Star Wars Page #14

BEN:

A fighter that size couldn't get

this deep into space on its own.

LUKE:

Then he must have gotten lost,

been part of a convoy or something...

HAN:

Well, he ain't going to be around

long enough to tell anyone about us.

EXT. SPACE

The TIE fighter is losing ground to the larger pirateship as they race

toward camera and disappear over head.

INT. MILLENNIUM FALCON - COCKPIT

The distant star can be distinguished as a small moon or planet.

LUKE:

Look at him. He's heading for

that small moon.

HAN:

I think I can get him before he

gets there... he's almost in range.

The small moon begins to take on the appearance of a monstrous

spherical battle station.

BEN:

That's no moon! It's a space

station.

HAN:

It's too big to be a space station.

LUKE:

I have a very bad feeling about

this.

BEN:

Turn the ship around!

HAN:

Yeah, I think your right. Full

reverse! Chewie, lock in the

auxiliary power.

The pirateship shudders and the TIE fighter accelerates away toward the

gargantuan battle station.

LUKE:

Why are we still moving towards

it?

HAN:

We're caught in a tractor beam!

It's pulling us in!

LUKE:

But there's gotta be something you

can do!

HAN:

There's nothin' I can do about it,

kid. I'm in full power. I'm going

to have to shut down. But they're

not going to get me without a fight!

Ben Kenobi puts a hand on his shoulder.

BEN:

You can't win. But there are

alternatives to fighting.

INT. MILLENNIUM FALCON - DEATH STAR

As the battered pirate starship is towed closer to the awesome metal

moon, the immense size of the massive battle station becomes

staggering. Running along the equator of the gigantic sphere is a

mile-high band of huge docking ports into which the helpless pirateship

is dragged.

EXT. DEATH STAR - HUGE PORT DOORS

The helpless Millennium Falcon is pulled past a docking port control

room and huge laser turret cannons.

VOICE OVER DEATH STAR INTERCOM

Clear Bay twenty-three-seven.

We are opening the magnetic field.

INT. DEATH STAR - DOCKING BAY 2037

The pirateship is pulled in through port doors of the Death Star,

coming to rest in a huge hangar. Thirty stormtroopers stand at

attention in a central assembly area.

OFFICER:

To your stations!

OFFICER:

(to another officer)

Come with me.

INT. DEATH STAR - HALLWAY

Stormtroopers run to their posts.

INT. DEATH STAR - HANGAR 2037

A line of stormtroopers march toward the pirateship in readiness to

board it, while other troopers stand with weapons ready to fire.

OFFICER:

Close all outboard shields!

Close all outboard shields!

INT. DEATH STAR - CONFERENCE ROOM

Tarkin pushes a button and responds to the intercom buzz.

TARKIN:

Yes.

VOICE:

(over intercom)

We've captured a freighter entering

the remains of the Alderaan system.

It's markings match those of a ship

that blasted its way out of Mos Eisley.

VADER:

They must be trying to return the

stolen plans to the princess. She

may yet be of some use to us.

INT. DEATH STAR - DOCKING BAY 2037

Vader and a commander approach the troops as an Officer and several

heavily armed troops exit the spacecraft.

VOICE:

(over intercom)

Unlock one-five-seven and nine.

Release charges.

OFFICER:

(to Vader)

There's no one on board, sir.

According to the log, the crew

abandoned ship right after takeoff.

It must be a decoy, sir. Several

of the escape pods have been

jettisoned.

VADER:

Did you find any droids?

OFFICER:

No, sir. If there were any on

board, they must also have

jettisoned.

VADER:

Send a scanning crew on board.

I want every part of this ship

checked.

OFFICER:

Yes, sir.

VADER:

I sense something... a presence I

haven't felt since...

Vader turns quickly and exits the hangar.

OFFICER:

Get me a scanning crew in here

on the double. I want every part

of this ship checked!

INT. MILLENNIUM FALCON - HALLWAY

A trooper runs through the hallway heading for the exit. In a few

moments all is quiet. The muffled sounds of a distant officer giving

orders finally fade. Two floor panels suddenly pop up revealing Han

Solo and Luke. Ben Kenobi sticks his head out of a third locker.

LUKE:

Boy, it's lucky you had these

compartments.

HAN:

I use them for smuggling. I never

thought I'd be smuggling myself in

them. This is ridiculous. Even

if I could take off, I'd never get

past the tractor beam.

BEN:

Leave that to me!

HAN:

Damn fool. I knew that you were

going to say that!

BEN:

Who's the more foolish... the

fool or the fool who follows him?

Han shakes his head, muttering to himself. Chewbacca agrees.

INT. DEATH STAR - MAIN FORWARD BAY

The crewmen carry a heavy box on board the ship, past the two

stormtroopers guarding either side of the ramp.

TROOPER:

The ship's all yours. If the

scanners pick up anything, report

it immediately. All right, let's

go.

The crewmen enter the pirateship and a loud crashing sound is followed

by a voice calling to the guard below.

HAN'S VOICE

Hey down there, could you give

us a hand with this?

The stormtroopers enter the ship and a quick round of gunfire is heard.

INT. DEATH STAR - FORWARD BAY - COMMAND OFFICE

In a very small command office near the entrance to the pirateship, a

Gantry Officer looks out his window and notices the guards are missing.

He speaks into the comlink.

GANTRY OFFICER:

TX-four-one-two. Why aren't you

at your post? TX-four-one-two,

do you copy?

A stormtrooper comes down the ramp of the pirateship and waves to the

gantry officer, pointing to his ear, indicating his comlink is not

working. The gantry officer shakes his head in disgust and heads for

the door, giving his aide an annoyed look.

GANTRY OFFICER:

Take over. We've got a bad

transmitter. I'll see what I

can do.

As the officer approaches the door, it slides open revealing the

towering Chewbacca. The gantry officer, in a momentary state of shock,

stumbles backward. With a bone-chilling howl, the giant Wookiee

flattens the officer with one blow. The aide immediately reaches for

his pistol, but is blasted by Han, dressed as an Imperial stormtrooper.

Ben and the robots enter the room quickly followed by Luke, also

dressed as a stormtrooper. Luke quickly removes his helmet.

LUKE:

You know, between his howling

and your blasting everything in

sight, it's a wonder the whole

station doesn't know we're here.

HAN:

Bring them on! I prefer a straight

fight to all this sneaking around.

THREEPIO:

We found the computer outlet, sir.

Ben feeds some information into the computer and a map of the city

appears on the monitor. He begins to inspect it carefully. Threepio

and Artoo look over the control panel. Artoo finds something that

makes him whistle wildly.

BEN:

Plug in. He should be able to

interpret the entire Imperial

computer network.

Artoo punches his claw arm into the computer socket and the vast

Imperial brain network comes to life, feeding information to the little

robot. After a few moments, he beeps something.

THREEPIO:

He says he's found the main

control to the power beam that's

holding the ship here. He'll

try to make the precise location

appear on the monitor.

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