Chapter Summaries

Su Ming and his companions confronted Eternity Rul, a Force entity who demanded to know the year and sent robots to attack them. Su Ming discovered he could drain the life Force from the robots, and the group used the trick against Ruur as he summoned more machines.

• Eternity Rul demanded the year in the Dumanjo Calendar and awakened nearby robots with green Force energy.
• Aphra admitted she could not convert the ancient calendar, and Deathstroke challenged Ruur to attack.
• Su Ming concluded that Ruur was a collective Jedi Spirit formed from Jedi Bugs and decided to kill him and take his Force technology.
• Ruur sent his robots after the group, but Su Ming and Strangle seized them and drained their Life Force before destroying them.
• Aphra, Barriss, and Mary also drained life from robots while Deathstroke taunted Ruur about the supposed ease of stealing lifespans.

Deathstroke and the others realized Eternity Rul had faked his escape and was hiding in the castle’s central control console. Su Ming exposed the Force Bug’s data-bound body and pulled its crystal from the machine.

• Ruur lamented that even an apprentice could use Life Transfer, then lost hope as he compared the present with his own era.
• Eternity Rul threatened to return before his manifestation flew away, while Deathstroke had Strangle devour the robots.
• Aphra suggested stripping the floating city of valuables, but Su Ming recognized Eternity Rul’s disappearance as a magic trick.
• Harley noticed a Thought Bubble above the control console, and Su Ming deduced that Eternity Rul’s true body was hidden inside it.
• Deathstroke cut open the console, and Su Ming removed the crystal containing Eternity Rul’s data-bound body.

Su Ming reflected on how an Internet might have prevented Anakin’s isolation and the Republic’s unrest, then left Eternity Rul’s fortress with a crystal containing concentrated Life Force. He planned to use it to revive Padmé before meeting Darth Vader and negotiating from a position of leverage.

• Su Ming argued that a lack of entertainment and communication helped drive ordinary people toward rebellion, and imagined online forums preventing Anakin from being manipulated by Palpatine.
• After the crystal could no longer communicate outside its equipment, Su Ming identified Eternity Rul and stored him in a pouch.
• Su Ming, Harley, and Aphra left the control room as the disabled robots collapsed, and Su Ming said they would revive Padmé and then bargain with Darth Vader.
• Aphra asked about Darth Vader’s intentions, and Su Ming said Vader wanted to test him before deciding what to do.
• When Aphra worried that Vader might take her hostage, Su Ming advised her to claim that she was Vader’s daughter.

Su Ming's group arrived on Naboo to search for Padmé's hidden grave, which Obi-Wan had concealed to protect her body from the Empire and preserve Anakin's chance of redemption. As they began looking for clues, Aphra struggled to process the revelation that Darth Vader was Anakin Skywalker, Luke and Leia's father, and a former Jedi hero.

• The chapter described Naboo's history, its people, and how Padmé helped unite the Naboo and Gungans against the Trade Federation.
• Su Ming's group came to Naboo to find Padmé's secret grave without involving Queen Apailana.
• Su Ming reasoned that Padmé's body was most likely hidden underwater, where the Gungans could keep it from the Empire.
• Aphra reacted with disbelief as Deathstroke's account revealed Darth Vader's identity and his connection to Luke and Leia.
• Master Offee and Mary left to seek Master Yoda, while the Wookiee stayed aboard the ship and Mechanical Wolong and Fengchu went into the city to ask around.
• Su Ming teased Aphra about having worked with Vader, and she said she had never been close enough to speak with him freely.

Su Ming told Aphra that he intended to replace the Empire and asked her to help persuade Luke and Leia to disband the Rebel Alliance peacefully. As the group prepared to investigate ancient Gungan tombs underwater near Theed, Aphra contacted Zero Three for his findings.

• Su Ming explained that he was an emperor with overwhelming military strength and would eliminate anyone who opposed his plan if peaceful negotiations failed.
• Su Ming argued that Aphra was close enough to Luke and Leia to help persuade them, while Aphra doubted her influence over them.
• Harley and Su Ming teased Aphra about her greed and her lack of serious ambition.
• Su Ming asked Aphra to contact Zero Three and BT about obscure ancient Gungan tombs near Theed.
• Zero Three reported that he had questioned Gungans using the Jedi badge and asked Aphra to buy him a scale scraper, but Aphra refused and told him to share his findings.

Su Ming and Aphra searched underwater near Theed for Padmé’s hidden tomb while discussing magic and the reasons the Gungans might have preserved her body. Su Ming narrowed the likely burial site to the sea near Naboo’s capital and prepared to investigate coordinates sent by Zero Three.

• Aphra admired the underwater scenery as Su Ming explained the Cloak of Levitation and discussed Sith Sorcery, Darth Bane, and Darth Zannah.
• Aphra spotted the distant Gungan city, but Su Ming refused to visit it and redirected the Cloak toward the coordinates Zero Three had found.
• Su Ming reasoned that Obi-Wan had claimed Padmé wanted Gungan burial rites to keep her body intact in case the Life Force could bring her back.
• Su Ming concluded that the Gungans likely buried Padmé in a secure, well-hidden tomb near Theed, where her memorial had been held.

Aphra, Harley, and Deathstroke traveled underwater past Gungan merchants while searching for Padmé Amidala’s tomb. After finding nothing in several cemeteries, they located a suspicious coastal cave that the narration identified as Padmé’s Tomb.

• Aphra marveled at a giant fish, and Harley teased her until Deathstroke told Harley to stop and gave them binoculars to watch the waters.
• The group passed Gungan merchants, and Deathstroke joked with Harley by projecting Martian Manhunter in Superman’s costume and hairstyle.
• They reached an underwater Gungan cemetery, where Strangle searched the graves and found no sign of Padmé.
• Deathstroke searched additional cemeteries without success, then shifted his search toward the coast near Theed.
• The group found a flooded cave beneath a coastal cliff, and Harley confirmed that the narration identified it as Padmé Amidala’s Tomb.

Su Ming, Harley, and Aphra reached Padmé’s hidden tomb and persuaded Boss Nass to open it by posing as Jedi fleeing the Empire. They found Padmé preserved in a stasis coffin, and Su Ming prepared to move her.

• Harley admired a Gungan doll left as an offering to Padmé’s tomb.
• Aphra accidentally contacted Boss Nass, and Su Ming posed as a Jedi sent by Yoda to move Padmé’s remains.
• Boss Nass believed Su Ming and opened the tomb gate, agreeing not to ask where they would take Padmé.
• Su Ming and his companions entered the burial chamber and uncovered Padmé’s stasis coffin.
• Su Ming found Padmé preserved inside and told Aphra to ready the coffin while Harley guarded the corridor.

Su Ming revived Padmé Amidala by drawing Life Force from Eternity Rul's crystal and restoring her body. Padmé awoke after twenty-three years dead, learned that Anakin and her children were alive, and heard Su Ming demand payment for bringing her back.

• Aphra opened Padmé's coffin, took some burial trinkets, and returned them after Su Ming reprimanded her.
• Su Ming drew Life Force from Eternity Rul's crystal and transferred it into Padmé, reviving her and healing her body.
• Padmé awoke gasping, steadied herself, and struggled to speak as she adjusted to being alive.
• Su Ming told Padmé that Anakin and both her children were alive and gave her water.
• Su Ming told Padmé that Obi-Wan was dead, identified himself as Deathstroke, the Sorcerer Supreme, and demanded a deal in exchange for her revival.

Deathstroke resurrected Padmé and explained that her son Luke was preparing to fight Anakin, while Palpatine plotted against Anakin. He asked Padmé to help persuade Luke and Leia and divide the Rebel Alliance, then headed for Theed to meet his allies and Queen Apailana.

• Deathstroke told Padmé about Luke, Anakin, and Palpatine’s plans, and Padmé asked whether the Clone Wars were still underway.
• Padmé recovered her voice and insisted on seeing Anakin, while Deathstroke claimed Palpatine had manipulated him into killing her.
• Harley warned Padmé that she had been nursing when she died, and the group left the tomb for Theed.
• Deathstroke asked Padmé to persuade Luke and Leia and use her influence to divide the Rebel Alliance.
• Deathstroke had Aphra explain the Rebels and Palpatine’s actions, then directed Cloak to pick up Zero Three and the others before they visited Queen Apailana.

As Padmé walked through Theed with the others, Aphra explained the Rebel Alliance’s nine factions and its unstable leadership. Padmé recognized Aphra’s political insight and worried that Leia lacked the same ability.

• Zero Three and BT chose spare parts at a repair shop, and Su Ming bought them parts and pain-sensing modules.
• Aphra told Padmé that Leia was being used as a political mascot, angering the queen and prompting her to reflect on Leia’s upbringing.
• Aphra described the Rebel Alliance’s nine factions, their competing interests, and their voting system for strategic decisions.
• Padmé listened as they walked through Theed and concluded that Aphra understood the Alliance’s weaknesses with remarkable clarity.
• Padmé sighed and wished Leia were as clever as Aphra.

Padmé returned to Naboo with Su Ming and secretly entered the palace to meet her former handmaiden Ailai. She planned to speak with Queen Apailana and help undermine the Rebel Alliance, while keeping her survival hidden from Palpatine.

• Padmé saw that her Unity Combo Meal was still being sold and felt reassured that Naboo remained peaceful.
• Padmé led Su Ming and their companions through a hidden passage into the palace.
• Ailai recognized Padmé, embraced her, and learned that Master Deathstroke had brought her back to life.
• Padmé asked Ailai to discreetly summon Queen Apailana and warned that Palpatine must not discover she was alive.
• Su Ming said that persuading Apailana to withdraw the Confederacy of Independent Systems Opposition Army could deprive the Rebel Alliance of much of its ground force.
• Padmé agreed to uphold her bargain with Deathstroke, who claimed his political strategy came from the sages of his homeland.

Padmé met with Queen Apailana, who had secretly supported the Rebel Alliance to avenge Padmé while keeping Nabu independent. When Padmé urged her to recall Nabu’s troops and abandon the Rebels, Su Ming offered his own fleets, and the group prepared to show Apailana their strength.

• Apailana reunited with Padmé and explained how she had preserved Nabu’s independence while secretly aiding the Rebel Alliance to pursue revenge against Palpatine.
• Padmé told Apailana to end cooperation with the Rebels and recall Nabu’s troops, arguing that Nabu needed peace and should not entrust its forces to former Republic leaders.
• Apailana insisted that killing Palpatine was her duty, despite Padmé’s objections.
• Su Ming offered Apailana his warships and said he could deploy four million Retribution-class Battleships.
• When Apailana doubted his claim, Su Ming placed a totem on the table and asked the Adjutant to teleport them to Sepulk to see the Forge World and Anchorage Starfort.

Deathstroke gathered the group on Tatooine, where Master Yoda agreed that their plan was worth trying and warned him to use the Force carefully. After Deathstroke caught Boba and sent him to summon Anakin, Colonel Sanders arrived with Harley’s KFC order instead of Darth Vader.

• Deathstroke and the others ate roasted Nuna Bird while Harley ordered KFC from Colonel Sanders.
• Master Yoda arrived, sensed Deathstroke’s Force manifestation, and said the group’s plan was worth trying, while warning him to use the Force with care.
• Deathstroke pulled Boba from a dune, told him to contact Anakin, and asked him to warn Anakin about an Imperial spy.
• Padmé told Yoda she had seen realities beyond their universe, and Yoda said the universe must be boundless if the Force was infinite.
• Colonel Sanders emerged from behind the ship with Harley’s delivery and asked who would pay.

Su Ming reunited Anakin and Padmé, then secured Yoda’s agreement to pull the Jedi Order out of the war and help bring the galactic conflict to an end. The chapter left Anakin facing his former master while Su Ming prepared to discuss the 501st Legion, the Emperor’s Custodes, and Anakin’s children.

• The Colonel delivered fried chicken to Su Ming’s group and said Earth-0 was peaceful but seemed to be in a calm before the storm.
• Darth Vader arrived, and he and Padmé embraced after recognizing each other.
• Yoda said the Republic was no longer worth protecting, and Su Ming asked him and Master Offee to withdraw the Jedi Order from the war and pressure The Spectre to do the same.
• Yoda agreed and walked over to speak with Anakin, while Su Ming said he would discuss the 501st Legion, the Emperor’s Custodes, and Anakin’s children with him afterward.
• Anakin drew his Lightsaber when Yoda approached, but Yoda reminded him of his past mistake, and Anakin dropped the weapon and knelt.

Yoda and Padmé helped Anakin accept a chance to return to the light, and Anakin agreed to help Deathstroke defeat Palpatine and unite the Galactic Empire. Deathstroke revealed that Leia and Luke were Anakin and Padmé’s children and urged Anakin to approach them despite his guilt over Obi-Wan.

• Yoda lifted Darth Vader and urged him to take responsibility and train new Jedi, while Padmé encouraged him to cooperate for their children.
• Anakin apologized to Padmé, who explained that Palpatine had controlled his mind and that she wanted their family reunited.
• Anakin promised Deathstroke he would help kill Palpatine and place the Galactic Empire under Deathstroke’s command, and agreed to help persuade the Massassi Group to surrender.
• Anakin told Aphra he had considered her his daughter and apprentice, apologized for his past treatment of her, and asked her to call him Master Skywalker.
• Deathstroke asked Anakin and Padmé to persuade Leia and Luke, then revealed they were their children and that Obi-Wan had died protecting them.
• Anakin said he could not face Obi-Wan, and Deathstroke reminded him that the galaxy believed Darth Vader had killed Obi-Wan, not Anakin Skywalker.

Deathstroke healed Anakin Skywalker and restored his youth, then prepared to transfer his memories into a Synthezoid so it could assume Darth Vader’s identity. He planned to reunite Anakin with Luke and Leia and have the Rebel Alliance disband.

• Deathstroke revealed his plan to copy Anakin’s memories into a Synthezoid Darth Vader and use Eternity Rul to give it a presence in the Force.
• Anakin agreed, and Deathstroke used life force from Eternity Rul to heal his injuries and remove the lingering damage from the Dark Side.
• Deathstroke gave Anakin the crystal so he could use Life Transfer to restore his youth.
• Anakin regained his hair, teeth, and clear eyesight, while Padmé, Yoda, and Offee watched with joy.
• Deathstroke told Anakin to dress and said he would bring Luke and Leia so the family could reunite and the Rebel Alliance could disband.

Su Ming sabotaged the Millennium Falcon, causing it to crash on Tatooine, where Luke, Leia, Han, Chewbacca, and the droids survived and found Su Ming’s group by a campfire. Su Ming invited them to meet the group, including Yoda, while Anakin and Padmé reacted tearfully to Luke.

• Su Ming had Adjutant teleport the Millennium Falcon into the desert, then held it in the air and plugged its thrusters with objects conjured by the Green Lantern Ring.
• The Falcon’s rear end exploded, and Luke, Leia, Han, Chewbacca, C-3PO, and R2-D2 escaped from the smoking ship.
• Luke and Han argued over why the Falcon had crashed on Tatooine instead of reaching Bespin, while Deathstroke’s group watched from their campfire.
• Luke and the others noticed the campfire, approached the group, and greeted Deathstroke, Harley, Aphra, Anakin, and Padmé.
• Luke felt the Force surrounding Yoda, and Su Ming invited the newcomers to warm themselves and meet the people gathered by the fire.

Su Ming reunited Luke and Leia with Anakin and Padmé, revealing their family ties and stirring Luke’s sealed memories. Anakin and Padmé reunited with their droids, while Anakin concealed his past as Darth Vader by crediting Su Ming with their rescue.

• Han Solo joined the group for dinner as Su Ming introduced Yoda to Luke and Leia.
• Yoda called Anakin the main character, and Anakin told Luke he was his father.
• Padmé revealed she was Luke’s mother and Leia was his sister, while Aphra jokingly claimed to be their elder sister.
• R2-D2 and C3-PO recognized Anakin and Padmé, and C3-PO reunited with Anakin.
• Anakin told C3-PO that he and Padmé had been trapped in a dark space and that Su Ming had saved them.

Luke and Leia accepted that Anakin was their father, then reunited with their parents and heard Padmé argue that the Organa Resistance should leave the Rebel Alliance. Padmé offered the displaced resistance members refuge on Nabu, leaving Leia to consider a new political choice.

• Colonel Sanders interrupted the tense campfire with an extravagant dance, leaving Luke, Leia, and the others stunned.
• After Sanders departed, Su Ming told Luke that Anakin was his father, and Luke accepted the revelation calmly.
• Harley revived the dazed group by splashing cold water on them and counseling the droids.
• Luke and Leia sat with their parents as the family shared stories and painful memories.
• Padmé showed Leia footage of the war and argued that the Rebel Alliance's future rulers would exploit its ordinary members.
• Padmé offered the displaced Organa Resistance members homes, land, and jobs on Nabu if they left the Rebel Alliance.