Star Wars - 215 - Jedi Prince 06 - Prophets of the Dark Side Read Online Free PDF
Author: Paul Davids
head to the other. "I have here a sworn statement from Zorba the Hutt stating that you tried to restore to the Imperial throne the disgraced leader, Trioculussssss."
The charges were given, and then the trial began.
In his bedroom in his tower house on Yavin Four, Luke Skywalker could faintly hear the sound of someone turning pages and muttering facts from a science textbook. Ken must be already wide awake, he concluded. Luke had moved an extra floating bed over by the door so that Ken, who was due to go back to school at Dagobah Tech after the wedding of Han and Leia, would have a place to sleep.
Luke opened his eyes and saw Ken sitting up on his floating bed, trying to memorize a list of atomic weights. Then Luke heard the footsteps of someone bounding up the circular stairwell that led to the room at the top of the tower.
A moment later, Princess Leia opened the door a crack and peeked into the room. "Luke, are you awake?" And then she smiled at the Jedi Prince. "Oh, good morning, Ken."
"Hi, Leia," Ken said, then he buried his nose in his atomic element chart. Leia handed her brother Luke a medical research report. "Luke, SPIN medical specialists have determined how to deal with the mind control implant in Triclops’s tooth, and put an end to Kadann’s long-distance penetration of Triclops’s mind. Our medical staff says that if they had some macaab mushrooms, they could produce a chemical that could deactivate the implant permanently."
Luke tied his robe and slid his feet into the slippers at the side of his floating bed.
"If Triclops isn’t actually a spy of his own free will," Luke said, "by destroying the implant, we would then give Triclops a chance to prove he really does oppose the Empire."
"There’s one problem," Leia explained. "Macaab mushrooms are extremely rare. The nearest planet where they grow is Arzid."
Ken remembered studying about Arzid-a hot, dense world with macaab mushroom forests everywhere, and large spiderlike creatures called arachnors. Ken closed up his textbook and put away his element chart, thinking to himself how much he had always wanted to see an arachnor.
"Let’s go to Arzid, Luke," Ken said. "We could still be back in time for the wedding, couldn’t we?"
Luke wasted no time coming to a decision. It was worth the effort to find out if Triclops could be freed of Imperial mind control. After discussing the matter further with Leia and Ken, Luke announced that he would depart with Ken, Artoo-Detoo, See-Threepio, and Chewbacca in a modified Rendili Star Drive Y-wing. Unlike the standard Y-wing spaceship, which was only big enough for a two-man crew and one astromech droid like Artoo, the modified Rendili Y-wing was large enough for a crew of four. Princess Leia and Han Solo would stay behind, so they could continue monitoring Triclops. That would also give Leia an opportunity to send out the last few invitations to their wedding, while Han set up the THX Super-Sound System for the dance that would follow the wedding ceremony. It was a perfect plan-if all went according to schedule. At Space Station Scardia, the trial of the grand moffs was finally drawing to a conclusion. Kadann’s booming voice echoed powerfully. "Grand moffs, you will now plead guilty to disloyalty and treason," he said. "After I accept your guilty pleas, I will listen to your requests for mercy."
"Each in turn now," said Defeen, baring his wolflike fangs. "Make your guilty pleasssss or you will be charged with insssssurection and unlawful resssssistance!"
"Guilty," Grand Moff Thistleborn confessed reluctantly.
"Guilty," Grand Moff Dunhausen agreed.
"Guilty," Grand Moff Muzzer concurred.
"Not guilty," Grand Moff Hissa said. A shocked silence fell upon the Chamber of Dark Justice. "I deserve the respect due to an Imperial war hero," he continued. "I lost my arms and legs in service to you, Kadann, on a mission to Duro, trying to recapture Triclops when he escaped. And I demand that you arrest this lying
The charges were given, and then the trial began.
In his bedroom in his tower house on Yavin Four, Luke Skywalker could faintly hear the sound of someone turning pages and muttering facts from a science textbook. Ken must be already wide awake, he concluded. Luke had moved an extra floating bed over by the door so that Ken, who was due to go back to school at Dagobah Tech after the wedding of Han and Leia, would have a place to sleep.
Luke opened his eyes and saw Ken sitting up on his floating bed, trying to memorize a list of atomic weights. Then Luke heard the footsteps of someone bounding up the circular stairwell that led to the room at the top of the tower.
A moment later, Princess Leia opened the door a crack and peeked into the room. "Luke, are you awake?" And then she smiled at the Jedi Prince. "Oh, good morning, Ken."
"Hi, Leia," Ken said, then he buried his nose in his atomic element chart. Leia handed her brother Luke a medical research report. "Luke, SPIN medical specialists have determined how to deal with the mind control implant in Triclops’s tooth, and put an end to Kadann’s long-distance penetration of Triclops’s mind. Our medical staff says that if they had some macaab mushrooms, they could produce a chemical that could deactivate the implant permanently."
Luke tied his robe and slid his feet into the slippers at the side of his floating bed.
"If Triclops isn’t actually a spy of his own free will," Luke said, "by destroying the implant, we would then give Triclops a chance to prove he really does oppose the Empire."
"There’s one problem," Leia explained. "Macaab mushrooms are extremely rare. The nearest planet where they grow is Arzid."
Ken remembered studying about Arzid-a hot, dense world with macaab mushroom forests everywhere, and large spiderlike creatures called arachnors. Ken closed up his textbook and put away his element chart, thinking to himself how much he had always wanted to see an arachnor.
"Let’s go to Arzid, Luke," Ken said. "We could still be back in time for the wedding, couldn’t we?"
Luke wasted no time coming to a decision. It was worth the effort to find out if Triclops could be freed of Imperial mind control. After discussing the matter further with Leia and Ken, Luke announced that he would depart with Ken, Artoo-Detoo, See-Threepio, and Chewbacca in a modified Rendili Star Drive Y-wing. Unlike the standard Y-wing spaceship, which was only big enough for a two-man crew and one astromech droid like Artoo, the modified Rendili Y-wing was large enough for a crew of four. Princess Leia and Han Solo would stay behind, so they could continue monitoring Triclops. That would also give Leia an opportunity to send out the last few invitations to their wedding, while Han set up the THX Super-Sound System for the dance that would follow the wedding ceremony. It was a perfect plan-if all went according to schedule. At Space Station Scardia, the trial of the grand moffs was finally drawing to a conclusion. Kadann’s booming voice echoed powerfully. "Grand moffs, you will now plead guilty to disloyalty and treason," he said. "After I accept your guilty pleas, I will listen to your requests for mercy."
"Each in turn now," said Defeen, baring his wolflike fangs. "Make your guilty pleasssss or you will be charged with insssssurection and unlawful resssssistance!"
"Guilty," Grand Moff Thistleborn confessed reluctantly.
"Guilty," Grand Moff Dunhausen agreed.
"Guilty," Grand Moff Muzzer concurred.
"Not guilty," Grand Moff Hissa said. A shocked silence fell upon the Chamber of Dark Justice. "I deserve the respect due to an Imperial war hero," he continued. "I lost my arms and legs in service to you, Kadann, on a mission to Duro, trying to recapture Triclops when he escaped. And I demand that you arrest this lying
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