Death Star: episode #67 After Briefing
Previously: Bail introduced me to Mon Mothma. We all heard the briefing of the task ahead of us.
Bail glanced at Wedge, and then says, "We have to try. It is our only option. Man your ships and get ready for the attack as soon as possible. May the Force be with you.� With that, everyone started leaving the room. Bail stopped me before I could go anywhere. �Leia, I need to go over thing with you concerning the Rebellion. Come walk with me and Mon Mothma.� �All right,� I say. So while I walk with them, Luke gets ready for the battle ahead of him. Han and Chewie check the Millennium Falcon over, and are preparing to leave. Luke ahs to change into the orange Rebel pilot uniform. (No, it�s a different shade then the Maurders). Finally after he is all changed and everything he goes over to his ship. He is checking it over when C-3PO and R2-D2 join him. �Hello, sir.� Luke turns around, smiling, �hello.� Luke had decided that R2-D2 would be his Artoo unit during the ballet. (Everyone had one.) A technician came by and helped Luke get his ship ready. Before he lifted R2-D2 up, he asks, That R2 unit is a little old and beat up. Would you like a different one?� Luke shakes his head, �Not on your life. That little R2 unit and I have been through a lot together. �Okay,� says the technician as he raised R2-D2 to Luke�s ship. C-3PO says, �Be careful, R2. You�ve got to come back. You wouldn�t want my life to get boring, would you?� As Luke turned around, a couple people spotted him. �Hey Luke!� Someone hugged him from behind. �Biggs! I told you I�d make it someday. I�ll be right up there with you!� Biggs smiles and says, "It�ll be just like old times, Luke.� Joseph was also there. Joseph stares at him in amazement. �You�re in the Rebellion?� �Now I am.� A man comes towards them. �Hello, boys,� he says. He glances at Luke. �Are you Luke Skywalker?� Luke nods. �I�m Blue Leader, you�re in my squadron. Have you been tested out on the stimulation? I read your registration info, and it says you�ve never flown before.� Luke says, �No, I haven�t done either.� Blue Leader looks a little concerned. Biggs says, �Not to worry, Luke�s the best landspeeder pilot I know, probably the best in the outer rim�� Blue Leader cuts him off, �I can believe it, Luke. I knew your father. He was the best pilot I�ve ever seen. If you even have half of your father in you, half you�re father�s skill, you�ll do better than all right.� Kitster is the only one that sees the resemblance between Luke and his father�he�s the only one to recognize it right away. He knew Anakin well, remember, they had been best friends. They grew up together. Luke stares at Kitster. �You knew my father?� Kitster nods, �he was my best friend. NO time to talk about it now.� �Thank you, sir,� Luke says. Luke didn�t look like his father too too much. He did a little, but it wasn�t obvious to most people. Even Obi-Wan hadn�t seen it before Luke had told him his name. Anakin had been handsome, and Luke was too, but that doesn�t mean he resembled him closely. Luke didn�t look like his mother had, either. Well he did a tiny bit. About as much ahs he looked like his father. His features were a good mixture. He had the same color of eyes and hair as his father and the same build, but that was all that he had that was exactly the same as either of his parents. So he looked a tiny bit more like his father than he did his mother. Anyway, Joseph, Kitster, and Biggs all leave Luke to himself. Luke wants to go and try to find Han, so he went over to the Millennium Falcon. To Luke�s shock, he found Han packing up and in his normal clothes. �You�re not going to fight.� �Nope, kid. I told you I wasn�t joining the Rebellion.� �You�re turning your back on them. You�re a good pilot. They could really sue you. They need good pilots. I see you got your reward and you�re leaving.� (Bail had paid him.) �Yep. But going up against that Death Star isn�t my idea of courage, it�s more like suicide. What good�s a reward if you aren�t� around to sue it. Why don�t you come with us, Luke? You�re good in a fight. I could really use you.� Luke shakes his head, a little angry with his friend. He says, �Well, you just take care of yourself, Han. I guess that�s what you�re best at.� Luke turns and starts walking away. �Luke, hold on. May the Force be with you.� Luke nods, �thanks.� Bail, Mon Mothma, and I happen to be walking by Luke�s area. Luke�s on his way back to his ship. I say to Bail, �Wait. I want to talk to him.� Bail nods. We are out of hearing range of Bail and Mon Mothma. I can tell something�s wrong with Luke right away. �What�s wrong?� �Nothing, it�s just Han. I really thought he would change his mind.� �He has to follow his own path. I wish he would stay, too.� �Leia, I�m a little worried about this fight.� �I�m sure you�ll do fine.� Luke smiles, �I hope so. Leia, I need to tell you something because I may not get to say this to you later.� �Luke, don�t talk that way.� �Leia I just wanted you to know that I�I �care for you a lot. I don�t know it�s a weird feeling. I never felt this way about anyone before. Somehow I feel connected to you somehow. I don�t know. I like you, I kike you a lot. I don�t want anything to happen to you.� �I think I know what you�re talking about Luke. I have that feeling also. I�m sure you�ll do fine in the battle. I like you a lot, too.� Luke smiles and gives me a hug. I kiss him. HE lets me go. �You�ll do fine. Good luck.� Then I join Bail and Mon Mothma. They had seen us hug and kiss and the expression on my face. As we walk away, Owen joins Luke and wishes him luck. He�s worried about Luke. Then Ben comes and says to Luke, �Luke use the Force. Remember the lightsaber exercise. Feel, don�t think. Trust your instincts, and you�ll do fine.� Luke nods, then climbs in his ship, and starts the engine. After I had kissed him, he kind of blushed and looked after me as I walked away. Anyway, all ships take off in preparation for destroying the Death Star.
Until next time!
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Death Star: episode #67 After Briefing