B E N E V O L E N C E [Luke Skywalker]

ᴺ ᴼ ᵀ ᴴ ᴵ ᴺ ᴳ ᴸ ᴱ ᶠ ᵀ ᵀ ᴼ ᴮ ᴱ ᴸ ᴵ ᴱ ᵛ ᴱ ᴵ ᴺ

From his Imperial Star Destroyer, Darth Vader watched in fascination as the TIE fighters relentlessly fired at the Millennium Falcon. Vader's ship was closing in on the fleeing Falcon- it would not be long before the Dark Lord had Skywalker completely in his power.

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And Luke sensed it too. Quietly, he gazed out, knowing that Vader was near, that his victory over the weakened Jedi would soon be complete. His body was battered, was exhausted; his spirit was prepared to succumb to his fate. There was no reason to fight any more- there was nothing left to believe in.

"Ben," he whispered in utter despair, "why didn't you tell me?"