Star Wars: Remix version
Chapter Fifteen: Mos Eisley
There was a large bonfire of Jawa bodies blazing in front of the Sandcrawler as Ben, Leia and the robots finished burning the dead.
Luke drove up in the speeder and Leia ran over to him.
"Are they dead?" She asked fearing the worst.
"No" Luke said. "They fought the storm troopers. Apparently our father taught Uncle Owen what to do should a situation like that arise. Uncle Owen said he was moving them into town, so they would be safer" Leia breathed a sigh of relief.
The Landspeeder with Luke, Leia, Artoo, Threepio, and Ben in it zoomed across the desert. The speeder stopped on a bluff
overlooking the spaceport at Mos Eisley.
"Mos Eisley Spaceport. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious." Ben looked over at Luke, who gav the old Jedi a determined smile. Leia nodded in agreement.
The speeder was stopped on a crowded street by several combat-hardend stormtroopers who looked over the two robots. A Trooper questioned Luke.
"How long have you had these droids?" The trooper asked.
"About three or four seasons." Luke replied. Leia held her breath in the backseat, hoping they'd buy it.
"They're for sale if you want them." Obi-wan said. Leia turned to look at him in surprise.
"Let me see your identification." The trooper said.
Luke began fumbling with his things nervously.
"You don't need to see his identification." Obi-wan said firmly. Leia watched as the stormtrooper repeated the words.
"These are not the droids your looking for." Obi-wan said. The trooper once again repeated his words.
"He can go about his business." Obi-wan spoke again.
"You can go about your business." the trooper replied.
Luke pulled the speeder forward while Leia stared at Obi-wan in awe.
The speeder pulls up in front of a rundown blockhouse cantina on the outskirts of the spaceport. Various strange forms of transport, including several unusual beasts of burden, were parked outside the bar.
"I can't understand how we got by those troopers. I thought we were dead." Luke said, climbing out of the speeder.
"The Force can have a strong influence on the weak-minded. You will find it a powerful ally." Obi-wan explained.
"Do you really think we're going to find a pilot here that'll take us to Alderaan?" Leia asked.
"Most of the best freighter pilots can be found here. Only watch your step. This place can be a little rough." Obi-wan replied.
"I'm ready for anything." Luke declared. Leia rolled her eyes.
The young adventurers and the two mechanical servants followed Obi-wan Kenobi into a smoke-filled cantina. The murky, moldy den was filled with a startling array of weird and exotic alien creatures and monsters at the long metallic bar. At first the sight was terrifying. One-eyed, thousand-eyed, slimy, furry,
scaly, tentacled, and clawed creatures huddle over drinks. Obi-wan moved to an empty spot at the bar near a group of repulsive but human scum. A huge, rough-looking Bartender stopped them and the robots.
"We don't serve their kind here!" The bartender snapped.
Luke still recovering from the shock of seeing so many outlandish creatures, didn't quite catch the drift.
"What?" He asked. Leia poked him in the side.
"Your droids. They'll have to wait outside. We don't want them here." The bartender repeated gruffly.
Luke looked at Obi-wan, who was busy talking to one of the Galactic pirates. He glanced at Leia. They noticed several of the gruesome creatures along the bar giving them very unfriendly glares.
Leia patted Luke on the shoulder.
"I'll take them outside" She offered. Luke smiled in relief as Leia disappeared outside with the droids.
Leia sighed, glad to have an excuse to be out of the stuffy cantina. She leaned against the speeder.
"So Threepio, what was my mother like?" Leia asked.
"Well she was very generous and kind" Threepio replied. "Before she became a senator of the republic, she was the queen of her home planet Naboo. She leads the rebellion against the empire actually" Leia blinked.
"Wait, what do you mean leads?" She asked. "Isn't she dead?" Threepio faltered for a moment, unsure of what to say. "Threepio, is our mother alive?"
"Yes, Miss Leia" Threepio said finally. "She sent you here because Raye was after you or your brother and she didn't want him to hurt either of you. Shortly after sending you away, she was captured and tortured by Darth Sky, but she never gave up your location. She was eventually rescued. I think I've said too much"
Leia sighed.
"I'm going to go inside the cantina and see what's happening. You two wait here" She said. She slowly reentered the cantina and made her way to a table where Luke and Ben were talking to a very cute pilot.