Episode IV: Docking Bay Interlude

How in the world
can those Death Star engineers
survive in no atmosphere?

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The technical chatter
between the Death Star controllers
makes me so happy.

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Stormtroopers appear
from the depths of a metal planet
on a huge elevator.

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Fully satisfied that
the crew jettisoned during flight, the
deck officer seems pleased.

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Vader's unease grows--
he senses a tremor in the Force
not felt since Mustafar.

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On the Falcon, the
floor opens up to reveal the
head of a Wookiee.

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Han ponders the irony
of using smuggling compartments
to smuggle himself.

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Obi-Wan reminds Solo
that, in the realm of the fool,
it takes two to tango.

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A scanning crew hauls
its equipment aboard, a blue box
weighing hundreds of pounds.

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The distinctive sound
of a blaster lets us know that
TK-421 has bit the dust.

Episode IV: Luck and the Single Pirate

Imperial slugs ditched,
Han announces his greatness
with a smug grin.

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Luke, his head encased
in a blast-shielded helmet,
can't see the remote.

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But Obi-Wan reminds
him that seeing isn't believing, and to
stretch out with his feelings.

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Han, duly unimpressed,
glances to where a wookiee and
a droid play dejarik.

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On a round table, tiny
claymation holograms try to beat the
crap out of each other.

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Lulled into complacency
by Ben's force training, Luke is zapped
by a floating ball.

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Han's mockery of hokey
religions and ancient weapons stings
Obi-Wan's masked pride.

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Luke's first step into
a larger world is interrupted
by an asteroid collision.

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Alderaan destroyed-- Ben
senses the sudden quietness after
a million screams subside.

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Suddenly, from 10 o'clock,
A TIE fighter appears, seemingly
unaware of the Falcon.

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Obi-Wan, always kind,
suggests letting it go, but Solo
has other ideas.

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"He's heading for that small moon!"
That's no moon, Ben thinks...Governor
Tarkin's been busy.

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The Falcon shudders,
locked in a dance of death with
a tractor beam.

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Obi-Wan searches his mind
for all the alternatives to fighting
that he can recall.