There ' s Many a Slip Betwixt Cup and Lip " There ' s Many a Slip Betwixt Cup and Lip " is an adventure for . It was written by Floyd Wesel and published as part of the boxed set " Mos Eisley Adventure Set " in 1997 . Plot summary . A group of spacers is contacted by the Devaronian Labria . At the Mos Eisley Cantina , he informs the spacers of a cargo of espionage matrices that belong to an incarcerated smuggler . He explains that if the cargo can be stolen before the smuggler is released , he and the spacers can share in the profits . During the meeting , a Rodian named Voushon arrives and drags Labria away . Upon investigating the altercation , the spacers discover that the smuggler who is under arrest is Big Bunji , and the cargo is in Docking Bay 86 . The spacers break into the docking bay , as instructed . They break into the YT - 1300 light freighter they find there , but it is empty of any cargo . Voushon and his helpers arrive and discover the spacers would - be burglary , but rather than fight them , he offers them a deal : if they help spring Bunji from jail , Bunji ' s organization will give them ten of the matrixes , provided they promise to sell them offworld . The spacers agree . The spacers have three tasks : to find the arrival time of the Imperial prison shuttle , to arrange for a get - away landspeeder , and to secure passage for everyone offworld . In the process of performing these tasks , the spacers meet Labria again . He claims to now know the true location of the matrices and proposes a split of the profits for stealing it . Unbeknownst the spacers , Labria had teamed up with the Kubaz spy Garindan to use them to find the cargo . Although the spacers refuse his offer , he manages to plant a comlink on one of them to transmit back to Garindan . The spacers pay someone to tell them the arrival time of the shuttle , information to be delivered upon discovery by comlink . Then they head to Jawa Traders , a shop , to find a speeder on the assurance of the Jawa thug Wrex , who claims to know the owner , Aguilae . There , they haggle with Aguilae ' s partner , a Squib named Mace Windu . The negotiations are interrupted by thugs hired by Jabba the Hutt to get protection money from the Squib , but the gathered forces of the group scare them away . As a show of thanks , Windu agrees to loan them a landspeeder . Finally , the group heads to the cantina to meet with Advosczec smuggler Bom Vimdin , whom they hire to take them offworld once the caper is finished . The next day , the spacers learn of the arrival time of the prison shuttle : 1000 hours . The spacers then set up an ambush . When the hover truck appears , ten sandtroopers disembark from it . In addition , 24 security officers block off the exits — both the doing of Garindan , who has informed Prefect Eugene Talmont . As a firefight breaks out , dozens of droids enter the scene and cause chaos , just enough for the spacers to slip out of the trap . They spot Mace Windu and Aguilae nearby ; the droids were apparently their repayment for the help with the thugs the other day . A comlink messages tips the spacers off that Bunji is actually being transported to Docking Bay 87 . There , they find Bunji under light guard of stormtroopers and Mos Eisley Spaceport Security guards . They free Bunji and escape into the streets of Mos Eisley . Thankful for the rescue , Big Bunji agrees to uphold the terms of the deal negotiated with Voushon . Bunji leads them into Mos Eisley ' s subterranean caverns through an antique shop . There , they find the cargo . They next head to Docking Bay 65 , where Bom Vimdin spirits Bunji away on the " Blood Freeze . " Behind the scenes . The adventure splits paths in a few locations . For example , if Voushon and his henchbeings hear the characters mention their deal with Labria , he tries to cut them a deal , bypassing the search of the freighter . The characters may carry out their errands for Voushon in any order ; the sequence above follows the order they are printed in the adventure . The characters may detect the comlink planted on them by Labria , but as this plays into the plot later , the events presented above assume that they do not . Discovering the arrival time of the prison shuttle may be done either by visiting the Dim - U monastery and speaking to Abbot Drayk or by visiting the Spaceport Control Tower and talking to Beeyon Nace . Depending on whom they contact for the arrival time of the shuttle , the characters may receive extra help with their ambush : Drayk gives them Ccalras Corporation IDs to plant at the scene to cast the blame on that organization . The adventure also offers the possibility that acquiring the cargo from the Mos Eisley catacombs requires fighting off Ranats , scurriers , womp rats , thugs , droids , etc .