"It could be a trap," Admiral Ackbar warns.
"Possibly, but my informant's never let me down before," Maz replies.
"But this information would imply that they know the location of the temple," Leia points out.
Which they could only know if Rey gave it to them, Poe realizes. Everyone knows it, but no one will say it. Bastard. Snoke must have tortured her.
"Why exactly is this temple so important?" Lando queries, looking at Luke.
"It's the first temple," Luke explains, as if that should answer their questions. It doesn't.
Poe looks to Ben, to Leia, to Finn. None of them seem to have any more of a clue than he does, so Poe feels a bit better.
Maz smiles. She knows.
"It contains many secrets of Jedi history, of Force users," Luke adds. "Such as... whether the Force can be used only from the Light or the Dark, or whether it might be possible for someone to wield both, a unifying Force."
"Is there?" Finn inquires. Ben's face pales.
Leia turns to her son. "That was Snoke's plan for you, wasn't it?"
He nods. "But it didn't exactly work out. Once you start down the Dark Side, it—it's harder to harness the Light."
"Exactly," Luke confirms.
"So, we have to wipe out the Dark Side," Poe supplies. Maz and Luke both laugh.
"That's not possible. We need to recognize the Dark Side, accept that it exists, and give it that respect. Because it is powerful. It accomplishes much. But we choose not to use it," Luke says, studying the hologram map to Ahch-To. "That's how you achieve balance."
"So... why is Snoke taking Rey there?"
"He wants her to utilize both sides of the Force. And our child," Ben says.
"So how to we take on this Star Destroyer?" Poe asks, hands resting on his hips. "Because we're going to take her back."
"And hopefully kill Snoke while we're at it," Lando mutters. His mouth narrows into a thin line, and Poe knows he's thinking of Han, and Rey, and what Snoke did to Ben.
"That'd be the plan," Poe agrees.
"So, we blow up the Star Destroyer," Leia declares, pushing back in her chair. "That's how we always do it."
"They'll see us coming from a parsec away," Ben argues.
"That hasn't stopped any of us before," Poe points out.
Ben grips his side. "We've got to make sure Rey's off the ship first."
"We will," Poe promises. Finn claps Ben on the shoulder.
"My guess is that Snoke will want to visit the temple himself," Luke says, looking to Ben for a nod of confirmation. "When he does, we should send a team to rescue Rey and a team in to plant explosives."
"You're going to tell us where they're most vulnerable," Leia informs Ben, who nods.
"We wait until Snoke is back on the ship, and then detonate the devices," Luke finishes.
"When do we leave?" Ben asks.
"They leave," corrects Admiral Ackbar. "You're not going."
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•LEGACY - A Reylo Story•
Fanfiction*WRITTEN PRE-TROS, POST TLJ* When a ship crashes near the Resistance base, Finn and Poe are shocked to discover Kylo Ren. What does he want? And where is Rey? And as for Kylo, he must decide how much he can trust them with what he knows about Snoke...
