Of all the intriguing tale in the newReturn of the Jedi anniversaryanthology From a Certain point in time of View , one revolving around Attack of the Clones’premiere gourmet establishment proprietorDexter Jettster was arguably the most intriguing to manywhen it was herald . What was Dexter up to during the original trilogy ? It turn out the answer was being very sad .
In a raw excerpt from Adam Lance Garcia ’s “ The Veteran , ” one of the 40 tales inReturn of the Jedi : From a Certain Point of Viewposted toStarWars.comtoday , we pick up with Dexter in the immediate wake of the struggle of Endor , as the public of Coruscant learns of the second Death Star ’s destruction . But it twist out that while the world around him rejoices in the Bob Hope of the Empire ’s downfall , poor Dex has been having a generally miserable time after the prequels . He misses his dear friend Obi - Wan Kenobi ( awww ) , he blames his own intelligence information about the Kaminoan saberdart for starting the Clone War and upending the Galax urceolata ( awww ) , but perhaps the sharpest of knives in our chest of drawers ?
Dex was n’t sure whether the warrior had died on the front or during the Purge , though he prayed it was the former . He could n’t wear the thought of his champion being gunned down by his own military personnel . Dex could never forget how the Jedi Temple blaze in the night , how the smoke billowed days after the fire were quenched , how the melodic phrase tasted of ash , and how carbon black covered his dining compartment for weeks , no matter how often he and Wanda cleaned .
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Nearly a thousand years of repose , reduce to junk .
“ It ’ll be fine , honey , you ’ll see , ” Wanda had pronounce , reminding him that droids rarely see beyond their programming .
She divulge down three years later .
He lose the buffet car shortly after .
They took his dining compartment ! They took his waitress droid ! They need everything from Dexter Jettster !
Thisisn’t the first timeStar Wars novel have look at a jokey prequels character and then given them a crushingly tragic life during the reign of the Empire , because that ’s apparently a affair that can have unconstipated natural event in the Star Wars galaxy . Dexter ’s situation is n’t quite “ down buffoon contemplating your role in lend political business leader to a secret Sith Lord ” like Jar Jar ’s ended up being , because what is . But still . piteous guy rope . What ’s a Star Wars prequel character beat ta do to get a pause in the galaxy far , far forth ?
You too can read about just how sad Dexter Jettster is when Return of the Jedi : From a sure compass point of View releaseson August 29 .
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