Star Wars: Remix version
Chapter five: Tatooine
The Naboo Starship landed in a large parking lot of Spaceships on the outskirts of Mos Espa. Anakin, Ray and Padme rode a rickshaw through the streets. Anakin stared at sights he hadn't seen for years. Finally, they came to Wattos' shop, and the rickshaw stopped.
"Wait, please." Anakin told the droid driver. The droid nodded. Anakin got down. Sitting on a stool in front of the shop was Watto. He was using a small electronic screwdriver on a fiddly droid. Three pit droids were chattering away and were trying to help him, but they seemed only to make him madder.
"Noah Nopa Da wanga Da wanga" Watto yelled. (No not that one. That one)
"Excuse me, Watto." Anakin said stopping in front of the blue winged alien.
"Haku?" Watto snapped. (What)
"Chut chut" Anakin replied. (Excuse me) Watto turned to the chattering pit droids.
"Doompa." He muttered (Shut down). The pit droids snap into their storage position.
"Haku? I Hagwa Noah Chuba.... Haku Kavaa. I Ap Che Chuba?" Watto said. (What? I don't know you, What can I do for you?)
"Let me help you with that" Anakin said speaking in English now. Anakin took the fiddly piece of equipment and started to play with it. Watt blinked in surprise. "I am looking for Shmi Skywalker" Watto looked at him suspiciously. He stared at Padme and Ray, then back to Anakin.
"Ani, Little Ani, NAhhhh!" He mused. Suddenly, the fiddly piece of equipment in Anakin's hands whirred into life. Watto blinked at it. "You are Ani, you little womp rat, and all grown up too"
"Where is my mother?" Anakin asked.
"Oh, yeah. Shmi... she's not mine no more. I sold her." Watto explained.
"sold her…" Anakin echoed.
"Years ago. Sorry, Ani, but you know, business is business. Sold her to a moisture farmer named Lars. Least I think it was Lars. Believe it or not, I heard he freed her and married her. Can ya beat that?" Watto asked.
"Where are they?" Anakin asked. Watto went to get his records and gave them the directions to the moisture farm.
The Naboo Starship descended, hovered, and land on a bluff in the desert. Anakin, Ray and Padme got out. They looked down from the edge of the bluff to where the homestead could be seen on the desert floor below.
"Stay with the ship, Artoo." Padme commanded. Artoo whistled as Anakin, Ray and Padme started down the trail toward the homestead. As they entered the land a droid greeted them.
"Good evening. May I help you?" The droid enquired.
"Threepio?" Anakin asked in disbelief.
"Oh, my... oh, my! Master Anakin! My goodness, I can hardly believe it! And this must be Miss Padme." Threepio seemed utterly thrilled to see them.
"I've come to see my mother" Anakin said softly.
"Oh dear, I am terribly sorry Master Ani" Threepio said quietly.
"Threepio, what happened?" Padme asked.
"We'd better go inside" Threepio said, leading them toward the house. "Master Lars - Master Owen! Somebody to see you!" Owen Lars and Beru Whitesun came out into the courtyard.
"I'm Anakin Skywalker. I'm here looking for my mother." Anakin said.
"Owen Lars... I guess I'm your step-brother." They shook hands. "This is my girlfriend Beru"
"I'm Padme and this is Ray" Padme said quietly.
"I had a feeling you might show up some day." Owen said.
"Is my mother here?" Anakin asked.
"No she is not" Another voice said. They turned to see a man in a wheelchair roll into the courtyard. "Cliegg Lars. Shmi is my wife...Come on inside. We have a lot to talk about." They sat around the table as Cliegg explained what had happened.
"It was just before dawn. They came out of nowhere. A hunting party of Tusken Raiders. Your mother had gone out early, like she always did, to pick mushrooms that grow on the vaporators. From the tracks, she was about halfway when they took her. Those Tuskens walk like men, but they're vicious, mindless monsters. Thirty of us went out after her. Four of us came back. Three more are still out there
looking. I'd be with them, only... I just couldn't ride any more... until I heal." HE grimaced. "This isn't the way I wanted to meet you, son. This isn't how your mother and I planned it. I don't want to give up on her, but she's been gone a month. There's little hope she's lasted this long." There was a long pause of silence, than Anakin stood up.
"Where are you going?" Owen asked.
"To find my mother" Anakin replied. Owen stood up.
"I will go with you" He said. Anakin nodded, appreciating the gesture.
"So will I" Padme replied.
"No!" Ray said. "M'lady it is too dangerous."
"I have been in more dangerous situations than this one. Where Ani goes, I go" Padme said.
"Than I am going too" Ray said.
"It's settled then" Anakin said. Owen let Anakin and Padme borrow the extra land speeder. He and Ray rode the other one to the outskirts of the tusken raider camp. Before they could create a plan, Ray leapt off of his speeder and with his lightsaber began killing all those in the camp. Padme, Anakin and Owen watched horrified as he killed even the children tusken raiders. When he was done he turned to them as if he expected them to congratulate him.
"Let's find my mother" Anakin said quietly. They found her in one of the tents and she was wounded badly.
"Mom" Anakin said, cutting her bindings.
"Annie...? Is it you?" Shmi asked in a weak voice.
"I'm here, Mom. You're safe. Hang on. I'm going to get you out of here..." He lifted her gently and they headed home. Beru, who was trained as a nurse cleaned and dressed Shmi's wounds. Soon Shmi was able to sit up, even if she wasn't able to walk much yet. Suddenly Artoo entered beeping.
"It appears he has a message from a Master Obi-wan Kenobi" Threepio translated. Threepio, Anakin, Ray and Padme hurried back to the Naboo starship.
They watched as Obi-wan explained the situation. On Coruscant, the Jedi council was connected to the ship, watching the same hologram.
"...Alliance have pledged their armies to Count Dooku and are forming an... Wait!... ah... attack... I don't... make it...aaaggghhh!" They watched as Obi-wan was cut off and shot down.
"We will deal with Count Dooku. The most important thing for you, Ray, is to stay where you are. Protect the Senator at all costs. That is your priority." Mace Windu told them. They disconnected.
"We have to go after him" Anakin declared.
"Anakin's right. They'll never get there in time to save him. They have to come halfway across the galaxy. Look, Geonosis is less than a parsec away." Padme started to hit buttons and flick switches. Ray put a hand over hers, stopping her. She stared at him.
"If he's still alive." Ray said.
"Ray, are you just going to sit here and let him die?? He's your friend... your mentor..." Anakin started.
"You heard Master Windu. He gave me strict orders to stay here." Ray told them. Padme scowled.
"He gave you strict orders to protect me..." She said pulling her hand free and firing up the engine. "And we're going to save Obi-wan"
"Wait" Anakin said. He left the ship and went back to the farmhouse.
"Mom, we have to leave, but I promise to visit soon" He explained, hugging his mother.
"Thank you, for everything" Shmi Skywalker said, hugging him back. Anakin returned to the ship and they lifted off in to the sky, heading for Geonosis.