Jedi master Obi-Wan Kenobi looked upon his old enemy of Maul, who had just fallen at
his blade for a final time, and together they believed that Luke Skywalker was the Chosen
one. The Jedi looked to the Lars homestead, as Luke ran back into his home, and it would
be a wait of another two years for Obi-Wan to introduce Luke to the Force. The moisture
farmer’s step-son had been searching for droids to help with duties in the homestead,
but unknowingly chanced upon the protocol droid C3P0, and the astromech R2-D2, both
of whom had been in possession of the plans of the Death Star. Luke is guided to Obi-Wan,
initially seeking for Ben Kenobi, and the Jedi master uses the opportunity to lure Luke
into helping him, and completing what Vader could not. Luke is initially hesitant, but
on the journey to Anchorhead, he discovers that Beru and Owen had been killed by the
Empire, and joins Obi-Wan. The son of Anakin Skywalker would become the beacon of the Rebellion,
and eventually helps to destroy the Sith and the Empire. But what if Luke had remained
as a moisture farmer? How would it affect the chances of the Rebellion? As you are going
to find out, the history of the galaxy could have been a lot different…
In the modest home of Obi-Wan Kenobi, the Jedi master realise that years of careful
planning for Luke’s Jedi training had led to nothing. Luke’s attachment to the farmer’s
life had been more powerful than he had imagined, and he decided to accept Luke’s offer to
take him to Anchorhead. The Jedi was aware that the Empire was after the droids, hoping
that Luke could sense what had happened to the Lars home, and to his relief, he turned
back to Beru and Owen. Unfortunately, upon seeing the burning of his home, and the remains
of Beru and Owen, Luke was determined to remain on the moisture farm, and restore the area
to its former glory. Obi-Wan turned away in annoyance, but Luke did at least take him
to the spaceport of Mos Eisley, along with R2-D2 and C3P0. Without Luke, the last hope
for the Jedi is Leia, but with her capture the Jedi decides to use an emergency line
of transmission to the planet of Alderaan, where Bail Organa is pleased to hear from
the Jedi master, and that Leia had survived the Empire’s attack on the Tantive IV. Bail
and Breha leave the planet upon the discovery of R2-D2 having the plans for the Death Star,
and find the superweapon gradually moving to their planet. The senator tries to order
the evacuation of the planet, but he had been too late, as the battle station eviscerated
all life on his home, and they despondently travel to the Rebel base on Yavin 4. Obi-Wan
had feared that the Empire would be starting to impose their new power on such a scale,
and rushed into Mos Eisley’s cantina. The Jedi is not deterred by the seedy characters
that roamed the place, and spots a familiar face in the form of the Wookiee Chewbacca.
Although he had not seen him, he had heard about his efforts on the forest moon of Trandosha
in helping Jedi padawan Ahsoka Tano, and the Wookiee roared in approval. Han Solo is convinced
by his friend to lower the price for the Jedi master, and they travel to Yavin 4 to join
with the Rebel alliance, planning to rescue Leia and destroy the space station. General
Dodonna sets out an ambitious plan for to launch a proton torpedo into the Death Star’s
core, and Obi-Wan wants to travel alone, and avoid detection. Murmurs across the Rebels
clearly point to doubt of the Jedi master, until the familiar figure of Rex entered the
room, and requested to join the Jedi master. Alongside R2-D2, they venture aboard a Rebel
cargo ship, but despite their efforts and the distraction provided by a Rebel squadron,
they cannot avoid the tractor beam. Obi-Wan and Rex are not deterred, as the former clone
trooper uses stormtrooper armour to pretend as if Obi-Wan was a prisoner, before the Jedi
launches into action and cuts through the Imperial officers around him. The duo descended
through the lifts to the detention area, and with the use of several mind tricks, they
convince the stormtroopers to leave and open Leia’s cell. As the Jedi approached the
sleeping Leia, he sensed something wrong in the Force. Back on Tatooine, Luke had been
repairing the Lars home, and made makeshift graves for Beru and Owen outside of the area.
As he buried a hole in the ground, he felt something odd, and found more bones beneath
the surface, discovering Shmi Skywalker and Cliegg Lars. Luke had heard little of them,
and sought to discover more, as well as what Obi-Wan had told him about his father after
he had repaired the moisture vaporators connected to the hydroponic garden. As he tinkered with
a motion detector, he head the voices of stormtroopers breach the area, and grabbed his hunting rifle.
Luke accurately dispatched of the first few intruders, but he could do nothing about the
big battalion and then the Tusken Raiders, falling to the floor. The Imperial officers
took Luke’s speeder and dragged him to the Imperial garrison base in Mos Eisley, and
a new life was about to begin for Luke, or so it seemed.
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