A: Ah. Well, you could always record it.
V: *sighs* It's not the same...
(Vader walks on.)
A: Well, since you brought it up, here's the eternal question: Gin-Jurr or Ma'Reeann?
V: Ma'Reeann.
A: See, I'm a Gin-Jurr guy myself.
V: Please. Gin-Jurr is a tramp.
A: You say that like it's a bad thing.
(Vader hops in a turbolift.)
A: The thing that I can never understand is why the professor doesn't just fix the ship and get them off the asteroid. I mean, the guy can make a landspeeder out of toothpicks and mynock droppings, for crying out loud.
V: I thought that would be obvious. He's intentionally keeping them on the asteroid.
A: Really?
V: Really. Frankly, I have to admire his sinister resolve.
A: So, what brought you to that conclusion?
V: Think about it. The professor was a scientist, so he probably wasn't doing too well with the ladies.
A: So?
V: So fate intervenes, and the professor suddenly finds himself shipwrecked on an asteroid with both Gin-Jurr and Ma'Reeann. And his only competition is a fat starship captain, an idiot first mate, and a middle-aged married man. The Professor's got it made! Of course he doesn't want to leave.
A: But Mr. How-El is rich. That's gotta be pretty attractive.
V: So? Credits don't mean a thing on that asteroid. The guy who can build a jacuzzi out of an old engine tube - that's the guy the chicks are going to flock to.
A: But what about Gil Iggan? It's usually his wacky antics that keep them on the asteroid - not anything the Professor does.
V: True. But I believe that some of Gil Iggan's ineptitude could be due to a post-hypnotic suggestion implanted by the professor, causing him to unconsciously sabotage any rescue efforts.
A: Post-hypnotic suggestion. Really.
V: Indeed.
(Vader steps out of the turbolift and into a corridor. There he stops, waiting for Obi-Wan to show up.)
A: You know, you've put way too much thought into this.
V: That's nothing. You should hear my theories on "The Bray-Dee Bunch"...
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(Near the docking bay holding the Millenium Falcon, Vader waits in a corridor, lightsaber lit.)
ANAKIN: So the padawan says, "A statue of Dooku? I thought he said poodoo!"
(pause)
VADER: I don't get it.
A: Well, see-
(Just then, Obi-Wan comes around the corner, sees Vader, and activates his own lightsaber.)
A: Wow, you were right. He was coming this way.
V: Of course. Now I'll just step forward and spout something suitably menacing, yet mocking, and...uh-oh.
A: Uh-oh? What's "uh-oh"?
V: Brain freeze.
A: You're kidding.
V: I never kid.
A: True...
V: Help me out here. What do I say?
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