Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope Page #5

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THREEPIO:

Wait, what's that? A transport! I'm

saved!

The bronze android waves frantically and yells at the

approaching transport.

THREEPIO:

Over here! Help! Please, help!

EXT. TATOOINE - ANCHORHEAD SETTLEMENT - POWER STATION - DAY

Luke and Biggs are walking and drinking a malt brew. Fixer

and the others can be heard working inside.

LUKE:

(Very animated)

...so I cut off my power, shut down

the afterburners and came in low on

Deak's trail. I was so close I thought

I was going to fry my instruments.

As it was I busted up the Skyhopper

pretty bad. Uncle Owen was pretty

upset. He grounded me for the rest

of the season. You should have been

there... it was fantastic.

BIGGS:

You ought to take it easy Luke. You

may be the hottest bushpilot this

side of Mos Eisley, but those little

Skyhoppers are dangerous. Keep it

up, and one day, whammo, you're going

to be nothing more than a dark spot

on the down side of a canyon wall.

LUKE:

Look who's talking. Now that you've

been around those giant starships

you're beginning to sound like my

uncle. You've gotten soft in the

city...

BIGGS:

I've missed you kid.

LUKE:

Well, things haven't been the same

since you left, Biggs. It's been

so... quiet.

Biggs looks around then leans close to Luke.

BIGGS:

Luke, I didn't come back just to say

good-bye... I shouldn't tell you

this, but you're the only one I can

trust... and if I don't come back, I

want somebody to know.

Luke's eyes are wide with Biggs' seriousness and loyalty.

LUKE:

What are you talking about?

BIGGS:

I made some friends at the Academy.

(he whispers)

...when our frigate goes to one of

the central systems, we're going to

jump ship and join the Alliance...

Luke, amazed and stunned, is almost speechless.

LUKE:

Join the Rebellion?! Are you kidding!

How?

BIGGS:

Quiet down will ya! You got a mouth

bigger than a meteor crater!

LUKE:

I'm sorry. I'm quiet.

(he whispers)

Listen how quiet I am. You can barely

hear me...

Biggs shakes his head angrily and then continues.

BIGGS:

My friend has a friend on Bestine

who might help us make contact.

LUKE:

You're crazy! You could wander around

forever trying to find them.

BIGGS:

I know it's a long shot, but if I

don't find them I'll do what I can

on my own... It's what we always

talked about. Luke, I'm not going to

wait for the Empire to draft me into

service. The Rebellion is spreading

and I want to be on the right side --

the side I believe in.

LUKE:

And I'm stuck here...

BIGGS:

I thought you were going to the

Academy next term. You'll get your

chance to get off this rock.

LUKE:

Not likely! I had to cancel my

application. There has been a lot of

unrest among the Sandpeople since

you left... they've even raided the

outskirts of Anchorhead.

BIGGS:

Your uncle could hold off a whole

colony of Sandpeople with one blaster.

LUKE:

I know, but he's got enough vaporators

going to make the place pay off. He

needs me for just one more season. I

can't leave him now.

BIGGS:

I feel for you, Luke, you're going

to have to learn what seems to be

important or what really is important.

What good is all your uncle's work

if it's taken over by the Empire?...

You know they're starting to

nationalize commerce in the central

systems... it won't be long before

your uncle is merely a tenant, slaving

for the greater glory of the Empire.

LUKE:

It couldn't happen here. You said it

yourself. The Empire won't bother

with this rock.

BIGGS:

Things always change.

LUKE:

I wish I was going... Are you going

to be around long?

BIGGS:

No, I'm leaving in the morning...

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