What happened next was not much different from what Fang Zheng remembered. Darth Vader tried to use the freezing device to capture Luke, using Han Solo as a test subject before handing the frozen human popsicle over to the Bounty Hunter.
As for the others... Darth Vader left them in Fang Zheng's custody.
In the movie, Darth Vader had originally handed these people over to Lando. But compared with that traitorous bastard who sold out his teammates, Darth Vader clearly did not trust him very much. So he handed them over to Fang Zheng and waited alone for Luke's arrival. Fang Zheng simply found a room, sat down on the sofa, and prepared to watch the live broadcast with a swig of Happy Water for Otaku and a bite of chicken leg.
Was this the man?
Princess Leia stared solemnly at Fang Zheng as he sat on the sofa drinking Happy Water for Otaku. She was a member of the Rebel Army and also a member of the Imperial Senate, so she knew quite a bit about the situation within the Empire. Ever since the Death Star had been destroyed and Governor Tarkin had died, Darth Vader had become the second most powerful figure in the entire Galactic Empire. He stood above all but one. Yet such a man attached such importance to this young man, who looked only slightly older than herself. From his words and actions, it even seemed as if Darth Vader was vaguely being suppressed by him!
To Leia, this was simply unimaginable!
At that thought, Princess Leia finally could not hold herself back.
"Why?"
"Hmm?"
Fang Zheng bit into his chicken leg as he watched the image on his Personal Terminal, then raised his head to look at Leia.
"What?"
"Why are you cooperating with