[Despite the heartache of knowing that now Wedge is stuck here with the rest of them Luke can't help but grin softly when he hears his old call sign. That sure feels good. At the notice of his beard however, Luke's grin fades a bit. He'd completely forgotten how different he probably looks.]

Oh! Uh, a few weeks ago. Long story. [Mostly having to do with depression and hiding from everyone after a very not-fun incident. Wedge will surely get to hear all about that later along with the weird time differences thing.] Look, uh... we'll get your ship out, don't worry about that. I can call some locals to help us. Wes is here too and I think he has access to some machinery.

You've obviously already found Edmund, the guy handing out comm devices. Did he, uh... explain anything? I mean about this planet in particular?