Heir to the Empire
Chapter 14
The Story So Far
Grand Admiral Thrawn is leading the Imperial remnants from the shadows in a grand plan to destroy the New Republic and re-establish the Galactic Empire. He commands a raid on the Athega System just as Luke Skywalker, Leia Organa-Solo, Han Solo, and Chewbacca arrive looking to garner help from Lando Calrissian. During the skirmish, the imperials make away with mining equipment and the Dark Jedi clone commanding Thrawn’s fleet, Jaruus C’baoth, takes the opportunity to make contact with Luke.
Thrawn is none too pleased to learn of this contact and plots with Captain Pellaeon to disillusion C’baoth of his self-importance and impetuousness.
Chapter 14
Lando is distraught at the loss of half his workforce — 51 mole miners stolen — in the raid! Han and Leia ask for help, and a plan is devised to send Leia to Kashyyyk with Chewbacca while Han and Lando broadcast decoy signals giving the illusion that Leia is still on the run. In order to achieve this, in a violation of his programming, C-3PO has his voice altered to perfectly imitate Leia’s.
Luke shares his findings from Dagobah; what Lando identifies as a Beckon Call — a device that summons a slave-ciruit-rigged ship at a moment's notice. He later confides in Leia his true reason for searching that specific location and tells her about the contact he had during the space battle earlier. She divulges the rumour of a Master C’baoth on Jormark, and while they suspect a trap, Luke is eager at what the opportunity could mean.
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Hosts’ Thoughts
Han and Leia asking for help probably helps cover Thrawn's tracks scooping up those mole miners
Lando used the word "respectable"
Lando has experience using the calling beacon to fight though hostiles
Alternate history of the Clone Wars
What if the clones were Dark Jedi sent by Sidious? Yoda discovered the plot while fighting on Dagobah and never returned after feeling the death of all the Jedi?
Interesting how "Sith" aren't mentioned, even Vader being called a Dark Jedi
Luke tells Leia about Yoda confirming what Stuart speculated on in chapter 9 about falling off the map for his Jedi training on Dagobah
FINALLY LANDO IN THE FLESH
Interesting that Han doesn’t seem to mind Lando’s behavior towards Leia right now
Funny that they mention Karrde, Mr. Why-Is-He-In-This-Story
OH MY GOD CHEWIE ACTUALLY CONTRIBUTED SOMETHING TO A CONVERSATION
Yoda is badass
Aw man, Luke waiting for Leia and Chewie to leave just gives Thrawn more time to drop off probes nearby
Nobody ever respects Threepio’s boundaries
A2 has PTSD
Why steal the mole miners?
Leia: "Someone with C'Baoth's power and history"
A jedi being wrong? Never
All this for a key fob