There was a familiar motif in the expanded universe novels
that often frustrated me: the long
journey to an uncertain destination. There
are quite a few examples. In The
Approaching Storm, Obi-wan and Anakin meet up with Luminara Unduli and Barriss
Offee to trek across a desolate planet for many days. Come to think of it, the same story element appears
in the movies as well. Why did the
AT-ATs land so far from Echo Base? Seriously,
if they had landed a few kilometers closer far fewer transports would have been
able to escape.
