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The Terminator: Well, I didn't really know about the Nubian thing, but let's just say that Nubian stands for the name of the ship and it's from Naboo for this story. Okay? Okay. The same mistake won't be made in the sequels.

Chapter 5 – Preparing for the Race, Midi-Chlorians, and the Second Bet

Outside of the Nubian, Strong Bad was talking to Coach Z through his com-link 2000.

"So what if this plan doesn't work? We'll be stranded here. Don't get me wrong, but, I DON'T WANT TO BE STRANDED IN THIS WASTELAND!" exclaimed Strong Bad.

"I just trorst Homestar. Besides, he can get us our ports," said Coach Z as he turned off his com-link and went to the porch of the slave quarters, where Unnamed was, watching Homestar, Marzipan, Reynold, Homsar, and Strong Sad work on Homestar's Podracer.

"You should be proud of Homestar," said Coach Z.

"I know! That's why I won the "Being Proud of your Son" Contest for the last something years," said Unnamed.

"And he has sporcial powers," added Coach Z.

"That too," said Unnamed.

"He can see things before they happen. That's why he has such queeck reflorxes. A Jordi troit," said Coach Z.

"Is mispronunciation another Jedi trait?" asked Unnamed.

"No, that's just a problem with me," admitted Coach Z, "Ya know, if he was born in the Repooblic, we would have found him faster."

"Can you train him?" asked Unnamed.

"I'm not so sure," replied Coach Z.

"He deserves a better life than a slave's life," said Unnamed.

"Who was his forther?"

"He had no father for some reason. And I didn't find him in a basket outside of my house," replied Unnamed.

Meanwhile, some of Homestar's friends (Frank Bennedetto, the painting of a Man with the Big Knife, Grape Nuts Robot, 1936 Homestar, and Senor Cardgage (don't ask how the first three were able to move)) came to see Homestar's Podracer.

"Will you look at that? An unidentified droid thingie," said 1936 Homestar with no clue what he was saying.

"Hey guys! I'm going to wace in the Boonta Eve wace tomowow!" announced Homestar.

"What?" asked 1936 Homestar.

"You've ben hoving on that sence the thawn of thime," mumbled Senor Cardgage.

"Now spell: You will never win with that piece of crap," said the Grape Nuts Robot.

"…" said the painting of a Man with the Big Knife as Homestar's friends left.

"Hey Weynolds, don't touch those enewgy bindews, fow they numb you fow houws," warned Homestar as Reynold was near where the energy binders were in the Podracer.

"Oh, thanks," thanked Reynold as he accidentally dropped a screwdriver.

Reynold picked up the screwdriver when his tongue accidentally was electructed by the energy binders as he dropped the tool in the energy binder plate. So Reynold reached in the energy binder plate, but suddenly, his hand was stuck in the plate.

"Voh, vy vong, vaf. Velf, vy vand, veez thont thoff uf vy vand!" said Reynold with the swollen tongue.

"Well, Homsar, if that's your name. I do say Reynold is a stupid type of person," observed Strong Sad.

"Let's get this Podracer started!" said Coach Z.

"Okay!" replied Homestar as he went into a little capsule behind the two engines.

Marzipan was kind enough to yank Reynold out of the energy binder plate just as the engine came to life, nearly slicing Reynold's hand off. Then the Podracer began to work.

"YAY! IT'S WOWKING! CAN YOU HEAR ME?" Homestar asked Coach Z.

"WHAT? CAN YOU STEER THREE?" asked Coach Z.

That night, Homestar was sitting on the balcony rail of his house while Coach Z was tending a cut on Homestar's, um, well, Coach Z didn't do it on the arm. Still, he got a blood sample from him, somehow. Homestar was looking at the stars in the sky.

"Let me tend to this cort," said Coach Z as he was cleaning the "cut".

"Look at the planets! Has anyone seen them all?" asked Homestar.

"Um, I don't know," replied Coach Z.

"I want to be the first one to see them all!"

"Homestar! Get to bed!" shouted Unnamed from the house.

Then Coach Z scraped Homestar's blood onto a com-link chip.

"What awe you doing?" asked Homestar.

"Checking yor bloood," replied Coach Z.

"Weiwd way to…" began Homestar.

"HOMESTAR! GET IN HERE AT ONCE!" shouted Unnamed.

"Uh, go back to yor room, you have a beeg day tomoroow," said Coach Z as Homestar ran into his house.

Then Coach Z put the chip in his com-link and began talking to Strong Bad.

"Hey Strong Bad, I'm sending you a bloood sample. I need a midi-chloorian count," said Coach Z.

"What the crap? This guy has over 20,000 midi-chlorians! Cool! Even Pom-Pom…" began Strong Bad.

"Master Pom-Pom," corrected Coach Z.

"Even Master Pom-Pom doesn't have a midi-chlorian count that's this freakingly high!" exclaimed Strong Bad.

"No Jordi has."

"What does it mean?" asked Strong Bad.

"I dunno," said Coach Z.

Ina Tatooine desert, a Sith spaceship landed on a mesa, opened up the door and ramp for Darth Stick to exit the ship. Then he looked through electrobinoculars at the landscape and spotted three different cities, Mos Espa, Mos Eisley, and Mos Whatever. Then he pushed buttons on his electric armband to make three different probe droids fly to the three cities.

In the Main Hangar of the arena, there were a lot of pilots and droids tending to Podracers. The Cheat was talking to Coach Z.

"I want to see the Nubian when the race is over," said The Cheat.

"You will, the Chort. You'll get the mooney and we'll fly to the sky!" said Coach Z.

"Not unless Homestar doesn't win," retorted The Cheat.

"What? You're not sooporting Homestar?" asked Coach Z.

"Don't get me wrong. I like Homestar, my own little slave! But I bet all my money on The Sneak," said The Cheat as he pointed to The Sneak, who is in a bubble bath and is being tended by a female version of The Sneak.

"Oh no!" cried out Reynold from recognition.

"So, why do you think he'll win?" asked Coach Z.

"He always wins, duh, and I'm betting heavily on The Sneak," replied The Cheat.

"Okay, I'll do that."

"What?"

"I'll worger my new racing pod on Homestar and Unnamed," said Coach Z.

"No! No two slaves are worth one Podracer, I mean, no Podracer is worth two slaves!" angrily argued The Cheat.

"Okay, Homestar," said Coach Z.

Then The Cheat got out a blue and red dice.

"Here is a chance dice. If it lands on blue, it's Homestar. Red, it's Unnamed," said The Cheat as he dropped the dice as Coach Z used the Force on the dice.

And it landed on blue, making The Cheat angry.

"You won the small toss, outlander, but you won't win the race. So there's going to be no difference!" shouted The Cheat angrily as he tossed the dice away, hitting Reynold's head. Then The Cheat went to Homestar, 1936 Homestar, Marzipan, and Unnamed riding on Eopies, some camel-like creatures. Then The Cheat said to Homestar, "Better stop your friends betting, or I'll own him too!"

"What'd he mean by that?" asked Homestar.

"Uh, nothing," said Coach Z.

Meanwhile, Strong Sad and Homsar were having a little discussion about space flights.

"What? Space flights sound terrifying! I know they won't squeeze me in one of those ships!" said Strong Sad.

"AAAAAAAAAAA! I can't see the pound!" shouted Homsar.

Then 1936 Homestar said to Homestar, "You going to finish the tooch?"

"What is he talking about?" asked Marzipan.

"Oh wight, I didn't talk to you about it. I nevew finished a wace!" said Homestar

"What? You didn't win at all?" asked Marzipan.

"Nope!"

"Not even finished?"

"Nope! But maybe today."

One of Darth Stick's prode droids was flying around Mos Espa, looking for the Jedis or Queen Marzipala.

In the Desert Race Arena, a huge amount of people were seated on seats in the amphitheathere, cheering their lungs out. There were also large viewing platforms over the racetrack.

"Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen and aliens!" said the Announcer in the Announcer's Box, "We have perfect weather for the Boonta Eve today! The contestants are making their way to the grid!"

A line of podracers pulled by aliens and pilots made their way to the starting line while other aliens (and Strong Sad) were carrying flags.

"Yes! There they are! There is Sickly Sam from the black and white world!" said the Announcer as Sickly Sam waved weakly at the spectators, "And…"

(Some minutes of introducing miscellaneous racers)

"…On the front line is the reigning champion, The Sneak! Today's favorite! And Homestar Runner, a late entry and local boy! Better luck this time!" announced the Announcer as the spectators cheered for the racers, more for The Sneak than any other, less for Homestar than any other.

The flaggers were moving onto the track. Then Jabba Da Huuuuuudge arrived with the King of Town next to him. All looked at Jabba Da Huuuuuudge.

"And his honor, our glorious host, Jabba Da Huuuuuudge!" announced the Announcer.

"Welcome, go and see if you lose more money than gain," said Jabba Da Huuuuuudge in its bubbly, disgusting language.

1936 Homestar was helping in doing last-minute checks on Homestar's Podracer. Then Unnamed talked to Homestar.

"Be safe," said Unnamed.

"Okay!" replied Homestar.

Meanwhile, The Sneak did a little work of his own on Homestar's Podracer and then scuttled off.

"Let the race begin!" announced Jabba Da Huuuuuudge, making the crowd give a loud cheer.

Meanwhile, Coach Z helped Homestar in his Podracer.

"I don't need help!" said Homestar as he struggled to get himself in the Podracer.

"So, you all right? Of course you are. Just concentrate. Forl. Don't think. Trorst your instincts. May the Force be with you," said Coach Z as he left to the viewing platform and the pilots get themselves in their Podracers and began starting them up.

"Oh my, this is going to get messy," said Reynold in the viewing platform as the flaggers left to where they came from.

"The power couplings are being activated! The flaggers are leaving the field!" said the Announcer, "Start your engines!" as the pilots did so.

Just then, Lakitu, a yellow bird-like creature with goggles and a traffic light and sitting in a cloud with a face on it appeared and…

"What? Lakitu? What are you doing here? Go back to Mushroom Kingdom where you belong!" scolded Homer Starrun, so Lakitu flew away, disappointed, "Cloud butt."

Meanwhile, a rock candy was given to Jabba Da Huuuuuudge, but instantly, the King of Town reached for it and ate it.

"You know that's pea flavored," said Jabba Da Huuuuuudge.

"What? I hate peas!" exclaimed the King of Town as he spit out the rock candy, which was shot to a gong, signaling the start of the race.

Meanwhile, a green light on a bridge over the track flashed in the center. All Podracers sped off to start the race, except for two, Homestar's and Sickly Sam's.

"And they're off! Except for Homestar Runner's and Sickly Sam's!" announced the Announcer as the audience laughed at them.