emanswfan said:
There must have been so many innocent/rebel prisoners aboard the Death Star that died in the aftermath.We don’t know that. It’s possible that all the cells were empty except for Leia’s or that the other cells held Stormtroopers who showed up to work drunk.
For the prisoner transfer ruse with Chewie to work, there had to be some prisoners somewhere on the Death Star.
We also never find out the fate of the Tantive’s crew that was taken alive.