6/07 11:21am Subject: RE: The CT Scene Write/Rewrite Contest - Game 17: Obi-Wan's Tale - Date Edited: 8/6/07 11:21am (1 edits total) Edited By: rpvee
	Only a couple more days! -----signature----- "Lord Vader... Can you hear me?" A sinister silence. "Yes, Master." http://z6.invisionfree.com/Pure_Star_Wars/index.php? My Star Wars board- perfect for any Star Wars fan! R.I.P J.F, F.W, M.J: You were all great friends.
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lazykbys Registered: Oct '04	Date Posted: 8/7/07 8:29am Subject: A Ceratin Point of View [CT Write/Rewrite #17: Obi-Wan's Tale] - Date Edited: 8/7/07 8:52am (3 edits total) Edited By: lazykbys
	. . . and here's my entry. - lazy A Certain Point of View A swamp is full of life. Everywhere you look, you will find plants and animals of all sizes. A closer look with a microscope will show you that a miniature galaxy can exist in a drop of water, even if it is suspended in the air a kilometer above the ground. The swamp on Dagobah was no exception; thus it was permeated with the living energy that is the Force. And no Jedi - not even one who has yet to complete his training - should feel alone surrounded by such life. Nevertheless, Luke Skywalker did. "I can't do it, Artoo," he said. "I can't go on alone." The droid replied with an encouraging tweetle, probably telling Luke that he would never abandon him. It made Luke smile despite himself. He wasn't sure what help a droid could be - even one with whom he had shared so many adventures. But there were others he knew he could count on. Han, Leia, Wedge . . . "Get the X-wing's systems on-line," he told Artoo. "And plot a course for the rendezvous point. There's nothing here for me now." Still, something kept him from climbing into the cockpit - a nagging feeling that there was something left undone, or perhaps unsaid. Looking back in the direction of Yoda's hut, he whispered, "Why didn't you tell me?" He didn't expect a response. But he got one anyway, in the spectral form of a Jedi Master who had become one with the Force years ago. "Ben!" Luke cried, not quite believing his eyes. "We will always be with you," Ben said. Perhaps those words would have been enough for a young man who was just starting to see for himself the wonders of the galaxy. But it wasn't, not to a man whose experience had made him older than his years. "You told me Vader betrayed and murdered my father," Luke said, his voice hard with accusation. "Yes. I did." For a moment, Luke found himself speechless. He had expected - to tell the truth, he didn't know what he'd been expecting. An apology, maybe, or a self-justification. A casual acceptance of deceit was not part of the script. Flustered, he waited for Ben to continue. When it became painfully obvious he was not, Luke decided to go on regardless. "But Vader told me he was my father. And Yoda admitted it was true!" He fixed Ben with a betrayed look. "Why did you lie to me, Ben?" Ben sighed. "It wasn't a lie, Luke. It was . . . a certain point of view." "A certain point of view?" "Yes, Luke. You weren't ready for the full truth. There was no way you could have accepted it." "And you still don't think I'm ready," he said stiffly. It wasn't a question. "Perhaps. And then again, perhaps not. What do you think, Luke - are you ready?" Luke opened his mouth to say, yes. But a certain memory flashed by him - back on Tatooine, when he was still just a farmboy who was trying to be brave. The old hermit had shown him Mos Eisley, saying it was a wretched hive of scum and villainy. And Luke had quipped that he was ready for anything. But he hadn't been. And maybe, even after everything he'd been through, he still wasn't. But he had to know. "I don't think it matters if I'm ready or not," he said after a long thoughtful pause. "But I need to know, Ben - please. How did my father turn into Vader?" "It's a complicated story. And, I'm afraid I don't know all of it. One thing I'm sure of is that your father - Anakin Skywalker - was seduced by the dark side of the Force." "The dark side," Luke repeated. And he thought: The cave. It was a warning, telling me what could happen if I wasn't careful - that I could become just like my father. "Anakin was a good man," Ben said. "But he had his faults, just like any other. In his case, I think it was impatience that drove him to do what he did." "What did he do?" Luke asked softly, hesitantly, half in hopes that his question wouldn't be answered. And, perhaps hearing his unspoken wish, Ben continued as if Luke hadn't said a word. "He wanted to be a Jedi Master more than anything. Or maybe it was just the power that he thought came with the title. The power to fix the world." "Fix the world?" "Yes. You see . . . what do you know of the Clone Wars, Luke?" "Not much," he admitted, "just stories I heard the spacers tell in Anchorhead. And the Rebels, too. They say there was an army of droids on one side and clones on the other. I don't think they ever agreed on what the Jedi did." "We weren't sure either," Ben said with a self-depreciating chuckle. "But Anakin - he knew what he wanted to do. He wanted to stop the war. If only I had known why at the time . . ." Luke waited until it was clear the old man was lost in his memories. Then he prompted, "Why did he want to stop the war, Ben?" "He had a wife," Ben said simply, as if that explained everything. Then, on seeing the confusion on Luke's face, continued, "He wanted the galaxy to be a safe place for her, Luke. And, later in the war, for you." A wife, Luke thought, my . . . mother. It took him a long time to process this information. He had known - he must have known, at least intellectually - that someone had given birth to him. But all this time, he had been fixated on his father. "What was she like?" he asked at last, more out of guilt than anything else. Ben didn't seem to notice his discomfort. Or, if he did, he didn't mention it. "She was a strong woman. Strong and caring. Now, looking back, I would say they were a perfect couple." "You didn't think so back then?" "I had other concerns. There was a war going on, you know." Something told Luke this was not the whole truth - another "certain point of view", perhaps. He decided not to press the point. "Yoda said I had to face him again to become a Jedi. Why?" "Yoda is . . . old fashioned, shall we say. In this case, he believes that commitment to the Force is more important than family. No," he added quickly, "this isn't a test. But you can't hide from him forever. Now that he knows, he will stop at nothing until you are neutralized as a threat: either by your death, or by your acceptance of the dark side." Luke shook his head. "There's still good in him, Ben. I know it." "That may be so. But remember, he has been a slave to the dark side for two decades. The dark side - and the Emperor. And make no mistake; there is no good in him. Nor is there any hope for compromise." "Is that my only choice, then? Kill them both or else?" Ben shook his head. "I'm sorry, Luke. But there is no other way." "Wait!" Luke said, clutching at straws. "Back on Bespin, he made me an offer to join him and overthrow the Emperor. What if -" "No," Ben said, quietly but firmly. "That is where your father erred. If you follow his path, you will be consumed by the dark side as well. Listen to me - there is no other choice. There is no easy way out. Your father, Anakin Skywalker, is no more. Whatever good remains in him is buried deep within layers of anger and hatred. You must learn to let him go." "I can't give up on him, Ben," Luke wailed. "I can't. There has to be another way!" "Luke," Ben began, then swallowed whatever admonishments he had to say. He let out a long sigh, and for a moment was just a tired old man. "Perhaps you're right," he conceded. "Maybe there is a way. But Yoda and I have spent much time on this, and we can't see how it could happen." "There has to be a way," Luke insisted. "I won't give up until I find it." Ben nodded. "I wish you luck, then. But remember: you will not find the answer in the dark side. As I said before, that was Anakin's mistake. Please do not repeat it, for if you do -" "I understand. But why are you so afraid for me? It's like I'm your only hope. Yoda said there was another Skywalker, didn't he?" There was another thoughtful pause, in which Luke could almost hear a "certain point of view" being constructed. "Your . . . sister is strong in the Force," Ben admitted. "But her destiny is not to free the galaxy from the dark side. That is yours, Luke, and yours alone. Hers is to do what Anakin couldn't: to right wrongs, slowly but surely - not with the Force, but with words of goodwill." Luke's lips moved silently as he tried to workout what Ben was saying. When the realization came, it was a surprise he hadn't figured it out sooner. "Leia," he said. "Leia is my sister." And he continued: "So it's not just my father I'm fighting for. It's Leia. And the Rebel Alliance. And the people who suffer under the Empire's rule." "Yes," Ben said. "That is why you cannot fail. I wish it were otherwise, but it isn't. You are our last hope, Luke." "I . . . I understand. Don't worry; I won't fail you. I'll face Vader and destroy him." And he added silently, Yes, I'll destroy Darth Vader - and rescue Anakin Skywalker. See, Ben? You're not the only one who can tell a "certain point of view". Ben frowned, possibly in suspicion at Luke's sudden about-face. But he merely said, "May the Force be with you, Luke." -----signature----- I would greatly appreciate any constructive criticism you can give me. Please feel free to PM me with your comments. . by the same author (click and scroll dowwwn): http://boards.theforce.net/m/b1/17609715/r17736763
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rpvee Registered: Feb '07	Date Posted: 8/8/07 11:35am Subject: RE: The CT Scene Write/Rewrite Contest - Game 17: Obi-Wan's Tale - Date Edited: 8/8/07 12:21pm (1 edits total) Edited By: rpvee
	Remember that you have until TONIGHT at 11:59 BOARD TIME to get a scene in! -----signature----- "Lord Vader... Can you hear me?" A sinister silence. "Yes, Master." http://z6.invisionfree.com/Pure_Star_Wars/index.php? My Star Wars board- perfect for any Star Wars fan! R.I.P J.F, F.W, M.J: You were all great friends.
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RX_Sith Registered: Mar '06	Date Posted: 8/8/07 4:52pm Subject: RE: The CT Scene Write/Rewrite Contest - Game 17: Obi-Wan's Tale
	The truth is such a hard thing to tell when it may be used for the wrong purposes or when it might decide another person's course of action. Obi-Wan Kenobi was experiencing such a conundrum when he decided to intervene with the Sandpeople attacking Luke Skywalker. That one choice caused a dramatic ripple in The Force, one that would decide the galaxy's fate, whether it be one of hope or one of despair... "What happened to my father?" Luke asked Ben Kenobi innocently not really knowing the whole story besides what his Uncle Owen had told him. Ben Kenobi swallowed hard. Flashes of pain and suffering raced in his mind. He could even foresee his own death at the hand's of his former Padawan, Anakin Skywalker, now known as Darth Vader. Should he tell young Skywalker the truth or only a fraction of the truth. With the first choice, Skywalker probably would never become the Jedi that would restore hope and freedom to the galaxy, but with the second choice, that might actually come to fruition. It was a hard choice to make, one that he hoped in a way that he would never have to make. He decided to tell Luke the truth. "Luke," Ben started slowly, "I was going to tell you the truth from a certain point of view, but I realize that it really is not my choice but yours as to decide what you decide to do." "My uncle said that he was a space freighter pilot," Luke summarized what his uncle had told him. "He was no such thing," Ben interrupted, "He was a great fighter pilot and more..." "Really!" Luke said excitedly. "You see, Luke," Ben started, "Your father and I fought together in the Clone Wars. I was a Jedi Master and he was my Padawan." "You... you and my father fought in the Clone Wars?" Luke asked hesitantly, "My uncle never told me that." "No, he did not trust the Jedi," Ben explained, "It was because of your father and what he did to your mother that you are here living with your Aunt and Uncle." "Did my father not want me? And what did he do to my mother?" Luke asked bitterly. "Your father wanted to rule the galaxy along with your mother. When she wouldn't join him, he snapped and started to Force choke her," Ben started. "I had to intervene and he wouldn't listen to me. He had turned to the darkside. I realized that it was too late to turn him back. He was like my brother, Luke, but still I couldn't save him." "So, he killed my mother?" Luke asked as tears welled up in his eyes. "In a way," Ben replied, "She gave birth to you and then died of a broken heart. So, then I was forced to make one of the hardest decisions in my life." "What was that?" Luke inquired. "The decision to bring you hear to Tatooine," Ben answered, "I as well as others knew that if your father knew about you, he would seek you out to join him. It was my choice to bring you here to live with your uncle." "You just said that it was because of my father that I am here!" Luke yelled as tears started to stream down his face, "Now, you are telling me it was your decision to separate me from him! You had no right!" "Yes, I did," Ben truthfully replied, "If he had known that you were alive, the repercussions to the galaxy would have been too grave. He would have started to train you in his dark and tormented ways of sorcery." Luke stared at him in disbelief. What was this crazy fool talking about. He had purposely taken him to live with his uncle here on this dust bowl, instead of wherever his father was. "Where is he?" Luke asked angrily, "Where is my father now? I want the truth Ben and I want it now!" "He is now the very evil that you must one day fight," Ben replied truthfully, then he paused, "Luke, I am sorry to tell you this, but your father is Darth Vader." -----signature----- Chief of Staff - The SWC Rebel Scum
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Darth Dark Helmet Title: Manager Emeritus Registered: Dec '99	Date Posted: 8/8/07 8:42pm Subject: RE: The CT Scene Write/Rewrite Contest - Game 17: Obi-Wan's Tale - Date Edited: 8/9/07 7:24am (1 edits total) Edited By: DarthButt
	All right, after a could week hiatus while I deal with all sorts of real life crap, here's my entry. ====================================================================== "There is another…Sky…Walker," Yoda’s voice faded away with the words and his body followed, his blanket holding its shape for a moment before slowly dropping to the bed. Luke sat back, trying to comprehend those words. Another Skywalker? What did that mean? There was so much he didn’t know, so much that people hadn’t told him. Why? Aren’t these things he should know? Shouldn’t he have known who his father was? Yoda told about not being ready for the burden of knowing, but he had trained as Jedi. He was ready to know these things. Outside of Yoda’s hut, Luke stood for a moment, trying to compose his thoughts. What happened next? "R2, I don’t know what to do." "Search your feelings, Luke. You will find your way." "Obi-Wan," Luke said, turning toward the image of his former teacher. Obi-Wan seemed to glide as he approached, his blue form glowing in the dim light of Degobah. "You lied to me. You lied." "I apologize for the deception Luke, but I felt at the time, that it was necessary." "Necessary? Why?" "Were you ready to hear the truth?" Obi-Wan sat down on a log, Luke sat next to him. "You had idealized the memory of your father, creating it from the lies that were told to you by your Uncle. To tell you the truth then, would have shattered all your illusions and you would not have been willing to begin your training as a Jedi." "That’s why you lied? So I would begin my training?" Luke felt himself beginning to get angry. He felt used and manipulated. "Luke, your becoming to a Jedi was the most important thing. It is vital to the destruction of the Empire and the survival of the Galaxy. I knew even then that my time was short, and that Yoda would soon join me. We couldn’t leave the galaxy without any Jedi." "I can understand that, I guess," Luke said. "But why not tell me during my training? Why let me go into the confrontation with him and find out the way I did? I had more then four months of training with Master Yoda, and in the time before I left, I would have been willing to hear the truth. I could have handled it." "But I could not have," Obi-Wan said. "What do you mean?" "Some memories are too painful. I trained your father from the time he was a boy, just nine years old. There were some in he Jedi Council who didn’t want him to be trained. Even at that young age, they saw in him a mysterious future. Some saw darkness, some saw only uncertainty. But I had given my word to train him and I meant to be true to that. "Your father took extremely well to the training. He excelled in every lesson and every test I put before him. And for many years, things could not have been better. And along the way, I found something else happening as well, something that I had not counted on." "What happened?" Luke asked. "Your father and I became friends. I grew to care about your father, and we developed a friendship that was deeper then anything I had experienced before. He became like my brother." "So what happened?" "Your father fell in love with the woman who became your mother. At the time, Jedi Knights were forbidden from forming romantic attachments, so he kept it a secret. He kept it a secret from everyone, including me. But it was through his love for your mother that the Emperor manipulated him into the monster known as Darth Vader. He began killing Jedi immediately, under the orders of the Emperor, including a number of Young Jedi Students, all under the age of eleven." Luke gasped in surprise. His father? Killing children? That couldn’t be true. "I assure you it is true," Obi-Wan said. "I didn’t want to believe it myself, but I saw it through security holograms. I knew what I had to do." "You went to try and save him." "No, I went to destroy him. He’d become a monster. As much as it pained me to do it." "I can’t do that, Ben. I can feel the good in him. I can feel conflict within him. I can’t kill my own father." "Then the Emperor has won. The man you think of as your father is dead. I saw the last bit of what was left of him die. I saw him attack and almost kill your mother. Something I never would have dreamt he would do. He loved her more then anything, and he choked nearly to death. I saw the total anger and rage in his eyes and he burned to what I thought and hoped was his death. Your father doesn’t exist anymore. And you are the only hope we have to stop him and the Emperor." "But Yoda, Yoda spoke of another. He said there is another Skywalker." Obi-Wan sat in silence for a moment, not looking at Luke, looking out to the forest. "You have a sister." "A sister?" Another bombshell. There were so many things he hadn’t been told. What other secrets were waiting for him? Was Han his brother? Maybe Chewbacca was his second cousin twice removed. What else had Obi-Wan and Yoda neglected to tell him. And who was this sister? Where was she? Was she safe, Was she… "Leia," Luke almost yelled the name in shock. "Leia is my sister." "Your insight serves you well. Leia is your sister When the two of you were born we separated you. We knew that you would be in danger as children. If the Emperor found out that Anakin had fathered offspring, he would have gone after them. He would have tried to destroy them rather then allow them to grow into any sort of threat to Vader and his Empire." Luke’s mind reeled. He tried to control the emotions that seemed to pour out of his mind. Leia, his sister? It seemed almost too coincidental, but at the same time, it seemed right. There had always been something about Leia, something that he could have mistaken as romantic love at the start. "Bury your feelings deep down, Luke. Control them. They do you credit, but they could be made to serve the Empire." Butt Edit: Side-scrolling. -----signature----- When dealing with genocide, you must ask yourself, "What would Hitler do?" And then, you know, do the opposite.
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Juliet316 Registered: Apr '05	Date Posted: 8/8/07 11:47pm Subject: RE: The CT Scene Write/Rewrite Contest - Game 17: Obi-Wan's Tale - Date Edited: 8/8/07 11:49pm (1 edits total) Edited By: Juliet316
	Luke Skywalker looked around the swampy forrest of Deghabah, but his mind was still reeling. He had just learned that the man who he had hated, and the father he had grown up idolizing were one and the same. The one being who might have helped him cope with that was gone and with his passing another mystery: Who was the other Skywalker that the green Jedi Master was talking about? He looked at R2 - D2, with a measure of despair. His father was actually alive and he was expected to kill him. "I can't do this R2," Luke said, "I can't do this by myself." "Yoda and I will be with you always," the blue spectral image of Obi - Wan Kenobi told Luke. Luke glared at his former mentor with equal feelings of elation to see the 'old wizard' and anger at the secret that had been kept from him. "Why?" he spat out. The old Jedi Master let out a weary sigh and seemed to give the appearance of sitting on a huge tree root. "It was felt that if you had found out the truth about Vader when you were still training that you would not be able to handle it. It was deemed that the knowledge of Vader as your father would be the final trial of your Jedi training to deem you a full Knight, however you choose to save your friends rather than complete the training. "I would do it again," Luke told Obi - Wan. "But it ultimately gave Vader the opening he needed to try and lure you to the Darkside." Obi - Wan countered. "And now I'm expected to kill my father?" Luke asked. When silence gave Luke his answer he added, "I can't do it Ben. I can't kill my own Father. There's still good in him. I know it." Surprisingly instead of the rebuke Luke expected Obi - Wan gave him a small, rare smile. "Luke, as much as you Luke like your father in his prime, you have the soul of your mother," the Jedi Master told his former charge. Depsite his anger, the first mention he ever had of his mother softened him somewhat towards the Jedi Master. He sat down next to Obi - Wan on the bench. "Tell me about my mother," Luke asked, "Is she the other Skywalker that Yoda mentioned." Obi - Wan shook his head. "No, she had no real ablity to use the Force. Your mother was quite beautiful. Very passionate about the things that mattered most to her, mainly the Republic and fighting to preserve it from the Emperor. Much like your father in his youth. Probably what drove them together in the frst place. She believed with all of her heart that she could save her father." "Unfortunately all her efforts were for naught and she died shortly after given birth to you... and your twin sister. Luke's mind reeled again. A sister? He had a sister? Why didn't anybody tell him that?! Semmingly sensing the questions in the young man's mind Obi - Wan explained. "When you two were born, Anakin had already turned into Vader. Me and Yoda as the last two remaining Jedi Masters felt it was best that you two were not in the same place at the same time for it would increase the Of Vader and the Emperor gaining ahold of one or both of you to turn you to the Darkside. For that reason your sister remains safely anomoyous. Still in shock over the latest information, Luke searched his mind, as a thought had tried to make it's way to the surface after the revelation he had a sister. Suddenly: "Leia! Leia's my sister! Luke exclaimed knowing in his heart he as right. "Your feelings serve you well, but they could also be made to serve the Emperor and Vader's needs. You will have to be careful to keep your feelings on ths matter buriued, for your sister's sake." "I must to go now. Trust your feelings Luke. Trust to do in your heart what you know is right." Not knowing what to think about the Jedi master's final words, he set off to meet up with the rest of the Rebel fleet. Okay, got my entry right under the gun. -----signature----- Juliet RIP Eddie Guerrero Tangible Dreams: http://boards.theforce.net/The_Saga/b10476/21029022/?10 The Heart of Betrayal: http://boards.theforce.net/the_saga/b10476/23822708/p1/?17
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DarthButt Title: Manager Emeritus Registered: Jun '03	Date Posted: 8/9/07 5:33am Subject: RE: The CT Scene Write/Rewrite Contest - Game 17: Obi-Wan's Tale
	You ready for the poll rp?
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