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Chewbacca follows the instructions, but pulls back on the lever too fast and

the ships begins to vibrate and bounce violently. Chewbacca thinks it's

funny, and begins to laugh hysterically. Han becomes nervous and quiet.

GENERAL:

Not so fast - Back off! Back off!

Han yells at the Wookee, who can't respond because he is laughing so hard.

The general pulls back on the lever. Han shakes his head, and gives the

general a worried look.

GENERAL:

Don't worry. Ignorance is on their side.

Han is beginning to look a little sick. He gets up and rushes to the back of

the ship.

163. IMPERIAL SPACE FORTRESS - DOCKING AREA - AQUILAE

The canopy on the starship pops open, and Artwo and the young Jedi, disguised

as a starraider, climb out onto the docking platform. An officer and two

groundcrew approach him and salute. Starkiller hands him his papers.

STARKILLER:

I'm here to check the vent ports in the rim tracks.

OFFICER:

Your ship is from Yavin... We've lost all contact with them. What's going on

out there?

STARKILLER:

There is a fierce inversion just east of Bull Pup station... It's really a

mess out there.

The officer smiles and the ground crew starts to check out the starship.

Starkiller heads for the main docking exit, followed by Artwo. He remembers

something as he passes the control station, and calls out to the officer.

STARKILLER:

Do you mind if I use your com-link?

OFFICER:

No. Go ahead.

Starkiller walks into the small control area and pretends to talk on an

intercom system.

STARKILLER (to Artwo)

Find the highest security area.

Artwo punches his claw arm into a computer socket, and the brain comes to

life, feeding information to the little robot.

Starkiller watches the officer as he directs the crewmen in the securing of

the starship. Artwo removes his arm from the computer, and the duo leave the

control station.

ARTWO:

Station 325 is the highest security area on board. It's a detention area.

They disappear into a chamber lock hallway.

164. ELEVATOR TUBE - SPACE FORTRESS - AQUILAE

Starkiller, trying to look inconspicuous, waits for a horizontal elevator.

Troops and fortress personnel come and go, but no-one seems to pay any

attention to the pair. Finally a small car arrives, and Starkiller follows

Artwo into the podlike vehicle, and it takes off through a vacuum tunnel.

165. DETENTION AREA - SPACE FORTRESS - AQUILAE

Starkiller and Artwo enter a security station. Guards and electronic cutters

are everywhere. An officer approaches Starkiller, and checks his papers.

OFFICER:

The B-23 can't enter this station.

STARKILLER:

But I need him.

OFFICER:

Sorry. No mechanical personnel. It's restricted.

Starkiller watches helplessly, as Artwo is led into a waiting area.

OFFICER:

You may proceed, but you'll have to be escorted.

A trooper joins Starkiller and leads him through a series of hallways.

Starkiller carefully surveys the area as he follows the guard.

TROOPER:

Mathusians just beat the PDR's again. They should be in another league. Do

you follow the ecometrics?

The guard turns to discover that Starkiller has disappeared. He is stunned,

then manages to pull out a small ring radio.

TROOPER:

Code six - Alert.

166. STARSHIP RUNWAY - IMPERIAL OUTPOST - YAVIN

Six Wookees sit before Han and the general, listening to Han explain something

about space fighting. Owen Lars approaches the general.

LARS:

We've made contact with the underground on Aquilae. Things are tighter. They

can only get one man out. Datos is on his way.

GENERAL:

We should be ready by the time he arrives.

Han turns to the general.

HAN:

They're ready to go up.

The general makes a short statement to the Wookes in their own language. They

let out a loud cheer, and run for the row of starships.

167. STARSHIP - SPACE - YAVIN

The general sits next to Chewbacca, as he leads two other Wookee piloted

starships in a tight formation. They head for a small cluster of asteroids

orbiting near the planet's surface. The general quietly gives Chewbacca some

reassuring instructions. Han leads a second formation of three ships,

following Chewbacca's group. The two formations of starships make an attack

run on the asteroids. The general watches as Chewbacca lines up and fires at

an asteroid blowing it into a million pieces. The general smiles, and slaps

Chewbacca on the back. The Wookees excitedly chatter among themselves over

the intercom system.

168. DETENTION AREA HALLWAY - SPACE FORTRESS - AQUILAE

A patrol of ten men marches through one of the long hallways in the detention

area. They stop at an intersection. The officer in charge reports on the

intercom.

OFFICER:

Ben Five to Moma. All clear.

The troops relax, some stand in groups, others wander a distance away, poking

into the various small alleyways running off the main hallway. One trooper

notices a small reflected light in one of the narrow corridors, and carefully

moves down the dark passageway to check it out. Out of no-where, a fist

knocks the trooper unconscious and drags him into a small alcove.

The officer finishes his report on the intercom and yells for the troops to

fall-in. Men scurry in all directions and out of a narrow corridor emerges

Starkiller, dressed in the uniform of an Imperial startrooper. He joins the

platoon, and they march away.

169. GENERAL'S QUARTERS - SPACE FORTRESS - AQUILAE

General Vader and several officers watch the progress of the search on TV

monitors. The general speaks into an intercom.

VADER:

Have them clear the area. Bring in the seekers.

On the monitors, the troops are assembled in the main entry-way and several

small chrome balls are thrown into the hallway. Small antennae pop from the

chrome surface, and the small balls float down the hallways. Valorum, once a

proud Knight of the Sith, enters wearing the uniform of a stormtrooper. He

snaps to attention before the general, and hands him a report. Vader gives

Valorum a sly grin.

VALORUM:

Contact has been lost with the ship carrying the doctors from Alderaan. The

princess' treatment will have to be delayed.

VADER:

We've just trapped your own friend Starkiller. Watch us accomplish what you

found to be impossible.

Valorum is humiliated, but stays at attention. Valorum [Vader?] gets an

emergency call on the intercom.

VADER:

Yes...Yes... Put it on the view screen.

One of the TV monitors switches to an image of the unconscious trooper

Starkiller stripped.

VADER:

Get me the Captain of the Guard.

170. DETENTION AREA - MAIN ENTRY - SPACE FORTRESS - AQUILAE

Three squads of troops including Starkiller, stand at attention in the main

entrance to the detention center, while the Captain of the Guard gets new

orders over his headphones. Starkiller studies the situation carefully,

looking for a way out of his predicament. The Captain of the Guard calls up

the platoon sergeants and gives them a series of orders. They return to their

squads and begin to inspect the troops. Starkiller begins to get worried.

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