Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope Page #34

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THREEPIO:

Oooh!

INT. MILLENNIUM FALCON - COCKPIT - GUNPORTS

Leia watches the computer readout as Chewbacca manipulates

the ship's controls.

LEIA:

We've lost lateral controls.

HAN:

Don't worry, she'll hold together.

An enemy laserbolt hits the pirateship's control panel,

causing it to blow out in a shower of sparks.

HAN:

(to ship)

You hear me, baby? Hold together!

Artoo-Detoo advances toward the smoking sparking control

panel, dousing the inferno by spraying it with fire retardant

beeping all the while.

INT. MILLENNIUM FALCON - GUNPORT

Luke swivels in his gun mount, following the TIE fighter

with his laser cannon.

INT. MILLENNIUM FALCON - GUNPORT

Solo aims his laser cannon at the enemy fighter.

EXT. SPACE

A TIE fighter streaks in front of the starship.

INT. MILLENNIUM FALCON - COCKPIT

Leia watches the TIE fighter ship fly over.

EXT. SPACE

A TIE fighter heads right for the pirateship, then zooms

overhead.

INT. MILLENNIUM FALCON - GUNPORTS

Luke follows the TIE fighter across his field of view, firing

laserbeams from his cannon.

EXT. TIE FIGHTER

A TIE fighter dives past the pirateship.

INT. MILLENNIUM FALCON - GUNPORTS

Luke fires at a TIE fighter. At his port, Han follows a

fighter in his sights, releasing a blast of laserfire. He

connects, and the fighter explodes into fiery dust. Han laughs

victoriously.

EXT. SPACE

Two TIE fighters move toward and over the Millennium Falcon,

unleashing a barrage of laserbolts at the ship.

INT. MILLENNIUM FALCON - GUNPORTS

Another TIE fighter moves in on the pirateship and Luke,

smiling, fires the laser cannon at it, scoring a spectacular

direct hit.

LUKE:

Got him! I got him!

Han turns and gives Luke a victory wave which Luke gleefully

returns.

HAN:

Great kid! Don't get cocky.

Han turns back to his laser cannon.

EXT. SPACE

Two more TIE fighters cross in front of the pirateship.

INT. MILLENNIUM FALCON - COCKPIT

While Chewbacca manipulates the controls, Leia turns, looking

over her shoulder out the ports.

LEIA:

There are still two more of them out

there!

EXT. SPACE

A TIE fighter moves up over the pirateship, firing laserblasts

at it.

INT. MILLENNIUM FALCON - GUNPORTS

Luke and Han look into their respective projected target

screens. An Imperial fighter crosses Solo's port, and Han

swivels in his chair, following it with blasts from his laser

cannon. Another fighter crosses Luke's port, and he reacts

in a like manner, the glow of his target screen lighting his

face.

EXT. SPACE

The TIE fighter zooms toward the pirateship, firing

destructive blasts at it.

INT. MILLENNIUM FALCON - GUNPORTS

Luke fires a laserblast at the approaching enemy fighter,

and it bursts into a spectacular explosion. Luke's projected

screen gives a readout of the hit. The pirateship bounces

slightly as it is struck by the enemy fire.

EXT. SPACE - TIE FIGHTER

The last of the attacking Imperial TIE fighters looms in,

firing upon the Falcon.

INT. MILLENNIUM FALCON - GUNPORT

Solo swivels behind his cannon, his aim describing the arc

of the TIE fighter. The fighter comes closer, firing at the

pirateship, but a well-aimed blast from Solo's laser cannon

hits the attacker, which blows up in a small atomic shower

of burning fragments.

LUKE:

(laughing)

That's it! We did it!

The princess jumps up and gives Chewie a congratulatory hug.

LEIA:

We did it!

INT. MILLENNIUM FALCON - PASSAGEWAY

Threepio lies on the floor of the ship, completely tangled

in the smoking, sparking wires.

THREEPIO:

Help! I think I'm melting!

(to Artoo)

This is all your fault.

Artoo turns his dome from side to side, beeping in response.

EXT. SPACE - MILLENNIUM FALCON

The victorious Millennium Falcon moves off majestically

through space.

INT. DEATH STAR - CONTROL ROOM

Darth Vader strides into the control room, where Tarkin is

watching the huge view screen. A sea of stars is before him.

TARKIN:

Are they away?

VADER:

They have just made the jump into

hyperspace.

TARKIN:

You're sure the homing beacon is

secure aboard their ship? I'm taking

an awful risk, Vader. This had better

work.

INT. MILLENNIUM FALCON - COCKPIT

Han, removes his gloves and smiling, is at the controls of

the ship. Chewie moves into the aft section to check the

damage. Leia is seated near Han.

HAN:

Not a bad bit of rescuing, huh? You

know, sometimes I even amaze myself.

LEIA:

That doesn't sound too hard. Besides,

they let us go. It's the only

explanation for the ease of our

escape.

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