The surface of Tatooine had been blacken d and scared as a result of the missiles with the only good thing to come of it was the possible extinct of the tusken raiders. Had it been only that, but nearly all of the outside villages and ports had been wiped out in the bombardment as well. The only place that seemed to be unscathed was Mos Eisley and possibly Jabba's Palace. it seemed everyone realized that as the place was in fact busting to the seams with refuges. Obi-wan shook his head at the site of it all.

"Be cautious you'll never find a greater hive of scum and villainy."

Ghost couldn't help but smirk at the site of it all. "Jabba must be having a field day with this."

"How can you be so sure he's even alive."

"Kid I've worked with the Hutts for as long as I've been working with the Hutts forever. You don't think that the overgrown slugs don't have a bomb proof shelter in their fortress? A crisis like this means big credits are going to come their way."

"But surly the empire will bring relief to these people."

"They can try but the huts will find ways to sabotage the process, bribery, piracy, trust me this place is going to be a warzone for quite a while."

Obi-wan nodded. "Greed has a way of being a powerful ally, but it can also prove to be a double edged sword."

Heifer nodded and proceeded to activate her holo-communicator, her father appearing at the other end.

"Solider, anything to report."

"All the surviving refuges seemed to have gathered around Mos Eisley. The Hutt Territories maybe intact, but the other ports around the planet have been completely bombarded."

"Blast Saw and his terrorist cells. That is a darn shame."

"What do we do now sir?"

"For now, we'll just have to wait. Lord Vader will want to know about the unraveling of this situation personally."

The captain proceeded to look at Luke.

"My Apologizes to having thrown you into the fire so quickly. This is certainly what I inteeded to be as your first mission."

"Just doing my duty sir."

Marcus smiled and crossed his arms noting Luke's fake enthusiasm. "Is something on your mind private?

Ten Spoke up. "one of the destroyed areas was Lar's Homestead. We saw two bodies and he confirmed them as being that of his parents sir. "

Marcus nodded. "I see. I'm sorry for your loss."

Luke simply nodded. "Saw will pay for what's his done. I make sure of that."

"We all will my friend. Saw and his so called rebellion his a threat to the entire galaxy and it seems like he is escalating. If he's unraveling there is no telling what he is capable of doing next. In the meantime you guys will just have to wait until ethier I or someone gives you further orders. Anything else to report?"

"There is one thing sir." Ten said. "We found a hermit that helped us look for survivors. He's a Jedi."

Marcus raised an eyebrow. "A Jedi on Tatooine. Pardon my skepticism but I do find it a bit hard to believe.

"Give me the comlink." Obi-Wan whispered. Ten nodded before handing the comlink to the Jedi.

"I assure he's telling the truth Sergeant."

Marcus grinned in disbelief "Obi-Wan Kenobi, I honestly never thought I'd ever hear that name come out of my lips again."

"Marcus Aurelius, if I remember correctly you served under General Kit Fisto during the Battle of Raxus Prime."

"2nd battle actually. I also served with general Tano in the battle of Mandalore.

"Understood. Well, as I've told your men I am no threat to you I hold no loyalty to saw and his splinter cell group."

"it reliefs me to hear that. If you would be willing, I would ask you to help us. We are living in dark tines right now and as much as the emperor may not want to admit it, the galaxy may need the jedi again, sooner than later."

Obi-wan could not help but grin a bit. "I appreciate the confidence, but I'm not sure I'd be the man you are looking for. I'm very old and very tired."

"I understand. I just ask you to please think about it. In the meantime all of you are going to have to wait until I can give you a further report. Good Luck to you all. Sergeant out."

The hologram faded and the squad was left looking at each other.

"Well we got time to kill. Now what do we do?"

Obi-Wan cleared his throat. "I don't know about the rest of you, but as for me, I'm going to get a drink."

The Old Jedi headed towards to the cantina, the others couldn't help but look at each other in confusion before following.

a/n: just to note, no this Obi-Wan is not a fake or a fraud. He and Ten are suffering from the same good ol "I'm getting too old for this kind of crap" syndrome. Anyway please don't be afraid to review. I kind of need to get back into practice with this story.