Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope Page #15

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LUKE:

These are the same Jawas that sold

us Artoo and Threepio.

BEN:

And these blast points, too accurate

for Sandpeople. Only Imperial

stormtroopers are so precise.

LUKE:

Why would Imperial troops want to

slaughter Jawas?

Luke looks back at the speeder where Artoo and Threepio are

inspecting the dead Jawas, and put two and two together.

LUKE:

If they traced the robots here, they

may have learned who they sold them

to. And that would lead them home!

Luke reaches a sudden horrible realization, then races for

the speeder and jumps it.

BEN:

Wait, Luke! It's too dangerous.

Luke races off leaving Ben and the two robots alone with the

burning Sandcrawler.

EXT. TATOOINE - WASTELAND

Luke races across the wasteland in his battered Landspeeder.

EXT. TATOOINE - LARS HOMESTEAD

The speeder roars up to the burning homestead. Luke jumps

out and runs to the smoking holes that were once his home.

Debris is scattered everywhere and it looks as if a great

battle has taken place.

LUKE:

Uncle Owen! Aunt Beru! Uncle Owen!

Luke stumbles around in a daze looking for his aunt and uncle.

Suddenly he comes upon their smoldering remains. He is

stunned, and cannot speak. Hate replaces fear and a new

resolve comes over him.

EXT. SPACE

Imperial TIE fighter races toward the Death Star.

INT. DEATH STAR - DETENTION CORRIDOR

Two stormtroopers open an electronic cell door and allow

several Imperial guards to enter. Princess Leia's face is

filled with defiance, which slowly gives way to fear as a

giant black torture robot enters, followed by Darth Vader.

VADER:

And, now Your Highness, we will

discuss the location of your hidden

Rebel base.

The torture robot gives off a steady beeping sound as it

approaches Princess Leia and extends one of its mechanical

arms bearing a large hypodermic needle. The door slides shut

and the long cell block hallway appears peaceful. The muffled

screams of the Rebel princess are barely heard.

EXT. TATOOINE - WASTELAND

There is a large bonfire of Jawa bodies blazing in front of

the Sandcrawler as Ben and the robots finish burning the

dead. Luke drives up in the speeder and Ben walks over to

him.

BEN:

There's nothing you could have done,

Luke, had you been there. You'd have

been killed, too, and the droids

would be in the hands of the Empire.

LUKE:

I want to come with you to Alderaan.

There's nothing here for me now. I

want to learn the ways of the Force

and become a Jedi like my father.

EXT. TATOOINE - WASTELAND

The Landspeeder with Luke, Artoo, Threepio, and Ben in it

zooms across the desert. The speeder stops on a bluff

overlooking the spaceport at Mos Eisley. It is a haphazard

array of low, grey, concrete structures and semi-domes. A

harsh gale blows across the stark canyon floor. Luke adjusts

his goggles and walks to the edge of the craggy bluff where

Ben is standing.

BEN:

Mos Eisley Spaceport. You will never

find a more wretched hive of scum

and villainy. We must be cautious.

Ben looks over at Luke, who gives the old Jedi a determined

smile.

EXT. TATOOINE - MOS EISLEY - STREET

The speeder is stopped on a crowded street by several combat-

hardend stormtroopers who look over the two robots. A Trooper

questions Luke.

TROOPER:

How long have you had these droids?

LUKE:

About three or four seasons.

BEN:

They're for sale if you want them.

TROOPER:

Let me see your identification.

Luke becomes very nervous as he fumbles to find his ID while

Ben speaks to the Trooper in a very controlled voice.

BEN:

You don't need to see his

identification.

TROOPER:

We don't need to see his

identification.

BEN:

These are not the droids your looking

for.

TROOPER:

These are not the droids we're looking

for.

BEN:

He can go about his business.

TROOPER:

You can go about your business.

BEN:

(to Luke)

Move along.

TROOPER:

Move along. Move along.

EXT. TATOOINE - MOS EISLEY - STREET

The speeder pulls up in front of a rundown blockhouse cantina

on the outskirts of the spaceport. Various strange forms of

transport, including several unusual beasts of burden, are

parked outside the bar. A Jawa runs up and begins to fondle

the speeder.

THREEPIO:

I can't abide these Jawas. Disgusting

creatures.

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