The crew had been looking for hours to no avail. They all grew hungry and their injuries slowly got to them and they didn't know how much longer they could keep going. The Phantom and the speeder had run out of gas now and they were on foot.
"We… need to… stop," Ezra moaned.
"We have to keep going. Without help soon we're all going to die," Kanan told Ezra as he sat Hera down, stretched, picked her back up, and kept walking.
"Fine," Ezra said.
Hours passed by as the crew trudged on through the endless desert. They began to have hallucinations of water and houses. The next thing they knew Hera was waking up.
"What happened?" she asked looking around at the crew's multiple cuts and bruises.
"We made it to Tatooine. But we also might have wrecked the Ghost and destroyed Chopper during the attack.
"YOU DID WHAT?" the Twi'lek screamed.
"We kept you alive, isn't that enough to suppress your anger?" Zeb pointed out.
"Fine. But I'm not to forgive for destroying my ship!" Hera said.
The crew's spirits were brightened by Hera waking up even if she yelled at them, they were happy to have her. Meanwhile, Kanan was about to give up looking for shelter when he saw something in the distance as he climbed over a dune. It was a tall slender contraption. A moisture vaporator!
"Ezra, Zeb, Sabine, Hera! I see a moisture vaporator! That means civilization!" Kanan exclaimed.
"You're just seeing things," Zeb said glumly.
"No, he's not. I see it, too!" Ezra yelled happily. He began to sprint, a feeling of hope returned to his mind. Zeb, Kanan, and Sabine followed Ezra the same feeling inside themselves. As they got closer they saw an igloo like structure and multiple other moisture vaporator surrounding a large hole. Kanan stepped ahead of Ezra as they got closer and closer to the house. When they reached the igloo like house Kanan knocked on the door hoping someone was home. Nothing. He tried again. Once more he got nothing. Kanan knocked one last time and finally someone came to the door. It was a gruff man who wore a tan tunic and a brown robe.
"Hello!" the man said looking at the strange group of people who had just shown up at his door. "Do I know you?"
"No, you don't," Kanan told him. "But we need your help. Our ship crashed in the desert and we haven't eaten in days."
"I'll see what I can do for you," the man told the Rebels. "Come on in. Oh and my name is Owen by the way. Owen Lars."
"Thank you," Kanan told the moisture farmer.
The crew followed Owen down to the bottom of the hole that was connected to the igloo. It had rooms on the sides and a spiral staircase that led down to the bottom.
"Beru! We have some guests! Could you fix them some food?" Owen yelled down the stairs to his wife.
"Of course! It'll be ready in a minute! Where's Luke?" she yelled back up.
"He's out flying his T-16! I swear he's gonna wreck that thing someday!" he shouted down the hole. Owen turned and talked to Kanan, "Luke is our 16-year old nephew and adopted son. He's always flying his speeder through Beggar's Canyon trying to get himself killed. Anyway, you lot can stay in that empty room down there," Owen told Kanan pointing at a large door at the bottom of the stairs.
"Thank you so much!" Ezra exclaimed as he jogged down the stairs toward the room. Zeb, Sabine, and Hera followed him at a much slower pace.
"Are you coming, Love?" Hera called to Kanan.
"I'll be down there in just a second! Excuse me Mr. Lars, but you don't happen to know where I could buy a ship do you?" Kanan questioned Owen.
"Please just call me Owen, and if you're looking for a ship the closest spaceport is Mos Eisley and that's a good distance from here, but I'm sure Luke wouldn't mind driving you there in a couple of days," Owen replied.
"Uncle Owen! You're gonna wanna see this!" exclaimed a sudden voice from the top of the hole.
"Well," Owen laughed, "speak of the devil! Coming Luke!"
Owen and Kanan jogged up the stairs to see Luke standing by a wrecked T-16. Its right wing was barely hanging on and the gun was broken.
"What happened?" Owen exclaimed staring at the wrecked T-16.
"I was making my usual run through Beggar's Canyon and the next thing I knew Windy ran into me and I slammed against the canyon wall," Luke explained. "Who's this guy?" He added shortly after.
"This is Kanan. His ship wrecked so he and his friends are staying here for a while. But that's besides the point. Do you have any idea how much that cost me?" Owen yelled.
"About 1,500 credits," Luke hesitantly snapped back.
"Never mind. It's almost dinner. Park that thing behind the house then come down to the kitchen," Owen sighed.
The next chapter will be more exciting, I promise! How did you like the beginning of this epic cameo! Any suggestions will be taken into account. Expect the next chapter Friday. I will be really busy tomorrow.