"Routine"
Attribution
Writer	Tony Isabella
Penciller	John Nadeau
Inker	Jordi Ensign
Letterer	Vickie Williams
Colorist	Dave Nestelle
Editor	Peet Janes
Publication information
Publisher	Dark Horse Comics
Pages	8
General information
Era	Rise of the Empire era
Timeline	5 BBY
Part of	Star Wars Tales
Published in	Star Wars Tales 2
Preceded by	Skippy the Jedi Droid
Followed by	Extinction, Part 2

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Routine is an 8-page comic that featured in Star Wars Tales #2 and Star Wars Collectible Bonus Magazine. It was written by Tony Isabella. The story takes place in 5 BBY.

Plot summaryEdit

The Vigilant, an Imperial ship under the control of Captain Deyd Llnewe on border patrol duties, stops a Corellian corvette called Jaina's Light piloted by Han Solo. Llnewe orders Lieutenant Raprice to perform a Level One search of the ship but he finds nothing.

The next time Jaina's Light crosses the Vigilant's patrol route, Llnewe orders a Level Two inspection, as he is sure there is more to Solo than meets the eye. The inspection once again shows nothing suspicious.

The third time the Vigilant intercepts the Jaina's Light, Captain Llnewe, frustrated, demands a Level Five inspection, but his orthodox suboordinate, Lieutenant Raprice, counsels the captain not to abandon their normal duties on a suspicion. Jaina's Light is cleared to leave, but Captain Llnewe realizes that they have inspected three different ships, not one, and Solo is smuggling spaceships, not cargo. The Vigilant opens fire on Solo but he is long gone by then.

Background InformationEdit

There is a strong similarity between the story and an old parable about a man who is seen pushing a wheelbarrow full of some worthless material (sawdust in some versions, straw in others) away from the factory where he works every night. His employers, suspicious, search the wheelbarrow for something illicit being stolen or smuggled, and, when they find nothing, puzzle over what use he could have for straw or sawdust. It is not until much later that they realize that what he is stealing are wheelbarrows.

Roger Ebert quoted the parable in his "Great Movies" essay on Steven Spielberg's film Schindler's List, in describing how Oskar Schindler's Nazi masters puzzle over how Schindler's new factory scheme with Jewish workers is supposed to be making him money, and it never occurs to them that he is in fact, spending his war earnings to save Jews.

AppearancesEdit

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