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Han watches her start away. He looks at Luke.

HAN:

No reward is worth this.

They follow her, moving swiftly down the deserted corridor.

INT. DEATH STAR - POWER TRENCH

Suddenly a door behind Ben slides open and a detachment of

stormtroopers marches to the power trench. Ben instantly slips into

the shadows as an Officer moves to within a few feet of him.

OFFICER:

Secure this area until

the alert is canceled.

FIRST TROOPER:

Give me regular reports.

All but two of the stormtroopers leave.

FIRST TROOPER:

Do you know what's going on?

SECOND TROOPER:

Maybe it's another drill.

Ben moves around the tractor beam, watching the stormtroopers as they

turn their backs to him. Ben gestures with his hand toward them, as

the troops think they hear something in the other hallway. With the

help of the Force, Ben deftly slips past the troopers and into the main

hallway.

SECOND TROOPER:

What was that?

FIRST TROOPER:

Oh, it's nothing. Don't worry about it.

INT. DEATH STAR - HALLWAY

Luke, Han, Chewbacca, and Leia run down an empty hallway and stop

before a bay window overlooking the pirateship. Troopers are milling

about the ship. Luke takes out his pocket comlink.

HAN:

(looking at his ship)

There she is.

LUKE:

See-Threepio, do you copy?

THREEPIO:

(voice)

For the moment. Uh, we're in the

main hangar across from the ship.

LUKE:

We're right above you. Stand by.

Han is watching the dozen or so troops moving in and out of the

pirateship. Leia moves towards Han, touches his arm and points out the

window to the ship.

LEIA:

You came in that thing? You're

braver that I thought.

HAN:

Nice! Come on!

Han gives her a dirty look, and they start off down the hallway. They

round a corner and run right into twenty Imperial stormtroopers heading

toward them. Both groups are taken by surprise and stop in their

tracks.

FIRST TROOPER:

It's them! Blast them!

Before even thinking, Han draws his laser pistol and charges the

troops, firing. His blaster knocks one of the stormtroopers into the

air. Chewie follows his captain down the corridor, stepping over the

fallen trooper on the floor.

HAN:

(to Luke and Leia)

Get back to the ship!

LUKE:

Where are you going? Come back!

Han has already rounded a corner and does not hear.

LEIA:

He certainly has courage.

LUKE:

What good will it do us if he

gets himself killed? Come on!

Luke is furious but doesn't have time to think about it for muted

alarms begin to go off down on the hangar deck. Luke and Leia start

off toward the starship hangar.

INT. DEATH STAR - SUBHALLWAY

Han chases the stormtroopers down a long subhallway. He is yelling and

brandishing his laser pistol. The troops reach a dead end and are

forced to turn and fight. Han stops a few feet from them and assumes a

defensive position. The troops begin to raise their laser guns. Soon

all ten troopers are moving into an attack position in front of the

lone starpirate. Han's determined look begins to fade as the troops

begin to advance. Solo jumps backward as they fire at him.

INT. DEATH STAR - SUBHALLWAY

Chewbacca runs down the subhallway in a last-ditch attempt to save his

bold captain. Suddenly he hears the firing of laser guns and yelling.

Around the corner shoots Han, pirate extraordinaire, running for his

life, followed by a host of furious stormtroopers. Chewbacca turns and

starts running the other way also.

INT. DEATH STAR - SUBHALLWAY

Luke fires his laser pistol wildly as he and Leia rush down a narrow

subhallway, chased by several stormtroopers. They quickly reach the

end of the subhallway and race through an open hatchway.

INT. DEATH STAR - CENTRAL CORE SHAFT

Luke and Leia race through the hatch onto a narrow bridge that spans a

huge, deep shaft that seems to go into infinity. The bridge has been

retracted into the wall of the shaft, and Luke almost rushes into the

abyss. He loses his balance off the end of the bridge as Leia, behind

him, takes hold of his arm and pulls him back.

LUKE:

(gasping)

I think we took a wrong turn.

Blasts from the stormtroopers' laser guns explode nearby reminding them

of the oncoming danger. Luke fires back at the advancing troops. Leia

reaches over and hits a switch that pops the hatch door shut with a

resounding boom, leaving them precariously perched on a short piece of

bridge overhang. Laserfire from the troopers continues to hit the

steel door.

LEIA:

There's no lock!

Luke blasts the controls with his laser pistol.

LUKE:

That oughta hold it for a while.

LEIA:

Quick, we've got to get across.

Find the control that extends the

bridge.

LUKE:

Oh, I think I just blasted it.

Luke looks at the blasted bridge control while the stormtroopers on the

opposite side of the door begin making ominous drilling and pounding

sounds.

LEIA:

They're coming through!

Luke notices something on his stormtrooper belt, when laserfire hits

the wall behind him. Luke aims his laser pistol at a stormtrooper

perched on a higher bridge overhang across the abyss from them. They

exchange fire. Two more troopers appear on another overhang, also

firing. A trooper is hit, and grabs at his chest.

Another trooper standing on the bridge overhang is hit by Luke's

laserfire, and plummets down the shaft. Troopers move back off the

bridge; Luke hands the gun to Leia.

LUKE:

Here, hold this.

Luke pulls a thin nylon cable from his trooper utility belt. It has a

grappler hook on it.

A trooper appears on a bridge overhang and fires at Luke and Leia. As

Luke works with the rope, Leia returns the laser volley. Another

trooper appears and fires at them, as Leia returns his fire as well.

Suddenly, the hatch door begins to open, revealing the feet of more

troops.

LEIA:

Here they come!

Leia hits one of the stormtroopers on the bridge above, and he falls

into the abyss. Luke tosses the rope across the gorge and it wraps

itself around an outcropping of pipes. He tugs on the rope to make

sure it is secure, then grabs the princess in his arms. Leia looks at

Luke, then kisses him quickly on the lips. Luke is very surprised.

LEIA:

For luck!

Luke pushes off and they swing across the treacherous abyss to the

corresponding hatchway on the opposite side. Just as Luke and Leia

reach the far side of the canyon, the stormtroopers break through the

hatch and begin to fire at the escaping duo. Luke returns the fire

before ducking into the tiny subhallway.

INT. DEATH STAR - NARROW PASSAGEWAY

Ben hides in the shadows of a narrow passageway as several

stormtroopers rush past him in the main hallway. He checks to make

sure they're gone, then runs down the hallway in the opposite

direction. Darth Vader appears at the far end of the hallway and

starts after the old Jedi.

INT. DEATH STAR - MAIN FORWARD BAY

Threepio looks around at the troops milling about the pirateship entry

ramp.

THREEPIO:

Where could they be?

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