![]() ![]() The small band of heroes regrouped with the Rebel Alliance on Yavin 4. Luke saw it happen shortly before escaping in the Falcon, and was deeply affected by the loss of his mentor. The Jedi Master, however, encountered his old student, Darth Vader, and was killed in battle. Luke and Han, in stormtrooper disguises, staged a rescue while Obi-Wan disengaged the tractor beam. The Falcon was soon caught in the tractor beam of the giant space station, but it proved fortuitous Princess Leia was being held there. But when they arrived, the planet wasn’t there - only rubble, as it had been destroyed by the Empire’s Death Star. Stoic, he decided to leave Tatooine, vowing to learn the ways of the Force and become a Jedi like his father.Īlong with hired pilot Han Solo and his co-pilot and friend Chewbacca, Luke, Obi-Wan, and the droids headed for Alderaan aboard the Millennium Falcon. ![]() Luke raced to the moisture farm, only to find the charred remains of his guardians. However, he and Obi-Wan found that the Jawas who sold his uncle Artoo and Threepio had been slaughtered by stormtroopers - and they may have traced them back home. Obi-Wan implored Luke to come with him, but the farmboy refused. It was a holorecording of Princess Leia, stating that she had hidden stolen plans for the Empire’s ultimate weapon, the Death Star, in the memory banks of Artoo she asked that Kenobi deliver the plans to her father on Alderaan. Obi-Wan and Luke soon discovered that Artoo was indeed carrying a message after all. The old Jedi said that his former student, Darth Vader, turned to the dark side and killed him. Luke knew none of this, and asked how his father died. Obi-Wan said that he and Luke’s father were both Jedi Knights, strong with the Force, and good friends. Ben revealed that he was indeed Obi-Wan Kenobi, and had something that belonged to Luke’s father: a lightsaber, the weapon of a Jedi. Before he could be taken captive, friendly hermit Ben Kenobi appeared and frightened off the Sand People. When Luke went looking for the lost droid, he was attacked by Tusken Raiders and knocked unconscious. Artoo, a plucky astromech droid, wandered off in his first night on the farm, telling C-3PO he had to deliver a message to someone named Obi-Wan Kenobi. With his Uncle Owen’s purchase of new droids R2-D2 and C-3PO, a chain of events was put in place that would change Luke - and the galaxy - forever. He knew nothing of the Force or Jedi, but longed for a more exciting life. Allanah, Lee and Sarah.Raised by his aunt and uncle on a Tatooine moisture farm, Luke Skywalker never knew his mother or father. The school's notice board read simply "In Memory of Emma".Ī note on flowers left at her home said: "Dearest Emma, Heaven is blessed to have you so early. Neighbours said Ms Wighton had moved to Langland Rd so Emma could go to the nearby school. Yesterday, as Emma's friends mourned, neighbours said Mr Da-Pra had appeared to be a nice man. Last night he was under police guard in an induced coma.ĭetectives expect it will be several days before they can interview him and it is understood burns to his hands are so severe he is unlikely to regain full use of them. ![]() The blaze was quickly extinguished by police and firefighters but Mr Da-Pra sustained burns to 30 per cent of his body. Mr Da-Pra then set himself on fire outside the hospital. The chilling letter stated that he would be dead before anyone read the note. The manhunt ended at 7am yesterday when a petrol-soaked Mr Da-Pra handed a suicide note containing information for police to a nurse at Fairfield Hospital. Police stepped up the hunt for Renzo Da-Pra, an unemployed pensioner who recently moved in with his father. Officers found the body of Mr Da-Pra, 77, wedged inside the boot of his abandoned car at the nearby Stockland shopping centre at 7.45pm (AEDT) on Saturday night. The police hunt for Emma's neighbours, father Gino Da-Pra and son Renzo, 45, missing since Friday night, ended tragically. "I loved her," said Isabelle Vidaic, six, who "buddied" with neighbour Emma when she started kindy. On Tuesday Emma had enjoyed dressing up for her school formal at Club Marconi and was looking forward to attending Mary MacKillop High School next year Ms Wighton, who had cared for Emma at her Wetherill Park home since she was two, was last night in a critical condition in Westmead Hospital.ĭistraught schoolfriends from William Stimson Primary School yesterday said Ms Wighton had doted on Emma, who had shone as swimming champion, a sport house captain, a mentor to younger students and in the choir. Police believe the Friday night attack in Sydney - that ended with Emma stabbed to death and her 77-year-old grandmother Vivienne Wighton badly injured - was unprovoked. ![]()
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