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ZaraValinor Registered: May '02	Date Posted: 1/27/05 5:48pm Subject: RE: Legacy of Light (OT AU -- L/M, L/H, Ben, Vader) UPDATED 1/27
	Han they're brother and sister, stop being such a nerf herder. -----signature----- Proud Master to Meredith_Kenobi & Lolly_Tolly "He full-on Obi-Wan'd me!" Dean Winchester - Supernatural
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Katarina42 Registered: Oct '01	Date Posted: 1/27/05 6:16pm Subject: RE: Legacy of Light (OT AU -- L/M, L/H, Ben, Vader) UPDATED 1/27
	When will Leia tell Han? Hmm...wonder what happens next? Kat
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Knight_Aragorn Registered: Jun '03	Date Posted: 1/27/05 6:17pm Subject: RE: Legacy of Light (OT AU -- L/M, L/H, Ben, Vader) UPDATED 1/27 - Date Edited: 1/27/05 6:19pm (1 edits total) Edited By: Knight_Aragorn
	RebelMom: I like the little twists you made with the Death Star finding the rebels and the destruction of it. Thank you! It was a bit of a headache to get that out of the way without taking a major detour from the story. It all worked out in the end though. Han and Leia are so close and yet so far. sigh I almost had get together in that post... but then I realised Han wouldn't settle for second-best to anyone. So it's back up in the air... for now. ZaraValinor: Han they're brother and sister, stop being such a nerf herder. If someone would just tell him that... Edit: Katarina42: When will Leia tell Han? She's got some issues of her own to get through first... Isn't self-denial great? -----signature----- Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so. Pieces of Air (ESB short story, complete) - http://boards.theforce.net/the_saga/b10476/27283200/p1
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Senator_Leia73 Registered: Dec '03	Date Posted: 1/27/05 7:11pm Subject: RE: Legacy of Light (OT AU -- L/M, L/H, Ben, Vader) UPDATED 1/27
	Wow just found this story and I am hooked. I love it! And if Leia doesnt tell Han that Luke is her brother soon then I think that I will freak! -----signature----- Yeah I'm back. After a year I'm back.
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CommanderK23 Registered: May '04	Date Posted: 1/27/05 7:19pm Subject: RE: Legacy of Light (OT AU -- L/M, L/H, Ben, Vader) UPDATED 1/27
	Maybe she’d call her Imp boyfriend, and he could comfort her. No-no-no. You've got things totally mixed up Han. Gather the facts before jumping to conclusions... Course when have you ever done that? Yeah! Biggs lives! Great post, Knight_Aragorn -----signature----- "...You realize tomorrow will never come." "What?!" "Because by the time we get there it will be today." --------------------------------- www.stmaryoftheangles.org - when I'm not in a galaxy far, far away...
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Jedi_BMK Registered: Sep '04	Date Posted: 1/27/05 7:43pm Subject: RE: Legacy of Light (OT AU -- L/M, L/H, Ben, Vader) UPDATED 1/27
	Nice little twisting of the Death Star's destruction you did there. Good job. -----signature----- Destiny of the Skywalkers II: Splintered Paths OT AU (L/M H/L A/P) http://boards.theforce.net/the_saga/b10476/28042042/
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Jesina_Dreis Registered: Nov '04	Date Posted: 1/27/05 11:42pm Subject: RE: Legacy of Light (OT AU -- L/M, L/H, Ben, Vader) UPDATED 1/27
	The opening paragraph reminded me of "This one goes here. That one goes there" from ESB. No. She had friends here, people who had known her since she was a child. She didn’t need the fumbling comfort of a smuggler she hardly knew. Maybe she’d call her Imp boyfriend, and he could comfort her. shakes head slaps Han upside the head hugs Han Don't be stupid!! “I don’t care,” she murmured. “It doesn’t matter, Han. None of it matters.” She looked at him, her eyes wide and dark, filled with sorrow. And… something else? Cautiously, Han leaned and kissed her, and she kissed him back fiercely. 'Bout damn time! “You are the most arrogant, half-witted, stuck-up, good-for-nothing pig I have ever met!” she spluttered. what about 'scruffy looking'?? and 'nerf herder'? I gotta say, I love that Wedge is the one who took out the Death Star...and I'm glad he got a medal for it. That's the Wedge admirer in me. But how did he do it? The targeting computer? Nice that Biggs survives too. Jes -----signature----- Stay safe, Ev Big sister to valin_halcyon Rest in Peace, Jeremy http://www.heatherjanes.com http://z9.invisionfree.com/downtime
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Knight_Aragorn Registered: Jun '03	Date Posted: 1/28/05 5:07pm Subject: RE: Legacy of Light (OT AU -- L/M, L/H, Ben, Vader) UPDATED 1/27
	Senator_Leia73: Welcome! And if Leia doesnt tell Han that Luke is her brother soon then I think that I will freak! evil grin It's a little frustrating, isn't it? CommanderK23: Course when have you ever done that? Point, good point.... Jedi_BMK: Nice little twisting of the Death Star's destruction you did there. Thank you. Jesina: The opening paragraph reminded me of "This one goes here. That one goes there" from ESB. You caught me there... that's pretty much what I had in mind. shakes head slaps Han upside the head hugs Han 'Bout damn time! But, alas, it was not to last... what about 'scruffy looking'?? and 'nerf herder'? Well, I had to have some originality... as much as I love those lines. The look on Han's face when he says "Who's scruffy looking?" -- And I though you might like the part about Wedge... But how did he do it? Well, remember they had more time in this version -- it was all planned rather than a panicked spur of the moment attack. So I'm assuming that they made sure that the targeting computer actually worked here... Wedge doesn't need a Force-ghost telling him what to do. Although, Ben is alive here, so maybe he just got on the comm. "Wedge... relax....let go..." Always a possibilty... -----signature----- Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so. Pieces of Air (ESB short story, complete) - http://boards.theforce.net/the_saga/b10476/27283200/p1
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___Sithspawn___ Registered: Aug '04	Date Posted: 1/28/05 5:55pm Subject: RE: Legacy of Light (OT AU -- L/M, L/H, Ben, Vader) UPDATED 1/27
	Wow, Han's being a jerk... -----signature----- I am severely DRL-afflicted. See profile for (old) fics. "As long as there are slaughterhouses, there will be battlefields." -- Leo Tolstoy
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JediFalcon Registered: Feb '02	Date Posted: 1/28/05 9:22pm Subject: RE: Legacy of Light (OT AU -- L/M, L/H, Ben, Vader) UPDATED 1/27
	Han doesn't even know the half of it, if he did then he wouldn't have reacted like that more soon -----signature----- Rogue Three in FFC Rogue Wing, Ward rm #306 Council Member of the Lightside Master to Stridarious Crimson makes my heart go Master of BYS AHBY The Impeccably Patient Drugged-Out Lunatic of the Skies I wonder whats my purpose in life
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Jedi-2B Registered: Nov '00	Date Posted: 1/31/05 8:10am Subject: RE: Legacy of Light (OT AU -- L/M, L/H, Ben, Vader) UPDATED 1/27
	Good post. Han and Leia's argument sounded just right for those two. I wondered who you were going to have fire the fatal shot. Wedge was a nice choice. -----signature----- It was on her fifteenth day in the darkness of the Nirauan cave when Mara Jade awoke to discover a rescuer had finally arrived. It was not, however, any of the potential rescuers she would have expected. It was Luke. ~~And the rest is history~~
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Knight_Aragorn Registered: Jun '03	Date Posted: 1/31/05 3:33pm Subject: RE: Legacy of Light (OT AU -- L/M, L/H, Ben, Vader) UPDATED 1/27
	Sithspawn: Wow, Han's being a jerk... But... it's not his fault! Jerked around more than being a jerk, I think. Things aren't looking too good from his perspective! JediFalcon: more soon It's coming! Jedi-2B: I wondered who you were going to have fire the fatal shot. For a second I thought you were still talking about Han and Leia! Things aren't quite that bad... -----signature----- Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so. Pieces of Air (ESB short story, complete) - http://boards.theforce.net/the_saga/b10476/27283200/p1
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Knight_Aragorn Registered: Jun '03	Date Posted: 1/31/05 3:47pm Subject: RE: Legacy of Light (OT AU -- L/M, L/H, Ben, Vader) UPDATED 1/27
	Luke was walking one of Imperial Palace’s labyrinthine corridors when he sensed it: a sudden loss of life, many deaths in violence. He winced and reached to steady himself against the wall. Though the sensation was unpleasant, it was nowhere near as bad as the destruction of Alderaan had been. These deaths were those of soldiers, not innocents, and there were far less of them than there had been at Alderaan. He reached out with the Force to brush his father’s presence and was vastly relieved to find him alive and well. In a lethal rage, but well. Luke withdrew before his father could detect the intrusion. He received a coded message within a holo-broadcast transmission to his HoloNet server within the next hour, and knew that Leia’s Rebels had succeeded. Luke smiled slowly, without humour. Not quite enough, Leia. He’d promised to see those responsible pay, and he would. One day, he would. He passed Mara that evening, and was surprised when she slowed her pace and turned to him. The chamber they were in was a byway on one of the highest levels of the Palace: Luke was on his way to see Palpatine. “The Death Star has been destroyed,” she told him, those green eyes colder than deep space and far emptier. “But I suppose you already know that.” Her tone was perfectly flat. She looked at him for a long moment; when he said nothing, she turned and strode on. Luke walked on, listened to Palpatine rage about the Rebellion for three hours straight, and left with a mission to find and kill as many Rebels as he could. Luke sighed, mentally. Palpatine wouldn’t be appeased with anything less than deaths, this time. Luke pressed the gloved fingers of his left hand together and wondered where he might find convenient victims, dreading already the bloodletting. Enough blood stained his soul already. Would it never end? He had difficulty sleeping as it was. As he walked down dark corridors to his empty rooms, he murmured to the gloom, “I do what I must.” There was no response, and Luke wished desperately that his sister were near. She overcame the shadows in his heart like no one else could. Well, Mara had, once. But that was gone now, and he doubted it would ever come again. Luke reached his room, and settled on the sofa before the window to watch the sky. He wouldn’t sleep this night. Would he ever sleep peacefully again? He doubted it. But that was just another sacrifice he made, and he made it willingly. I do what I must. He could not fight what he was made to be. Luke lowered his chin to his chest, and crossed his arms against coldness in his mind. The moon glided on, wan against the blackness of the sky. He met Leia again a few weeks later, on Corellia. The park they met in was green with life, full of wide grassy areas and lush flora. There was a wide lake in the centre; one bank was wooded, and the other was grassed. Children ran and played on the green lawn. Luke watched them as he sat under the trees on the other side, waiting for Leia. He wondered what it would have been like to have had a childhood like that. For a moment he imagined a child with red-gold hair and blue eyes, a child who would be free to laugh and play like the ones over there, and who would never, ever be used or manipulated. Luke rubbed his forehead, and the fantasy dissolved in the bright sunlight like the dream that it was. He heard his name and looked up. Leia was crossing from under the shade of the shrubbery nearby; Luke rose to hug her. “I’m sorry about Alderaan, Leia,” he told her. “About Bail, and your people.” She looked at him with sorrow-filled eyes, laid a hand on his cheek. “Thank you,” she said quietly. “Thank you, Luke.” They walked through the park together, under the shade of the lush trees. “This is beautiful,” Leia said. “What a wonderful park.” Luke murmured agreement, though he’d chosen the place for its seclusion, not for the scenery. All his senses were on alert. He glanced behind them. Leia followed the glance, then linked her arm through Luke’s – with a strange defiance, he thought. “I know he’s there,” she murmured. “He insisted on coming with me.” The last sounded almost apologetic. “It’s all right,” Luke said. “Handy to have someone watching the rear.” He glanced back again at the smuggler lurking a good twenty meters behind them, reflecting that Solo didn’t appear to be watching the rear so much as glaring in Luke’s direction. Luke looked at Leia. “Congratulations on destroying the Death Star.” She smiled sadly. “We could not have done it, if not for your assistance.” “Perhaps.” Luke watched the shadows dance on the grass as the trees overhead swayed in the wind. “Palpatine is livid,” he said. “He had the man who designed the Death Star executed for incompetence. A team of engineers is working on plans for a second.” “Oh,” Leia said softly. Luke looked at her and saw the dismay in her eyes. “I did not think he would move so quickly,” she said. “He intends to have it operational as soon as possible,” Luke told her. “How long?” Leia asked. Luke shrugged. “Two years. Maybe sooner.” He pulled a data-chip from his cloak and handed it to her. “Some preliminary information,” he said. “There’s not a lot there. The project has the strictest classification I’ve ever seen.” Leia looked down at the chip in her hand as they walked on in silence. “Vader lived,” Luke said, after a time. He looked at her. “You knew he was on the Death Star?” Her face closed up as always when Luke brought up their father. “We did,” she said. “Vader is mine,” Luke said. “Your Rebellion will not touch him. I’ve told you this before.” “Luke,” Leia said. “Did you expect us to delay our attack for one man?” He met her eyes, and her gaze was flat, a little angry. “No,” Luke said reluctantly. “I did not.” “Then do not speak to me in such a tone.” Leia looked to the front. Luke twisted his lips. “I wanted to be sure you knew,” he murmured. She flicked a look at him from the corner of her eye: dark, soft, warm. “I do,” she said. Luke dipped his chin, and she smiled. Luke drew a breath and looked away from those eyes, from the affection he didn’t deserve. “Palpatine has been baying for Rebel blood as a result of the attack,” he said. “I know,” Leia said. “A cell was destroyed on Coruscant.” “That was me,” Luke said flatly. “I killed them.” He looked at her. She met his eyes, her own strangely sad. Then she reached an arm around his neck and hugged him. Even as he put his arms around her gratefully, he wondered how she did it, how she could bear to touch him after hearing such a thing. How she offer him comfort, for Kreth’s sake. “I understand,” she murmured against his shoulder. “I do, Luke. I know you had to.” Her voice dropped lower, “I know what it costs you, brother.” She pulled back a little, and he touched her cheek. She smiled at him sadly. From the corner of his eye, Luke caught Han Solo glaring from his position far back along the path. “Leia,” Luke said thoughtfully. “Have you explained my position to Solo?” He noted with idle interest the way her eyes smouldered at that name, the way her lips thinned. But, “Yes,” she said. “Yes, I explained.” Luke glanced back. “Everything?” Leia looked at him, her expression confused. “What do you mean?” Luke focused on her. “Does he know that I’m your brother?” he asked patiently. Her face became wary. “No,” she said, and glanced away. “He doesn’t need to know that.” Of course. Telling Solo that she was sister to Luke Skywalker would mean admitting she was daughter to Darth Vader – something Leia would no doubt rather cut off her tongue than do. She loved Luke, but she hated being his sister. Luke could well understand. “You should tell him,” Luke said quietly, looking back at the glaring Solo one more time. They way they’d been, last time he’d seen them together… It had reminded him of he and Mara, back when they were rivals, struggling with their feelings for each other. Wanting each other so badly, but so clumsy and fumbling, terrified of being rejected or hurt… He caught the look Leia sent him: flustered, embarrassed, a little impatient, and he shrugged and let it go. It was up to her, of course. “I have to go,” he said. Leia sighed, her chin dropping. “So soon?” He looked at her. “Leia…” “I know,” she said. “I know, Luke.” She hugged him, then said with casualness that failed to fool Luke for a moment, “Oh, by the way, the General wants to meet with you next time. He says he has something to discuss with you.” Luke frowned. “Oh.” She looked at him with faintly troubled eyes. “Will you meet him?” “It’s hardly like I have a choice,” Luke said bitterly. “He says and I do. Isn’t that the way it goes?” Leia blinked, and Luke reined himself in. It wasn’t her fault. “Tell him yes,” he said grudgingly. “I’ll meet him.” She nodded uncertainly. Luke summoned a smile, and touched her cheek again. “Take care, sister,” he said softly. She smiled at him. “You too, Luke.” They parted and Luke melted away between the trees. I know this is moving kind of slowly... Things are going to pick pretty soon. Thanks for being patient... -----signature----- Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so. Pieces of Air (ESB short story, complete) - http://boards.theforce.net/the_saga/b10476/27283200/p1
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Jesina_Dreis Registered: Nov '04	Date Posted: 1/31/05 4:04pm Subject: RE: Legacy of Light (OT AU -- L/M, L/H, Ben, Vader) UPDATED 1/31 - Date Edited: 1/31/05 4:04pm (1 edits total) Edited By: Jesina_Dreis
	Well, remember they had more time in this version -- it was all planned rather than a panicked spur of the moment attack. So I'm assuming that they made sure that the targeting computer actually worked here... I always maintained that Wedge was a better pilot than Luke anyway. ducks objects thrown by Luke fans Wedge doesn't need a Force-ghost telling him what to do. wink Although, Ben is alive here, so maybe he just got on the comm. "Wedge... relax....let go..." shock tongue wink Always a possibilty... hehe...I like that Ben's alive. Review Nothing wrong with slow..."False Truths" is on 9 chapters and JUST made it through the first week I can't WAIT for Leia to come to her senses and tell Han who Luke is. And I look forward to whatever Ben wants to talk to Luke about. How, though, does Palpatine not sense Luke's betrayal? I worry for whenever he finally does... Jes EDIT: First post!! -----signature----- Stay safe, Ev Big sister to valin_halcyon Rest in Peace, Jeremy http://www.heatherjanes.com http://z9.invisionfree.com/downtime
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GreatOne Registered: May '03	Date Posted: 1/31/05 4:21pm Subject: RE: Legacy of Light (OT AU -- L/M, L/H, Ben, Vader) UPDATED 1/31
	Ack! I missed posts! Frustating Han and Leia... so close, and then they fall into another fight! sigh I feel sorry for Luke, at the same time, wonder how he can deal with playing along with the devil like he does. So much conflict!
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