The HoSS Cantina

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Originally Posted by Hogg

Wouldn't Vader know something was up when Leia fled with the plans to Tatooine? Its supposed to be a remote place and he would have to know that she went there for a specific reason.

In A New Hope he specifically says that she is his only lead to the location of the secret Rebel base, so traveling to a remote location would not see unusual if he believed she was trying to deliver the plans there. I imagine the Rebel network was stronger in the outer rim where there was less Imperial presence.