Mission to Tatooine (Luke Skywalker)

The mission to Tatooine occurred some time after the events of the Battle of Yavin. Luke Skywalker reluctantly underwent the mission after an Imperial transport capsule was identified to have crash-landed on Tatooine. What began as a mission to investigate the capsule was complicated by the news that the transport capsule, along with similar capsules that had fallen on other planets, had caused outbreaks of the highly contagious and deadly Bledsoe's disease which were followed shortly thereafter by attacks on nearby Rebel bases. Luke Skywalker and an assigned Rebel contact, a female Ogemite named Anduvil, discovered the connection between these events when Luke was infected with Bledsoe's disease. The Empire was using a genetically modified strain of Bledsoe's to send secret information on Rebel targets. Luke was cured, and with Anduvil he destroyed the local Imperial garrison base, capturing its commander to ensure their escape from the planet.

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