Echo Base, I've got something! Not much, but it could be a life form. This is Rouge Two. this is Rouge Two. Captain Solo, so you copy? Commander Skywalker, do you copy? This is Rouge Two. Good morning. Nice of you guys to drop by. Echo Base, this is Rouge Two. I found them. Repeat, I found them. Master Luke, sir, it's good to see you fully functional again.

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.

And, now Your Highness, we will discuss the location of your hidden Rebel base.

Oh, he says it's nothing, sir. Merely a malfunction. Old data.

And what of the Rebellion? If the Rebels have obtained a complete technical readout of this station, it is possible, however unlikely, that they might find a weakness and exploit it.

Someone was in the pod. The tracks go off in this direction. Look, sir -- droids.