Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope Page #28

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Han gives him a kick and the Wookiee disappears into the

tiny opening. Luke and Han continue firing as they work their

way toward the opening.

HAN:

Wonderful girl! Either I'm going to

kill her or I'm beginning to like

her. Get in there!

Luke ducks laserfire as he jumps into the darkness. Han fires

off a couple of quick blasts creating a smokey cover, then

slides into the chute himself and is gone.

INT. DEATH STAR - GARBAGE ROOM

Han tumbles into the large room filled with garbage and muck.

Luke is already stumbling around looking for an exit. He

finds a small hatchway and struggles to get it open. It won't

budge.

HAN:

(sarcastically)

Oh! The garbage chute was a really

wonderful idea. What an incredible

smell you've discovered! Let's get

out of here! Get away from there...

LUKE:

No! wait!

Han draws his laser pistol and fires at the hatch. The

laserbolt ricochets wildly around the small metal room.

Everyone dives for cover in the garbage as the bolt explodes

almost on top of them. Leia climbs out of the garbage with a

rather grim look on her face.

LUKE:

Will you forget it? I already tried

it. It's magnetically sealed!

LEIA:

Put that thing away! You're going to

get us all killed.

HAN:

Absolutely, Your Worship. Look, I

had everything under control until

you led us down here. You know, it's

not going to take them long to figure

out what happened to us.

LEIA:

It could be worse...

A loud, horrible, inhuman moan works its way up from the

murky depths. Chewbacca lets out a terrified howl and begins

to back away. Han and Luke stand fast with their laser pistols

drawn. The Wookiee is cowering near one of the walls.

HAN:

It's worse.

LUKE:

There's something alive in here!

HAN:

That's your imagination.

LUKE:

Something just moves past my leg!

Look! Did you see that?

HAN:

What?

LUKE:

Help!

Suddenly Luke is yanked under the garbage.

HAN:

Luke! Luke! Luke!

Solo tries to get to Luke. Luke surfaces with a gasp of air

and thrashing of limbs. A membrane tentacle is wrapped around

his throat.

LEIA:

Luke!

Leia extends a long pipe toward him.

LEIA:

Luke, Luke, grab a hold of this.

LUKE:

Blast it, will you! My gun's jammed.

HAN:

Where?

LUKE:

Anywhere! Oh!!

Solo fires his gun downward. Luke is pulled back into the

muck by the slimy tentacle.

HAN:

Luke! Luke!

Suddenly the walls of the garbage receptacle shudder and

move in a couple of inches. Then everything is deathly quiet.

Han and Leia give each other a worried look as Chewbacca

howls in the corner. With a rush of bubbles and muck Luke

suddenly bobs to the surface.

LEIA:

Grab him!

Luke seems to be released by the thing.

LEIA:

What happened?

LUKE:

I don't know, it just let go of me

and disappeared...

HAN:

I've got a very bad feeling about

this.

Before anyone can say anything the walls begin to rumble and

edge toward the Rebels.

LUKE:

The walls are moving!

LEIA:

Don't just stand there. Try to brace

it with something.

They place poles and long metal beams between the closing

walls, but they are simply snapped and bent as the giant

trashmasher rumbles on. The situation doesn't look too good.

LUKE:

Wait a minute!

Luke pulls out his comlink.

LUKE:

Threepio! Come in Threepio! Threepio!

Where could he be?

INT. DEATH STAR - MAIN GANTRY - COMMAND OFFICE

A soft buzzer and the muted voice of Luke calling out for

See-Threepio can be heard on Threepio's hand comlink, which

is sitting on the deserted computer console. Artoo and

Threepio are nowhere in sight. Suddenly there is a great

explosion and the door of the control tower flies across the

floor. Four armed stormtroopers enter the chamber.

FIRST TROOPER:

Take over!

(pointing to the dead

officer)

See to him! Look there!

A trooper pushes a button and the supply cabinet door slides

open. See-Threepio and Artoo-Detoo are inside. Artoo follows

his bronze companion out into the office.

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