On Tatooine, an injured Reva hobbles toward a small vendor. "I'm looking for a farmer named Owen," she says. Meanwhile, Darth Vader's ship continues its pursuit of the rebel vessel, with Obi-Wan Kenobi and Leia Organa onboard. As the ship suffers damage, Obi-Wan decides to draw Vader away. He asks Haja to deliver the princess home.

The Tatooine vendor informs Owen of Reva's arrival. Owen and his wife, Beru, prepare to protect their ward -- Luke Skywalker. "She'll come when the suns go down," Beru says. "Best we get positioned now."

Kenobi and Vader meet on a nearby world of rocky spires. They ignite their lightsabers, and the battle begins.

Reva reaches the Lars homestead. Owen and Beru open fire, and the wounded warrior struggles to keep their attack at bay. When she finally breaks through, Beru tells Luke to run; the boy heads into the desert with Reva close behind.

The former friends continue to duel. Finally, Obi-Wan delivers a precise strike that ends the fight. Kenobi stops, apologizing to Anakin -- but the Sith Lord rejects his sentiment. "You didn't kill Anakin Skywalker. I did," Vader says. "The same way I will destroy you." A tearful Obi-Wan looks on. "Then my friend is truly dead," he replies. The Jedi turns and leaves Vader to his fate once more.

Reva comes back to the Lars homestead, Luke in her arms. He lives. "I couldn't do it," she says, crying. "By showing mercy, you have given them peace," Obi-Wan, having returned to Tatooine, says of her fallen friends. "Who you become now, that is up to you."

Darth Vader contacts his master, Emperor Palpatine. The Emperor expresses displeasure with his apprentice's preoccupation. "Kenobi means nothing," Vader finally says.

On Alderaan, Leia joins her parents on a landing platform to welcome a visitor. Obi-Wan emerges from the newly arrived ship, returning Lola to her rightful owner and sharing a moment with the princess.

Obi-Wan returns to Tatooine, visiting Owen. The moisture farmer asks if he'd like to meet Luke. Obi-Wan walks to the boy, a T-16 skyhopper model in hand. "Hello there," he says.

Atop his eopie, Obi-Wan rides toward the valley. Only someone is waiting. "I was always here, Obi-Wan," Qui-Gon Jinn, Kenobi's old master, says. "You just were not ready to see."