INTERIOR: DESOLATOR SECURITY CONTROL CENTRE.

A technician sits before a console filled with lit red lights. One of the red lights winks out. The technician turns to a group of stormtroopers who are cleaning their weapons.

"I've got a light out in the hangar area" the technician sighs, "should I check it now or after we go to hyperspace?"

"Have the bays been sealed?" asks one of the troopers.

"Affirmative."

The trooper snaps open the safety on his blaster. "Better check it out. We'll accompany you to the bay."

Cut to ...

INTERIOR: HANGAR BAY 3672.