Chapter 4, Part 14

As the sun went down, Jaka did what all good jawas do. He headed for the nearest cave to wait out the night. Unfortunately, the nearest cave was too small for him and his landspeeder. He couldn't leave the speeder in plain sight - the Imperials would figure out what was going on since it belonged to that lovey-dovey Hutt, and boy could she talk! If the stormtroopers got hold of this speeder, not only would Jaka be thrown into the nearest detention center, but could possibly be forced into the most depressing marriage in the entire history of the galaxy! He shuddered at the thought. Further into the canyon he went to find a bigger cave, something deep to hide the speeder in. Nothing caught his attention right away, so on he went as fast as he could without disturbing the peace.

After an hour he stopped to get his bearings. That's when he heard marching steps coming up the canyon towards him. I won't find the perfect cave, so this one will have to do. I'm out of time.... And so he went into what seemed like a very tiny hole. Barely able to push the speeder into the cave, he shoved it in as far as he dared, then wrapped his hood over his face, curling up into a ball very quietly. It was so silent except the very loud footsteps of the troopers marching by. The thumping of the AT-AT's were now at the mouth of the canyon where Jaka entered. Troopers and AT-AT's both heading his way. I wonder if they found AL yet.

A grueling two hours later Jaka got his answer. Several troopers were giving a report to an officer, saying they hadn't found the droid yet.

Well, you better! We've got orders to bring him to Vader immediately!
Vader? What does he want with this droid?
Who knows, but if Vader wants it, we'll give it to him!
Yes Sir!

And the troopers marched down the canyon. Good, they haven't found him yet. But I better get him soon or we're both cooked! Jaka knew he wasn't going anywhere soon, so he gathered up his robe and made like a rock. Don't panic, keep calm. Jaka didn't sleep much, nor did he rest.

And now a Rebel Legion Member, too!!!

Well, Jaka gets around! So, not only is he part of the 501st, but now an official member of the Rebel Legion (Mountain Base). Another logo I've gotta put on the sidebar here! LOL This is what you'll find on the RL Member's List:

Active Legion Member Mountain Base
Character Name: Jawa Jaka
Costume Type: Creatures and DroidsFormal/Canon
Species: don't know (alive)
Occupation: Purveyor of Junk
Home Planet: Tatooine
Character/Costume Description
Jawa Jaka is a blacksheep loner amongst the Jawas of Tatooine. He found an Imperial R2 unit in the deep sandy canyons, cleaned it up, repainted it a grey and bronze color, and made it into a rebel hero. Jaka and R2-AL go on many adventures, helping the Rebels as much as they can.... Or do they? What is AL really up to? And does Jaka really care? Lots of fun reading of this growing story on http://r2-al.blogspot.com. You can find the rest of the pics of Jawa Jaka's costume, and of course R2-AL. Please go to this blog for costume and droid pictures.

They make me look GOOD!!!!

Until next time,

Jawa Jaka

I'M IN! DZ 5905

I am now DZ 5905 (that's a 501st designation for those that don't know). After a year of improving and trooping I finally got approved. So, I'm now one of Vader's "spies". I'm also applying on the Rebel Legion for dual membership (a jawa double agent? hmmm... ya never know). I think the significance of the 5905 is as follows:
5 droids to sell, 9 potential buyers, 0 sales, still got 5 droids to sell. heehee

Yesterday I did my first official troop at a new con in northern Colorado: CamCon. It looked like it was promoted as an anime con with anime films and artwork, but it ended up more of a comic con with anime films. We set up the Hoth set for photo ops but no one really showed up. Gil Gerard and Erin Grey (Buck Rodgers, the two have traveled together for years) were the main guests. Not many panels (I think they skipped the 501st panel altogether), no other guests, nothing for the kids to do (thank god for Azman's scrubber droid, kids played with that all day), only one other fan club (some kinda Medieval fair group), a few comic book artists, and a couple authors. Not much there, very poorly run (by a business man who had no idea how to run a scifi con), but has potential. Senator Palpatine will be watching the future of this very carefully...

This is the only official pic authorized to take, one photo on one camera. It was announced rather loudly by the organizer that any other cameras going off were going to be charged $40. Another slipup that alerted me to his ignorance in scifi cons (the other was him wearing a business suit, and answering the question "what is the target audience" with the reply "13 and up". Scifi has no age limit, we just wanted to know what this con was about).
Erin and Gil with the Mountain Garrison


Unil next time,
Jawa Jaka (er... DZ 5905)