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Note 1
To a doctor of the Rebellion (John Amidala),

I’m new to the Rebellion, and they told me I had to check in with you. You’re supposed to give me a check-up, as everyone else in the Rebellion has had. Just let me know the results so I can get going. I just wanted to let you know I was coming. I’m on my way.

Luke Skywalker
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Note 2
Luke Skywalker,

Thank you for informing me that you were coming, that was nice of you. I will check you up when you arrive, so just say that Dr. Amidala will be seeing you when you come to the front desk. See you later.


John Amidala
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Note 3
John Amidala,

Um….okay….well now that I’ve come and seen you can you please send me the results. You didn’t say a word to me when you examined me, and I need to know what the results were.

I have to go get the results so I can help get this stain out of this dress and then I can go off to the battle…that is as long as you get the results to me ASAP. I know you must be very busy, and that you might not even remember me, but I’m sure you at least wrote down my name…..and I know you filled a paper out because the Rebellion has to have a medical paper from everyone filled out by you…so I’m sure that even if you don’t remember me you can still find my paper. Thanks.

Have you seen many battles? Do you have an estimation of our chance of winning? I’m going to be participating in the battle…it’ll be my very first battle…and I hope it’s not my last.

Well sorry to have taken up your time.


Luke Skywalker
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Note 4
Luke,

It's no problem at all, I'm supposed to tell you if something is wrong with you, so I am.

Now, I almost didn't notice it, but your legs are slightly crooked, and I'll say on a scale from 1 to 10 (1 being the worst and 10 the best), they're about 9, which means that they're crooked, yes, BUT you don't have a limp or have to use braces or anything like that. Tell me, when you were younger did you have braces? Did you legs ever give you problem?

Anything thing is that your lungs are very underdeveloped, which would mean that you would get hard asthma, am I right? Well, on a scale again from 1 to 10, I'll say your lungs are a 4, which means they can't get any stronger than they are, because they're too underdeveloped. Now, there's nothing to fear as long as you have an inhaler or something.

Now, since your lungs are weak, that causes bad asthma as I sad before, so your asthma (on a scale from 1 to 10) would be 3, which means I'll give you an inhaler, and you'll have to take it once a day so that it won't act up, ok?

Besides that you're perfectly fine, and normal for someone your age.


John
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Note 5
John,

All right…thanks for telling me all that. I wasn’t sure if you noticed any of it, so I didn’t say anything about it when you examined me because I wanted to see if you would catch it or not. It’s good that you did because that means that the Rebellion has good, competent doctors.

Yes, I already knew about my legs. So they’re at about a 9 on your scale? That’s pretty good. I’m glad that the crookedness in my legs isn’t that noticeable, and that I don’t have a limp or anything, and that you decided that I didn’t need braces. You asked me if I had braces when I was younger, or if my legs ever gave me a problem. Well to answer your question, yes, I had braces on my legs when I was younger. I had braces on my legs from the time I was 2 years old to when I was 17…just two years ago. They used to be really, really crooked……and I couldn’t even walk until I was 13. When I was 4 I got a wheelchair and was in it until I was 10. Then I used crutches from until I was 13. After that I could walk, but I had to have braces on my legs until I was 17. Do they ever give me a problem? Sometimes I get cramps in them, but not that often…only if I have been walking a lot or on my feet for like hours.

Now about my lungs…I knew they were weak, but I never knew how weak they were. I also didn’t know they were underdeveloped, so it’s good that you told me that. So my lungs are very underdeveloped?

Yes, I also knew that I had asthma. How could I not? It gets really bad sometimes, but I’m fine most of the time. The only times that it ever acts up are when I’m around something I’m allergic to (which I’m not allergic to that much) or if I exercise or if I have a lung infection or something. Those are the ONLY times that it acts up. So my lungs are at a 4 on your scale. That’s not too good, is it? And they can’t ever get any stronger because my lungs are too underdeveloped to allow for it? I’m glad that I’ll be okay as long as I have an inhaler. I do have one. I’ve had one since I was really little…and I think people knew I had asthma when I was really little because as far back as I can remember I’ve always had it. It used to be a lot worse than it is now.

I never knew how bad my asthma was either. All I knew was that it had gotten better than what it had been when I was really little. So I do have bad asthma? It would be a 3 on your scale….which is really bad since 10 is your highest rating and 1 is your lowest. It does get pretty bad…but I never knew that it was actually considered bad.

You’d give me an inhaler? I already have one…..but if you want to give me another one that might be helpful since if one gets low I’d have another one. That medicine is expensive though. My uncle has to save up for it so that we can afford it. Are you sure you could give me a free one? Yeah, I am supposed to take my inhaler every day, but sometimes I don’t…and I know….that’s probably stupid of me….but sometimes I just don’t feel like it.

I’m glad that nothing that I didn’t know was wrong with me, and that I am perfectly fine other than those things.

Well…I was only one pound 6 ounces when I was born so maybe that’s why I have problems with my lungs now. Do you think that could be it? If not, what do you think it is?

Thanks once again.

I’m in the Death Star battle right now and it’s kind of scary. Vader’s behind me…and he’s on me TIGHT…and I just can’t shake him. I’m so scared. He killed my best friend and I’ve seen him shoot down so many ships that I couldn’t even begin to count them. There is only 1 minute left until the Death Star puts Yavin in range.


Luke
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Note 6
Luke,

Maybe it was because you weighted so less that your lungs never completely developed. Since your lungs are as weak as they are, I don't think that they're ever become strong like normal person's lungs. Don't worry, because if you take care of yourself, they could with time start to grow stronger, but it will be a LOT of time.

Yes you have pretty bad asthma. 3 on the scale is low, but not the worst. Because your lungs aren't strong as they should be your asthma kicks in whenever you work or exercise a lot. So don't push yourself when you know you shouldn't.

All right, thanks for telling me that you had braces when you were younger. It had helped improved the crookedness in your legs, so they're not as crooked as I'm guessing they were when you were younger.

I suppose I can give you another inhaler free, because you ARE a pilot for us and we need good and healthy pilots.

By the way, who are your parents? Maybe if I know who they are, I might get a better understanding of way your legs are crooked and your lungs weak.


John
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Note 7
John,

Yeah…now I remember something…I only go to the doctor once a year to have a yearly check-up like everyone does, and I forgot about something he said before. He told me that my lungs were weak, and that he didn’t think they would ever get any stronger than they are now…they used to be weaker….but he thinks I’ve reached the limit for how strong he thinks my lungs can ever be. So I think you’re right when you said that you don’t think they’ll ever become strong like a normal person’s lungs. So I know that no one can know for sure….but my doctor said that he doesn’t think they can get any stronger than they are right now, no matter what I do. He didn’t give me any reasons, but I remember him saying it. I don’t know about them ever starting to grow stronger…because of what my doctor said. I don’t think they CAN, even with a LOT of time. I do try to take care of my lungs. I have always tried to be really careful with them.

Anyway, my doctor back home never mentioned that my lungs weren’t completely developed, but I’m glad you told me. That’s probably the reason he didn’t think my lungs could get any stronger…because they weren’t developed enough. I don’t think my lungs could suddenly get more developed after so many years of being underdeveloped. I’m sure they’re better developed then when I was a newborn, and they were probably able to grow a little bit in the first couple months after I was born…but I don’t think that they probably didn’t get a chance to grow all the way…and they probably couldn’t grow all the way or something.

At least they’re strong enough for me to breathe normally and everything like that. I mean if they were so weak that I couldn’t breathe on my own, that would be really bad. But they’ve always been strong enough so that I could breathe just fine on my own…well at least as far as I know. I have a lot of baby pictures….and I was fine in all of them except the ones taken before I was 3 months old…because I couldn’t breathe on my own until I was 3 months old. So I think they got more developed or something within those first 2 months, but after that, maybe that was as much as they could develop.

Yeah, like I said, I used to have asthma a lot worse than I have it now. It used to act up after I did a tiny bit of exercising…and when it kicked in it was a lot worse than it is now. I used to have to take my inhaler twice a day because of how bad it was. Well at least now I know I have bad asthma. It’s all right though because I’ve had it all my life and I’ve just dealt with it and I’ve been fine. So it’s because my lungs aren’t as strong as they should be that my asthma kicks in whenever I work or exercise a lot. That’s what I thought. Well I am usually okay when I exercise if I take my inhaler before I exercise…but sometimes it still kicks in when I do that. I’ve learned not to push myself because of that…so I don’t push myself unnecessarily. I do exercise…I try to do it every day just because that’s good for a person’s body…and I try not to push myself to hard when I do it. Sometimes I get sick when I do that, but I stop exercising as soon as I feel my asthma start to kick in. I try not to do it for too long of a period of time…or do too much of it at once. As soon as it starts to kick in, it gets bad because of how badly I have it, but I’ve always been able to handle it.

You’re welcome for telling you about my braces when I was younger. Yes…when I was younger my legs were so crooked that I couldn’t walk like I told you before.

Okay, thanks for the free inhaler. I’m sure it will prevent a situation like the one I was just in before I got here. You see, my inhaler ran out on me when I was in this factory (it was my allergies that made it kick in)…because I had forgotten to tell my uncle that it was getting low. Well I got REALLY sick…and then I had to run all the way back to the ship, which made me a lot worse…and then my uncle went and got it refilled…but I forgot to remind him to give it back to me, and he forgot to give it to me….so I didn’t have it….and it got worse because I was caught in this sandstorm and was around cigarette smoke and I had to do some more running around….and I didn’t have my medicine at all….so I was really sick…but then my uncle gave it back to me when I rescued him…and after I had taken it and some time had passed, I got back to normal.

Why are my parents? Um….well….to be honest I don’t know. They died when I was a baby, and people keep telling me lies and different stories….so I’m not really sure. My uncle told me my mother’s name was Demetre, but Ben told me that her name was something else. Both my uncle and Ben told me my father’s name was Alex Skywalker…and I was okay with that….until I talked to my grandfather and found out he didn’t know of an Alex Skywalker…..and that he only had 3 children…my two uncles and this other guy…so I don’t know. I don’t know who’s lying to me. Maybe I’m not even related to my uncle. He adopted me…so maybe I’m from a different Skywalker family. (There are a lot of Skywalker families.) The other thing I was thinking was that maybe no one knows who my parents were and that maybe they were teenagers or something. So you can see….I’m competently confused.

I asked a lot of people to clear it up for me….so if they tell me, I’ll tell you in a PS part to this note, okay.

So you think if you knew who my parents were that you might be able to get a better understanding of why my legs are crooked and my lungs are weak.

Well the battle’s over…and it feels so good to be back. Han Solo, my friend, saved my life….and well the Death Star’s gone.

Since the Empire knows where we are we obviously can’t stay here for long. Do you know where our new base would be? I also heard that there was talk about an awards ceremony to honor the heroes of the Death Star battle. Do you know if this is true?

Oh just for the fun of it, I found out that Darth Vader’s name was Nigel Reklaw. Don’t you think that’s funny?


Luke

PS my grandfather and uncle have replied to me and told me that my father’s name was Alex and that my grandfather called my father by his middle name, so that’s why they were confused. My father’s name was Alex Skywalker. Does that help any?
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Note 8
Luke,

So, your father's name is Alex Skywalker? Well, I've never heard of anyone by that name. Do you know anything of him, like what he did for a living, or if he was sick, or anything? That would help me understand.

I'm glad that you understand the reason you have weak lungs and bad asthma. Thank you for telling me about what that doctor of yours told you, I needed to know that (I need to know some of my patients history with their health problems and what their former doctors said, so that I can help them).

You had quite an adventure on you journey to get that. It's hard to believe that a little thing (such as running out of inhaler and forgetting to get another one) can change your life!

Well, I have to get back to my patients. I'm so glad that you were able to destroy the Death Star.


John
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Note 9
First Luke and John Note written after AOTC came out



John,

Yes, my father’s name was Alex Skywalker. So you’ve never heard of anyone by that name? I wouldn’t have expected you to. I’m sure that not very many people have heard of him. Well I don’t know much about him because my uncle doesn’t like talking about my father…and Ben (Obi-Wan) hasn’t said too much about him. Obi-Wan did tell me that he knew my father and that my father was a good pilot and had a strong force (like 24 thousand midi-cholorians) and used to tie this other guy in pod races. That’s basically all I know about him. I DO know what he did for a living; he was a Jedi Knight. I have no idea if my father was sick or anything like that. I’ve never asked my uncle or Obi-Wan, so I’ll have to go ask them that and see if I can get an answer on it. I’ll let you know what they say, and hopefully it will help you understand.

Yeah well it’s a good thing to try to understand what’s wrong with you (like in my case why I have weak lungs and bad asthma). You’re welcome for telling you what my doctor from home told me, and that it will help you help me if I ever need help. Like I said before, I’m fine MOST of the time, and I can usually take care of myself when I get sick, so I probably won’t need you if I do get sick from my asthma.

Yes…I’ve had more adventure on my journey to get here than I have ever had in my entire life. Yes…little things can go a long way. I can’t believe that it all started with me running out of my inhaler, but hey…things happen in strange ways sometimes. I can’t believe how life changing this entire adventure has been. I went from having a boring life to having more of an adventure than I would have liked.

Yeah, I’m glad I destroyed the Death Star too….it’s just a little embarrassing. I’m also glad that we were able to move to Hoth rather quickly and that everyone got there safely.

Well Han Solo and I volunteered to go out into the cold and look for life forms. Hoth is cold…let me tell you! I didn’t find much…and Han didn’t either…his comment was, “there isn’t enough life on this ice cube to fill a space cruiser.” (or something like that). Well Han and I were just about done with our shift when I saw this thing come out of the sky. I think it might be a meteorite or something…or maybe an Imperial probe droid. I want to check it out to make sure that it wasn’t an Imperial probe droid. It won’t take me long…maybe 5 minutes at most. The only thing is my Tauntaun (and boy do they smell) is acting strangely…like there’s something wrong. I don’t like it when animals act up like that because it usually means danger or something…it could be nothing…but I’ll feel better once I’m back at the base.

I should be back soon, and will be back by the time you receive this letter.


I hope your patients are all well. You said you had to get back to working with them.


Luke
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more coming....

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