Editing Splinter of the Mind's Eye (section)

==Plot==
[[Luke Skywalker]] and [[Princess Leia]] are traveling with [[R2-D2]] and [[C-3PO]] to the planet Circarpous IV to persuade its inhabitants to join the [[Rebel Alliance]]. A strange energy storm forces them to crash land on the swampy Circarpous V, known to the locals as Mimban. They begin looking for a space port to get off the planet but instead find a town, near which agents of the [[Galactic Empire (Star Wars)|Empire]] have an energy mine—the cause of the crash. Forced to keep their identities secret, Luke and Leia take refuge in a nearby bar. An old woman named Halla approaches them, identifies Luke as strong with [[the Force]], and shows him a splinter of what she claims to be the Kaiburr crystal,{{efn|The Kaiburr concept originated in the early drafts of the original ''Star Wars'' film, where it featured as a [[MacGuffin]] the [[Jedi]] needed to retrieve from the [[Sith]]. It was also the antecedent of the [[kyber crystal]] which was canonized as the power crystal used in both [[lightsaber]]s and the [[Death Star]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Kaiburr crystal|url=http://www.starwars.com:80/databank/technology/kaiburrcrystal/index.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110913133807/http://www.starwars.com/databank/technology/kaiburrcrystal/index.html|archive-date=September 13, 2011|access-date=November 17, 2018|website=StarWars.com|df=mdy-all}}</ref>}} which focuses the Force. Halla strikes a deal with Luke and Leia to help her find the whole crystal, in return for which she will help them get off the planet. A squabble between Luke and Leia attracts the attention of miners emerging from the pub, who claim that fighting in public is against Imperial law; they all get into a brawl. [[Imperial stormtrooper]]s intervene and incarcerate Luke and Leia. They are questioned by Imperial Captain-Supervisor Grammel, who confiscates the crystal shard and Luke's weapons. Luke and Leia are placed in a maximum-security cell with two drunk but friendly [[Yuzzem]], hairy creatures called Hin and Kee. Grammel reports the incident and gives the crystal shard to the Imperial governor of the star system. Halla uses the Force to help Luke, Leia, and the two Yuzzem. The Yuzzem rampage through the jail while Luke and Leia escape.

The four meet Halla and the droids to find the Temple of Pomojema, which Halla believes is the location of the Kaiburr crystal. They travel through the swampy wilds of Mimban and encounter a [[wandrella]], a huge wormlike creature, which pursues them and separates Luke and Leia from the others. Luke and Leia hide in a well, down which the wandrella falls, leaving the two trapped. From the lip of the well, Halla suggests that there must be an escape route underground, at the end of which Halla and the others will rejoin them. Luke and Leia journey underground, floating across a lake on lily pads, and fend off sea creatures. On the other side of the lake, they encounter the secretive residents of the caves, the [[Coway]], who have captured Halla, the droids and the Yuzzem. To save his friends, Luke defeats the Coway's champion fighter, impressing the tribe. At a tribal banquet, Luke senses [[Darth Vader]], confirmed by Coway patrols: Imperials, led by Vader and Grammel, are approaching.

When the Imperials arrive, they are surprised by the Coway tribe's resistance in battle. Vader and Grammel retreat with the handful of surviving stormtroopers, though Vader loses patience with Grammel for the defeat and kills him. Luke and company steal a recently abandoned Imperial transport and travel to the temple, where they find the Kaiburr crystal. They encounter a monster and unsuccessfully try to fight it off with blasters. Luke cuts down one of the pillars holding up the temple, crushing the monster, but his leg is pinned under a boulder. Vader then enters the temple, announcing that he killed Hin and Kee. Leia takes up Luke's [[lightsaber]] and begins fighting Vader, who gives her multiple superficial burns with his own saber. Hin, mortally wounded, appears and lifts the rock off of Luke before perishing. Luke then duels Vader, deflecting some Force-based attacks and eventually slicing off Vader's arm. Despite this, Vader seems about to win, but then falls into a pit. Luke senses that this is not the end of Vader. He and Leia, healed by the crystal, drive off with Halla into the mists of Mimban.