Chapter 360 Jedi Master Obi-Wan! Destroyer Star Destroyer! Burning Glass!

Tatooine, Juan Wasteland.

Paul and his party followed Luke's landspeeder to Obi-Wan's hiding place, which was a simple hut located between the hills, with a slaughterhouse nearby.

Although the building looked very inconsistent with Obi-Wan's identity as a master of the Force, Chirrut, who was sensitive to the Force, immediately noticed the extraordinary things in front of him.

"This is the knowledge base of the Jedi Knights. This thing should have been destroyed by the Imperial Army a long time ago. I didn't expect to see it here again."

Chirrut was overjoyed. As long as there were these things, the Jedi Knights would be revived one day!

"I think this should be the only remaining knowledge base of the Force."

At this time, an old man in a brown robe came out to greet everyone. Although the old man looked old, his sharp eyes and vigorous spirit made it easy for people to see that he was different.

And this man was the Jedi Knight Master who lived in seclusion on Tatooine - Obi-Wan Kenobi!

Obi-Wan is nearly sixty years old now. If he were an ordinary human, he would have become an old man with inconvenient legs and feet.

But he looks like he is in his prime. Not to mention old, with Obi-Wan's current energy, it is still easy for him to kill a few Sith Force warriors.

In fact, the average life expectancy of people who learn the Force is longer than that of ordinary people. If nothing unexpected happens, they can basically live to more than 200 years old.

Even for those who are just starting to learn the Force, it is not difficult to live to 200 years old.

However, the Jedi Knight profession is a high-risk profession. Most people die in battle before the age of 50. Those who can survive to the end are basically masters who are invincible.

Two robots, one tall and one short, C-3PO and R2-D2, followed behind Obi-Wan. They recognized Captain Cassian who worked for the Rebel Alliance and happily greeted him and said:

[Captain Cassian, it's great to see you here. I landed on such a remote and barren planet. I didn't expect to find the organization. 】

C-3PO started to chatter as soon as he saw his old friend. Cassian had met Princess Leia many times, so he naturally knew what the two robots looked like.

"Okay, stop talking nonsense. Your master Princess Leia is still waiting for us to rescue her. Tell her if she has left any message."

Cassian didn't have time to listen to the robot chatting in front of him. With a beep, the R2-D2 robot played the holographic video stored in its body.

That was the video Princess Leia left for Obi-Wan asking for help.

[Master Obi-Wan Kenobi, you fought alongside my father in the clone war many years ago. Now, he is begging for your help to fight the Empire.

I regret that I can't personally present the letter my father gave you. My spaceship is under attack. I'm afraid we can't meet again.

Now I have obtained data information that is crucial to the Rebel Alliance and stored it in the body of the R2 robot. My father knows how to retrieve the data. Please be sure to...]

Princess Leia in the holographic image had not finished speaking when a violent explosion forced her to stop recording, which also meant that she had been captured by the Imperial Army.

In this video information, Chirrut realized Obi-Wan's true identity. He looked at him in surprise and said in surprise:

"You are Master Obi-Wan Kenobi, Darth Vader's former teacher?!"

"I'm sorry that I taught such a scum."

Obi-Wan sighed softly and shook his head apologetically.

In fact, when Darth Vader was still Anakin, his earliest teacher was Qui-Gon Jinn. At that time, Obi-Wan and Anakin were both Qui-Gon's disciples.

For Anakin, who had no father since childhood, Qui-Gon Jinn was his father and the key figure who filled his lost fatherly love.

If Qui-Gon Jinn had not died under Darth Maul's sword, Anakin would probably not have turned to the dark side of the Force, but would have become a famous Jedi Master like Obi-Wan.

Unfortunately, after Qui-Gon Jinn's death, Obi-Wan, who took over the position of teacher, could only continue to act as the eldest brother in front of Anakin, and could not educate and guide Anakin like a father.

Anakin himself was not very convinced by Obi-Wan, so Palpatine seduced Anakin and made him the successor of the Sith Lord.

Now, Anakin, who has transformed into Darth Vader, has killed countless Jedi Knights and brought great fear and trouble to the Rebel Alliance.

This makes Obi-Wan often blame himself. If he can play the role of a teacher well, perhaps so many things will not happen!

"Luke, you must go to Orlando with me. I am old and often need a young man to help me."

Obi-Wan looked at Luke Skywalker and said.

Of course, he couldn't have said that he was really too old, but he wanted to take this opportunity to bring Luke to his side to train him.

After all, for a chosen son like Luke, only he is worthy of teaching him.

"No, I have to stay with Uncle Owen and Aunt Belu. Wherever they are, I'll be there. There are so many people here who can help you. Why do you have to go to Hollande?"

Luke has lived with his adoptive parents for so many years. He can't leave his warm little home and suddenly go out to face his destiny. He can't do it for a while.

"You are the chosen son."

At this time, the Force-sensitive Chirrut stood up and said to Luke: "I can sense that the Force in you is different. You have more talent and potential than anyone I have ever seen."

"If God refuses to do something, you will be blamed. This is your fate. You will face it sooner or later. There is no way to escape."

The last person to be recognized as the Chosen One was Luke's father Anakin Skywalker, but Anakin had been bewitched by the Empire to become a Sith Lord.

This made Obi-Wan deeply realize that as long as it is gold, it will shine sooner or later. If he does not pay attention, the enemy will take it away.

That's why Obi-Wan was so kind to Luke. If he didn't stay and train this good boy himself, he would definitely be taken away by the Sith and become an apprentice.

However, even though Luke knew that he was a different protagonist, he still didn't have much mood swings.

In his opinion, he is still a happy young man in a moisture farm, an ordinary child living with his adoptive parents. The task of saving the world does not fall on him at all.

Here, after learning that Luke’s adoptive parents had been picked up by a giant company’s airship, Paul stood up and said:

"Master Obi-Wan, please let Luke come with us. You have more important tasks to complete now."

Immediately, Paul took the opportunity to tell Obi-Wan the mission assigned to him by the headquarters.

When he learned that Darth Maul, the enemy who killed the Master, was not dead yet and was causing mischief on Mandalore, the anger in Obi-Wan's heart suddenly emerged.

His reaction was shock at first, and then extremely angry.

What was astonishing was that Moore, the guy who was cut in half by him, could still survive by relying on the dark force, and was even revived.

What makes him angry is that his lightsaber failed to kill him in one blow, allowing Darth Maul, an enemy who should have been killed long ago, to live for so many more years.

"Okay, then I will leave the tasks on Hollande and Luke to you for the time being. I will go with your people to Mandalore to kill Darth Maul!"

Obi-Wan, who was saying that he was old a second ago, suddenly became lively and energetic. With his enemy in front of him, he must avenge his teacher.

While everyone was talking, Paul suddenly received an early warning from the giant company's detector. The empire's warships had arrived on Tatooine!

In an instant, the already dry air became even more scorched, and the arid and hot Tatooine star began to heat up continuously, as if all the few moisture in the atmosphere had been squeezed out.

Paul, who has sufficient combat experience, immediately realized that this was a precursor to orbital beam bombardment!

"Get down quickly—!"

Before everyone could react, a scarlet beam of light fell straight from the outer space to the center of the desert. The beam of light that pierced the sky was bombarded in an instant, and a dazzling fire rose up.

The flying dust shot straight into the sky, and extremely high temperatures were generated at the impact point of the beam, vaporizing almost all the surrounding materials.

The fine and hard sand turned into a syrup-like liquid and spread around.

The raging shock wave continued to spread, and the entire desert seemed to have turned into a boiling ocean, and terrifying heat radiation swept in all directions.

The residents, Jawas, wetbacks and other creatures that unfortunately lived in this area were all swallowed up by the surging heat wave. They were first burnt into black coal and then blown away by the shock wave.

There are no bones left, just in the blink of an eye!

All of this happened so suddenly. If Paul hadn't received the warning from the detector in advance, he would not have realized the danger was coming.

The culprit responsible for this human tragedy was the Imperial Star Destroyer's turbolaser cannon.

The particle beam produced by this laser cannon is directed through a stream of charged explosive gas, and the energy capacitor stored in the turbine laser turret continues to charge as the particle beam flows into the barrel.

Finally, a huge blaster beam was launched, and the destructive power caused by falling on the ground was equivalent to the explosion of more than 10 million Hiroshima atomic bombs!

In addition, there are far more than one warships firing turbolaser cannons. What landed in the orbit of Tatooine this time was a huge imperial fleet.

Without saying a word, they carried out indiscriminate orbital bombing of the entire Tatooine planet. Anyway, smuggling and criminal activities in this place were becoming increasingly rampant, so they treated it as a way to kill a bug.

At this moment, Cassio Tagg, the naval commander of the Imperial Fleet, faced the Tatooine star that was being bombed and sneered:

"The lightsabers in the hands of the Jedi can reflect blaster beams, so this time I want to see if they can reflect the Star Destroyer's laser main cannon!"

In Tagg's view, the Force of the Jedi is no longer applicable to today's era, and only the powerful Star Destroyer is the most powerful weapon for domination.

In a sense, General Tagg's idea is not completely wrong. After all, no Jedi can rebound the Star Destroyer's laser main gun.

I have never seen a Jedi warrior who can slash a sword energy on the ground and cut a Star Destroyer in half in space.

In this dimension of the "Star Wars" universe, opening the heavenly gate with a sword has never been heard of, let alone seen.

However, what Tagg didn't know was that when the Force was powerful enough, a Force user could pull down a Star Destroyer in the sky!

Such as Darth Vader, and Luke Skywalker who grew up later.

At this moment, on the ground of Tatooine, Paul threw out the bubble shield at the critical moment, and coupled with Obi-Wan's force barrier, everyone was protected.

But facing this indiscriminate orbital bombardment, Paul and Obi-Wan's shields alone could not hold out for too long.

Before the others were injured and lost their mobility, Obi-Wan quickly ordered everyone to enter the hut.

"Go in quickly, don't stand here stupidly!"

Soon, under the cover of Paul and Obi-Wan, everyone quickly moved into the hiding room.

Having lived in seclusion on Tatooine for many years, Obi-Wan could not have not made preparations to guard against the Imperial Fleet.

There was a basement for refuge under his hut, where the Jedi Knight Knowledge Base was truly hidden.

As everyone entered the Jedi Knight Knowledge Base, Obi-Wan immediately used the Force to control the heavy stone door to fall, tightly sealing the entire basement entrance to avoid the orbital bombardment of the Imperial Fleet.

At this moment, the indiscriminate orbital bombardment launched by the Imperial Fleet was still continuing, feeling the constant tremors and roars coming from the ground.

Everyone, including Paul, felt more and more complicated and heavy!

Especially Paul and Chini, it was the first time for them to feel the taste of being bombed in orbit. After all, before this, only the Universal Corporation could bomb others.

How could it be their turn?

At this moment, Paul subconsciously held Chini's hand tightly. This mission was life-or-death and it might be the last time for the two to work together.

With the Tarkinism of the Galactic Empire, they would not care about the consequences of doing so. Anyway, after bombing everything on the surface of the planet, all enemies would disappear.

The purgatory scene on Tatooine was transmitted back to the headquarters of the Wanjie Base with real-time video from the reconnaissance aircraft outside the space.

When seeing this scene, everyone was worried for Paul on the front line. If Paul and Obi-Wan died on Tatooine.

Then Reed, who was fighting with Darth Maul on Mandalore, could only face the trouble of the Death Watch alone.

"The Galactic Empire's bugs are always bombing and destroying. How can they make the Milky Way a better place!"

Jack Wells couldn't help cursing. According to the Imperial Army's method of handling things, the efficiency is quite high, but the unpopular brutal rule will only bring more hidden dangers.

Although there are not many good people on Tatooine, and it is even a dirty place full of evil desires, this area is the core area of ​​underground dark transactions.

Whether it is Jabba the Hutt of the criminal group or the Neimoidians who lead the Trade Union, they all have their own industries on Tatooine.

The Imperial Army's indiscriminate bombing has completely offended all the businessmen in both the black and white worlds!

Especially the Neimoidians who were suppressed by the Empire, their voice in the Trade Union has become smaller and smaller.

On the contrary, the Hutts who have made a fortune in silence have made a lot of money in recent years.

Capital and power are closely linked. The Hutts who have money naturally want to use the Trade Union to meet their political interests.

So in a way, the financial sponsor behind the Trade Union during this period was actually the wealthy Hutt Consortium.

But the Imperial Army directly blew up the largest smuggling exchange of the Hutts, which would definitely anger all the Hutt Consortiums, causing the Trade Union to be more opposed to the Empire.

For all the forces in the Trade Union, the purpose of the Imperial Army's actions was clearly to warn and force them to surrender.

"We will definitely win this battle."

Leon said calmly facing the hard light screen.

He has realized through this round of inexplicable orbital bombing by the Imperial Army that the factional struggle within the Galactic Empire is becoming more and more serious.

The contradictions between Palpatine and the Trade Union and the Old Republic are intensifying. Even if adjustments are made in time now, it is too late to repair the relationship between the two sides.

Under internal and external troubles, the Empire is only one blow away from collapse by the Universal Corporation!

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“Keep bombing, don’t stop!”

The Destroyer Dreadnought commanded by Tag is the main flagship leading this bombing. This warship has 5,000 powerful turbo laser cannons.

The bombing that Paul saw just now was just the result of one of the turbo laser cannons.

When 5,000 laser cannons fired at the same time, Tatooine, which was originally covered by the vast desert, gradually turned into a hot magma star.

The countless flowing magmas gathered into a stream, forming a bright scarlet river, but the water flowing on it was high-temperature glass water.

Once it cooled down, it was sharp glass fragments!

Obviously, this "burning glass" gameplay, which is the same as the Star Alliance, is also applicable to the Imperial Army.

Casio Tag looked at the tragic scene below, and there was no fluctuation in his heart.

From his perspective, he was acting on behalf of the heavens in the Empire, sweeping away evil for the Empire's rule, and cracking down on criminal activities.

There was nothing wrong with him doing this!

However, what Tag didn't know was that just two hours ago, his direct superior, Wilhuff Tarkin, was ordered by Palpatine to confiscate his military power and suspend the implementation of Tarkinism.

The ruling direction of the Galactic Empire will change from brutal suppression to appeasement. At least for the current rebellion, it will mainly focus on negotiations and ground forces to maintain stability, and try to reduce the fleet's dispatch rate.

What Tag is doing now is just the opposite of Palpatine.

At this moment, the businessmen and criminals on Tatooine who are unwilling to sit and wait for death began to spontaneously cooperate to escape by spaceship.

After all, this is a trade center, and there are some spaceships with good performance. A large number of criminals take their own smuggling ships and desperately escape from the planet.

But it is a pity that Tagg is still resolutely implementing Tarkinism. The only thing he has to do is to intercept this gang of criminals who want to escape and kill them all!

No one can escape from his hands.

Facing the well-deployed Imperial fleet with tight fire defenses, the criminals eager to escape Tatooine were completely desperate.

We agreed to do business freely, but why did we backhand them all? !

Soon, all the spacecraft that tried to escape were ruthlessly destroyed by the imperial fleet, and a dense rain of artillery rain fell on the orbit of Tatooine.

As the glass-burning process continues, the surface of Tatooine is covered with shocking red blood scabs.

The extremely pungent burning smell and thick smoke gradually rose up and spread into the atmosphere. The planet that was originally crowded with businessmen and criminals has turned into a death star!

General Tagg looked at the results of the orbital bombardment with satisfaction, although he failed to directly blow up Tatooine like the Death Star.

But after such a round of indiscriminate bombing, no matter how strong the Jedi are, they should be submerged and drowned in high-temperature glass magma!

Not long after, after the first round of orbital bombing, General Tag was in no hurry to evacuate the fleet.

He planned to wait until the magma on the ground cooled into glass, then send ground troops to land and search carefully.

After confirming the target location of Lars Moisture Farm and completely free of any biological traces, he submitted a perfect answer sheet to his immediate superior, Tarkin.

"The entire army is on standby. Surround me around Tatooine. I will stop even the spaceships passing by. No one can be spared!"

Cassio Tagge ordered angrily. He didn't believe that the Jedi on the ground could survive if he hit him with such a combo.

In fact, except for the Owens and his wife who were picked up by the giant company's spaceship in advance, all the other criminals and businessmen were wiped out by Tag.

In the execution of Tarkinism, Tagg's performance is perfect!

At this moment, Marshal Jack Wells, who was far away at the headquarters of the Wanjie Base, couldn't help but ask Li Ang:

"Boss, should we send troops to rescue Paul? Now that the imperial fleet has surrounded them like this, they can't get out at all."

According to the original plan of the Universal Corporation, after Paul persuaded Master Obi-Wan to kill Darth Maul, they would immediately send a spaceship to pick up Paul and others.

But due to Tag's interference, if the expeditionary force fleet was not sent out to annihilate all the obstructing Imperial forces, Paul and Obi-Wan would have been trapped on Tatooine!

And Li De, who is in urgent need of help from Jedi Master Obi-Wan, will not be able to wait for foreign help, fearing that new changes will occur on Mandalore.

"The Ninth Expeditionary Corps led by David Martinez is near the sky area where Tatooine is located. As long as the headquarters gives an order, he can go to pick up Paul at any time."

Johnny Silverhand on the side also echoed.

In the current situation, if there is no help from foreign aid, Paul and his party will definitely not be able to get out!

However, faced with Jack and Johnny's rescue proposal, Leon changed his mind and rejected the decision to send troops to rescue Paul.

"There is no need for us to send out the fleet to help. They will retreat on their own in a short time."

Li Ang said very confidently.

He had no intention of sending troops to Tatooine to rescue people, but decided to send another manpower to turn a deaf ear to the Trade Federation, Hutt and other consortium forces.

This is the hardest knife to stab at the Galactic Empire!

Li Ang believed that within three days, the consortium forces would cause trouble in Palpatine's palace.

Cassio Tagg, who is besieging Tatooine, will also be ordered to retreat and return to the capital, Coruscant, to face charges.

Of course, Li Ang didn't think Palpatine would kill Tagg to vent his anger on the Trade Alliance gang.

Palpatine had suffered hardships and been wronged, but he had never treated the empire's navy badly. He treated the empire's navy generals as if they were his own sons.

Most of the revenue and expenditure of the Galactic Empire was spent on the Imperial Navy. This was also the reason why the later [First Order] organization wanted to take revenge and re-establish the empire.

Because their former boss, Palpatine, was really kind to them, and he was the kind of person who took it out of his heart!

"Keep waiting. In three days at most, the flagship of the imperial fleet will withdraw. There is nothing to fear from the few remaining troops."

Li Ang's confident prediction made Jack and Johnny look at each other with doubts in their hearts.

They didn't understand why their boss dared to be so sure that the Imperial Army would retreat in three days.

But after thinking about it carefully, Li Ang's words have not been missed.

So the two of them could only nod and remain silent, temporarily suppressing their restless hearts and waiting for the development of the situation in three days.