Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope Page #3

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CHIEF PILOT:

There goes another one.

CAPTAIN:

Hold your fire. There are no life

forms. It must have been short-

circuited.

INT. LIFEPOD

Artoo and Threepio look out at the receding Imperial starship.

Stars circle as the pod rotates through the galaxy.

THREEPIO:

That's funny, the damage doesn't

look as bad from out here.

Artoo beeps an assuring response.

THREEPIO:

Are you sure this things safe?

EXT. TATOOINE - ANCHORHEAD SETTLEMENT - POWER STATION - DAY

Heat waves radiate from the dozen or so bleached white

buildings. Luke pilots his Landspeeder through the dusty

empty street of the tiny settlement. An old woman runs to

get out of the way of the speeding vehicle, shaking her fist

at Luke as he flies past.

WOMAN:

I've told you kids to slow down!

INT. POWER STATION - DAY

Luke bursts into the power station, waking The Fixer, a rugged

mechanic and Camie, a sexy, disheveled girl who has been

asleep in his lap. They grumbled as he races through the

office, yelling wildly.

FIXER:

Did I hear a young noise blast through

here?

CAMIE:

It was just wormie on another rampage.

Luke bounces into a small room behind the office where Deak

and Windy, two tough boys about the same age as Luke, are

playing a computer pool-like game with Biggs, a burly,

handsome boy a few years older than the rest. His flashy

city attire is a sharp contrast to the loose-fitting tunics

of the farm boys. A robot repairs some equipment in the

background.

LUKE:

Shape it up you guys!... Biggs?

Luke's surprise at the appearance of Biggs gives way to great

joy and emotion. They give each other a great bear hug.

LUKE:

I didn't know you were back! When

did you get in?

BIGGS:

Just now. I wanted to surprise you,

hot shot. I thought you'd be here...

certainly didn't expect you to be

out working.

(he laughs)

LUKE:

The Academy didn't change you

much...but you're back so soon? Hey,

what happened, didn't you get your

commission?

Biggs has an air of cool that seems slightly phony.

BIGGS:

Of course I got it. Signed aboard

The Rand Ecliptic last week. First

mate Biggs Darklighter at your

service...

(he salutes)

...I just came to say good-bye to

all you unfortunate landlocked

simpletons.

Everyone laughs. The dazzling spectacle of his dashing friend

is almost too much for Luke, but suddenly he snaps out of

it.

LUKE:

I almost forgot. There's a battle

going on! Right here in our system.

Come and look!

DEAK:

Not again! Forget it.

EXT. TATOOINE - ANCHORHEAD - SETTLEMENT - POWER STATION -

DAY:

The group stumbles out into the stifling desert sun. Camie

and The Fixer complain and are forced to shade their eyes.

Luke has his binoculars out scanning the heavens.

LUKE:

There they are!

Biggs takes the binoculars from Luke as the others strain to

see something with the naked eye. Through the binoculars

Biggs sees two small silver specks.

BIGGS:

That's no battle, hot shot... they're

just sitting there! Probably a

freighter-tanker refueling.

LUKE:

But there was a lot of firing

earlier...

Camie grabs the binoculars away banging them against the

building in the process. Luke grabs them.

LUKE:

Hey, easy with those...

CAMIE:

Don't worry about it, Wormie.

The Fixer gives Luke a hard look and the young farm boy shrugs

his shoulders in resignation.

FIXER:

I keep telling you, the Rebellion is

a long way from here. I doubt if the

Empire would even fight to keep this

system. Believe me Luke, this planet

is a big hunk of nothing...

Luke agrees, although it's obvious he isn't sure why. The

group stumbles back into the power station, grumbling about

Luke's ineptitude.

INT. REBEL BLOCKADE RUNNER - HALLWAY

Princess Leia is led down a low-ceilinged hallway by a squad

of armored stormtroopers. Her hands are bound and she is

brutally shoved when she is unable to keep up with the briskly

marching troops. They stop in a smoky hallway as Darth Vader

emerges from the shadows. The sinister Dark Lord stares hard

at the frail young senator, but she doesn't move.

LEIA:

Lord Vader, I should have known.

Only you could be so bold. The

Imperial Senate will not sit for

this, when they hear you've attacked

a diplomatic...

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