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Luke is furious but doesn't have time to think about it for
muted alarms begin to go off down on the hangar deck. Luke
and Leia start off toward the starship hangar.
Han chases the stormtroopers down a long subhallway. He is
yelling and brandishing his laser pistol. The troops reach a
dead end and are forced to turn and fight. Han stops a few
feet from them and assumes a defensive position. The troops
begin to raise their laser guns. Soon all ten troopers are
moving into an attack position in front of the lone
starpirate. Han's determined look begins to fade as the troops
begin to advance. Solo jumps backward as they fire at him.
Chewbacca runs down the subhallway in a last-ditch attempt
to save his bold captain. Suddenly he hears the firing of
laser guns and yelling. Around the corner shoots Han, pirate
extraordinaire, running for his life, followed by a host of
furious stormtroopers. Chewbacca turns and starts running
the other way also.
Luke fires his laser pistol wildly as he and Leia rush down
a narrow subhallway, chased by several stormtroopers. They
quickly reach the end of the subhallway and race through an
open hatchway.
INT. DEATH STAR - CENTRAL CORE SHAFT
Luke and Leia race through the hatch onto a narrow bridge
that spans a huge, deep shaft that seems to go into infinity.
The bridge has been retracted into the wall of the shaft,
and Luke almost rushes into the abyss. He loses his balance
off the end of the bridge as Leia, behind him, takes hold of
his arm and pulls him back.
LUKE:
(gasping)
Blasts from the stormtroopers' laser guns explode nearby
reminding them of the oncoming danger. Luke fires back at
the advancing troops. Leia reaches over and hits a switch
that pops the hatch door shut with a resounding boom, leaving
them precariously perched on a short piece of bridge overhang.
Laserfire from the troopers continues to hit the steel door.
LEIA:
There's no lock!
Luke blasts the controls with his laser pistol.
LUKE:
That oughta hold it for a while.
LEIA:
Quick, we've got to get across. Find
the control that extends the bridge.
LUKE:
Oh, I think I just blasted it.
Luke looks at the blasted bridge control while the
stormtroopers on the opposite side of the door begin making
ominous drilling and pounding sounds.
LEIA:
They're coming through!
Luke notices something on his stormtrooper belt, when
laserfire hits the wall behind him. Luke aims his laser pistol
at a stormtrooper perched on a higher bridge overhang across
the abyss from them. They exchange fire. Two more troops
appear on another overhang, also firing. A trooper is hit,
and grabs at his chest.
Another trooper standing on the bridge overhang is hit by
Luke's laserfire, and plummets down the shaft. Troopers move
back off the bridge; Luke hands the gun to Leia.
LUKE:
Here, hold this.
Luke pulls a thin nylon cable from his trooper utility belt.
It has a grappler hook on it. A trooper appears on a bridge
overhang and fires at Luke and Leia. As Luke works with the
rope, Leia returns the laser volley. Another trooper appears
and fires at them, as Leia returns his fire as well.
Suddenly, the hatch door begins to open, revealing the feet
of more troops.
LEIA:
Here they come!
Leia hits one of the stormtroopers on the bridge above, and
he falls into the abyss. Luke tosses the rope across the
gorge and it wraps itself around an outcropping of pipes. He
tugs on the rope to make sure it is secure, then grabs the
princess in his arms. Leia looks at Luke, then kisses him
quickly on the lips. Luke is very surprised.
LEIA:
For luck!
Luke pushes off and they swing across the treacherous abyss
to the corresponding hatchway on the opposite side. Just as
Luke and Leia reach the far side of the canyon, the
stormtroopers break through the hatch and begin to fire at
the escaping duo. Luke returns the fire before ducking into
the tiny subhallway.
INT. DEATH STAR - NARROW PASSAGEWAY
Ben hides in the shadows of the narrow passageway as several
stormtroopers rush past him in the main hallway. He checks
to make sure they're gone, then runs down the hallway in the
opposite direction. Darth Vader appears at the far end of
the hallway and starts after the old Jedi.
INT. DEATH STAR - MAIN FORWARD BAY
Threepio looks around at the troops milling about the
pirateship entry ramp.
THREEPIO:
Where could they be?
Artoo, plugged into the computer socket, turns his dome left
and right, beeping a response.
INT. DEATH STAR - CORRIDOR - BLAST SHIELDS DOOR
Han and Chewbacca run down a long corridor with several
troopers hot on their trail.
TROOPER:
Close the blast doors!
At the end of the hallway, blast doors begin to close in
front of them. The young starpilot and his furry companion
race past the huge doors just as they are closing, and manage
to get off a couple off laserblasts at the pursuing troops
before the doors slam shut.
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