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The two robots stop at Han Solo's space freighter. Han and Chewie are
struggling with their central lifters.
HAN:
(to Chewie)
Why do you take this apart now?
I'm trying to get us out of here
and you pull both of these.
Chewie grumbles in irritation.
THREEPIO:
Excuse me, sir.
HAN:
(to Chewie)
Put them back together right now.
THREEPIO:
Might I have a word with you,
please?
HAN:
What do you want?
THREEPIO:
Well, it's Princess Leia, sir.
She's been trying to get you on
the communicator.
HAN:
I turned it off. I don't want to
talk to her.
THREEPIO:
Oh. Well, Princess Leia is wondering
about Master Luke. He hasn't come
back yet. She doesn't know where he
is.
HAN:
I don't know where he is.
THREEPIO:
HAN:
What do you mean, "nobody knows"?
Han glances at the fading light at the entrance of the ice cave as
night slowly begins to fall on the planet.
THREEPIO:
Well, uh, you see...
Han jumps down off the lift, as Threepio follows him.
HAN:
Deck Officer. Deck Officer!
THREEPIO:
Excuse me, sir. Might I inqu...
Han abruptly puts his hand over Threepio's mouth as the deck officer
approaches.
DECK OFFICER:
Yes, sir?
HAN:
Do you know where Commander
Skywalker is?
DECK OFFICER:
I haven't seen him. It's possible
he came in through the south entrance.
HAN:
It's possible? Why don't you go
find out? It's getting dark out there.
DECK OFFICER:
Yes, sir.
The deck officer leaves hurriedly, as Han takes his hand off Threepio's
mouth.
THREEPIO:
Excuse me, sir. Might I inquire
what's going on?
HAN:
Why not?
THREEPIO:
Impossible man. Come along, Artoo,
let's find Princess Leia. Between
ourselves, I think Master Luke is
in considerable danger.
INT. HOTH - REBEL BASE - MAIN ICE TUNNEL
The deck officer and his assistant hurry toward Han as he enters the
tunnel.
DECK OFFICER:
Sir, Commander Skywalker hasn't
come in through the south entrance.
He might have forgotten to check in.
HAN:
Not likely. Are the speeders ready?
DECK OFFICER:
Not yet. We're having some trouble
adapting them to the cold.
HAN:
Then we'll have to go out on
Tauntauns.
DECK OFFICER:
Sir, the temperature's dropping too
rapidly.
HAN:
That's right. And my friends out
in it.
ASSISTANT OFFICER
I'll cover sector twelve. Have
com-control set screen alpha.
Han pushes through the troops and mounts a Tauntaun.
DECK OFFICER:
Your Tauntaun'll freeze before you
reach the first marker.
HAN:
Then I'll see you in hell!
Han maneuvers his mount out of the cave and races into the dark bitter
night.
The jagged face of a huge ice wall sits gloomily in the dim twilight of
a Hoth day. Luke hangs upside down, ankles frozen into icy
stalactites, his extended arms within a foot of the snow floor. One
side of his face is covered in a dried mask of frozen blood. He opens
his eyes as a chilling moan of the hideous ice creature echoes off the
gorge walls. Luke pulls himself up, grabs hold of his ankles, and
futilely tries to unfasten the throngs.
Exhausted, he drops back into his hanging position. As he hangs there,
he spies his lightsaber lying near a pile of his discarded gear, about
three feet out of reach.
He focuses on the saber and, as his hand strains toward the weapon, he
squeezes his eyes tight in concentration.
Just as the ice creature looms over Luke, the lightsaber jumps into
Luke's hand.
The young warrior instantly ignites his sword, swinging up, and cuts
himself loose from the ice. He flops to the snow in a heap. The
startled creature moves back, his giant yellow eyes blinking. Luke
scrambles to his feet. He swings his lightsaber and the beast screams
in pain.
EXT. HOTH - ENTRANCE TO ICE GORGE - DUSK
Luke staggers out of the gorge into the dark and snowy twilight. Weak
and exhausted, he stumbles down a snow bank.
A small, lone figure riding a Tauntaun races through the hostile
vastness of snow and cold. As it runs, the Tauntaun's legs kick up
large clouds of snow and ice into the snowy air.
EXT. HOTH - OUTSIDE ICE HANGAR - DUSK
Artoo stands in the falling snow, beeping worriedly. Threepio moves
stiffly over to him.
THREEPIO:
You must come along now, Artoo.
There's really nothing more we can
do. And my joints are freezing up.
Artoo beeps, long and low.
THREEPIO:
Don't say thing like that! Of
course we'll see Master Luke again.
He'll be quite all right, you'll see.
(to himself)
Stupid little short-circuit. He'll
be quite all right.
Threepio turns to go back inside the main hangar as Artoo mournfully
keeps his vigil.
The wind is blowing quite strong now. Luke struggles to stay upright,
but a blast of freezing snow knocks him over. He struggles to get up,
but he can't. The young warrior from Tatooine drags himself a couple
of feet and then collapses.
INT. REBEL BASE - MAIN HANGAR DECK - ENTRANCE - NIGHT
Princess Leia stands inside the dark entrance to the Rebel base,
waiting for a sign of the two Rebel heroes. She shivers in the cold
wind as, nearby, Chewie sits with his head in his hands. In the
background, Artoo and Threepio move through the doors.
A Rebel lieutenant moves to Major Derlin, an officer keeping watch with
the princess.
LIEUTENANT:
Sir, all the patrols are in.
Skywalker or Solo.
THREEPIO:
Mistress Leia, Artoo says he's been
quite unable to pick up any signals,
although he does admit that his own
range is far too weak to abandon
all hope.
Leia nods an acknowledgment, but she is lost in thought.
DERLIN:
Your Highness, there's nothing
more we can do tonight. The shield
doors must be closed.
He turns to the lieutenant.
DERLIN:
Close the doors.
LIEUTENANT:
Yes, sir.
The lieutenant walks away. Chewie lets out a long, mournful howl,
somewhat like a coyote. At the same moment, Artoo begins a complex
series of efficient beeps.
THREEPIO:
Artoo says the chances of survival
are seven hundred seventy-five...
to one.
Leia stands praying to herself as the huge metal doors slam across the
entrance of the ice cave. The loud booms echo throughout the huge
cavern. Chewie lets out another suffering howl.
THREEPIO:
Actually, Artoo has been known to
make mistakes... from time to time.
Oh, dear, oh, dear. Don't worry
about Master Luke. I'm sure he'll
be all right. He's quite clever,
you know... for a human being.
Luke lies face down in the snow, nearly unconscious. Slowly he looks
up and sees Ben Kenobi, barely visible through the blowing snow. It is
hard to tell if Kenobi is real or a hallucination.
BEN:
Luke... Luke.
LUKE:
(weakly)
Ben?
BEN:
You will go to the Dagobah system.
LUKE:
Dagobah system?
BEN:
There you will learn from Yoda,
the Jedi Master who instructed me.
The image of Ben fades, revealing a lone Tauntaun rider approaching
from the windswept horizon.
LUKE:
(groaning faintly)
Ben... Ben.
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