Drawing the Maps of Peace : The Moisture Farmer ' s Tale Drawing the Maps of Peace : The Moisture Farmer ' s Tale is a short story written by M . Shayne Bell for " Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina " which was published by Bantam Spectra in August 1995 and is a short story about Ariq Joanson . It takes place in 0 BBY . Plot summary . Ariq Joanson is a moisture farmer on Tatooine , living closer to the edge of the Dune Sea than any farmer has previously dared to live , in an attempt to draw water from the air in the area . As the tale opens , he fears for his life from a wandering band of Sand People congregating around one of his moisture vaporators , attempting to break it open for a reason he can ' t think of . He drives up in his landspeeder , and they are startled off by the sound of human machinery , but he is certain they ' ll be back once they get over their fear . While waiting for them , he comes up with the assumption that they might be after the water . The territory was their ' s previously , they likely were collecting the water themselves before he came to take it . He opens up the vaporator and takes out the water it has collected in a pouch , and leaves it in the sand before returning to his speeder . The Sand People return , find the water , and give some to their youngest member before transferring the rest into an animal skin pouch , being careful not to spill a drop . They turn towards Joanson , and neither party speaks . Suddenly , one of the Sand People raises his fist in the air . After a bit of hesitation , Joanson does likewise . They stay like that for a moment , then the Sand People turned and vanished into the desert . Joanson pledged to leave the water from that vaporator to them from then on , and buy two last - generation vaporators from his friend Eyvind to return his production levels to normal . After that , he orders his computer to draw a map dividing the area surrounding his farm in three parts : one for the farmers , one for the Jawas , and one for the Sand People . He visits the Jawas in a nearby fortress and discusses the map with Wimateeka , an elder Jawa . He thinks dividing the area so the three parties can live in peace is a good idea . Later , Joanson visits farmer Eyvind , who introduces him to his would - be - wife Ariela . Eyvind is against Joanson ' s plan , as are most of the farmers , but Ariela is on Joanson ' s side . Joanson invites the Jawas to the wedding as a token of good will . They come and the wedding starts of good , but then young Sand People arrive and start shooting . They kill Eyvind and take Ariela . Joanson quickly sets out to rescue her , with Wimateeka by his side to translate . They go the vaporator where Joanson always leaves water and find them . He trades for Ariela and sees this as an opportunity to explain his plans for peace to the Sand People . He does so , and it is received well . It just seems that his plan might work until the Imperials arrive and start slaying the Sand People . The other farmers explain that they called them in , because if there would be peace out there with them , the Imperials would start making extra trouble . They need conflicts on every occupied planets so that the inhabitants will always welcome their way of creating order . If Joanson was to make peace , the real enemy would reveal itself , and it would be one they could not fight against . Joanson leaves his farm temporarily , because the Sand People think he has betrayed them , and visits the Mos Eisley Cantina for a drink . He decides to join the Rebel Alliance , knowing that Ariela would follow him there , to try drawing the maps of peace in another way .