[ EU ] - STARWARS - C3PO & R2D2 never made it to Tatooine . What 's Luke doing years later ?

The Tusken raider moved carefully across the dune. The desert had always had its dangers, but lately it was downright deadly. 
 
 
 It had started with finding womp rat corpses. Dozens of them. At first, they were just blown to pieces, but after a while they had shown the attentions of a more *personal* nature. 
 
 
 Banthas and duneclaws had followed. Both of them could usually defend themselves quite well. Usually. Whatever was doing this had n't seemed to have any trouble. Their weapon of choice seemed to be a blade. Even for the Tuskens, whose culture was brutal to the core, the method of killing seemed barbaric. 
 
 
 When the first Raider vanished, there was n't much surprise. When he was found ( most of him ) we altered our way of life. No one was to go anywhere by themselves. We would only travel in groups, and travel in such a way that it would be impossible to tell how many were traveling. 
 
 
 It worked, after a fashion. For several months, there were no deaths among the raiders. Then, one day, entire groups started vanishing. There was every sign that they fought back. Gaderffii staves in every hand. Cycler rifle holes spotting the landscape. There was never any sign of the enemy. The tribe diminished. 
 
 
 The Raider struggled up the side of the dune. He was the last. He had to warn the other tribes. Perhaps they would welcome him in. Perhaps they would n't. But he had to tell them.
