Saga It's a Drabble! SW Edition (11/24: "A Little on the Dark Side" (Yoda))

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Title: Boushh Whacked
Timeframe: During RotJ


As the Millennium Falcon roared away from Tatooine, Leia sat back and swore.

Lando sat down beside her. "What's the matter?" he asked. "That rescue went much smoother than I was expecting."

She said, "It's my bounty hunter disguise. I just realized we left it back at Jabba's palace." She started to stand. "I should tell Han we need to go back and-"

"No way," he said, gently grabbing her by the shoulder. "We're not risking our necks returning to that place for a few bits of costume."

"But you don't understand! It was a rental! I'll lose my deposit!"

 

I never thought of that.

 

Now, that is an idea I want to see explored in a crackfic. Brilliant!

 

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Title: A Line in the Mud
Setting: During ESB


"Remove your muddy boots you must," Yoda ordered, "if you want to enter this house!"

Luke spent almost a minute staring alternately down at his feet and across to the old Jedi. He said, "Master Yoda, your floors are already bare dirt. Surely-"

"Bare, clean, dirt!" shouted Yoda. "Take great care with my cleaning I do! Every year, whether this floor needs it or not, I rake it thoroughly!"

"Apologies, Master."

Yoda harrumphed. "Forgiven you are." He grinned mischievously. "Up now, another year is. Go to my shed. My smallest rake you must find. But remove those muddy boots first!"

 

Ditto! And...I can imagine just how small the rake is.

 

Yup, the mundane indeed! Clean bare dirt huh?

 

It's the fact that it's the smallest rake that kills me. Not to mention the concern over grime on the dirt floor. But you have to have standards!

 

Now, let's remember an IMPORTANT line from the Llama song:
"But I never saw the way the orange slayed the rake."

 

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Title: Where the Heat Is
Timeframe: Saga


Luke pushed his way deeper into the cave. He had hoped that, once out of the sun, he would find somewhere cool to relax and wait for nightfall. Instead, it just seemed to get warmer with each footstep.

He sensed the answer in the Force before he saw it with his eyes. An exhaust vent, dumping the base's heat into this cave. Next to the vent was a large security door with Imperial markings.

Luke nodded thoughtfully as he drew his lightsaber. What more appropriate way could there be for the Hero of Yavin to break into an Imperial base?

 

Ouch. Just ouch.

 

LOL! Superb build up to the last line. I thought it was the cave on Dagobah. Well, Luke certainly isn't short on reckless.

 

Ha! All these drabbles are priceless. Love the last one

 

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Title: The Path You Take
Timeframe: During TESB

Yoda gestured into a heavily overgrown section of the swamp. "Follow this path," he instructed. "Deep in the wood, diverges it does."

"Diverges?" Luke asked. "I have to choose which path to take?"

Yoda nodded.

"Should I take the one less traveled by?" Seeing Yoda's glare, he mumbled, "It's something my uncle used to say."

"The path more traveled you should take; a trap the other is. A creature made it, to lure prey. Avoid it now, most animals do. Follow their example."

Luke grabbed his pack and headed for the path. Behind him, Yoda shouted, "Unless lying I am!"

 

Clever.

 

Yoda is being mischievous or mysterious. Luke is thinking oh great. Now what do I do - tkke the frequently traveled one or not?

 

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Title: The Endor Inferno


The Rebel troopers stood on the edge of the village, surrounded by their armed Ewok captors. "Remember," the lieutenant said, "we're not the Empire. We treat the indigenous cultures with respect." At a prod from a spear, he marched into the central gathering space.

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Sadly, the rest of this piece cannot be posted, due to prolonged and disturbingly graphic violence. Really. All the Rebels get killed and eaten, and it's not always in that order. People forget that this was what Ewoks did. If Luke the Jedi hadn't been there, Leia and Han would be Ewok poop. Think about that.

 

Title: A Little on the Dark Side


Yoda bowed his head and shook it sadly. "Continue with the Jedi you cannot," he said. "To the Dark Side your path leads, and a part of that we cannot be."

The young knight scratched her head. "But why? I didn't do anything wrong, I swear!"

"Abusing your power for personal gain is wrong!"

"That's only for the big things, though! Right? Not little stuff like getting a senior citizen's discount at restaurants or whatever."

"Size matters not!" insisted Yoda.

She snapped her fingers and replied, "Oh, right. Now you mention it, I do remember you saying something about that."