A Thousand Stars: Episode V, Part 28

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Once again Luke is engaged in training with physical and metaphysical components, which means that he's upside-down while striving to meditate. The multitasking continues, and he lifts quite a few items telepathically. Artoo seems rather distressed about being included among the items.

But far worse distress is coming. As Yoda encourages Luke to reach out through the Force into the future and past, his trainee suddenly envisions something awful. Once again he loses concentration and crashes, bringing everything else down with him.

We don't see Luke's vision ourselves. We're about to see it in real time anyway, and it's sufficiently chilling to see his confusion and anguish. His friends were in a 'city in the clouds' and they were suffering. Yoda cannot give a clear answer to his concerns for their safety, since the future is always in motion, but more importantly he warns that going to rescue them would jeopardize everything. We're left with Luke's face as he contemplates this awful news, even as he's swallowed up by the very city in the clouds of his vision.

Next, an unsettling arrival...