Almost half say that C3PO knew it was the princess but was
protecting her.
Almost half say that C3PO knew the princess was on board but had never
met her and therefore did not recognize her.
One person said it was a writer's error and that the line was changed
in the re-release that came out just before ROTJ to say:
'The Captain will never get out of this one . . . '
- Bill Cambre ATTISL 02272 houxq!45223wc