The Empire's Fall (Pt.3)

Chapter One: Tatooine

Luke and I are in a rented room of a hotel in the city of Mos Espa. We've shut down Threepio so that he won't be able to give away what we're doing. Leia is sitting with Chewie on the threadbare rug, while Luke and I don our Jedi robes. Mine contrast Luke's by being tan, light brown, and white, whereas his are black. Using Artoo to record our message, Luke and I take turns talking.

"Greetings, Exalted One. Allow me to introduce myself. I am Leeda Skywalker, and this is my brother, Luke. We are Jedi Knights and friends to Captain Solo."

"Both I and my sister know that you are powerful, mighty Jabba, and that your anger with Solo must be equally powerful. We seek an audience with Your Greatness to bargain for Solo's life."

"With your wisdom, I'm sure that we can work out an arrangement which will be mutually beneficial and enable us to avoid any unpleasant confrontation. As a token of our goodwill, we present to you a gift: these two droids. Both are hard working, and will serve you well."

After Artoo is done recording, Luke and I give him our lightsabers. Then Luke activates Threepio, whilst I make sure that Artoo is ready to go. After sending them off, phase two of our plan is beginning.

Once it is time to initiate phase three, Luke and I help Leia dress for her part. And then we send her and Chewie off to play their parts. Since Luke and I are the last phase of the plan, there isn't much we can do at the moment. But when Leia doesn't check in, I get a bad feeling in the pit of my stomach.

"It looks like we'll be initiating phase four sooner than we planned, Leeda."

"Looks that way."

The day after Leia and Chewie were sent in, Luke and I begin phase four. Our part. We take our rented speeder to about two miles from Jabba's palace, before walking to the palace itself. When we get close enough that Jabba could be watching, Luke and I pull the hoods of our cloaks up to cover our faces.

Once we get to the palace, we enter without much trouble, but are soon met by two guards. They move to block our paths. Making Luke and I stop. Raising our hands in tandem, Luke and I make them move out of our way. They drop their weapons and move back nearly immediately.

Bib Fortuna, Jabba's adviser appears in front of us. However, Luke and I simply continue walking, forcing Bib to turn and hurry to catch up with us. A few more guards follow us from the shadows.

"We must speak with Jabba," Luke says determinedly.

"Jabba, nobata," Bib shakes his head.

Even if I didn't know Huttese, I could have guessed he wasn't going to let us see Jabba. Now Luke and I stop, both of us stare at Bib. Since I'm better at mind tricks, I raise my hand slightly, and say,

"You will take us to Jabba now!"

"Jee widd take uba joobah ateema." Bib then turns around in a hypnotic state, responding to my command. Luke and I simply follow him.

"You serve your master well," I say.

"Jee zee boo mah lorda wedd."

"And you will be rewarded."

"An jee widd shulu oom-warded."

When we enter the throne room, Jabba is asleep on his throne, Leia lying in front of him. The little creature, Salacious, sits by Jabba's tail, watching it wriggle. Leia is dressed in the skimpy outfit of a dancing girl, Jabba's favorite kind of slave I know. There is a manacle type necklace at her throat, with a chain leading back to Jabba. And, ah, Threepio stands behind Jabba as Bib comes up to the Hutt.