Death Star: episode #77 The New Rebel Base
Previously: Luke found out that he was related to Lowdun, who is his great-grandfather. Luke, Samantha, and Lowdun all set out for Hoth together.
�Now to Hoth�,� Luke says. They land and everyone gets out. Vader, angry with losing Luke, makes up a plan. �So he escaped�I guess I�ll have to sent out probes.� Vader almost totally forgot about Summoner and torturing him. He is obsessed with finding Luke now. Darth Vader gives an order for thousands of probes to be sent out into space�he knows the Rebels will establish a new base, and that Luke is with them. As soon as Luke landed, Samantha got out. �I�m finally away from that ship,� she says to herself quietly. Luke says to Lowdun before he gets off, �We'll send someone out to get the 4 others that were with you.� Lowdun nods. �Thanks, Luke.� Lowdun was really worried about Luke. The more he observed him, the more sure he got that Luke had an extremely high Force. It scared him. �It�s higher than mine is, or even than Summoner�s was!� Luke�s� father was dead, but Lowdun knew his Force must have been very strong, also. Lowdun felt slightly better that the Jedi were extinct, but he knew if Frey had been right about the Empire vision, then why wouldn�t the other vision be correct, also. Before going off, Lowdun tuned to Luke. �Hey, do you now what: je suis ton p�re means?� Luke looked at him puzzled. �No�what language is that?� �I don�t know.� Lowdun then turned and got off the ship. Luke could tell that something was wrong with Lowdun�something about him bothered the old man. Luke, Lowdun, and Samantha enter the new Rebel Base. While the main Rebel Base had been on Yavin, there were several Rebel Bases on other planets, and Hoth had been one of them. Lowdun found Rhun and Owen standing tighter against the back wall. Lowdun goes over to them. �Hello,� he says. Neither Rhun nor Owen recognizes him. (They were 5 and 4 when Lowdun left and now they�re 44 and 43.) They both resembled their father, so Lowdun was able to recognize them. Owen looks at him puzzled. �I�m your grandfather, Lowdun,� he says. Rhun stares tat him. They hugged. �Where have you been?� �A boy, Luke�he told me he was your nephew, rescued me. He tells me that at the beginning of the Clone Wars�. I didn�t know what they were called before, anyway, I was left stranded on a tiny Maurder planet.� Owen nods. �So Luke�s here now?� Lowdun nodded. When Luke got inside, he saw Han right away. �Hey kid, what took you so long?� �It�s a long story, Han. What�s going on?� �The Rebels need people to go out and check to make sure there are no Imperials�or anyone else for that matter, here. I volunteered us. I hope you don�t mind.� �What? I just got here�but okay. I personally think anyone else living here would have to be crazy. This place is cold.� Han says, �Yeah, Hoth is an ice planet�nothing but snow and ice.� �When do we go?� asks Luke. �Right now.� �Crap�hang on.� Luke starts taking things out of his utility belt. The only things he leaves in it are his lightsaber, binoculars, a comlink, and something Han gives him�a life scanner�and it scans any form of life. �What are you doing that for?� �I�m making it lighter.� �What about your inhaler?� Luke shakes his head, �too cold. It�d freeze. It�ll be fine. There�s nothing here to get me sick.� Han shrugs. �Okay,� They each then put on heavy outfits to protect them from the cold. The temperature is �60 without the winds. After dark, the temperature could get 100 degrees colder than that. Each person that goes out on the expedition knows they must return before dark. They also must ride the Tatuntauns, because the snowspeeders are not adapted to the cold yet. Tatuntauns are a weird kind of animal that are well suited for Hoth�s environment. Luke and Han leave.
Until next time!
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Death Star: episode #77 The New Rebel Base