Luke rode with Threepio in his landspeeder while Padme flew beside it "There is a droid on the scanner. It might be our little R2 unit. Hit the accelerators. "Luke said. Sandpeople spotted the speeder from a cliff above and headed to their bantha's. Luke stopped near R2. He, Threepio, and Padme approached the droid. "Hey where are you going? "Luke asked. "Luke is your new master now. We will hear no more of this Obi Wan Kenobi nonsense. "Threepio growled at Artoo. Artoo started shaking and beeping.
The group went to the top of a ridge where Luke got out his macro binoculars and looked. "I do see two banthas down there. Wait a minute their sandpeople alright I see one of them now. "Luke said. Padme pushed a Tuskin Raider climbing over the ridge down. "Run Luke! "Padme shouted. Another Tuskin knocked Luke down while Padme pushed him back. Tuskins attacked Padme to no avail. "Come on you morons fight me! "Padme shouted. The Tuskins couldn't figure out why they could not hurt Padme. Suddenly everyone heard a loud roar and the sandpeople ran. A figure in a brown robe approached Luke. "Lousy timing as always. "Padme groaned. Obiwan looked at R2. "Hello there. Don't worry, he will be alright. "Obiwan said to Artoo as he checked on Luke. "What brings you out so far Luke? "Obi wan asked. "This little droid. I think he is looking for his former master. He claims to be the property of an Obi Wan Kenobi. Is he a relative of ours? "Luke asked. "Obi Wan Kenobi now that's name I haven't heard in a long time. "ObiWan said. "Do you know him?" Luke asked. "Of course, I know him. He is me. I haven't gone by the name Obi Wan in a long time. "Obi Wan answered. The sand people growled. "We must hurry the sandpeople are easily frightened, but they will be back and in greater numbers. "Obiwan warned. "I can hold them off. "Padme said. Artroo beeped. "Threepio! "Luke said as he ran to the golden protocol droid. He had lost his right arm. "I must have taken a bad step. "Threepio. "We have to hurry before the sandpeople come back. "Luke and Obiwan helped Threepio up. They headed to Obiwan's home.
"If you don't mind, I will close down for a while. "C3P0 said as Luke was repairing his arm. "It's okay. "Luke replied. Obiwan opened a wooden box and removed something from it. "Your father would have wanted you to have this when you were old enough. This is your father's lightsaber. This is the weapon of the jedi. "Obi wan said as Luke ignited the lightsaber and waved it around. Luke deactivated it and put it on his belt. "Now let's see what your little friend has for me. "Obi wan said as he turned to Artoo. "I stumbled on to part of a message. "Luke said. "I seem to have found it. "Obi Wan as the hologram of Leia stood up. "General Kenobi years ago you served my father in the clone wars. Now he needs your help desperately. I have placed information viable to the survival of the rebellion into the memory systems of this R2 unit. You must see him delivered safely to my father on Alderaan. Help Obi wan Kenobi you are my only hope. "Leia explained and disappeared. "You must learn the ways of the force if you are to come to Alderaan with me. "Obi wan said. "I am getting too old for this. "Obi wan continued. 'I have work to do. It's that I like the empire I hate it. "Luke said. "That is your uncle talking. "Obi wan replied. "Luke you can't stay here forever. This is your destiny. "Padme said. Padme disappeared. "Get used to that. She does it all the time. "Luke warned. "I know Luke. She has visited me before. "Obi wan replied.
A guard pressed a button opening a door to a prison cell on the death star. Princess Leia was inside. Padme appeared beside her. "About time mother. "Leia said. Two guards came in and stood on either side of the door. Darth Vader entered followed by a torture droid. "And now your highness we will discuss the location of your rebel base. "Vader said. Padme made herself visible to the torture droid and it tried to inject her. It failed repeatedly. "What's a matter? System failure? How dare you try to torture your own daughter Vader. "Padme said. Padme put her finger on the needle and the syringe melted away. The droid beeped and shrieked in anger. "How can she be my daughter? My unborn child was lost, and I killed her. "Vader said. "That's just Palpatine lying as usual. I gave birth and then I died. "Padme explained. Vader was conflicted. "I think you struck a nerve. "Leia said. "I struck several. "Padme replied. The guards watched Vader's head shaking. "My lord are you all right?" A guard asked. "I am fine. We are done here. "Vader said as he led the guards out. Leia was left alone with Padme. "I hope Anakin frees himself from that monster. "Padme said. Padme disappeared from the cell.
Owen and Beru were dealing with some stormtroopers. "So, your nephew took the droids? "A stormtrooper asked. "He went looking for the R2 unit and took the protocol droid with him. "Beru answered. Okay. That is all we need to know. "The stormtrooper said as the group started to leave the homestead. "Kill them both. Open fire with flamethrowers! "The commander shouted. The flames stopped short of the homestead. Owen and Beru saw Padme with her hands outstretched holding back the flames. "What is stopping the flames? "The commander asked he moved to the side of the speeder holding the flame cannon and saw Padme. Padme force pushed the stormtroopers back. "Killing innocent civilians isn't allowed. "Padme said. The stormtroopers fired their blasters at her with the blasts going through Padme. "We can't hurt her. RUN! "The commander shouted. The stormtroopers fled. Luke arrived in his landspeeder. Luke jumped out and ran towards the homestead. "Uncle Owen, Aunt Beru? "He shouted. "LUKE! Padme saved us. "You can't stay here. They will be back in packs like wild animals. "Padme warned. "Where should we go? "Beru asked. "Go to Naboo. I will tell my family that you are coming. "Padme replied. Luke returned to Obi wan by the destroyed sandcrawler with Padme.
"I want to learn the ways of the force and become a Jedi like my father. "Luke said. "You better not train him to that old jedi code. "Padme warned. "The code has changed Padme. Don't worry about it. "Obi Wan. They left in Luke's speeder with Padme flying beside Luke. They stopped atop a cliff. Obi wan and Luke stood looking at a spaceport below. "Mos Eisley spaceport. You will never find another hive of scum and villainy. "Obi wan warned. "Mos Espa wasn't nearly as bad. "Padme added. They headed into Mos Eisley.