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Hidden in the Dark by agentjedi (PG)
Fandom: STAR WARS OT
Pairing: Gen
Length: 1,300 words
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agentjedi
Author Website: agentjedi's Fanfiction.net Profile
Why this must be read:
I've always liked fics that put Darth Vader and Princess Leia together in the same scenes. Those two characters are so alike -- albeit unknowingly so -- that such fics are always interesting if done right. This brief story gives us Darth Vader's thoughts when the Death Star destroyed Alderaan. Agentjedi is a universally excellent author, and she definitely delivers in this short fic. We see Vader's unspoken but ungrudging admiration of the Princess and we get a brief glimpse of the man who was Anakin as Alderaan is destroyed. Vader is always in character, especially knowing what we know from the Prequel Trilogy. Highly recommended.
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I take perverse pleasure in Tarkin's inability to break the Princess' spirit. The blinking displays of consoles and buttons at your command do not impress her, Tarkin. My Master may have made you a Grand Moff, but you hold no power here.
No, true power comes only from the Force. Princess Organa has an unusually strong connection to it. Were she born during the Old Republic, Leia Organa would no doubt find her days filled with endless sabre drills, lessons on various subjects, learning the finer arts of meditation and philosophy. Now there is no Temple for Jedi to call home. Now there are no more Jedi to return home to it.
Tarkin has lost his patience. He raises his voice, "You would prefer another target? A military target?" His eyes flash as he meets her defiant gaze. Break her, if you can, Tarkin, but it will take more than threats, real or imagined, to break Her Highness' soul. That, I promise you.
He takes a step toward her, driving her petite form against me. A gasp escapes her breath as her head accidentally bumps against my external breather controls. She glances briefly over her shoulder, not in fear, but to be sure if I am all right!
What a strange sensation.
She checks herself, realising it is only I, and not really a man at all. Yes, Your Highness, I am just a shadow, a ghost, a thing to be feared and despised.
She finds her inner strength again as she glances longingly at the only planet she has ever known as her home.
Tarkin sighs. He knows she had time to look over those plans herself before tossing them to the winds of Tatooine. He knows she knows of what this battle station is capable. He can't understand her resolve as I do. "I grow tired of asking this. So it'll be the last time. Where is the Rebel base?"
No matter what the Princess gives as an answer, I know the fate of the beloved jewel before us is sealed.
Hidden in the Dark
Pairing: Gen
Length: 1,300 words
Author on LJ:
agentjediAuthor Website: agentjedi's Fanfiction.net Profile
Why this must be read:
I've always liked fics that put Darth Vader and Princess Leia together in the same scenes. Those two characters are so alike -- albeit unknowingly so -- that such fics are always interesting if done right. This brief story gives us Darth Vader's thoughts when the Death Star destroyed Alderaan. Agentjedi is a universally excellent author, and she definitely delivers in this short fic. We see Vader's unspoken but ungrudging admiration of the Princess and we get a brief glimpse of the man who was Anakin as Alderaan is destroyed. Vader is always in character, especially knowing what we know from the Prequel Trilogy. Highly recommended.
* * *
I take perverse pleasure in Tarkin's inability to break the Princess' spirit. The blinking displays of consoles and buttons at your command do not impress her, Tarkin. My Master may have made you a Grand Moff, but you hold no power here.
No, true power comes only from the Force. Princess Organa has an unusually strong connection to it. Were she born during the Old Republic, Leia Organa would no doubt find her days filled with endless sabre drills, lessons on various subjects, learning the finer arts of meditation and philosophy. Now there is no Temple for Jedi to call home. Now there are no more Jedi to return home to it.
Tarkin has lost his patience. He raises his voice, "You would prefer another target? A military target?" His eyes flash as he meets her defiant gaze. Break her, if you can, Tarkin, but it will take more than threats, real or imagined, to break Her Highness' soul. That, I promise you.
He takes a step toward her, driving her petite form against me. A gasp escapes her breath as her head accidentally bumps against my external breather controls. She glances briefly over her shoulder, not in fear, but to be sure if I am all right!
What a strange sensation.
She checks herself, realising it is only I, and not really a man at all. Yes, Your Highness, I am just a shadow, a ghost, a thing to be feared and despised.
She finds her inner strength again as she glances longingly at the only planet she has ever known as her home.
Tarkin sighs. He knows she had time to look over those plans herself before tossing them to the winds of Tatooine. He knows she knows of what this battle station is capable. He can't understand her resolve as I do. "I grow tired of asking this. So it'll be the last time. Where is the Rebel base?"
No matter what the Princess gives as an answer, I know the fate of the beloved jewel before us is sealed.
Hidden in the Dark