[A beaten man stands against the ocean waves upon the wreckage.
A hooded, shadowy figure approaches.]
B: Who are you?
A: Search your feelings, you know...[Removes hood to reveal glowing face]
Grandson.
B: I liked you better with the helmet.
A: You know, when Luke took the helmet off me, I thought it was the end of Darth Vader.
But a lifetime of evil can’t be wiped away so easily, can it?
The galaxy is still suffering for my crimes, and you...
[Pause]
I’m sorry, Ben.
B [turns away]: The past is dead-I make my own choices.
A: Oh, it’s not so easy to get free of the Emperor, is it?
[pause]
But you’re right...you have a choice now.
B [turns back]: If you’re so concerned, why not come sooner? Why let the Emperor pretend to be you?
A: I’ve been here at Endor, waiting for you.
This is where it happened, you know-where I was saved.
B: Saved? Don’t you mean destroyed?
A: Saved, destroyed...doesn’t it depend on your point of view?
What would your mother say?
B [turns away again]: She’s gone. I’ve felt it.
A: You can’t see her or hear her, that’s true. But you can feel her presence still, can’t you?
[Pause]
And your father.
No one is ever truly gone.
B [shaking head]: You’re too late. It’s too late.
A [Looks at hand]: I had to be wounded by someone I loved, before I could see...
[Pause]
Even after all I had done, I had enough hope to let go of my hate.
[Looks at B, opens hands]
B: I know what I have to do...but I don’t know if I have the strength to do it.
A: You've always been strong. So do, or do not. But stop lying to yourself that it's anyone else's choice but yours.
[B ignites his lightsaber, and hurls it at the apparition, who disappears. It hurtles into the sea.]
Voice: The Force will be with you...always.
