Luke spent a week with his aunt and uncle, getting caught up in all that had happened in their lives and telling them more stories of his time away. Leia had joined him for a few days, in route to a mission with Han. Those days had been spent with laughter, hugs and some tales from them about moments when Luke wasn't around or even their point of view of events. Luke had been sorry to see them leave when they finally headed off on their mission, it had been nice to feel like a normal family for once, but he was just glad that they had all gotten a chance to meet each other.
The last night he was there, Yoda appeared to him and said "More relaxed you are young one, ready you are." "Ready for what Master?" Luke questioned, but the green alien only chuckled and replied "See you will. R2 will take you." And with that he disappeared, leaving Luke rather confused. "Do you know what he means R2?" R2 beeped a little and Luke replied "What do you mean you aren't going to tell me?" R2 beeped a bit more and Luke sighed and said "Fine, I'll wait."
The next morning, he bid his aunt and uncle goodbye, promising to both visit again and call them. After he climbed into his X-Wing, he said "Okay R2, where are we going?" R2 beeped a reply as the X-Wing lifted off the ground. "Takodana? Whats there?" R2 whistled and beeped and Luke sighed once more and said "Okay, okay, I'll be patient.
When they arrived at Takodana, R2 settled the X-Wing next to a temple with many banners flying over it. "This is where we are supposed to go?" Luke questioned. R2 whistled and beeped. "Alright, stay with the X-Wing, I'll be back after I find this Maz character Yoda wants me to meet." Luke exited the X-Wing, and headed inside, which he found a bit similar to the bar he met Han in in Mos Eisley. "Well, I haven't seen you around here before, how can I help you?"
Luke spotted the voice of the one who spoke rather quickly, she wore goggles over her eyes that seemed to magnify them and she was just a bit taller then Yoda. "I'm looking for Maz Kanata, do you know her?" "Know her? I am her, what can I do for you?" she said as she motioned for him to take a seat at a nearby table. "Honestly, I don't know, Master Yoda sent me to you." "Ah he did, did he, then you must be a Jedi. He wants me to send you were I send all the Jedi that come this way." She said with a knowing smile.
"Which is where?" asked Luke. "Edjei. You won't find it on any map, the Jedi made sure of that. You will find the others there?" "Others? How many?" Luke asked, a bit of excitement in his voice. "Not as many as there used to be, that's for sure. I never really kept track, figured that would be best in case the Emperor learned about it. What is your name?" "Oh, I'm sorry, its Luke, Luke Skywalker." "Skywalker hey, you might want to keep that under wraps, at least until they get to know you." "You mean because of my father?"
"Ah so he was your father, I always thought he and Padmé looked a little too close to just be friends." Maz said, "And yes, because of him. He betrayed the Jedi, and many of their memories run deep." "My mother's name was Padmé?" "If I am guessing correctly, then yes, it was. She was from Naboo." Maz said, "Was Queen there for a short while and then Senator. I heard she died in childbirth." She let Luke take in this information before cutting into his thoughts. "Anyways, I have a business to run, so if you'll excuse me, I'm going to get back to it. Take your time, don't feel like you have to rush off."
As Maz hurried along on her way, Luke sat there deep in thought, his pointer fingers tapping his lips. On the one hand he wanted to rush to this Edjei… which Maz hadn't told him how to get to and she said it wasn't on a map, so that was a problem though easily fixed, but he also wanted to run to Naboo and see what he could learn of his mother. The question is, which would he do first?
Dun dun dun! Lol honestly, I wasn't planning on stopping it here, but I'm trying to figure out which one to do myself, so if you want to leave a review about where you think he should go first, then by all means do so :D
