Death
Star: episode #21 Smuggler's Run and a
message from Bail Organa
Previously: I talked to Luke a little about his family
life. C-3PO insists on finding Obi-Wan.
While cleaning R2-D2, Luke accidentally hit a button that kept playing all these
messages that people had recorded. But the present message, R2 refuses to let
us hear.
"No
sir…that message is also dated…20 years ago, almost."
Luke is starting to get kind of annoyed.
"Is there any
message on here that is present?"
C-3PO says after
some beeping form R2-D2.
"Yes, there is
one left, but it's a private message for Obi-Wan Kenobi from our last master,
Captain Antilles."
"Who is Captain Antilles?"
"The ruler of Alderaan."
I watched the
whole conversation. I Didn't' feel as
if I could take pert in it because I was not form there and had no idea what
was going on. Beru takes us out of lightspeed as we approach Tatooine.
As Beru was
landing the ship, I turned toward Luke, "So how are you feeling?"
He says, "Better…not great, but the attack's
over."
"That's good."
Meanwhile, Jabba the Hutt has just sent Boba
Fett out to capture Chewbacca for a bounty. Right after Boba Fett left,
Summoner had got up and said he had a family engagement and had left. Elliot Skywalker, Mrs. Idiot, Maggie Idiot,
Vader's Clone, and the others also left. Jabba also left, but he went to his palace on Tatooine, where his
smugglers were now waiting. His top
smuggler was a guy named Han Solo. Gwydion had previously contacted Dash Corta, as he said he'd do at the
meeting wit the other Rebels. Dash Corta had agreed to go undercover and spy,
even though he knew it would be risky. For this reason, Dash also came when
Jabba requested smuggling services.
Jabba is now talking, "This is an extremely
important run I need you to do. The
contents are worth over 99,000,000 credits."
Han says, "I understand," and he turns to
leave.
"Don't worry, you know me."
As Han turns to leave to go for his ship, he
says under his breath, "and if you weren't' after Chewie maybe I would," He
stops as he boards his ship.
"Chewie, you all
set?'
Chewbacca roars.
Spice smuggling
is an illegal activity and is an Imperial offence, but Han could care
less. It's the money that matters to
him. Han's past is unknown to him…he
has no idea who his parents were or what type of people they were. He vaguely remembers enough to know that his
name is Han Solo…actually Jabba might have a lot to account for that. Jabba knew who Han Solo was and where
he had come from. Anyway, just after they set out, an Imperial ship comes in
hot pursuit of them. (Actually, it's
Boba Fett, but he rode on an Imperial Cruiser as disguise.) Fett had promised them that there was some
kind of illegal activity going on. Han
knew that the Imperials would board…and he knew what the offense would be with
the spice.
"Chewie, it looks like we'll have to dump
this"
So, Han dumped the spice. When the Imperials
boarded, they found nothing and left. The Imperials wouldn't let Fett bard anyone unless they fond anything. Han and Chewie returned to Tatooine. Now to Lando Calrissian…(Note: I messed up on something…r2-D2 and C-3PO and
Chewie. I mentioned them in episode #10
and said they were with Lando…then I had them be in the factory…well I'm gong
to have to say that the factory is correct.) (I have a better idea…) Lando
was given a special assignment by Bail Organa, head of the Rebel movement. Chewbacca was not with Lando, he was with
Han. (I know why that error occurred…I
originally was going to have Han be Jameson because that's who I liked at the
time I started the stories, so Chewie would have had to be with Lando, if that
were the case.) I guess Chewie's wife
could be there, though. Anyway, Lando
was receiving an incoming message from Alderaan in the form of a hologram.
"Lando Calrissian? This is Bail Organa."
Lando says, "I'm here."
Then Bail
continues, "Good, I need you to do something for the rebellion. I understand that there is to be an Imperial
Cruiser coming through your sector. They are carrying something vital to the
survival of the Rebellion…I need you to use those droids I sent you earlier for
the job. There is certain information in the ship's computer that we must
have. It is a detailed plan of
something they're calling the Death Star. Use the R2 unit to retrieve the
information, and then send it to Tatooine to Obi-Wan Kenobi. There is a pre-recorded message on there for
him. If you run into any problems, drop
the droids at the nearest planet…the mission has been programmed into them."
Until next time!