The Baggy-Trousered Lycanthropist

Chapter summary:


( Severus ex machina )

THE EMPEROR: Rise, my friend.
DARTH VADER: The Death Star will be completed on schedule.
THE EMPEROR: You've done well, Lord Vader. And now I sense you wish to continue your search for young Skywalker.
DARTH VADER: Yes, my Master.
THE EMPEROR: Patience, my friend. In time, he will seek you out, and when he does, you must bring him before me. He has grown strong. Only together can we turn him to the Dark Side of the Force.
DARTH VADER: As you wish.
THE EMPEROR: Everything is proceeding as I have foreseen.

- Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi

( Fred's dead, baby. Fred's dead. )

LANDO CALRISSIAN: [Seeing the Death Star is operational] Home One, this is Gold Leader.
ADMIRAL ACKBAR: We saw it. All craft, prepare to retreat.
LANDO CALRISSIAN: We won't get another chance at this, Admiral.
ADMIRAL ACKBAR: We have no choice, General Calrissian! Our cruisers can't repel firepower of that magnitude!
LANDO CALRISSIAN: Han will have that shield down. We've got to give him more time!

- Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi

( Bring on the ewoks )

I can explain the delay on this in a single word: "essay".

( It's the V to the A to the D-E-R! Reconstructing the Death Star! With my slick suede suit that's black like tar! Fucking you up no matter who you are! )

TITLE CRAWL: It is a dark time for the Rebellion. Although the Death Star has been destroyed, Imperial troops have driven the Rebel forces from their hidden base and pursued them across the galaxy. Evading the dreaded Imperial Starfleet, a group of freedom fighters led by Luke Skywalker has established a new secret base on the remote ice world of Hoth...

- Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back

( General Longbottom has offered to lead the fighter attack. )

Originally posted here at LJ.
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