356, fateful encounter
The outer ring of the Milky Way, the planet Tatooine, Mos Espa.
Qui-Gon Jinn left Obi-Wan Kenobi to guard the spaceship, and then he took the queen's maid who called herself Padmé, and the Gungan they rescued on the planet Naboo, Jar Jar Bink.
As they walked together on the narrow streets, everyone around them glanced at them with malicious eyes, especially Padmé, who was young and beautiful and attracted many fierce glances.
Qui-Gon Jinn had to constantly use the Force to influence those around him, getting them to take their attention away from him and think about something else.
"This city is almost being demolished. If it were me, I would rather live in a puddle." Jar Jar Binks looked at the surrounding ruins very curiously, "Oh, it's too hot here, I feel
My tongue is melting."
"The city was destroyed because of a war between two Hutts, Jabba the Hutt and Gardura the Hutt, which ended with Jabba destroying Gardura's palace in Mos Espa.
He must have won, but he still hasn't been able to capture Gardura," the maid Padmé said.
"As a maid, you know this information very well." Qui-Gon Jin glanced at the maid.
"The planet Tatooine is not far from the planet Naboo, so it's not surprising to me to know these things." Padmé replied with a smile.
"I saw many people here selling the wreckage of spaceships. Let's try our luck. Maybe we can find the hyperspace engine we want in the garbage dump." Qui-Gon Jin came to a local resident and raised his hand.
Said: "Tell me where is the biggest market?"
The resident originally had a fierce look on his face, but after being shaken by Qui-Gon Jinn's hand, he immediately fell into a trance under the influence of the Force. He pointed in one direction and said: "Over there, many things picked up by people are sold there, and there are also
Lots of junk dealers who buy junk.”
Qui-Gon Jinn nodded, and they walked towards the junk market.
In that garbage market, there were ragged scavengers everywhere, and there were many children among them. These children started scavenging for a living at the age of 8 or 9, and because of their small size, they could get into nooks and crannies to pick up.
Garbage, so it can also play a lot of roles.
Many garbage merchants have also opened shops here. In order to ensure safety, most of them have hired a few mercenaries. Although it is considered unintentional, the existence of these mercenaries has indeed maintained the minimum order here.
But they asked many junk dealers, but none of them had the type of hyperspace engine they wanted.
In fact, this matter still has to be said to be a hole dug by the former king of the planet Naboo, Als-Veruna. He approached the Nubian Star Drive Company to cooperate, and the Nubian Company was originally a manufacturer of high-end spaceships, so in this case
If you want to find Nubian's hyperspace drive in a garbage dump, the chances are really low.
Just as they were asking around, a little boy with a ferocious humanoid robot suddenly felt something. He turned back and glanced here. His eyes first fell on Qui-Gon Jinn, and then looked at
Padmé, the maid, took the initiative to come over and asked, "Are you from outside?"
Qui-Gon Jinn smiled kindly, knelt down and asked the little boy: "How do you know we are from outside? What is your name?"
"My name is Anakin, and I live in a garbage dump outside the city. Is this sister an angel? The retired pilot told me that only angels can be so beautiful, so you must be from outside." The little boy said seriously.
said.
Padmé, the maid, smiled happily when she heard the little boy's innocent words. He said to Anakin: "We are indeed from the outside, but I am not an angel. Our spaceship has broken down and we need to find parts."
It needs to be repaired, otherwise we will be trapped here."
"What parts do you need?" Anakin asked.
"Nubian T-14 hyperspace engine." Qui-Gon Jinn replied.
Anakin thought for a while and said: "This model cannot be found here, but I should be able to think of a way. Why don't you follow me and come to my house. Oh, by the way, this is my partner,
Robot Rock-Johnson! It’s been protecting me.”
"I suggest not to bring outsiders into our home casually, it is not safe." T-850 robot Johnson said.
Qui-Gon Jinn nodded and said: "Don't worry, we are not here to cause trouble. As long as our spaceship can fly again, we will leave immediately. We will also pay."
"How much money do you have?" Johnson asked.
"About 20,000 Republic credits," Qui-Gon Jinn replied.
"Republic credits are not recognized on Tatooine. You need to use UpiUpi coins issued by the Hutts." Johnson said.
"Okay Johnson, they need help, and we can indeed help them. They are not bad people, I know that." Anakin said.
Johnson didn't say much, he just turned around and walked out of the city.
Qui-Gon Jinn looked at Johnson's back and murmured to himself: "Although it has undergone many transformations, it can still be seen that it is the bodyguard robot of the Fourth Group... What does this portend?"
"Master Qui-Gon, that little boy just now, I think he is not a bad person. He is very cute and I like him quite a lot." Padmé, the maid, came over and said to Qui-Gon Jinn.
"The Force has shown me his kind heart, let's go. Be careful." Qui-Gon Jinn pulled up his hood again to cover his face, and followed Johnson and Anakin out of the city.
The group of people arrived at Anakin's home and saw Johnson lifting open the huge stone door panel weighing one or two tons. Qui-Gon Jin couldn't help but take another look at him.
"I live with my mother, and there is also the etiquette robot C-3PO that I am repairing here. However, my mother has inconvenient legs and feet, so she has been resting in bed. I want to change her to an anti-gravity wheelchair, but these days
The garbage merchant Chiluchi has been away." Anakin warmly introduced his family to everyone, and then pointed to his room and said: "There is indeed no Nubian T-14 hyperspace engine here, but I fell from a ship before.
A Nubian T-12 hyperspace engine was picked up on the spacecraft, which can be used on your spacecraft. But this engine is broken, and I have no parts to repair it."
The maid Padmé looked around with interest. She found two sets of engine-like machinery at the foot of the wall and asked, "What are these?"
"This is a podracing! When everything was good, my mother used to take me to watch the Bounta Night podracing race. My dream was to become a racer, but then the war broke out and the race was ruined.
." Anakin stroked the dusty podracer lonelyly, his eyes full of expectation.
The maid Padmé looked at the little boy's pure eyes, and her heart seemed to be touched. She held Anakin's rough little hand and said seriously: "You will definitely be able to drive this podracer and gallop on the field.
Definitely!"
"Thank you, miss. You are really kind and beautiful, just like the legendary angel." Anakin showed an innocent smile, but his eyes were also filled with determination.
On the other side, Qui-Gon Jinn kept staring at Anakin with a serious expression.
This chapter has been completed!