(Throne Room.)
(We once again return to the meeting between Sidious, Vader, and Luke, which has now transformed into a furious duel between the father and the son.)
(However, it abruptly ends after Luke kicks Vader in the chest and trips him down the stairs.)
Darth Vader: Ah! Gaaaah!
Darth Vader: Ngh!
(The Emperor just laughs in the background, satisfied with the outcome. He then begins to encourage Luke into going harder on his own father.)
Palpatine: Good!
Palpatine: Use your aggresive feelings, boy!
Palpatine: Let the hate FLOW through you!
(He laughs in excitement and anticipation as Vader slowly gets up, ready to engage in another duel with his son.)
(But Luke, having realized where he was steering himself towards, turned off his lightsaber.)
(Perhaps in a way to cloak his humiliation and anger at being put into the lower ground again, Vader remarked the following:)
Darth Vader: Obi-Wan has taught you well.
Luke: I will not fight you, father.
(He slowly approached him silently with his guard up.)
Darth Vader:…
Darth Vader:…you are unwise to lower your deFENSES!
(He suddenly threw more slashes at him, forcing Luke to go on the defensive.)
(And after locking blades twice, he fled and double jumped to an elevated catwalk, making his father briefly lose balance.)
(Once again, Luke has gained the high ground of the duel, severely irritating the latter internally.)
Luke: Your thoughts betray you, father…i feel the good in you.
Luke: The conflict…
Darth Vader: There is no conflict.
(Luke sidewalks slowly as he continues to speak to his father.)
Luke: You couldn’t bring yourself to kill me before, so i don’t believe you’ll destroy me now.
(Vader, having had enough of him, decides to teach him a lesson…)
Darth Vader: You underestimate the power of the dark side.
Darth Vader: If you will not fight…then you will meet your destiny!
(…and throws his lightsaber at the collumns of the catwalk, causing Luke to stumble back down to his level.)
(The Emperor, realizing his old apprentice still had it in him, stands up from his throne, and laughs in amusement.)
(Vader then lurks down towards his son as the latter escapes and runs off to safety off-screen.)
Palpatine: Good…goood!
(He turns on his blaring red lightsaber and looks for him as we return back to Endor where Leia, Han and the others currently are.)
.
(Beneath the Death Star’s Imperial Throne Room.)
(Darth Vader continues to seek for Luke.)
(A tense silence ensues…)
(…)
(…which is then broken by him:)
Darth Vader: You cannot hide forever, Luke.
Luke: I will not fight you!
(Seeing that he won’t budge, he once again begins to taunt him with his rethoric.)
Darth Vader:…
Darth Vader:…give yourself to the dark side.
(Nearly more than half of Luke’s face is shrouded in the shadows at his hiding spot as he now is the one to face the internal conflict within his mind, like his father before him.)
Darth Vader: It is the only way you can save your friends.
(Seeing this work, Vader finally relishes on it with pure malice.)
Darth Vader: Yes…
Darth Vader:…your thoughts betray you.
Darth Vader: Your feelings for them are strong…
Darth Vader:…especially for…
Darth Vader:…
Darth Vader:…a sister…!
(Having searched through his son’s feelings, he was now presented with Luke’s greatest anxiety:)
(Leia.)
(This begins to mentally drive Luke over the edge.)
(He is beginning to lose his grip to the light as Vader continues to taunt him.)
Darth Vader: So…you have a twin sister…!
Darth Vader: Your feelings have now betrayed her, too.
(Vader soon recalls his late master as he ponders about his recent discovery…)
Darth Vader: Obi Wan was wise to hide her from me…
Darth Vader:…but now his failure is complete.
(…and soon weaponizes it against Luke.)
Darth Vader: If you will not turn to the dark side, then perhaps…she…will.
(This finally makes Luke snap and give in to all of his built up anger accumulated over the past 4 years that he’s known him.)
Luke: NEVEEEEEEEEEEEEER!!!!!!!
(His face now fully shrouded in darkness, he bellows before quickly charging towards him, seeking revenge for all that he had done.)
(Vader gasps as for the first time in his life, goes in the defensive as he quickly begins to regret his words.)
(All seemed lost…as the Force’s last hope progressively begins to succumb to its dark side as Luke has been driven to a murderous rage.)
(His blows quickly pushed back through his father’s defenses as they exit the bottom part of the Second Death Star’s throne room…)
(…all for the Emperor to see…and relish in.)
(Luke eventually forces his father back to the bridge leading to the elevator entrance as the latter mentally gives up and slips into the left railing to his knees, now only able to hold the former’s strikes back with all of his remaining strength.)
(At this point, Luke was not just swinging at Vader.)
(He was, in a way, beating into the latter’s weapon like a bat.)
(Eventually, Luke swipes off his father’s last remaining corporal defense…)
(…)
(…and violently slices off his arm.)
Darth Vader: AAAAAAAAAGH!!!!!
(Luke pants in exhaustion, glaring with seething rage at Vader…or rather, his own father…that he severely hurt.)
(The latter, now at his mercy, is breathing sporadically and weakly, his suit suffering heavy depressurization from the sudden loss of his hand.)
(And as for the Emperor…having lived up to his expectations, he laughs at Luke in a victorious and congratulatory tone.)
Palpatine: Gooood…!!!!!!
(He approaches him closely in pure glee.)
(His plan to turn Luke to the dark side was only minutes away from completion…)
Palpatine: Your hate has made you powerful…
(As the former spoke, Luke begins to snap out of his rage…)
Palpatine:…now…fulfill your destiny…
Palpatine:…and take your father’s place at my side.