Read Online Star Wars: Jedi Prince 2: The Lost City of the Jedi by Paul Davids, Hollace Davids - Free Book Online
Authors: Paul Davids, Hollace Davids
Tags: Fiction, General, Science-Fiction, Fantasy, Action & Adventure, Juvenile Fiction, Fantasy & Magic, Space Opera, Life on other planets, Interstellar Travel, Leia; Princess (Fictitious character), Skywalker; Luke (Fictitious character), Solo; Han (Fictitious character)
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Jedi Knights built it a long time ago.
Luke tried to take in everything at once. The many dome-houses where the Jedi Knights used to live, the platforms filled with equipment of an advanced technology, and the transport vehicles and roads made of perfectly cut stone.
Dee-Jay led them past a huge building with a sign that read: Jedi Library.
"Those of you who live on the surface of Yavin Four think the weather of this moon is the work of nature," Dee-Jay said. "But it’s not. It’s actually controlled from down here, from our Weather and Climate Command Center."
They entered the Climate Command building. There Dee-Jay took them down a long corridor, as droids hurried by them busily from both directions.
"Thousands of years ago," Dee-Jay continued, "Yavin Four was a cold and barren world. The Jedi Masters who built the Lost City discovered that they could change its climate. All they had to do was find a way for the heat from the core of this moon to reach the surface.
"And so," Dee-Jay explained, "they cut many deep shafts into this moon, like the shaft of the tubular transport. The other shafts are designed for releasing steam and heat into the atmosphere. Using their weather and climate control system, the Jedi Knights made this moon grow warm and tropical. They even seeded its continents, so lush rain forests would grow."
Dee-Jay now led them into a gigantic room that had a huge machine the size of a planetary power generator.
"This moon is on a cycle-a six-month dry season followed by a six-month rainy season,"
Dee-Jay said. "The rainy season is due to start in several weeks. But if we could discover the code to speed up the weather cycle, we could start the rainy season now."
"That would sure douse the fires in a hurry," Han commented. "And none too soon. I won’t be a happy man if the Millennium Falcon goes up in smoke."
Dee-Jay opened a control box. "We’ve got to figure out the code," he said. "I’ve searched nearly every file in the Jedi Library, but I just can’t seem to find it."
"I had a dream," Luke said. "A vision of Obi-Wan Kenobi. He told me . . ."
Luke tried to remember what Obi-Wan Kenobi had told him in his dream. Memorize this code, Obi-Wan had said. Its importance shall soon become clear to you.
But what was the code Obi-Wan had told him to memorize? Try as he might, Luke couldn’t recall it.
Luke took a deep breath and then exhaled. He let all his thoughts flow out with his breath. Then, as he inhaled, he felt the power of the Force pouring into him, filling him with energy and power.
Suddenly it was there: JE-99-DI-88-FOR-00-CE.
"I remember the code!" Luke exclaimed. "Obi-Wan didn’t tell me what it was for, but I sure hope it activates the weather cycle."
Luke punched in the code. And it worked!
A screen in the room lit up and showed them what was happening on the surface of Yavin Four. Steam vents opened at locations all over the Yavin moon. The vents forced warm, moist air into the atmosphere. And with astonishing speed, storm clouds began to form everywhere across the sky.
Watching the screen, they could see the rain begin to fall. Then there was lightning. A torrential storm sent sheets of water pouring down from the black clouds. Soon the rain began to put out the fires in the forest.
In the torrential rainstorm, Trioculus, Grand Moff Hissa, and Emdee made their way back to what was left of their Imperial base camp. Reluctantly Baji accompanied them. To his sorrow, with a blaster pointed at his head, he was drafted into the Imperial army to become a staff physician.
As they surveyed the scene of the destruction, Trioculus clutched his jar of kibo seeds and touched his withered right hand to his face. It was no longer the same handsome three-eyed face he’d had before.
In Trioculus’s rush to get the kibo seeds from Baji’s hut, his face had been horribly burned. Now his face was covered with welts and blisters, and his skin was scorched.
Trioculus recoiled in
Luke tried to take in everything at once. The many dome-houses where the Jedi Knights used to live, the platforms filled with equipment of an advanced technology, and the transport vehicles and roads made of perfectly cut stone.
Dee-Jay led them past a huge building with a sign that read: Jedi Library.
"Those of you who live on the surface of Yavin Four think the weather of this moon is the work of nature," Dee-Jay said. "But it’s not. It’s actually controlled from down here, from our Weather and Climate Command Center."
They entered the Climate Command building. There Dee-Jay took them down a long corridor, as droids hurried by them busily from both directions.
"Thousands of years ago," Dee-Jay continued, "Yavin Four was a cold and barren world. The Jedi Masters who built the Lost City discovered that they could change its climate. All they had to do was find a way for the heat from the core of this moon to reach the surface.
"And so," Dee-Jay explained, "they cut many deep shafts into this moon, like the shaft of the tubular transport. The other shafts are designed for releasing steam and heat into the atmosphere. Using their weather and climate control system, the Jedi Knights made this moon grow warm and tropical. They even seeded its continents, so lush rain forests would grow."
Dee-Jay now led them into a gigantic room that had a huge machine the size of a planetary power generator.
"This moon is on a cycle-a six-month dry season followed by a six-month rainy season,"
Dee-Jay said. "The rainy season is due to start in several weeks. But if we could discover the code to speed up the weather cycle, we could start the rainy season now."
"That would sure douse the fires in a hurry," Han commented. "And none too soon. I won’t be a happy man if the Millennium Falcon goes up in smoke."
Dee-Jay opened a control box. "We’ve got to figure out the code," he said. "I’ve searched nearly every file in the Jedi Library, but I just can’t seem to find it."
"I had a dream," Luke said. "A vision of Obi-Wan Kenobi. He told me . . ."
Luke tried to remember what Obi-Wan Kenobi had told him in his dream. Memorize this code, Obi-Wan had said. Its importance shall soon become clear to you.
But what was the code Obi-Wan had told him to memorize? Try as he might, Luke couldn’t recall it.
Luke took a deep breath and then exhaled. He let all his thoughts flow out with his breath. Then, as he inhaled, he felt the power of the Force pouring into him, filling him with energy and power.
Suddenly it was there: JE-99-DI-88-FOR-00-CE.
"I remember the code!" Luke exclaimed. "Obi-Wan didn’t tell me what it was for, but I sure hope it activates the weather cycle."
Luke punched in the code. And it worked!
A screen in the room lit up and showed them what was happening on the surface of Yavin Four. Steam vents opened at locations all over the Yavin moon. The vents forced warm, moist air into the atmosphere. And with astonishing speed, storm clouds began to form everywhere across the sky.
Watching the screen, they could see the rain begin to fall. Then there was lightning. A torrential storm sent sheets of water pouring down from the black clouds. Soon the rain began to put out the fires in the forest.
In the torrential rainstorm, Trioculus, Grand Moff Hissa, and Emdee made their way back to what was left of their Imperial base camp. Reluctantly Baji accompanied them. To his sorrow, with a blaster pointed at his head, he was drafted into the Imperial army to become a staff physician.
As they surveyed the scene of the destruction, Trioculus clutched his jar of kibo seeds and touched his withered right hand to his face. It was no longer the same handsome three-eyed face he’d had before.
In Trioculus’s rush to get the kibo seeds from Baji’s hut, his face had been horribly burned. Now his face was covered with welts and blisters, and his skin was scorched.
Trioculus recoiled in
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