Star Wars Page #25

An exterior surface gun blazes away at the oncoming Rebel fighters.

INT. GOLD LEADER'S Y-WING - COCKPIT

GOLD LEADER:

How many guns do you think, Gold

Five?

INT. MASSASSI OUTPOST - WAR ROOM

GOLD FIVE:

(over speaker)

I'd say about twenty guns. Some

on the surface, some on the towers.

Leia, Threepio, and the technicians view the projected target screen,

as red and blue target lights glow. The red target near the center

blinks on and off.

MASSASSI INTERCOM VOICE

(over speaker)

Death Star will be in range in

five minutes.

EXT. SURFACE OF THE DEATH STAR

The three Y-wing fighters race toward camera and zoom overhead through

a hail of laserfire.

INT. GOLD LEADER'S Y-WING - COCKPIT

Gold Leader pulls his computer targeting device down in front of his

eye. Laserbolts continue to batter the Rebel craft.

GOLD LEADER:

Switch to targeting computer.

INT. GOLD TWO'S Y-WING - COCKPIT

Gold Two, a younger pilot about Luke's age, pulls down his targeting

eye viewer and adjusts it. His ship shudders under intense laser

barrage.

GOLD TWO:

Computer's locked. Getting a

signal.

As the fighters begin to approach the target area, suddenly all the

laserfire stops. An eerie clam clings over the trench as the surface

whips past in a blur.

GOLD TWO:

The guns... they've stopped!

EXT. SURFACE OF THE DEATH STAR

Two Y-wings zoom down the Death Star trench.

EXT. GOLD FIVE'S COCKPIT

Gold Five looks behind him.

GOLD FIVE:

Stabilize your rear deflectors.

Watch for enemy fighters.

INT. GOLD LEADER'S Y-WING - COCKPIT

GOLD LEADER:

They've coming in! Three marks at

two ten.

EXT. SPACE AROUND THE DEATH STAR

Three Imperial TIE ships, Darth Vader in the center flanked by two

wingmen, dive in precise formation almost vertically toward the Death

Star surface.

INT. DARTH VADER'S COCKPIT

Darth Vader calmly adjusts his control stick as the stars zoom by.

VADER:

I'll take them myself! Cover me!

WINGMAN'S VOICE

(over speaker)

Yes, sir.

EXT. SPACE AROUND THE DEATH STAR SURFACE

Three TIE fighters zoom across the surface of the Death Star.

INT. DARTH VADER'S COCKPIT

Vader lines up Gold Two in his targeting computer. Vader's hands grip

the control stick as he presses the button.

INT. GOLD LEADER'S Y-WING - COCKPIT

The cockpit explodes around Gold Two. His head falls forward.

EXT. SPACE AROUND THE DEATH STAR

As Gold Two's ship explodes, debris is flung out into space.

INT. GOLD LEADER'S Y-WING - COCKPIT

Gold Leader looks over his shoulder at the scene.

INT. DEATH STAR TRENCH

The three TIE fighters race along in the trench in a tight formation.

INT. GOLD LEADER'S Y-WING - COCKPIT

Gold Leader panics.

GOLD LEADER:

(into mike)

I can't maneuver!

INT. GOLD FIVE'S Y-WING - COCKPIT

Gold Five, the old veteran, tries to calm Gold Leader.

GOLD FIVE:

Stay on target.

INT. GOLD LEADER'S Y-WING - COCKPIT

The Death Star races by outside the cockpit window as he adjusts his

targeting device.

GOLD LEADER:

We're too close.

INT. GOLD FIVE'S Y-WING - COCKPIT

The older pilot remains calm.

GOLD FIVE:

Stay on target!

INT. GOLD LEADER'S Y-WING - COCKPIT

Now he's really panicked.

GOLD LEADER:

Loosen up!

INT. DARTH VADER'S COCKPIT

Vader calmly adjusts his targeting computer and pushes the fire button.

INT. GOLD LEADER'S Y-WING - COCKPIT

Gold Leader's ship is hit by Vader's lasers.

EXT. SURFACE OF THE DEATH STAR

Gold Leader explodes in a ball of flames, throwing debris in all

directions.

INT. GOLD FIVE'S Y-WING - COCKPIT

Gold Five moves in on the exhaust port.

GOLD FIVE:

Gold Five to Red Leader...

INT. LUKE'S X-WING FIGHTER - COCKPIT

Luke looks over his shoulder at the action outside of his cockpit.

GOLD FIVE:

(over headset)

Lost Tiree, lost Dutch.

INT. RED LEADER'S COCKPIT

RED LEADER:

I copy, Gold Five.

INT. GOLD FIVE'S Y-WING - COCKPIT

GOLD FIVE:

They came from behind....

EXT. SURFACE OF THE DEATH STAR

One of the engines explodes on Gold Five's Y-wing fighter, blazing out

of control. He dives past the horizon toward the Death Star's surface,

passing a TIE fighter during his descent. Gold Five, a veteran of

countless campaigns, spins toward his death.

INT. LUKE'S X-WING FIGHTER - COCKPIT

Luke looks nervously about him at the explosive battle.

INT. DEATH STAR - CONTROL ROOM

Grant Moff Tarkin and a Chief Officer stand in the Death Star's control

room.

OFFICER:

We've analyzed their attack, sir,

and there is a danger. Should I

have your ship standing by?

TARKIN:

Evacuate? In out moment of

triumph? I think you overestimate

their chances!

Tarkin turns to the computer readout screen. Flames move around the

green disk at the center of the screen, as numbers read across the

bottom.

VOICE:

(over speaker)

Rebel base, three minutes and

closing.

INT. RED LEADER'S COCKPIT

Red Leader looks over at his wingmen.

RED LEADER:

Red Group, this is Red Leader.

INT. MASSASSI OUTPOST - WAR ROOM

Dodonna moves to the intercom as he fiddles with the computer keys.

RED LEADER:

(over speaker)

Rendezvous at mark six point one.

WEDGE:

(over speaker)

This is Red Two. Flying towards you.

BIGGS:

(over speaker)

Red Three, standing by.

INT. RED LEADER'S COCKPIT

DODONNA:

(over headset)

Red Leader, this is Base One.

Keep half your group out of range

for the next run.

INT. LUKE'S X-WING FIGHTER - COCKPIT

RED LEADER'S VOICE

(over headset)

Copy, Base One. Luke, take Red

Two and Three. Hold up here and

wait for my signal... to start

your run.

Luke nods his head.

EXT. SPACE AROUND THE DEATH STAR

The X-wing fighters of Luke, Biggs, and Wedge fly in formation high

above the Death Star's surface.

INT. LUKE'S X-WING FIGHTER - COCKPIT

Luke peers out from his cockpit.

EXT. SURFACE OF THE DEATH STAR

Two X-wings move across the surface of the Death Star. Red Leader's X-

wing drops down to the surface leading to the exhaust port.

INT. RED LEADER'S COCKPIT

Red Leader looks around to watch for the TIE fighters. He begins to

perspire.

RED LEADER:

This is it!

EXT. SPACE

Red Leader roams down the trench of the Death Star as lasers streak

across the black heavens.

EXT. DEATH STAR SURFACE - GUN EMPLACEMENTS

A huge remote-control laser cannon fires at the approaching Rebel

fighters.

EXT. DEATH STAR TRENCH

The Rebel fighters evade the Imperial laser blasts.

INT. RED TEN'S COCKPIT

Red Ten looks around for the Imperial fighters.

RED TEN:

We should be able to see it by

now.

EXT. DEATH STAR TRENCH

From the cockpits of the Rebel pilots, the surface of the Death Star

streaks by, with Imperial laserfire shooting toward them.

INT. RED LEADER'S COCKPIT

RED LEADER:

Keep your eyes open for those

fighters!

INT. RED TEN'S COCKPIT

RED TEN:

There's too much interference!

EXT. SPACE - DEATH STAR TRENCH

Three X-wing fighters move in formation down the Death Star trench.

RED TEN'S VOICE

Red Five, can you see them from

where you are?

INT. LUKE'S X-WING FIGHTER - COCKPIT

Luke looks down at the Death Star surface below.

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