EXTERIOR: BASE OF THE CRYSTAL MESA NIGHT.
A Rebel guard makes his rounds around the base of a glowing mesa. A large shadow moves toward the guard and in an instant the guard is gasping for air as a muscular arm chokes the life from him.
Three more humans in Imperial uniforms join the large man, and all of them walk up to a metal grating built into a crystal wall.
The Imperials pull out tools and begin taking the grating off.
Dissolve to ...
EXTERIOR: OUTSIDE THE MAIN GATE.
