Luke and Leia eventually find an abandoned, underground city, where they are stalked and attacked by Coway natives. They escape the creature but are unable to climb back to the surface, so they enter a cavernous passage. Luke and Leia climb into a deep well and hide on a ledge. It begins chasing them, and Luke and Leia are forced to split from the rest of their group. As they drive through the swamplands, they encounter a wandrella, a monstrous worm. They meet up with Halla, who steals a vehicle, and begin making their way to where Halla believes the Kaiburr crystal to be, the Temple of Pomojema. The two Yuzzem go on a rampage against the Imperials and reclaim the confiscated weapons. Halla shows up in the jail cell's window, and she uses the Force to open the cell. Luke and Leia are placed in a cell with two drunken Yuzzem, Hin and Kee, while Grammel reports the incident to Governor Essada. They are questioned by Captain-Supervisor Grammel, who discovers and confiscates Luke's lightsaber and the crystal shard. Imperial stormtroopers take everyone, except for Halla, C-3PO, and R2-D2, who all hid in the shadows, to the local jail. They claim that fighting in public is against Imperial law, and they all get into a brawl. They begin playfully fighting as some miners emerge from the building. Luke falls off the walkway and into the mud, and he pulls Leia down with him. Outside the facility, Leia admonishes Luke for slapping her and calling her his servant girl. Halla is in search of the entire crystal, and she enlists Luke and Leia's help, agreeing to get them off-world when they find it. She reveals a splinter, a shard of the Kaiburr crystal, which magnifies Force powers. Halla identifies Luke as one who is strong with the Force. An old woman named Halla comes over and quietly talks to Luke and Leia. A suspicious Imperial begins to question them, so Luke slaps Leia, claiming that she is his servant girl. Luke and Leia find disguises and enter the facility. They find a mining town, and Leia discovers that the Empire has a secret energy mine there. The group searches for a way to get off the planet. Their ships encounter an energy storm that forces them to crash-land on Mimban, a swamp planet. Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia, accompanied by R2-D2 and C-3PO, are traveling to Circarpous IV for a Rebel Underground meeting.
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So Luke had to find the Kaiburr crystal, and find it fast.Īccompanied by Artoo Detoo and See Threepio-his two faithful 'droids-Luke and the Princess set out for the Temple of Pomojema and for a desperate confrontation deep beneath the surface of an alien world with the most fearsome villain in the galaxy! Plot summary In the wrong hands, the crystal could be deadly.
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As if that weren't trouble enough, there was the Kaiburr crystal, a mysterious gem that would give the one who possessed it such powers over the Force that he would be all but invincible. Nor had he counted on any of the things they would find on that strange planet.įirst, unknown to anyone, a secret base of Imperial Stormtroopers was thriving on Mimban. But the former farm boy from Tatooine hadn't counted on an unscheduled crash-landing in the swamplands of Mimban…a landing that destroyed their ships. As a young but already seasoned fighter pilot, Luke Skywalker expected trouble when he volunteered to accompany Princess Leia on a diplomatic mission to Circarpous to enlist their Rebel Underground in the battle against the Empire.