Way of the Sith

Chapter 3 - Planning

Author's Note: Some people have noticed that Obi-Wan is acting far more like Athair than he is his Jedi self. Yes, he is, and that's because he is really struggling with all of this. His Jedi and Sith ways of life are not compatible in the least, and since he can't reconcile them, he's following the lifestyle and behavior patterns that he can cope with easiest: those of the Sith. Even as a Jedi, he struggled with attachments, and that's not something he needs to fight if he's a Sith. I hope that makes sense! :)

~ Amina Gila

The adults wanted to talk in private, but Leia is pretty sure the main reason she, Luke, and Mara were shooed out was to keep Anakin occupied. She doesn't mind, though, because she finds him... intriguing. She's never been around a Jedi before, and she's not really sure what to expect. He doesn't seem terribly happy about being here, not that she's really surprised about that, even if he's hiding it well.

"What's it like to be a Jedi?" she asks, her curiosity getting the better of her. She ignores the unimpressed look Mara is giving her.

"We help people," he answers, after a pause,

"Father did that too! It's what we all did in our galaxy," Luke objects. It's true, even if Leia isn't sure that the Jedi here would see it that way. The only way to ever ensure peace in the galaxy was to rule it themselves.

"We're not a family like you are, but we...work together." he continues. "We all live together, and everyone knows one another."

That's... not at all how the Sith operate. Or how the Jedi in their galaxy are either, since those still alive are scarred across the galaxy, in hiding. "It's different with the Sith," Leia comments, "We live all over." It would never work to have them all in the same place at the same time. Sidious may have been intentionally creating rivalry between them, but even so, too many Sith in the same place tends to spell trouble, unless they're all working for the same goal.

"Who is your... Grandmaster?" Luke asks curiously.

"Master Yoda," he answers, carefully, eyeing them. Leia wonders if he's wondering if they're probing for information, which... she is not. She's genuinely curious, even if it would be nice for them to give this information to the others, they probably already know from Obi-Wan.

"Do you know our mother?" Leia asks, slightly awkwardly, but she is curious.

"...yes, I do," he confirms. "I did not realize she was Force-sensitive. She's a Senator here."

"She isn't trained?" Luke squeaks in surprise.

"No. She's the Senator of Naboo. I met her when we were young, and we've been... friends since."

"Father met Mother when he was nine," Leia comments, "When the Trade Federation – do you have that here?"

He seems to perk up a little at the mention. "I met her when the Trade Federation blockaded Naboo," Anakin confirms. "My master and his master, at the time, were sent to Naboo to negotiate. They escaped with Padme but their hyperdrive was damaged, so they came to Tatooine to replace it."

"That's what happened with us, too!" Luke exclaims. Leia can sense how curious he is, perhaps overly so. Her brother has always been one for stories and excitement – not that she can't say the same for herself. She loves stories of war and battle, but she knows none of it is as light and cheerful as she wants to believe. Her family has experienced first-hand the tragedy of war, too.

"Obi-Wan's master found me there, and I was with them while they destroyed the blockade before I was brought to become a Jedi."

"Athair found Father on Tatooine," Leia relates, "He was helping Mother with the Federation Blockade because the Emperor wouldn't do anything, even though Naboo was his home planet. That's when she realized we couldn't let him keep ruling, because he didn't care about the galaxy." She's heard the details of the story many times over, and in a way she's almost glad she never saw what the galaxy was once like before her parents took over. (Even if Luke seems to think the battles would be exciting to live through.)