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Star Wars: Incognito
"Incognito" is a short story by John Jackson Miller that appeared in Star Wars Insider 143. It featured Obi-Wan Kenobi and baby Luke Skywalker during their travel to Tatooine, tied into Miller's novel Kenobi, and was included in the paperback release of the novel.
On the run from the newly-created Galactic Empire, Kedorzhan Senator Dewell Bronk is a passenger on a starship leaving the Core Worlds. Aboard the ship, Bronk witnesses a pair of Devaronian youths harassing and attempting to rob an elderly Twi'lek woman. Desiring to speaks up to stop them, the senator only manages a whisper because drawing attention to himself could blow his cover. The Devaronians continue harassing the Twi'lek until they are stopped by an individual Bronk terms the Young Father. The human male carrying an infant suggests to the youths that they do not want to bother the Twi'lek. To Bronk's surprise, the thugs readily agree and depart. After the situation is diffused, Bronk chats briefly with the human, informing him that the baby is likely crying due to hunger.
Plot summary:
Once the transport arrives at its destination, both Bronk and the Young Father disembark to transfer to a new ship destined for the Outer Rim. Bronk comes across an Ortolan janitor being physically harassed by a pair of clone troopers on his way to the landing pad for the next transport. Unable to standby while an innocent is being threatened, Bronk calls out to the clones demanding they to cease their harassment of the janitor. Failing to gain their attention with his words, the diminutive Kedorzhan strikes one of the troopers in the shin with his bag of belongings and repeats his message. Turning around and releasing the Ortolan, the clones call the senator's name and arrest him under the Emperor's authority. Realizing he had walked into a trap, Bronk resigns himself to his new fate.
However before any further action is able to be taken, the clones find themselves under assault. The Young Father appears and quickly dispatches the troopers with the janitor's left-behind equipment. The Kedorzhan thanks him for the rescue but then laments about his future and how he will have to standby as such injustices continue to occur in order to flush him out. The Young Father responds, stating that the senator has options other than running for the rest of his life. By retuning to Coruscant and pretending to support the Empire, the kindly human says the senator will be able to help a greater number a people than he could in hiding. The two then part ways, with Bronk deciding to return to Coruscant and the human and his infant continuing on to the Outer Rim.
On the run from the newly-created Galactic Empire, Kedorzhan Senator Dewell Bronk is a passenger on a starship leaving the Core Worlds. Aboard the ship, Bronk witnesses a pair of Devaronian youths harassing and attempting to rob an elderly Twi'lek woman. Desiring to speaks up to stop them, the senator only manages a whisper because drawing attention to himself could blow his cover. The Devaronians continue harassing the Twi'lek until they are stopped by an individual Bronk terms the Young Father. The human male carrying an infant suggests to the youths that they do not want to bother the Twi'lek. To Bronk's surprise, the thugs readily agree and depart. After the situation is diffused, Bronk chats briefly with the human, informing him that the baby is likely crying due to hunger.
Plot summary:
Once the transport arrives at its destination, both Bronk and the Young Father disembark to transfer to a new ship destined for the Outer Rim. Bronk comes across an Ortolan janitor being physically harassed by a pair of clone troopers on his way to the landing pad for the next transport. Unable to standby while an innocent is being threatened, Bronk calls out to the clones demanding they to cease their harassment of the janitor. Failing to gain their attention with his words, the diminutive Kedorzhan strikes one of the troopers in the shin with his bag of belongings and repeats his message. Turning around and releasing the Ortolan, the clones call the senator's name and arrest him under the Emperor's authority. Realizing he had walked into a trap, Bronk resigns himself to his new fate.
However before any further action is able to be taken, the clones find themselves under assault. The Young Father appears and quickly dispatches the troopers with the janitor's left-behind equipment. The Kedorzhan thanks him for the rescue but then laments about his future and how he will have to standby as such injustices continue to occur in order to flush him out. The Young Father responds, stating that the senator has options other than running for the rest of his life. By retuning to Coruscant and pretending to support the Empire, the kindly human says the senator will be able to help a greater number a people than he could in hiding. The two then part ways, with Bronk deciding to return to Coruscant and the human and his infant continuing on to the Outer Rim.
10 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published July 23, 2013
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About the author
John Jackson Miller
348 books1,009 followersNew York Times bestselling author John Jackson Miller has spent a lifetime immersed in science fiction. His Star Trek novels include the Discovery – Die Standing, the acclaimed novel Discovery — The Enterprise War, the Prey trilogy, and Takedown. His Star Wars novels include A New Dawn, Kenobi, Knight Errant, Lost Tribe of the Sith, and the Knights of the Old Republic comics, available from Marvel as Legends: The Old Republic.
He’s written comics and prose for Halo, Iron Man, Simpsons, Conan, Planet of the Apes, and Mass Effect, with recent graphic novels for Battlestar Galactica, Dumbo, and The Lion King. Production notes on all his works can be found at his fiction site.
He is also a comics industry historian, specializing in studying comic-book circulation as presented on his website, Comichron.. He also coauthored the Standard Catalog of Comic Books series.
He’s written comics and prose for Halo, Iron Man, Simpsons, Conan, Planet of the Apes, and Mass Effect, with recent graphic novels for Battlestar Galactica, Dumbo, and The Lion King. Production notes on all his works can be found at his fiction site.
He is also a comics industry historian, specializing in studying comic-book circulation as presented on his website, Comichron.. He also coauthored the Standard Catalog of Comic Books series.
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July 6, 2022
Bullet Review:
A quick down and dirty story of Obi-Wan meeting Dewell, a politician on the run. It’s incredible and a testament to Miller how one small story really paints a sad, poignant picture of the dire times after the events of Revenge of the Sith. While it is incredible how many adventures Old Ben Kenobi manages to get involved in while supposedly being a hermit, I think this story served a fantastic purpose.
A quick down and dirty story of Obi-Wan meeting Dewell, a politician on the run. It’s incredible and a testament to Miller how one small story really paints a sad, poignant picture of the dire times after the events of Revenge of the Sith. While it is incredible how many adventures Old Ben Kenobi manages to get involved in while supposedly being a hermit, I think this story served a fantastic purpose.
October 21, 2023
I actually read this recently in a Star Wars Insider anthology, but I was quite happy to read it again. It shows the sacrifices that two different beings must make for the safety of others under the New Order.
December 26, 2023
A very simple story concerned more with atmosphere than plot, the best word I can find to describe this is “Contented.” The story itself is content to be passing by as a tumbleweed, just as its two characters are doing the same.
June 26, 2025
A nice transition piece between Revenge of the Sith and the Kenobi novel by the same author. Hardly an essential read in any way, but a really enjoyable short story set during the first days of the Empire.
May 7, 2025
Fun, short story to give insight into the sentiments after the Rise of the Empire
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