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1.In 2019, former real estate investor/television host Ariel Maureen ("Mo") Gull was anxious to re-establish herself in the real estate industry ("Make Ariel Great Again!"), after devastating financial losses in the 2008-2009 mortgage meltdown and a contentious, expensive divorce from her spouse and real estate business partner, former electrical contractor Gig A. Watts.The end of the second decade of the 21st Century was disastrous for Mo (not to mention the COVID-19 pandemic, which brought almost all entertainment business to a standstill).Ariel had lost her syndicated TV real estate show ("Flipping Alhambra") and most of her assets.

2.Looking for a spectacular property to rehabilitate and spruce up with minor construction ("Build that wall!"), Ariel hoped that she could film the process and market another show to networks that had lost faith in her real estate abilities.("Honey, you couldn't get a show flipping burgers, much less houses! The only kind of flip you're going to get is a flip off!" exclaimed one network executive.)

3.Undeterred by the negativity, Ariel continued to search for the "perfect" property ("Where am I going to have to look ... under the sea?" she fretted.) and, after weeks of scouring the neighborhood, located one with a spectacular view of the scenic Alhambra arch.

4.Unfortunately for Ariel, that property was being sold by Ursula Deep, a witchy and shady character who seemed to have her tentacles in all sorts of properties.

5.Undaunted, Ariel refused to quit; she purchased the property from Ursula for $500,000 - half of which she had raised from the equity from sale of her own condo, and half of which she had borrowed from her father, Don "King" Triton.

6.Eager to own the property and not have Ursula back out of the deal, Ariel rushed though the escrow and paid little attention to the paperwork.

6.1 Before putting his late uncle Owen and late aunt Beru's moisture farm on Tatooine up for sale, Luke (their sole heir) hired Empire Builders, a general contractor owned by Emperor "Pal" Patine, to repair and refurbish the farm's condenser field.

6.2Luke paid Empire Builders in full for all of the materials, construction costs (e.g., permits), labor, and subcontractor fees (e.g., for the pipefitting work).

6.3Less than 90 days after Luke had paid the Empire company in full for the completed work, Luke received notice of a lien against the farm from C3-R2 Droids, the commercial pipefitting subcontractor on the job, claiming that C3-R2 had not been paid for its work and demanding payment from Luke.

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Assuming Tatooine - a distant planet in a galaxy far, far away - follows the same principles as California law, (a) identify the type of lien C3-R2 has placed against Luke's Tatooine farm property;(b) explain whether Luke is legally responsible to pay C3-R2 or not, already having paid the Empire for C3-R2's services; and(c) if Luke does not pay in response to C3-R2's demand, specify the legal procedures and remedy/remedies C3-R2 has - and against whom - to collect the money C3-R2 is legitimately owed.

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