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Land of Life and Death 1987 story by Jonathan Hicks One year before Episode IV - A New Hope Goah Galletti’s regular co-pilot Mactin Selka is called away on business out of the
Setnin Sector, so Goah is
paired with an experienced female smuggler called Garani. He accepts a job from an unknown benefactor
to transport a consignment of high explosive across Tatooine to the
township of Mos
Banely. Goah is paid to ride shotgun, protecting them from Tusken Raider attacks and
the attentions of opposing gangsters.
Arriving on Tatooine Galletti secures the Phoenix and meets up with Garani in a
tapcafe. She is a stunningly beautiful
woman of indeterminate years who carries an air of calculated and confident
danger. After collecting their cargo, a CK-59 Overland Bulk Transporter and
a skimmer for him to ride shotgun in they begin their journey across the Dune Sea. Three hours in, an Imperial
attack squad attacks them, and Garani’s Bulk Transporter is destroyed. After
a fierce gun battle the Empire believes them both to be dead and so they
leave the scene. Galletti is confused
– why would the Empire attack them in such a lacklustre manner? Why not finish them off for sure? Convinced that that his female companion
has set him up he stuns Garani and takes off in the undamaged skimmer. Arriving at Mos Banely he storms through the town,
incapacitating agents and gunmen who have been sent to stop him. After cornering a hapless snitch he locates
his mystery benefactor’s headquarters in the centre of the township and
breaks in. He is faced by a small-time
operator called Daroth who
fearfully informs Galletti that he was ordered to betray Goah by an Imperial
Commander called Terrov. Unimpressed, Galletti informs Daroth that
Garani was already working for the Empire and that he needn’t have dealt with
Terrov – Garani was a lure for Goah and he had figured this out from early
on. Certain that he is about to die
Daroth pleads for his life and Goah tells him not to beg to him but to beg to
the Imperial squad who would soon be arriving to find a large consignment of
illegal explosives – packaged with receipts and bound for a Rebel Alliance cell, or so it would
appear. Pleased with his day’s work
Goah leaves Mos Banely to begin his journey back to the Phoenix. Land of Life and Death
1987 story by Jonathan Hicks One year before Episode IV – A New Hope Histories – Written on 29th July 1987 and
recorded on 30th July 1987, this shows Goah Galletti at work on the desert planet Tatooine - a location much visited by the 1980's incarnation of
the character. Also present is the
female dark Jedi Garani, star of
her own story For the Love of Garani,
set some years earlier. Cast
of Characters
Goah
Galletti
Mactin
Selka Garani Daroth |