As night approached on Tatooine, the twin suns dipped below the horizon, casting the landscape into a shadowy twilight. In the depths of a cave, a young boy found himself surrounded by darkness. The cave's mouth allowed the last traces of sunlight to filter in, illuminating the dusty ground with a dim glow.

The air in the cave felt cool, providing a welcome respite from the scorching desert temperatures of the day. The sound of shifting sand echoed softly from outside, carried by the gentle breeze that swept through the cave's entrance.

However, in stark contrast to the dimming light, a spectral apparition, a force ghost taking the form of a tree, stood tall in the centre of the cavern, illuminating the surrounding with a dull blue light.

"Marvelous"

The young boy stood before the tree, looking open it with an admiring gaze. Of course, this boy was none other than Xander, and the tree was a spirit beast from soul land.

Xander had spent the time waiting for his target by experimenting with his powers. He had found that since he was no longer within soul land, as he was also in a different body, his powers followed the rules of this world.

What that meant was there were no longer the bottlenecks that split soul masters in different ranks and by connecting to the mysterious powers of the force, his mental energy grew at a remarkable pace.

Also, as Xander consciousness or soul had come with him, he still had access to his martial soul and the tree that had become his first spirit ring.

The concept of spirit rings and spirit energy did not exist in Star Wars however, even without that Xander had learned what he had gained by absorbing the tree.

The sephiroth Grail was a tool that connected to the essence of life and Xander had absorbed the complete soul of the Demon eye tree. The tree had turned into a spirit soul and powered by the grail it could form a spiritual body and act outside of Xanders mental space.

The potential for something like this was marvellous, as it meant Xander would be able to summon soul beasts to help him in battles, should the rest of his spirit rings follow this trend.

However, as there was no spirit energy, by calling open the tree, Xander used his mental energy to manipulate and mould the force in order to summon it as a force ghost.

Xander, after further observing the force ghost, turned his attention to track his target. On the map a red dot was moving closer and closer at remarkable speed to the blue dot.

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"Shit"

Spurring into action, Xander cancelled his force ghost summoning. The tree wouldn't provide much help. Not unless he wanted to stink his enemy to death. The Demon eye tree was currently not a viable option for battle.

Instead, Xander raised his blaster rifle into the direction of the cave's opening and began his wait.

Mere minutes felt like hours as the red dot, denoting his trepidation and inner turmoil, moved closer and closer at remarkable speed.

"This is it. It's do or die time"

Xander reaffirmed his conviction, knowing that this would be his first time at truly taking life. Killing an animal or soul beast was different compared to killing a sapient human, after all.

As the soft humming denoting a hover bike became louder and louder, it didn't take long until a long sleek bike entered the mouth of the cave.

Coming to a stop near the entrance, a young boy with blond hair which glimmered like rays of sunlight, a stark contrast against his dusty surroundings, slowly made his way off his bike.

He tentatively looked around before spreading his hands in an all too familiar fashion.

"Shit"

Xander knowing that his target was going to spread his forces energy like he had done, levelled his blaster rifle, taking aim at centre mass. Though the opponent being a 7-year-old child, meant the centre mass wasn't as large as he would like.

He hurriedly fingered the trigger, a soft click accompanied by a humming resonated from the barrel before blasting outward.

The blue bolt flew through the cavern wall, lighting the area in its own imposing image. As the bolt streaked through the sandy air, in all to similar Star Wars fashion, it missed!

Xander knowing this would happen, unhesitatingly clicked the trigger, spraying a cacophony of blue blaster bolts at his enemy.

Despite being taken by surprise with movements and determination unbefitting a 7 year old the blond-haired child rolled backwards before igniting something within his hand.

The next few bolts that streaked in his direction were easily swiped aside through the use of his lightsabre.

"For an assassin, you have pretty shit aim. Which group do you belong to".

The imposing image that should have accompanied the magnificent scene was not aided by a pre-pubescent child's voice.

The blonde child, Jordan, effortlessly moved through the blaster bolts being fired at him showing skill unbefitting a 7 year old child.

"Can we call a time out?"

Hearing the similar childish response, Jordan was taken aback and stopped in his tracks.

Of course, that momentary carelessness did not go unrewarded as an elegant small box presented itself before him.

"Shit"

Jordan commanded the force, to push away the thermal detonator as far as possible. But being in these closed questers, it left little room to move it to.

As Jordan launched one detonator away towards the cave's opening, another quickly found its way to him.

"Damnit! We're in a cave. You'll kill us both!".

Boom

As the first explosive detonated, bathing the cavern in a blanket of burning heat, debris began to fall from the cave ceiling.

Xander having expected this, and had shielded himself from the initial blast and subsequent falling debris by retreating deeper into the crevice, using it as a shield in order to protect himself from the aftermath.

Simultaneously, Xander peered to the side, gazing at the boulder that obstructed the inner room. Unhesitatingly, he churned his mental energy, using it to control the mysterious power that was the force in order to move the boulder out of the way.

As the cacophony of explosions sounded behind him, Xander retreated through the opening, followed by making sure to close the door behind himself.