Don’t act so surprised, Your Highness. You weren’t on any mercy mission this time. Several transmissions were beamed to this ship by Rebel spies.
Someone was in the pod. The tracks go off in this direction. Look, sir — droids.
Her resistance to the mind probe is considerable. It will be some time before we can extract any information from her. The final check-out is complete. All systems are operational. What course shall we set?
I am a member of the Imperial Senate on a diplomatic mission to Alderaan Partially, but it also obeys your commands. Kid, I’ve flown from one side of this galaxy to the other. I’ve seen a lot of strange stuff, but I’ve never seen anything to make me believe there’s one all-powerful Force controlling everything. There’s no mystical energy field that controls my destiny. It’s all a lot of simple tricks and nonsense. A tremor in the Force. The last time I felt it was in the presence of my old master.
The son of Skywalker must not become a Jedi. If he could be turned, he would become a powerful ally. Yes. Yes. He would be a great asset. Can it be done? He will join us or die, my master.
Pay it no mind. Who is she? She’s beautiful. I’m afraid I’m not quite sure, sir. Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi… I think she was a passenger on our last voyage. A person of some importance, sir — I believe. Our captain was attached to… Is there more to this recording? Behave yourself, Artoo. You’re going to get us in trouble. It’s all right, you can trust him. He’s our new master.
