adywan said:
I can't believe that it sparked a debate about adding the empire attacking bespin though. I'm pretty suure this was covered a while ago. ... We do see that TIEs appear when the falcon is escaping and lando does mention the fighters when Leia want to go back for Luke,and having some background TIEs shooting down ships may well take the focus of the main action.

Agreed. (again) As far as I see it, the scenes are fine as they are. As bad as the Empire is, would they be taking potshots at innocent people when Vader has a mission to focus on?* Even the most hardened TIE pilot would think 'why am I murdering Ice Cream Man?' They are there for one reason: Luke. That's it. Land, get him, leave.

Sorry to hear about your back. I have been dealing with some sort of soreness here and there in my back nearly every day for the past several months, but nothing like you're going through, it seems. Hope it improves somehow, someday. :)

*besides, the first movie showed us that the Empire likes to preserve lasers when possible