Death Star: episode #68 The Trench Battle Before Vader Enters
Previously: Luke refused to have any other droid besides R2-D2 when offered. Biggs and Joseph talked to him a littlie. Blue Leader (Kitster) came over and told Luke that he knew his father. I also told you Luke�s family resemblance as far as his parents were concerned. Luke also talked to Han, and was disappointed by Han�s leaving. I talked to Luke when Mon Mothma and Bail and I were walking around.
All ships take off in preparation for destroying the Death Star. Bail and Mon Mothma had seen Luke and I hug and kiss. As we walk away, Mon Mothma feels a little pain in watching Luke and me. It brought back painful memories of what things had been like when she was younger. Bail turns to Mon Mothma. �You two can go ahead to the Control Center. I�ll be there in a minute. I need to go check some things.� Mon Mothma nods. As Bail broke away, Mon Mothma could tell I was bothered by my friend�s battle. �You love him, don�t you?� I knew she was talking about Luke. �Yes�but�� �It�s all right, dear�I went through a time period like that during the Clone Wars.� She put her arm around me as we started going back. And I was crying a little. I was worried about Luke. �Let me tell you a little about it, maybe it will make you feel better. The man that I loved was the nicest, handsomest guy ever. He told me he�d marry me when he was just a little boy. He was 5 years younger than me. Id did end up marrying him�but I always used to worry about him. I wasn�t married to him long at all because he got killed. I hope your guy doesn�t. What is his Squadron?� �I think it�s Blue.� �What about number?� �Five.� �We�ll watch for him.� I was surprised at Mon Mothma�she told me about her late husband, which I could tell was very painful for her to talk about, and she was super nice. But I guess she did that because I was her best friend�s daughter, and she waned me to like her. We watched the battle by a computer rid type thing that showed everyone�s position. You could also hear all radio messages. Meanwhile, Kitster says, �all squadlings please report in. There are 12 people in each squad. Biggs is Blue 3, Wedge is Blue 2, Luke is Blue 5, and Joseph is Blue 10. The others are just other people. Bail also knew who was what #. He was a little nervous about the battle. Wedge says, �This is Blue Two.� Biggs announces, �Blue Three here.� Luke says, �Blue Five standing by.� Joseph says, �Blue 10.� And everyone else also responded. The battle had been going on for about 5 minutes when Darth Vader turns to an Admiral. �There is lots of small one man fighters. They are so small that they are evading all the fire. We will have to destroy them ship by ship.� And that was true; so far none of the Rebel pilots had been hurt. Darth Vader says, �Admiral get TIE ships read, and have the pilots board as soon as possible.� The Admiral bowed and says, �Men to your stations.� Soon TIE fighters can be seen on the computer table. �Enemy fighters coming your way,� says Bail. Luke is staying fairly close to Wedge and Biggs. Luke says, �Watch it Biggs, you picked a TIE up on your tail.� �I can�t see it.� Luke takes his ship over to Biggs� and destroys the TIE. (By the way, Luke is doing an excellent job. It doesn�t take him long to figure the ship out.). Luke picks up a TIE on his tail, which he is dodging by trying to concentrate on the Force (his instincts and feelings), as Ben had told him to do, but even that couldn�t keep him from getting killed, and he knew it. Wedge destroys it. �Thank, Wedge,� Luke says. Luke�s been shooting at towers and things by trusting his feelings of when to shoot. But the TIE fighters cause Luke, Wedge, and Biggs to get separated from the rest of the group. Darth Vader, also watching what�s gong on says, �Several fighters have broken off from the main group. Come with me.� Darth Vader goes off to try to destroy Luke, Wedge, and Biggs. Darth Vader�s ship makes a special image on the computer. His ship is not a normal TIE. Everyone had familiarized himself or herself with Vader�s symbol, so they knew Darth Vader was coming. Mon Mothma, who was standing next to me, winced on sight of it. �They could be in big trouble,� she says to Bail. Bail nods. Luke is so into this flying thing that he actually takes the lead as far as he, Wedge, and Biggs are concerned, even though he is the least experienced of them. Tarkin is watching the screen as it says how many minutes is left before the Rebel Base is in range. An officer comes in and says, �We�ve analyzed their attack, and there is a danger. Should we have your ship standing by?� Tarkin looks at the guy like he�s crazy. �In our moment of triumph? I think you overestimate their chances.� Meanwhile, Joseph is approaching the target.
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Death Star: episode #68 The Trench Battle Before Vader Enters
Previously: Luke refused to have any other droid besides R2-D2 when offered. Biggs and Joseph talked to him a littlie. Blue Leader (Kitster) came over and told Luke that he knew his father. I also told you Luke�s family resemblance as far as his parents were concerned. Luke also talked to Han, and was disappointed by Han�s leaving. I talked to Luke when Mon Mothma and Bail and I were walking around.