The Star Wars Page #24

BIGGS:

The food!

The sergeant takes the bowl of food from the table and studies it. He then

takes a small chrome ball from his pocket, and tosses it into the air.

[something whited out?] Antennae shoot from its surface as it floats around

the room. Eventually, it hovers over the trap door. A sinister grin sweeps

across the sergeant's face as he moves over to the trap door and puts the

chrome ball back into his pocket.

Threepio puts his arm around Biggs who is desperately clutching the struggling

thumper. All the movement above them stops, and Biggs looks to the robot.

THREEPIO (quietly)

They're still up there. Stay still.

The silence continues, then suddenly the trap door swings open with a loud

bang. Amber breaks away from Biggs, and attacks the sergeant. One of the

other troopers cuts the thumper in half with his lasersword. The sergeant

pulls Biggs out of his hiding place. Biggs stares at the dead thumper.

SERGEANT:

Well, well, here's one of them, anyway. Send seekers in all directions. Find

the others!

144. VINE JUNGLE RIDGE - YAVIN

The general sits at the head of the large stone table, pushing small markers

around. Han explains what the general is doing, to ten or fifteen Wookee

chiefs gathered around the table. Occasionally, Chewbacca puts in a word of

further explanation or answers a question. Starkiller sits back silently

watching the Wookee warriors and listens to the general's plan.

GENERAL:

.... then they pull back to here. That's where the trap will be set. No-one

must advance. An assault on the perimeter is useless. Our only hope is to

use their weapons against them.

The general pauses, while Han and Chewbacca translate.

GENERAL (to Starkiller)

Once we acquire those tanks, our prime object must be to secure the starship.

No-one must escape.

145. IMPERIAL OUTPOST - VINE JUNGLE - YAVIN

Three officers run along a row of giant air tnaks to a perimeter bunker.

There, two stormtroopers are watching the jungle. When the officers arrive,

the troopers let them look through the powerful, mounted electrobinoculars.

One of the troopers points out several areas in the dense jungle.

146. INTERIOR - CONTROL ROOM - IMPERIAL OUTPOST - YAVIN

A trooper sitting at an elaborate control panel, turns to an officer watching

a monitor system.

TROOPER:

A large concentration of trestuals at point E-2.

OFFICER:

Alert squads one through six!

147. VINE JUNGLES - OUTPOST PERIMETER - YAVIN

The general stands in a small clearing surrounded, by many armed Wookees

carrying large shiny shields. Han moves back and forth, barking orders to the

assembled creatures.

GENERAL (to Han)

We're ready. Give them the signal.

Han motions to a young Wookee, who takes off, running through the jungle.

148. IMPERIAL OUTPOST - VINE JUNGLE - YAVIN

Three large air tanks slowly move toward the outpost perimeter. The tank

pilots sit on the hatch rims of the ponderous weapons, studying the movements

of the Wookees. The tank personnel talk to one another on an intercom system.

TANK PILOT:

There is a large concentration....red two by C-3. Let's break them up.

The pilots slip into the tanks and close the hatches. The tanks open up with

a barrage of laser bolts which create a wall of explosions. The Wookies

retreat, and the tanks follow. The tank crews track the feeling creatures

with various electronic scopes, and laugh at the fleeing creatures.

149. VINE JUNGLE - OUTPOST PERIMETER - YAVIN

The general stands on a limb of a jungle tree, watching the advancing tanks.

Starkiller is on another branch a few feet away.

GENERAL:

They've grown sloppy fighting Wookees. The intra-fazer systems aren't on.

They're in for a little surprise.

Starkiller flashes a signal mirror, which is received by a Wookee near the

tanks. The Wookees are in pairs, and they hold heavy stone wedges attached to

woven vines; which in turn, are fastened high in the trees. When the tanks

pass directly under the Wookees, they let loose with the heavy stone

pendulums. The wedges fly through the air, neatly clipping off the antenna

groupings protruding from the tops of the air tanks.

150. INTERIOR - AIR TANK - VINE JUNGLE - YAVIN

Several of the lights and monitors go dark on the main control panel. The

pilot flips several switches in a panic.

PILOT:

All high phasing units are out. We've lost all contact....

SERGEANT:

Send out a ground signal!

Suddenly, all of the monitors go white, and static fills the crowded tank

interior. An alarm signal sounds.

SERGEANT:

What is it?!!!

PILOT:

All signals...sensers....everything is coming right back to us. Some kind of

deflection screen. It's a total blackout.

SERGEANT:

Get out there and see if you can see anything.

The pilot pushes a button and the main hatch slowly slides away.

151. VINE JUNGLE - OUTPOST PERIMETER - YAVIN

The pilot pops out of the hatch and sses two rows of Wookee warriors holding

reflective shields. They form a circle that totally encompasses the massive

air tank. Han shouts a signal to a group of Wookees in another tree, and they

cut loose a bent limb which is attached to a noose around the tank's hatch.

The noose instantly tightens around the pilot, and he is plucked from the tank

and suspended fifty feet in the air. In an equally swift move, Starkiller

drops a small gas grenade into the open hatch. It explodes and engulfs the

tank in a grey mist.

The Wookees let out a joyful yell, and charge the tank. Han yells at them to

stop, but several make it to the conquered craft before the gas cloud

dissipates and they are felled by the fumes. Starkiller shakes his head, then

after the smoke clears, jumps on the back of the immobile tank.

Several signal mirrors flash their messages to Han and the general.

HAN:

That makes four captured.

GENERAL:

Have them camouflaged. I'm going with Starkiller.

152. INTERIOR - AIR-TANK - VINE JUNGLE - YAVIN

Wookees are removing the tank crew as Starkiller checks out the power

controls. The general slides through the main hatch.

GENERAL:

Any damage?

STARKILLER:

She's fine...We're ready to move.

GENERAL:

Then let's go...

The general yells for the Wookees to clear the tanks, and they scramble out of

the hatch.

153. VINE JUNGLE - OUTPOST PERIMETER - YAVIN

The tank starts up with a loud roar, startling the many Wookees resting on the

mighty vehicle. Chewbacca yells at the warriors and they fall a few feet

behind the tank, their shields forming a shiny protective wall.

154. IMPERIAL OUTPOST - VINE JUNGLE - YAVIN

Several officers stand on a parked air-tank trying to get a better view of the

operation. A light landspeeder pulls up next to the group, and a general gets

out. The officers snap to attention.

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