The small town rested at the foot of a large terraced pyramid, surrounded by steel walls on all sides, with small openings wide enough for two people on all sides. Luke watched two stormtroopers cross paths on the paved road that ran through the town. He hid again behind the wall and whispered, "Stormtroopers."

"We have to get in there somehow," Leia said.

Luke placed a hand on his saber hilt, silencing her. Footsteps approached. Two staggering figures in reflective black jumpsuits stepped through the gates, one with his hood down, the other up, drinking from the bottle while keeping it away from the other, who grabbed impatiently at it. Leia placed a hand on Luke's saber hand, and pulled her blaster. They watched the two men silently as they staggered just in front of them without noticing. When they walked past Luke and Leia crept behind them, to incapacitate them without raising the alarm.

A loud screech then filled the air, stopping Luke in his tracks. He checked the skies for the passing ship, but the sound left without any visual signs. The two men continued walking as though they hadn't heard, but then Threepio called out, rather loudly, "Energy mining!"

Luke glared hard at him. The two miners turned to him, confused. They peered through drunken eyes, trying to decide what was talking. "That explains the atmospheric disturbance," Threepio continued.

Leia raised her blaster to the side of one man's head. "We need to borrow your suits, guys," she said, and began to herd them off, further from the wall. Luke followed, contemplating on why the empire was mining energy on such a remote, desolate planet.