Death Star: episode #18 The beginning of the Companions and the Imperial Probe Droid
Previously: I told you about Luke�s� health problems. One of them being asthma. He�s telling me about it when I hear a beeping noise. It�s a droid down the hall. That is how we run into the droids C-3PO and R2-D2. C-3PO mentions something about a mission�and it has to do with someone named Obi-Wan Kenobi. We start to leave the factor because of Luke�s asthma.
C-3PO says, �What about the mission?� Luke starts coughing again (he has been on and off the entire time) and he says, �Listen, you can come with us. I�ve got to get out of here. Have asthma and I�m having trouble breathing.� C-3PO leads the way to the nearest exit. Once we�re outside I look at Luke. �You look miserable�are you all right.� �Yeah�� Luke used his inhaler again and put it back in a pocket on his bet. �I need to sit down for awhile�I�m sick.� �But what abut the people in the orange�the Maurders or whatever you call them.� Luke says, �I guess you�re right�we probably should get out of here and get back towards the ship. I don�t know what I�m going to tell my aunt�I�ll think of something.� I can tell that Luke is breathing better�but I know that his asthma�s still bothering him. �Which way is it?� Luke looks around, �I�m not sure��Suddenly we can hear someone approaching. It�s as female. Luke recognizes her. But before he can say anything, she snaps, �there you are. I�ve been looking all over for you. What�s going on�explain it to me now.� �Aunt Beru�this is Lissy�and�� he coughs again. C-3PO steps up, �I am C-3PO and this is my counterpart R2-D2.� �Where did you find these, Luke?� Luke says, �In the factory over there. They say they have some important mission or something. They could be useful to us on the farm. And this is the girl that the Maurders were looking for. Can she stay with us? She isn�t from here�� Beru stares at Luke. �I don�t know. We�re short on money as it is. You�ll have to ask your uncle.� Luke says, �thanks.� As we head back to the ship, Luke�s gradually coughing less. Finally, we all make it safely to the ship. Beru takes off. Luke sits down. Once we�re in hyperspace, Beru goes back to where Luke is. �Why aren�t you stacking up the empty packing boxes?� �Because I�m sick. It�s my asthma�and I�� �I don�t care about your stupid breathing problem. You�re not coughing any more, stack them.� She smacks him. �Now, hurry up.� Luke rolls his eyes. �All right, Aunt Beru...I�m going�� as he walks past her, she smacks him again, �You better t be, boy.� Luke normally would have done his chores on the ship, but he felt sick�and he doesn�t just lay down the work when he feels a little sick�but he has to really really feel sick before he says he�s sick. It�s one of the lessons he learned from his aunt�he had to also build up a tolerance to pain. Whenever his aunt hurt him when he was a little, and he�d cry. She would hurt him worse and tell him not to cry or shed� do it again. Now, back to Samantha Wicket (the Ewok I mentioned toward the end of episode #9), the Ewok that is her personal bodyguard is looking for her. Samantha keeps a supply of yub-yub nuts in a jar in her room. She knows Ewoks just love this. Anyway, Samantha is I her room�it�s right after the meeting and she�s relaxing. �Maybe I should try to contact Bail and find out if he knows anything or Obi-Wan�although I have no idea where Obi-Wan would be if he were alive.� Her thoughts were interrupted as Wicket burst in. Samantha knew there was something wrong immediately. Everyone always knocked first. �What is it, Wicket?� Wicket say, �there as an Imperial probe droid here. We think it may have seen you, although we cannot be certain. We destroyed it�but I think it was a self-destruct mechanism. We believe that the Empire may be searching for the hidden Rebel Base.� �Yavin�maybe we better contact them.� Back to the Empire. Darth Vader says, �Admiral, turn the ship back around. We�re going back to Coruscant. I want you to start on that torture chamber right away�and I need to tell the Emperor something. � The Admiral stares at Vader. �I thought we were going to the Death Star.� �I�ve changed my mind�I�ll be going there after I have done what I wanted on Coruscant�now turn the ship around NOW. Is that clear?� �Yes, Lord Vader.� �Good.� The ship is turned around and they go back to Coruscant.
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Death Star: episode #18 The beginning of the Companions and the Imperial Probe Droid