Luke reached and took her hand, then blew out a breath. "Okay. Skywalkers set new standards for dysfunction, so I'll totally understand if you, you know, run screaming from the room. I grew up on Tatooine with my aunt and uncle believing that my father, who had been a great Jedi, had been exterminated with the rest of his Order right before the rise of the Empire."
He made a face. "The official story was that the Jedi had tried to take over the government and rule absolutely, but since that's, well, entirely what the Emperor did, I call banthashit. My uncle absolutely refused to talk about my father, or the Jedi, or anything about how life had been before the Empire. I grew up restless and bored."
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...and here's where we go NFB, please...
Date: 2007-06-06 01:16 am (UTC)He made a face. "The official story was that the Jedi had tried to take over the government and rule absolutely, but since that's, well, entirely what the Emperor did, I call banthashit. My uncle absolutely refused to talk about my father, or the Jedi, or anything about how life had been before the Empire. I grew up restless and bored."