Swap Meet: The Jawa's Tale

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Template:Short story Swap Meet: The Jawa's Tale is a short story written by Kevin J. Anderson for Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina which was published by Bantam Spectra in August 1995. The short story, which takes place in 0 BBY, is about Het Nkik.

Plot summary

Het Nkik, unlike most Jawas, is not content to run away and hide when threatened. When his clan-mate and best friend Jek Nkik is killed by stormtroopers looking for R2-D2 and C-3PO he buys an illegal DL-44 blaster pistol at a Jawa annual swap-meet, sets off to Mos Eisley for vengeance and to show other Jawas they're not powerless. He's encouraged in this by Obi-Wan Kenobi when they meet at the burnt-out wreckage of Jek's sandcrawler.

Behind the scenes

The story incorrectly calls the DL-44 heavy blaster pistol a blaster rifle.

Appearances

By type 

Characters	Creatures	Droid models	Events	Locations
Organizations and titles	Sentient species	Vehicles and vessels	Weapons and technology	Miscellanea

Characters

1047 BoShek C-3PO Chewbacca Davin Felth Greedo Ariq Joanson (Indirect mention only) Obi-Wan Kenobi Hrar Kkak Het Nkik Jek Nkik (Mentioned only) Eet Ptaa R2-D2 Reegesk Luke Skywalker Han Solo Jabba Desilijic Tiure (Mentioned only) Valarian (Mentioned only) Wimateeka Wuher Orun Depp (Indirect mention only) Tour Aryon (Indirect mention only)

Creatures

Bantha (Mentioned only) Krayt dragon (Mentioned only) Sarlacc (Mentioned only) Dewback (Mentioned only)

Droid models

R2-series astromech droid E522-model assassin droid (Mentioned only) Harvester droid Messenger droid (Mentioned only) Power droid 3PO-series protocol droid

Events

Swap meet

Locations

Tatoo I (Indirect mention only) Tatoo II (Indirect mention only) Tatooine Beggar's Canyon (Mentioned only) Bestine (Mentioned only) Dune Sea Great Pit of Carkoon (Mentioned only) Jabba's Palace (Mentioned only) Jundland Wastes (Mentioned only) Mos Eisley Chalmun's Spaceport Cantina Mos Eisley garrison (Mentioned only)

Organizations and titles

Bartender BlasTech Industries (Mentioned only) Bounty hunter Galactic Empire Stormtrooper Imperial Governor (Mentioned only) Imperial Prefect (Mentioned only) Zeta Squadron Kkak clan Nkik clan (First appearance) Moisture farmer Jedi General

Sentient species

Human Hutt (Mentioned only) Jawa Ranat Rodian Tusken Raider / Sand People (Mentioned only) Whiphid (Mentioned only) Wookiee

Vehicles and vessels

Sandcrawler T-16 landspeeder (Mentioned only) Dowager Queen

Weapons and technology

Claim beacon Coin Comm unit DL-44 heavy blaster pistol Gaffi stick (Mentioned only) Image enhancer Macrobinoculars Portable illuminator Power pack Obi-Wan Kenobi's third lightsaber Stormtrooper armor

Miscellanea

Credit chip Credit chit Durasteel Hubba gourd Jawa fortress (Mentioned only) Jawaese Moisture farm Plasteel Transparisteel Tusken battle talisman Viewport

Notes and references

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