Chapter 26 Summary

As they get closer to the edge of the forest, Luke and Mara fight off predatory creatures. Mara has not slept in two days and is feeling the effects of it. Artoo signals that he has a message from Karrde telling them to plan a ruse in order to fool the stormtroopers waiting for them outside the forest. He also lets them know that Han and Lando are working on a plan to intercept them before the Imperials do. Mara decides to stop for the night and is then swiftly attacked by another predatory creature. Luke tries to scare it off but the tactic does not work. He manages to grab his lightsaber from Mara and he attacks the creature and kills it. Fully awake and unharmed, Mara aims her blaster at him and demands that he drop the lightsaber.

Once again he...