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The first shot of the next scene bears a strong resemblance to the interior of the Jawa sandcrawler from the previous film. It's quite a shock to be reminded of the grit and grunge of Tatooine in this pretty place. But even worse than our pair of anxious droids, we have pieces of Threepio. Looks like Chewbacca found him in the very nick of time.

After a boisterous confrontation with the Ugnaughts, Chewie manages to escape with the droid's parts, and we have yet more juxtaposition -- amid the gleaming chamber where our friends are staying, Threepio's grim destruction.

Next time, the shattering of any final illusions...