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VADER:

If this is a consular ship... where

is the Ambassador?

The Rebel refuses to speak but eventually cries out as the

Dark Lord begins to squeeze the officer's throat, creating a gruesome

snapping and choking, until the soldier goes limp. Vader tosses the

dead soldier against the wall and turns to his troops.

VADER:

Commander, tear this ship apart

until you've found those plans

and bring me the Ambassador. I

want her alive!

The stormtroopers scurry into the subhallways.

INT. REBEL BLOCKADE RUNNER - SUBHALLWAY

The lovely young girl huddles in a small alcove as the

stormtroopers search through the ship. She is Princess Leia Organa, a

member of the Alderaan Senate. The fear in her eyes slowly gives way

to anger as the muted crushing sounds of the approaching stormtroopers

grow louder. One of the troopers spots her.

TROOPER:

There she is! Set for stun!

Leia steps from her hiding place and blasts a trooper with

her laser pistol. She starts to run but is felled by a

paralyzing ray. The troopers inspect her inert body.

TROOPER:

She'll be all right. Inform Lord

Vader we have a prisoner.

INT. REBEL BLOCKADE RUNNER - SUBHALLWAY

Artoo stops before the small hatch of an emergency lifepod. He snaps

the seal on the main latch and a red warning light

begins to flash. The stubby astro-robot works his way into the cramped

four-man pod.

THREEPIO:

Hey, you're not permitted in there.

It's restricted. You'll be

deactivated for sure..

Artoo beeps something to him.

THREEPIO:

Don't call me a mindless philosopher,

you overweight glob of grease! Now

come out before somebody sees you.

Artoo whistles something at his reluctant friend regarding

the mission he is about to perform.

THREEPIO:

Secret mission? What plans? What

are you talking about? I'm not

getting in there!

Artoo isn't happy with Threepio's stubbornness, and he beeps and twangs

angrily.

A new explosion, this time very close, sends dust and debris through

the narrow subhallway. Flames lick at Threepio and, after a flurry of

electronic swearing from Artoo, the lanky robot jumps into the lifepod.

THREEPIO:

I'm going to regret this.

INT. REBEL BLOCKADE RUNNER

The safety door snaps shut, and with the thunder of exploding latches

the tiny lifepod ejects from the disabled ship.

INT. IMPERIAL STAR DESTROYER

On the main viewscreen, the lifepod carrying the two terrified robots

speeds away from the stricken Rebel spacecraft.

CHIEF PILOT:

There goes another one.

CAPTAIN:

Hold your fire. There are no

life forms. It must have been

short-circuited.

INT. LIFEPOD

Artoo and Threepio look out at the receding Imperial starship. Stars

circle as the pod rotates through the galaxy.

THREEPIO:

That's funny, the damage doesn't

look as bad from out here.

Artoo beeps an assuring response.

THREEPIO:

Are you sure this things safe?

EXT. TATOOINE - ANCHORHEAD SETTLEMENT - POWER STATION - DAY

Heat waves radiate from the dozen or so bleached white

buildings. Luke pilots his Landspeeder through the dusty empty street

of the tiny settlement. An old woman runs to get out of the way of the

speeding vehicle, shaking her fist at Luke as he flies past.

WOMAN:

I've told you kids to slow down!

Luke pulls up behind a low concrete service station that is all but

covered by the shifting desert sands.

INT. POWER STATION - DAY

Luke bursts into the power station, waking The Fixer, a rugged mechanic

and Camie, a sexy, disheveled girl who has been asleep in his lap.

They grumbled as he races through the office, yelling wildly.

FIXER:

Did I hear a young noise blast

through here?

CAMIE:

It was just Wormie on another

rampage.

Luke bounces into a small room behind the office where Deak

and Windy, two tough boys about the same age as Luke, are

playing a computer pool-like game with Biggs, a burly,

handsome boy a few years older than the rest. His flashy city attire

is a sharp contrast to the loose-fitting tunics of the farm boys. A

robot repairs some equipment in the background.

LUKE:

Shape it up you guys!... Biggs?

Luke's surprise at the appearance of Biggs gives way to

great joy and emotion. They give each other a great bear hug.

LUKE:

I didn't know you were back!

When did you get in?

BIGGS:

Just now. I wanted to surprise

you, hot shot. I thought you'd be

here... certainly didn't expect

you to be out working.

(laughs)

LUKE:

The Academy didn't change you

much... but you're back so soon?

Hey, what happened, didn't you get

your commission?

Biggs has an air of cool that seems slightly phony.

BIGGS:

Of course I got it. Signed

aboard The Rand Ecliptic last week.

First mate Biggs Darklighter at

your service...

(he salutes)

... I just came back to say goodbye

to all you unfortunate landlocked

simpletons.

Everyone laughs. The dazzling spectacle of his dashing

friend is almost too much for Luke, but suddenly he snaps out of it.

LUKE:

I almost forgot. There's a battle

going on! Right here in our system.

Come and look!

DEAK:

Not again! Forget it.

EXT. TATOOINE - ANCHORHEAD - SETTLEMENT - POWER STATION - DAY

The group stumbles out into the stifling desert sun. Camie and The

Fixer complain and are forced to shade their eyes. Luke has his

binoculars out scanning the heavens.

LUKE:

There they are!

Biggs takes the electrobinoculars from Luke as the others strain to see

something with the naked eye. Through the electrobinoculars Biggs sees

two small silver specks.

BIGGS:

That's no battle, hot shot... they're

just sitting there! Probably a

freighter-tanker refueling.

LUKE:

But there was a lot of firing

earlier...

Camie grabs the electrobinoculars away banging them against the

building in the process. Luke grabs them.

LUKE:

Hey, easy with those...

CAMIE:

Don't worry about it, Wormie.

The Fixer gives Luke a hard look and the young farm boy

shrugs his shoulders in resignation.

FIXER:

I keep telling you, the Rebellion

is a long way from here. I doubt

if the Empire would even fight to

keep this system. Believe me Luke,

this planet is a big hunk of nothing...

Luke agrees, although it's obvious he isn't sure why. The

group stumbles back into the power station, grumbling about

Luke's ineptitude.

INT. REBEL BLOCKADE RUNNER - HALLWAY

Princess Leia is led down a low-ceilinged hallway by a squad of armored

stormtroopers. Her hands are bound and she is brutally shoved when she

is unable to keep up with the briskly marching troops. They stop in a

smoky hallway as Darth Vader emerges from the shadows. The sinister

Dark Lord stares hard at the frail young senator, but she doesn't move.

LEIA:

Lord Vader, I should have known.

Only you could be so bold. The

Imperial Senate will not sit still

for this, when they hear you've

attacked a diplomatic...

VADER:

Don't play games with me, Your

Highness. You weren't on any mercy

mission this time. You passed

directly through a restricted

system. Several transmissions were

beamed to this ship by Rebel spies.

I want to know what happened to the

plans they sent you.

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