BmB said:
...say you're the president of the United States. Your vice president is looking for two droids, and the secret service tugs some car into the driveway of the white house and they inform you the license plate match that of a car that shot it's way out of "Elm Street".
What if that car from Elm Street was carrying plans for the most powerful nuclear weapon ever?
The Empire is desperately trying to get back plans for their ultimate weapon, tracked it to Tatooine, and then to a space ship (suspected to carry those plans) that barely escapes from them......and you don't think EVERYONE in the Empire would know about it?
The Empire may be overconfident, but they're not morons.