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by Timothy Zahn


  He smiled. “You’re getting good at that.”

  “Your fault for teaching me too well. Come on, what is it?”

  “Just this.” Reaching into his tunic, he pulled out a lightsaber.

  “What’s this?” Mara asked, frowning.

  “It’s my old lightsaber,” Luke told her quietly. “The one I lost at Cloud City, and nearly got killed with at Wayland.” He held it out. “I’d like you to have it.”

  She looked up at him, startled. “Me? Why?”

  He shrugged self-consciously. “Lots of reasons. Because you earned it. Because you’re on your way to becoming a Jedi and you’ll need it. Mostly, though, because I want you to have it.”

  Slowly, almost reluctantly, she took the weapon. “Thank you.”

  “You’re welcome.” He touched her hand again. “I’ll be in the conference room with the others. Come on down when you’ve decided.”

  He turned and walked away across the Palace roof. Mara turned to gaze out at the lights of the city again, the cool metal of the lightsaber pressed against her hand. Luke’s lightsaber. Probably one of his last links to the past … and he was giving it away.

  Was there a message in that for her? Probably. Like she’d said, subtlety wasn’t one of Luke’s strong points. But if that was why he’d done it, he’d been wasting his time. Her last link with the past had been broken in the Mount Tantiss throne room.

  Her past was over. It was time to get on with the future. And the New Republic was that future. Whether she liked it or not.

  Behind her, she heard Luke open the roof door. “Hang on a minute,” she called after him. “I’ll come with you.”

  ABOUT THE AUTHOR

  Since 1978 Timothy Zahn has written nearly seventy short stories and novelettes, numerous novels, and three short fiction collections, and won the Hugo Award for best novella. Timothy Zahn is best known for his Star Wars novels: Heir to the Empire, Dark Force Rising, The Last Command, Specter of the Past, Vision of the Future, Survivor’s Quest, Outbound Flight, and Allegiance, and has more than four million copies in print. His most recent publications have been the science fiction Cobra series and the six-part young adult series Dragonback. He has a B.S. in physics from Michigan State University, and an M.S. in physics from the University of Illinois. He lives with his family on the Oregon coast.

  BY TIMOTHY ZAHN

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