EXTERIOR: SPACECRAFT IN SPACE.

Streaks of blinding colour whip past the Imperial Star Destroyer
Relentless as the giant craft moves through hyperspace.

INTERIOR: IMPERIAL STAR DESTROYER — PARLAN'S CHAMBER.
Captain Parian, alone in his chamber. A strange sound enters the room and light begins to play across Parian's dark features. He looks up and bows quickly. A 12-foot hologram of Darth Vader materializes before Parian.

"Everything proceeds according to plan, Lord Vader," says Parian. "We are about to come out of light-speed just beyond Tatooine system. Nothing can possibly go wrong."

"See that it doesn't, Captain Parian," replies Vader grimly. "Do not fail the Emperor ... or me."

Fade to ...

EXTERIOR: MOS EISLEY SPACEPORT.