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Randomness is a great thing to use in roleplaying games. Of course, many of the rules rely on dice rolls to decide the results of actions, but you can always add more random things. Have randomly generated events happen occasionally: things as varied as the king dying and a power struggle breaking out, to a chill wind that blows out the party's torches and leaves them in darkness.
A simple way to do this is to prepare big tables of events and roll on the occasionally. One table for big events that affect the outside world, such as disasters or wars, and another for small local events like a bad harvest or the birth of a two-headed goat. And another for adventuring events, such as a wall suddenly collapsing, or a horde of bats suddenly flying past. The advantage of them being random is that they add variety and uncertainty to events, rather than everything being planned ahead. Which can also make your life as a GM easier.
Commentary by memnarch (who has not seen the movie)
Sure, why not? They got beat, so now they're sort of allies. Or at least, not actively trying to fight anymore. I'd keep an eye out for a trap of some kind. Like, there's no reason to trust helmet head this fast right? Unless seeing the lightsaber was enough to convince her that they're trying to stop the First Order or are working against them at the moment. There was a big deal about it last Episode, and we had the whole "handing it over" scene earlier in this Episode as well.
Five-note motif? What a strange choice by the GM. It looks pretty Close to something, but without the bars, I'm not quite sure. I think Ben probably should have been tapped to provide some assistance again. It'd be the second or Third time as well, which would be neat to have in the comic. Either way, I think the only memorable thing about everything here so far is that Daft Punk fans live on a topographical nightmare of a planet. Which is actually pretty good for four-and-a-half comics!
Transcript
Rey: All right, get up. Where’s this Babu?
Zorii: You’ll never find him alone.
[SFX]: whmmmm...
Zorii: {leading the way} Follow me. Stay hidden. Patrols are stopping random citizens.
Poe: Random citizens? Great. Everybody, act random!
Finn: Don’t we want to act non-random?
Poe: That’d be even more suspicious.
BB-8: I can generate a selection of random integers if that helps.
GM: You duck into a bar. Smoke, alien stink, and a strange five-note musical motif fill the air.
[SFX]: {musical notes: initial tone, up a full tone, down a major third, down an octave, up a perfect fifth}
Zorii: Babu’s out the back.
[SFX]: {musical notes: initial tone, up a full tone, down a major third, down an octave, up a perfect fifth}
C-3PO: The music in here is terrible.
GM: The bartender glares at you.
[SFX]: {musical notes: initial tone, up a full tone, down a major third, down an octave, up a perfect fifth}
Oma Tres: It’s my own composition.
C-3PO: Oh, don’t worry. It’s not as though anyone will ever remember your music.
[SFX]: {musical notes: initial tone, up a full tone, down a major third, down an octave, up a perfect fifth}
C-3PO: Or your face. Or this bar. Or this planet, really.