Death Star: episode #63 Approaching Yavin
Previously: Darth Vader and Obi-Wan finished the fight, neither killing the other, in fact Vader thought he killed Obi-Wan. Obi-Wan used the Force to turn invisible and got away. Luke thought Obi-Wan had been killed and almost gets himself killed by screaming. Luke blasted the controls o the door, but the stormtroopers were on Luke�s side. Everyone got away safely. Four TIE fighters fought against the Millennium Falcon, but were destroyed. Obi-Wan finds out who I am.
�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.� Owen and Ben look up as Luke, me, and Han come towards them. Luke goes up to his uncle, �Hey, did you see meet those two ships?� �Yeah, I did. Good job, Luke. I�m going to go in the back for awhile and see if I can fix my com. Something seems to be wrong with it.� Luke nods. �Go ahead.� Ben turns to me, �Leia, can we talk in private?� �Sure,� I say. This leaves only Han, Luke, and Chewie up front. Han sits down, and Luke sits next to him. Luke glances around quickly, then leans closer to Han and almost whispers. �So what do you think of her?� Han knows he means me. �I try not to.� Luke, satisfied, leans back in his seat with a little smile on his face, �Good,� he says quietly. Han heard him, thought. �But then of course she�s got a lot of spirit. I don�t� know�what do you think of a princess and a guy like me?� Luke looks at Han alarmed and replies quickly, �NO.� Han smiles and laughs a little as he looks at Luke. He enjoys making Luke jealous�he can tell that Luke really likes me. Meanwhile Ben looks at me and says, �How long have you known this?� �Since just before the Imperials captured us.� �Have you talked to many Rebel leaders? Obviously you�ve talked to your father, but any others?� �Just him and the lady that registered me, this is going to sound weird, but it was Luke�s uncle�s mother, which means it�s his grandmother?� Ben nods, �Shmi, yes, that�s Luke�s grandmother, but I don�t want you telling everybody.� �Why not?� �Because Luke�s identity must be kept a secret for as long as possible.� �Even from his own grandmother.� Ben nods, �We�ll kind of see how things play, but I�m afraid that it might hurt both him and her.� �How?� Ben sighs. �I�m sorry,� I say. �I�m being annoying aren�t� I?� �Leia, no, you�re not annoying me. It�s just that there�s too much in the galaxy that you do not know. Not only because you grew up in the other dimension, but things you wouldn�t know even if you grew up here. They are events that happened long ago�and they are just too complicated. You�re just going to have to trust my judgment on certain matters.� I nodded, �I�ll try.� Ben smiles, �Good.� Just then the ship is approaching Yavin. �Oh, I almost forgot, there is one other Rebel." Ben looks at mea second, �Go on.� �Someone named Wedge Antilles.� Ben smiles, �So you�ve met Wedge.� I don�t have time to question him about it because just then the ship landed. I had accidentally forgotten about he sword and had left it with Shmi. As we land, Owen turns to Luke, "When we land, you�ll have something you�ve been wanting for a long time�more independence. There are things I need to do. You�ll kind of have to be on your own for a while. I�m sure you�ll be needed in other areas. Run along with your new friends. You�ll have to get registered first, though.� Luke smiles, �thanks.� The ship lands and Ben excuses himself from me and goes off in some odd direction. He appeared to be looking for someone. Owen also leaves, but in a different direction. Rhun and his family are there by now, so Owen goes over with them. This leaves Chewie, R2-D2, C-3PO, Han, Luke, and me to ourselves. Chewie growls something to Han. Han says, �Boy, you said it, Chewie. Where id you dig up that old fossil?� He�s referring to Ben. Luke�s hurt by this. �Ben�s a great man.� Han rolls his eyes. �Come on your two,� Is says. �I want you to meet my father.� Luke says, �that�d be nice, Leia, but I think Han and I need to get registered. We�ll catch up with you later.� I nod, and then go off to find my father, wherever he may be. Luke calls after me, �Why don�t you take the droids, if you�re right about the Empire tracking us, then the Rebels need all the time they can get.� I say, �You�re right.� So the two droids go off after me as Luke and Han approach Shmi at the registration tables.
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Death Star: episode #63 Approaching Yavin