Bingowings said:

ray_afraid said:

No no, that's after the battle. I mean where are they when Han & Co. are caught in the net, about to be eaten ect.

I answered this on another thread somewhere.

When Luke comes back and Leia is missing Han orders them to stay put while he, the remainder of the command staff (in a homage to Star Trek) and two brightly coloured, reflective noisy machines go off to be captured for plot reasons.

Yep, you're right. Still, Muddys ideas would make it more clear as well as helping the pace of the film.