Setting: 10 years after Return of the Jedi

      Prisoner of the dark side

     Luke Skwalker firmly clutched his lightsaber hilt as he circled his
opponent.  The Twilek facing him also held a lightsaber.  Suddenly, the
Twilek lunged toward Luke, slashing his ruby red lightsaber blade in a
decapitating slash.  Luke parried it with his own brilliantly green blade.
He could feel the darkness in the Twilek as he fought.  The blades clashed
together and were pulled apart by the two fighters.  The Twilek gasped for
breath while Luke stood, breathing easily.
"Give up Yule," said the jedi master.  "There's no way you can win."
"Oh, you think so don't you?" gasped Yule.  He slashed his red blade forward
when the jedi had been unprepared and got him in the side.  Luke leaped
backwards, cursing himself for not paying better attention.  He ignored the
fiery pain he felt whenever he inhaled and decided to end this battle
once and for all.  He thrust his blade forward, causing Yule to leap back,
giving Luke some room.  The two blades tangled together again and were pulled
apart.  the battle went on like this for
a long time until Luke finally saw an opening.  He swept his blade in a
horizontal slash, cutting the top of the Twilek's lightsaber hilt off.  The
ruby colored blade immediately disappeared and Yule stared down at the
smoldering lump of metal in his gloved hand before tossing it aside angrily.
He glared at look with his large red eyes and said,"You have defeated me
Skywalker. Now, destroy me."
Luk refused, replying,"Don't you see how much more powerful the light side of
the force is than the dark?  You show great promise as a jedi.  Let me train
you to be a master."
Yule considered this before answering,"Very well, I will go with you, Master
Skywalker."
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Yule gasped as he looked up at the Massassi temple that served as the Jedi
temple.  Luke smiled at his newest student's stunned look.
"Quite impressive, isn't it."
"It's incredible!" blurted out Yule.  "I've never seen anything like it!"
Luke's smile grew wider.  "That's the way most of my cadets are when they
first seen the temple."
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Luke quickly grew attached to this Twilek.  He was impressed by his
willingness to learn and his skill with the lightsaber.  They soon became
good friends, and Luke even took Yule as a Padawan.  Not all good things are
destined to last, though.  One day, Luke and Yule were on a mission.  All the
students at the jedi temple were complaining about feeling chills, even
though it was normally hot on Yavin 4.  Luke had been feeling these things
too, and he knew that it was a sense of a very powerful jedi delved deep into
the darkside of the force.  In other words, the students were sensing a Sith
lord.
"Impossible!" shouted Kyle Katarn.  "When you destroyed Palpatine's last
clone, that was the end of the Sith!"
"I thought so too," Luke had replied,"But the Sith have resurfaced.  These
chills are not because of the common cold.  I will take Yule to Palpatines
former headquarters on the planet Bisk and we'll poke around a bit."
"Very well," sighed Kyle.  "May the force be with you."
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"Strap yourself in Yule, because we are coming out of hyperspace!" commanded
Luke.
"I already am replied Yule.
Luke suddenly felt a jolt run through the ship and it suddenly emerged from
hyperspace, throwing Yule and Luke against their harnesses.
"What the hell is going on,"gasped Yule.
"My guess would be that we are coming out of hyperspace," replied Luke.
"I know that!"shouted Yule,"but why were we jerked out?"
"Well, um, I guess my navicomputer is off a little bit," said Luke
sheepishly.
"Are you sure it was the navicomputer?"laughed Yule.  "Check the coordinates
you typed in."
"Luke glanced at the navicomputer.
"Oops.  Wrong coordinates." he said.  He and Yule stared at the navicomputer
for a few minutes, than burst out laughing.
Luke looked out the window and stopped laughing abruptly.
"I know what pulled us out of hyperspace," he said grimly.
"What?" asked Yule.  Luke pointed out the window at several Tie Interceptors.
"Uh oh.  I think were in trouble," stated Yule.
"Let's get out of here!" Luke yelled.  He tried to fly away but couldn't.
On a second look out the window, he noticed several Star Destroyers.  His
ship was caught in a tractor beam!
"Definitely not good," confirmed Yule.
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Meanwhile, onboard the Star Destroyer, a man wearing a hooded cloak spoke to
another man.
"Soon, Darth Vega, soon you will have a chance to pit your strength against
two jedi."
The man that had been spoken to pulled out a long, metal handle and thumbed
the activation switch.  Blades of dark blue shot out from either side.  "I
will not fail you, Master Palpatine," Darth Vega replied.  "Those jedi are as
good as dead."
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Luke and Yule drew their lightsabers as they stepped off the ramp into the
Star Destroyer.  Two men stood in front of them, one of whom Luke recognized
as Emperor Palpatine, while he had never seen the other man.
"I am Darth Vega," the second man said,"and you are dead!" Vega activated his
double-bladed lightsaber and leaped toward Luke and Yule.  Luke blocked a
slash and counter-attacked with a thrust, while Yule used a horizontal slash.
Amazingly enough, Darth Vega blocked both and kicked out, sending Luke
flying across the room.  Yule couldn't fight this Sith alone, so Luke ran to
help him.  When he was only a few feet away from the fight, Yule made the
mistake of of attempting a downward slash and paid for it with his life.
Darth Vega took full advantage of this and thrust his blade into Yule's chest.
"No!" screamed Luke and before the Sith could withdraw his blade, Luke was
upon him.  Luke felt the fury and anguish of losing his best friend take
control, and he didn't fight it.  He attacked with a series of slashes and
thrusts, determined to destroy Vega.  The Sith fell to the floor, still alive.
"Destroy me and gain power that you couldn't even begin to imagine," gasped
Darth Vega.
Luke, his mind still clouded with sadness and anger, was glad to
comply.
After he had hacked Vega to pieces, he heard a cackling laughter.
"Join me Skrwalker," commanded Palpatine.  "Join me, and we will crush the
New Republic and restore order to the galaxy!"
"Yes, I have felt the power of the darkside,"said Luke.  "The power of anger
is incredible! Yes, I will join you."
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Months later, Luke was again piloting a ship.  He had received a mission from
the Emperor.  He had been commanded to steal bacta  from the Republic.  He
was now piloting a ship to Coruscant.
He landed by using the force to open the force field and flew inside.
Several hundred stormtroopers were with him on this mission.
As Luke drew his lightsaber to carve open a blast shield door, he heard
blaster fire.  He whirled around to see a troop of Republic soldiers, led by
Han and Leia Solo firing at his army.
Luke turned to the stormtroopers, saying,"Attack, but leave the leaders for
me."
The stormtroopers obeyed and, with Luke as their leader, mad short work of
Han's army.  Luke walked down the battle field toward Han and Leia, killing
any crippled stormtroopers or New Republic soldiers.  Han attempted to punch
Luke, but the jedi caught the punch and twisted Han's arm.  The Corellian
cried out in pain as his arm snapped like a dry twig.  Luke punched him in
the face, knocking him unconcious.
"Luke, please, come back to us," begged Leia.
"It's to late," replied Luke.  "I'm doing this for your own good."  Luke
began to raise his lightsaber blade, but checked himself.
"No.  No matter how dark I've become, I can't kill my own sister."  Luke
thought.
Outloud he said, "Men, get back on the transport."
He was answered with a flurry of questions.
"I know Palpatine won't be happy," he said,"but I'll take full
responsibillity."
Luke and his army boarded the transport and took off into space.
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When Luke went to the Emperor's chamber, he saw the face that he had least
expected to see.
"Yule?!" he exclaimed.  "But how? I saw you die!"
"All I can say is, appearances are often deceiving!"  With those words, the
Twilek drew a lightsaber and attacked Luke.  Luke saw through the disguise
almost immediately with the force.
"Palpatine, your disguise is pathetic," said Luke.
"You are not a true dark jedi," said Palpatine.  "You are too soft.  Now, you
must die!"
Luke drew his power from the light side of the force and found himself
defeating Palpatine.  The blood-red blade clashed with the green blade of
Luke and it was withdrawn, only to be slashed again.  Luke easily blocked all
of the Sith's attacks and suddenly sensed an opening.  Luke ducked under
Palpatine's next slash and thrust his blade upward into Palpatine's chest.
Palpatine collapsed, mortally wounded.
"Remember, Palpatine, light always conquers dark," said Luke.  "I was a fool
for not realizing that before."
Luke walked from Palpatine's chamber and to the hanger bay.  He boarded one
of the ships and blasted off.  Only when he was in hyperspace did he wonder
how he was going to explain this to Han and Leia.

           The End