The Endor Times (aka the Furry Rag) carries a lead story about two Stormtroopers denying the stories put forward by an Ewok leader that they (the Ewoks) had signed an alliance with a nomadic family of settlers on Tatooine. All the while the dark Emperor is delighted that this particulaly parochial incident takes up the column inches that may well have been dedicated to the productions problems on the current Death Star. The Emperor knows that delays to the Death Star means further defections to the Rebel Alliance.