Death Star: episode #62 An Escape and Obi-Wan’s Trick
Previously: Luke and I, while escaping from pursuing stormtroopers, took a turn into the middle of an area with extended bridges. Luke used a grappling hook to get us over to safety. We caught up with Han, Owen, Chewie, and the droids. The stormtroopers have just left the ship to watch the Obi-Wan/Vader fight. We all started to run across to the ship, but Luke stops in the middle because he saw the fight.
Luke was thinking, “Why would all the stormtroopers suddenly leave?…” We were all already running. Luke stopped in the middle as he now aw what was happening. The rest of us were all already by the ram to the ship. Owen looks around, “Where’s Luke?” Then all eyes glance to where Luke is standing. WE can now see the fight…Vader has just said; “Your tricks don’t work on me anymore.” “Why must everything be a trick with you?” Vader swung at him, not saying anything. They circled so that Obi-Wan was now facing Luke. Obi-wan saw him, and glanced at Vader, then back at Luke and smiled in a funny way. ‘Obi-Wan says, ‘"Besides, there are things that I know that you do not.” Vader says, “Ha…I am a Sith master. I know things that you do not about the Force.” “I question that.” Vader swung at Obi-wan, and Obi-Wan held up his lightsaber and appeared to have let himself be killed. Both Darth Vader and Luke thought Obi-Wan had been killed. Vader had not noticed Luke standing there. Luke screams, “NOOOOO!” Vader glances up and sees Luke. Vader smiles, “So the plan worked. They rescued Leia and have the plans. They’ll go to the Rebel Base, and we will track them. And Obi-Wan is dead in the process.” He nodded, satisfied. Luke not only attracted the attention of Vader, but also the stormtroopers. They start shooting at him. He tries shooting back, not thinking clearly…just thinking that the same person that had killed his father had killed the only major link he had to his father, which hurt him. Han says, “Oh no…look what the kid has done.” Then I yell, “Luke, it’s too late.” Han yells to Luke, “blast the door, kid.” Vader was occupied with finding Obi-Wan’s body, and paid Luke no more attention than that one glance. Luke aimed at the power control panel to the area where Vader and the stormtroopers were. Vader had to jump backwards to clear himself of the falling doorway. The stormtroopers however were on Luke’s side. Luke just stood there in shock.” “Run, Luke run,” came Ben’s voice. Luke could not see Ben, but Luke did exactly as what the voice said. Everyone was now on board, and Luke sat down in a seat in the section where Ben had given him the lightsaber lesson, depressed. I come over to him and put a blanket on him. “I can’t believe he’s gone,” he says. “There’s nothing you could have done,” I say. Suddenly Ben appears. “Ben?” says Luke. “But you were…” Ben shakes his head. “I turned invisible just before the lightsaber would have touched me and ran.” Luke gets up and hugs Ben. Ben laughs, “This old man still has some tricks left in him.” Ben thinks and looks worried, “Luke, did you get Leia?” Luke nods, “It’s a long story, but it turns out it’s Lissy…” Just then Han comes back to us, “Luke, there’s some fighters coming in. I need you on the lower guns. We’ll get em, don’t worry.” “All right, I’ll be right there, Han.” He then turns to Ben. Ben had been staring at him since the last thing he had said. “Lissy can explain it all to you. I don’t have time to right now.” Luke heads down to the lower guns as Han takes the top. Ben turns to me, “What was he talking about?” “I’m confused myself…but somehow I came form this world. When I got registered with the Rebellion, we went there after we found out the doorway couldn’t be opened, Bail Organa told me that I was his daughter Leia.” Ben looks at me in a funny way. “How did he come by that theory?” “He gave me a blood test of some kind after looking over my registration information and asking me a few questions. I don’t’ know how he drew that conclusion, but…” Ben nodded. “I understand,” is what he says. Then he says, “So the Maurders took you to the other dimension.” “That’s what Bail said.” “Then he is right. Come, let’s watch the fight form the front of the ship.” I follow Ben to the front. There are four TIE fighters that are after the ship. After several passes from the ship, Han nails a TIE. Luke, who is unused to the controls, but is catching on fast, nails one shortly after. “I got one!” he yells to Han. “That’s great kid. Just don’t get cocky.” Han gets another, followed by Luke. Ben and I had seen all four of the ships blow up. I came down to see Luke and to congratulate him. I caught him just before he flung off the weapons headphones. I thought he looked so cute like that. He then flung them off and yes, “we did it!” Han smiles, “I told you we’d get away.” Ben and Owe n are up front. The droids are in the back. “Yes, but they let us go,” I reason. “It’s the only explanation for the ease of our escape.” ‘You call that easy?” “They’re tracking us,” I say. “Not this ship.” “Something as big as that Death Star wouldn’t have just sent four little ships out after us unless they wanted us to get away.”
Until next time!
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Death Star: episode #62 An Escape and Obi-Wan’s Trick