Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope Page #24

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VADER:

Did you find any droids?

OFFICER:

No, sir. If there were any on board,

they must also have jettisoned.

VADER:

Send a scanning crew on board. I

want every part of this ship checked.

OFFICER:

Yes, sir.

VADER:

I sense something... a presence I

haven't felt since...

Vader turns quickly and exits the hangar.

OFFICER:

Get me a scanning crew in here on

the double. I want every part of

this ship checked!

INT. MILLENNIUM FALCON - HALLWAY

A trooper runs through the hallway heading for the exit. In

a few moments all is quiet. The muffled sounds of a distant

officer giving orders finally fade. Two floor panels suddenly

pop up revealing Han Solo and Luke. Ben Kenobi sticks his

head out of a third locker.

LUKE:

Boy, it's lucky you had these

compartments.

HAN:

I use them for smuggling. I never

thought I'd be smuggling myself in

them. This is ridiculous. Even if I

could take off, I'd never get past

the tractor beam.

BEN:

Leave that to me!

HAN:

Damn fool. I knew that you were going

to say that!

BEN:

Who's the more foolish... the fool

or the fool who follows him?

Han shakes his head, muttering to himself. Chewbacca agrees.

INT. DEATH STAR - MAIN FORWARD BAY

The crewmen carry a heavy box on board the ship, past the

two stormtroopers guarding either side of the ramp.

TROOPER:

The ship's all yours. If the scanners

pick up anything, report it

immediately. All right, let's go.

The crewmen enter the pirateship and a loud crashing sound

is followed by a voice calling to the guard below.

HAN'S VOICE

Hey down there, could you give us a

hand with this?

The stormtroopers enter the ship and a quick round of gunfire

is heard.

INT. DEATH STAR - FORWARD BAY - COMMAND OFFICE

In a very small command office near the entrance to the

pirateship, a Gantry Officer looks out his window and notices

the guards are missing. He speaks into the comlink.

GANTRY OFFICER:

TX-four-one-two. Why aren't you at

your post? TX-four-one-two, do you

copy?

A stormtrooper comes down the ramp of the pirateship and

waves to the gantry officer, pointing to his ear indicating

his comlink is not working. The gantry officer shakes his

head in disgust and heads for the door, giving his aide an

annoyed look.

GANTRY OFFICER:

Take over. We've got a bad

transmitter. I'll see what I can do.

As the officer approaches the door, it slides open revealing

the towering Chewbacca. The gantry officer, in a momentary

state of shock, stumbles backward. With a bone- chilling

howl, the giant Wookiee flattens the officer with one blow.

The aide immediately reaches for his pistol, but is blasted

by Han, dressed as an Imperial stormtrooper. Ben and the

robots enter the room quickly followed by Luke, also dressed

as a stormtrooper. Luke quickly removes his helmet.

LUKE:

You know, between his howling and

your blasting everything in sight,

it's a wonder the whole station

doesn't know we're here.

HAN:

Bring them on! I prefer a straight

fight to all this sneaking around.

THREEPIO:

We found the computer outlet, sir.

Ben feeds some information into the computer and a map of

the city appears on the monitor. He begins to inspect it

carefully. Threepio and Artoo look over the control panel.

Artoo finds something that makes him whistle wildly.

BEN:

Plug in. He should be able to

interpret the entire Imperial computer

network.

Artoo punches his claw arm into the computer socket and the

vast Imperial brain network comes to life, feeding information

to the little robot. After a few moments, he beeps something.

THREEPIO:

He says he's found the main computer

to power the tractor beam that's

holding the ship here. He'll try to

make the precise location appear on

the monitor.

The computer monitor flashes readouts.

THREEPIO:

The tractor beam is coupled to the

main reactor in seven locations. A

power loss at one of the terminals

will allow the ship to leave.

Ben studies the data on the monitor readout.

BEN:

I don't think you boys can help. I

must go alone.

HAN:

Whatever you say. I've done more

that I bargained for on this trip

already.

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