Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder

about her, the more he realized how much trouble heeventually bought himself by accepting Ben Kenobi's money. All Han had wantedoriginally was to collect his fee and rocket off to pay back some bad debts that hungover his head like a meteor ready to fall. Never had he intended to become a hero. And yet, something had kept him around to join Luke and his crazy Rebelfriends as they launched the now-legendary space attack on the Death Star.Something. For the present, Han couldn't decide just what that something was. Now, long after the Death Star's destruction, Han was still with the RebelAlliance, lending his assistance to establish this base on Hoth, probably the bleakestof all planets in the galaxy. But all that was about to change, he told himself. Asfar as he was concerned, Han Solo and the Rebels were about to blast off on divergentcourses. He walked rapidly through the underground hangar deck where several Rebelfighter ship were docked and being serviced by men in gray assisted by droids ofvarious designs. Of greatest concern to Han was the saucer-shaped freighter ship