I'M TELLING YOU CHEWIE Han Solo said as he checked the flight controls This is easy money The easiest we've ever made The Millennium Falcon's cockpit was immediately filled with a barrage of disbelieving growls and grunts Han frowned at the Wookiee in the copilot's seat I mean it All we have to do is deliver the cargo to Jabba What's the problem HRRUUNGH Chewbacca answered in his native language Luckily Han understood Shyriiwook The problem was that Jabba the Hutt was one of the most dangerous crime lords in the galaxy The last smuggler to cross the gruesome gangster had met an untimely end Han still shuddered at the memory of the sound of crunching bones echoing around Jabba's throne room Taking a job from Jabba was always risky Things had a habit of going wrong but this time would be different The Millennium Falcon's cargo hold was packed with crates of stolen Imperial tech Han didn't know why Jabba wanted the tech and he cared even less He just wanted to get paid 1
2 I. Trust me will you he told Chewie I've got a good feeling about this Han checked the navicomputer and prepared to make a course correction With the flick of a lever the Falcon dropped out of hyperspace A sea of sparkling stars stretched out in front of them It would have been beautiful if not for the flotilla of imposing starships that blocked their path It's an Imperial blockade Han shouted as he
H slammed on the reverse engines bringing the Falcon to an emergency stop What's the Empire doing here Three Imperial Gozanti-class cruisers formed a checkpoint between the Falcon and the planets beyond along with a Star Destroyer two frigates and countless TIE fighters that darted among the larger ships like angry wasps A light flashed on the comm A message was coming through 3
