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hadrejoined them, "and there's Chewbacca. He seems excited about something." Indeed, the big Wookie was waving over the heads of the crowd and jabberingloudly in their direction. Speeding their pace, none of the foursome noticed thesmall, dark-clad thing that had followed them from the transporter lot. The creature moved into the doorway and pulled a tiny transmitter from a pouchconcealed by its multifold robes. The transmitter looked far too new and modern tobe in the grasp of so decrepit a specimen, yet its manipulator was speaking into it withsteady assurance. Docking bay ninety-four, Luke noted, was no different in appearance from a hostof other grandiosely named docking bays scattered throughout Mos Eisley. Itconsisted mostly of an entrance rampway and an enormous pit gouged from the rockysoil. This served as clearance radii for the effects of the simple antigrav drive, whichboosted all spacecraft, clear of the gravitational field of the planet. The mathematics of spacedrive were simple enough even to Luke. Antigravcould operate only when there was a sufficient gravity well to push against—like thatof a planet—whereas supralight travel could only take place when a ship was clear ofthat same gravity. Hence the necessity for the dual-drive system on any extrasystemcraft.