"In accordance with the traditions of Starfleet and of Article 184 Starfleet Regulations, we are assembled here today to pay final respects to our honored dead.

"And yet, in the midst of our sorrow it should be noted that this death takes place in the shadow of new life, the sunrise of a new world, a world that our beloved comrade gave his own life to protect and nourish. He did not feel that sacrifice a vain or empty one -- and we will not debate his profound wisdom, in these proceedings."

For Leonard, and De, and James, and Gene and Majel

Now, with the proper ceremonies completed...

“The healing power of the Grail is the only thing that can save your father now. It’s time to ask yourself what you believe.”

"I am the doer who undoes, the creator who un-creates. And yet I would gladly be the destroyer who un-destroys, the dangerous one who protects."

"Thank you, John Dee."

“…So the Grey Weaver, ignorant of the consequences of his act, cast the magic spell that sealed shut the upper rim of the Third Sandglass, forcing its white sands to run their course unaided.

“But even as the Weaver did so, the Master Glassmaker heard the sound which, though he knew it must happen occasionally, nonetheless filled him with dread upon each new hearing: the shattering of glass.

“Goodmold the Glassmaker, running swiftly despite his age, traced the distasteful sound to its source: the Great Hall of Crystalgard, with its maze-like series of passages and stairs, all wrought of scintillating emerald glass.

“There in the center of the room, on a hallowed pedestal, the marvelous crystalline chalice, the Chromax Conundrum, still stood… But two chips had fallen from the rim of the goblet, and now they stood at the base of the emerald pillar.

“The purpose of the Chromax Conundrum was at last revealed.

“And Goodmold, the thirty-first Master of the Noble Guild of Glassmakers, was, for the first time in his long life, deeply afraid.”

Sir Joseph Holmes, Book of the New Loom, 21:3-6

“…So the White Mage, ignorant of the consequences of his act, cast the magic spell that sealed shut the upper rim of the Third Sandglass, forcing its crimson sands to run their course unaided.

“But even as the Mage did so, the Master Glassmaker thought he heard the sound which, though he knew it must happen occasionally, nonetheless filled him with dread upon each new hearing: the shattering of glass.

“Goodmold the Glassmaker, running swiftly despite his age, traced the distasteful sound to its perceived source: the Great Hall of Crystalgard, with its maze-like series of passages, whose very layout defied the ordinary laws of space-time.

“There in the center of the room, on a hallowed pedestal, the marvelous diamond chalice, the Chromax Conundrum, still stood, as perfect as ever in its shining clarity.

“But, high in the Tower of Secrets far above, one of the ropes binding the Great Scythe had snapped, and the blade’s arc now tilted crazily downward.

“And Goodmold, the thirty-first Master of the Noble Guild of Glassmakers, was, for the first time in his long life, truly joyous.

“For he knew, or guessed, the secret of this omen: that the Glassmakers’ centuries of laboring under an immense burden would soon draw to a close.”

Sir Joseph Holmes, Book of the New Loom, 71:6-8

“The surviving portions of the Uxbridge Fragment suggest that there is a germ of truth in both the ‘ordinary’ versions of The Star Wars, and the variants recorded by M. Trottier in the Woonsocket Manuscript.

“Once again, the issue hinges on the crux of paternity. To put it baldly, when speaking of Luke and Leia, which of these two Starkillers were really the offspring of Annikin, the former Skywalker; which were the children of Ben Kenobi, the renegade Jedi; and which were in truth the bastards of Lando Kadar, alias Darth Vader?”

“The received wisdom has it that Luke was Lando’s son, while Leia was Annikin’s daughter. However, the two columns of the Woonsocket Manuscript tell different stories, which are mutually contradictory.

“There, in the left-hand variant, Luke and Leia are both Annikin’s children by blood; but in the right-hand variant, Leia is the daughter of Ben Kenobi. Moreover, in both halves of the manuscript, Lando Kadar is not related to Annikin at all!

“From what remains in the surviving text, though, it is clear that the author of the Uxbridge Fragment had his own take on the material, one which diverges from all previously known accounts.”

--Omar Al-Azrad, The Lost Books of The Star Wars, p. 12

“Surprisingly, in view of the wisdom that has become commonplace since Trottier’s book was published, the Uxbridge Fragment—itself undoubtedly older than the Woonsocket Manuscript—incorporates the whole matter of the Magic Rings, and their attendant consequences.

“Thus, Laif Organa returns as a secondary character in the story, and Lando Kadar—Darth Vader—is once again Annikin’s child by Aubra the Sith.”

--Omar Al-Azrad, The Lost Books of The Star Wars, p. 14

Excerpted from the Uxbridge Fragment manuscript of The Star Wars, as edited and translated by Omar Al-Azrad:

Episode III: To Duel in Hell

....Thus at last, only two Jedi were left standing upon the fields of Condawn: Lando Kadar and Ben Kenobi.

(Translator’s note, p. 47: at this point, where the tale normally describes the laser-sword of Ben Kenobi, there is a lacuna in the Uxbridge Fragment. Most editors believe this may be filled by reference to the Woonsocket Manuscript, but see chapter VI for evidence to the contrary.)

At last, Ben Kenobi saw an opening, and pulled Lando’s Kiber Crystal from its chain around his neck, hoping thus to depower him. And Lando, not yet knowing the truth about the Crystals’ power, thought that he had indeed been rendered powerless.

Ben stabbed Lando in the heart. But Lando survived, thanks to his magical Rings. Lando cut off Ben’s right hand, and cast him down, and forced him to yield.

Cruel in victory, Lando stole Ben’s unique sword, and his Kiber Crystal, as trophies for the new Sith Order. Annikin’s and Laif’s Kiber Crystals, however, had disintegrated with their owners’ demise, for they had not been passed on beforehand.

(Translator’s note, p. 48: The reference at this point to Laif Organa in the Woonsocket Manuscript, which Trottier takes to be an interpolation by a later scribe, in fact appears here too, in this plainly earlier source. This is a point of evidence casting doubt on the previously accepted scholarly consensus.)

But in recompense for taking away Ben’s sword, Lando left Annikin’s sword for him to have, that Ben might pass it on to Luke. After all, what good had it done its original owner?

And so, Lando walked off, triumphant, leaving the wounded Ben Kenobi to grieve by his fallen King and his dead friends.

He was all the more triumphant because, when he defeated Ben Kenobi, he had felt the Force stirring still within him. Now he knew that he no longer had any need for the Kiber Crystals, and he rejoiced in his new freedom.

But Lando kept this knowledge secret, since not even the Jedi knew this as yet—save one only, who thought it best for other Jedi to learn this for themselves.