Welcome to Disney's Magic of Storytelling podcast, sponsored by WakeMed Children's,

because inside every child is a story waiting to be told.

Our storyteller is ABC 11 news anchor Steve Daniels.

This is Star Wars A New Hope, Destroy the Death Star.

For years, the rebellion had struggled against the evil galactic empire.

Now, for the first time, the rebels had an advantage.

They had discovered a weakness in the empire's greatest weapon, the Death Star.

They could use a good pilot like you, Luke Skywalker said to his friend, Han Solo, as the rebels

prepared for their attack.

Sorry, kid, Han said.

The smuggler isn't interested.

He had more important things to do.

Luke walked away disappointed, but he needed to keep his mind on the mission.

At times like this, he missed his old teacher, Obi-Wan Kenobi. Luke climbed into the cockpit of his

X-wing while they loaded his astro-mecdroid R2D2 into the ship. Luke was glad

the little droid was his co-pilot. The two friends had been through a lot together.

The fleet of X-Winges flew toward the space station.

Look at the size of that thing, one of the pilots said.

As they approached the massive Death Star, everyone started to get nervous.

Luke heard a mysterious voice inside his head.

Luke, the Force, will be with you.

Soon the Death Star's cannons began to shoot at the X-Wing.

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