<P> Later, Han and Chewbacca are sent out to investigate another meteor strike . They discover that the' meteor' is actually an Imperial Probe Droid . The two succeed in destroying the probe, but not before the Empire is alerted to the location of Echo Base . </P> <P> When the Empire attacks Echo Base, Han, Chewie, Leia, and C - 3PO narrowly escape on board the Millennium Falcon . Han evades a squad of Imperial TIE fighters by flying through an asteroid field, and unwittingly flies into the mouth of a giant worm . Han and Leia fall in love during the long journey . They manage to hide from the Imperial fleet long enough to escape, but not entirely unnoticed . Bounty hunter Boba Fett secretly follows the Falcon during this getaway . </P> <P> Han and company eventually end up at the Bespin system's Cloud City seeking repairs and shelter from his old friend Lando Calrissian, the city's administrator . However, Fett had arrived first and alerted the Empire . Under threat of death, Lando betrays Han to the Empire . Vader wishes to capture Luke by freezing him in carbonite, and subjects Solo to the freezing process first to test its lethality . Solo survives, his captors are satisfied, and Fett leaves for Tatooine with a frozen Han in tow to collect the bounty from Jabba . </P> <P> Han, still imprisoned in carbonite, is now Jabba's favorite decoration at his palace on Tatooine . Luke attempts a rescue operation aided by Leia, Lando, Chewbacca, C - 3PO, and R2D2, but they are caught . Jabba sentences Han and Luke to die in the Sarlaac Pit . Luke, Leia, and Han overpower their captors and Leia kills Jabba enabling their escape . </P>

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