the polish rider

the polish rider
the Night Watch
The Nut Gatherers
The Painter's Honeymoon
A flashing shower of smaller rocks exploded against the enormous asteroid'scraggy surface as the Millennium Falcon, with the Emperor's TIE fighters still inpursuit, flew directly above the asteroid. It was like skimming over the surface of asmall planet, barren and devoid of all life. With expert precision, Han Solo steered his ship toward still another giantasteroid, the largest one they had yet encountered. Summoning all the skill that hadmade his reputation known throughout the galaxy, he maneuvered the Falcon so thatthe only object between it and the TIE fighters was the deadly floating rock. There was only a brief, brilliant flare of light, then nothing. The shatteredremains of the two TIE fighters drifted away into the darkness and the tremendousasteroid—undeflected in its course—continued on its way. Han felt an inner glow as bright as the spectacle that had just lighted up the view.He smiled to himself in quiet triumph. Then he noticed an image on the main scope of his control console and nudgedhis hairy copilot. "There." Han pointed to the image. "Chewie, get a reading onthat. Looks pretty good." "What is it?" Leia asked.