"Really? That's strange." Because it had been a very important conversation, so he's been careful to remember exactly what Ben had said. Because any news about his family was precious. "He told me that a pupil of his named Darth Vader turned to the dark side. That he betrayed and murdered my father."
Maybe it hadn't been verified because of the chaos that came after? Luke can't really say.
"He doesn't know." Now his smile does drop, because as much as he'd chaffed on the moisture farm that had been his home. That was his family. "My uncle bought some droids from the Jawas, to help around the farm. Turned out they were escaped droids from the rebellion. They had the technical readouts to the Death Star with them....Imperial troops were hunting for the droids. Tracked them to the farm."
He doesn't finish the story, because it's pretty obvious what happened next.
"R2 ran away, if I hadn't been chasing after him with C-3PO... well, things would have gone very differently for the rebellion I can tell you that much."
And for him too, but that's...Later Luke's problem once again. He really doesn't have the time to unpack all of this. Still. One day though. Maybe.
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"Really? That's strange." Because it had been a very important conversation, so he's been careful to remember exactly what Ben had said. Because any news about his family was precious. "He told me that a pupil of his named Darth Vader turned to the dark side. That he betrayed and murdered my father."
Maybe it hadn't been verified because of the chaos that came after? Luke can't really say.
"He doesn't know." Now his smile does drop, because as much as he'd chaffed on the moisture farm that had been his home. That was his family. "My uncle bought some droids from the Jawas, to help around the farm. Turned out they were escaped droids from the rebellion. They had the technical readouts to the Death Star with them....Imperial troops were hunting for the droids. Tracked them to the farm."
He doesn't finish the story, because it's pretty obvious what happened next.
"R2 ran away, if I hadn't been chasing after him with C-3PO... well, things would have gone very differently for the rebellion I can tell you that much."
And for him too, but that's...Later Luke's problem once again. He really doesn't have the time to unpack all of this. Still. One day though. Maybe.