Star Wars Page #21

HAN:

Not a bad bit of rescuing, huh?

You know, sometimes I even amaze

myself.

LEIA:

That doesn't sound too hard.

Besides, they let us go. It's

the only explanation for the ease

of our escape.

HAN:

Easy... you call that easy?

LEIA:

Their tracking us!

HAN:

Not this ship, sister.

Frustrated, Leia shakes her head.

LEIA:

At least the information in Artoo

is still intact.

HAN:

What's so important? What's he

carrying?

LEIA:

The technical readouts of that

battle station. I only hope that

when the data is analyzed, a

weakness can be found. It's not

over yet!

HAN:

It is for me, sister! Look, I ain't

in this for your revolution, and

I'm not in it for you, Princess. I

expect to be well paid. I'm in it

for the money!

LEIA:

You needn't worry about your reward.

If money is all that you love, then

that's what you'll receive!

She angrily turns, and as she starts out of the cockpit, passes Luke

coming in.

LEIA:

Your friend is quite a mercenary.

I wonder if he really cares about

anything... or anyone.

LUKE:

I care!

Luke, shaking his head, sits in the copilot seat. He and Han stare out

at the vast blackness of space.

LUKE:

So... what do you think of her,

Han?

HAN:

I'm trying not to, kid!

LUKE:

(under his breath)

Good...

HAN:

Still, she's got a lot of spirit.

I don't know, what do you think?

Do you think a princess and a

guy like me...

LUKE:

No!

Luke says it with finality and looks away. Han smiles at young Luke's

jealousy.

EXT. SPACE AROUND FOURTH MOON OF YAVIN

The battered pirateship drifts into orbit around the planet Yavin and

proceeds to one of its tiny green moons.

EXT. FOURTH MOON OF YAVIN

The pirateship soars over the dense jungle.

EXT. MASSASSI OUTPOST

An alert guard, his laser gun in hand, scans the countryside. He sets

the gun down and looks toward the temple, barely visible in the

foliage.

EXT. MASSASSI OUTPOST - JUNGLE TEMPLE

Rotting in a forest of gargantuan trees, an ancient temple lies

shrouded in an eerie mist. The air is heavy with the fantastic cries

of unimaginable creatures. Han, Luke and the others are greeted by the

Rebel troops.

Luke and the group ride into the massive temple on an armored military

speeder.

INT. MASSASSI - MAIN HANGAR DECK

The military speeder stops in a huge spaceship hangar, set up in the

interior of the crumbling temple. Willard, the commander of the Rebel

forces, rushes up to the group and gives Leia a big hug. Every one is

pleased to see her.

WILLARD:

(holding Leia)

You're safe! We had feared the

worst.

Willard composes himself, steps back and bows formally.

WILLARD:

When we heard about Alderaan,

we were afraid that you were...

lost along with your father.

LEIA:

We don't have time for our sorrows,

commander. The battle station has

surely tracked us here.

(looking pointedly

at Han)

It's the only explanation for the

ease of our escape. You must use

the information in this R2 unit to

plan the attack. It is our only

hope.

EXT. SPACE

The surface of the Death Star ominously approaches the red planet

Yavin.

INT. DEATH STAR - CONTROL ROOM

Grand Moff Tarkin and Lord Darth Vader are interrupted in their

discussion by the buzz of the comlink. Tarkin moves to answer the

call.

TARKIN:

Yes.

DEATH STAR INTERCOM VOICE

We are approaching the planet

Yavin. The Rebel base is on a

moon on the far side. We are

preparing to orbit the planet.

EXT. YAVIN - JUNGLE

A lone guard stands in a tower high above the Yavin landscape,

surveying the countryside. A mist hangs over the jungle of twisted

green.

INT. MASSASSI - WAR ROOM BRIEFING AREA

Dodonna stands before a large electronic wall display. Leia and

several other senators are to one side of the giant readout. The low-

ceilinged room is filled with starpilots, navigators, and a sprinkling

of R2-type robots. Everyone is listening intently to what Dodonna is

saying. Han and Chewbacca are standing near the back.

DODONNA:

The battle station is heavily

shielded and carries a firepower

greater than half the star fleet.

Its defenses are designed around

a direct large-scale assault. A

small one-man fighter should be

able to penetrate the outer defense.

Gold Leader, a rough looking man in his early thirties, stands and

addresses Dodonna.

GOLD LEADER:

Pardon me for asking, sir, but

what good are snub fighters going

to be against that?

DODONNA:

Well, the Empire doesn't consider

a small one-man fighter to be any

threat, or they'd have a tighter

defense. An analysis of the plans

provided by Princess Leia has

demonstrated a weakness in the

battle station.

Artoo-Detoo stands next to a similar robot, makes beeping sounds, and

turns his head from right to left.

DODONNA:

The approach will not be easy.

You are required to maneuver

straight down this trench and skim

the surface to this point. The

target area is only two meters

wide. It's a small thermal

exhaust port, right below the main

port. The shaft leads directly to

the reactor system. A precise hit

will start a chain reaction which

should destroy the station.

A murmur of disbelief runs through the room.

DODONNA:

Only a precise hit will set up a

chain reaction. The shaft is ray-

shielded, so you'll have to use

proton torpedoes.

Luke is sitting next to Wedge Antilles, a hotshot pilot about sixteen

years old.

WEDGE:

That's impossible, even for a

computer.

LUKE:

It's not impossible. I used to

bullseye womp rats in my T-sixteen

back home. They're not much bigger

than two meters.

DODONNA:

Man your ships! And may the Force

be with you!

The group rises and begins to leave.

EXT. SPACE.

The Death Star begins to move around the planet toward the tiny green

moon.

INT. DEATH STAR

Tarkin and Vader watch the computer projected screen with interest, as

a circle of lights intertwines around one another on the screen showing

it's position in relation to Yavin and the forth moon.

DEATH STAR INTERCOM VOICE

Orbiting the planet at maximum

velocity. The moon with the

Rebel base will be in range in

thirty minutes.

VADER:

This will be a day long remembered.

It has seen the end of Kenobi and

it will soon see the end of the Rebellion.

INT. MASSASSI OUTPOST - MAIN HANGAR DECK

Luke, Threepio and little Artoo enter the huge spaceship hangar and

hurry along a long line of gleaming spacefighters. Flight crews rush

around loading last-minute armaments and unlocking power couplings. In

an area isolated from this activity Luke finds Han and Chewbacca

loading small boxes onto an armored speeder.

MAN'S VOICE

(over loudspeaker)

All flight troops, man your stations.

All flight troops, man your stations.

Han is deliberately ignoring the activity of the fighter pilots'

preparation. Luke is quite saddened at the sight of his friend's

departure.

LUKE:

So... you got your reward and

you're just leaving then?

HAN:

That's right, yeah! I got some

old debts I've got to pay off

with this stuff. Even if I didn't,

you don't think I'd be fool enough

to stick around here, do you? Why

don't you come with us? You're

pretty good in a fight. I could

use you.

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