“[H]e also stops in at Qatar to meet with his old gambling buddy [who is also the king of Qatar], and the Qataris don’t seem to mind one bit [except when they send two armed escort craft out to meet him, and shoot at him while they are still talking on the radio].”

I’ll grant you Alderaan, though. And the fact that nobody seems to comment on it at any point. “We’ve got to get to Alderaan, avoiding any Imperial entanglements.” “Well, I’d love to help you, but they will 100% never let me land on Alderaan, because I have these giant guns on my boat.” Maybe that’s what Chewbacca is screaming about.