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Authors: Paul Davids, Hollace Davids
Tags: Fiction, General, Science-Fiction, Fantasy, Juvenile Fiction, Fantasy & Magic, Adult, Young Adult
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Threepio, Artoo, and Chip to bring him back." When Luke, Leia, and Kate were safely seated inside the Millennium Falcon, a fleet of very strange looking spaceships appeared, each one a unique model from a different planet. There were dozens of them, and most of them were out-of-date models. It was a fleet of bounty hunter spaceships. A ragtag fleet, the spaceships descended through the clouds until they were just above the factory barge. Leading the pack was the ancient Huttian spaceship, the Zorba Express. The Millennium Falcon soared away from the factory barge and over the Rethin Sea, just in time to avoid being spotted by the incoming fleet. From inside the Falcon, Han, Chewbacca, Luke, Leia, and Kate could see the fleet of spaceships attacking the factory barge. The spaceships attacked relentlessly, dropping ion explosives, nova bombs, and doonium acid mines.
The entire factory barge began to quiver and tremble under the shock of the tremendous blasts.
At last Zorba the Hutt scored a direct hit on the central generator building-the domed power center for the Imperial barge.
In their last look back, Han, Chewbacca, Luke, Leia, and Kate saw the factory barge splitting in two and shattering.
A huge fireball rose into the plumes of brown smoke. Han Solo could practically feel the heat of the explosion behind him as the Millennium Falcon flew farther and farther away. The factory buildings, smokestacks and all, plunged down into the sea of liquid rethin, then vanished as if they had never existed at all.
"A narrow escape, Chewie," Han said with a grin. "If I’d stopped for even half a minute to lubricate our subatomic accelerator, our friends here would still be down there, boiling in bubbling rethin."
Han wasn’t the only one who was pleased with his timing. Zorba the Hutt was just as pleased, because he had information that Princess Leia was a prisoner in the tallest building on the barge, trapped in Trioculus’s chambers.
And so he was convinced that Princess Leia had gone down with the factory barge, and that her mortal remains were now sinking deep into the liquid metal core of Bespin. The death of Jabba the Hutt had been avenged! "A-HAW-HAW-HAW!! . . ." Zorba roared. Zorba the Hutt returned directly to Cloud City, to the very room where Darth Vader once encased Han Solo in carbonite. There Trioculus was strapped to a hydraulic platform from which he could not escape.
"Your so-called Queen of the Empire is dead, Trioculus," Zorba announced. "Princess Leia’s body is now sinking into the core of the planet, along with all your factories. So the next time a Hutt offers you a fair deal-a chance to trade one life for another-think twice before you refuse it." Zorba stroked his beard and wagged his thick tongue. "But I almost forgot. There won’t be a next time for you. A-HAW-HAW-HAW . ."
"You’ve sealed your doom, Zorba!" Trioculus shouted in defiance. "An armada of Imperial starships will come to destroy you-and Cloud City!"
Zorba thumped his massive tail on the floor in anger. "When the rumor gets out that you’ve been encased in carbonite and hidden somewhere in Cloud City, no Imperial will dare try to blow up this city. Besides, Cloud City was armed by the Rebel Alliance before I took it over from Lando Calrissian. We’ll gladly defend ourselves against any stormtrooper invasion!"
"We can still make a deal, Zorba," Trioculus said. "I could share my power with you! You could become a grand admiral in the Empire!"
"Never," Zorba replied with a scowl. "I’d rather join the Rebel Affiance than raise the tip of my tail to help you! And now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to encase you in carbonite. Your body will be frozen and trapped, and your mind will be in constant torment!" Zorba licked his cheeks with his thick tongue. "Get ready . . . get set . . ."
"No, Zorba! Stop!"
"Go!!!" Zorba threw the switch, and the hydraulic platform was dropped into the pit.
"Ahhhhhhrrrrggghhh!" Trioculus screamed,
The entire factory barge began to quiver and tremble under the shock of the tremendous blasts.
At last Zorba the Hutt scored a direct hit on the central generator building-the domed power center for the Imperial barge.
In their last look back, Han, Chewbacca, Luke, Leia, and Kate saw the factory barge splitting in two and shattering.
A huge fireball rose into the plumes of brown smoke. Han Solo could practically feel the heat of the explosion behind him as the Millennium Falcon flew farther and farther away. The factory buildings, smokestacks and all, plunged down into the sea of liquid rethin, then vanished as if they had never existed at all.
"A narrow escape, Chewie," Han said with a grin. "If I’d stopped for even half a minute to lubricate our subatomic accelerator, our friends here would still be down there, boiling in bubbling rethin."
Han wasn’t the only one who was pleased with his timing. Zorba the Hutt was just as pleased, because he had information that Princess Leia was a prisoner in the tallest building on the barge, trapped in Trioculus’s chambers.
And so he was convinced that Princess Leia had gone down with the factory barge, and that her mortal remains were now sinking deep into the liquid metal core of Bespin. The death of Jabba the Hutt had been avenged! "A-HAW-HAW-HAW!! . . ." Zorba roared. Zorba the Hutt returned directly to Cloud City, to the very room where Darth Vader once encased Han Solo in carbonite. There Trioculus was strapped to a hydraulic platform from which he could not escape.
"Your so-called Queen of the Empire is dead, Trioculus," Zorba announced. "Princess Leia’s body is now sinking into the core of the planet, along with all your factories. So the next time a Hutt offers you a fair deal-a chance to trade one life for another-think twice before you refuse it." Zorba stroked his beard and wagged his thick tongue. "But I almost forgot. There won’t be a next time for you. A-HAW-HAW-HAW . ."
"You’ve sealed your doom, Zorba!" Trioculus shouted in defiance. "An armada of Imperial starships will come to destroy you-and Cloud City!"
Zorba thumped his massive tail on the floor in anger. "When the rumor gets out that you’ve been encased in carbonite and hidden somewhere in Cloud City, no Imperial will dare try to blow up this city. Besides, Cloud City was armed by the Rebel Alliance before I took it over from Lando Calrissian. We’ll gladly defend ourselves against any stormtrooper invasion!"
"We can still make a deal, Zorba," Trioculus said. "I could share my power with you! You could become a grand admiral in the Empire!"
"Never," Zorba replied with a scowl. "I’d rather join the Rebel Affiance than raise the tip of my tail to help you! And now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to encase you in carbonite. Your body will be frozen and trapped, and your mind will be in constant torment!" Zorba licked his cheeks with his thick tongue. "Get ready . . . get set . . ."
"No, Zorba! Stop!"
"Go!!!" Zorba threw the switch, and the hydraulic platform was dropped into the pit.
"Ahhhhhhrrrrggghhh!" Trioculus screamed,
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