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TK-421 owns a mouse droid and is in an affair with a superior officer, who turns out to Tarkin. This droid was actually owned by TK-421, with the droid capturing a brief hologram recording of TK-421 and accidentally playing it when running into an Imperial officer. This droid was actually seen briefly in A New Hope, who scurried off in the other direction when Chewbacca roared at it.
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So it turns out that the Stormtrooper whose armor Luke stole in Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope was gay and having an affair with Grand Moff Tarkin. This is completely canonical and from the short story “Of MSE-6 And Men” in the anthology “From a Certain Point of View“.
The likes of Admiral Motti and Grand Moff Tarkin get their own tales, alongside the likes of more ancillary characters. This new story in Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View reveals that he got this post in the first place due to a secret gay romance he was involved in.
This previously-untold tale is laid out in the story "Of MSE-6 and Men" by Glen Weldon, which is told from the point of view of G7, a MSE-6 series repair droid, also known as mouse droids.
Ultimately, the affair paid off for TK-421, with the officer using his pull to assign TK-421 to "station security," a much better post than he had, with his task of guarding the Millennium Falcon his first assignment in his new role, that ultimately lead to him being ambushed aboard the Falcon.
The anthology book also includes tales that shed new light on other characters like Grand Moff Tarkin and Admiral Motti, which are all told from unique perspectives, like the G7 droid, or the Boba Fett story being told entirely through the internal monologue he has in his mind, during a scene that was added into the Special Edition of A New Hope where Han Solo has a brief chat with Jabba the Hut.
While this story, with brief excerpts courtesy of Nerdist, won't shed any light on Star Wars: The Last Jedi or any of the other future movies, they will certainly help fans pass the time until these movies hit theaters.
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In fact, that was his first assignment in his new role.Read the entire tale in Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View, available now.
Do you see TK-421 in a different light now?
For instance, we reported yesterday that the Boba Fett "no disintegrations" mystery was solved by one story in the anthology, and now another mystery from A New Hope has been put to rest, involving the infamous Stormtrooper that was never seen, TK-421, the Stormtrooper who infamously wasn't at his post in A New Hope.
TK-421, portrayed by actor Stephen Bayeley in an uncredited role, was a Stormtrooper stationed on the Death Star in Star Wars: A New Hope, who was tasked with guarding the Millennium Falcon, while a scanning crew boarded the ship to search for any inhabitants.
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TK-421 Stormtrooper Had Secret Gay Romance in A New Hope
While fans wait for the highly-anticipated Star Wars: The Last Jedi, which is just over two months away, fans have been getting a slew of new details on Star Wars: A New Hope and other Star Wars movies thanks to a new book released this week entitled Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View.
Ultimately, TK-421 and another Stormtrooper responded to a call for help aboard the Falcon, which lead to them both being ambushed by Han Solo (Harrison Ford) and Chewbacca (Peter Mayhew). Here are five highlights from “Of MSE-6 and Men” by Glen Weldon:
- TK-421 owns the mouse droid, a.k.a.
G7, that crosses Chewbacca‘s path in Episode IV.
- That mouse droid captured a holorecording of TK-421, which the droid then accidentally played after running right into an Imperial officer. Maybe you wish he hadn’t been ambushed by Han and Luke? The officer was smitten with TK-421’s appearance, calling TK-421 “beautiful,” so he used G7 to send a hidden holomessage to the stormtrooper.
- TK-421 saw the officer’s interest as an opportunity to get off the Death Star and replied to the message with one of his own, including a gift that TK-421 explained to G7 as giving “him [the officer] something to get him started.”
- The trooper and the officer would erase some of the droid’s memories after their trysts because as the stormtrooper told G7, “There’s some stuff that you… don’t need to see, frankly.
Human-being stuff. TK-421, do you copy?" Both Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) and Han Solo (Harrison Ford) used TK-421 and the other Stormtrooper's costumes to infiltrate the Death Star and ultimately save Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher). The new anthology Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View delves into some of those stories (though obviously not all two million, because no one has that kind of time).
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- TK-421 owns the mouse droid, a.k.a.
- The officer did manage to score his boyfriend TK-421 a better assignment in station security–the job that ultimately put TK-421 on duty outside the Millennium Falcon.
This book tells 40 stories from 40 different authors, to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the iconic franchise, by telling untold stories that answer some questions fans didn't even know they wanted the answer to. Tell us all your TK thoughts in the comments.
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TK-421’s Secret Love Affair Detailed in STAR WARS: FROM A CERTAIN POINT OF VIEW
Warning: spoilers follow for Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View.
Almost two million people served on the Death Star, each one with a life and a story.