The response of the Empire to capturing the 'Falcon is worth a number of "Questions of the Day" (e.g. why didn't they just destroy it when they thought the plans were on it, rather than capture it etc), but the most pertinent question seems to surround their immediate response to getting the ship to themselves.
After finding that the ship was empty and escape pods jettisoned, a scanning crew is sent aboard the 'Falcon to see if there are any robots on board. Further, sentries are established outside the 'Falcon while the scanning crew is on board.
Why?
The Death Star clearly has the ability to use the traction beam on any ship in its vicinity (which raises another question to the Empires response to the later attack on it) and several hundred Stormtroopers (armed with lasers) aboard. So why the need to guard the 'Falcon? Are scanning crews that unreliable? There doesn't seem to be a large outbreak of graffiti on the Death Star, so what were the sentries guarding?
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| "Feeling a little like my career is slipping away from me here". |
Further to this, the Sentries' boss gets upset and distressed when they do leave their post. This anxiety only climaxes when he discovers that the Sentries can't hear him, forcing him to go and fix the situation (the communication device) himself. Aren't there maintenance people aboard the Death Star to do this for him? We all know that Stormtroopers are bad shots, but how unreliable are they?
Is this just another example of poor management by the Empire?
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