The Star Wars Page #16

KANE:

Trust my judgment, Son. Serve your new teacher well.

The Jedi's breathing becomes more difficult as he turns to the general.

KANE (con't)

An honorable death, my friend. May the force of others be with you....

Kane Starkiller passes on to the other world. Everyone is stunned. The

general breaks the moment of silence.

GENERAL:

May he be welcomed as a man above men. Take him downstairs.

Starkiller takes his father in his arms and is followed out of the room by Han

and Datos.

GENERAL:

Prepare the boys! We have little time.

Princess Leia and Captain Whitsun rush out of the room, as the general places

the power units in the micro-packs.

87. SLUM DWELLING - MAIN AREA - AQUILAE

Biggs and Windy are not happy about being dragged away from their puzzle.

Whitsun takes the robots into the sleep area.

LEIA:

Now straighten up, Biggs. Remember, father expects you to follow his ways.

We are going on a trip. There will be great danger. You must go to sleep.

When you wake, you will be in a strange land, so don't be alarmed.

BIGGS:

Are you going to sleep too?

LEIA:

I will be looking after you. Now be good boys and stand still. Lift your

sleeve.

Windy lifts his sleeze and Leia injects him with a sleep serum. Whitsun

enters just as the little prince collapses into a deep sleep. Quick as

lightning, he catches the boy before he can hit the floor. The princess

injects her other brother, and he collapses into her arms.

88. SLUM DWELLING - DINING AREA - AQUILAE

The limp bodies of the two young princes are carried in by Leia and Captain

Whitsun. They are carefully squeezed into the hollowed out micro-cases. Leia

pensively watches as the general expertly attaches electrodes to her brother's

skull. Han and Datos return from the burial of Kane. The general looks up

from his operation.

HAN:

He is at rest. The Empire will never find him. Are the systems working all

right?

GENERAL:

Full power...Is everything ready?

Datos nods yes, as the general closes the case holding Biggs. The strain of

watching her brothers placed in suspended animation is too great for Leia, and

she retreats into the main room.

89. SLUM DWELLING - MAIN ROOM - AQUILAE

Captain Starkiller stands brooding near a window overlooking the crowded

alleyway. He does not acknowledge Leia's entrance. She walks over to the

window, and stands next to the young captain. They are very close, but do not

touch.

LEIA:

I'm sorry.

He does not respond. She is moved by his sorrow, and starts to touch the side

of his face, but can't bring herself to do it. Her royal training is too

strong to let her show her true affection for Starkiller. She breaks down and

runs from the room. The young Jedi continues his meditation.

90. SPACEPORT AT GORDON - SECURITY RAMP - AQUILAE

The spaceport is very crowded. People rush about in a panicked rush as

loudspeakers blurt out indiscernible announcements. The Empire is in the

process of changing the boarding procedures and the result is chaos. Many

flights are delayed, and people are running to and fro, switching boarding

ramps. Han guides the rebel group, dressed as a Baltarian crew, through the

crowded terminal. Whitsun and Starkiller carry the large micro-packs strapped

to their backs. The robots follow a few paces behind.

HAN:

They're changing the boarding procedures. I don't like it.

They are swept into a boarding gate and finally reach a security ramp scan

station. There are a great number of troops and guards standing around the

security area. An officer demands to see their passes and orders. The

tension builds as the officer confers with an aide about the passes. The aide

speaks quietly into a phone.

OFFICER:

Where are your component receipts?

Starkiller and Whitsun hand the officer two additional discs which are placed

in the computer. A few moments later, the readout appears, and the group is

motioned through the electron scanners. On the other side of the scanner, new

computer discs are issued to the group. Everyone seems slightly relieved as

they walk through several hallways leading to where the freighter is docked.

Starkiller moves next to the general.

STARKILLER:

I don't like the feel of this.

GENERAL:

Your senses are strong. It's a very small disruption.

STARKILLER:

It's a Knight of the Sith.

GENERAL:

Possibly. Stay alert...Warn the others.

The group walks through the docking links and into the Baltarian spacecraft.

Several Imperial guards pass them, and everyone is ready for the suspected

trap, but nothing happens..

91. INTERIOR - BALTARIAN FREIGHTER - AQUILAE

The group stops in a narrow electronics passageway near the bridge of the

ship. Starkiller and Whitsun unstrap the micro-packs containing the two young

princes, and check the voltage packs.

WHITSUN:

Little Biggs is losing power faster than normal. I'd better check it out.

GENERAL:

Wait until the situation is secure. Stay here, and keep on your guard....Han!

The two young captains grow suspicious of several workmen gathering around the

main exit hatch. Han and the general enter the bridge area. Several crewmen

sit at elaborate controls and computer stations.

GENERAL:

Where is your captain?

One of the crewmen directs him to a small chamber above the bridge.

Starkiller and Whitsun strap on their micropacks as more workmen converge at

the main hatch and begin to close it. The two robots, Artwo and Threepio are

confused about what is going on, and wear their gear in anticipation of

moving.

92. PILOT CHAMBER - BALTARIAN FREIGHTER - AQUILAE

Han and the general enter the small pilot's chamber and greet the captain,

whose face is hidden in the shadows of a computer bank.

CAPTAIN:

Welcome, gentlemen. You must have had a difficult journey. We'll be

departing shortly....

[p. 77 is all screwed up. I attempt to interpret here:]

[Four Imperial tr]oopers silently enter the room behind the two [??] Their

laserswords are drawn.

CAPTAIN (con't)

[?] I have been authorized to accept payment [?] the chrome company

cooperation. I [?] you've brought it with you.

[?] moves out of the shadows, and is revealed to [be Valorum, F]irst Knight of

the Sith. Instantly, both Han and [the general] understand the situation.

They turn, drawing their [laserswords? ?] the move, and cut down the four

Imperial troopers. [?] chamber instantly seals shut. Valorum hasn't [?] and

remains unusually calm. The two Jedi turn [?]

VALORUM:

[?] over, gentlemen. The chamber is sealed. [?] force me to release the Jai

gas...

[?] and the black knight turns to an intercom.

INTERCOM:

[?]ion secure. Prisoners taken to hold "B,"... [?] casualties.... gas was

necessary.

[?]eral relax and drop their weapons. The door [?] behind them and six guards

enter wearing face-[?]nd the two Jedi with chrome microcuffs. A [?] creeps

across Valorum's face. General [?] unimpressed with the knightly trap.

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