This story is designed to run alongside the movie, rather than serve as part of it.
But this raises a difficult question:why wouldStar Warsbe headed back to Bespin like this?
Bespin and the other systems in the Anoat sector provide a significant source of Tibanna gas.
Custom image by Yeider Chacon
The Empire knows the entire galaxy runs on Tibanna gas.
If they control the fuel, they control the galaxy.
No freighter would be safe.
