Star Wars: Last Hope

Yavin

Luke sat alone in a small, dimly lit room of the Millennium Falcon, his hands pushing back his long, blond hair. So many things had happened in the last few hours that he couldn't think straight. He had suddenly been thrown into a large universe that he didn't fully understand. He hadn't planned to be a Jedi in training or the target of an assassination attempt. Part of him wished he could go back to being a simple farm boy. Things were so much simpler then, his uncle was alive, his aunt wasn't mourning, and he had a normal life. But he couldn't go back, not now.

Suddenly, the door to the room opened and a beam of light shot into the dark room. Skywalker looked up and saw Ben in the doorway, holding a holocommunicator.

"Who were you talking to?" asked Luke as he stood up

"An old friend of mine," responded Kenobi, smiling "He was a great warrior during the time of the Jedi. He can help you complete your training."

"Training?"

"Yes, You'll need to be taught in the ways of the Jedi if you wish to defeat the assassin and the Empire. We can start as soon as we get to Yavin." Suddenly, a large red light on the wall blinked red and a small siren went off.

"We're pulling up on Yavin," yelled Han from halfway across the ship. The two force sensitives exited the room and walked into the cockpit along with Chewbacca and the droids where the Yavin system was in perfect view. It was a large orange gas planet surrounded by one, small green moon in the distance. As they got closer, the moon got larger and larger until they entered the atmosphere. Yavin-Four had a beautiful Forest with large mountains in the distance. Luke was left in awe by the amount of green that was on the planet. He had never seen so much forest or grass in his life. But the boy was soon kicked back to reality by two loud engine noises coming closer. Then, a voice came from the Millennium Falcon's communication device.

"Corellian freighter," said the voice "This is restricted airspace. Identify yourself." As the voice came through, two long, white and red ships appeared on either side of them. Solo clicked a button and spoke back to the voice

"My name is Han Solo," he said "I'm captain of the Millennium Falcon. I have a few passengers that are more than eager to talk to you." Han removed his finger from the button. A moment later, the voice spoke again.

"I repeat Corellian freighter, This is restricted airspace. Identify yourself." Everyone in the cockpit looked confused. Solo clicked the button again and looked towards a small board next to him. Then, he started frantically pressing the button.

"Something's wrong with communications." he said "I can't send a response!"

"This is your final warning, Corellian freighter," said the voice "Identify yourself, or we will open fire." The wings of the two rebel ship's wings opened up in an X position.

"We're doomed!" said Threepio as Han started to pull up.

"What are you doing?" asked Luke angrily as he grabbed hold of the controls "We paid you!"

"No amount of credits in the galaxy will matter if we're dead!" yelled Solo as he and Skywalker tried to get control of the ship from one another. The Millennium Falcon flew from side to side violently. Suddenly, The rebel ships opened fire and the ship went tumbling towards the surface and with a loud crash, the Millennium Falcon hit the ground.

Luke woke with a start in the dark cockpit of the downed ship. The window was covered in dirt and grass and the lights that usually came from the panels on the walls were out. The boy looked around and saw everyone in the room was knocked out. He stumbled towards the quiet figure of Kenobi and shook him.