The droids made short work of their trip around the small mining colony and stopped in the midst of a small thicket near the landing area, where they spied on the motionless ships conspiratorally. Artoo ventured a short beeping statement, starting up Threepio's worry motors in full gear. "Darth Vader?" he said.

"Here?"

Artoo beeped a bit more.

"How could you possibly tell the difference between TIE fighters?" Threepio asked.

Artoo whistled his response.

"Don't be ridiculous, Artoo. The Millennium Falcon's cannons leave the same marks as any other blast cannon."

Threepio observed the ship a bit longer. "Well you had better hope you're wrong, or Master Luke and the Princess are facing a great deal of trouble."

Artoo chirped at him again. Threepio turned to the small triangular ship parked near the TIE fighter. It looked like a scaled down star destroyer with a cannon mounted on top. "What are you going to do?" asked the golden protocol droid.

Artoo beeped at him and rolled off toward the towering ziggurat.