Accompanied by C-3PO, Luke pilots his landspeeder into the rocky canyons of Tatooine. He is searching for R2-D2, who has left the Lars moisture farm without permission in order to deliver an important message to Obi-wan Kenobi. As Luke parks the landspeeder and searches on foot, he and C-3PO are attacked by savage Tusken Raiders and are rescued just in time by the old hermit Ben Kenobi.