Death Star: episode #76 Lowdun’s Rescue
Previously: Luke followed a trail that led him into an area with dense trees. Luke coughed because of his asthma and Lowdun overheard it. Lowdun and he talked. Lowdun learns a little about the Clone Wars.
“Even though you probably won’t know, I need to know about a certain planet.” Luke looks at him and Lowdun continues, “Tatooine.” “That planet's not worth talking much about, but what do you want to know about it?” “Well I had family there. I was wondering if maybe you could tell me how they are.” Luke looks up at him, “I’m from Tatooine, but the last time you were there was 20 years ago, so I don’t know if I’d know them I don’t know everyone on the planet, either.” ‘You’re from Tatooine? Good…that’s better than I could have expected. Do you know the Skywalker’s.” Luke just stared at Lowdun a minute before answering, ‘well my last name’s Skywalker, but there are other Skywalker families that are not related to me. That actually could be harder to know, since Skywalker is so common.” Lowdun nods, “I know.” He was surprised that Luke was a Skywalker. Lowdun ass, “Who is your father? I’ll see if I know him. We may be related.” “Anakin Skywalker.” Lowdun shook his head, “Okay, I don’t know him. We’re not related then.” Luke was surprised that Anakin’s name didn’t mean anything to him. The whole rest of the galaxy seems to have hard about him. “You've never heard of my father?” “No.” “He was the hero of the Clone Wars…. the Republic defeated the Maurders.” “Good. Anyway, have you heard of Summoner Skywalker's? I also have a daughter…Ellen, but she married and also moved away.” Luke thought a minute. “I’ve never herd of Ellen…I’ve heard the name Summoner before. I just can’t remember where…my uncle may have mentioned him to me once.” “Your uncle?” “Yeah, I live with my aunt and uncle because my parents died.” “What’s your uncle’s name?” “Owen.” And suddenly Luke remembered where he hard the name Summoner. Lowdun looked at Luke funny. “Do you have another uncle named Rhun?” Luke nodded, “Yeah…and I just remember where I hard of Summoner…he…that’s my grandfather. I only met him once.” Lowdun nods, he had realized who Luke was the same time that Luke did. “You’re my great- grandson then.” “But you said you n ever heard of my father.” ‘Yes, but I know who he is. Let me clarify myself. I knew your grandmother was pregnant when she disappeared. Your father must have been that child.” Something worried Lowdun about Luke. It was the Force. “How strong is your Force?” “I don’t know…I just know I have it.” Lowdun scans Luke over, and for the first time notices Luke’s lightsaber. “Are you a Jedi?” “No, the Jedi are extinct now. My father was, though. This belonged to him.” Lowdun asks, “The Jedi are extinct?” Luke nods. “How did that happen?” “The Sith hunted them down and killed them. I don’t know too much about it. We should be heading back to the ship. I told her it would be only half an hour, and it’s been like 45 minutes.” “Do you have any siblings, Luke?” “NO, but I wish I did.” “All right, let me write a message down for the others to let them know where I’ll be. My other son, Brax is here, also.” After that is down, Luke and Lowdun walk back to Mon Mothma. Luke says, “I found this man. He’s been stranded here for 20 years. It’s going to be crowded, but we can fall fit in.” “How’s your asthma?” she asks Luke. “Better…a lot better, thanks.” Lowdun goes up to Mon Mothma and says, “Hello. I’m Lowdun Skywalker.” She doesn’t even like hearing the last name Skywalker, but she says, “Hello. I’m Queen Samantha Jedi.” Lowdun stops, “Your grandparents are here. We’ll have to get a ship for my other companions. Yes, John and Catherine Jedi are among my companions.” “Wow…okay.” The ship's a lot better than it was. Luke’s able to breathe fairly well on it, so they take off once again. Lowdun starts to say, “So Anakin Skywalker, tell me about him.” Samantha says sharply, “don’t talk about hat man around me. Don’t’ even mention the name.’ Luke had winced when Lowdun had said it. He knew how Samantha would react. Darth Vader has been trying to locate Luke, with no success. He had Luke’s X-Wing number programmed into his ship’s computer. Suddenly Vader got a reading. At first, Luke didn’t notice. Vader was very good at following someone. Samantha was actually the one who noticed. “We’re being followed,” she finally says. Luke now sees it on the screen, “Crap! That’s an Imperial!” “It’s Darth Vader,” she says. This scared Luke and almost caused him to panic, but he held himself in check. “Whose Darth Vader?” asks Lowdun. “The second most top person in the Empire. He’s evil! The Emperor’s top servant. He killed my father,” Luke says. Samantha says nothing, just stares at the screen. The subject of Sith scared Lowdun. He wished to know nothing more about it. Luke says, “All right, I’m going into lightspeed. Let’s just hope I lose Vader.” Luke makes the jump. Samantha seriously doubts they’ll lose him. Luke gets out of lightspeed fast, then goes at some strange angle, and keeps doing that until they finally lose Vader. “Now to Hoth…,” Luke says. They land and everyone gets out. Vader, angry at losing Luke, makes a plan.
Until next time!
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Death Star: episode #76 Lowdun’s Rescue