Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope Page #22

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BEN:

I suggest you try it again, Luke.

Ben places a large helmet on Luke's head which covers his

eyes.

BEN:

This time, let go your conscious

self and act on instinct.

LUKE:

(laughing)

With the blast shield down, I can't

even see. How am I supposed to fight?

BEN:

Your eyes can deceive you. Don't

trust them.

Han skeptically shakes his head as Ben throws the seeker

into the air. The ball shoots straight up in the air, then

drops like a rock. Luke swings the lightsaber around blindly

missing the seeker, which fires off a laserbolt which hits

Luke square on the seat of the pants. He lets out a painful

yell and attempts to hit the seeker.

BEN:

Stretch out with your feelings.

Luke stands in one place, seemingly frozen. The seeker makes

a dive at Luke and, incredibly, he managed to deflect the

bolt. The ball ceases fire and moves back to its original

position.

BEN:

You see, you can do it.

HAN:

I call it luck.

BEN:

In my experience, there's no such

thing as luck.

HAN:

Look, going good against remotes is

one thing. Going good against the

living? That's something else.

Solo notices a small light flashing on the far side of the

control panel.

HAN:

Looks like we're coming up on

Alderaan.

Han and Chewbacca head back to the cockpit.

LUKE:

You know, I did feel something. I

could almost see the remote.

BEN:

That's good. You have taken your

first step into a larger world.

INT. DEATH STAR - CONFERENCE ROOM

Imperial Officer Cass stands before Governor Tarkin and the

evil Dark Lord Darth Vader.

TARKIN:

Yes.

OFFICER CASS:

Our scout ships have reached

Dantooine. They found the remains of

a Rebel base, but they estimate that

it has been deserted for some time.

They are now conducting an extensive

search of the surrounding systems.

TARKIN:

She lied! She lied to us!

VADER:

I told you she would never consciously

betray the Rebellion.

TARKIN:

Terminate her... immediately!

EXT. HYPERSPACE

The pirateship is just coming out of hyperspace; a strange

surreal light show surrounds the ship.

INT. MILLENNIUM FALCON - COCKPIT

HAN:

Stand by, Chewie, here we go. Cut in

the sublight engines.

Han pulls back on a control lever. Outside the cockpit window

stars begin streaking past, seem to decrease in speed, then

stop. Suddenly the starship begins to shudder and violently

shake about. Asteroids begin to race toward them, battering

the sides of the ship.

HAN:

What the...? Aw, we've come out of

hyperspace into a meteor shower.

Some kind of asteroid collision.

It's not on any of the charts.

The Wookiee flips off several controls and seems very cool

in the emergency. Luke makes his way into the bouncing

cockpit.

LUKE:

What's going on?

HAN:

Our position is correct, except...

no, Alderaan!

LUKE:

What do you mean? Where is it?

HAN:

Thats what I'm trying to tell you,

kid. It ain't there. It's been totally

blown away.

LUKE:

What? How?

Ben moves into the cockpit behind Luke as the ship begins to

settle down.

BEN:

Destroyed... by the Empire!

HAN:

The entire starfleet couldn't destroy

the whole planet. It'd take a thousand

ships with more fire power than

I've...

A signal starts flashing on the control panel and a muffled

alarm starts humming.

HAN:

There's another ship coming in.

LUKE:

Maybe they know what happened.

BEN:

It's an Imperial fighter.

Chewbacca barks his concern. A huge explosion bursts outside

the cockpit window, shaking the ship violently. A tiny, finned

Imperial TIE fighter races past the cockpit window.

LUKE:

It followed us!

BEN:

No. It's a short range fighter.

HAN:

There aren't any bases around here.

Where did it come from?

EXT. SPACE

The fighter races past the Corellian pirateship.

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