Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope Page #11

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AUNT BERU:

I think so.

OWEN:

Well, he'd better have those units

in the south range repaired be midday

or there'll be hell to pay!

EXT. TATOOINE - DESERT WASTELAND - LUKE'S SPEEDER - DAY

The rock and sand of the desert floor are a blur as Threepio

pilots the sleek Landspeeder gracefully across the vast

wasteland.

INT./EXT. LUKE'S SPEEDER - DESERT WASTELAND - TRAVELING -

DAY:

Luke leans over the back of the speeder and adjusts something

in the motor compartment.

LUKE:

(yelling)

How's that.

Threepio signals that is fine and Luke turns back into the

wind-whipped cockpit and pops the canopy shut.

LUKE:

Old Ben Kenobi lives out in this

direction somewhere, but I don't see

how that R2 unit could have come

this far. We must have missed him.

Uncle Owen isn't going to take this

very well.

THREEPIO:

Sir, would it help if you told him

it was my fault.

LUKE:

(brightening)

Sure. He needs you. He'd probably

only deactivate you for a day or

so...

THREEPIO:

Deactivate! Well, on the other hand

if you hadn't removed his restraining

bolt...

LUKE:

Wait, there's something dead ahead

on the scanner. It looks like our

droid... hit the accelerator.

EXT. TATOOINE - ROCK MESA - DUNE SEA - COASTLINE - DAY

From high on a rock mesa, the tiny Landspeeder can be seen

gliding across the desert floor. Suddenly in the foreground

two weather-beaten Sandpeople shrouded in their grimy desert

cloaks peer over the edge of the rock mesa. One of the

marginally human creatures raises a long ominous laser rifle

and points it at the speeder but the second creature grabs

the gun before it can be fired.

The Sandpeople, or Tusken Raiders as they're sometimes called,

speak in a coarse barbaric language as they get into an

animated argument. The second Tusken Raider seems to get in

the final word and the nomads scurry over the rocky terrain.

EXT. TATOOINE - ROCK MESA - CANYON

The Tusken Raider approaches two large Banthas standing tied

to a rock. The monstrous, bear-like creatures are as large

as elephants, with huge red eyes, tremendous looped horns,

and long, furry, dinosaur-like tails. The Tusken Raiders

mount saddles strapped to the huge creatures' shaggy backs

and ride off down the rugged bluff.

EXT. TATOOINE - ROCK CANYON - FLOOR

The speeder is parked on the floor of a massive canyon. Luke,

with his long laser rifle slung over his shoulder, stands

before little Artoo.

LUKE:

Hey, whoa, just where do you think

you're going?

The little droid whistles a feeble reply, as Threepio poses

menacingly behind the little runaway.

THREEPIO:

Master Luke here is your rightful

owner. We'll have no more of this

Obi-Wan Kenobi jibberish... and don't

talk to me about your mission, either.

You're fortunate he doesn't blast

you into a million pieces right here.

LUKE:

Well, come on. It's getting late. I

only hope we can get back before

Uncle Owen really blows up.

THREEPIO:

If you don't mind my saying so, sir,

I think you should deactivate the

little fugitive until you've gotten

him back to your workshop.

LUKE:

No, he's not going to try anything.

Suddenly the little robot jumps to life with a mass of frantic

whistles and screams.

LUKE:

What's wrong with him now?

THREEPIO:

Oh my... sir, he says there are

several creatures approaching from

the southeast.

Luke swings his rifle into position and looks to the south.

LUKE:

Sandpeople! Or worst! Come on, let's

have a look. Come on.

EXT. TATOOINE - ROCK CANYON - RIDGE - DAY

Luke carefully makes his way to the top of a rock ridge and

scans the canyon with his electrobinoculars. He spots the

two riderless Banthas. Threepio struggles up behind the young

adventurer.

LUKE:

There are two Banthas down there but

I don't see any... wait a second,

they're Sandpeople all right. I can

see one of them now.

Luke watches the distant Tusken Raider through his

electrobinoculars. Suddenly something huge moves in front of

his field of view. Before Luke or Threepio can react, a large,

gruesome Tusken Raider looms over them. Threepio is startled

and backs away, right off the side if the cliff. He can be

heard for several moments as he clangs, bangs and rattles

down the side of the mountain.

The towering creature brings down his curved, double-pointed

gaderffii -- the dreaded axe blade that has struck terror in

the heart of the local settlers. But Luke manages to block

the blow with his laser rifle, which is smashed to pieces.

The terrified farm boy scrambles backward until he is forced

to the edge of a deep crevice. The sinister Raider stands

over him with his weapon raised and lets out a horrible

shrieking laugh.

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