Death Star: episode #31 Obi-Wan Kenobi
Previously: Old Ben Kenobi came to our aid after the Sandpeople attacked us. A sandstorm came up, so Ben invited us over to his place. Once inside, Luke asks Ben about Obi-Wan.
�Obi-Wan? Obi-Wan. Now that�s a name I haven�t heard in a long time. A long time.� Luke says, �is he dead?� Ben says, �no�he�s not dead�not yet.� �You know him then?� Before Ben decides to answer this question, he says, �before I answer that, I need to know something about you. (Indicating both Luke and me). What are your names, and where are you from?� Luke and I both think this is a weird request, but we go ahead. I step in before Luke can. �My name is Lissy, and I�m from somewhere called Earth. It�s in another dimension. I got here by accident. It all started with marching band and this weird janitor. He and the retired gym teacher chased my friends and me and I got here because the weird lights that brought me here blocked my path. Once there, the are they called-Maurders? Chased me and I got into some kind of factory. That�s where he found me. (I point to Luke), and he took me to his house.� Ben says, �Oh�the Maurder�s rumored other dimension. What were thy up to this time, I wonder�.� Ben regarded me as just a person that had gotten mixed up in a Maurder project. He considered me as safe, but he still had to hear from Luke. Luke steps up and says, �And I am Luke Skywalker, and I�m from Tatooine. I live on the other side of the Judland Wastes�kind of by Anchorhead.� This took Ben completely by surprise�he in no way had expected this. Ben scanned Luke and look at him thoughtfully, then after thinking for a minute says, �Okay,� with a nod. �You�ve grown up quit a bit since the last time I saw you. I know most of the families out here.� Luke says, �Now that we�ve told you who we are�can you tell us?� Ben nods with a little smile, �Why of course I know him. He�s me. I haven�t gone by the name Obi-Wan since, oh before you were born.� Luke says, �Well then, I guess this droid does have a message for you.� Ben or Obi-Wan, goes over to R2-D2 and pushes a message retrieval button. �General Obi-Wan Kenobi, years ago you aided us in the Clone Wars. You must help us again in the struggle against the Emperor. I have placed information vital to the survival of the Rebellion in this R2 unit. We�re on Yavin. I sent it to you instead of directly to Yavin just to make sure no one would get suspicious. And there is another reason for contacting you�Leia is missing.� With that, the transmission was broken. Obi-Wan sits back to think, then turns to Luke. Luke says, �you fought in the Clone Wars? But that was so long ago.� (I�ll call him either Obi-Wan or Ben throughout the story, but know that it�s the same person.) Ben says, �Um, yes�I was once a Jedi Knight, (Obi-Wan turns to look directly at Luke) like your father.� This really got a reaction from Luke. �You�re confused. NO, my father wasn�t some knight. He was a navigator on a space Freighter.� Obi-Wan shakes his head, �That�s what your uncle told you.� Luke then asks, �you knew my father?� Ben Kenobi nods, then says, ��I�m afraid there wasn�t much of a farmer in him, although he wasn�t one very long. He always was out for something more. He started out as a slave�then became a Jedi. He farmed a little before going into the Clone Wars. He was already a great pilot when I met him. The Force�the instinct was unusually strong in him, which you may have inherited.� �I wish I�d known him,� says Luke. �Hmm�but all this reminds me�I have something for you.� Luke just stares at Obi-Wan strangely as he goes looking for something in a trunk. I have been forgotten, plus all this talk really confuses me since I have no idea what any of it is about. I have decided to go have a seat on the bench. Luke and Ben�s conversation is very interesting, although it doesn�t have anything to do with me. Obi-Wan retrieves a strange metal object that reminds me of a flashlight. Ben gives it to Luke. �What is it?� �Your father�s lightsaber�he wanted you to have it.� Luke hits a couple of switches and reveals a blue sword-like light. (It looks like Mr. Siesel�s AKA Darth Vader�s red one.) Obi-Wan watches Luke intently as he swings it back and forth. Obi-Wan then says, �this was the formal weapon of a Jedi Knight. Not as clumsy or random as a blaster. There were over a thousand generations of Jedi Knights. They were the guardians of peace and justice in the Old Republic before the dark times�before the Empire.� After looking at the lightsaber a little more, Luke turns it off and turns it over to see the initials A.S. �Alex Skywalker,� Luke thinks. �This really did belong to my father.� Luke thinks for a minute, and then says, �How�how did my father die?� Obi-Wan swallows hard.
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Death Star: episode #31 Obi-Wan Kenobi