Luke always thinks of her as “Mara,” while she thinks of him as “Skywalker.” I love that Zahn did this it’s a tiny thing, but it means so much characterization-wise.)Ĭhapter 22 starts out with Han finishing his presentation to Karrde. Now Luke has a bunch of wire but no power source…until he realizes that he has a dual power supply inside his prosthetic right hand.īefore we move onto the next chapter, I want to mention how they refer to each other in their different POVs.
Mara and Karrde are pretty smart, after all. As Luke is working on the outlet, he touches the wire but doesn’t get shocked. He also hears Artoo on the other side, but the droid is unable to help. He finds a multi-socket power outlet and starts picking at it with a triangular piece of metal from the blasted-out door. He think he can hotwire the lock if he can find another power supply. He immediately realizes moving him was a quick decision and tries to figure out how to escape. After some more harsh words, Mara locks him in the shed, blasting the lock to make sure there’s no way he can get out. (Really? The exact same outfit?) This is a nice misdirect by Zahn, by making you think Mara’s issues with Luke stem from Tatooine and Jabba the Hutt. Mara fetches Luke, and he’s wearing the same outfit as he was when he came to Jabba’s Palace–the day she stood by and watched as he destroyed her life. (Interesting that she’s taken to carrying it around.) A nice bit of characterization: when Karrde asks her if she can fly an X-wing, she replies “I can fly anything.”
He also reminds her to make sure she takes his lightsaber off his belt. (Because he loves information more than anything!) She refuses to say why she hates him they bicker some more about why Han is there and what to do with Skywalker.įinally Karrde asks Mara to move Skywalker to the number 4 shed (which just happens to be connected to where Artoo is) and to move his X-wing back into the forest. Karrde seems disinterested in the matter, but she can sense the truth: he wants more than anything to know why she hates Skywalker. She has a horrible thought, and asks if he’s going to give them Skywalker. Mara tells Karrde he has no obligation to speak to them, but Karrde informs her that his associates debts are his own, and she should know that by now. Karrde tells Mara her that Han Solo and Lando Calrissian are on their way to Myrkr, which obviously has negative implications on the current “kidnapping Luke Skywalker” scenario. Oh phew, Chapter 21 starts and we’re back to Karrde and Mara! What can I say–I’m predictable.
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