What if Luke was caught with the droids in Anchorhead?
Luke was angered, his uncle had told him that he would not allow him to go to the Academy until the next season. He had brought two droids, Threepio, a protocol droid that drove him nuts of talking too much and R2D2, an astromech droid. His uncle, Owen Lars had ordered him to wipe their minds clean. Luke was puzzled the anger his uncle showed when he mentioned the name of Obi Wan Kenobi. He woke up early and drove the T-16 to Biggs Darklighter's home.
"Come, Biggs, I have to wipe these droids mind off,"
"I'm fixing my new model, Luke. How about we meet each other at Toschi Station?"
"Okay." Luke replied and headed towards Anchorhead.
On board of the Death Star I…
Darth Vader paced nervous. He had just questioned the princess Leia Organa and he came up with nothing. Why couldn't he bring to force-choke her? She was intriguingly strong. It reminded him of someone…who?
"Lord Vader, have you found the plans?" Moff Tarkin asked with an authoritative tone. Vader loathed the man but he was doing the emperor's bidding that why he endured the man.
"The plans are with the droids in Tatooine." Vader also despised that cursed place, long ago when he slaughtered the Tusken Raiders flashed within his mind as well as the anger he felt.
"They must be found, lord Vader," Moff Tarkin spat.
"Leave it to me." Vader replied and left the room.
Tatooine.
Owen was helping Beru when the stormtroppers came.
"Sir, we know you brought two droids recently, where are they?"
"The droids? Oh they were useless. I sold them to a Toydirian in Anchorhead." Owen replied.
The stormtroppers left without second thought. They didn't bother the farmers.
"Owen, why did you tell them that?" Beru was concerned.
"If the droids belonged to the empire I don't want any part with them. It is better they take it back." Owen replied.
"But Luke has them, have you thought about that?"
"The stormtroppers wouldn't bother the boy."
"Think, Owen! If they pick up the droids with Luke they will probably take Luke with them!"
Owen frowned. "I haven't thought about that. Let me get the speeder and find Luke. He probably left the droids and went to waste time with his friends."
Luke parked the speeder in front of the droid repair shop in Anchorhead. He waited for Biggs to come as he had promised. He was a little hungry he grabbed a little change from his pocket and took the droids with him entering the fast food place to get a bantha burger.
"We don't serve these kind here!" the clerk shouted out loud.
"Oh, threepio, wait outside." Luke said.
"Certainly, master Luke." Threepio replied.
Threepio and R2D2 left the fast food, Luke remained inside waiting to his food.
R2D2 started beeping and leaving the spot.
"Where are you going?"
Beep! Beep!
"Master Luke will not like this, come back!"
R2D2 kept going and disappeared among the crowd.
"Oh my!" Threepio shouted. "Come back!"
The stormtroppers saw the droids, they began shooting, R2D2 left, but Threepio got blasted as Luke ran outside the fast food towards the pieces of Threepio.
"Threepio!" Luke shouted.
"The boy! Let's get him. Set your weapons to stun," the stormtropper said to another.
Biggs arrived just to see his friend being stunned by the stormtropper. He ducked behind one of the buildings as everybody else was doing during the action of the stormtroppers. He saw one of the imperials picking up the pieces of Threepio and carrying Luke over the shoulders.
"I'll take these to Lord Vader, go find the other," the stormtrooper ordered the others. The stormtroppers left the street towards the alley and the people began to resume their affairs.
Biggs saw Owen Lars' old speeder approaching.
"Mr. Lars!" Biggs shouted.
"Darklighter?" Owen replied. "Where is Luke?"
"Sir. They took him!"
"Who took him!" Owen asked with concern.
"The stormtroppers, sir."
"By the stars! It's all my fault!" Owen shouted.
"Come with me, I hate to do this but unfortunately there is only one way to get him back." Owen said.
"What are you talking about, sir?" Biggs asked
"There is only one person who can help him now."
"Who?"
"Obi Wan Kenobi." Owen replied angrily.
Vader and Moff Tarkin argued amongst the other imperials.
"The princess resisted to the mind probe." Vader replied.
"Perhaps we should try another persuasion, lord Vader." Moff Tarkin replied.
"What do you mean?" Vader asked with curiosity, what would be the evil Moff planning?
"We shall go to Alderaan." Moff replied. "I'll show you a persuasion she will not be able to resist and she will tell were the rebel base is and the plans." Moff replied with confidence.
R2D2 kept going. He was beeping, turning around for hours. He went through the dunes of Tatooine and kept turning around for any sign of danger. He got closer to the mountains and he hid behind a large rock when he sensed movement. Two large banthas with tusken raiders approached the small droid and it started beeping loud.
A loud noise came from a hooded man and the tusken raiders ran away.
"Hello there!" the hooded man took down his hood and reavealed the face of Obi Wan Kenobi.