

Things go awry when the Empire gets in the way, so R2 gets in the escape pod knowing he can get down to Tatooine and Obi Wan.

She just sends along a message to Obi Wan. When Episode IV starts, Leia doesn't have the secret plans, R2 does. One award ceremony later and its happy endings all around-well, except for Darth Vader, who will be lost in space until the sequel.R2 manages to not have his memory deleted (like 3PO does) at the end of Episode III and becomes the perfect poker-faced spy. Luke makes the fateful shot, blows up the Death Star, and returns to the Rebels a hero. Most of the Rebels are killed in the fight, but Han Solo returns at the most dramatic moment to save Luke's life. The Death Star prepares to destroy the Rebel base while Luke joins the Rebels in their offensive. Han Solo decides to skip the suicide run and settle his debt with Jabba the Hut. Using R2's data, the Rebels strategize to destroy the Death Star by having a one-man starfighter launch a photon torpedo into a tiny exhaust port connected to the station's reactor. Leia leads the Millennium Falcon to the Rebel base on Yavin IV (although she suspects the Empire is tracking them). Luke witnesses his mentor's demise but escapes with the others… thanks to some otherworldly prompting by Obi-Wan. With a knowing smile, Obi-Wan willingly perishes at the business end of Darth Vader's lightsaber. Obi-Wan turns off the tractor beam but is confronted by Darth Vader on his way back to the ship. The heroes manage to rescue Leia, and after a quick detour through the trash compactor, return to the Falcon. Obi-Wan goes to turn off the power to the tractor beam while Luke convinces Han Solo to help him rescue Princess Leia. Using video game logic, they trick stormtroopers into the Falcon, steal their clothes, and seize a nearby control room. At Mos Eisley, they charter a ride with Han Solo and Chewbacca, crew of the Millennium Falcon.įlying the not-so-friendly skies, the Millennium Falcon evades the Imperials and makes the jump to lightspeed. When they come out of hyperspace, they learn that the Death Star has destroyed the planet and-despite their earlier escape-they're captured by the Death Star. With no ties to the planet, Luke agrees to go with Obi-Wan to Alderaan and learn the ways of the Force.

Imperial stormtroopers, having picked up the droids' trail, locate and murder Luke's family. Obi-Wan lays down some truth on the young Luke, telling him about his lightsabers, the Force, and Luke's father's fate. Luke follows the little droid, and after a tussle with some Sand People, they find the one and only Obi-Wan Kenobi. R2-D2 escapes from Luke's custody to search for someone named Obi-Wan Kenobi. They are purchased by a farmer named Owen Lars and his nephew, Luke Skywalker. Unbeknownst to the Empire, two droids, C-3PO and R2-D2, escaped with the plans and have landed on the desert planet below. He and his forces search the entire ship but find no plans, just Princess Leia and a bunch of rebels we will never see or hear from again. Leading the campaign is the evil masked man Darth Vader. An Imperial Star Destroyer attacks a Rebel convoy in search of the stolen plans to their new battle station, the (dun dun dun) Death Star.
