Não há nenhuma boa razão para supor que o que Piett diz a Vader não seja a verdade absoluta e sem verniz , algo que é confirmado pelas várias novelizações do filme.
“It’s an older code, but it checks out,” Piett replied immediately. “I was about to clear them.”
There was no point in lying to the Lord of the Sith. He always knew if you lied; lies sang out to the Dark Lord.
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A mais recente (e totalmente canônica) novelização indica que Piett estava totalmente inconsciente de que algo estava errado, contando com seus subalternos para verificar e passar códigos.On the Executor’s bridge, Piett was starting to wonder about Vader’s interest in the shuttle. “Shall I hold them?” he asked.
“No,” Vader answered firmly. “Leave them to me. I will deal with them myself.”
“Do they have code clearance?” demands Vader.
Piett doesn’t know, so he gestures to the flight controller, who always prayed he would never have to speak to Vader.
“It’s…an older code, sir, but it checks out,” he reports. “I—I was about to clear them.”
The controller braces himself. He knows what his fate might be if this is the wrong answer.
Quanto à questão de por que o Império não havia relatado a falta do ônibus espacial , o romance Mover o alvo nos fornece todas as informações necessárias para responder a essa pergunta.
“I’m fine. Where are you?”
“Kothlis,” Luke said, then peered at the hologram he was seeing of her. “Are you wearing an Imperial uniform?”
“I am,” Leia said. “Its previous owner won’t miss it—she’s space dust. Along with her Star Destroyer. Of which the shuttle Tydirium is all that remains.”