Vader ordered one of his troops to generate a fake distress signal from the Rebel ship, and then broadcast o the Senate that all the Rebels aboard were killed.The paper""s headline reads: "BEALE FIRED," accompanied by a 3/4 page blowup of the news reporter.In Hackett""s office following he night that "Howard Beale went on the air and yelled bulls--t for two minutes," Diana proposes to "put that lunatic back on the air yelling bulls--t.[He is a graduate student working on his doctor of philosophy degree from Cambridge.] Ex-patriate, free-spirited, over-the-top Sally Bowles, a wild, worldly-wise, hedonistic, starry-eyed, promiscuous, passionate American singer/dancer from the Club, has been there for three months.Son? If you just come to realize it, what she needs is a firm hand." When fickle-minded Julie insists on remaining in her upstairs room rather than coming down to greet Preston in he parlor, he marches up to her boudoir door wielding a walking stick.