Luke thought furiously. "If she’s being held here and is scheduled to be executed, that means she must be dangerous in some way to whoever destroyed Alderaan, to whoever had this station built. You can bet it had something to do with the Empire instituting a reign of full repression.
"I’ll tell you who’ll pay for her rescue, and for the information she holds. The Senate, the rebel Alliance, and every concern that did business with Alderaan. She could be the sole surviving heir of the off-world wealth of the entire system! The reward could be more than you can imagine." "I don’t know…I can imagine quite a bit." He glanced at Chewbacca, who grunted a terse reply. Solo shrugged back at the big Wookie. "All right, we’ll give it a try. But you’d better be right about that reward. What’s your plan, kid?" Luke was momentarily taken aback. Al his energies up till now had been concentrated on persuading Solo and Chewbacca to aid in a rescue attempt. That accomplished, Luke became aware he had no idea how to proceed. He had grown used to old Ben and Solo giving directions. Now the next move was up to him.
His eyes were caught by several metal circlets dangling from the belt of Solo’s armor. "Give me those binders and tell Chewbacca to come over there." Solo handed Luke the thin but quite unbreakable cuffs and relayed the request to Chewbacca. The Wookie lumbered over and stood waiting next to Luke.
"Now, I’m going to put these on you," Luke began, starting to move behind the Wookie with the cuffs, "and—" Chewbacca made a sound low in his throat, and Luke jumped in spite of himself.
"Now," he began again, "Han is going to put these on you and…" he sheepishly handed the binders to Solo, uncomfortably aware of the enormous anthropoid’s glowing eyes on him.
Solo sounded amused as he moved forward. "Don’t worry, Chewie. I think I know what he has in mind." The cuffs barely fit around the thick wrists. Despite his partner’s seeming confidence in the plan, the Wookie wore a worried, frightened look as the restraints were activated.
"Luke, sir." Luke looked over at Threepio. "Pardon me for asking, but ah— what should Artoo and I do if someone discovers us here in your absence?" "Hope they don’t have blasters," Solo replied.
Threepio’s tone indicated he didn’t find the answer humorous. "That isn’t very reassuring." Solo and Luke were too engrossed in their coming expedition to pay much attention to the worried robot. They adjusted their helmets. Then, with Chewbacca wearing a half-real downcast expression, they started off along corridor where Ben Kenobi had disappeared.
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