Chapter 108

"That's what I have been thinking, Luke. I told you that Wedge had to pick up Nori Thai, but I also recalled that Wedge had brought Ian to the Astræga where he had landed after he brought to Palomintar Four. That means that to many Jedi Knights and Nori, but probably also others might know where you have landed the Astræga," Liane answered, "Is there any other location where the Astræga won't be spotted."

"I know several other possible places to land with the ship, but those landing sites are also known to others. Furthermore I also don't want land far away from Ribana and the vineyard building, otherwise I need to use the speeder to come and go to the building."

"Can you do a reconnaissance flight above Ribana's surroundings. From above you might be able to spot possible locations which aren't known to anyone." Liane suggested.

"I can lift off at the end of the week, when the Falcon and the Grannd Traveler are bringing the first groups of workers back to Tyr."

"That's still three standard days from now, Luke, and you told me that you have sensed that some of our friends are becoming suspicious about the way I behave and how you are treating me. Yesterday I saw my brother looking at me with a look in his eyes as if he was accusing me of being a big liar. It begins to feel uncomfortable, but we're in it and we won't be believed if we announce that we've decided to marry. If we end our charade no one will take us seriously." Liane said pensively.

"You're still very convincing as my padawan, naughty pixie," Luke said laughing as he put his arm around her.

"I'm getting used to my new position, master Luke," Liane said while Luke bowed over to her to kiss her.

"Which one, my love?" Luke grinned and kissed her again.

"As your padawan, of course,"

"And while you're alone with me?" Luke teased.

"As your naughty pixie."

"Not as the woman who has promised to marry me? Not as my future wife?" Luke continued, teasing her.

"Don't suggest another possibility," Liane answered while her cheeks got a rosy color. "Yet!"

Luke started the laugh, but Liane frowned,

"And don't laugh. I understand your insinuations, Luke Skywalker. You know what I told you."

"I do, my love, but I love to remind you at your answer."

"That we're not yet married I hope." Liane answered uneasy.

"Not really," Luke said grinning, "but I won't tease you any further, otherwise you might get angry with me."

"I won't Luke, but as long as we're master and apprentice I don't think it's a good idea to make our relationship even more complicated. I love you with all my heart and I promise that one day I will be yours, as you will be mine."

Luke pulled her close.

"I love you too, my beautiful dream girl." He said and put a gentle kiss on her forehead. "We have to get back to the vineyard, my love. I will miss you tonight, when I fall asleep alone."

He pulled her to her feet. Liane put her arms around his neck.

"As your apprentice I'm not supposed to use Jedi telepathy yet,do I, but I could use the precious gift you once made for me. "

"Shaayla-Car, you're a Jedi Knight, why not wish me pleasant dreams using Jedi telepathy. I long to hear your voice in my mind. Will you grant me my longing."

"I will, my love. I'll promise. We should have done that the moment after we've arrived here."

They descended to the vineyard, walking side by side, while Luke every now and than talked to her as if he was explaining something. Liane dutifully nodded or asked other question.

Little were they aware that from the northern mountain ridge Nori Thai was looking at them through his binocs. He followed their movements, until they were no longer visible.

Nori sighed.

"Their behavior is casual. Luke seems to take his task seriously and Shaayla-Car seems to follow his lead being a Jedi apprentice. They just left the forest area on the southern hill. Luke had probably been doing some special Jedi training with her. Shaayla-Car behaves quite normally, she doesn't seem unhappy with what Luke is telling her. He has a friendly attitude to her. I don't think he is jealous, as Han suggested. Still it's odd, that she has asked him to be her Jedi master. What is the cause of that sudden change in her thinking? All the time she was behaving like a Jedi Knight, at least, I assume she was, but upon her return to Tyr, she said to me that she was no longer convinced of her initiation as Jedi Knight. I still don't get it." He murmured.

He left his position and went back to Ribana where the assembly of the new comsystem was steadily going on. Han hadn't said that he would stop worrying about Shaayla-Car, and Nori knew, by experience as an undercover agent, that Han wouldn't let the case rest, for his concern of Liane stemmed from his gratitude for what she had once done for him.

Han entered the control room of the Falcon and looked around.

"Leia!" He yelled.

"In here, Han. What's the matter?"

"I spoke with Liane's brother. He is going to confront Luke about his behavior towards Liane. He is on his way to the vineyard building where Liane is helping Udine and Carmona. He hopes to meet them both and ask them to tell the truth about why they entered hyperspace and left Palomintar Four. Leia, he is right, Luke and his sister are lying about what they did. It is time they told the truth."

Leia grabbed her Jedi coat and rushed over to the cargo ramp.

"Where are you going, Leia?" Han yelled and rushed after his wife.

"I am taking the speeder to intercept my former padawan. Han, he needs to leave Luke and Liane alone too, just like you. They don't have to answer to any of us for their disappearance. I will tell all our friends that it is their business and not ours."

"Leia, your brother is making Liane unhappy. You have to admit that his behavior raises questions, a lot of questions."

"Shut your mouth, Han. Stop gossiping. You are doing them both an injustice; don't be so unreasonable. Gather everyone here, including Yarnick and his brothers, and look for Yarmod Martan and Nori Thai. I want them all here. I am going after Tama-Hin now."

Leia sped away in the speeder, leaving Han furious on the ramp of his ship. He walked toward the Grand Traveler with large, angry strides. Yarnick looked up when Han entered the control room.

"Angry, Han?" He asked.

"In fact, I won't go into detail now. Leia wants you and your brothers to come to the Millennium Falcon as soon as possible."

"What is the matter?" Yarnick asked.

"You will hear, when Leia is back."

Han stormed off and ran to the administration building. He ran up the stairs to the room where Nori was installing the communication system, but there was no one there. He ran back and bumped into Nori, who was just entering the building.

"You have to come to the Falcom by order of her Royal Worshipfulness of Alderaan," Han snapped.

"Why, Han? What's wrong? Where is Leia?"

"On the way to the vineyard building, because Ian wants to ask his sister and Luke to tell the truth about their charade of master and apprentice."

"I'll come with you. Calm down, Han. Who else is coming?"

"Everyone, all the Jedi Knights who are in Ribana, you and the Granns."

"Since Leia is on her way to stop Tama-Hin from doing something stupid, it seems wise to talk to each other. After all, it is about Luke and Liane, isn't it?"

"That's right. Leia doesn't want any of us to interfere in their business. I think we need to ask them to tell the truth.."

"Has everyone come to the Falcon yet, Han?" Nori asked.

"I only have to find Yarmod Martan."

"He probably is with the harvest men. I'll get him for you. You go back to the Falcon."

Meanwhile Leia drove with high speed towards the eastern hills. She reached out to the Force to look for Ian and suddenly sensed him on the path which ascended to the vineyard building. He was talking to Toallin who was about to get back to Ribana.

Leia sped forward and reached Ian when he was about to walk on.

"Ian Tydon, get in. Now!" Leia said outraged.

The young Jedi stopped and Leia blocked his path.

"Get in, Ian. No discussion. Get in!" She snapped

Toallin had left his speeder and looked at the outraged wife of Han Solo.

"Leia, Tama-Hin only wants to have a word with his sister and Luke," Toallin said. "I just told him, that they are both have diner with Udine and her sister. What's wrong?"

"Get in my speeder, Ian, Now. Yor're not going any further. I forbid it"

Ian walked over to Leia.

""I want to see Shaayla-Car, Leia. I want to know if she really decided to become Luke's padawan, or if Luke pressured her to admit that she wasn't sure about her Jedi Knight initiation," he said.

"That is none of your business, young padawan. Get in the speeder. I want to have a serious conversation with everyone who is harassing Luke and Liane. With you, with Han, and perhaps there are even more who want to ask my brother and my foster sister rude questions. Get in, Ian, or should I make it clear in another way?"

Ian looked at his former master and jumped at the passenger seat. He looked at Leia dejectedly.

"No, master, you don't have to," He said and greeted Toallin.

Leia steered the speeder back to Ribana at high speed. Ian sat silently beside her. When they reached the Millennium Falcon's landing site, she stopped and looked at her former padawan.

"Get to the control room and tell Han that I'm back. I'll be there within moments."

Ian nodded and walked onto the loading ramp. The six Grann brothers were present in the control room, along with Han, Chewbacca, Nori Thai, and his friend Yarmod. Ian took a seat on the couch next to his friend. Yarmod leaned towards him.

"What is all this about, Tama-Hin? Nori came to the harvester's tent and asked me to go with him to the Millennium Falcon. Why are the Granns here too? It seems that Han and Leia had a big fight."

Ian shrugged his shoulders.

"Leia came after me when I was on my way to ask Shaayla-Car what exactly happened, or is still going on, between her and Luke Skywalker."

"I told you to mind your own business, didn't I, friend? You're just her brother, not a bodyguard or a Jedi protector. Those two roles are over. Oh, here comes Leia. I'm afraid she's in a very bad mood, judging by her eyes." Yarmod whispered

Leia stood in the control room hallway, and everyone stopped talking when they saw her fiery, furious eyes.

"I see, Han, that you managed to get everyone here. Now raise the ramp, go to the cockpit and lift off," She snarled.

"Why, Leia?" Han snapped, getting outraged again.

"Do what I say, young man, and don't argue with me. I have no desire to debate with you. Make sure we leave Ribana as soon as possible."

Han, seeing that his wife would not change her mind, walked to the cockpit and beckoned Chewie to follow him. The cargo door of the Millennium Falcon slammed shut, the sub light engines were activated, and the ship took off.

""Where do you want us to go, dear Leia?" Han shouted from the cockpit. "Shall we go to the island of Felusa on Morantan too?""

""Land on the western plains, as far away from Ribana as possible!" Leia shouted back, still in a bad mood.

Han steered the Falcon towards the western plains, crossed the new river, and flew into the wild lands. When he reached the border where the western plains met the wild lands, he landed his ship and returned to the control room.

"We have reached our destination, sweetheart," He said sarcastically.

Leia nodded and looked around the group, who were looking at her in astonishment.

""Does anyone have any idea why I invited you all here?" she asked in a calm voice.

""Leia, it's about Shaayla-Car and Luke and their changed relationship, right?" asked Nori Thai.

"It is, Nori, and you have formulated it well. It is about their changed relationship.

Luke has taken on the task of becoming Shaayla-Car's Jedi Master because she asked him to. It was a difficult decision for him, but he accepted her request. Some of us already knew that Shaayla-Car was not entirely convinced of the correctness of her Jedi Knight initiation, and I fully understand why she had doubts about it.

When Liane was taken to Na'ctaMagh'Ba to protect her from Trevor's bounty hunters, before she discovered her ancestry and became Shaayla-Car Kenobi, she and Luke decided that Luke would accept her as his padawan as soon as she was free. On Na'ctaMagh'Ba, Luke encouraged her to seek the knowledge preserved in the remains of the treasure of the former Jedi Temple. Among those treasures were the Jedi holocrons, in which the Jedi Knights who preceded us had recorded their wisdom. Unfortunately, Luke had to join Han and me to find out what had happened to Ian Tydon, but he had given her access to everything in the Jedi Archives, a name Liane had given to that ancient treasure. Against all odds, she managed to make contact with various Jedi of yesteryear while activating the holocrons. The old masters had imparted very valuable knowledge to her, but Liane did not have a true master-apprentice relationship with them.

She has gained a great deal of knowledge about the Force and its use, but not in the way a master would teach and guide his padawan. In other words, her knowledge is fragmented; she knows a lot, but she does not see the connection between that fragmented knowledge. Nevertheless, Liane is a very powerful Force user and has managed to perform the very difficult Illum meditation to make her own lightsaber, which is amazing in itself. Luke had explained to her that a padawan, as soon as his master deemed him ready for the Jedi trials, had to make his own lightsaber, the personal connection between the Jedi Knight and the Force. Liane, who had by now discovered her true origins, came to the Palomintar system to work with Luke.

Wedge Antilles, who had joined Ian, Yarmod, and Liane in Palomintar, noticed the growth in the two padawans designated as Liane's protectors, as well as in Liane herself. Her more than excellent understanding of the Force and her achievement of being able to fully complete the Illum meditation gave Wedge the absolute conviction that she was ready to become a Jedi Knight. In my opinion, Wedge was right, but the problem was that Shaayla-Car had her doubts. She accepted what he told her, but he did not truly convince her.

After our problems here were resolved and Shaayla-Car and Luke were reunited, her doubts grew, and eventually she decided that her initiation had come too soon, despite what Wedge Antilles had told her. Wedge knows that he made the right decision, and I know that too, as does my brother, but as long as Shaayla-Car herself does not share the same conviction, she will continue to doubt. That is why she asked Luke to become her Jedi Master for a while after all, to discuss the knowledge she gained from the Jedi of old with him and put it into the proper perspective. That is the reason why Shaayla-Car and my brother, against all expectations, now have a completely different relationship than we all thought.

Luke has tried to explain it to Han and me. He is struggling with his new relationship with her, with whom he forms a duality in the Force. She and Luke form a Force dyad, an unbreakable connection in the Force. This Force connection means a lot to both of them, because the Force has shown them that they are not just forming an unbreakable bond this time, but that their connection has endured for many generations.

Luke has indicated that it has never happened before that an initiated Jedi Knight has asked his master to become his padawan again, because it is not the padawan who chooses the master, but the Jedi Master who asks a Force user to become his padawan.

However, my brother has accepted Shaayla-Car's request, and it is not up to us to question her request and their new relationship, however strange it may seem to us.

I have noticed that doubts are circulating among you, and I have even heard rumors that Luke has become jealous of what Shaayla-Car has learned from the old Jedi. That is not true. I have also heard that Luke is disrespectful towards Shaayla-Car. That is not true either. Luke behaves as a Jedi Master would towards a Padawan. A third rumor I have heard is that Shaayla-Car has become depressed because of her Padawan status. That is not true. She is actually very happy that my brother was willing to be her Jedi Master, although he has never doubted Wedge Antilles' decision. That is how things stand now, so there is absolutely no reason for us to question their new relationship. It is up to Luke to decide when he will tell Shaayla-Car – and I hope she will believe him – that she has earned her initiation just as much as any of us. The only thing I ask of you is that you leave them alone. No questions, absolutely not."

Leia had ended her narrative and looked around the group. Yarmod Martan nodded in agreement.

"Leia, thank you. I actually didn't need your explanation, because I am convinced that Shaayla-Car had doubts from the very moment Wedge told her she was a Jedi Knight. She admittedly accepted his words, but reluctantly and without real conviction. That is disappointing for some, but it is absolutely not up to us to keep telling her she is wrong. The only one she trusts is Luke, and we must leave this to the one who received his Jedi training from the last Master of the Jedi Council, Master Yoda. I am certain that Luke is the best Master Shaayla-Car could wish for, because he has the power to tell her that she is a Jedi Knight, just like all of us. The idea that Luke would be jealous because she has learned a lot from the Jedi of old sounds like pure nonsense to me. I speak for myself, but I have absolutely no problem with their new relationship," said Yarmod.

"Thank you, Yarmod. Your opinion matches mine completely." Leia said and looked at the others. "Yes, Nori, what do you want to say."

"I am not familiar with how a master-apprentice relationship develops, but I find it a bit strange that I have seen Shaayla-Car do things I cannot explain: the reassurance she gave me after I was injured, the way she and Tama-Hin healed the wound, her performance aboard the Tychorion during the final joint meal with the leaders of Coruscant, and I could mention many more events, including when I was with her in Trevor's main cave. I really don't understand it, Leia, but I accept your explanation. I only hope that, as soon as Luke has dispelled her doubts and convinced her that her initiation as a Jedi Knight was the right decision by Wedge Antilles, they will tell us what happened between them during their absence.

""Do I understand correctly, Nori, that you won't interfere with my brother's new relationship with Shaayla-Car?" Leia asked resolutely.

""You have my word, Leia. From what you told me, I conclude that it is none of my business, and I would like to add that that applies to all of us," said Nori, while looking at Han Solo.

Leia looked at Yarnick and his brothers. They all nodded in agreement.

"We fully agree with what Nori Thai just said, Leia. It is none of our business," Yarnick said.

Leia looked at her husband and Ian.

"Now even the last ones here must give their opinion. Han? Ian?"

Han looked surly and shrugged his shoulders.

"You’re putting us all on the spot, aren’t you? We have no choice but to do what you want. You definitely know more about this, Leia." He answered still in a bad mood.

Leia looked at her husband and nodded.

"Yes I do, Han. I am a Jedi Knight and Luke is my brother. We are twins and know each other's minds. Liane is our foster sister and I will always stand up for both of them. Your emotional feelings for Liane make it impossible for you to accept their master-apprentice relationship, because in your eyes Liane can do no wrong. I understand your feelings, Han, but you have to trust me on this and you have to accept their new relationship for a while."

"Fine with me, Leia. I won't get involved anymore, but I stand by my opinion that Luke is jealous of what Liane learned from that old Jedi master." Han said grumpy. "I'll stay away from them if that satisfies you."

Leia didn't respond to Han's words and looked at her former padawan.

"And you, Ian Tydon, are you going to leave your sister and Luke alone."

Ian shook his head.

"I won't, Leia. I can't. Shaayla-Car is my only relative. I feel a responsibility towards her as her older brother. I want a clear answer of them of what is going on." Ian answered.

Yarmod gave his friend a hard poke in the side.

"Wrong answer, buddy." he hissed.

Leia nodded.

"Then only one option remains for me, Ian Tydon. If you cannot agree with what I have just explained, I will send you back to Tyr, where you will have no further direct contact with Luke and Shaayla-Car. I will inform Luke of your forced departure from Myr, so that he can decide whether he wants you to contact her, in the customary way among Jedi Knights." Leia said determinedly.

Startled, they all looked at Leia.

"Leia ... you ... can't do this. ... You can't ... exile me." Ian stammered.

"I can do it, Tama-Hin Kenobi. It is my right as a Jedi Master, as your former Jedi Master. You are ignoring my order. Yarnick Grann, I command you to bring my former padawan back to Tyr immediately after the Falcon has returned to Ribana, where he will be useful with the many chores that still need to be done in Cantamaga. Tama-Hin, I will also ask Jedi Master Antilles to take you under his wing, even though he has a padawan of his own. You disappoint me, Tama-Hin. You will not return to Myr as long as your sister is my brother's padawan."

"Leia ... please... I only ... want to ... know if Shaayla-Car ... feel happy... with ... what she.. is doing." Ian stammered anew.

"You have heard what I have told here. You are stubborn, Tama-Hin. Accept your new assignment as a disciplinary measure. You will brought back to Tyr. Han, please, take us back to Ribana, so Yarnick can start the Grannd Traveler to bring my unruly former padawan back to Tyr."

"You are abusing your authority, Leia," Han said, but he and Chewbacca went to the cockpit.

In the control room, Ian Tydon looked at Yarmod and the others in disbelief. Leia had left the control room and had gone to the aft of the Falcon. She sighed.

'Oh, Luke, you liar. Why are you making things up?' She thought.

She entered the private quarter she and Han shared. She sighed again.

'I have to inform Luke of my decision. If Ian hadn't been so stubborn, none of this would have been necessary, but he is using the wrong method to uncover the truth behind the relationship between Luke and Shaayla-Car.'

Leia sought her connection with the Force to make contact with her brother.

'Luke, I had to make a difficult decision. I have sent Liane's brother back to Tyr.'

'You certainly have had a good reason, my dear sister,' Luke answered almost immediately. 'Toallin has told me that you took Tama-Hin back to Ribana, when he was on his way to Shaayla-Car and me. What was the matter?'

'He keeps insisting that he wants to know what's going on between you and Liane, Luke. He doesn't accept the master-apprentice relationship between the two of you,' Leia said. 'I convinced all our friends: the Granns, Nori, Han, more or less and Yarmod Martan to leave the two of you alone. They all agreed on what I asked, but Ian could not agree with my decision. I had to use my authority as a Jedi master, and his former master to discipline him. Yarnick will bring him back to Tyr, but this stubborn young Jedi certainly will use his telepathic skills to contact Liane.' Leia explained.

Luke was silent for some moments

'You did well, Leia. Tell Tama-Hin to use Jedi telepathy to connect to me, when he is back on Tyr. I will tell Shaayla-Car her brother is still feeling responsible for her.'

'I want to tell Wedge to team up with him.'

'Splendid. Ian and Chati are going along well. Moreover he can make himself useful in Cantamaga.'

'Luke, when will you and Liane end your charade?'

'When we think the time is right, Leia. You probably know what's going on, but we don't want to reveal the truth until Ribana will be fully restored.' Luke said and Leia heard a laugh in his voice.

'That will still take some time, Luke, but I'm sure you will come up with a good story.'

Now Luke laughed even louder, but he immediately became serious again.

''Yes, Leia, we will, but do I understand correctly, my dear sister, you have made it clear to our friends that they will no longer make any attempt to find out where Shaayla-Car and I are and why we sometimes seek solitude.'

'No one, Luke. All of them promised that your new relationship with Liane is none of their business.'

'That's good to hear, Leia. Thank you for handling this matter. Tell Tama-Hin I want to talk to him, once he has landed on Tyr and inform Wedge, for he has to know what has happened.'

'I will, Luke. Thanks for your support. May the Force be with you.'

'May the Force be with you, Leia.' Luke answered

Their connection vanished. For a moment Leia was silently recalling Luke's words. She smiled, for she had sensed her brother's tremendous happy feelings. She nodded understandingly and smiled again.

'They will be as happy, as Han and I are,' She thought and rose.

'Shaayla-Car, please, hear me.' Ian Tydon reached out to the Force to contact his sister.

His plea wasn't answered and downhearted he placed his face in his hands. Once again he sought contact with his sister, but to no avail.

'Luke is holding her away from me. He doesn't want she will answer me.' He thought.

'You still lack insight, my son,' A voice said. 'Why don't you concentration on the bigger picture, on what I told you about the relationship between Luke and my daughter.'

"Mother?" Ian said, as he looked up.

In front of him the Force ghost of Severini had appeared.

"Mother, has Luke Skywalker told Shaayla-Car that she isn't a real Jedi? Has he pressed her to admit that her knowledge of the Force has gaps and isn't coherent? Has he has made her think, that she wasn't right about the initiation Wedge Antilles gave her, that she didn't deserve the title of Jedi Knight?" Ian almost screamed. "I will forever hate him, if he has done that to her."

'I have never thought, that my son would take his first step on the dark path, Tama-Hin Kenobi. Luke's sister must instructed you well, but it seems you didn't heed her lessons enough.' A second voice sounded ' Hasn't Leia told that hate leads suffering which are steps to the Dark Side of the Force.'

Ian bowed his head in despair.

"I apologize, father, but I feel so confused. She isn't answering through the Force. Why doesn't she want to answer me, father?"

'Why haven't you done, what Leia told you. Luke has asked her you should talk to him' Severini said on a soft soothing tone.

"I can't talk to him, mother." Ian said as tears came into his eyes.

'What has Luke Skywalker done that you can't tell him what's bothering you, Tama-Hin.' Obi-Wan said sternly. 'Do I sense that you don't trust him. You even just said that you hate. Those are dangerous words and thoughts, my son. You've never sought that way about him, while he was your master.'

Ian looked up the two Force ghosts who looked at him pitifully.

"He makes her unhappy, I can feel that. He has to stop pretending he is her master." Ian said.

'Are you listening to what you're saying, Tama-Hin?' Severini said again.

"Yes, mother. Luke has to stop pretending he is her master. Shaayla-Car is a Jedi Knight, not his padawan."

'I'm asking you once again, Tama-Hin: Are you really listening to what you're saying.' Severini said with more emphasis.

Ian was silent while looking at the Force ghosts of his parents. It took some time before he hesitantly answered Severini's words.

"I said, that Luke should stop pretending he ... " Ian stopped in the middle of his sentence.

'Good thought, my son. I finally sense you're using your deeper Force insight now.'

In disbelieve Ian frowned.

"You mean, mother, that Luke is pretending he is Shaayla-Car's Jedi master." Ian said, feeling some relief, "Why is he doing that?"

'There's much more, if you really want to see through Luke's behavior, Tama-Hin. Look further and think about what I once told you about the bond between Luke and your sister.' Severini said gently on a soothing voice.

"Do you mean that, not only Luke is pretending he is Shaayla-Car's Jedi master, but that is also pretending she is his padawan learner. Hasn't she ask Luke to be her Jedi master? But why are they doing that?"

'You will find out, when you will talk to Luke, Tama-Hin.'

Suddenly Ian's eyes got a bright look.

"Mother, father, are you telling me, that Luke has asked Shaayla-Car to marry him. Is that the reason for their charade."

'Now you're using your Force insight skills as I expect of a son of mine,' Obi-Wan said.

'What will you say now to Luke when you speak to him, my son?' Severini asked him.

"I have to apologize to him, for what I have been thinking, but I certain shouldn't reveal that I know what they are up to." Ian said, feeling more and more relieved.

'One day, Tama-Hin, you will be Luke's brother-in-law, when your sister promises him that she wants to become his wife. On that day, we will be very proud that the son of Anakin Skywalker and our daughter will get married.'

"This sounds incredible," Ian whispered. "How could I be so wrong? They love each other, that why they sometimes want to be together somewhere. How stupid of me to think that Luke was making her unhappy. She must have felt the happiest woman in the galaxy after he proposed to her.

Oh, that's also the reason why they have left the Palomintar System so unexpectedly, right? Does Leia know about her brother's wedding plans, father?" Ian asked Obi-Wan, but he already gave the answer himself, "Of course she does, she said to Han that she knew what was behind the master-apprentice relationship. Now I understand why Luke and Shaayla-Car made it up. Being in master-apprentice relationship it would give them the opportunity to slip away together to enjoy their new relationship."

The two Force ghost nodded at each other.

'Once again, Tama-Hin, you've paid a price for being unreflecting. For the time being you're not allowed to return to Myr. We hope that you've learned another tough lesson. Now seek a Force connection with Luke Skywalker.' Obi-Wan warned his son.

"Thank you both for putting my thoughts in the right direction again, father. I admit that I have been terrible wrong." Ian said humbly.

The Force ghosts of Obi-Wan Kenobi and Severini Solichor vanished, leaving their son with a mind full of happy thoughts.

Liane got a sad look in her eyes when Luke told her that Leia had banished her brother back to Tyr.

"He feels responsible for me, Luke. After all he is my older brother." She said, "And now he can't come to visit me while I'm working in the vineyard building. Can't you ask Leia to get him back?"

"No, Shaayla-Car, I won't. Your brother went too far to refuse Leia's motivated request. He should have listened more carefully. Instead, he wants to cling to his own conviction that I owed him an explanation for the fact that you had become my padawan. He might be a Jedi Knight now, but he still has a lot to learn."

Liane put her arm through his. They were walking together through the dense forest on the southern hills.

"Perhaps all three newly initiated Jedi Knights still have much to learn, including me, master Skywalker. I don't doubt Wedge's decision and his explanation why I shouldn't have to do the trials as described in the Jedi Path, but what Wedge told me that a Jedi can deserve his initiation also without those trials."

"Your father was knighted after he defeated Darth Sidious first dark apprentice Darth Maul, after the Sith apprentice had killed his master Qui-Gon Jin." Luke said, "His master's death devastated him.

"He must have been a young man at that time, Luke. Was he ready to become a Jedi Knight?"

"Qui-Gon had told the Jedi Council that his padawan was ready for the trials, but the Council refused, because the members didn't agree with Qui-Gon's plan to take my father as his padawan learner. Anakin was nine years old when he had to appear before the Jedi Council. The Council decided that at first Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan had to find out who was the Sith attacker. After Qui-Gon's death Obi-Wan insisted that he would take Anakin as his padawan."

"When did he tell about it?" Liane asked.

"On Dagobah, after I had witnessed master Yoda's pass over to the Force. Master Yoda had confirmed that Darth Vader was my father and that I had to defeat him. Your father's Force ghost appeared when I felt insecure, being the last Jedi. He told me that he had been wrong to take Anakin as his Jedi apprentice. He admitted that he had thought that he could be as good a Jedi master as master Yoda. His confession was a huge blow to me, because I couldn't imagine that Obi-Wan had made such a big mistake had had such disastrous consequences for the galaxy."

"My father has regretted the many mistakes he has made. He told me about it when I had seen the message he had recorded for you. He regretted that he has left his pregnant wife on her own on Morantan, when Anakin had occupied the planet for the Empire. On Tatooine he begged me to tell Ian he was his father. It looked like that even as a Force ghost he would shed tears. I felt so much pity for him that I agreed to tell Ian the truth. I also made a mistake when I left the datapad with his narrative unguarded, after I had read the story of his life and had realized that I was his daughter.