• pyrflie
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    3 months ago

    Now you’re thinking. The problem is selling the flashy ship would take longer, result in less local currency, and still tip off the federation. If you remember one of the options Qui Gon brought up was selling the ship and Greedo basically told him there were no inter-system ships available for trade, that he could get with his credits or the trade-in value.

    He did give in fast but I always attributed this to force truth sense which Greedo may also have been able to fool.

    Either way they weren’t there for long, got what they wanted and more, and where able to escape before detection resulted in concentrated force. It makes narrative sense.

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      3 months ago

      They only need to get the value of transport to Coruscant, they don’t need to get the full value of what the ship is worth.

      I mean if someone said they would give you a Lamborghini with broken engine in exchange for a ride to the next state, you wouldn’t take that deal? Sure it might be a headache for you to either tow it to a garage to get it repaired or find a buyer who will buy it as-is, but you’re talking about something like $100K in value just for giving some people a lift somewhere.

      They could be out of there almost immediately if the safety of the Queen was top priority and were willing to take a huge loss on the sale of the ship.