xhonzi said:

RE: Circus performers.

I'm just curious what other assumptions would lead you to think that they might be lost circus performers. Did Vader order a clown and some jugglers to lighten the mood after he choked their previous Admiral to death? A highwire act to improve morale?

I just had this image of the guys in "The Princess Bride" claiming to Princess Buttercup that they were 'poor lost circus performers' just before they kidnapped her... albeit to kill her, so they aren't bounty hunters either.