Star Wars: The Jedi Chronicles:Enter The Shadows (Books 1-4)

Chapter Three Willie

Josh Sietsma lands out in the rocky part of Tatooine right next to the dune sea. Josh climbs out of of his yellow starfighter. Within moments, the desert heat starts to burn Josh’s skin. A few minutes later, sweat starts rolling down his face.

Josh S.: (yelling at the top of his lungs.) Willie! Come out here!

A figure comes rolling in on a giant sand wave. The figure is completely covered in sand. The figure and wave stop about nine hundred yards out, forming a solid wall of sand.

Willie: There’s no way you’ll ever beat me. I’m far more powerful than you will ever be, now that you don’t have Master’s control.

Josh S.: I wouldn’t count on it, Willie. I’m going to finish this, and you’re going to help us save the galaxy.

Willie: Dream on. I'm going to bury you so deep in the sand, you’ll never feel the warmth of the sun.

(Josh opens his two green light sabers.)

Josh S.: Why don’t you let your sabers do the talking?

Willie: All right, soldier-boy. You’re done.  

Josh jumps down off the plateau and starts walking toward Willie. Willie jumps into the air and flattens the sand, making the terrain smooth and even. Josh starts to run on a dead sprint. He flips his right light saber around so it’s reversed.

Willie motions with his hand for the sand to open up underneath Josh. Josh jumps with a three-sixty front flip just before the hole opens up. He lands and the sand gives out underneath him and he falls into a hole.

Willie covers the hole with sand. Willie laughs, thinking the fight is over. Josh bursts through the sand. Then he Force-repulses the surrounding sand and throws the saber in his right hand at Willie.

Willie forms a sand bubble around himself that's about six feet thick. The light saber sticks into the bubble just short of Willie’s head, then slides down, just missing his body. A glass ring forms around the crack the lightsaber made from sliding down.

Josh has landed while Willie fends off the lightsaber. Josh grabs the hilt of his saber sticking out from the sand bubble with a reverse grip and slides it down to the ground. He pulls it out and cuts the bubble in half, then uses the Force to throw the top half off, expecting half of Willie to be inside.

To his surprise, he finds only more sand. Willie has opened a hole up in the back and slipped out the back side of his sand shield. His sand armor makes the perfect camouflage.

Josh never sees Willie coming. Willie hits him with a hard sand wall, knocking Josh over and bloodying his nose, while sending his lightsabers out of his hands. Josh tries to flip up to his feet, but Willie bends the sand to grab his hands and Josh falls headfirst into the hardened sand.

Willie walks over to him while taking out his lightsaber; he stands by Josh’s feet. Willie’s sand armor bends away from his face.

Willie: You should have never betrayed us.

Josh uses the Force to throw sand in Willie’s eyes, then rolls backwards, slipping his wrist out of the sand. Unfortunately, the sand has no effect on Willie’s sight. Josh uses the Force to push Willie’s legs out from underneath him. Willie falls face first into the sand.

The Dark Jedi bends the sand to stand him back up. Josh Force-pulls his lightsabers to him and puts one on his belt, then taunts Willie with a “come-get-some” attitude. Josh puts away the saber he picked back up and Willie opens his teal lightsaber.

Josh is holding his lightsaber with two hands off to the right side of him. His first strike comes up to the right of him. The sabers clash and bounce off each other. Willie pulls his saber down to the low right side.