Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope Page #38

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One of the Rebel fighters checks in through his mike.

RED TEN:

Red Ten standing by.

INT. BIGGS' COCKPIT

Biggs checks his fighter's controls, alert and ready for

combat.

RED SEVEN:

(over Biggs' headset)

Red Seven standing by.

BIGGS:

Red Three standing by.

INT. PORKINS' COCKPIT

PORKINS:

Red Six standing by.

RED NINE:

(over headset)

Red Nine standing by.

INT. WEDGE'S FIGHTER - COCKPIT

WEDGE:

Red Two standing by.

INT. LUKE'S X-WING FIGHTER - COCKPIT

RED ELEVEN:

(over headset)

Red Eleven standing by.

LUKE:

Red Five standing by.

EXT. LUKE'S X-WING FIGHTER

Artoo-Detoo, in position outside of the fighter, turns his

head from side to side and makes beeping sounds.

INT. RED LEADER'S FIGHTER - COCKPIT

RED LEADER:

Lock S-foils in attack position.

EXT. SPACE

The group of X-wing fighters move in formation toward the

Death Star, unfolding the wings and locking them in the "X"

position.

INT. BIGGS' COCKPIT

READ LEADER:

(over headset)

We're passing through their magnetic

field.

INT. RED LEADER'S COCKPIT

RED LEADER:

Hold tight!

INT. LUKE'S X-WING FIGHTER - COCKPIT

Luke adjusts his controls as he concentrates on the

approaching Death Star. The ship begins to be buffeted

slightly.

RED LEADER:

(over headset)

Switch your deflectors on.

INT. ANOTHER COCKPIT

RED LEADER:

(over headset)

Double front!

EXT. SPACE

The fighters, now X-shaped darts, move in formation. The

Death Star now appears to be a small moon growing rapidly in

size as the Rebel fighters approach. Complex patterns on the

metallic surface begin to become visible. A large dish antenna

is built into the surface on one side.

INT. WEDGE'S COCKPIT

Wedge is amazed and slightly frightened at the awesome

spectacle.

WEDGE:

Look at the size of that thing!

RED LEADER:

(over headset)

Cut the chatter, Red Two.

INT. RED LEADER'S COCKPIT

RED LEADER:

Accelerate to attack speed. This is

it, boys!

EXT. SPACE

As the fighters move closer to the Death Star, the awesome

size of the gargantuan Imperial fortress is revealed. Half

of the deadly space station is in shadow and this area

sparkles with thousands of small lights running in thin lines

and occasionally grouped in large clusters; somewhat like a

city at night as seen from a weather satellite.

INT. GOLD LEADER'S COCKPIT

GOLD LEADER:

Red Leader, this is Gold Leader.

RED LEADER:

(over headset)

I copy, Gold Leader.

GOLD LEADER:

We're starting for the target shaft

now.

INT. RED LEADER'S COCKPIT

Red Leader looks around at his wingmen; the Death Star looming

in from behind. Two Y-wing fighters bob back and forth in

the background. He moves his computer targeting device into

position.

RED LEADER:

We're in position. I'm going to cut

across the axis and try and draw

their fire.

EXT. SPACE

Two squads of Rebel fighters peel off. The X-wings dive

towards the Death Star surface. A thousand lights glow across

the dark grey expanse of the huge station.

INT. DEATH STAR

Alarm sirens scream as soldiers scramble to large turbo-

powered laser gun emplacements. Electronic drivers rotate

the huge guns into position as crew adjust their targeting

devices.

EXT. SPACE AROUND THE DEATH STAR

Laserbolts streak through the star-filled night. The Rebel X-

wing fighters move in toward the Imperial base, as the Death

Star aims its massive laser guns at the Rebel forces and

fires.

INT. MASSASSI OUTPOST - WAR ROOM

Princess Leia listens to the battle over the intercom.

Threepio is at her side.

WEDGE:

(over war room speaker

system)

Heavy fire, boss! Twenty-degrees.

RED LEADER:

(over speaker)

I see it. Stay low.

EXT. SPACE

An X-wing zooms across the surface of the Death Star.

INT. DEATH STAR

Technical crews scurry here and there loading last-minute

armaments and unlocking power cables.

INT. WEDGE'S COCKPIT

Wedge maneuvers his fighter toward the menacing Death Star.

EXT. SPACE

X-wings continue in their attack course on the Death Star.

INT. LUKE'S X-WING FIGHTER - COCKPIT

Luke nosedives radically, starting his attack on the monstrous

fortress. The Death Star surface streaks past the cockpit

window.

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