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shock at seeing that his Imperial strike cruiser had been blasted apart. And every Imperial escort carrier had either been damaged or exploded.
    All that is, but one. In their push to achieve victory, the Rebel Alliance had neglected to destroy a single escort carrier.
    The glove of Darth Vader, which Trioculus had left in his Imperial strike cruiser, was now lying in the mud on the ground. The rain lashed at Trioculus as he knelt to pick it up.
    He didn’t put it back on, but he kept it.
    "You’re going to make me another glove, Emdee," he said. "One that looks just like the glove of Darth Vader. No one must know that I no longer wear the real glove!"
    "It’s regretful that we didn’t find the Lost City of the Jedi, my Emperor," Grand Moff Hissa said. "But if we send enough spies to Yavin Four, they’ll keep looking for it until they find it-and perhaps they’ll find the Jedi Prince as well."
    "SPIN must be destroyed for this attack," Trioculus said. "SPIN-and every member of the Rebel Alliance in their Senate! Except . . ."
    "Except whom, Lord Trioculus?" Grand Moff Hissa asked reluctantly.

    "We’ll take Princess Leia alive," Trioculus replied firmly.
    And then they climbed aboard the remaining escort carrier. Once inside, they activated the power and took off, leaving Yavin Four behind. Trioculus then laid his head back in his chair and closed his eyes.
    With his face painfully burned, and his right hand crippled and withered, Trioculus escaped into a dream, a dream of the beautiful Princess Leia. He could see her striking face, her strong but soft features. And he dreamed of making her his queen-the Queen of the Empire!
    The time had come for Ken to bid farewell to the Lost City of the Jedi, and to HC and Dee-Jay, the droids who had raised him with devotion. Chip was to remain with Ken, to help him when he went Topworld to join Luke Skywalker and become the youngest member of the Rebel Alliance.
    Dee-Jay had always known that the day would arrive when he would have to allow Ken to leave the Lost City and go off into the galaxy to live his own life. However, he had expected to wait until Ken was at least twenty, not twelve.
    But Dee-Jay understood that the time was right for Ken to depart. From now on, Luke would give Ken guidance and instruction in the ways of the Force. It was Ken’s destiny.
    Zeebo jumped into Ken’s arms and licked his face, just like he had every single day, for years.
    "I’m going to miss all you droids," Ken said. He thought about what he’d just said, and realized that he would probably even miss HC-100 every once in a while. "And I’ll miss the Jedi Library," he continued, "and my dome-house, and I’ll certainly miss you, Zeebo. Life won’t be the same not having a mooka to wake me up every morning. But just think-I’m off to see the galaxy. My adventures with the Alliance have just begun!"
    Luke hoped Ken would always remain enthusiastic, even after he learned more about the real world. And above all, Luke hoped that Ken would remain safe from the vengeance of the Empire. They may have stopped Trioculus from finding the Lost City of the Jedi, but Luke knew the cruel Imperial ruler would never rest until he got even-with each and every one of them!
    Glossary
    Baji
    A Ho’Din alien, a healer and medicine man who lives in the rain forest on the fourth moon of Yavin. Baji is wise, peaceful, and speaks in rhyme. He collects plants, rare stems, roots, leaves, and vines that are good for making medicines and that he fears may become extinct. He then transports them to his home planet of Moltok, for other botanists to study.
    Chip (short for Microchip)
    Chip is Ken’s personal droid. His outer metal is silver. He is the size of a twelve-year-old boy and is programmed to look after Ken. As much as he tries, more often than not he is unable to talk Ken out of doing adventurous things.
    Commodore Zuggs
    A bald, beady-eyed Imperial officer who pilots Trioculus’s Imperial strike cruiser