"...you're going to tell me about the soul thing some time soon," Luke said, and it wasn't really a request.

"And the reason Principal Washburn let Vader be here was pretty much the same reason he thought I might go along with his clearly insane plan. Um. After he made me think everyone else I loved was going to die and chopping off my hand," Luke said, taking a deep breath.

"He was my father."

He winced, waiting for the fallout.