Original subtitles

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captain pillion

blasted rook

what do you think you're doing

i'm doing my job

you may enter

come in captain

i thought you'd want to know admiral the

scout ships have returned from the

abroad sky system

the wing commander will be ready for

debriefing in a few minutes

were they able to tap into the central

library system

they got at least a partial dump

don't know yet if they were able to

complete it

apparently there is some attempt to

pursue the wing commander thinks he lost

the blow

no

no i don't believe he has

particularly not if the pursuers were

from the rebellion

yes sir

i've ordered the sentry line onto yellow

alert

shall we go to red

not yet

tell me captain

do you know anything about art ah

not very much

you should make the time

saver paintings

note how the style changes right

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go to red alert and tell me what we've

got calmly if possible

yes sir

four new republican sub frigates plus

several wings of x-wing fighters coming

in on the scout ship's vector

run engines to full power prepare to

make the jump to light speed belay that

jump order

tie fighter crews to their stations

activate deflector shields

bro

let's take a look shall we

let's see exactly what we're dealing

with

bridge

order the nearest three century ships to

attack

excellent

pull the other two sentry ships back

shouldn't we signal the rest of the

fleet the death's head could be here in

20 minutes

most of the others in less than an

hour the last thing we want to do is

bring in more of our ships captain

after all there may be survivors

and we wouldn't want the rebellion

learning about us would we

bridge

i want us flat to the invaders vector

yes sir

sir

you don't have to understand lieutenant

just obey

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i'm afraid i don't understand either

watch and learn captain

tie fighter squadrons

launch when ready

head directly away from the chimera for

two kilometers then sweep around in open

cluster formation

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[Applause]

do you understand now captain turning

the ship gives the fighters some exit

cover but the rest is nothing but a

classic marx able pleasure maneuver

they're not going to fall for anything

that simple

on the contrary

not only will they fall for it

they'll be

utterly destroyed by it

watch captain

and learn

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what's in the empire are they doing

they are trying the only defense they

know of against a marx able or to be

more precise

the only defense they are

psychologically capable of attempting

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you see

there is an element commanding them for

us

and elements simply cannot handle the

unstructured attack profile

that century ship you were able to tell

from that those were enrollment ships

learn about art captain

when you understand the species art

you understand that species

bridge bring us to flank speed

prepare to join the attack

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sounds like the aurora sky system is a

bust

we cannot spare the manpower needed to

pacify the planet

for now perhaps

but only for now

bridge

this is grand admiral thrawn

set

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a creature indigenous to the planet

the second piece lies on a world called

weyland

i ask what exactly this puzzle is

i

the only puzzle worth solving of course

the complete

total and utter destruction

of the rebellion

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luke

hello ben it's been a while it hasn't

been

and i'm afraid it will be longer still

until the next time

i've come to say goodbye

no you can't leave us ben we need you

you don't need me luke

you are a jedi strong in the force but

you must never relax your guard

the emperor is gone but the dark side is

still powerful

never forget that

want

you will yet face great dangers

but you will also find new allies at

times and places where you expect them

least

new allies

who are they i have lingered too long

already and can no longer postpone my

journey from this life to what lies

beyond

you too will face the same journey one

day

i loved you as a son as a student

and as a friend

until we meet again

may the force be with you

then i am alone

and the last of the jedi

not the last of the old jedi look

the first afternoon

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i'm over here 3po

master luke i'm terribly sorry to

disturb you

that's all right

i'm just missing ben tonight

he was always very kind to me and also

to archer of course

you might have just delivered his final

lesson to me

oh

governments and entire planets are

important 3po

but when you sift everything down

they're just made up of people

and a jedi can't get so caught up in

matters of galactic importance that it

interferes with its concern for

individual people

or for individual droids

oh i see sir

well if you are indeed all right i

expect i should be on my way

sure

3po

what made she come up here in the first

place

mr slayer senpi

she said you're in some kind of distress

shell off

i beg your pardon sir

leia's showing off her new jedi skills

proving even in the middle of the night

she can pick up on my mood

oh shall i tell her you're all right

then sure

and tell her

i love her i'll deliver the message sir

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your highness

are you all right

i'm fine can i get you some more milk

your highness

or something to eat

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no thank you my stomach isn't really

bothering me at the moment it's

well you know

it's luke

the same thing that's been bothering him

for the past nine weeks has it been that

long

you've been busy

i don't know winter

i really don't

perhaps it's something to do with your

pregnancy

nine weeks ago would put it just about

right

yes

but it's also when mon mothma and

admiral akbar were pushing to move the

government's seat to coruscant also

about the time we started getting

reports of some mysterious tactical

genius having taken over command of the

imperial fleet

i suppose you'll just have to wait until

he's ready to talk to you

perhaps captain solo will be able to

draw him out when he returns

maybe

good night johannes

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didn't we just leave this party

don't worry he'll be here

it's just travis i don't think he's ever

been on time for anything his whole life

hello

travis

long time no see

have a seat

sure

as soon as you put your hands on their

table

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come on

world buddies remember

sure we are

i hear you're going respectable

vague word

oh well let's be specific

you joined the rebel alliance i played a

general

married a princess

and have twins on the

way i resigned the general part a while

back

say what's all this about a warning

nothing like that

we're looking to hire smugglers is there

something to do with your fight against

the empire because if it is it isn't

the new republic is short on cargo ships

not to mention experienced pilots if

you're looking to earn some quick and

honest money this would be a good time

to do it

so what's the catch

catch

we just need ships and pilots to get the

interstellar trade going again

you've got them

why work for you and your pigeons

directly

why can't we just smuggle this stuff and

make more per trip

you could but only if your customers had

to pay the trade tariffs that make

hiring smugglers worthwhile

in this case they won't oh come on solo

expect me to believe that so what are

you gonna do instead operate the

imperial sectors

it pays for now but their territories

have been drinking for five years

straight

maybe

maybe not

i hear rumors there's someone new in

charge out there someone who's been

giving you a lot of trouble

like in the opera sky system

well it really was nice sitting again

solo well i gotta go

just give your people our offer okay

oh i will

might even be somebody will take you up

on it never can tell

one other thing

who exactly is the big fish in the pond

now the java's gone

that's a secret

talon card

where can i find him oh you'd like to

know that wouldn't you

maybe someday i'll tell you

travis gotta go

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please come in

you didn't say what

this meeting was all about

no it's not what you're thinking

this is a business meal

no more no less

that's right drang

a business meal

come on out with you

i set out with you

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oh don't give me that poor little knee

axe

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where were we

you were telling me this was a business

meal it's certainly the nicest business

meal i've had in quite a while

i think it's occasionally good for us to

remember that being a smuggler doesn't

necessarily require one to be a

barbarian too

ah and i'm sure most of your people are

very grateful for that reminder

it does often make for an interesting

evening

particularly when discussing a promotion

a promotion

i've only been with the group for six

months

time has never been as important as

ability in results

your ability and results have been quite

impressive i've been lucky

i've found that what most people call

luck is often little more than raw

talent combined with the ability to make

the most of opportunities

what i'd like to do is start grooming

you towards becoming my second in

command

what exactly would my new duties consist

of

traveling with me mostly

watching me set up new business meeting

some of our long-term customers that

sort of thing

if you give me that kind of authority

i'm going to use it

there's some

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yes

it's abes thought you'd like to know

we've got company

any make on it

two's best guess is the chimera

interesting

grand admiral thrawn himself they're

launching shuttles projected landing

points somewhere here in the forest

no more than 50 kilometers from here

either

shall i call an alert

on the contrary

let's see if they need any help

give me a hailing channel

imperial star destroyer chimera this is

talon card

may i be of assistance

this is captain pillion of the chimera

what is it you want

merely to be neighborly

we track two of your shuttles coming

down and wondered if you or grand

admiral thrawn

might require assistance

of course

i haven't heard of grand admiral throne

either

certainly not in connection with the

chimera

or some intriguing information rates

around the broader sky

you are very well informed mr card

information on imperial activities can

be very expensive

i'd have thought a man in your line of

work would know that

indeed

but occasionally one finds bargains

it's the east lemire you're after isn't

it

there are no bargains to be had here

card

and expensive can mean costly

true

i presume you're already familiar with

the east lumiri's rather unique

characteristics

can i assume you're also familiar with

the somewhat esoteric art of safely

getting them off their tree branches

i was under the impression that isla

mary were not predatory

i wasn't referring to your safety

captain

i meant theirs

you can't simply pull them off their

branches

not without killing them and you i

suppose know the proper way to do it

well

some of my people do yes

if you'd like i could send one of them

to you and review with your shuttles

of course

and the fee for this esoteric

demonstration

no fee captain

as i said earlier we're just being

neighborly

your generosity will be remembered

i'll figure my shuttles to await your

expert

he'll be there

goodbye captain

you got all that

duncan and chin are already warming up

under the skip raise

good

i'll want to see them as soon as they're

back

sorry for the interruption you don't

believe they're here just to pick up

isalamari do you not really

there's only one jedi left in the galaxy

they wouldn't come all the way out here

for islamiri to use against him

maybe it's not skywalker they're after

maybe they found some more jedi

seems unlikely

the emperor supposedly made a clean

sweep of them

unless they found darth vader

he died on the death star

along with the emperor

that's the story he died there

still

the grand admiral thinks he has a good

reason to carry islamiri aboard his

ships we might do well to follow his

lead

thrawn's probably just jumping at

shadows

we still have business to discuss

as i recall

you had ideas and improvements to the

organization

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so once again your smuggler friends

refuse to commit themselves

it's not a matter of commitment admiral

it's a matter that most of them just

don't see any real gain in switching

from their current activities to

straight shipping

or else it's a lack of

trust because of me of course

haven't you tired of retaking this same

territory counselor failure

i merely seek to clarify the situation

in my own mind admiral

it's hardly worthwhile sending a

valuable man like captain solo out

if these missions are predomed to

failure

they're not predomed a failure

they'll come around

meanwhile

we expend a great deal of time and

effort

with nothing to show for it

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what the smugglers are waiting for is

the same thing as the rest of the galaxy

the formal re-establishment of the

principles and law of the old republic

that as our first and primary task

counsellors

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captain solo we thank you for your

report and two for your efforts

this meeting is adjourned

so

are we out of here

the sooner the better

things get a little rough before they

called me in no more than usual

failure and akbar had one of their

polite dog fights over the fiasco at

abroas sky and the missing task force

felia suggested the job might be too

much for akbar to handle and then of

course

i forgot to ask you earlier if you talk

to luke about going with you to be

missouri

did he agree yes

i'm sorry han i didn't get a chance to

tell you

the bims asked for luke to be there with

me for the talks

they did huh

they gave any reasons

the bims are rather hero orientated

and luke's part in the battle of endor

is rather well known

we'd better get going

the droids are already on the falcon

chewie got him aboard while i was here

it'll be all right han you me and luke

together again it'll be just like old

times

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i'm still not convinced this is really

necessary

all it's a precaution captain

it's conceivable we could have trouble

convincing him of who we are

we might have an easier time convincing

him with a squad of stormtroopers along

he might also have irritated him

a dark jedi's pride and sensibilities

are not to be taken lightly captain

you seem quite certain sir that this

guardian will be a dark jedi

who else would the emperor have chosen

to protect his personal storehouse

is that mount tantus

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interesting

there are at least three styles of

architecture

here human plus two different alien

species

any idea whether those alien species are

hostile towards strangers probably

i see the guardian of the mountain

who will take me to him

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old

one of your people just shot at us

observe the consequences

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i will ask once more

who will take me to the guardian of the

mountain

who are

you

i am grand admiral thrawn

warlord of the empire

i seek the guardian of the mountain

i will take you to him

stay close together

be alert for a track

i would have thought the guardian would

be living in the mountain

he did

once

when i began my role

the people of weyland built this for him

i see

so he is dead

he is

i killed him

just as i now kill you

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you're not jedi how do you do this

join us

and learn

i am a jedi master i join no one

in that case

permit us to join

and permit us to show you all the power

a jedi master called desire

may i ask

who we have the honor of addressing

i am the jedi master joras sybol

you will now tell me how it was you

defeated my attack

it's quite simple actually

these creatures you see on our backs

are called isalamiri

they have an interesting and possibly

unique ability

they push back the force

what do you mean push it back

they push its presence

out away from themselves

much the same way a bubble is created by

air pushing outward against water

i've never heard of such a thing

how could such a creature come about

really don't know

not that it matters

for the moment the ability itself is

sufficient for my purpose

that purpose being to defeat my power

we were expecting to find the emperor's

guardian

i needed to make certain he would allow

us to identify ourselves and our mission

and that is all in good time

and only after we've had a chance to

examine the emperor's storehouse in

mount tantis

so the mountain is all you really want

i need the mountain certainly

or rather what i hope to find within it

that being

the emperor's researchers developed a

genuinely practical cloaking ship

i wanted

and some other almost trivial pieces of

technology

and you think to find one of these

cloaking shields in the mountain

i expect to find either a working model

or at least a complete set of schematics

but

i also require the partnership of a jedi

master

like yourself

ah

we finally get down to it

this i take it is where you offer me all

the power even a jedi master could

desire

tell me

are you familiar with the imperial

fleet's disastrous defeat at the battle

of endor five years ago i've heard

rumors

one of the off-worlders who came here

spoke about it

though only briefly

then you must have wondered how a few

dozen rebel shapes could possibly rout

an imperial force that outgunned it by

at least ten to one

i assume that the rebels were simply

better warriors they fought better than

the fleet

because the emperor was dead

you were there captain

you must have noticed it

a sudden loss of coordination between

crew members and ships the loss of

efficiency and discipline

the loss of ensured

that elusive quality we call

fighting spirit

there is some confusion yes

but nothing that can't be explained by

the normal stresses of battle

really

the sudden last minutes tie fighter

incompetence

the loss of six star destroyers in

engagements they should have won easily

nothing but normal battle strength the

emperor was not directing the battle i

was there admiral i know

yes captain

you were there

and it's time you faced the truth

no matter how bitter you find it

none of you had any fighting spirit of

your own

it was the emperor's will

that strove you

the emperor's mind

that provided you with strength and

resolve

you were dependent

on his presence

that's not true it can't be

we fought on after his death

yes

you fought on

like cadets so this is what you want me

for to turn your ships into puppets for

you

the emperor's fatal error was that he

alone constantly and completely

controlled the imperial fleet

my wish is merely to have you enhance

the coordination between ships and task

forces

and then only in carefully selected

combat situations

to what end

power

the conquering of worlds

the final defeat of the rebellion

the re-establishment of the glory that

was once the empire's new order

you don't understand power

conquering worlds you will never again

visit is not power this planet this city

these people are mine

mine

i teach them i command them i punish

them

their lives and deaths are in my hands

i need your assistance master subair

and i will have it

or you'll do what

have you no gree try to kill me

it would almost be amusing to watch

perhaps i seek a challenge in your

destruction

that would hardly be a challenge for a

man of your skill and power

but then you probably have other jedi

under your command

other jedi

there are no jedi left

two new jedi have arisen in the past

five years

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lou skywalker

and his sister

leia organa sola

i can deliver them to you

both of them

both of them

consider what a man of your skill could

do with brand new jedi

mold them

change them

recreate them in any image you choose

and with them would come with a very

special bonus

because leia organa saw

is pregnant

wayne twains

jedi twins

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very well grand admiral thrawn

in return for the jedi i will assist

your forces

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a word with you admiral certainly

captain

i mean

admiral i have to tell you that i am not

convinced dealing with sabbath is a good

idea

to be perfectly honest

i don't think he's entirely sane

of course he's not sane

but then

he's not jorah sabaeth either

what

jorah sabayath

is dead

he was one of six jedi masters aboard

the old republic's outbound flight

project

it was intercepted by a task force

outside old republic space

how do you know sir because

i was that forces commander

but then who is it we've brought aboard

the chimera

george sebaya

is a clone

a clown

certainly

created from a tissue sample

probably some time before the real

sabbath's dead

i don't like it admiral

we can hardly protect the ship from him

while at the same time having him

coordinate the fleet's attacks

there's a degree of risk involved

but risk has always been an inescapable

part of warfare

if there's nothing more no sir

it will bring us victory captain

quiet your fears

and concentrate on that yes sir

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you'll do fine

i wish you two wouldn't do that it's

like listening to half a conversation

sorry

looks like our reception committee is

coming last chance to change your mind

joey

come on

you've been fond over before

remember that big awards thing back at

yavin

i didn't hear you complaining then

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it's all right han if he wants to stay

aboard with r2 the bims won't be

offended

i wasn't worried about offending them

i just thought it'd be nice to have a

little extra backup along

the bims are very friendly people there

won't be any trouble

i've heard that before

he offers greetings to distinguished

visitor councilor leia organa solo and

hopes your discussions with the law

elders will be fruitful

he also requests that captain solo

return his weapon to the ship

what was that last part

captain solo must leave his weapon

aboard the ship

weapons of violence are not permitted

within the city

terrific

it doesn't look like we've got any

choice

tell them we're ready

luke yes i know

maybe they just figure it's just part of

the proper jedi outfit

or else their weapons detector doesn't

read lightsabers

either way what they don't know won't

hurt them

he says the tower of law is just ahead

they add their greetings and apologies

that the talks cannot begin quite yet

it appears the chief negotiator became

ill just moments ago

oh is there anything we can do to help

you

they thank you but assure you that will

not be necessary

the complaint appears to be a rather

personal nature

i understand

in that case we might as well return to

the falcon until he feels ready to

continue

he offers an alternative your highness

he would be eager to conduct a tour of

the marketplace

he further suggests that master luke and

captain solo might find something to

interest them in the tower museum relics

dating back to the old republic

luke and han might like the market too

he says they would find it excessively

dull

i like marketplaces i like them a lot

what do you think

i don't sense any danger

in that case han and i will tour the

market while luke visits the museum

the marketplace has been in the same

spot for over 200 years

hasn't changed much has it

you can see why this place is worth

getting into the new republic

touching the wheels

no thanks

3po will you have our host tell them

we're not interested

3po

hey goldenrod i'm talking to you i'm

terribly sorry captain solo but our host

seems to have disappeared

what do you mean disappeared

i've got a bad feeling about this

let's get back to the tower

we've got trouble

on

doomed

who are they

never seen anything like them before but

they're not kidding around

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i think it's time to pull in the welcome

mat give luke a shout out you can't help

us they've got him too

luke

what do you want

in there

all right no problem

if you have some business with me i'm

willing to talk you don't need my

friends in the marketplace for that

and there's no particular reason any of

you has to get hurt

now where

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he's coming let's hope our pals don't

find out before he gets here

great

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pun

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chewy

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uh

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you are a mess

i'm sorry mr luke

i always seem to be causing you trouble

you've been a great help to all of us

over the years

you just have to learn when to duck

no captain cello did not tell me to duck

what he said was get ready to duck

i should think the difference would be

apparent even to you

maybe the bims can suggest something

we'll ask when we get back down

we're going back

we have to luke this is a diplomatic

mission it's considered bad form to

leave right after one of your ships has

just shot up a local marketplace

i would think the brims would consider

themselves lucky that none of their

people got killed particularly when it

was at least partly their fault

you can't blame a whole society for the

actions of a few individuals especially

when a single political maverick has

made a bad decision

a bad decision

apparently the bim who led us to the

marketplace was bribed to take us there

he had no idea what was going to happen

what does han have to say about putting

us back down

we just made the jump to lightspeed

next stop coruscant

han i told the bims we were coming right

back down

and i told them there'd be a short delay

long enough for us to collect a squadron

of x-wings or maybe a star cruiser to

bring back with us

what if you've offended them you

shouldn't have left without consulting

me first

you're right

but there wasn't time to discuss it in a

committee

i am not a committee

did either of you ask the mems who or

what our attackers were

they didn't know

we can check the imperial archives and

we get back to coruscant and there will

be a record of them

unless there's something the empire

found out in the unknown regions

you think the empire's behind this who

else could it have been the question is

why

whatever the reason they're gonna be

disappointed

isn't it about time leia had a

lightsaber of her own

leia

i don't know i've never really felt

comfortable with the things

but i suppose i ought to make the effort

i think you should

your talents may lie along a different

direction but you should still learn the

basics

as far as i can tell nearly all of the

jedi in the old republic carried them

even healers and teachers

all right as soon as we get back i'll

tell mon mothma she has to cut down my

assignments

i guess break time's over teacher

i took it upon myself to train him as a

jedi

i thought i could instruct him as well

as yoda

i was wrong

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all died but the coordinator then

yes sir we're still not sure what went

wrong

instruct central to get the coordinator

a thorough

debriefing

what report from weyland

is that it then your noghri have failed

so too bad and on to more pressing

business

you promised me jedi grand admiral

thrawn

i promised you jedi

and i will

deliver them

what report from weyland

the engineering team reports the

cloaking shield schematics seem complete

but to actually build one will take some

time

and be highly expensive for a ship the

size of the chimera fortunately they

won't have to start with anything nearly

as big

here are the specs for what we'll need

that's louis van

oh and we're going to need some advanced

mining machines

i believe they're cold

have intelligence do a search

yes sir

one other thing sir

the engineers report the daily eighty

percent of the sparty sensors we'll need

are fully functional

sparty cylinders what are those

just that other bit of technology i

found in the mountain

so

80 percent

that's excellent captain

excellent

how very thoughtful of the emperor who

have left such fine equipment for us to

rebuild his empire with

instruct them to bring the cylinders

to full

operational status

yes sir

and about skywalker and his sister

we'll use negri team for next

transmit a message with the new

orders you want me to transmit the

message sir

not that i'm questioning the order but

in the past you've usually preferred to

contact them yourself

teammate failed me

sending the message through you

we let the others know how

displeased i am

and twenteen four also fails you will be

merely displeased with them too

will you admit your professional killing

machines simply can't handle a

jedi what alternative do you suggest

that we concentrate on his sister and

leave him alone

that you concentrate on his sister yes

i think it best that i deal with a young

jedi myself

i need you

with my fleet

reparations for the assault on the

rebellions lewis van space dog facility

have already begun

some of the preliminaries to that

assault will require a jedi master's

coordination

my assistance was promised only upon

your promise to deliver my jedi to me

i will have them grand admiral thrawn

does a jedi go back on his word

you knew that obtaining skywalker

might take some time

all the more reason for me to begin now

why can't we do both

explain captain

we could begin by starting rumors of

your presence master saboyov

some sparsely populated world where you

might have lived for years without

anyone noticing

rumors of that sort will certainly make

their way back to the rebellion

and there will be nothing there

to connect you to us

while we find a suitable planet and

start the rumors

master savioth can remain here to assist

with this lewis van preliminaries

and we'll know when he makes his move

and

in plenty of time

to get you there ahead of him

very well grand admiral thrawn

congratulations captain

your idea seems to have caught master

sabios fancy

i apologize admiral if i spoke out of

turn

you served too long until lord vader

captain

i have no qualms about accepting a

useful idea

merely because it wasn't my own

my position and ego

are not at stake here

yes sir

with your permission admiral i'll go

prepare those transmissions to weyland

and the nokia teams

at your convenience captain

and continue to monitor the preparations

for this lewis van operation closely

with mounts tantus

and luis van both

the long path to victory over the

rebellion

will have begun

with or even without

our jedi master

[Applause]

let me get straight captain solo

you alone and without consultation with

anyone in official authority

made the decision to cancel the bimasari

mission

i've already stated that

i've also stated my reasons for doing so

which in my opinion were good and proper

ones

captain solo's duty was abundantly clear

to protect the ambassador in his charge

and return safely to alert us

hello to what

forgive me admiral but i don't

understand what exactly the threat is

we're supposed to be facing

wherever these grey-skinned beings were

they clearly weren't important enough to

be included in the old republic's

records

a race that insignificant isn't likely

to be capable of a major offensive

we don't know if that's the reason they

aren't in the records it could be an

oversight or gap damage

or else a deliberate erasure

and why would the empire want to raise

the records

of an entire race

maybe they saw the old republic's coming

demise they might have erased all

references to themselves in hopes the

empire wouldn't notice them

i still see no reason to make a fully

fledged military operation out of this

to reduce our glorious forces to level

of mere diplomatic entourage

is an insult to their courage and

fighting spirit you can dispense with

the speeches counselor

none of our glorious forces are here to

be impressed by them

i wonder if we could get back to the

original subject i presume it hasn't

escaped anyone's notice that the aliens

were ready and waiting for us when we

reached bimisari

we're going to need tighter security for

these missions

at both ends

your attackers did support a local brim

politician after all

all of which

cost that much more time

and effort

he can't be helped if we don't protect

our negotiators the new republic will

stagnate and wither admiral you will

detail a force to accompany councillor

organo solo on her trip back to

brimissary tomorrow

excuse me tomorrow

yes tomorrow the bims are still waiting

captain

i know but what han is trying to say is

that i had intended to ask for a brief

leave of absence i'm afraid that's

impossible there's far too much work to

be done we're not talking about a

vacation here leia needs to concentrate

on her jedi training i'm sorry

i recognize the need to add new jedi to

our ranks

but for now there are far too many

urgent demands on our time i'm afraid we

need you here

unless there's something more we stand

adjourned

you all right

you know

it was a lot easier back when we were

just taking on the empire

and at least then we knew who our

enemies were

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captain

is my flagship ready

the chimera is fully at your command

admiral

excellent

master sabayo are my other two task

forces ready

they are

they merely await my command

then command them

captain

make the jump

[Music]

all fighters launch

[Applause]

respond

defending fighters launching from the

third moon

get a location on that fighter base and

detail the inexorable to move in

and destroy

[Applause]

[Music]

change cause for the father of the two

planets

adjudicator will take the other

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any special orders admiral

stay with the program

choose targets at will

but remind our gunners that the plan is

to hurt and frighten

not obliterate

relay that

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what's the status of the attacks in the

other systems

they

proceed

are you all right master zappos

save your concern captain

he's doing what he enjoys most

controlling people

i told you once grand admiral that is

not true power

so you've said

can you tell what sort of resistance

they're facing

not precisely

but neither force is in danger

that much i can feel in their minds

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[Applause]

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we've pinpointed the location of the

distressed transmissions admiral

we'll be long gone before any

reinforcements can arise

we might as well let the rebellion waste

its resources rushing useless forces to

the rescue

in fact

i believe it's time for us to take our

leave

order our squadrons back and all ships

jump to light speed as soon as the

fighters are aboard

order the other two task forces to break

off their attacks as well

i presume you are in close enough

contacts to do that you question me too

much grand admiral thrawn

far too much

i question all that is not yet familiar

to me

have there been any further leads on

those mole miners

i think the athega system's our best bet

grand admiral thrawn

yes master sabayo

where am i jedi grand admiral

you promised me that your tame no grey

would bring them to me

[Music]

they await the proper time to act

the time had best be soon

i grow tired of waiting

as do we

[Music]

interesting

i wonder what exactly grand admiral

thrawn is up to

we'll make our delivery in a week

the whole system is expecting a hornet's

nest of new republic ships

not a situation we really want to fly

into

and i'm sure our clients prefer a late

delivery

to losing the entire shipment

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so

you're not giving the force enough

control

i'm giving it all the control i can't i

just don't have the proper techniques

down yet

you can learn it i learned it and i

never had any of the self-defense

training you got when you were growing

up on alderaan

what's wrong

the empire just pulled a three-prong hit

and fade on three systems in the slowest

sector some place called the fash and

two unpronounceable ones

they're up to something i can feel it

something big something dangerous

how bad was the damage

not nearly as bad as it could have been

but all three systems are pretty shook

up

i can imagine

let me guess mon mothma wants me to go

out there and assure them that the new

republic really is able and willing to

protect them

is getting the falcon prepped now

you're not going alone are you after bim

asari

oh don't worry

there's a 20 ship convoy going out to

assess the damage plus wedge and rogue

squadron

it'll be safe enough

that's what we said about bimasari

i'd better come along well

actually

you can't why not

because the bafashi don't like jedi

the story is that some of their jedi

went bad during the clone wars and

really mangled things before they were

stopped

it wasn't just bafash either some of

those dark jedi escaped and made trouble

throughout the sluice sector

one even got as far as dagobah before he

was caught

dagobah that's right why

no reason

we can discuss history later

the sooner we get going the sooner we

can get this over with

right i'll get my travel bag and give

winter some instructions meet you at the

ship

i don't like it

don't worry she'll be safe

look i know how protective you're

feeling towards her these days but you

can't always have her big brother

standing over her

actually we've never figured out which

one of us is older

the best thing you can do for her right

now is what you're already doing

you make her a jedi and she'll be able

to handle anything the imperials throw

at her i suppose so

be careful

hey

it's me

dagobah

this is skywalker i'd like my x-wing

prepped for launch in one hour

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as you can see the place is something of

a mess

how many people died in the attack

in the system a few hundred not nearly

as many as there could have been

and i wonder why

so does everyone else

it's been the second most popular

question let me guess

the first is why do they even bother

pounding on befash in the first place

you've got it

it's not like they didn't have better

targets to choose from you've got the

slowest fan ship yards about 30 light

years away

a few hundred ships there at any given

time so why here

sloughs van is pretty heavily defended

with our star cruisers and their own

battle stations

any imperial leader with a gram of sense

would think twice before tackling it

you okay

i was just remembering

well

when darth vader was having us tortured

on bespin

luke knew it was happening from far away

there were rumors that the emperor and

vader could do that too

yeah

but they're both dead

what if the imperials have found another

dark jedi you talking about see both

what

jurors see both he was a jedi master

back in pre-empire days

disappeared before the clone wars

i heard a rumor that he surfaced again

and set up shop on jamarck right and he

was just sitting around doing nothing

during the rebellion i just report him

general i don't make him up

han wedge duck

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they've learned

this time they're jamming our

communications

sounds like you've run into these guys

before

we've met

really figured out what they want

chewie probably discovered the jamming

and put two and two together

stay sharp they may try to point us

wait a minute there's something wrong i

can't feel chewy on the ship

he's probably just too far away

hang on a minute

the underside swivel blaster why isn't

he using it good question

simple answer that's not the falcon what

i can't believe it

these guys dug up another working yt

1300 freighter from somewhere

they must really want you bad

yeah i'm starting to get that impression

myself

got any good ideas

is there any way we can disable that

ship

lots of ways

problem is you have to be inside for

most of them the outside shielding isn't

great but it blocks hand blasters just

fine will it block this

all right

but i'll go we all go we know they want

at least one of us alive otherwise they

just have flown overhead and blasted us

yeah okay

give me the lightsaber

ready

go

oh

[Music]

[Music]

what did you do

cut through the coolant lines to the

main drive

so now what now we collect our escort

and get out of here

escort

[Music]

regular leader you're all clear wedge

why just disable a ship when you can

disable it and send a distress signal at

the same time

you know sometimes i still amaze myself

[Music]

i can assure you captain solo that we

are doing everything to find out how

this happened that's what you said about

four days ago

you might be surprised between the

council members staff crew and other

personnel over 200 people have direct

access to the mission itinerary

tracking through all that is going to

take time

great

may i ask what you suggest we do in the

meantime

you have your escort

we had them four days ago too

commander antilles and rogue squadron

are fine in space but this kind of stuff

isn't their area of expertise

under the circumstances perhaps it would

be best if you simply brought counselor

organa solo back here where she could be

properly protected i'd love to

the question is whether she'll be any

safer on coruscant the imperials are

getting information out of that place

they might just as easily get their

agents in the security arrangements i've

set up on coruscant are quite capable of

handling anything the imperials might

try

yeah

i'm sure they are admiral

until we know more

do whatever you feel is necessary

coruscant out

right

it's just me

you finished talking with akbar already

yeah it wasn't much of a conversation

you do have a way with people

this one's not my fault

for all his military genius akbar just

isn't a good politician and with failure

nipping at his heels

yeah well if he's trying to keep fei

leia away from the military he's got the

wrong end of the blaster

half of them are already convinced that

feile is the guy to listen to

unfortunately he often is

charisma and ambition

dangerous combination dangerous

just a feeling

a sense that failure has his eye on more

than just akbar's job as supreme

commander

i suppose you're anxious to get back to

coruscant

you sound like you're not

well

it's what everyone expects you to do

so maybe we ought to do something else

i have commitments back on coruscant

you've got commitments to yourself too

not to mention the twins

i can't be out of touch there's too much

happening

how about some place that has a

diplomatic station

you'll be able to get all of the

coruscant news there

and how do we make sure the local

ambassador doesn't give us away

who says the ambassador has to know

we've got a receiver on the falcon

we can tap into the transmission on our

own only if we can get hold of the

encrypt scheme

they're slicers running around to eat

government encrypt codes for breakfast

i don't suppose you'd know any of them

do i get to know where we're going

we need someone we can trust and has his

own list of illegal slicers

you don't mean lando

who else

why do i suddenly have a bad feeling

about this

[Music]

[Applause]

r2 find me a good spot to sat down will

you

thanks

i'm gonna start the landing cycle

[Music]

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[Music]

the cave

hang on i'll get you down

[Music]

[Music]

i thought yoda might have left something

some records or books behind something

that would tell me more about the

methods of jedi training

not much left though

is there

back that way

[Music]

i hope you're not going to tell me that

all you were picking up was her own ship

you're sure

stay here are two

[Music]

[Applause]

so

no

i have faced this

you cannot threaten me

i'm not gonna play this game i've faced

this crisis too and i've defeated it

no

[Music]

oh

[Music]

[Music]

i don't know what it is

do you recognize it

lando

i don't ever remember seeing lando with

anything like this

but i was pretty busy at the time

all right

we're going to swing over to the athega

system and see lando

maybe he can tell us what this thing is

[Music]

no

i don't have a transit permit

i'm trying to reach lando calrissian

look

just give lando a call will you

tell him that an old friend wants to

play a hand at savage for my choice of

his stock you will understand

we want to do what

the imperials might have spies here

lando will know it's me

provided that middle level button pusher

loosens up

any make on it i'm not going to fight

ship

general carrizo has authorized a transit

waiver for you your escort is

approaching

hold position until they arrive

escort nikolon is a super hot planet

way too close to the sun for any normal

ship to approach without getting the

hull peeled off

hence the escort

unidentified ship this is shield ship

nine ready to lock please transmit your

slave circuit code

shield chip nine we don't have a slave

circuit just give me your course and

we'll stay with you

very well unidentified ship

say a course at 284 speed.6 sunlight

stay with him chewie

what's wrong

i don't know

i don't like it though

shall chip nine what's the holdup

not to worry we've got another craft

coming in that also doesn't have a slave

circuit we're gonna have to take you

both in together

no point tying up two of us right you

have an id on that other ship hey friend

we don't even have an id on you you're a

big help

chewie you got an approach yet on this

guy

[Music]

oh cute

real cute what

he's coming in from the far side of the

shield ship central pylon keeping it

between him and us where we can't scan

it

stay sharp this might be a decoy

[Music]

hello strangers good to see you

[Music]

what's happening

we're in nicklon's shadow

i've got a lock on lando's mining

operation

first bespin now nikhlon

have you ever known lando when he wasn't

involved in some kind of crazy scheme

not very often

i think i see the city that group of

lights over there

too small

more likely it's a group of mole miners

last i heard he had a hundred of the

things taking stuff out of the surface

unidentified ships

you've been cleared for landing on

platforms five and six

follow the beacon in and watch out for

the bumps

got it tell me again about lando and his

crazy schemes

[Music]

unidentified ship welcome to nomad city

what's this about playing a hannah civic

lando we were just talking about you

i'll bet

are leia and chewie with you we're all

here

it's not exactly a social call we need a

little help

well sure anything i can do

i'll even

someone's jamming us

joey find us a clear frequency

any ships who can read me check in

lando what's going on imperial star

destroyer coming in fast

they found us

[Music]

[Music]

let me worry about that star destroyer

r2

you just keep trying to find a way

through that jamming

luke i'm here what's the plan i was

hoping you'd have one lando scrambling

the fighters he's got by keeping them

close to the city

where the attack front then

let's try this i'll run ahead try to

confuse or slow them down you follow

right behind me and take them out

here they come

[Music]

if this is an invasion better worn lando

leia's on it

[Music]

luke

ben

not ben you will come to me luke

who are you

you will find me

and the jedi shall rise again

until then

farewell

luke

leia luke are you all right sure

what's wrong you're what's wrong you

planning to chase them all the way home

it's over

what about the transports

they retreated

we still don't know what they were doing

lost track of them during the fight

i must have lost track of time

[Music]

[Music]

the judicature is clear admiral good

so

master sabayon

they fulfilled their mission and

obtained 51 of the mole minor machines

you sent them for

51

excellent

you had no problem guiding them in and

out

they fulfilled their mission

how many times do you intend to ask me

the same question until i'm sure i have

the

correct answer

oh while your face looked as if you were

having

trouble

i had no trouble

what i had was a conversation

with luke skywalker

explain he's there right now grand

admiral he arrived just ahead of the

judicator

skywalker is there

and you said nothing to me

i told you before grand admiral thrawn

you will leave skywalker alone

i will deal with him in my own time in

my own way

all i require of you is to take me to

joe mark

it's too soon

the rumors of your presence haven't had

enough time to spread until we can be

sure skywalker will respond you'll just

be wasting your time there

oh he'll respond trust me grand admiral

thrawn

he will respond

i always trust you

at any rate

i suppose it's your own time to waste

captain pellion

how long will it take to repair the

damage to the judicator several days at

least admiral

all right

we'll go to the rendezvous point

stay long enough to make sure repairs

are underway and then take master

sabayoth to jean-marc i trust that will

be satisfactory

yes

i will rest now grand admiral thrawn

elect me if you need my assistance

certainly

i want a course projection captain

the most direct line from neckline to

jean mark

at the best speed

an x-wing could take

yes sir

even if skywalker leaves immediately

there won't be any problem getting

subway off to joe mark ahead of him

indeed

what i need is a bit small challenging

we're going to drop sabayoth and joe

mark

then back track along skywalker's course

20 light years

i don't understand sir

i mean to disabuse our great and

glorious jedi master of his growing

belief that he's

indispensable to us

so we wait along skywalker's projected

approach and ambush him

precisely

at which point

we decide whether to capture him for

sabayot

or simply kill him

i respectfully suggest admiral that we

still make every possible effort to take

skywalker alive

particularly since his death might

induce sabayoth to leave denmark and

return to weyland

interesting points captain

you're right of course

at least until the work on the sparty

cylinders is finished

and we have all the salamiri there we

are going to need

his reaction to what we're doing

might not be pleasant

agreed sir

very well captain

i accept to your suggestion

it's time to be going

launch probes to monitor the skywalker's

departure

and prepare the chimera

for light speed

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51

51 of my best mole miners almost half my

workforce

uh i'm sorry

i'm neglecting my duties as host aren't

i

welcome to nomad city

so what's going on

it's bad isn't it

bad enough

there's a chance that star destroyer

came here looking for me

i'll do what i can of course

i can tell you there's been no bounty

off it though

how can you be sure

because i would have heard about it we

get our share of shady people here

just because i'm respectable doesn't

mean i'm out of touch i told you he'd

have contacts

so which of them do you trust lando

excuse me

yes

we're picking up a short range

transmitter coming from the lounge what

kind of transmitter this kind probably

i thought you might be able to identify

it for me

it's all right i'll take care of it

interesting

i haven't seen one of these in years

where did you get it buried in the

middle of a swamp r2 couldn't tell me

what it was

it's an old beckon called pre-clone wars

vintage from the looks of it you could

tap a single command and your ship would

come to you some would even fight their

way through opposing ships with a

reasonable degree of skill

useful at times

tell that to the katana fleet

r2 said he saw you with one just after

cloud city

my personal ship was rigged vader's

people must have found it and shut it

down because it sure didn't come when i

called it you found this in a swamp

yes on dagobah dagobah as in the planet

that dark jedi from befash fled to

this must have been his

the cave i found it in absolutely

tingles with the dark side

i think it must have been the place

where he died

you were talking about lando's

smuggler's contacts

right

i need to know which one of your

marginally legal friends we can trust

well depends on what you need to trust

them with

leia's life

you're not serious

you saw how close the imperials are

breathing down our necks we need a place

to hide her until akbar can find out how

they're getting their information she

needs to stay in touch with events on

coruscant which means a diplomatic

station we can quietly tap into a

diplomatic station means encrypt codes

and quietly tapping into encrypt codes

means finding a slicer

a slicer you can trust

i'm sorry and but i don't know any

slices i trust that far any smuggler

groups that have one or two on retainer

that i trust

not really

the only one who might even come close

is talon cod

everyone i've talked to says he's

extremely honest in his dealings i've

heard a card been trying for months to

contact him

unlike jabba god doesn't go around

flaunting his power and influence

i'm not even sure where his base is

says that if you want he's willing to

take you to kashyyyk

it ought to be possible to keep it quiet

you chewie the new republic rep and a

couple of others

except that we're back to the new

republic rep knowing about me

yeah but he'll be a wookie if he accepts

you under his protection he won't betray

you why don't you go with him

then she'll be doubly protected

right except chewie thinks it'd be

better if we split up he takes leia to

kashyyyk i fly around in the falcon

pretending she's still with me

makes sense to me

you can use my ship chewie in fact if

you want company hen i'll come along

with you

sure

then han sends messages to coruscant

pretending to be leia

i think we can do a bit better than that

you still have 3po

he's helping r2 check the falcon for

damage

great let's go talk to my chief

programmer

there you are you were starting to

wonder where you went

i had some things to check on

you finished already

my part is it's 3po's turn now

i was going to ask if you'd come to

kashyyyk with me but it looks like

you've got somewhere else to go

i'm not running out on you leia

really i'm not

this is something that could mean more

for you and the twins than anything i

can do on kashyyyk

all right

but can you at least tell me where

you're going

i don't know yet

there's someone out there i have to find

but i'm not sure where to start looking

he's another jedi

i don't think this sabbath rumor is

anywhere near solid enough to chase

after

what see both rumor

a jedi master named jorus saboth has

reemerged from wherever it was he spent

the past few decades

you hadn't heard it

no

then how

someone called me leia during the battle

this afternoon

in my mind the way another jedi would

do the rumors say where she both is

supposed to be

it could be an imperial trap

don't forget yoda said you were the last

jedi

that's a possibility

but if it's not

he's on joe mark at least according to

the rumor wedge quoted for us

not very populated

doesn't look like anyone's taken

official notice of the planet in 15

years

you'll be leaving right away

no

i'll wait till you're ready to go

give you that much protection at least

i hope you know what you're doing

so do i

but whether i do or not it's something i

have to try

come on let's go see how they're coming

with 3po

at last

master luke please tell general

calrissian that what he intends is a

serious violation of my primary

programming

it'll be okay threepio

lando and his people will be careful

that nothing happens to you

but master luke actually

you could think of this as fulfilling

your primary programming in a more

complete way

i mean isn't the translation droid

supposed to speak for the person he's

translating for

i am a protocol droid and i say again

this is not covered by any possible

stretch of protocol and nothing you do

will

oh dear

that's it the perfect decoy for the

perfect lady

this feels decidedly strange come on we

better get back to the falcon it'll be

all right han chewie and the other

wookies will take good care of me

they better

let's go threepio i can hardly wait to

hear what chewie thinks of your new

voice oh dear oh dear

do i really sound like that

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[Applause]

[Music]

[Music]

she'll be fine don't worry

you know that's almost exactly the same

thing you said back on board d

yes but this time i mean it

that's nice to know

so

what do you have planned

well the first thing we ought to do is

to have 3po send a message to coruscant

give the impression layers aboard to

anyone listening

then i thought we might do a little

sightseeing

sightseeing you mean flying all over the

galaxy looking for replacement mo miners

and are you suggesting i'd stoop so lows

to try to con you into helping me run my

business

i forgot you're respectable now

so what sites are we going to see

well you wanted the metallic card i

thought we might take another crack at

it

you know how to make contact with card

not directly but i know how to get to

his people

all right assuming we don't wind up

playing tag with a star destroyer or two

right

3pl you there

of course

it's time for your debut performance

you have something captain

yes sir one of our pros picked up

skywalker and his companions

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interesting

observe captain their strategy

captain solo and his wife and probably

the wookiee bought their ship while

calrissian similarly boards his

they fly to the edge of the system and

make a switch

excellent

they're in hurry

which means

three people transferred between those

two ships

yes sir

at any rate we know that laer organa

solo remained aboard the millennium

falcon

do we indeed

i believe so yes

right after the other ships left we

intercepted a transmission from her that

definitely originated from the

millennium falcon

our recording

no

no they're cleverer than that

a voice prince dr droid probably

skywalker's protocol droid

leia organa solo you see

was one of the two people

who left with the lady luck

i don't understand

consider the possibilities

three people aboard the millennium

falcon

one aboard the lady lot

three people transfer

once we know there were three transfers

there are only two possible combinations

either solo and organa solo are together

on the lady lock

or else organa solo and the wookie are

there

unless one of the transfers were the

droid

thanks to your transmission data

we know the protocol droid remained on

the millennium falcon

yes sir

shall i put out an alert on the lady

luck

that won't be necessary

i know exactly where they are going

you're not serious sir

perfectly serious captain

this exercise only makes sense if organa

and the wookie are together

given that

there is only one logical place for them

to go

kasich

cashie

now

what of skywalker

his vector was consistent with a course

toward joe mark

we'll need two more ships

an interdictor cruiser

and some kind of freighter

an expensible one

preferably

understood sir with your permission i'll

get the chimera underway

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r2

what happened where are we

20 light years short of jamarck

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an identified starfighter this is the

imperial star destroyer chimera transmit

your identification code and state your

business

let's get out of here

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r2

find me the nearest edge of the

interdictor's gravity well

come on

come on come on work

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i'm identified star fighter i repeat

transmit your codes or prepare to be

detained

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i see it hang on r2

deflectors up r2

just a few more seconds

standby for lightspeed

tractor beam i know

unidentified starfighter you have no

chance of escape power down and prepare

to dock

r2 we're gonna try something tricky on

my signal i want you to reverse trigger

the acceleration compensator full power

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r2

now

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we're free

light speed go

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come with me captain

your name

chris peace sir

you were in charge of the tractor beam

during our engagement with the

starfighter

yes sir but what happened wasn't my

fault explain

the target did something with its

acceleration compensator that i am aware

of the facts

i am waiting to hear why this wasn't

your fault i was never properly trained

for such an occurrence

the computer lost the lock i seemed to

pick it up there was no way for me to

know it had picked up something else

until the proton torpedoes detonated

against the tractor beam projector

yes sir

was this man's training your

responsibility

yes sir

did you doing that training

run through any scenario similar to what

just happened

i don't remember sir he was a conscript

does that make him less worthy of your

training time than a normal enlistee

no sir i've always tried to treat my

subordinates equally i see

do you know the difference between an

error

and a mistake

sir

um

no sir

anyone can make an error ensign

but that error

doesn't become a mistake

until you refuse to correct it

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the era

has now been corrected

you may begin training of replacement

we'll have skywalker captain

very soon now

we'll have him yes sir

i'm sure it's on him at your time you

misunderstand me

he's out there right now

not very far away

and

he's helpless

i don't understand sir

that maneuver he used

has an interesting side effect

backfiring an acceleration compensator

like that does severe damage to the

adjoining hyperdrive

i suspect he didn't know about that

i light you away

no further and it will fail completely

all we have to do

is search along his escape vector

shall i contact the rest of the fleet

preparing for this lewis van attack is

the fleet's top priority at the moment

now we'll subcontract this one out

send messages to the smuggling chiefs

operating in the area

brask card pata

offer a bounty of thirty thousand

yes sir

sir if you knew that skywalker's escape

is only temporary

the empire's at war captain we cannot

afford the luxury of men whose minds

cannot adapt to unexpected situations

carry out your orders captain

skywalker will be ours

alive or otherwise

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you