UniversalDestiny posted:This afternoon Leia informed me it was Spring Cleaning time and I was being assigned the duty of cleaning out the Falcon's Docking Bay. While working on this glorious job for her highness I came across . . . the first pair of PANTS that I had put bloodstrips on. They were old. I'd worn the hell out of them, proud to bear the highest honor in Corellia. It made me think about . . . the first time I ever saw her worshipfulness. Young, impuslive and beautiful yet she was tougher than your average princess. I wonder....
thatsMISTERwookiee posted:This afternoon Leia informed me it was Spring Cleaning time and I was being assigned the duty of cleaning out the Falcon's Docking Bay. While working on this glorious job for her highness I came across . . . the first pair of PANTS that I had put bloodstrips on. They were old. I'd worn the hell out of them, proud to bear the highest honor in Corellia. It made me think about . . . the first time I ever saw her worshipfulness. Young, impuslive and beautiful yet she was tougher than your average princess. I wonder... ....Did they still fit? Upon stepping into the legs and hoisting the zipper, my question was answered. Yyyeesss! The the diet and exercise regimine had done its minor miracle and cut my weight down to my old service days. With her worshipfulness taking on the mantle of Jedi Knight, she'd become quite a bit more athletic during the past eight years. Well it was good to see I was up to the challenge of whipping myself back into shape too. Upon further digging in the old pile a found that old hydrospanner. The mere sight of it filled my mind with thoughts of Chewie back on Hoth when I still had that stupid fluidics system installed in the Falcon. That move almost cost us our lives and would have had Darth Vader wanted us dead But he didn't and we escape only to be caught later at Cloud City. Ah the good old days. Me and Chewie getting through anything. I remember the time when we... decided we would take a short cut through an unknown corridor of Imperial space, in fact that was about the time that Lando had just lost the ship to me in a game of Sabaac. What a crazy time that was, between dealing with Lando and the Imperials it's amazing we.... ...both lived long enough to finally meet my mother-in-law. Apparently she had been taking care of Leia for a few years after Leia's birth, pretending to be a nursemaid, until one too many close calls with imperials forced her into deep hiding. So the Organnas simply told Leia she had died. It was quite a reunion we all had, Luke and Mara showed up with their family. I thought Luke was going to blubber like a baby, but the kid surprised me with his composure. Later on, he told me he had aways felt she was still alive, but his "Force" impression of her was so faint, he couldn't tell if it was a life image or a residual image the "Force" was showing him. Anyway, I think I handled myself around a former queen and senator from Naboo quite nicely, unlike Chewie, who proceeded to...
Jada posted:Oh for the love of the Maker! OK, so where are we going from here?
thatsMISTERwookiee posted:This afternoon Leia informed me it was Spring Cleaning time and I was being assigned the duty of cleaning out the Falcon's Docking Bay. While working on this glorious job for her highness I came across . . . the first pair of PANTS that I had put bloodstrips on. They were old. I'd worn the hell out of them, proud to bear the highest honor in Corellia. It made me think about . . . the first time I ever saw her worshipfulness. Young, impuslive and beautiful yet she was tougher than your average princess. I wonder... ....Did they still fit? Upon stepping into the legs and hoisting the zipper, my question was answered. Yyyeesss! The the diet and exercise regimine had done its minor miracle and cut my weight down to my old service days. With her worshipfulness taking on the mantle of Jedi Knight, she'd become quite a bit more athletic during the past eight years. Well it was good to see I was up to the challenge of whipping myself back into shape too. Upon further digging in the old pile a found that old hydrospanner. The mere sight of it filled my mind with thoughts of Chewie back on Hoth when I still had that stupid fluidics system installed in the Falcon. That move almost cost us our lives and would have had Darth Vader wanted us dead But he didn't and we escape only to be caught later at Cloud City. Ah the good old days. Me and Chewie getting through anything. I remember the time when we... decided we would take a short cut through an unknown corridor of Imperial space, in fact that was about the time that Lando had just lost the ship to me in a game of Sabaac. What a crazy time that was, between dealing with Lando and the Imperials it's amazing we... ...both lived long enough to finally meet my mother-in-law. Apparently she had been taking care of Leia for a few years after Leia's birth, pretending to be a nursemaid, until one too many close calls with imperials forced her into deep hiding. So the Organnas simply told Leia she had died. It was quite a reunion we all had, Luke and Mara showed up with their family. I thought Luke was going to blubber like a baby, but the kid surprised me with his composure. Later on, he told me he had aways felt she was still alive, but his "Force" impression of her was so faint, he couldn't tell if it was a life image or a residual image the "Force" was showing him. Anyway, I think I handled myself around a former queen and senator from Naboo quite nicely, unlike Chewie, who proceeded to.... Belch very loudly just as we we finishing dinner. He tried to explain that it was a Wookiee custom meant to let the person who prepared the meal know that it was very good. I really don't think anyone believed him. Who would have know a Wookiee could blush through all that fur. I had just given him a dirty look when... R2D2 started twittering. Everyone turned to see what was going when R2 started to play a message. Shimmering in front of them was a young man in his 20s, very handsome although he bore a scar along his right eye. "Padme just told me that she is pregnant, R2. I'm going to be a father. Me! Anakin Skywalker! A father. I have so many emotions right now. We've hidden our marriage from the Jedi for years but with a baby on the way we just can't anymore. I'm leaving the Jedi, R2. I'm not going to let them come between me and my family. Knowing the Jedi they'd probably take the baby away and that would crush Padme. I just need to find a way to keep her from dying. Those visions I have of her dying . . . I've got to stop it. I can't let her die, R2. I'll do anything to keep it from happening . . . ANYTHING." The man faded away and the Skywalkers and Solos sat in silence until Padme said . . . ..., with tears running down her cheeks, "The poor soul. If only I had told him the truth. He deserved that much." I could see the confusion in everyone's faces. I knew I was confused. Luke voiced the thought that was creeping into my mind. "But, I felt the bond with Vader through the Force. I could feel he was my father..." Luke paused, a realization illuminating his face, then continued, quietly, "No... ...all I felt from the Force was Anakin's BELIEF that he was my father." Luke looked at Padme, waiting for her to speak. "You are right, Luke. You, and Leia, are not the children of Anakin Skywalker." Leia interjected, "Then, mother, who is our real father?" Padme gathered her strength, and answered,...
