Mastermind

Part One

"That's no moon... That's a space station!" An old man proclaimed as the ship he was in accompanied by two smugglers, a protocol droid, an R2 droid and a farmer hid underneath the floorboards while two escape pods were jettisoned. 

"This is never going to work!" The youngest spoke in a whisper in disbelief of the pilot's plan to steal imperial clothes and blend in to escape the Death star. 

"Shh!" The pilot shushed him as the ship docked in the hangar where two stormtroopers entered the ship in search for the crew. 

Once the smuggler and the farmer were able to acquire stormtrooper armour as their disguise, they were quick to begin on planning their escape. 

"TK-421, why aren't you at your post? TK-421, do you copy?" An Imperial officer reported to the two stormtroopers who were supposed to be at their stations. 

When he checked himself, he spotted one of the troopers exit the ship and knocked on his helmet. The officer went to the security door and opened it, allowing a Wookie co-pilot to knock out the officer, leaving the pilot disguised in stormtrooper armour to blast the second, sparing their location to the rest of the station. 

"You know, between his howling and your blasting everything in sight, it's a wonder the whole station doesn't know we're here," the farmer scolded the pilot as soon as he removed his helmet and shut the door. 

"Well, bring 'em on! I prefer a straight fight to this sneaking around." The pilot raised his voice eagerly, challenging a fight he was well not prepared for. 

"We found the computer outlet, sir." The protocol droid reported. 

"Plug in. You should be able to interpret the entire Imperial network," the old man instructed. 

Once the old man insisted that his allies remained in the control room whilst he disabled the tractor beams, the astromech droid insisted on pursuing to save the princess. This intrigued the farmer boy as to who was captive. 

"The princess?! She's here?!" The farmer boy said in disbelief. 

"Princess?" The pilot questioned. 

"Where? Where is she?" 

"Level Five, Detention Block, AA-23," the protocol droid answered quickly. "I'm afraid she's scheduled to be terminated." 

"Oh no... We've got to do something!" 

The pilot shook his head, "What are you talking about?" 

"The droids belong to her! She's the one in the message, we've got to help her!" 

"Now, look, don't get any funny ideas. The old man wants us to wait right here." The pilot said strictly and sat in a chair. 

"He didn't know she was here!" The farmer boy protested. 

It was easy for the farmer boy to convince the pilot to rescue the princess as riches was what the farmer used to convince the pilot to leave the room with him to save her from execution. As he, the pilot and the Wookie made their way to the Detention Block, the guards and the officer in the Detention Block were suspicious to the transfer when suddenly the trio blasted the guards, the officer and the cameras before acting to locate the princess' exact location. After wasting hours to recover from the effects of the drugs used by the interrogation droid, both Erda and Leia were curious to hear the blaster fire going off nearby. Once the farmer boy found the princess' cell, he opened the door and found her lying on her bed, awoken by the farmer's presence. 

"Aren't you a little short for a stormtrooper?" Leia quipped at the disguised farmer. 

"Huh?! Oh, the uniform!" The farmer responded and removed his helmet. "I'm Luke Skywalker, I'm here to rescue you."