* * * * * SAUDIA assigned me a notorious Saudi: Captain Korban. Airline gossip had already reached me concerning this gentleman - implanting in me a feeling of impending doom. Before I continue with the gossip, let me give you a physical description of Korban. No doubt all are familiar with the Star Wars classic: “ Return of the Jedi .” In one episode there is a scene where Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher) is dancing with a chain attached to a collar on her neck, in a hot, scantily-clad outfit, which, in her words, ”You could see all the way to Miami!” Holding, and jerking, this chain was the crime lord Jabba the Hutt. A huge, green, obese individual with enormous almond-shaped eyes and an inordinatel...