"Another happy landing!"

For a moment there was silence. Only the engine of the Millennium Falcon could be heard. The space was completely void. Han had closed his eyes and was asleep on the pilot's seat. Chewbacca and C-3PO were playing chess in the passengers' quarters of the Falcon, with C-3PO wisely losing in order to avoid enraging the Wookie.

Luke was in his quarters, meditating and letting the Force flow through him. He could hear whispers. Those whispers, which were faint as Luke had not yet developed much his connection to the Force, were the thoughts of the others. Luke did not wish to hear his comrades' thoughts, but they came to his mind as soon as he calmed himself and began feeling the Force. However, he could hear only whispers and could not make much from them.

He opened his eyes, got up and headed to the cockpit. "Han, when shall we reach Korriban?"

Han woke up, stretched his arms and said, "I believe in a minute or two. You woke me up just when I was seeing a nice dream."

"You can dream at another time, now we have to plan our infiltration of the Imperial base. How will we get into the base?"

"According to the information Leia gave me, the sensors of the base cover only the base itself and a few miles of its surroundings and the Imperial Fleet is concentrated on protecting the base itself. So we shall land the ship just outside of the zone of the base's sensors. Thus, we shall avoid alerting the Empire."

"But how are we going to get to the base if we land too far away?"

Han smiled. "In the cargo hold, I have a landspeeder. With it, we shall be able to head to the base quite fast and once we discover the objectives of the Empire we can use it to make a quick escape."

Suddenly, an alarm ringed.

"We reached Korriban.", Han said. "Time to get out of hyperspace."

Han pulled a lever and the Millennium Falcon got out of hyperspace. What he and Luke saw left them both stunned: a fleet of Star Destroyers and tens of Tie Fighters waiting for them.

"I though the fleet was protecting the base!", Luke shouted.

"That's not right.", Han said. "The Imperial fleet should not be here, it should be above the base! Damn, we've ran into a trap!"

Hearing the shouting, C-3PO and Chewbacca rushed to the cockpit.

"Oh no!", C-3PO said. "Sir, I believe that we should surrender. The Empire may prove merciful. The odds of surviving a direct encounter with such a huge fleet are thirty million to one."

"Never tell me the odds!", Han replied. "Chewie old buddy, prepare the guns. They aren't going to take me down without a fight to remember."

"I will go man the turrets!", Luke said and rushed to the turrets' room. He sat on the seat, activated the computer panel and prepared for the incoming wave of Tie Fighters.

Tens of Tie Fighters sped forward towards the Millennium Falcon. Meanwhile, Han shouted at C-3PO, "Go fix the shields! Now or we will become galactic dust!"

"But sir, I am not much knowledgeable on repairing ships. I am but a protocol droid."

Han sighed. "I knew that this was a suicide mission. Let's hope Luke will shoot down the Tie Fighters before they shoot us down."

Luke began firing like a madman at the Tie Fighters. He was nervous and fired at them constantly. Although he managed to shoot down three Tie Fighters, another Tie Fighter managed to fire at the Millennium Falcon causing a huge explosion which shook the ship.

"Do not let me down, baby!", Han said to the Falcon.

At that time, Luke heard a voice in his mind. It was Obi Wan Kenobi. "Luke, calm down and use the Force."

Luke closed his eyes, emptied his mind of all thoughts and left the Force to guide him. He could see in his mind where the Tie Fighters were heading to and foreshadow all of their movements. Knowing beforehand what they were going to do, Luke was able to shoot them one after the other without much of a problem and before they could fire at the Millennium Falcon.

"Great shots, kid!", Han shouted. "But don't get cocky!"

Meanwhile, on the bridge of one of the Star Destroyers, an officer approached Admiral Kheena.

"Admiral Kheena, it seems that our Tie Fighters are having problem dealing with the Millennium Falcon."

Kheena clenched his teeth. "Then we shall send the Star Destroyers to destroy them! Their shields are down, so they will not be able to survive a direct fire from them."

"With all due respect, how do you know that their shields are down?"

Kheena smirked. "From the same informant who told us where the Millennium Falcon would show up."

And so the Star Destroyers began speeding forward to engage the Millennium Falcon.

"I do not like what I see.", Han said, looking at the Star Destroyers approaching them. "I have a bad feeling about this."

"We are doomed!", C-3PO said. "There is no escape for us this time."

Luke could shoot down tens of Tie Fighters with the help of the Force, but blowing up a Star Destroyer was a completely different thing.

"Han, attempt to outrun those Star Destroyers and land on Korriban!", Luke said.

The Millennium Falcon sped towards Korriban with the Star Destroyers following behind. They all fired at the ship, but Han managed to evade their fire thanks to his excellent maneuvers.

"We are going to die!", C-3PO screamed.

"Will you ever shut up?!", Han replied.

Luke was trying to slow down the Star Destroyers with accurate shots, but the shields of the Star Destroyers were too strong for the Millennium Falcon's guns. Although Han was an excellent pilot, even he could not constantly avoid enemy fire and one of the Star Destroyers managed to hit the Millennium Falcon with an accurate shot. If the shields were activated, this would not cause much damage. But with the shields down, the entire ship shook violently and fire engulfed the exterior of the Falcon.

"We've got hit, but I will still manage to land the ship.", Han said. "Or at least that's what I hope to do."

On the bridge of one of the Star Destroyers, the officer reported the successful shot to Admiral Kheena.

"Sir, we managed to hit the Millennium Falcon."

"Good." Kheena could not hide his smirk.

"Shall we pursue them?"

"No. There is no need. We should return to the base. Send two Tie Fighters to finish them off when their ship crushes on the planet's surface."

So the Star Destroyers reversed and began heading to their base.

"Good.", Han said. "At last something goes right in this damn mission."

The Millennium Falcon entered Korriban's atmosphere and crushed with stunningly fast speed on the ground, causing some of the exterior parts of the ship to ignite in fire and explode and creating a hole on the ground. Chewbacca was knocked unconscious by the crush landing and Luke was dizzy as his head hit on the turrets' control panel during the landing and his forehead was bleeding. C-3PO had lost his arm and his right leg was on fire. Only Han had managed to remain unscathed.

"Another happy landing!", Han commented only to hear the sound of Tie Fighters coming towards them. "Luke, do something!"

Luke shook his head trying to regain his composure and said, "The turrets are damaged."

Luke immediately rushed out of the ship through a hole that had been created on the ship's hull and closed his eyes, letting the Force to guide him. As the Tie Fighters approached, he suddenly felt a surge of power in him and let out a scream. Without realizing, Luke had Force pushed the two Tie Fighters, sending them crushing down. The sound of the huge explosion was deafening. Luke immediately collapsed on the ground.