Death Star: episode #75 Luke meets Lowdun
Previously: Luke and Samantha get out of the ship. They actually talk, although Samantha�s very touchy. She tells him about her son and asks Luke his opinion on whether he thought her son could have survived or not. They talked a little about the Clone Wars, which she didn�t realize that were older than him. Finally, Luke thinks he can bring up Anakin, but caused her to get angry with him, ending their conversation.
�Oh, just go somewhere. Leave me alone!!!!� Luke says, �all right. I�ll be back in like half an hour or so. The ship should be vented out by then and it�ll give you a chance to cool down. I�m going to go see what�s here.� He gets up, leaving her to herself. She starts to cry. Luke�s still a little sick form hiss asthma, but he doesn�t care. In all honesty, he just wanted to get away from Mon Mothma. Nothing he says seems to make her happy, and she was making him annoyed. Luke unclips the lightsaber as he walks away. She hadn�t noticed it, and he was glad. He thought if she saw it, it would be one more reason to hate him�not only because it was Anakin's, but also that it was a lightsaber in general. Luke is now quite a ways away from where he had left her. He�s having a little trouble breathing, but he�s all right. He�s better than he was on the ship. Luke is following some kind of trail�he has been since he left Mon Mothma. �Someone must be here. Whoever it is, they don�t have any high tech things,� he thinks. The trees are very dense here a person could see nothing through them. Luke stops to cough. A person overhears it, and says, �Who are you.� This person pops out from the trees directly in front of Luke. Luke almost runs into this guy. �I�m sorry,� Luke says, �I�� Not recognizing Luke, the man ass, �How did you get here? Wait�don�t tell me, you�re a Maurder, aren�t� you. They�ve begun to populate this plant! I must warn the others!� The man turns quickly and starts heading in the opposite direction. �No wait,� says Luke. �I�m not a Maurder, I promise you. I landed here without knowing where I was. I�ve never heard of this plant�it doesn�t even have a name according to my ship�s charts.� The man believes Luke and says, �Come, let�s talk.� Luke says, �Okay.� The man led Luke to a log bench and motions for him to be seated. The man sits next to Luke. Now this man is not young by any means�he�s around 80 years old! Luke asks him, �Are you here all by yourself.� �No, � he says. �There are 4 others here with me. And yourself?� �I�m here with this lady. WE were on our way to Hoth and I got sick, so we had to land.� �Are you all right now?� �Yeah, I have asthma. I had an attack�that�s why we landed.� The man nodded. �Where�s your friend.� �She�s no friend of mine�I had to take her with me. She�s back at the ship.� �I see. Are you on a Republic mission or something?� Luke looked at the man really strangely. �The Republic? You mean the Old Republic?� The man looked at Luke strangely. �There�s a new Republic?� �No, the Republic doesn�t exist anymore. It�s the Empire. How long have you been here?� The man froze at the words Empire. �There's an Empire�then it came true. I�ve been here for�I lost track of the time. Years. Tell me, is this Empire ruled by the Maurders?� Luke shakes his head. �No, Emperor Palpatine is the Emperor. I don�t know how to explain it to you. You�ve never heard of it?� �We�ve had no communication since we were left here by the Maurders.� �You were left here by the Maurders?� Luke�s been thinking f how to explain things to this man. �Yes, tell me�how are the Maurders�I mean they seemed to be a threat to the Republic when they dropped us off. There were thousands of warships, or at least it appeared that way. WE never got a chance to warn the Republic.� Luke looks at him strangely. �Are you talking about the Clone Wars?� �I don�t know�.� �But you�ve never heard of the Clone Wars either?� �No.� �Wow�you�ve been here for a long time. That sounds to me like the Clone Wars.� �The ships were leaving Anuvuin.� �That�s got to be the start of the Clone Wars then. You�ve been here for 20 years! The galaxy has really changed. You probably wouldn�t be able to recognize it. What is your name?� �Lowdun,� he answers �And yours?� �Luke.� �So, Luke, tell me what this Empire is like, since I don�t know.� Luke says, �Well�it is unjust. They inflict terror on everyone. I don�t know. I�m not good at explaining things.� �Even though you probably won�t know, I need to know about a certain planet.� Luke looks at him and Lowdun continues, �Tatooine.�
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Death Star: episode #75 Luke meets Lowdun
Previously: Luke and Samantha get out of the ship. They actually talk, although Samantha�s very touchy. She tells him about her son and asks Luke his opinion on whether he thought her son could have survived or not. They talked a little about the Clone Wars, which she didn�t realize that were older than him. Finally, Luke thinks he can bring up Anakin, but caused her to get angry with him, ending their conversation.