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RED LEADER:
...I just lost my starboard engine.
INT. LUKE'S X-WING FIGHTER - COCKPIT
Luke looks excitedly toward Red Leader's X-wing.
RED LEADER:
(over headset)
Get set to make your attack run.
INT. DARTH VADER'S COCKPIT
Vader's gloved hands make contact with the control sticks,
and he presses their firing buttons.
INT. RED LEADER'S COCKPIT
Red Leader fights to gain control of his ship.
EXT. SPACE AROUND THE DEATH STAR
Laserbolts are flung from Vader's TIE fighter, connecting
with Red Leader's Rebel X-wing fighter. Red Leader buys it,
creating a tremendous explosion far below. He screams and is
destroyed.
INT. LUKE'S X-WING FIGHTER - COCKPIT
Luke looks out the window of his X-wing at the explosion far
below. For the first time, he feels the helplessness of his
situation.
INT. DEATH STAR
Grand Moff Tarkin casts a sinister eye at the computer screen.
Rebel base, one minute and closing.
INT. MASSASSI OUTPOST - WAR ROOM
Dodonna and Princess Leia, with Threepio beside them, listen
intently to the talk between the pilots. The room is grim
after Red Leader's death. Princess Leia nervously paces the
room.
LUKE:
(over speaker)
Biggs, Wedge, let's close it up.
We're going in. We're going in full
throttle.
INT. WEDGE'S COCKPIT
The horizon twists as Wedge begins to pull out.
WEDGE:
Right with you, boss.
EXT. SPACE AROUND THE DEATH STAR
The two X-wings peel off against a background of stars and
INT. BIGGS' COCKPIT
BIGGS:
Luke, at that speed will you be able
to pull out in time?
INT. LUKE'S X-WING FIGHTER - COCKPIT
LUKE:
It'll be just like Beggar's Canyon
back home.
EXT. SPACE AROUND THE DEATH STAR
The three X-wings move in, unleashing a barrage of laserfire.
Laserbolts are returned from the Death Star.
INT. BIGGS' COCKPIT
Luke's lifelong friend struggles with his controls.
BIGGS:
We'll stay back far enough to cover
you.
INT. LUKE'S COCKPIT
Flak and laserbolts flash outside Luke's cockpit window.
WEDGE:
(over headset)
My scope shows the tower, but I can't
see the exhaust port! Are you sure
the computer can hit it?
EXT. DEATH STAR - GUN EMPLACEMENTS
The Death Star laser cannon slowly rotates as it shoots
laserbolts.
INT. LUKE'S X-WING FIGHTER - COCKPIT
Luke looks around for the Imperial TIE fighters. He thinks
for a moment and then moves his targeting device into
position.
LUKE:
Watch yourself! Increase speed full
throttle!
INT. WEDGE'S COCKPIT
Wedge looks excitedly about for any sign of the TIE fighters.
WEDGE:
What about the tower?
INT. LUKE'S X-WING FIGHTER - COCKPIT
LUKE:
You worry about those fighters! I'll
worry about the tower!
Luke's X-wing streaks through the trench, firing lasers.
INT. LUKE'S X-WING FIGHTER - COCKPIT
Luke breaks into a nervous sweat as the laserfire is returned,
knicking one of his wings close to the engine.
LUKE:
(to Artoo)
Artoo... that, that stabilizer's
broken loose again! See if you can't
lock it down!
EXT. LUKE'S X-WING FIGHTER
Artoo works to repair the damages. The canyon wall rushes by
in the background, making his delicate task seem even more
precarious.
EXT. DEATH STAR
Two laser cannons are firing on the Rebel fighters.
INT. WEDGE'S COCKPIT
Wedge looks up and sees the TIE ships.
INT. LUKE'S X-WING FIGHTER - COCKPIT
Luke's targeting device marks off the distance to the target.
EXT. SPACE AROUND THE DEATH STAR
Vader and his wingmen zoom closer.
INT. DARTH VADER'S COCKPIT
Vader adjusts his controls and fires laserbolts at two X-
wings flying down the trench. He scores a direct hit on Wedge.
INT. MASSASSI OUTPOST - WAR ROOM
Leia and the others are grouped around the computer board.
WEDGE:
(over speaker)
I'm hit! I can't stay with you.
LUKE:
(over speaker)
Get clear, Wedge.
INT. LUKE'S X-WING FIGHTER - COCKPIT
LUKE:
You can't do any more good back there!
INT. WEDGE'S COCKPIT
WEDGE:
Sorry!
EXT. SPACE AROUND THE DEATH STAR
Wedge pulls his crippled X-wing back away from the battle.
INT. DARTH VADER'S COCKPIT
Vader watches the escape but issues a command to his wingmen.
VADER:
Let him go! Stay on the leader!
EXT. SPACE AROUND THE DEATH STAR
Luke's X-wing speeds down the trench; the three TIE fighters,
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