Star Wars: The Rise and Fall of Darth Vader

Star Wars: The Rise and Fall of Darth Vader — page 7
his helmet close against the spherical chamber’s ceiling Dedicated servos lowered the helmet over his head and locked it onto his collar’s hermetic seal As his damaged lungs exhaled through his armored suit’s life-support system a deep hiss was emitted from his triangular respiratory vent The upper half of the meditation chamber lifted exposing Vader like a black pistil at the center of a white mechanical flower His seat rotated allowing him to face a wide viewscreen which flicked on to display the image of Admiral Piett on the Executor’s bridge Vader said Status report The Executor is prepared to leave Coruscant’s orbit Piett replied standing at attention in his gray uniform uniform Although his voice was alert his eyes appeared tired from staring at sensor screens and navigational monitors I await your command Set course for the Endor system Vader said As you wish my lord Piett’s image vanished from the viewscreen It was definitely not a dream Vader convinced himself himself without difficulty Dreams are for pathetic life-forms He stared at his own reflection on the surface of the viewscreen I am the nightmare With an imperceptible gesture he reset the viewscreen viewscreen to display the starfield that lay directly before the Executor’s bow As he gazed at the distant stars on