He was pathetic.
Mara Jade knew Skywalker was dangerous. The man caused the death of Emperor Palpatine, after all, and he's survived so many trials it was a wonder anyone even bother to try and kill him anymore.
But here, seeing him lying on the ground, unconscious after just surviving an explosion, she wondered how Luke Skywalker could have done all that, plus helped her survive on Myrkr. She wondered what would make Palpatine enraged enough to make his final order to kill the first of the new Jedi Order. It was preposterous.
But instead of seeing him that way, she felt something else while hearing him moan in agony while Stormtroopers di