Star Wars: The Force Awakens Junior Novel by Michael Kogge

Author:Michael Kogge
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, azw3
Published: 2015-12-04T23:31:24+00:00

THE Falcon’s hasty jump into hyperspace jostled Finn around the medbay, but didn’t rip him apart. The wounded Wookiee seemed eager to do that himself. Every time Finn administered an injection or tried to apply a bandage, Chewbacca bellowed and shook Finn with such force that he thought his arms might fly off.

“Chewie, you’ve got to let go of me, understand? Help me out here!”

The Wookiee grunted, only tightening his grip on Finn. Worse yet, alarms began to wail throughout the ship, making it hard for Finn to think.

He turned toward the doorway and yelled as loud as he could. “I need help with this fuzzball!”

Han popped into the medbay with a growl of his own. “You hurt Chewie, you deal with me.”

“Hurt him? He’s almost killed me six times!” Finn complained. Chewbacca grabbed his shirt and snarled. “Which is…fine,” Finn stammered.

Han rushed off to deal with the alarms, muttering something about the hyperdrive.

Yet Han’s appearance, albeit brief, did much to calm Chewbacca, and Finn managed to bandage the Wookiee’s shoulder without losing any limbs.

When the alarms fell silent, Han returned to the medbay. Finn stepped out of the way and started to toy with the holochess set. He listened as Chewbacca groaned something to Han that sounded apologetic.

“No, don’t say that. You did great.” Han checked the bandaging. “You’re gonna be fine.” He glanced at Finn. “Good job. Thanks.”

Surprised by Han’s gratitude, Finn hesitated. “You’re welcome.”

Holographic creature chess pieces materialized above the board, making noises of their species types. Embarrassed, Finn searched for the off button. Han seemed amused that Finn couldn’t find it. “So, you’re fugitives, huh?”

Finn cocked his head in the direction of BB-8. “The First Order will kill all of us for that map in the little guy’s brain.” His fingers flicked a control and the chess pieces disappeared.

Rey walked in, with a nod toward Finn and the droid. “They’re with the Resistance, and I’m with them.”

Han looked Finn and Rey over once again, then turned to BB-8. “Let’s see what you got.”

BB-8 rotated a lens on his dome and projected in the air a partial three-dimensional map of the galaxy. Finn gaped at stars, solar systems, and nebulae he’d never seen.

Han drew an invisible line through the map. “This isn’t complete. It’s just a piece.”

Finn squinted at the map. There were stellar clusters that didn’t fit next to each other and dark patches that should be populated with planets and stars.

“Ever since Luke disappeared, people have been looking for him,” Han said.

“Why’d he leave?” Rey asked.

Han hesitated, then let out a breath. “He was training a new generation of Jedi. One boy—an apprentice—turned against him and destroyed it all.” Han’s wrinkles seemed to multiply at the recollection. “Luke felt responsible. He walked away from everything.”

That wasn’t what the First Order had ever told Finn. “You know what happened to him?”

“There have been all kinds of rumors and stories,” Han said. “The people who knew him the best think he went looking for the first Jedi Temple.

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